Like a significant portion of Animazement’s attendees, I came along after the “old days” of anime fandom had drawn to a close (even if I DO come a lot closer than a lot of these kids). Thus, I found this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, guys, check YMCK out. This band is AWESOME. They mix jazzy, Shibuya-kei melodies with pure 8-bit instrumentation to create the soundtrack every NES game wished had. Heck, when Yokemura brought out a keytar SHAPED LIKE A FAMICOM CONTROLLER, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is kind of an in-joke for me and my friends. See, along with these cartoons, I keep a detailed journal of my con experiences that gets posted on Facebook (I’d link to it, but I’m afraid I draw much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gee, a complaint about lines at an anime convention? How original! Still, Katsucon set the bar for line nightmares pretty high this year when space restrictions forced the Pre-Reg and At Door Registration lines into one long, infuriating monster. Thank[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I tell ya, by Sunday, the hotel people were getting REALLY desperate for any kind of cups or cup like objects to keep around the water coolers. I half expected to see stacks of plastic spoons being used before the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…otherwise known as Naruto Fan Fiction Actually, the first two panels are totally real and were quite cool. Therefore, in my rough draft, I made a serious effort to do caricatures of the real people who ran them. but since[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You gotta understand that the multi-leveled Convention Center is directly underneath the many, many floors of hotel AND shares the same set of elevators. The result, it takes FOREVER to even get an elevator, never mind the indignities of one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The last panel is a total fabrication. Those guys don’t care WHAT you dress like, spare change is spare change. Still, even a city slicker like me felt much safer roaming the streets at night with the swarming masses of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t say that this actually happened to me personally at Otakon, but I always feel sorry for the genuinely talented cosplayers who DO get mobs like this. (Historical Note: Past me is either being overly modest, or just hadn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actually, several people pointed out that I looked like Commissioner Gordon with the fake mustache on. Well, if he’d stuck his tongue in an electrical socket, anyway. (Historical Note: This only got marginally better over the years, but that stray[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…