Ever wondered what goes into making a finished Weregeek strip? Had a question you wanted to ask me in person? Or just wanted to hang out with a bunch of great geeky folks and talk gaming? Well, the Weregeek GeekCast is the place for you!!

Every Sunday night at 7:00 MST, I turn on the old webcam and color some strips live via Ustream. We have a dedicated group of regulars who tune in to chat with me about a variety of geeky topics, which has lead to more in-jokes than you can shake a stick at! (Ask about the ducktape wroll sometime. There’s sketches.)

Hope to see you all there, this Sunday at 7:00!!

The guys from TGT Webcomics were kind enough to interview me last year. As I recall, it was a pretty fun time. We talked gaming, webcomics, my creative process, and more gaming. Cause they know what the really important topics are! I remember enjoying myself immensely, even if I was fairly nervous because it was one of my first interviews ever.

And so, when I saw VertigoX and his friendly neighborhood cameraman wandering the aisles at C2E2, I was more than happy to blather at them for a few minutes on tape. And, once again, I had quite a lot of fun. Even if, as I recall, their compliments were making me “die of the blushing”. See for yourself here!! And, while you’re at it, check out the plethora of other webcomic artists they interviewed at the con!!

TGT – The C2E2 Interview

I have a special fondness for the Calgary Expo. Not only is it in my own backyard, being only a 2 hour drive from my house, but it was also the very first convention I ever exhibited at. And I could tell that this con was something special. After all, it’s been getting bigger and better every single year I’ve attended!

This year was especially amazing thanks to the brand-new webcomics area that had been set up. I was lucky enough to be sharing an island with Lar DeSouza, Ryan Sohmer, Ethan “Axecop” Nicolle, Ryan North, Dave Kellett, Brad Guigar, Kris Straub, and sharing a table with Sam Logan and his delightful entourage.

Calgary is mostly famous for two things: 1) Great Beef and 2) Being the Home of the World’s Largest Rodeo. There’s lots of cowboy hats in Calgary, and lots of real cowboys. But if my mind, the thing that Calgary is MOST notable for is its love of webcomics. Seriously – it’s a BIG webcomics town. For most of the weekend, there was a solid ring of people around the webcomics area. I saw no less than six people cosplaying as webcomics characters!!

Oh, and speaking of webcomic characters – I had my very first cosplayers! Seriously – these guys were awesome. I’d always hoped that I’d have people cosplaying my characters some day, but I’d always assumed that they’d take the easy route and just come as the characters in their everyday clothes. Maybe, if a cosplayer wanted a challenge, they’d come as one of the D&D characters. But I’d NEVER expected anyone to dress up as a Weregeek!

And, not content to simply blow me away, these two fine fans not only dressed up as any old Weregeeks, but made their own Weregeek personas. Dude. I’m still stunned.

So thank you Calgary! Thank you for putting on an amazing show, for being such an astoundingly supportive city, and for showing all of those guys who flew up from the States to check out a Canadian show that we know how to throw a good party up here, even when it snows!!

These guys must have failed their initiative rolls, because everyone knows that you should start running the moment you hear something go click. Silly, silly adventurers.

Anyway! Just as a follow-up to my last post about C2E2, I figured I’d put up a map of the convention floor so that those who are looking for me can find me! And would you look at that placement? I’m juuuuuust around the corner from the Wizards of the Coast gaming area! Huzzah! Convenient, huh?

Anyway, here’s an insert of where I’ll be. Click on the image to see a full map of the convention floor, or take a look at the flash-based map on the C2E2 website.

I will be at table WC-C! Hope to see you there!!

I sometime wish that I could make montages for all of my D&D character’s various mishaps. There’d be enough material there to fill at least ten minutes of film. Falling off things, ‘finding’ traps with their faces, fumbling even simple spells, and that one time with the dragon and the scroll of Cone of Cold… Ahh. Good times. Good times.

I hope you guys have been enjoying the D&D storyline!! It’s been making me want to go back and roll up some characters, just for the hell of it.

Also, I just wanted to let all of the Chicago Weregeeks know that I will be there in a few weeks for C2E2. Man, have you guys checked out the lineup for this con? They’ve got so many amazing guests that I can’t even begin to list them all! And SO many webcomics people!! It’s gonna be pretty amazing!!

C2E2 – Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo
April 16 – 18
Lakeside Center, McCormick Place
Chicago, IL

I know that the Emerald City Comic Expo was last weekend, but Layne and I spent a little time vacationing in Washington, and so just got back home. I don’t know where to start explaining just how awesome a convention it was… But hopefully I’ll figure it out soon and get a con report posted up here!!

In the meantime, now that I’m back at home, the comic will once again return to being in color. (Oh, how I missed my Wacom tablet!!!) Expect the black and white versions of last week’s comics to be replaced by their more colorful counterparts sometime in the next day or so. Thanks for being so great about the greyscale strips, folks! You guys are the best!

I should also mention that the pre-orders for Book 2 are now officially over. Both the regular edition and the Artist’s Edition of the book are now available in the store, and I’ll be getting the pre-ordered books shipped this week!