Gobo Gazette

I haz pins! Actually, I have quite a lot of pins and I will be taking them with me to Gen Con! Do you like web comics? Do you like pins? Going to Gen Con? Hopefully you’ll spot me, because I don’t have a booth or anything like that.

I will however be once more helping out at the 8th annual Wig’n’Stache charity pub crawl! The Wig’n’Stache raises money for Gen Con’s official charity partners. So if you want to do some bar hopping Thursday, August 2nd, and support a local charity in the process, head on over to Union Station, go down the stairs to the Iron Horse at 9pm, and join us on the crawl. There are prizes to win… and you can get one of these pins!

If a pub crawl is not your style, you could still get a pin. I will be wandering about the convention so you might run into me somewhere. Possibly. It is a very big place and I am a bit of an outsider right now when it comes to the web comic industry. I will do my best impression of a carnival barker to drum up some attention. And if I have a bunch of pins left over (which is highly likely) I might make them available through the website.

Happy 4th of July to all of the Americans out there! Setting the historical significance aside, independence never was so good! Big barbecues, outrageous outings and gregarious gatherings! Beach bashes, pool parties and summer spectaculars! And at the top of the list: fireworks displays! It looks like both Tik and Tok have the right idea, although it probably isn’t the smartest thing to be lighting rockets off of helmet candles.

Before sparking up your very first firework, make sure that you are ready for the absolute worst. Safety should always be first for all of you amateur fireworks launchers (which is mostly all of us out there). Honestly, bad things can happen to those that mishandle explosive items… or get too close to them! You don’t want to spend the holiday in an emergency room, or missing some fingers!

Your best bet for enjoying the evening is to step right back and watch the light show. Leave the fabulous flashes and the big booms and blasts in the hands of the professionals. There is nothing like colorful explosions choreographed to music, classical and classic rock. Besides, that will leave them both empty for something even better… a beverage and a burger!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you tough mothers out there (that’s every single one of you)! Tok is striking a very familiar pose of a cultural icon… can you guess who that icon is before clicking this link? I hope you are doing something special with your mother today. Perhaps you got breakfast ready for her before she woke up today. Or maybe a secret surprise later on that will brighten her day. Better yet, you might have a whole day planned with fun and adventure. At the very least, I hope you have her in your thoughts, especially if you can’t spend time with her.