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…
For the record, this “free goodies for cosplay” offer will be good for other conventions, not JUST Animazement… but I don’t know for sure when the next I’ll have an Artist Alley table will be, and it’ll be a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s TOTALLY not because Ive been too bust drawing comics about conventions that only exist in my head! I mean, where would you even GET an idea like that? (Historical Notes: The comment section added a really, REALLY obvious thing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is how every good panel starts. If you’ve never had a panel start like this, then you’ve only ever gone to sucky panels. (Historical Notes: Oh, please. There’s no way those kids would actually read Conventional Wisdom, let alone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OOOoooh, topical. And risky, seeing as how there’s a pretty good chance at least one person reading this comic actually things this. (Historical Notes: As I write this in Fall 2020, I STILL haven’t actually watched any of the new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like I said before, it wasn’t REALLY the sitting at a table for long periods that I minded. I actually WANTED to spend most of this con in one place, only I’d expected to spend most of that time working[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I’ve already gone into detail about the Colossus Roar in general, but I think the gradual decay of the phenomenon warrants additional comment. And just for the record, the number of years a person has spent attending MAGFest is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before some really enthusiastic Call of Duty fan feels the need to write me a lengthy explanation of why video games aren’t children’s entertainment, I KNOW. But that’s not they stocked the MAGFest game rooms with, buddy. I’m talking walls[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I will never again sully the things that I like with the evil stain of self-impressed hipsterness. I already wasted my teen years thinking it was actually cool to have heard of an anime before anyone else I knew. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…aaaaaand the grand experiment of changing The Kids design ends with a sudden return to the Status Quo. LAME, SOMEONE ALERT TVTROPES. But seriously, aside from the fact that the cosplayer demographics this weekend weren’t quite what I’d feared, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…