… was crazy. I don’t even know where to start.

Biiiig thank you to Fred and Sarah for having us out in San Diego, and helping us out in all the ways they did. If it wasn’t for them, I don’t think Hawk and I would have even done the show.

I got to meet or reacquaint myself with:

Shawn Handyside: Staccato!!!!!!!!!!
Christian and Madsen: Little Gamers
Tycho and Gabe: Penny Arcade
Garth: Comedity
Jenn: Mystic Revolution
Eric: Radioactive Panda
Jeph Jacques: Questionable Content
Sam Logan: Sam and Fuzzy
Liz: Stuff Sucks
Frank: Combustible Orange
Joseph Brudlos: Alpha Shade

Man, I hope that’s everyone. If I left a name out, please slap me with an e-mail.

The experience overall was very cool. I was skeptical about how many people would come see us at such a big con, but the flow of readers was pretty steady throughout the weekend. Hawk and Fred did a lot of sketches, and I even ended up doing some as well. I got to meet a lot of cool people, and I ended up missing out on dinner with a lot of the people I listed above on Sunday night, which I feel bad about … for the record, Sprint is the worst phone service I’ve ever had.

This convention was really different from the anime conventions we usually go to, and not just in that it was bigger. It also had more “stuff” … movies, TV channels, and video games all had booths alongside shirts, paraphernalia, and of course, comics of every size and creed. I got to demo FF12, which I am excited and curious about … the Darkness game coming out has piqued my interest as well. Hip Italian designer Tokidoki was there, so I picked up two shirts for Shannon, who is in love with the designs.

Hawk had heard from someone that a new book out called DMZ was very good. On a whim, I picked it up, and I’m glad I did. It’s written by Brian Wood, who also wrote Demo, another awesome limited series. DMZ is about the second American Civil War. NYC is now a wartorn city, very much like the cities in Lebanon right now. It follows the journey of an embedded reporter through the city, and is just terribly fresh and exciting and thoughtful. If you’re looking for something outside the norm, I’d strongly recommend it.

I shot some footage of Comic Con this weekend, but Hawk and I haven’t had a chance to download the video yet (I think we’re short a firewire cable or something, we’re working it out). You guys can probably expect some interesting new content by the end of August … we are going a little crazy prepping for Otakon, which is less than a week away at this point. After Otakon, we’ll be able to fully recover and get back to focusing on what we do best: comics.

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