A picture of innocence
If anything qualifies as a ‘Weird self-portrait’ it’s this. Except, erm, I didn’t do it myself. Oh well:
MiniCon Day Three: Sunday
Day Three. Three. Three days. I’m telling you, writing this is almost the same as doing it all over again. Well, not quite.
The big difference between the Ultimate Heroic Weekend (MiniCon, same thing) and any other show we do was simply time. At most shows, we spend an entire day on the show floor, but then with a usually audible sigh of relief (or more likely, cheer of elation) we pack up and go out – or go home.
(The one exception is The Show To End All Shows; the Games Convention in Germany. It’s five days long. Proud monuments stand in the aisles of der Leipziger Messegelände, honoring the booth workers who have fallen there.)
At Omega Sektor though, while we did leave the venue, we never really left the show. So by Day Three… it was starting to wear us down a bit.
Three Orange Whips, I guess
No early morning realisations of doom for me on Sunday, but instead just straight down to breakfast when I really would have preferred a lie-in. Generally at shows I try and ‘rally the troops’ a bit at breakfast, get them ready for the day, or just talk… Continue reading
MiniCon Day Two: Saturday
I warn you: this post is long. Like, epic long, Task Force long… long. So grab a drink, maybe some popcorn, sit back, relax… and hear the tale of the 2008 Omega Sektor MiniCon, Day Two: Saturday.
Wake up, Rockjaw
Saturday started bleary-eyed in bed, where I woke up at about 6AM with half a hangover and not enough sleep. Both were my own fault, so I couldn’t complain.
I remember lying there in bed savouring the quiet time before I knew I had to get up, when out of the blue, some part of my semi-awake consciousness asked me a question:
“Hey Stephen; can you remember the PIN number for the credit card machine?”
Instantaneous reply: no.
“But if you don’t know the PIN, how are people going to pay for stock, merchandise and/or make charity donations with their credit (and debit) cards, hmmm?”
My eyes snapped open. A cold sweat broke out. Great start to the day.
I hopped out of bed and sent a text to Chris, who replied immediately – a mistake, because now I knew he was up. After a quick phone call, we agreed that neither of us knew the PIN for certain.… Continue reading
Andie Tong and Neil Edwards show off
Two of our Draw the World Together artist friends, Andie Tong and Neil Edwards, have been showing off new stuff on their blogs recently. Andie’s been having ‘fun with markers’ and has been cranking out sketches like this one of Spider-Woman:
That doesn’t do it justice though – go see the full size version on his site, and make sure to check out the other sketches he’s done there recently.
Neil, on the other hand, is showing off early visuals from a new project he’s working on. Man of few words, that Neil (at least on his blog) so I’ll just let the art do the work as I’m not sure how much he wants to be said:
Again, go to his site for the full-size version… and remember both of these guys will be sketching for Draw the World Together at the Bristol Comic Expo (although I hasten to add, Andie will be flitting around – he’s in a lot of demand!!).