(Historical Notes: First of all, obligatory link to the comic being referenced here. Second, MAN I just could not shut up about how I wasn’t working Artist Alley anymore, could I? I think Past Me thought it was all an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: While I obviously enjoy getting shiny stickers and fancy ribbons and other showy details on my badge, the REAL issue here was simply a matter of keeping track of what the registration procedure is from con to con. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: Okay, I can say with absolute certainty that THIS page only got its photo background after having already been online for a week or three… although it’s in a totally different building than the one where this picture-taking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: No, seriously, you kids today have NO idea how much faster registration has gotten in the smartphone era. I still remember my first few cons, where I had to show somebody a photo ID and a printout of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: Look, just because I won’t pay to stay in a hotel if I can help it doesn’t mean I’m averse to hanging out in a room someone ELSE is staying in. And it’d just be rude to not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: Okay, this is another one where I REALLY wish I still had some form of the original SmackJeeves commentary available, ‘cos I’m not at all sure if there was ever a public version of this page without the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: It’s amazing how much we cling to the familiar just because it’s the only thing we know. This was my first Animazement EVER commuting, and the first one in a while since that handful of little cons in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: You know, it’s funny. Back before this comic started, when my “convention coverage” consisted of text blogs on Facebook, I used to be able to crank those out within a week of getting home. They were sloppy, typo-riddled,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: Um, Past Me? Having so MUCH material that it takes forever to get it all done isn’t “writer’s block.” If anything, it’s the opposite. Really, though, I just felt bad that Scribbles hadn’t appeared yet, so I decided[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: …and as always, the second I find a shiny new toy, I IMMEDIATELY push it too hard and break it. But setting aside the crappy stock image of the Earth, I really did have a stupidly huge pile[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…