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l33tminion) wrote2010-04-12 01:40 am
l33tminion) wrote2010-04-12 01:40 am
Should Have Made the Trip Sooner
Back home after a rather fantastic NYC trip.
Saturday: MoCCA Fest was awesome, Topatoco had a booth, so I got to meet some of my favorite webcomic artists, got a book signed by Ryan North and an original sketch by Jeph Jacques, bought the first anthology of The Fakeheads (Emmett's group) and a few other cool things. Afterwards, wandered around Brooklyn, went for dinner at a fancy French restaurant, hung out at a cool neighborhood bar (the Lucky 13 Saloon; heavy metal, old horror B-movies, cheap beer, interesting crowd, and a good sense of humor).
Emmett's looking for work, so I'd be amiss not to do a little networking for the guy: Here's his website, he's a great filmmaker and animator, if you know of any paid work or have contacts in that field, let him (or me) know.
Sunday: Wandered around Central Park most of the day. Beautiful weather.
The hostel I stayed at, Wanderers Inn West, was great, if spartan. Megabus was great for the ride down, but for the ride back the bus was over-booked (?), and a full busload of people ended up on an extra, not-as-comfortable bus, run by a different company (?!), which initially went to the wrong T stop in Boston before taking us where we were scheduled to go.
Am still worried about Markos, but less so than on Thursday. Unfortunately, there was an intermediate period of being very worried indeed.
Saturday: MoCCA Fest was awesome, Topatoco had a booth, so I got to meet some of my favorite webcomic artists, got a book signed by Ryan North and an original sketch by Jeph Jacques, bought the first anthology of The Fakeheads (Emmett's group) and a few other cool things. Afterwards, wandered around Brooklyn, went for dinner at a fancy French restaurant, hung out at a cool neighborhood bar (the Lucky 13 Saloon; heavy metal, old horror B-movies, cheap beer, interesting crowd, and a good sense of humor).
Emmett's looking for work, so I'd be amiss not to do a little networking for the guy: Here's his website, he's a great filmmaker and animator, if you know of any paid work or have contacts in that field, let him (or me) know.
Sunday: Wandered around Central Park most of the day. Beautiful weather.
The hostel I stayed at, Wanderers Inn West, was great, if spartan. Megabus was great for the ride down, but for the ride back the bus was over-booked (?), and a full busload of people ended up on an extra, not-as-comfortable bus, run by a different company (?!), which initially went to the wrong T stop in Boston before taking us where we were scheduled to go.
Am still worried about Markos, but less so than on Thursday. Unfortunately, there was an intermediate period of being very worried indeed.