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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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This sums up every con that I have attended and staffed. And pretty my anime viewing rooms and VGR are the only things running and those are very quiet at this time too.
Let the boy go on patrol. Give his enthusiasm and energy an outlet.
he’s an ass and making him sit on it will annoy him
I disagree. Let this guy go “on patrol,” and I guarantee you, he will FIND “violators” to harass.
Wait, Bork Con is a 24 hour con? Why are there still 24 hour cons?
Caffeine and sugar.
…there are multiday cons held in hotels that AREN’T 24 hour cons?
Those sound like disappointing cons to attend.
…why wouldn’t there be? I work nights. 4am is just after break, time to start wrapping things up before morning shift shows up.
At Con, 4am means the drunks are finally gone, the crowds are gone, can finally enjoy the place.
Wait, there are NON 24-hour cons? I mean, yeah, PAX and crap, but fan-run anime cons that aren’t?!
Err, yeah. I mean it’s been a while certainly, but I don’t think I ever hit any kind of con that wasn’t 24. Some of them would shut down certain bits after it got seriously late, but that was just some of the official stuff. Not even all of that.
Yes, if the fan-run con is in a convention center.
Yeah, we have to shut down the dance at 2A and even that means we’re paying extra to keep the center open an extra hour.
Most Arizona conventions are not 24 hours. Things may still run super late depending on the event, but most official programming ends by 3am at the latest and picks up again by 10am the next morning. There might be some attendee-run room parties, but I’ve never been to one so I don’t know how common those are.
Some of this does depend on the venue. I worked a con in a small town that had to close by 11am due to security and safety reasons. The entrance to the hotel’s panel rooms used to go through the gift shop, so the con had to close up when the gift shop closed. There was a back entrance, but the con staff agreed not to push it since it wasn’t well-lit and located at the back of the hotel.
Moving to a different location wasn’t an option since the local convention center is ridiculously expensive – way over the con’s budget. Plus, the hotel staff are incredibly accommodating.
Do you perchance mean 11pm?
Yes! I did mean 11pm, my bad! XD