CLARA: Oh, Barbara! James is a writer! Look at him create from his brain! I wonder what he's writing! Something about me, probably!
BARBARA: A load o' rubbish mos' likely. All fulla monsters what never existed an' other lies similar.
CLARA: I wonder if I will be immortalized as a heroine in one of his magical tales of the fantastic! A princess slaying a deadly dragon to save her people from mass devouring!
BARBARA: Ain't no such animal in life. Dragon's an easy villain. All hoarding gold an' breathing flames-like. Strength of a lion with motives of a man. No such beast in creation!
BARBARA: Fiction is the creation of falsehoods for the delusion of children. This James is half a man, he's written' some useful tract on a better way to plow a field or such
[[JAMES's work revealed: A doodle labeled "half-elephant half BAT HALF TANK CALL GOVERNMENT"]]
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{{alt-text: Any princess who can tame this beast DESERVES to rule a nation.}}
Any princess who can tame this beast DESERVES to rule a nation.
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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