CLARENCE: Christmas these days is only sacred to accountants tabulating retail sales figures. Can't we set aside our selfish urges just for one day, and concentrate on the true, spiritually meaningful roots of the holiday season?
JESUS: Thank you. Seriously. It is just really nice to hear you say that.
CLARENCE: So, let us all give praise to Saturn for another joyous winter solstice.
JESUS: NO NO NO! It's MY BIRTHDAY and you have to do what I WANT
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{{alt-text: technically the roman saturnalia and the pagan solstice festival were separate and both co-opted by Christianity centuries apart but WHATEVER, HISTORICAL ACCURACY}}
technically the roman saturnalia and the pagan solstice festival were separate and both co-opted by Christianity centuries apart but WHATEVER, HISTORICAL ACCURACY
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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