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I’m happy to say (I think) that I am officially too old to go dog-piling into a hotel room with five or six of my closest friends. My back can’t handle floors the way it used to, and I need space to spread out.
I’d love to hear some of your favorite “crammed in a hotel room at a con” stories that anyone might care to share!
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This was mentioned in the comments a couple of strips ago, so I think it’s funny–but a lot of the good costumes always seem to lose to someone with a skimpy outfit and plenty o’ cleavage. Poor Miyoko is a victim of it this time! She was robbed, right?
Isn’t there a comedian out there whose material includes that “what man can watch a woman eating a banana and NOT think about a blowjob?”
At least until that whole biting the banana bit.
Stan had a lot of fun with the Con concession stand–nothing like cheese-filled fried Twinkies, chocolate pork rinds, and aged dried hot dogs to get my tummy tingling. I try hard when I am set up a con to try to avoid the concession stands at most costs, particularly if there are ample restaurants in the area–at San Diego this year I’d take the quick walk to Subway for a Turkey sandwich rather than dropping ten bucks on something I will regret eating later.
A free SubCulture: the TPB for the first person who can tell me where Arthur’s and Jason’s quotes are from.
I have tons of friends who are artists in the industry, and I like to make a point of asking them what some of their most unusual sketch requests have been for that particular show over a few drinks. You’d be amazed at some of the things that people ask for. I don’t exactly remember where the “Power Girl in glue” joke started, but I can’t take credit for it–I know it came up in one of these aforementioned conversations, but as a joke to laugh about rather than an actual request.
Stan can probably shed more light on this one, and hopefully David Dwonch will pop in this week too. He has one I know you all MUST hear.
I hope all of you self-respecting geeks get the reference in Panel Three. If you don’t, shame on you. And Google it!
I hate using the word “google” as a verb, by the way! 
Okay, I know that people don’t really line up like Olympic sprinters waiting for the doors to open, but there are scores and scores of people who go to San Diego for the purpose of only buying convention exclusives, whether they be toys, comics, or what have you. Many of them try to flip those exclusives on eBay. Hell, I was seeing listings for San Diego exclusives several days before the convention even started, naturally at highly-inflated prices. And there’s no guarantee they are going to be able to get these things in the first place.
I know I make a “convention funk” joke every time I have a Super-Con storyline (note this strip from 2008), but there really is some truth to this–trust me as a regular convention goer. When you get so many people in a relatively confined space, particularly when attending panels might take precedence over personal hygiene, you’re going to get the occasional convention funk!
With the summer convention season in full swing, Stan and I thought that a nice, extended convention visit was in order for some of the crew. I wanted to mix the characters up a little bit from the last time we were at Super-Con, so no Kim and no Noel. Instead, we get Miyoko, Skip, and Babs (in addition to Arthur and Jason) for your viewing enjoyment. I hope they stumble into situations that you can sympathize with.
Speaking of, Stan and I are both off to San Diego Comic Con on Wednesday (tomorrow). Stan is going to be located at booth K-14 in the Small Press area, while I will be shifting back and forth between booths 2104 and 1703, based on my signing schedule. We’ll have books, t-shirts, and a few other doo-dads for sale, and I will be pimping Shrek #1 (which has a story I wrote in it) so I hope you come by, say hello, and even spend a nickel or two. We really appreciate everyone’s support, and it makes us happy when folks tell us that they are reading (and preferably enjoying) the strip.
