Bruce Wayne: The city is being overrun by criminals, Alfred. I have the power to make a difference.
Alfred: Indeed, Master Bruce. It's so wonderful of you to wish to bring your considerable wealth and resources to bear on such a vital issue. A principled public stance will surely impress the importance of the matter onto your colleagues in the business world.
Alfred: Plus, of course, the plain fact that you are one of the cleverest men I have ever known. I'm sure you will make great strides in tackling this social ill. Will you go so far as to involve yourself in city government? Or perhaps set up an early childhood education program in poverty-stricken neighborhoods?
Bruce Wayne: I want to dress in a bat costume and punch individual muggers. Wait! No!
Alfred: Haha, sir, I was about to say--
Bruce Wayne: First I have to build a weird car.
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'Of course, sir. I'll have some muggers brought round.'
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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