[[Otto greets a small business owner warmly.]]
Otto: Listen, Darren. I'm so impressed with your own success.
Otto: The way you've turned your passion for badminton into a flourishing Etsy business!
Otto: Merged with your keen eye for 1930s near-Eastern kitsch, you've really isolated a NICHE MARKET for ataturk-adorned racquets and sweatbands!
Otto: Who knew?
Darren: Well, it's a HOBBY, really
Otto: NONSENSE. You have to start VALUING yourself.
Otto: I'm charging $500 a head for a seminar on 'starting your dream home business'. I'd love if you could come share your story! Really PULL BACK THE CURTAIN and EXPLAIN the SECRET RECIPE!
Darren: uh
[[Darren stands before a large crowd, looking somewhat uncertain.]]
Darren: I
Darren: uh
[[Darren is speechless.]]
Darren: W-work hard
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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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