[[A big metal cylinder marked CRYO-STOR (TM) holds the frozen body of a bearded man.]]
DYLAN (offpanel): Mommy?
WHEN are we supposed to THAW Great-Grandpa?
MOMMY: When science figures out how to cure congestive heart failure.
DYLAN: My teacher said major strides have recently been made in heart research.
Does that mean we'll be thawing him soon?
MOMMY: Well, think of it this way:
If things are looking up NOW, imagine how much BETTER they'll be in ANOTHER fifty or hundred years! And wouldn't Great-Grandpa want to see THAT future even more than ours?
DYLAN: You just don't want to listen to him ooh and aah over the hover-toaster all day long.
MOMMY: He can be your grandkids' problem.
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{{Alt-text: Cryogenics conceives of the future as Florida: a place where old people go to just putter around}}
Cryogenics conceives of the future as Florida: a place where old people go to just putter around
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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