[[Two men are lounging about in chairs, a man in the background is pouring tea]]
Man 1: IT IS SO HOT.
Man 2: SUPER HOT.
Man 1: HOTTER THAN HOT.
Man 2: HOTTER THAN A HOT DAY IN HOT-TOWN.
Man 1: HOTTER THAN TWO HOTTIES IN A HOT TUB.
Man 2: HOTTER THAN YOUR MOM.
Man 1: THEY'RE INVENTING NEW WORDS FOR HOW HOT IT IS.
Man 1: HOZZENTOZZICAL.
Man 1: HOTPERLATIVE.
Man 1: HOTTTTT WITH FIVE T'S.
Man 2: THEY'RE INVENTING NEW FORMS OF LIFE SO SOMEBODY WILL BE ABLE TO PROPERLY EXPERIENCE THE INCENDIARY FULLNESS OF THIS HEAT.
Man 1: THEY'RE CREATING A NEW SCALE TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT HUMAN MISERY.
Man 2: THEY'RE LAUNCHING MISSILES AT THE SUN IN ANGRY RETALIATION.
Tea-pouring Man: THEY'RE...RELABELING HOT DOGS AS MILD DOGS, NOW THAT THE BAR HAS BEEN RESET.
Man 2: KEVIN, STOP HELPING.
{{header: shine down on WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: we are doing fine by ourselves THANK YOU AND POUR THE TEA}}
we are doing fine by ourselves THANK YOU AND POUR THE TEA
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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