Have I sufficiently expounded upon the theme of my distaste for extended periods of isolation behind an Artist Alley table? (Historical Notes: I… THINK this dude was actually cosplaying as a character from One Piece, but I’m not sure enough[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I may have to just make Wendy a Winter-Only costume, because this sort of thing keeps happening. It seems like the costume involving a long jacket and wig would be hotter than this one, but NOPE! (Historical Notes: No joke,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In case you haven’t noticed elsewhere, I am not a fan of the whole “shout things in crowded rooms” school of behavior. Thankfully, more and more cons agree with me and now treat it as the disruptive behavior it is.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
But hey, that picture has gotten more action on Tumblr than all but, like, four other things I’ve ever posted there. That’s something, right? Sort of? But yeah, if it feels like waaaaaay too many pages of Conventional Wisdom lately[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See, that was back in the days before I’d ever had an Artist Alley table or done any extensive panel hosting, so I couldn’t comprehend how anyone could even come to a con and not spend the whole time running[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeeeeaaaah… I didn’t make quite as much money as I’d hoped at AZ this year, mostly because the overwhelming majority of new stuff I brought with me was stuff I brought specifically to give away for free. And all the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…and I’m not really a superstitious person, so it’s not like I’m really all that concerned about jinxing myself. Actually, I think it has a lot to do with location. The cons where people frantically try to buy stuff at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, this was a rare convention where I kinda didn’t DO anything other than man the Artist Alley table. Part of that was because we just didn’t have any other friends to draft/guilt into helping us run things, but I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, once it got dark and they turned all the mood lighting on, that got REALLY distracting. Every time somebody somebody went up to the third floor, it was like inspiration was striking from on high. I kept expecting a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in the good old days of non-hashtag based internet culture… (Historical Notes: I thought about writing a whole explanation rant here about the history of the old Animazement forum and just what “pickleboy” means… but you know what? No! […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…