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…
I seriously don’t think I’m ever going to hear the end of this… which is KIND of cool, since that was the whole idea. If you’re wondering what the heck I’m talking about, last year I attended Ichibancon without a[…]↓ 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…
I really hate parking in a downtown setting. Not just because city driving in general is objectively terrible, but because it’s so EXPENSIVE. My many years of living on the outer fringes of the suburbs have left me utterly incapable[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yep, as I’ve mentioned in a few other places, my first Hoshicon was also the first con in about two years where I didn’t have ANYTHING to do. I was completely free to just run around and do convention stuff.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Because I haven’t slept for a while and being tired makes me worry about irrational things and I’m suddenly terrified of some kid going to Reddit or Tumblr or whatever complaining about that one webcomic that hates that one YouTube[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. And there you have it! Animazement 2016! Sorry it took so freakin’ long, but even with several planed pages dropped, this still came pretty dang close to being the longest Conventional Wisdom update ever. Pretty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…