Hello Everyone,
First time actually doing things, I”m growing up. Just kidding I’m not growing up. But seriously, I got hair growing on my chin now!
I am back, well I didn’t really leave. I live in San Diego so the San Diego Comic Convention isn’t too much a trip, but I am definitely exhausted having to draw this strip right after the Con which closed at 5pm and not having much sleep since the Con started Wednesday night. I thought telling Matt about all the adventures and funny things that happened would inspire him to write this blog for me. Unfortunately, for all of you – I’m writing the blog today.
I’ve attended the SD Comic Con about 4 years in a row and I keep learning new stuff about it. This year I learned about the booths of webcomics and self publishing people. I’d like to thank the webcomic community guys and gals I showed the strip to. Overall a positive experience and definitely a rocky start for me. I’m sort of a recluse these days and my talking to strangers and witty bantering chops have fallen to neglect. I did however warmup after chatting to Brad Guigar of Evil Inc. and Kris Straub of Starslip Crisis and Chainsaw Suit. As I presented the small sample of strips to Kris I told him, I’m not one of those guys looking for a critique or praise as he retorted, “Now I WILL critique your stuff” and by stuff he didn’t really mean my junk cause we were in public and there were kids around. He definitely enjoyed it as will kids of all ages, ok maybe not the kids from the Christian Society for Comics. Yes, that was a true organization that had a booth.
I personally handed Scott Kurtz a print out of last tuesday’s strip and to quote him, “I laughed” then as I he proceeded to flip through the samples of chosen strips a few audible words were… “oh thats so wrong” (as he chuckled). After the approving chuckles from Scott I turned the corner and had a small chit chat with Mike and Jerry of Penny Arcade and showed them the strips and talked shop (no shops were really involved). Fast forwarding through the community and I don’t want to list out everyone I spoke with, the general reaction was definitely inspiring in terms of “keep up the good work and the audience will get there right along with you and ALWAYS UPDATE ON TIME.” (Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza of “Looking for Group” and Least I Could Do drove this idea home).
I’ve got 4 and a half days of Comic Con stories and so many hilarious moments. Hopefully we’ll be able to do some of them as strips or as jumping points. Matt would like to thank you guys for stopping by and reading the strips and the blogs every Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays.
BRONTOSAURUS!!!
-Donald
-edits sorry about all the typos, just corrected like a bunch and theres probably more on here… I told Matt this was a bad idea!!!
I thought he just took pictures of fat naked ladies.
If the picture of Don and sleeping Nemoy exists you guys should post it.
@ John K for a second there I thought you saw the images off my camera and phone then I remembered I haven’t uploaded the con cottage cheese shots up anywhere – I love me some cheese!
@ Dr. BoB money will need to be exchanged! and some photoshop time…. The exact verbage was “Leonard will be doing signings and photo ops until he’s tired.” The man is old, I was impressed he was sitting in that zoo of an area and able to cope with the loud frightening sounds and doing it for each day of the con. If I was manning a booth and at his age shaking all these sweaty hands, I’d probably pick up some sort of airborne bacteria or disease more related to some sort of BO diesease. Everyone in that exhibit hall needed a shower, only a portion actually took one all 4 days.
You should draw the Con in all its monstrosity.
@ Don: I know what you need about the stink. It seems like whenever my students have a question for me they go a week without showering then come and ask me at an intimate distance. I need to carry around fabreeze and just spray anyone that has a question.
Don you should just opened up a town portal in the middle of the con then it would be a lot less crowded from all the idiots clicking on the oh wait wrong game. Sorry.
@ Bob probably can sell fabreeze at any of these cons and just start spraying people – probably the best marketing idea for a sweaty convention…
@Jayce if you haven’t seen it online already, the SYFY booth had a stargate with an actual screen where the portal was blue and it was moving so you could actually record yourself in front of it with portal effect. Also Edward James Olmos packs up his own signage shit, he doesn’t have helpers doing it for him – he seemed more like a volunteer than a celebrity at that point. (I could probably sell the photo to US weekly for that section “celebrities are just like us they…” pack their own shit.
Nimoy’s never been more hilarious. Thanks, guys! Maybe I can get a snapshot next year.
Haha. Like that one a lot.
Live not so long nor prosper!