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INTEREST: Sally Forth Comic Welcomes Convention Season




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Agent355



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:20 pm Reply with quote
Very cute. Sure it relies on name dropping characters instead of jokes, but it's still cute.
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Emma Iveli



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:32 pm Reply with quote
This feels realistic, I mean whenever I'm with my friends one of us often point out cosplayers to each other like "Oh! Look it's Sailor Mercury" or "Look, a shirtless Gray from Fairy Tail".

I like it because it feels like something that would happen at a con.
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IanC



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 4:52 pm Reply with quote
I like how it's not made fun of or anything. It's just shown as an activity the family are doing.
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Utsuro no Hako



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 9:03 pm Reply with quote
The truly geeky reference here isn't the anime stuff. It's the name of the con and its logo. You don't see many Pynchon jokes in comics outside of Zippy the Pinhead.
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Haterater



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 10:16 am Reply with quote
@ IanC & Emma Iveli

Exactly how I feel. Very natural and all in good fun and atmosphere.
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capt_bunny



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:10 pm Reply with quote
Emma Iveli wrote:
This feels realistic, I mean whenever I'm with my friends one of us often point out cosplayers to each other like "Oh! Look it's Sailor Mercury" or "Look, a shirtless Gray from Fairy Tail".

I like it because it feels like something that would happen at a con.


Pretty much. I have accidentally been too excited and kept pointing at cosplayers and say "Look! They are cosplaying Kobato!" It always makes them happy. I say this too because I cosplayed a character from the manga Pita-ten and it was fun to see people point at me and tell me what character I am cosplaying!
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