[[A young man and an older man, both dressed in suits, ties, and vests, are riding what appears to be a large-wheeled side-by-side tandem device]]
Older man: Have you ever been, say, eating a piece of chicken, and you feel your tooth SCRAPE against the bone or you hear a tendon SNAPPING a certain way...
[[close-up of younger man and older man]]
Older man: And for an instant, you're transported back to a different TIME, a more FERAL time, when man HUNTED his food and life was short...
Older man: And you feel a sadness, in a way, because the chicken you eat TODAY is factory-farmed, and your teeth are ARTIFICIALLY STRENGHTENED by fluoridated water, and you wonder if you would even survive back then...
Older man: And you KNOW the answer is no, but you make yourself think that's OKAY, that even if you don't know how to be a MAN you still know how to drive a car, or program your Tivo...
[[close-up of just the older man]]
Older man: ...but deep down, you still wonder if that's ENOUGH?
[[same angle as first panel]]
Younger man: I...I felt EXACTLY like that, just yesterday!
Older man: I know. I read your blog.
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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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