[penguicon-general] A couple of thoughts about programming

[Rob Landley]

On Tuesday 24 April 2007 10:48 pm, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 April 2007 10:15 pm, you wrote:
> > Last year we had a bit of a science track (who else remembers the awesome
> > ER doctor?) 
> 
> I don't, but I'll happily take your word for it.
> 
> > and I thought that it seemed to be popular and a success. I'd 
> > personally push for a (web)comics/media track as well. See if we can get
> > like the MarsDust.com people
> 
> The woman with the Mars Dust robot costume won second place (I think--and I 
> should remember too, since I was one of the judges) at the Masquerade.  I 
> suspect they'll be delighted to come back.  :-)
> 
> > and maybe a zine or two (Nth Degree) as well 
> > as maybe an SF publisher/Editor to join in. (I'd bet money we could get
> > Gardner Dozois.) 
> 
> Maybe hit them up for sponsorship money?
> 
> > We already had almost a webcomics track and if Milholland 
> > and Howard come back next year, as well as Megan and Ferrett, we have
> > enough people to actually argue one as well.
> 
> That's true.  I should have mentioned a comics track.  My bad.

Every year I've had _any_ say in GoH recruitment, I've recruited at least one 
webcomic artist.  (This year Randy _and_ Kovalic would have been webcomic 
artists, just like Pete and Illiad year 1.)

Webcomic artists are perfect for us.  It's squarely between tech and fen, 
they've got a built-in way to advertise their appearance to their fan base, 
and they generally enjoy the con.

(They're also generally not media types where you need to wave around 
thousands of dollars to get their attention, but give it 5-10 more years and 
we'll see the Scott Adams/Jim Davis types emerge.  The Penny Arcade guys are 
already nosing into that territory, and you could sort of consider Dilbert to 
be a webcomic in the right light...)

I'd love to invite the guy behind Irregular Webcomic, but he's in australia.  
Rich Berlew of the Order Of the Stick (http://www.giantitp.com/) isn't, 
though...

Rob