This is not a Con Report

July 19th, 2005

Will Wright gave me a dollar! What a nice man.

So I don’t really have much of a Con Report. Nor did I take photos. Heck, I didn’t even bring a camera. But Lori did–she took the photo above plus a whole bunch more. And as I had the pleasure of hanging out with her for the bulk of the Con, we did pretty much see the same things and drank very similar drinks.

I actually had a real great time. As usual, it was hard to find the comics, but I did find some excellent ones, mostly minis from assorted Modern Tales creators, the latest Dumbrella books and Issac the Pirate 2. I also picked up some swank t-shirts ( this that and one that Lori got ), an awesome kids’ book and some medical illustration plates from the 1840s.

Nothing really exciting to report, just lots of good food, good conversation and the usual stimulation overload of the SDCC. Really, the biggest adventure was me getting to the Con which ended with Lori and I arriving at the San Diego Airport in attempts to retrieve my luggage. Which we did after a game of musical shuttles, exploring a ghost terminal and an aggravating game of telephone.

I should mention now that Dicebox will be delayed this week: beyond the fact that SDCC always taxes my energy levels and immune system, I returned to Portland’s traditional post-SDCC heat wave, which neither I nor my equipment responded to well at all. (Seriously, this is the fourth San Diego in a row that I left a cool and pleasant Oregon and returned to a three day heat wave.)

Anyway, look for new Dicebox this weekend, probably Sunday. As usual, I’ll post notice here.

Absolute non-sequiter: a keyboard with programmable key display.

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Scott was right, I was surprised

July 5th, 2005

Dicebox won the The 2005 Web Cartoonists Choice Award 2005 for Outstanding Science Fiction!

Here’s the neat little graphic from the WCCA commemorating that event:

I’m very flattered and rather surprised. And I found the comic presentation for Outstanding Science Fiction by Shaun Henderson oddly appropriate.

Here are all the results of the WCCA 2005.
And this is the complete online ceremony in comic form.

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