{"id":1134,"date":"2010-11-16T22:51:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T03:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2010-11-16T22:51:29","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T03:51:29","slug":"new-neww-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/16\/new-neww-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"New NEWW, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this month I had the pleasure to head across the river and attend the second New England Webcomics Weekend<\/a>.\u00a0 It may yet become an annual event, but this one was held a bit over a year-and-a-half after the first one.<\/p>\n

Above is the marquee on the Eastworks<\/a> building in Easthampton.\u00a0 The actual building entrance where registration was being held was marked with these wooden cutout signs:<\/p>\n

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The signs were made by Chris Yates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I had bought a VIP registration for the con, which got me a tote bag, a couple of other goodies, and better seats at panels.\u00a0 However, I also ended up volunteering, which got me this t-shirt:<\/p>\n

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The official uniform of NEWW volunteers.\u00a0 I did about 5 hours total of volunteering over the 2 days.\u00a0 More on that in later posts.<\/p>\n

Here’s my swanky VIP badge, with art by John Allison<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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John did a strip called Scary-Go-Round for many years, and though his site still uses that name, his current strip is called Bad Machinery.\u00a0 He writes dialogue that is often very funny, in a silly, dry, British way.\u00a0 He was one of the cartoonists I wanted to see there (he having traveled across the Atlantic for the con), and I bought a book from him while letting him know how much I liked the badge.<\/p>\n

Other cartoonists I wanted to see included Chris Baldwin, of Spacetrawler<\/a> (and other stuff); Spike, of Templar, Arizona<\/a>; Jeph Jacques<\/a>; Dylan Meconis<\/a>; Erika Moen<\/a>; and Chris Hastings<\/a>.\u00a0 Convention attendees were given a sketchbook, and I got sketches from a few of them in it.<\/p>\n

From Spike (I specified nothing about the sketch):<\/p>\n

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From Chris Baldwin (I asked for a sketch of these 2 characters):<\/p>\n

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From Jeph Jacques (I asked for this character saying something poetic):<\/p>\n

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More later on panels, people, and parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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