[[JORDAN creeps up on his father, who is asleep in a chair. Jordan holds a thin stick.]]
JORDAN: ...The crowd holds their collective breath.
Now, after four agonizing hours, the world record is within reach!
Can he do it? Can he top the performance of China's Xiao Fei Shin at last year's international championships?
JORDAN: He's taking his stance for the lunge.
In five seconds, Jordan Carruthers will either be THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION of driving sticks into sleeping fathers' ears, or GROUNDED FOR LIFE.
[[Outside the study, JORDAN'S SISTER listens at the door.]]
FATHER: AAAHHHHHHH
SISTER (thinks): At this rate I won't even make it to the semis!
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{{Alt-text: those chinese kids train from birth, man, from BIRTH}}
those chinese kids train from birth, man, from BIRTH
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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