OOOKKKKK!!! This is going to be a VERY long yet entry. So prepare yourselves! AWA is this weekend and I feel horrible that I have yet to make one entry about any of the cons I’ve been to this year, the people I’ve met, or even about the wonderful people I see a lot that are practically family to me.

I would like to announce that as of August, I quit my day-job and hit the freelance world full-force! What does this mean? I’m working full-time as an inking assistant to . The challenges I have in inking are getting bigger. And I’m starting to move from inking backgrounds to doing some of the primary characters! Yay!!! I’ll be posting some of the inking work I’ve done over the past year soon so look for updates. This also means I FINALLY have time to work on my personal artwork as well for a change. Check for art updates soon, including art for a story I’m writing featuring my character, Mobius! <3

This also means I won't neglect DA as much as I have been. Thank you everyone who've come by in my absense that have commented, watched, faved sent me notes! I haven't even renewed my DA subscription since June and I have A LOT of lost time to catch up on. My DA watchlist is 2000+! That's going to take a LOT of work to go through. Yikes!

One last thing before I touch the con reports: I would like to make a special shout-out to and the rest of the wonderful peeps at The Daily Wheel. I recently did an animated interview for their site about what I’ve been up to lately. They are awesome! So please go check them out!

You can find my animate interview here (Good lord, I laugh too much! >_< ): [link]

OK! Now for the fun part: Con reports! I’m just going to report up to HeroesCon. So much happens at each con so I’ll save Otakon and D*Con for an entry later this week.

ACE: Despite attendance I still had a lot of fun just hanging out with people. There was a Iron Munny charity contest where they asked the artists to design a Munny with the secret ingredient being fur. I ended up making a Joker Munny which you can see here: [link] What you didn’t see was the blood I added much later to his pinwheel. Heehee! I have to thank Sean Taylor for the idea as we were yelling across the tables about what we should make out of them.

MEGACON: Rode down with ,, and Kevin Stokes. Much fun was to be had! Saw friends I don’t get to see a lot which was always fun. The ever-awesome-super Dales, and were there. They dropped off for us to take care of for the weekend. I love Sanford like the big brother I never had. Thank you for the walk and talk to get my head straight. It was a huge encouragement for me. *hugs!* I didn’t get to do much walking around the con, but when I did I found a hiding out in the AA. She’s so sweet everytime I see her. ^^

Oh! If you guys ever find a Bubba-Gump shrimp restaurant, you should go! ZOMG shrimp!!! *drool!* I <3!

One of my most memorable moments was Michael Golden telling me I apparently freaked out his brother at the con. Mike is awesome at cracking backs as I’ve discovered at ACE this year. I saw him standing in the walk ways talking with his brother and brother’s wife. I asked him to crack mine to which he happily obligded. Later that night he informed me I apparently freaked his brother out because, to his brother, I was this random girl out of no where asking his brother to crack her back. This was his first con, so you’ll have to forgive him. XD

HEROES CON: This is by far my most favorite con to go to. While I see a lot of people here that I have seen at the previous cons, it just feels more like being at home with them. In addition I found my fellow SCADmates and . I also saw some of my MNC family Ben, Jason and Danny. You guys did an awesome job on the booth and you represented MNC well.

Check out the webcomic Monday Night Crew over here: [link] (Note: I’m Casey the Duck! XD )

And of course I got to see the amazing again. This time with his wonderful family. The kids are so cute and his wife is lovely! Please check out Scott’s awesome webcomic The Dreamland Chronicles found over here: [link] ! Go now! I command it!!!

I also saw the lovely and her fabulous sister again! I owe her sister a commission! I promise I did not forget. I still have a pile of reference materials of sparrows next to my drafting table. I want to make it PERFECT! I hope SCAD is good for you this quarter! XD

In addition to see old faces, I also got to see some new ones!

First off is Matt Sturges. Matt is a fantastic person and an awesome table buddy! Thank you so much for using some of your table space when the roof started to leak hardcore. Oy! That sucked! And remember to always say “Yay! Not a Douchebag!” when the time calls for it. XD Please visit Matt’s site [link] and be sure to check out his writing! It’s awesome! Jack of Fables is a reminder to me why I love asshole characters. XD

!!! While I’ve been watching her amazing art on DA, I finally got to meet her in the flesh! She is very sweet and talented and I was happy I got to meet her. I can’t believe I almost missed her had I not decided to turn my head to the left and see her table an isle down from me!

And who can forget the dynamic duo of the UK and Kris Justice! Andie and Kris made the weekend behind the tables a lot of fun. Thank you for giving me a list of UK insults. I <3 them! XD

There were quite a few memorable moments:

1. The Mike Wieringo Tribute. Todd Dezago and Mike’s brother Matt did a wonderful job. Mike will always be missed. I got two of Mike’s Robin pages. One of them means the most to me because it was one of the pages I re-drew for my senior project at SCAD. This was my version: [link] I am still no where near Mike’s talent! You’re still an inspiration to us all no matter where you are.

2. Dancing the waltz in the middle of the sidewalk as we talk about the weather with Craig Hamilton. [link]

3. This is not so memorable: but they had some car show or something going on at the same time. We saw Shawty Lo and could not resist the urge in forcing me to take a picture with him. For once, we found someone I am taller than. I am so deleting that picture when Sanford is not watching his phone. ]:<

4. Also not so memorable, Brian Stelfreeze deciding I make an excellent air guitar: [link] T^T Noooo!

Gah! I know I’m forgetting people, but forgive me! My brain can only remember so much from this past year! And I still have 2 more cons to report about! AHHHH!!!! O_O

Be on the look-out for more updates coming reaaaaallly soon! And I mean sooner than half a year.

-Michelle