Amber and I have been in San Diego for a few days now. It's been pretty awesome, but we are already exhausted, and the con hasn't even started. The trip was long, even though we stopped off in Tucson over night. Its just been really muggy, most of the way here and unusually muggy here in San Diego. It's still southern California though, so I can't complain too much.
A few of the highlights so far, we got to swim in the Ocean up near La Jolla. Gorgeous, clear water and beaches. And for the first time ever, I got to see and swim with Dolphins. There was a huge pod of them riding the surf the entire time we were there. It was pretty amazing. My Friend Brian Morante, who's family has so kindly let us crash with them for this week, brought us out to their Beach house in Mission Beach for a great bar-b-que with a fire pit and good people. It's been a lot of fun. Brian is such an incredible cartoonist, and recently, is starting to become an amazing painter. He's having an art show Saturday night right after the Convention, check out his site for more information. It makes me really miss living out here and being able to challenge each other, share ideas and trade lessons with so many amazing artists. That and the ocean, of course.
I think we’ve had our fill though for this vacation. We walked through Balboa park some today, I love the Botanical garden there. We went by a few art supply stores, and a few other places I used to frequent. And we may go to the beach one more time before, but mostly we’re taking it easy tomorrow to save energy for Comic-Con preview night tomorrow night and the rest of the show this weekend. But I’ve had my Sandwich from Allen’s New York Pizza, and my Classic burger from “In and Out”, and I’m so stuffed I don’t even want to think about the burrito from El Indio’s. mmmmmm…. Now to get down to the reason I’m here. I’m hoping to make some connections with other professionals in the industry. Especially with already established webcomics creators, to help me get started with my own endeavor, while hopefully being able to get something back. I’ve got a good amount of panels I’m planning to attend, and a few publishers to talk to. So we’ll see how it all goes. I’ll update again when I get a chance.
-Will
