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*GOSH..I SHOULDA MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT I WAS OFF TO NEW YORK CITY..

2005 MOCCA WRAP-UP!!

the heat!! THE HEAT!! new york city was suffering from super-foolish temps earlier than usual, so every day hovered around 93-95 degrees!! it’s not the heat, but the humidity that breaks a (15 year) wimpy-ass californian like myself.

plus, my buds apt. is SIX FLIGHTS UP/ NO ELEVATOR!! so i was especially motivated to sell as much as possible at this year’s mocca.

it was a pleasure to be back at mocca after skippin’ out on it last year. the biggest change from the last time i was there was the event was now two days as opposed to one. and that helps sales, because some folks will buy a book the first day, and pick up more on the second.

i shared a table with tom beland (“true story: swear to god”) and we had a nice steady stream of people pretty much all day after about noon. and there were a lotta great folks here that you don’t see out west. there were also a few daily strip folk like patrick mcdonnell (“mutts”) and bill griffith (“zippy the pinhead”).

in the end, sales were better than ape, not a good as wondercon.

hit a few parties: the pre-reg on friday at mocca (free stella artois!!) and had a nice time at jigsaw, friday late-night.

also hit the hi-fi on sat. and caught a very exciting mets extra-inning win on the tube, there. (i’d be a mets fan if i lived in new york)

on monday, me and tom hit the offices of mad magazine and espn the magazine, two places i do work for. it was great seeing all the original artwork by mad greats like sergio aragones, mort drucker, jack davis and more. we left with some mag copies, including the latest ish with my first “father o’flannity” strip.

the espn offices were cool, too. my editors took us out to lunch and we talked a lotta sports smack and more.

thanks to everyone who came out to say hello. i hope to be back to nyc in the fall for an “ink, sweat & tears” tour!!

cheers!

keef