Are we there yet?

Jake Richmond on April 11, 2012

So yeah, Stumptown was great. It was really cool to meet so many of you, to hang out with friends I rarely get to see, to meet a bunch of cool new people and to (of course) eat at so many awesome restaurants!
Heres some links to some ofthecool stuff I picked up (or had given to me) at the con!
-Spacetrawler by Chris Baldwin. I loved the first book,a nd Chris was nice enough to trade with me forthe2nd one. He did cool sketches in both. The sketch I did for him was awful. Also, I mispelled his name. Chirs. Sigh.
- Another cool shirt fromJenn Manley of Dicebox. I wore my first shirt Dicebox shirt to death until I lost it, and told everyone that I got it when I converted to Islam. Amazingly, NO ONE every doubted the story!
- A tiny (so tiny) little painting fromDylan Meconis of Family Man(I almost typed Manly Man).
- A big, sexy orgy print byErika Moen of Bucko.I once got kicked out of a Dairy Queen in Oregon City for reading Erikas comic DAR.
- I needed a bag so I picked up a really cool blue one with ablackscreen print on it. I think it was from either Sara VaronorJen Tong, but I might be wrong.
- I got a copy The Intrepid Girl Bot from Diana Nock, who drew a picture of Earth Eater Lad in it. Earth Eater Lad is like Matter Eater Lad, except his power is to eat the entire earth. You know how there used to be an Earth 2 and Earth B and all that stuff? Yeah.
- A big, fatPlus One book from Dustin Reese, Dustin may be married by the time you read this,s o wish him luck!
- A promo booklet forArtificial Sunrise, an ambitious multi-media space opera project by my friend Josh Winegarner.
- I had seen most ofBecky Hawkins new French Toast Comix #8, but I got a copy anyway so I could share it with friends. Plus I got to look through Beckys amazing sketch book!
- Addam Pool gave me a copy of his super great looking Princess of the Rainbow. If you were atthecon than you saw his awesome banner. It totally stood out!
- I finally got a copy ofGarage Raja, and its totally great! I cant beleive I waited this long to pick it up!
- I bought a copy ofDreamquest from Jason Thompsonat Sakuracon, but forgot to pick it up after he did a sketch. He brought it to me at the con, and while i havent had a chance to read it yet the art is fantastic! Im going to save this one till next week when I can really take my time and enjoy it.
- Ive been a huge fan ofUsagi Yojimbofor most of my life. The first time I met Stan Sakai was in high school, where I shyly introduced myself an dthen ran away when he responded. This time Marah and I said hi, chatted with him for awhile and bought several of his awesome sketchbooks. I even gave him a copy of Modest Medusa, which he seemed to like!
- My friendRick Marcks draws a series called The Words. I already own the original three issues, but the series was re-worked into 4 issues with a lot of good art, and Ricks a good enough illustrator that I went ahead and bought them again just to see what he did!
- I picked up a nice set ofUrban Sketch journals from Kalina Wilson. These make me want to get a sketchbook and spend some quiet time around town!
- a very cool anthology fromtheCloudscape Comics Societycalled 21 Journeys, with a Medusa sketch byJohn Dalton!
Plus a cool drawing that Ill post later this week!