There was a giant Pikachu. Costume was about 6 feet tall and had a similar diameter. He was led through the halls by a businessman who was wearing a badge that said "Pikachu Escort". Isabel and I were making "Pikachu Escort Service" jokes for the rest of the con.Unrelatedly, we had a number of Zortic frisbees. They started out at $2 and prices went down from there. The guys from Unshelved were across from us. And whenever things got a little slow, we'd start tossing a frisbee across the aisles. Usually got people's attention after a few throws. But I never even considered a comic strip about libraries before (No, Kokoro Library doesn't even count). But I strongly recommend it. I'll scan my "Frisbee O' Doom" sketch real soon now.
We were also next to Cartoon Militia who were damn cool. Being that we were right next to them (if they wanted to get out, they had to go through our booth), we got a chance to talk during the con. They also sold CDs and if I liked punk music at all, I would've picked them up. I should've, actually. They had a Pain albums and I remember hearing them back when I was in Gainesville. Cartoon Militia is affiliated with Springman Records in a way I do not understand. But I picked up all their comics and haven't been disappointed by any of them yet. Cool people. I'd sit next to these people again. I'd buy them drinks. I'd go hang out over at their house. Cool people.
Anyhow, around Saturday afternoon, we had a chance to go to the Keenspot table. It was sparser than I had expected. I went up to it and someone recognized me. After a moment, I asked who he was and he - well, my wife was behind me making frantic "Don't ask who he is. He's Josh Lesnick. You should recognize him" hand signals. And yeah, in retrospect, I should've recognized him. But I got to say hi to him and get a really cool sketch. Meant to say hi to Gav, but never got the chance to. Dropped by later on, got to talk to Troutman for a while. He insisted I draw him something, so I did. I intend to learn how to draw eventually.
Dollar Manga had a booth there. We picked up Kazan and Sarai. I like Kazan. It has a darker shounen feel to it, like Togari. And unlike most shounen manga, it's not painfully stupid. Sarai was painfully stupid, but we'll probably get more because it's only a dollar and I'm hoping they'll explain things. It won't explain anything, but it's still only a dollar. And no, we didn't go back to get more. Didn't have any money left over by that point.
On Monday - even more!
