Okay, so, here's the deal: I was recently laid off from my old job of five years, and have started a new job, so as The New Girl, I don't have a lot of time I can take off. And it's "only" a comic con, you know? Anime's more my thing. So, I decided I wasn't going to take Friday off. Louis was, and I figured, that was enough--he'd have time to do some shopping without me tagging along and distracting him.

We had also agreed that out of the three days we were planning on going to the con, I would only cosplay one day--it's hard enough to shop in the crowded, shoulder-to-shoulder mob of the dealer's room (or, "Exhibition Hall", as I believe it's called there); it's impossible when you're being stopped every five minutes for a photo.

We were planning on going to see Coraline at 8 ourselves, and we wanted to grab some dinner before then, so we really only had about a half an hour to kill--so what was the ONE thing I definitely wanted to do at the con? It didn't take me long to decide--meet Gabe and Tycho from Penny Arcade!

Lou had already met them earlier that day--he had printed out his favorite strip and had them sign it, asked for a sketch, and bought a poster. So he knew exactly where to lead us.

On the way, we spotted a really awesome Casey Jones cosplayer, and I felt bad that we weren't able to ask him where he got his mask (which was perfect), as Louis and I have talked about maybe doing April O'Neil and Casey Jones costumes together. But as we got to the Penny Arcade booth, we saw him again, with my friend Anna! So that was nice, I was beginning to worry I wouldn't know anyone (besides Louis and Skye, of course) at the con.

Gabe and Tycho (or, Mike and Jerry) were REALLY, REALLY nice. First of all, I can't believe there was no line! (Granted, Friday the con looked deserted, but STILL. It's GABE AND TYCHO!) And they were really, really funny. Louis had mentioned how, when he met them earlier in the day, he had clammed up and not known what to say, and I had laughed at him, and of course, karma is a b^tch, so the same exact thing happened to me when I met them.

So, I walked up and said something like "I read your comic" (which as Skye pointed out, is the logical opener, so they must hear it all day), and they responded in perfect, clearly-rehearsed unison with something like "Thanks, we make it." Totally deadpan, like this was normal behavior. Skye had to walk a few steps away so she wouldn't die laughing in front of them while I was trying to continue the conversation. Anyway, I told them how much I liked the comic, and buy the books (I forgot the bring my books to sign, of course), and how we cosplayed them last year (I meant to bring print outs of pictures of our cosplay, so they could see), and then told them they should tell their wives that they have fans, and then it turned out their wives were there, so they introduced us (the girls were REALLY, REALLY nice, too!), and I told them how much I admired the work they did through Child's Play, and then I asked to see pictures of their sons, and oh my gosh their kids are so cute, and overall, I just had a really nice time meeting them. Gabe/Mike drew me a quick sketch, and then we decided to get out of there, because really, what was going to top that?