Anime Boston, on the other hand, was delightful. =D By Sunday morning, Will and I were kickin’ back, shooting the breeze, and creaming ourselves over just how great Anime Boston was. “How great?” you might ask? Really great. And really fun, too – which is the most important. Aside from some slight hiccups early on (I thought I’d scheduled an 8-in-the-evening flight, when instead I’d gotten an 8-in-the-morning one – putting me in a whole seven hours ahead of Dave… I promptly built a fort with my bags and napped/worked at the Boston airport for the rest of the day.), the con went amazingly well. Hell, I got fan art, which filled my heart with joy and my pants with an erection. =D

Dave and I commuted with Shawn to-and-from his place during the con – Shawn and his girlfriend are, by the by, the most nicest of people you ever will meet. Really awesome hanging out with them all weekend! =D This was a new and awesome experience for me – I’m used to the southern convention circuit (Texas in particular), where convention Alleys will run a full 24 hours. =O To get to pack it in every night and hang out and enjoy some good dinner (There’s a place called Fire-and-Ice there in downtown Boston – it’s hip and heavenly.)... It definitely made the con.

Speaking of hanging out, Kilika – who also happens to be one of the nicest people on the planet, too (Gee, you’d think all webcomic people are nice… Too bad Dave’s a douche. ;P) – was also representing at A-Boston. We didn’t get to hang too much ‘sides Taxi-rides, though I hear he had some cosplayers this con! =D Hopefully the next con, man. Hopefully.

A-Boston wrapped up and I had about a week’s downtime before Matsuri with Ian… As if to cosmically balance the success and merriment of Boston, however, it was no bueno. =( Amelie and I at least had some fun sketch-fighting going back-and-forth. ;P And now I’ve got a month off of conventions, and a month worth of Sticky Floors updates! =D

Speaking of cons, my next is A-Kon in Dallas, TX, June 1-3. Davey will be there too, as well as Scotty, Trunks, and Amelie. And lots of other people. Lots of them. It’s a big con. =3

PS: Spidey 3 sucked. =P

So, yeah, I was a little excited for TMNT. Hey, I’m a child of the 80s – I was around for half of ‘em – I love the turtles like I should. ;P And the movies? Especially Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and TMNT2: Secret of the Ooze. Those were gold. (I thought the third was okay. Argue how ninja turtles shouldn’t be samurais all you want, it still had the return of Casey Jones and “Tarazan Boy” playing over the creds… It’s at least survivable cinema for those two reasons alone. =P)

I was kinda’ hesitant about TMNT, though. The turtles’ designs… Well, hell, the people, too. Ick. The CG and action was stellar, backgrounds were gorgeous. Story… Well, who doesn’t love some good ol’ Leo/Raph angst? (Mikey and Don? Kinda’ under-used. And the mystical/dimensional/immortal/hub-bub was really weak.) When I’d heard CGi Turtles, though, I envisioned something less… Saturday morning cartoony. I really dig it for being stylistically different – and seeing the Turtles and Casey and April (all ninja-ed up) in action does make the characters grow on ya’. A bit. A tiny bit. A very tiny bit. But it really… Ugh. Not a fan.

Anyhow, I hop on a plane up to Virginia, tomorrow! Again, art week next week, followed by regular updates again starting the first week of April! (Tristan will be back – with “surprises” for Colin! ;D)

PS: Saw TMNT and.... Well, yeah... Saw TMNT. ;P