tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888091845778631069.post6359101657818003712..comments2023-06-21T06:54:11.510-07:00Comments on The Midnight Library: Why I'm Not At The San Diego ComiconDonna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888091845778631069.post-64185521005090868112009-08-31T08:37:41.269-07:002009-08-31T08:37:41.269-07:00San Diego is fun, but I have work to do. Would hav...San Diego is fun, but I have work to do. Would have loved to see you and Larry, & everybody else. I DO attend Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, though -- local, and allows a lot of erranding. Keep the carbon footprint down.<br /><br />I hope the Mirage clown was BUYING books? "This is a store, dude; we're not here to be hassled. Move on, or we call security."<br /><br />Twilight: Forks WAS pretty pissed about all those kids in town, but it's convincing even the old loggers that TOURISM is where it's at, not clearcuts (the place looks like a cross between a bad part of LA, a trailer park, and the worst of the Arkansas forest industry). If Twilight gets it through their heads that trees make the most money if we LOOK at them and breathe the air, I say I'm all for it! <br /><br />Lots of people stealing from the author -- labeling soap and shirts and stuff without paying licensing fees -- and not worried because they think they're so rural the Twilight people will not come get them. I'm now warning them that since Hollywood is involved, they may want to start thinking about the Eight Commandment.<br /><br />Yes, the books are dumb, processed, genre books that got plugged into the Harry Potter machine -- but damnit, the worst author in the world deserves to make money off their own work!Donna Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888091845778631069.post-79826930528350011962009-08-30T18:47:22.937-07:002009-08-30T18:47:22.937-07:00I wish you had been there-- it's been a gazill...I wish you had been there-- it's been a gazillion years since I've seen you, and it would have been nice. I mean, Larry Marder was in Artist's Alley, and it was almost like "old times". <br /><br />On the other hand, the crowds, the rudeness of the Comic-con people (one whom I recognize from all these years-- he really hassled the Mirage Crew!!), and the Twilight hoards who pretty much ruined a lot of the convention by simply existing-- you were better off not being there.<br /><br />CynthiaSplinter's Iroonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007774414555914639noreply@blogger.com