Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello at C2E2 last weekend in Chicago! This was the first convention that I had a bunch of people come up and say they enjoyed Dumbing of Age while completely neglecting to mention Shortpacked!. That’s exciting to me! It means this little comic’s starting to come into its own. (What’s the point of doing two comics with exactly the same overlapping readership, anyway?)
I also got a lot of Dumbing of Age character sketch requests. I’ve uploaded one of them here for this blogpost, and the others were simple medium shots. It makes me happy to be asked to draw Billie. (And sometimes by herself, not only while being strangled by Ruth.) These characters are old and dear to me, and part of the reason I started up this strip was because I wanted them to be loved again.
Thanks everybody for coming out to see me! You’ll be able to see me again at Wondercon in San Francisco in a week and a half.
If shipping schedules aren’t lying to me, there should be a new beach-themed DoA poster going up in the store tomorrow night…
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Simple Medium Shots? I happen to know one sketch was an awesome (i guess walkyverse if there is no cross-over) Joyce looking amazing in a wedding dress. My friend got it for me since I couldn’t attend. Next con however I will be there to get Walky in a tux to complete my set. Then the one after that I pester ya to do the whole gang as the wedding party.
Yeah, but “Joyce and Walky in wedding garb” is more of a Joyce and Walky! thing than a Dumbing of Age. 🙂
Well with Joyce it easily could be. If she is there to meet her future husband she probably has that dress in her closet.
I gotta admit, I’ve never read Shortpacked, or any of your older comics before. I discovered Dumbing of Age because I saw a cool picture of Billie somewhere and followed a bunch of links.
So I would have been one of those guys to only mention Dumbing of Age at a con. If I wasn’t already busy at PAX East. 😉
I’ll probably read your other/older stuff later though, I’m curious. But right now, I’m simply enjoying Dumbing of Age too much.
I must have went by your booth 4-5 times during the Con and you were away everytime (unless you were in disguise…..)
Going to CanJoeCon? I’ll buy pizza!
Dude, I didn’t even leave the booth to eat!
I notice the “Joyce and Walky!” complete membership thingie in the store. I also noticed the “The End” page is missing, though I hadn’t changed my bookmarks… something up? =|
Host moved the site around while I was gone last weekend. Try substituting “itswalky.com” for “joyceandwalky.com.” Still trying to get it resolved, but getting ahold of the dude is like trying to catch lightning.
Okay, it’s fixed now. Cool, d00d! =D
The new “beach themed poster” is AWESOME. Then again, I’ve always had a soft spot for Sal. Even with her smoking and with tattoos.
And, if you’ve only seen DofA, you’re really missing out. Spend a few days, start at the beginning. It is epic, and really needs to be a BOOK. Roomies, the beginning
My husband just agreed to my suggestion that we hit up Wondercon on Sunday, so hopefully I’ll get to meet you there!