AnthroCon Roxxorz; Westin Suxxorz

[the_gneech]

In real language, we're back. :) AnthroCon was awesome, the Westin was a festering blight on the hotel industry.

I had a great time, we made a ton of money, life is good. More details later! :)

-The Gneech

Comments

[fferret.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Solvent Gneech is happy Gneech! Happy Gneech hopefully does not pull several brigades of orcs out of his pocket for next dungeon crawl!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Who needs orcs when I've got squadrons of rampant furries? Or gnolls, anyhow.

-TG

[fferret.livejournal.com]

(*tries very hard to shake image of furs rampant attacking the party*) Whoo. It's not so much that they're rampant...as what they'd be attacking with!

[sirfox.livejournal.com]

really? aside from the fact that it was so very vertical that the elevators were a pain, and that pittsburgh rolls up the streets at approximately 7 pm, i didn't have big problems with the hotel and surrounding areas. Parking was a bit of a bother, but $10 per day wasn't *awful*.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I'll probably do my Westin rant in the next few days. Meanwhile, I don't want to focus on that, 'cause the con itself was very good.

-TG

[frostdemn.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I'm totally jealous. I wish I could've gone.
Did you guys have a pizza party?

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Nope, no party. Although we did have some very large dinners. And Sue and I had a brainstorming session...

-TG

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you didn't mean that the Bestin was a westering flight? Or that the Festin was a bestering wight? Yes, I'm jealous that you got to go, how could you tell? >=)

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Well, we sold a bunch of your books by proxy, so your spirit was there even if your body was absent. :)

-The Gneech

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

The Spirit of Commercialism Present? "Look upon me! You have never seen the like of me before! And you won't again unless you pay up!" ^_^

[trpeal.livejournal.com]

It was a pleasure to finally meet you, even for such a brief time. Next year I'd like to try to stay for the whole thing, which would allow for more time to actually meet people, as opposed to just shaking their hands. ;)

Also, I meant to buy the lastest SJ book, but as soon as I got to your table I completely forgot which order they were in (whether Orange Alert or Tough Breaks was the latest one), and blanked on which one I had (or didn't have). Alas!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Hey, and handshake and hello is better than nothing!

And you should have asked -- we'd have been happy to help you out. (And Tough Breaks is the most recent, for the record. ;) )

-TG

[trpeal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, one more missed opportunity at the con. By the time I was getting loosened up enough to actually, you know, talk to people about stuff, it was closing time.

And it seemed like a lot of people knew each other there; when people already know each other, and are getting reacquainted since the last con, it makes it kinda hard for unknowns (like myself) to get into the mix, especially if (like me) those unknowns are a little introverted.

Anyway, I'll try to do better next year!

[mooncat.livejournal.com]

*comforts* Know how that feels, trust me.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Aww! I didn't mean it like that. :) My point is just that we're friendly. ^.^

If you can make it there for a little longer next year, I'd love to have lunch with you or something so we can chat at length a bit -- it's hard to do at the rushy-rushy table!

-The Gneech

[trpeal.livejournal.com]

And I didn't mean for that to come off as pathetic as it did....

I know that the table is hectic, and you're there (at the table) to make money, and at least the first time it's tough to think of stuff to say that won't come out all fanboyish, and I'm too damned old to be a fanboy. ;p

I need to spend more time there, just so I can get more sketches! I only wound up with three, and the really popular artists had full schedules the entire time, anyway.

You were more personable than Eric Schwartz, though! ;)

[reptilian-muse.livejournal.com]

It was great seeing you again Gneech, though you astonished me when you actually recognized me from last year! Especially since I was without my fedora! *Tries to remember if I'd done anything bad last year that might be the reason*

Erm, anyways, it was great being able to pick up Childproof The Unicorns. I would have picked up more Suburban Jungle books... but I couldn't remember which ones I had already. >.< Anyways, I would greatly appreciate the link to the place where you get your (cool-looking) fedoras, and now, I must get back to work, if I'm going to finish this Leona Lioness project before next year!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I remembered your name and your face separately -- it'll probably take another two or three meetings before I can put them together -- I'm just weird that way.

But here's where I got mine (http://www.hartfordyork.com/ShowView/product/182/15) -- you can probably find something that suits you from the same place. :)

-The Gneech

[hollyannvix.livejournal.com]

Gah, I'm really behind in posting to people's journals in which I've met up with them at AC O.o

It was awesome seeing you again! Especially when we had a chat while at the Artist and Dealer's Reception...I'm still interested in trying to get a little book together of my comic as soon as I get enough comics for it (I think the count for the strips currently is at 63...) I've got a few other questions about possibly marketing the comic, or some of the characters (Clax, in general, since it seems he's everyone's favourite character so far!) and I'm still fairly new to the comic scene too. Any way I can Email you and we can chat about it more? Suggest a few pointers and tips? :)