Greetings, Bugrom!

I have survived returned from Nekocon!  And I bring presents!

 
Not really.

 
I did promise you a con report, however.  So, I will do my best to accommodate.

*Ahem*

I sat behind a table in the Artists Alley all weekend.  The End.

Okay, that’s not exactly fair.  That’s a wee bit short for a con report.  I will admit, I did sit at a table in the Artists Alley for almost the whole weekend, but I’m sure I can come up with more than that to spark some excitement in the crisp, November air.

To make it look official, let’s split it up into days, shall we?

 
Friday

Friday was an interesting beginning to the weekend.  I didn’t do a whole hell of a lot.  I spent most of it waiting for my 2wcOnline partner-in-crime to show up and join me.  In the meantime, I made my rounds, met up with several staff members, artists, and friends that I haven’t seen in a long time.  I made it to the Opening Ceremonies at 3 PM, where I was greeted by some of the other guests.  When the MC my name to come up on stage, I found myself doing something that most people would only be caught doing if they were blind, insanely drunk –

I went up dressed as The Greatest American Hero.

I dunno what possessed me to do it.  I literally woke up that morning, looked at my cat and said, “Wouldn’t it be completely silly and out there if I went to opening ceremonies in my Greatest American Hero t-shirt and Greatest American Hero cape that I got from my Greatest American Hero DVD collector’s tin?”

My cat looked at me as if to say, “Why the hell are you talking to a cat?”

And just like Cameron from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off when he kept arguing with himself on whether or not he was going to go pick up Ferris so that they could have that day off that the title of the movie so seductively alluded to, I had a similar self-argument:

“I’ll do it.”

“Are you nuts?”

“Yup.  I’m doing it.”

“No.  No!  That’s just nuts!  You’re really nuts, man!”

“Like crunchy peanut butter.  I’m doing it.”

“Like crunchy… what?  What does that even mean?”

“I don’t care, cause it’s on like TRON!”

So there I was, sober, bright lights shining on my bearded visage, staring down a bunch of con-goers I couldn’t even see in silly defiance.

And the crowd loved it.

See, here’s a little sidebar – ever since 2wcOnline and The Draconia Chronicles have started to do some serious growing in popularity, I’ve started to move away from the whole Silent Bob thing more and more.  And on that fateful day last Friday, I realized that I really don’t need to be Silent Bob any more.  The crowd loves my antics no matter what.  Especially as The Greatest American Weirdo.  I don’t have a pic, but here’s a drawing a good friend named James Evans did:

Looks like I have a new regular convention costume.  Time for a show down, Neo-Vader!

Saturday

Saturday was more of the same.  Danny and I went to the web comics panel with the other web comics guests and had a great time.  There was a huge turn-out and every one had plenty of questions.  The best part?  Danny and I have been doing this enough times now that we actually felt like a part of the group.  We were able to add our 2 cents in quite often and it felt natural.  It was a great feeling.

Later, we had a few aspiring artists and new fans come up to the table and ask us even more questions, or in one case, show us a portfolio of her work.  Blair, you rock!

Sunday

Sunday wasn’t much of anything.  Danny and I spent a couple more hours in the Artists Alley, getting in some last minute sales.  We ended up doing really well, selling over half of our stock of 2009 Draconia calendars, as well as making a sweet killing with out other merchandise.  After closing ceremonies, we packed up, regrouped, got a grip, came equipped, grabbed our proton packs out the back and we split.  Found out about Viggo, the Master of Evil, try to battle my boys?  That’s not legal!

And then we socialized with the other guests and staff in the hotel lounge until the guest/staff dinner at the Olive Garden.

It was an incredible weekend, overall.  Danny and I got to meet a lot of our fans face-to-face.  We made some new friends.  We enjoyed ourselves.  We ended the weekend feeling like we belong with the rest of the web comic guests.  And from what I heard, the con programming staff actually managed to pull off their plan of having two bands perform both Friday and Saturday night.  Kudos to you guys!  If you plan on pulling such a stunt again next year, let me know.  I can get you a body guard for both bands real cheap.

 
I hear The Greatest American Weirdo works for peanuts.

Believe it or not, The Don is walking on thin ice.

Stumble it!

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