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One year ago, on April 16th 2024, the first page of Peregrine Lake went online. One year since we first met Bev as she drove through a snow storm and said the exact thing most of us have said in that scenario.
It took so long for Peregrine Lake to get off the ground. I first announced it back in December of 2019, and originally I was going to draw it. And then the world fell apart, and I found myself with zero ability to draw it anymore. I kept kicking the idea around, wanting to move it forward when in 2023 I jokingly suggested to my friend Ethan that they could draw the comic for me.
And they said yes, they'd love to, and I am not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
We then spent almost a year regularly meeting, talking about my plans for the plots, the world, the characters, and all the things that would have otherwise just lived in my head. I started scripting comics, and Ethan got to work on concept art. And for most of 2023 we planned and got ready, and we hit the ground running in 2024.
And now we're here. Honestly, I love everything we've put out over the last year. Ethan's art is incredible, and tells the story in a way that I'm not sure mine would have. I love this comic, I love that you all are reading it, and I'm excited to show you what's coming next.
Because we've only just scratched the surface on how weird this is going to get.
On April 26th I'm going to be at Concinnity in Milwaukee, WI! Stop on by and say hi if you're in town!
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At one point while volunteering, I was pressed on to take a GoH to a dinner event, held at a restaurant a mile offsite.
When I say “At one point”, I mean my first year attending the con, in a city I’d never been in before, in a small no-frills car with no air conditioning, without owning a GPS. Thankfully for all involved I wasn’t an axe murderer or an idiot, and we made it there and back just fine.
All our GoHs now have Limo service from the airport (not that expensive, really) which has a proven track record: It’s surprisingly affordable, makes quite an impression to start the convention, and is always on-time and prompt for pick-ups.
…and only once was the limo driver unable to find the gigantic downtown convention center, which is someone else’s story to tell.
My old con (and my new con) were/are held in a town an hour’s drive from the nearest airport, so limo service was never really an option.
It was always “who has a car that isn’t embarrassing to look at”
An hour away from airports is pretty ouch, yup. Ours is 20 minutes, which means that you may have to rely on ‘fan with a van’.
Still, Limo service is worth considering. One year, our Guest of Honor (Bill Holbrook) and his daughter arrived at the airport ready to be picked up. His daughter spotted the limo driver with a “Holbrook” sign, and said “Daddy, is that for us?”
Bill replied with “No sweetie, that’s for important people.”
And then the limo driver said “Mr. Holbrook, for Anthrocon?”
His daughter didn;t stop bouncing all trip. 😀
I have heard the unable to find convention center story. And must say from con staff point of view it is kind of funny
Actually, there WAS a local airport a few miles away, but we boycotted it due to the airlines treatment of our very first voice actor guest.
It was embarrassing to drive guests the 1.5 hours it took to get to the con site, but there were benefits as well. All my passengers were from the Dallas/Houston area and I pulled over on a lonely country interchange in western WI (with their permission) so they could see what stars looked like away from any city lights.
Actually, it was that AND we were able to beat the plane to the Twin Cities via car…