Mar 04 2009
I Still Believe in Comics.
I originally wanted to write a recap of my 2009 WonderCon, but I just can’t get into the details. It seems if I focused on the specifics (like the fact that Mike Mignola’s table was two tables away from our own!) I’d be missing the big picture of WonderCon.
Does anyone remember this song?
(click “continue reading” to rock out)
Really listen to the lyrics (no seriously, listen to this song while you read this post!). This was my theme song for WonderCon weekend: I Still Believe. All details aside, let me tell you about what this convention, and all the others, mean to me.
It’s tough making comics; it’s an isolating experience. Writing and drawing are lonely activities. When we make comics we are totally alone, don’t get me wrong, being alone is nice and all but after awhile it can really get you down. This is why I love cons so much: they bring us together.
Not only is making comics a lonely business but it’s also esoteric. Sometimes people in your life simply don’t “get” what it is that you do. This is true for any profession, but with comics, outsiders may find it hard to take seriously. Believe it or not, but there are people out there who see our beloved comic books as just silly cartoons, or to use the phrase I’m quite fond of, “funny books”. A good pal of mine, (and everyone else’s in this little comic world) James Sime, uses this phrase in the same way I like to. We have to reclaim this word. Come on, say it together now, “funny books”. It’s these little grubby, pulpy books that we all live for. And it’s the meeting together to discuss, sell, buy, draw, write and read these little funny books that makes us a community.
Writers Old Fashioned is a little slice of the comic community pie. What we do is support each other. What the comic community does, as a whole, is support each other. See? It’s all about love and support. Whether it was from the hundreds of people who stopped by booth AA103 or from my fellow comrades at Writers Old Fashioned, (check out STORM’s post) love and support were all I felt last weekend.
So, without giving you all a play by play of my weekend, I just want to say:
I still believe in comic books and I still believe in what WE do.
Personally I prefer “The Best Around” from the Karate Kid soundtrack.
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Emily, it was truly a joy meeting you and the rest of the Writers Old Fashioned crew!
I’m very excited about the miner book you’re working on, and Brazilianoir was grand! Keep the funny books coming.