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So, I never blogged about the NoBarcodes event in Camden last week... Mainly because we weren't there for very long. It was spectacularly cool, and we would have hung around and maybe tried to get to know a few people but I basically got scared off by a massive attack of, well, hero-worship I suppose.
See, while I knew that Ilya was going to be there, and had prepared myself for that (I am a HUGE fan of Ilya's End Of The Century Club, and his work in general), and I knew that Sean Azzopardi would be there (and so had made sure I would have enough money to get a copy of Twelve Hour Shift, the one comic I REALLY regretted not buying at the UK Webcomics Thing), I had absolutely no fucking clue that JAMIE FUCKING MCKELVIE AND KIOREN FUCKING GILLEN were going to be there.
So when I turned round and there they were, well, I kind of lost my composure a little bit. I'm pretty sure McKelvie thought there was something wrong with me when I was buying Suburban Glamour off him. Not an unfair assumption, considering the sweating and shaking...
After that, I just kind of had to run away and regain my composure somewhere were I could examine my haul of comics. Of which there were of course many. And they were all good, which is nice.
So, yeah... I thought I'd got over it, but apparently I am still a total fucking fanboy. Damn it.
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9th June 2008 16:46 (UTC) |
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Oh yer, don't even mention me :(
Well, to be fair, I didn't even know you were there till afterwards! Which is a shame, as we could have introduced you to a rather awesome cocktail bar we know 'round there...
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| From: | kenix |
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10th June 2008 22:04 (UTC) |
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If it helps, I don't remember you being weird at all. So I wouldn't worry about it.
Well, that's a relief, but I still feel stupid...! I mean, I used to hang around on the engine and everything, I should be used to the idea that you guys are human and not *SHINING GOLDEN GODS* so it really took me by surprise, to be honest. I've not been that nervous around someone since I got stopped by the police with an ounce of hash in my pocket a few years ago!
Oh, and SG is ace, by the way.
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| From: | kenix |
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11th June 2008 22:20 (UTC) |
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I get nervous around Kieron too, but only because of his beard.
It was the beard that caught me eye in the first place! I thought "wow, that's a mighty beard" then "fucking hell is that who I think it is?" (I always think of him as being clean shaven and wearing a suit, like in his engine sig), and then I saw you standing next to him...
But yeah, what a beard. You could hide stuff in a beard like that. I have grown impressive beards in my life, but never one with such personality...
OMFG! It's JAMIE FUCKING MCKELVIE!
KG
heh heh you chaps sure are funny.
I'd like you to know I'm a shining golden god.
You should have said hi!
KG
Maybe next time I will.
I have to say, I think it's really cool that you guys were even there; having books at Image comics, and the kind of high profile you two have attained in the last year or two in this industry... well, a lot of people would see something like that as beneath them. You guys are rock stars now, you don't need to come to the open mic night anymore... but you did anyway, and that's a real credit to you as peopleGODS.
Please don't let your beard eat me
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Much like Dr Dre, we still have love for the streets.
More seriously - well, it's the place McK and I came from. We met over a small press table. Hell, we both walked away from NO BARCODES with the urge to do a mini on our own.
(And with my art, that's a strange and perverse urge)
KG
strange and perverse urges should be indulged!
Bravo lads. I think that sort of attitude is why I regard Caption and LUC so highly. Y'know, if Alan Moore was to call your ma a whore and a slut you could smack him in the nose. But if it were at a big international show like Bristol or Birmingham, you'd have to give hima box of 99p chocolates to say thanks.
Of course I'm still wondering were these comics markets stalls up and down the country that were due out of No Barcodes are going to come around. Some of these council authorities have the response times of confusing email with snailmail.
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