The wife and I opted not to attend San Diego Comic-Con this year, and it feels so strange and sad. Whilst all the people I know and my friends pack and make their annual pilgrimage to the ultimate yearly geek prom, I sit here and feel the overwhelming sensation that I’ve just handed in my final Geek Card.
SDCC was the one major convention each year where I got to hang out with my friends and made new friends, whilst enjoying the feeling of belonging, even amongst people I did not yet know. It was the one place I could easily cut loose, let my hair down and meet my peers in the webcomic community.
This year, instead, I will be staring at the walls of my home office and wondering what I’m going to do for next week’s strips, whilst deeply wishing I was wandering around the great expanses of the San Diego Convention Center.
Oh well, next year…
