[[OCTAVIO and DENNIS are talking in the street.]]
OCTAVIO: Isn't it great knowing that no matter what you do, there's someone better at it than you? More dedicated? More committed?
OCTAVIO: Like playing video games? For every hour you play, some Korean kid plays five. Name any sport you like. Some dweeb-o's been at it all day every day since he could walk. And forget about creative media. In this day and age, not even the most avid hobbyist can compete with "pirated software and zero social life."
OCTAVIO: I mean anything. The dumbest thing you can concieve of, I guarantee some nerd is a certified expert at it.
DENNIS: Bouncing a wiffle ball on the shell of an irate turtle while chanting archaic epithets in every Indo-European language?
OCTAVIO: Saw a dude do it on YouTube for a week straight.
DENNIS: What if I'm okay with not being the world's greatest at something? What if I'm content with being an easygoing, well-rounded individual whose pursuits are more about personal enjoyment than internet competitiveness?
OCTAVIO: This guy in Norway's been doing that since Eisenhower. And he has a theme song.
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{{alt-text: waitaminnit! it's NOT great to know that, what are you TALKING about}}
waitaminnit! it's NOT great to know that, what are you TALKING about
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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