I made a point of attending more industry-type panels than usual this time, and I’m glad I did. Very interesting stuff. It’s too bad I had to cut most of the comic ideas due to time/space/whatever. Gundam’s Toru Furuya trying[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, Charles did an entire panel full of insights on Japanese culture and history, and I chose to immortalize the one joke picture of a kitty hugging Godzilla. Well, it was that or expressing my amazement that it took over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See, I was already up by the time this panel happened because we had to drag our luggage to the car EARLY. When you’re on the 12th floor of a hotel, you do NOT count on the elevators. ESPECIALLY if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Confession: I was late to Opening Ceremonies, so I have no idea if the first ten minutes or so provided a context for all the Shrekery. It’d still have been a REALLY weird running gag, though. I mean, if this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, Linkara’s not setting off the fire alarm or eating people this year. Better or worse? To be fair, though, they did schedule his panel for MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY, so it’s a miracle it ran as smoothly as it did.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I made sure to bring my Gordon costume along so that I could get all the Ninja The Mission Force stars to sign the headband. And, of course, pictures were taken. Now, in all fairness, I must confess that I’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This update is full of exuberantly positive reactions, have you guys noticed? I guess I maintain my near-stoic levels of mellowness by getting all my silliness out on paper. But more on topic, the Smooth McGroove panel was pretty cool.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Carolina D20 Girls and Atomic Mari from Smosh did a really fun basics of cosplay panel. It was actually really hard to decide which funny bit to make a comic out of. I learned a LOT about setting costumes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
MIFFY FINALLY GETS TO DO WHAT SHE WAS MADE FOR!!! And it’s not just me imagining selling more while away from the table, either. My tablemate Viga had the exact same thing happen to her, and when I whined about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know, Mookie‘s turned up in several of these comics over the years, yet I don’t think I’ve ever drawn him the same way twice. That facial hair REFUSES to be tamed.