[[The four finalists in a costume contest are dressed as a NATIVE AMERICAN, the STATUE OF LIBERTY, a VALKYRIE and a SOLDIER.]]
JUDGE (offpanel): And the grand prize goes to...
EDNA THE VALKYRIE!
VALKYRIE: Oh! What a shock!
JUDGE: Costume by...GAX!
NATIVE AMERICAN: WHAT?
LIBERTY: GAX?
[[The VALKYRIE morphs into a GAXIAN.]]
GAX: Thank you! Thank you everyone!
SOLDIER: RECOUNT.
GAX: Wait, what's the problem?
LIBERTY: Gax, you're a SHAPESHIFTER.
You're INELIGIBLE!
GAX: Oh. I see. I didn't realize.
[[The stage is now spattered with blood and gore and body parts are strewn about.]]
{{Header: compete at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: why, this trophy's just sitting here unattended!}}
why, this trophy's just sitting here unattended!
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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