Yes, it cost entirely too much and I easily could have gotten the exact same thing for several dollars less somewhere else. THAT’S NOT WHAT’S IMPORTANT HERE. It was the PRINCIPLE of the thing. …also, while I may have used[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To anybody showing up late, I’ve slept out in the parking for a con more than once. The people I know have never let me live it down, and rightly so, but it does tend to make me a bit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just in case anybody though I was exaggerating about this. Also, lest anybody fear this is going to turn into a repeat of the Cosplay America fiasco, I really DID enter the actual convention and do stuff. Eventually. It’s like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The nice thing about going to a con that’s both right here in town and only one day is that there’s a lot less preparation required before going in. The downside of that, though, is sometimes there’s a certain level[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I’ve gone on at length about how I just don’t find cons as fun as I used to, but this weird sushi epiphany put a whole new spin on it (also, “Sushi Epiphany” is the name of my new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Look, I appreciate having lofty ambitions and all, but at SOME point they need to actually yield some tangible results. And most of the time, I don’t even mind if the results really aren’t all that impressive, I just mind[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe it’s different in other parts of the world, but at the vast majority of conventions I’VE attended, it’s felt like the surroundings fit into one of these two categories. Either the convention center is surrounded by super expensive places[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: Oh man, THIS one’s frickin’ timeless, right here. As I re-post these comics in early 2023, I still don’t have my con schedule for the rest of the year publicly announced yet, mostly because the only way I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: There’s actually a second chapter to this little tale, but you’ll have to wait until I finally get around to re-posting the Patreon comics to hear that part. I mean, even if you became a patreon right now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Merry Christmas from Conventional Wisdom! (Yes, I really did eat an entire bowl of this concoction. It was everything I’d hoped for and worse) (Historical Notes: And with this, we’re finally back in chronological sync with there these comics are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…