Yeah, I should perhaps clarify that I honestly have no beef against TCAF itself, let alone the people behind the scenes. Like I said, I’ve heard nothing but awesome things and I definitely want to check out the whole shebang. I guess it’s my very nature to be somewhat wary of anything that’s invite only, or used to be.

Plus, I will stand by my opinion that, you’d think that something that’s invite only would therefore only have the cream of the crop on-hand, and from what I’ve seen, that’s kinda not the case. Though that’s just my taste in things… and much of the stuff that everyone gushes about in the world of indie comics, even folks whose opinions I respect, annoys the hell out of me anyway (I was just mentioning to a friend last week how about 20 pages into Blankets, which most agree is a staggering work of genius, I wanted to hang myself). Plus everyone’s going to feel that way about everything, along with how knowing the right people is also how things work (Lord knows that’s how I’ve gotten 99% of my jobs).

In the end, TCAF got residual splatter against from my rage against the cool kids comic book club! And once again, I mostly just want to go as an excuse to hit Toronto. Anyhow, you, me, and Raina should totally get a table! We can then drag John Pham and my gf Katie to help make up the required comic quotient.

The 10% thing was just pulled out the air. I was just meaning that At TCAF I’ve never seen anything that wasn’t a comic!

However, I’d like to note I haven’t heard a single bad thing about TCAF myself. The show is great and (full disclosure) Kate volunteered last year and may be more involved this year, but I really think they’re all dedicated to creating a create comic festival, at least as far as I’ve seen. I don’t think Kate would be involved otherwise.

Oh, and I don’t really know Phil, we’ve never really met, though we’ve been in the same room multiple times. I want to try arrange an interview with him during MIGS next week, though – see what he’s up to…

Truth be told, and I know I’m going to get flak for stating this, but as much as I’ve always wanted to check out TCAF, because I’ve heard nothing but awesome things about the show, I’ve also become slowly turned off by all the behind the scenes aspects, which simply reeks of elitism. And you know, rules are rules, plus there’s nothing wrong with having standards, but… I guess it mostly comes down to folks that I personally am familiar with who thought they were such hot shit for being invited to the affair. When, truth to be told, some are not that great and perhaps not justified to be part of such a such and such prestigious gather, except they’re simply card carrying members of the cool kids indie comics club. A petty annoyance I realize, but let’s just say that my love for the world of small press comics is at an all-time low!

Now, aatch my application get rejected now, lol. But yeah, I’m especially interested in seeing how this year’s show pans out, especially since I’ve already heard more than a few lament how “retards” are now going to “taint” the show floor. Though I’m mostly just interested in hitting Toronto! Can’t wait to hang in your neck of the woods… hey, you know Phil Fish, right?

n0wak: And my gamertag is FortNinety!

Lin: It’s Sunday morning and I’m still waiting for my write-up, but I guess it doesn’t matter; spoke to Joe the day after and it was exactly as expected; a bunch of indie game makers sharing their experiences and opinions to an eager audience… except the creators aren’t very good on stage, as well as highly socially awkward, so it was hard getting true insight at times, let alone make out what they’re saying half the time… but it doesn’t matter since the typical NYU kid asking questions are usually far more interested in hearing themselves speak more than anything else… plus the moderator was ass-kissing the guests to an embarrassing degree. Again, fairly standard fare, and hardly anything I haven’t seen before, hence why I was more than willing to pass, despite being a fan of Cactus.

Though I am eager to hear about this indie arcade in Queens the following night, mostly since those end up being a minor train wreck most of the time (at least around here; folks who run such things on the west coast generally know what they’re doing).

Pictures will probably have issues, but anyways….

I can tell; eventually we’re going to meet at one of these things and the universe will implode.

I’d say add me to XBL so that we can have a score-off on Pac-Mac:CE (or GW2), since I think my high score is close to yours, but I’m going to be Xbox-less for a while so it’s probably not worth it. My gamertag is my username.

We rented Red Cliffs 1 on DVD, but haven’t been able to get part 2 yet. I could watch part 1 on an endless loop. Loved it. I’m a little nervous about the U.S. cut version. I found your blog because I’ve got “Roomance of the Three Kingdoms” on google news search. I’ve written a fantasy based on the original folktales. ;D

I’ll definitely be lurking around during it, though!

P.S. Thanks for the exp. hype – I need to get a reprint done quicker than I thought…

Congrats on the new bloggin’ gig!