[[It's FRANCIS' turn at the front of the line.]]
FRANCIS: Today's special, please.
[[A SOLDIER of the Raj leaps over the table, jabbing at FRANCIS with his bayonet.]]
SOLDIER: GRAAHAAAA
FRANCIS: Hey! HEY!
WHAT IS THIS?
LARS THE COUNTERMAN: Today's special. Bayoneting.
FRANCIS (still fighting off the SOLDIER): I wanted GARROTING!
LARS: That's Thursday.
FRANCIS: AH, geez. You're right. Sorry!
Carry on.
SOLDIER: Grrrr
[[Exterior of the store FRANCIS is in. It's called the MURDER HUT.]]
{{Header: take a number at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: The frequent-buyer punch cards didn't really end up working out.}}
The frequent-buyer punch cards didn't really end up working out.
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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