Doug: (thinking) Man I hate parties. I don't know any of these people. I don't feel like I would be greatly enriched by getting to know them, either.
Doug: (thinking) Please don't talk to me. I'm not good at small talk. I never know what to say.
Woman: Hey, how's it going?
Doug: Sometimes I get freaked out when I realize I can taste my teeth
Doug: (alone again, thinking) Man, I hate parties
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{{alt-text: Doug cannot taste his teeth. He doesn't know why that was the first thing out of his mouth.}}
Doug cannot taste his teeth. He doesn't know why that was the first thing out of his mouth.
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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