Lunacon has always, to me, been a convention more to see friends than to engage in self-promotion. The well-stocked Green Room was always the daytime place to meet up and chat, having extended conversations with peers that other opportunities don
The lobbying for my support has begun in earnest. As I stated recently, I am not yet committed to any one candidate for several of the offices. I know I like Richard Blumenthal for Senator but after that, I remain open.On Saturday, I had a lovely 15 minute chat with Jonathan Harris, one of the […]
There’s something new in Fairfield. It’s a green growing patch on the World Wide Web and it’s all about us, our town, and our people.The Patch is a series of community-themed websites with tons of raw data about the town along with a steady stream of articles, columns, and pictures. It has a nifty community […]
Well, this is something new.Aaron Rosenberg and I have been pals for some time now, and we’ve partnered with our mutual overseas friend Steve Savile to try something new. We’ve created a new reality and each of us will be writing stories set in this future world. These stories will live on a website and […]
I’ve previously discussed how hard it can be for a freelancer to find immediate and future work. You work at the whims of others and hope you can assemble enough work so you’re constantly busy and there’s enough income on a regular basis that you can make a living at this.The risk comes with an […]
I-Con occasionally suffers when it has massive turnover of staff, which is to be expected since it is a con largely run by students. Last year, things were a mess when they could not use the campus and splitting the show among three venues did not make anyone happy. Fortunately, this year the show returned […]
Even though the voting isn’t until November, people have been jockeying for office for upwards of a year now. This month, both parties are selecting their delegates to attend the various nominating conventions for the state and federal offices. One of the perks of serving on one of the town political committees is being able […]
This weekend I hit my third convention in three weeks. I’ll be back on Long Island at Stony Brook’s I-Con and can be found doing comics, literature, and film programming.Unlike so many of my other cons, this is a real mixed bag of events with programming for all interests from science to LARPing. Marc Gunn, […]
I’ll be at Lunacon, in its new New Jersey locale, this weekend. For those attending, here’s where you can find me:The Year in ComicsOn: Saturday At: 4:00-5:00 p.m. In: PimlicoPanel: Bob Greenberger, Glenn Hauman [M], Alex Wittenberg, James Henderson, Richard WhiteWhat are the trends in comics over the past year? How are changes in the […]