As If I Needed More Reasons...

"Kris," I have been asked, "why aren't you going to CAPE in Dallas this weekend? You're a comic publisher- it's a comic exhibition- you should be there!"

Well... first off, I haven't been invited.

Second, it's only a one-day event and about a five-hour drive one-way.

Third, it's being marketed primarily at kids- adult wares definitely not welcome. That's fair enough- it's Free Comics Day, and the best way to get new readers into comics is to target the young.

However, Scott Kurtz at PvP posted what appears to be an official proclamation from Mayor Laura Miller.

Read where it makes multiple references to children, and not to adults.

Also, strong rumor has it- rumor I am inclined to believe- that Laura Miller, while only a city councilperson, objected to the prices Jesus Castillo had on Pokemon cards at his Keith's Comics branch, and therefore started the investigation which led to his conviction for obscenity for selling a translated hentai manga to a forty-year-old undercover cop.

If that woman has her attention on CAPE, then I'm definitely giving it a miss.

See you at A-Kon, and maybe AnimeFEST... unless Mayor Miller focuses her "comics are only for kids" attention on those events, too...

As If I Needed More Reasons...

"Kris," I have been asked, "why aren't you going to CAPE in Dallas this weekend? You're a comic publisher- it's a comic exhibition- you should be there!"

Well... first off, I haven't been invited.

Second, it's only a one-day event and about a five-hour drive one-way.

Third, it's being marketed primarily at kids- adult wares definitely not welcome. That's fair enough- it's Free Comics Day, and the best way to get new readers into comics is to target the young.

However, Scott Kurtz at PvP posted what appears to be an official proclamation from Mayor Laura Miller.

Read where it makes multiple references to children, and not to adults.

Also, strong rumor has it- rumor I am inclined to believe- that Laura Miller, while only a city councilperson, objected to the prices Jesus Castillo had on Pokemon cards at his Keith's Comics branch, and therefore started the investigation which led to his conviction for obscenity for selling a translated hentai manga to a forty-year-old undercover cop.

If that woman has her attention on CAPE, then I'm definitely giving it a miss.

See you at A-Kon, and maybe AnimeFEST... unless Mayor Miller focuses her "comics are only for kids" attention on those events, too...