This was my first convention. Also, my first trip to the US, and only my second trip out of Australia. So, it was something of a big deal for me, and a little bit scary. But San Diego is a beautiful city, and I don't think I could have gotten a better first impression of the country. The people were amazingly friendly; in a big place like Sydney, everyone keeps to themselves, so you don't get strangers talking to you. Not so in San Diego, which was quite welcome for this little Australian feeling quite out of her comfort zone.
I met so many awesome people at the con. I didn't really leave my table that much in the end; a shame, because there were a few things I wanted to see but missed out one. But whenever I left for a few minutes it seemed that on my return Bobby Crosby would tell me I missed a whole bunch of people that had come to see me. So in the end I was too scared to leave because I didn't want to disappoint anyone! But the fans more than made up for it, they were all so friendly.
Of course, I also met a lot of other web comic artists, which was the other real highlight for me. People that I've known and followed for years finally have faces! I guess in a sense it makes them 'real' rather than just avatar pictures and text on a screen.
Now, let me see if I can remember all the online people I've known and finally met! Sorry if I forgot any names, just let me know and I'll add you
Stephen McCranie from Mal and Chad
Daniel Govar from Azure
Tom Racine from Tall Tales Radio
Kristen Perry from Guild Wars 2
David Rodriguez from ShadowGirls
I hope that we have a chance to meet up again at future conventions!








still, so glad you had a good exposure!! san diego is a great town, i used to live there when i was young. has my favourite weather too. if i could, i would live in cali. 8D but i hear talk that a lot of aussies dig cali, and vice versa. course i spose thats a form of stereotyping.
I hope your cold gets better soon. Take lots of vitamin c! It helps.
Now that you post a journal, I realise I still haven't gotten my order of Inverloch. Darn, it's been almost a month. I'll bump them if they don't get it faster. (Finish it!!
I really wish I could've just gone and gotten it myself, though D:
...and I'm torn between whether I should put it in one of my Inverloch books or that Dreamless 'pages-so-far' booklet thingy, whatever it was, lol.
MAYBE I NEED TO JUST BUY THE FULL DREAMLESS VOLUME orz