Canadian Conventions?

[VincentDantes]

Ok...well it's my first time posting and the reason is to ask is if DP has ever been to a Canadian convention. We have a Comic Con, Anime North, and my favorites and first Con the Fan Expo...which is the ultimate meeting of geeks.

Cuz the Fan Expo is a mixture of Horror Con, Gaming Con, Anime Con, Sci-Fi Con, and Comic Con. It's humongous. They all take place in Toronto.

If not...would it be a crazy impossible wish to get you to come up here. Fan Expo is in the summer so it ain't cold :D.


I'm on a hopeless solo mission to get my faveourite American webcomic artists to come to the Fan Expo...please come... Think of the poor Canadian children :D...


PS. I use :D waaay too much. :D

[Crazeyal]

*Spotlights burst out of the ground*

*Fog rolls in*

FLAME SHOOTS UP ON HIGH


OH OH Oh OH oh

THE POUNCED NEWB

First time was fun time
Second time was a blast
Now if a new person comes in
WE KNOCK THEM ON THEIR ASS

You don't think you can walk..
I'm not just makin talk..
You think it's bad right now
Wait till the Panda stalks!!

You are the Pounced Newb.. BAY BEH
It's tradition on this Message Board..
You are the Pounced Newb.. Bay BEH
and I'm the one who made first score!

OH OH Oh OH oh
OH OH Oh OH oh
OH OH Oh OH oh

THE POUNCED NEWB

Hi.. I'm AL and I approve of this International message!
.../
:al:

[VincentDantes]

...weak...


You do not scare me...I've been hardened in the fires of one of the toughest forums on the net. The Darkfall Online forums...also known as Forumfall.

Once you survive those fires you're a forum-pro as soon as you come to a new forum.

:al:

[Crazeyal]

Aint meant as scaring, just welcoming. We pounce ALL the newbs. I'm just the first.

BTW.. forum rule.. No pouncing until you hit 100 posts!

BTW(the sequal) you MIGHT want to READ the smiley before you use it..

:al:

[Plunder Down-Under]

Who's trying to scare ya? We're welcoming ya. *massages Vincent's shoulders and croons in ear*

We're not scary

[Crazeyal]

On the topic at hand (after the masses show up and the Behinds bounce, that is..) the best way to get Jennie to come to a place is to give her crash space and planefare.

That's how the Brits got her!

[VincentDantes]

Oh...k well thanks for the welcome...it's certainly interesting, I've never been pounced as a welcome.


*is creeped out by Plunder*

Crashspace and airfare...well the con has been known to do pay artists to come and pay their tickets...but yea I'm a broke college student...who unfortunately still lives at home [cuz its free].... I don't know how I'm gonna get money to pay for next year let alone pay for someone's airfare.

Too bad...it sucks not having my faveourite webcomic artists come up here. The guys from Looking For Group and Pure Pwnage [show] are Canadian so they do come, the guys from Red vs. Blue [show] come all the way from Arizona every year...I think they get paid airfare/hotel...but nobody else. No Ctrl+Alt+Del, Questionable Content among others. :(

[KeegaKurGurk]

*flys in atop a dragon and falls off*
LOOOOK OOOUUUT BEEEEEELLLOOOOOOWWWWWW

KABLAM

Um sorry heres your spleen all I was aiming got the new guy but aparently I missed............

*Gets up and pounces Vincent*
welcome

[sableagle]

Yay! Looking For Group!

Canadian conventions? The comic site's "Extras" link has a subsequent Conventions link (http://www.thedevilspanties.com/conventions.html) with schedule for future con's and photo's from past con's. The only con. in Canada currently listed is Con-Version in Calgary, 15th-17th August this year. Under the schedule for 2009, it says:I'll go to any convention if I can get a plane ticket, hotel room, and a table to sell my books.

[asianmommy]

Noob Sighted!!!
Wait for it... ::shift shift, licks lips::
:: POUNCE ::
::nibble::
mmmm newbies are good for tasting
::flounces off to look for regular nibbles::

[VincentDantes]

I hurt....all over...I've been pounced like thrice now...I shall have to pull out my "spiked wooden bat of hurt"..Next person that pounces me get wacked.


Thanks for the info sableeagle....by some miracle I might get the Expo to pay..

[asianmommy]

I hurt....all over...I've been pounced like thrice now...I shall have to pull out my "spiked wooden bat of hurt"..Next person that pounces me get wacked.


Thanks for the info sableeagle....by some miracle I might get the Expo to pay..

::whimper:: that's not nice... O.O

[VincentDantes]

::whimper:: that's not nice... O.O


Well you're lucky you got your pounce in...but the person after you better watch out.

Anywho I went on the Fan Expo site http://www.hobbystar.com/fanexpo2008/index.html

They have two seperate pdf's one is for indy/small press which I think counts for this comic, and the other is for corporate retailers..

The indy/small press document, by my rough calculations comes to something like $1100 max, and about $850-1000 minimum...depending on the plane ticket, they do plane discounts but I didn't go check...I dunno how expensive tickets from where ever Jennie is coming from.

But yea...Fan Expo Hobbystar are greedy bastards...but they do have a thing that says sometimes they wave the fees [just their fees not including plane and hotel] for guests they deem beneficial for them...etc. [Basically someone they can advertise and get more people to come because of.]

Although I am sure they pay all expenses for "celebrities"

[Crazeyal]

Well, one thing you can do, if you REALLY want this to happen, is stop thinking small. Right now, the forum itself is starting a fund to get people to atlanta who normally wouldn't get to go to DC .

Start looking around at your resources, and other Jennie fans. Jennie got to Britain by a person with extra frequent flier miles. You aren't going to find something like that by asking your friends at school. Broaden your search. IF you change the situations you are using to garner support, you change the equation.

Jennie got to the San Diego comicon by banding together with other artists who were going. Are there any local artists who might donate crash space/advertising/support a fund drive?

You know the area, use it.

[sableagle]

*eyes the bat*

*throws JamCat at Vincent*

Just went and nudged my Toronto friend. No idea what her situation is. It's been a few months.

[Big Otis Landfish]

:d8o: Jennie's coming to Calgary!


....not that I'm likely to make it to the expo. BUT - if one of my minions is going I will try to send a something along (what? dunno... foodz?). Also can offer good cheap restaurant advice if needed, relatively close to the venue.


oh, and Jennie - you DO know there is a beer festival going on right next door to the Comic Expo right? If I had spare cash I'd be there.



hmmm..... actually, when are you coming in, and how are you getting here? Might be able to help with an airport pickup or something depending on the time & day. It's about a $30 cab ride from the airport to downtown otherwise (once you're down at the expo the C-Train will get you around easily, or cabbing around downtown will be cheap enough to manage). Not sure if you have lackeys in Calgary or not.

[Argoth]

Wow, I can't wait to see you in Calgary!
LOL lucky booth A13!

[KiaKat]

Argh.

Ok, here we go again...

Peeks nose out of room. OMG! It's a NEWBIE!!!!!

Thumpa Thumpa Thumpa Thumpa

*runs past newbie*

cRaSh

grrr

*Pushes off wall*

*Aiming at noobie...*

You see a small creature smiling maniacally, and feel fear. This is something you've never encountered before, and it looks as though the creature is probably crazier than the Cheshire Cat.

Mwuahahahaha

And here we go...

Aiming...

Wiggle-butt...

Tail-twitch...

Runs at newbie...

Bypasses newbie, going at Mach 2, flies around corner...

Runs back around corner, putting the fear of Kitten into all watching...

POuNce dA nOobIE!!!!!

*hands Argoth a pile of pillows and a shiny chain*

You didn't really NEED any of those organs, right?

[Argoth]

LOL, not a newbie, it is Al(not CrazyAl just Al), I have not used the fan site so long I guess my old account has vanished!

Jennie could you bring with you the comic do one april 6 2007?
This is Allan Layton and I would love a signed copy of that!
Oh and let me know how much I should bring to make that happen.

[KiaKat]

*blink*

Damnit!

*sits in her box and pouts*

[Crazeyal]

Tis okay.. When the old forums died everyone got reset!

POUNCE DA NEWBIE!!!

[Argoth]

kk, fine I guess I am a newbie to the new forums.

[Evandril]

Heh...Cute ladies jump him, and he protests...*AL* pounces him, and he goes along with it... :d8o:

[Argoth]

lol, I do not mind cute ladies jumping on me. I was just saying I was not new to the DP forum.
I could try and protest a CrazyAl pouce but I think we all know how useless that would be short of a virus to take over his computer!
....hmmm, damm oh well. anyone have a tac nuke?

[Evandril]

*searches through the bits-o-B1* Nope, sorry, none here ;)

[asianmommy]

So... we're pouncing then??? Great! I love pouncing!

:: POUNCE!!!!!!::
::nibble::

[Argoth]

mmmm...:dgrin:

[Uilleand]

Sweeeeeet....A13, here I come!!
Even iff'n I gotta drive alone all da way from Edmonton!!

[Argoth]

It was great to see her in person.
I went down to her booth and picked up a pair of card decks and all of her comics she had with her.

[Uilleand]

Yes, she was an utterly charming hostess to my dorkyness...
Come back to Alberta soon, Jen!!

[Luncelot]

You know I was at the Calgary Comic Con and I saw her, but sadly because I am such a huge and by huge I am HUDGE on an epic scale I was to nervous to talk to her. Just told her that I already read her comic and love it.

Gods above and devils below I suck!

[Gypsydoll]

As far as I know I can't even make it down to Calgary. *Wistful sigh* Maybe next year.

*Prepares for the newbie pouncing that she saw earlier in the thread*

[sableagle]

*pounces Gypsydoll*

Hi.

Here, hold up this twelve-foot enchanted spear, just in case. Oh, and try not to rub this catnip all over yourself.

*gets out of troll-pounce radius*

[KiaKat]

Peeks nose out of room. ZOMG! It's anOTheR NoObIE!!!!!

Thumpa Thumpa Thumpa Thumpa

*runs past noobie, dragging sableagle back into Troll-pouncing radius*

cRaSh

grrr. Let's try that again. *shakes head*

*Pushes off wall*

*Aiming at noobie...*

You see a small creature smiling maniacally, and feel fear. This is something you've never encountered before, and it looks as though the creature is probably crazier than the Cheshire Cat, and too focused to be distracted by sparkly vibrating mongooses covered in chocolate and/or catnip and/or pudding, but will be sure to climb on the Troll's shoulder before he pounces.

Mwuahahahaha

And here we go...

Aiming...

Wiggle-butt...

Tail-twitch...

Runs at newbie...

Bypasses noob, speed at Mach 2, flies around corner...

Runs back around corner, putting the fear of Kitten into all watching...

POuNce dA nOobIEs!!!!!

Hi! You definitely want to invest in Troll-resistant armour. Nothing will fully protect you from his awsomness, but you can try.

*heads over to Troll, climbing up to a safe spot on his shoulder to watch the fun*

[IK the Troll]

The white snow glows in the moonlight.....

The moose and flying squirrel are silent, sensing something is....wrong.....

The back bacon curdles, the donuts stale.....

All can tell, there is something to worry aboot......

What's that huge shadow up in the sky, eh?.....

:dgrin: ~@_@~<{TROLL POUNCE!!!}>~@_@~ :dgrin:

[Evandril]

*moves around to the portion of the newbie that's NOT flat yet*

*PoUnCe Da NeWbIe!*

Hiya, and welcome to the forums! Might want to invest in the spiked armor next time...Won't stop anyone, but they won't gather QUITE so much speed/altitude before the impact ;)

[Gypsydoll]

*Gets thoroughly squished* *Is thoroughly thankful that she is a) used to being squished thanks to regular club nights and b) used to being squished thanks to that dragon in D&D a few weeks ago*

Oooghra.

Now that's what I call getting pounced. I won't need to crack my back for a good month now.

[IK the Troll]

Now that's what I call getting pounced. I won't need to crack my back for a good month now.

No problem, want another? :dgrin:

[Gypsydoll]

No problem, want another? :dgrin:
Not right now, I just drank a large milkshake and nobody wants to see the results of squished Gypsy post-milkshake. <_<;

[IK the Troll]

Not right now, I just drank a large milkshake and nobody wants to see the results of squished Gypsy post-milkshake. <_<;

Oh, I wouldn't be so certain about that.

[Plunder Down-Under]

Koalas are sleepy too much to do the doom thang.

[Evandril]

But just imagine if they ever woke up!

[Plunder Down-Under]

They do occasionally, then the male koala climbs into a new tree with a female koala gets the sex then leaves.

Crazy Koala

[Farler]

They do occasionally, then the male koala climbs into a new tree with a female koala gets the sex then leaves.

Crazy Koala


That's a neat trick. So plunder if you ever decide you want to lose that pesky virginity, just look for a girl hanging out in a tree.

[Plunder Down-Under]

We can learn much from Nature.