[[A woman is walking in the surf by the ocean. The wind is blowing and she is looking pensively off-panel.]]
Woman: Remember the last time we were together?
Woman: When I left for the bus stop, you jumped on your bike and beat me there.
Woman: We had an extra TEN MINUTES.
[[A haggard-looking man is sitting on what appears to be a bucket, back against a wall, bag at his feet.]]
Man: Then, once you got on the bus, I hailed a cab and met you at the train station.
Man: We stole an HOUR from the gods of fate.
[[Same picture as panel 1]]
Woman: After I boarded the train, I half-expected you to get on a plane and be WAITING for me when I got home...
[[Same picture as panel 2]]
Man: Yeah but seriously that would have been like a thousand dollars.
{{header: life is compromise at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: i did send you an email though}}
i did send you an email though
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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