It’s that time again, kiddies! Yes, once again Conventional Wisdom returns to what, at this point, is it’s single longest-running con: Animazement! For anybody checking the site before or during the con, some quick info: No, I’m still not back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s finally happening! At long last, after two whole years, Conventional Wisdom is returning to its home con! And what’s more, for the first time in what feels like even longer, I’m actually on some PANELS again this weekend! So[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: First off, obligatory link to the original Otakon 2010 comic. With that out of the way, just how many snobby people WOULD I have to talk nice to in order to convince people that my webcomic is an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: In case it wasn’t clear from the comic itself, Animazement was unusually quiet on Thursday evening and all of Friday. At the time, I wasn’t sure if my perception of crowd levels had just been thrown off by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: This is another one of those instances where I really wish I still had the original commentary for this page, because it represents an interesting transitional period in this comic’s life. Or, to be more precise, it captures[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not sure what it is, but the Raleigh Convention Center is just a WEIRD place to try and form a line. I’m not sure if it’s the levels that only exists as half-way points between other levels, the turns[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apparently the Raleigh Convention Center was extra worried about people getting their costumes caught in the escalators or something, so lowly staffers ended up having to stand right there with warning signs at all times. No, there is no way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dude, it would be AMAZING if somebody cosplayed as this at Animazement one year. I don’t just mean throw on some historical clothes and say they’re Raleigh, I mean cosplay THE STATUE. Like, paint everything brown and metallic looking and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been to five Animazements before this one, all at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham. This was our collective first time at the Raleigh Convention Center, and the difference was jarring. Not that it wasn’t a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…