[[A young woman, staring out the window, is talking to another who is reclining on a chair, reading.]]
Hobbyist: Ooh, wouldn't it be nice to have some fruit trees?
Hobbyist: Grow whatever we want... eat fresh from the land...
Critic: Fertilizer! Pesticides! I bet it's so difficult that you wouldn't save any money at all.
Hobbyist: Lots of people garden as a hobby. Not everything has to make a profit.
Critic: I already have *plenty* of hobbies! I'd rather pay the store for convenience.
Hobbyist: *What* hobbies do you have?
Critic: Going to the store to buy fruit, for one!
Hobbyist: That's not a *hobby*.
Critic: Just because it's not *your* hobby doesn't mean it's *no one's*.
Critic: Just because you don't *consider* it a hobby doesn't mean there isn't probably a Tumblr community *dedicated* to it!
[[The critic smiles in a sort of twisted satisfaction.]]
Critic: Made up of people who love *buying store fruit* more than you or I will *ever* love *anything* for the *rest of our lives*
Critic: Making GIF sets of bananas...
Critic: Shipping apples and oranges...
Critic: Getting *so much* satisfaction from their *community* and their *fandom* and their *togetherness*
Hobbyist: *This is what I wanted from gardening*
{{header: plant some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS}}
I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS
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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