I… really don’t have anything to add to this… other than the fact that, honestly, the only thing that surprised me was how unsurprising I was to hear that. (Historical Notes: This comic doesn’t really communicate the funniest part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you wandered into the Westin on Saturday and glanced at any trash receptacle… or ANY flat surface, really, you’d probably have though to yourself “Wow, these anime geeks are really into their health food!” Well, no, there were just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, I wasn’t in the con hotel this weekend, so I resorted to my old standby of stashing a cooler full of supplies in the van so I could just run over there rather than driving all the way back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is sort of the reverse of when I thought I’d lost my hat several Animazements ago. I honestly thought I wasn’t concerned about the prospect of all my cosplay plans being wrecked… right up until the moment I discovered[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes. Believe it or not, after all my bellyaching about not being able to get away from Artist Alley and see more of the con over and over, I actually found myself getting BORED without more to do. Now, granted,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s been so long since I’d actually attended panels that weren’t purely of a fan nature, I’d forgotten how awkward it can be when this happens. And yes, you really can tell when these people have had practice at moving[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was one of the neat things about not having an Artist Alley table to worry about: I could actually attend panels OTHER THAN ONES I WAS HAVING TO RUN. Like, say Tony Oliver talking about working on the early[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In case you somehow missed all the other times I’ve talked it up, I’ve begun offering bags full of merchandise as free prizes at cons. Originally, the idea was that these would be prizes for anyone who cosplayed as a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes it feels like Opening Ceremonies are a bit of a dying art, as a big, fancy event at least. But even if your con doesn’t go for a huge, elaborate kickoff, you can always make up for it with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
INSTANTLY DATED POKEMON GO REFERENCE! But seriously, I was wandering around Downtown Thursday night, and I saw at LEAST two dozen separate packs of smartphone-wielding twenty-somethings running around looking for Pokemon. And not congoers, either. I’m talking about regular citizens.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…