At a panel discussion at a convention. The moderator, Alegg, speaks into a microphone:
ALEGG: ...All right, now we'll do some Q+A. Anyone have a question for Herr Doktor?
(Sitting next to him is Wondermark's supervillain character, Herr Doktor.)
An audience member, Auddy, takes the mic to address the panel.
AUDDY: Not a question, more of a COMMENT... Your discussion about apples reminded me of the time I attended a CIDER-BATHING CAMP in--
DOKTOR (cutting him off): WAIT wait wait wait wait wait wait wait HOLD up
DOKTOR: THIS is time during which there are to be QUESTIONS and those questions are to be ANSWERED. If YOU wish to make a statement, then I, ze other party in this exchange, must provide ze QUESTION! These are ze RULES!
DOKTOR: HERE IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU! You heard Alegg announce "Now is ze time for questions" and interpreted that to MEAN "This is my chance to waste everyone's time by sharing my irrelevant opinion"! WHAT IS WRONG with you that you MADE that decision and then ACTED on it?
AUDDY: Now, I don't think you're being fair to the spirit of--
DOKTOR: ANSWER ZE QUESTION
One second later, the floor LITERALLY opens. The audience trapdoor is in Herr Doktor's rider.
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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