I dont want to go back empty handed. Track 16.
SO yeah. Hah, bet you thought this was long dead eh? well sadly not. However I did take a year out from posting, and I wish I could say it was to collect and collate my thoughts into a cohesive synthesis the end product of which was a tangible product. But sadly no.
Its been around a year i think since my last post. [well since my last Xerosis post, and something that wasnt a quiz or other garbage.] and quite a lot has happened. But when you try and pin it down, not a lot is actually all that memorable.
Of course, that is, from my Trip to Canada to go and visit kerry in september of 2007. I timed my visit to co-incide with two comic conventions, a large scale mainstream and a rather large [by UK standards] small press convention of webcomics.
When I look back on my trip, there is a lot to mention and to go on about, but its all for another time sadly, I just wanted to touch on one point.
When I was younger, and still in school [in sixth form even] I used to bug my friend mati to draw comics for me. This was years before I gave up and eventually started teaching myself in order to be able to draw what I saw in my head, and I eventually gave up writing, which is what i originally did in the comics. I used to read all the big comics, I was introduced to webcomics with something positive, penny arcade, and megatokyo. I still read all three, and a fair few more.
I used to read about the adventures and the happenings of all the creators, and I loved hearing about what they got up to and who met who and what was happening. In the words of Ross from friends "this must be what its like when normal people get interested in celebrities." But I always loved the idea of making comics, being totally into them, and meeting up with other people who made them. I loved the idea of conventions and meet ups and collaborations, and the fact it all sounded quite exciting and exotic. I'd always read about people flying across countries to meet each other at various cons, and I'll admit it. I was damn jealous.
Sometime in 2005 i think it was, Myself and Mitch went to the London Webcomix Thing, and got a table for our webcomic LifeWaltz. We went the previous year as spectators, but that year we went and tried to get into it as participants. We even meet up with Krowzi and Mead from the internets, and they came with us. At a bar in London the night before the convention, we were in the local bar, which was a meeting place. And a guy introduced himself to us, with his girlfriend. He went by the alias of Vented Spleen, and I'd seen his writeup on the THING website. I was hoping to meet him because I didnt have a spleen and for some reason I figured I should tell him, because I'm not great at conversations. Or people skills in general really.
Cut to two years later, and I went over to see Krowzi [kerry] and while we were at the small press convention [which ended up being far more enjoyable than the large scale one, go figure.] I recognised Tom [spleen] at his table. and we got chatting. He recognised myself and kerry from London two years previous, and we decided to meet up after the convention and grab something to eat, since he hadnt seen any familiar faces over there except the friends he was staying with.
So we headed out after the con and got something to eat and promised to meet up later at the scheduled drinking session for the cons participants. [all another story for another time, this is running long as it is.] and it wasnt really until I got back from Canada that I realised what I'd done.
I can truthfully say; I was over in canada on a trip to see a friend, and I ran into a fellow comic creator from england while i was there and we hung out for a bit. In a foreign country totally independent from each other. I never expected to see anyone I recognised in canada, and yet it happened. I flew halfway across the world and ran into someone. And it was all comics related.
Its awesome that i'm able to say something as amazing as that. And while it wasnt the only reason i went to canada [to be honest I mostly went to hang out with kerry] and while I did make some comics while I was with her, we mostly just hung out. And It's all because of webcomics. I know it might sound sad, but its something I'm into, and its led me to some great places. I've not even produced anything of great importance or interest [lets face it, lifewaltz was pretty terrible most of the time] but its still given me a lot back.
Not many people can say they've done things like that. And I'm pretty happy that I can. And It's gonna be great to say that this is far from the end.
2008 is gonna be amazing.
< / sad sappy boring kinda creepy post>
heres hoping its not another year till i post.
Its been around a year i think since my last post. [well since my last Xerosis post, and something that wasnt a quiz or other garbage.] and quite a lot has happened. But when you try and pin it down, not a lot is actually all that memorable.
Of course, that is, from my Trip to Canada to go and visit kerry in september of 2007. I timed my visit to co-incide with two comic conventions, a large scale mainstream and a rather large [by UK standards] small press convention of webcomics.
When I look back on my trip, there is a lot to mention and to go on about, but its all for another time sadly, I just wanted to touch on one point.
When I was younger, and still in school [in sixth form even] I used to bug my friend mati to draw comics for me. This was years before I gave up and eventually started teaching myself in order to be able to draw what I saw in my head, and I eventually gave up writing, which is what i originally did in the comics. I used to read all the big comics, I was introduced to webcomics with something positive, penny arcade, and megatokyo. I still read all three, and a fair few more.
I used to read about the adventures and the happenings of all the creators, and I loved hearing about what they got up to and who met who and what was happening. In the words of Ross from friends "this must be what its like when normal people get interested in celebrities." But I always loved the idea of making comics, being totally into them, and meeting up with other people who made them. I loved the idea of conventions and meet ups and collaborations, and the fact it all sounded quite exciting and exotic. I'd always read about people flying across countries to meet each other at various cons, and I'll admit it. I was damn jealous.
Sometime in 2005 i think it was, Myself and Mitch went to the London Webcomix Thing, and got a table for our webcomic LifeWaltz. We went the previous year as spectators, but that year we went and tried to get into it as participants. We even meet up with Krowzi and Mead from the internets, and they came with us. At a bar in London the night before the convention, we were in the local bar, which was a meeting place. And a guy introduced himself to us, with his girlfriend. He went by the alias of Vented Spleen, and I'd seen his writeup on the THING website. I was hoping to meet him because I didnt have a spleen and for some reason I figured I should tell him, because I'm not great at conversations. Or people skills in general really.
Cut to two years later, and I went over to see Krowzi [kerry] and while we were at the small press convention [which ended up being far more enjoyable than the large scale one, go figure.] I recognised Tom [spleen] at his table. and we got chatting. He recognised myself and kerry from London two years previous, and we decided to meet up after the convention and grab something to eat, since he hadnt seen any familiar faces over there except the friends he was staying with.
So we headed out after the con and got something to eat and promised to meet up later at the scheduled drinking session for the cons participants. [all another story for another time, this is running long as it is.] and it wasnt really until I got back from Canada that I realised what I'd done.
I can truthfully say; I was over in canada on a trip to see a friend, and I ran into a fellow comic creator from england while i was there and we hung out for a bit. In a foreign country totally independent from each other. I never expected to see anyone I recognised in canada, and yet it happened. I flew halfway across the world and ran into someone. And it was all comics related.
Its awesome that i'm able to say something as amazing as that. And while it wasnt the only reason i went to canada [to be honest I mostly went to hang out with kerry] and while I did make some comics while I was with her, we mostly just hung out. And It's all because of webcomics. I know it might sound sad, but its something I'm into, and its led me to some great places. I've not even produced anything of great importance or interest [lets face it, lifewaltz was pretty terrible most of the time] but its still given me a lot back.
Not many people can say they've done things like that. And I'm pretty happy that I can. And It's gonna be great to say that this is far from the end.
2008 is gonna be amazing.
< / sad sappy boring kinda creepy post>
heres hoping its not another year till i post.