[[Two businesspeople are discussing a deal. One, Dan, seems concerned.]]
Dan: ...I agree, the terms are bad. I'm just not sure how we can get OUT of the deal.
Jesse: Tell him YOU'RE all for it, but I'VE put my foot down. Not your fault, nothing you can do!
Jesse: He doesn't know me. Make ME the bad guy, I don't care!
[[Dan discusses the matter with the partner in question. Dan holds his head in his hands, weeping.]]
Partner: So, are we moving forward?
Dan: Oh my god... I'm so glad you came by! It's my partner... Jesse...
Dan: He's... I would call it ABUSIVE...
Dan: He won't LET me do it... he BEAT me with his shoe! He said, "Dan, for EVERY MINUTE we're still in this deal, I'm going to whip you seven times!"
[[Dan appears even more distressed as he elaborates.]]
Dan: He keeps me locked in my office for WHOLE WEEKENDS, shoving tortillas and other narrow-format foods through the mail slot on Sunday mornings...
Dan: I'd make a run for it, but he KNOWS I stole some copy paper for my ill-conceived bildungsroman and I'm CERTAIN he keeps a knife hidden in his hair at all times. I'm afraid of what he'll DO to me if I don't show up with the contract SHREDDED and EATEN!
[[Back to Jesse, where four police officers have appeared to accost him. Dan rubs his head, realizing his error.]]
Dan: I maaay have over-sold the concept
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{{alt-text: I've heard of business casual, but this gravy-stained burlap he forces me to steal from illicit boxcars and weave into a shapeless garment is ridiculous}}
I've heard of business casual, but this gravy-stained burlap he forces me to steal from illicit boxcars and weave into a shapeless garment is ridiculous
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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