[[An elderly individual argues with a hyperactive youngster.]]
Businessperson: Giant mail-order firms willing to sacrifice profit margin for market share are destroying my independent retailer!
Child: Ha! YOUR business model is OUTDATED, DINOSAUR!
[[A second businessperson appears.]]
Businessperson 2: Criminal, unprosecuted misdeeds in the financial sector have decimated the national economy, resulting in decreased purchasing power among my customer base!
Child: Well BOO HOO for the BUGGY-WHIP MAKER!
[[A third individual appears.]]
Businessperson 3: Corporations have flooded Congress with lobbyist money to give them tax advantages that ultimately harm small businesses, the national job market and the consumer!
Child: SOB SOB SOB, Grandpa! SUCK IT UP and LEARN TO ADAPT!
[[A fourth.]]
Businessperson 4: Literally one hundred percent of my merchandise has been stolen from my warehouse by drug addicts
Child: Well YOU need to figure out how to MONETIZE that
{{header: good advice at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: "Kids keep shoplifting candy from my store!" / "Have you HEARD of KICKSTARTER"}}
''Kids keep shoplifting candy from my store!'' / ''Have you HEARD of KICKSTARTER''
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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