ANIME BOSTON!
Oh boy, I’m gonna bust my Anime Boston Cherry this Friday! So excited!! People who’s opinions I trust have been telling me since Vol.1 came out that I needed to take Atomic Robo to AB. And now I finally am. I’m sure that by the end of it I’ll be wishing I was dead, but for right now, I am very excited.
I will be in Artist Alley at Table P45, with the lovely and talented Michael “Mookie” Terraciano, who at the Eleventh Hour came to my rescue and offered me a place to plant my butt, after my original plans fell through.
Well . . .
He didn’t so much offer the space. It was more like he took pity on me and feeling embarrassed for me, he grudgingly decided to let me sit with him, just to end my pathetic blubbering.
I think I’ve learned an important lesson here. The next time someone says “Hey, come set up with us, we’ll handle the details.” my response will just be a polite, “Thanks, but no thanks.” I’ll handle the details on my own. At least that way, when the ball gets dropped, I’ve only got me to be pissed off at. Oh well. Life moves on.
I’ll have Robo Vol.1, 2, & 3 with me, some sketchbooks, Robo prints, and the latest batch of Nikola Tesla “Science” shirts. (Maybe Brian can post a link to those on Split Reason.) I’ll also be doing sketches all weekend long. The Widget got me a set of Prismacolor Colored Pencils for Christmas and I’ll be busting them out to brighten things up a bit. I don’t actually color thigns in. I just use them in place of a regular pencil, but the effect is pretty neat. I watched Dan Hipp do it at Lucca Con and the effect was pretty rad.
Speaking of the Widget, she’ll be coming with me to the con on Friday. She’s got her knee-high Chuck Taylors . . .by Airwalk, her cowgirl costume (which looks just like a Lolita dress, but I’m not saying anything), and her Steampunk Goggles. This kid is READY for an Anime convention.
I might be a bad parent for letting her play hooky from school to go nerd it up in Boston, but I owe her a Daddy Day. Originally we were going to blow of school for a trip to the Boston Museum of Science when Brian came up for Granite Con, but the weather was horrible, and we were busy, so that never happened. Besides, all parents know, and probably wish they could tell their kids; School Sucks, I’m so glad I don’t have to go anymore!
So mark that kid absent on her Permanent Record. We’re gonna have some fun.
I just need to give her the briefing on how people with “Free Hugs” signs draped around their necks are fucking creeps, the proper way to apply liquid hand-sanitizer every fifteen minutes is in tablespoon-sized dollops, how to use baby-wipes to scrape away the geek-musk half way through a show when you just can’t slip out for a quick shower, and how to avert her gaze from fat bearded men dressed as Sailor Moon without appearing to judge -even though the assholes could use a good shaking and some basic guidelines about what is and is not appropriate slapped into them.
It will be fun.
These are the INSANE hours that I will in Artist Alley:
- Friday 10AM to 11PM
- Saturday 10AM to 11PM
- Sunday 8AM to 4PM
Please bring me mad coffee and snacks. Dunkin’ Donuts Turbo-Ices, (regular: cream & sugar), are the preferred method of stimulation, but I’ll take whatever you happen to bring and will gladly do you a little Robo head-sketch as a token of my eternal gratitude. Bottled water is also appreciated. =D
I’ll see you kids at the show!
