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Post NY Comic Con Report

Posted by Luis - April 21st, 2008


Well I'm back in my humble abode, I hung out at the office for the weekend. It's always refreshing and envigorating(?) to crawl into the mothership (aka NG office). Everyone was hard at work on Castle Crashers, which looked pretty dope.

On Saturday I went with Mindchamber to the NY Comic Con. We met up with a few newgrounders there, one of which was Eric Black, he was one of the old heads in the early roots of the NG portal, yall were mere sperm back then so you probably never heard of him! And if you have then kudos to you. Anyway, he was a great personality and all around fun to be around. The main purpose of our trip to the comic con was to scope out the scene and get a feel for the environment. Evaluate how it differed or compared to the San Diego Comic Con, the overall goal was to see if we could set up a NG booth in the east coast. Our findings were promising and in fact we are entertaining the possibility of debuting a booth at the June Apple Con (also in NYC).

More info on that later, but if we do get a booth it would mark a great step in the effort to expose NG to everyone out there. San Diego was a bit too big of a venue for a 'small' site like NG... its hard to compete when you have Paramount and Kevin Bacon in the booth next door....

We as Newgrounders love to think that we are a major player on the internet (and we are) but we still have a ways to go, and we really need to do a better job of pushing the site and its wares and talent out in the real world. Networking opportunities such as conventions are a perfect fit.

Last but not least, I got a chance to get my hands on those elusive tankmen figurines. They look great and the packaging is so well done for it that i almost dont even want to open it. Specially humorous is the illustration on the side, such as the 'enemy detecting hyper hard-on'

Hopefully JohnnyUtah doesnt kill me for sharing this pic.

**PS check out Kano's artwork, I had the pleasure of running into his work at the comic con, he has a really sweet vector meets street art style. He recently released a book called citizen kano. Its great. I'll probably base my next ng profile skin on him.

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Sounds like a bunch of fun. No pics of the figurine itself? Or is that still hyper-secret?

you can see it on johnnyutahs post about the metal gear collab. i cant post multiple pics

What would you like to see in your mailbox this year? lol

Hell, I would love to see a NG booth at Comic Con sometime soon and while I have yet to attend one, it would be a good venture to check out some great work in person and meet some regulars.

The action figure looks amazing and I can't wait for it to get a public release in the store, gotta love those descriptions on it though. <3

SOMEBODY forgot to find me at the Spacedog booth during my term of indentured servitude.
PSH your loss.
San Diego though, we'll be chillin'.

You need your own icon drawn by Jeff, Luis.

Go bother him about it.

hey luis, can we submit a flash for pico day 2 days late? pls reply...

i doubt it. the whole point of it is to submit on tom's birthday.

Holy shit, you met EricBlak?

Fucking cool.

SOOOO I herd the NY con had a far greater amount of navigableness...

Dude sorry if l disapoint you but l wil promise l will get better l freaking promose to you luis anyways awesome

I never been to the Comic Con in San Diego but I think the Ny Comic Con is where Ng needed to be. Plus wouldn't it be easier for y'all since you guys are right there in philly? From what I seen the west coast comic con is waay bigger then the NYC Con so I guess the ny one would attract more people's attention to an NG Booth. Just remember to bring lots of free stuff. I'll be waiting..

yeah i totally agree with you.. the logic all points to ng having a greater east coast presence if anything... THANK YOU.

Hey check out my page you gotta see the hilarious video on there you'll love it!

Dude, I just played that game, "Castle Crashing The Beard", and let me just say, it rocked, although I found myself saying things through it that I shouldn't have. lol
Very well done, its my favorite game on Newgrounds. And, I love the, "The Beard Will Devour you", as well as, "No one can defeat the Tom". Great Game Luis, I would love to see more of this. :D

we will proceeed to give you more of what you neeeed

Wow Tankmen is seriously popular now! So was it good? The convention? Also thanks for commenting at ma page bro.

I enjoyed it... im not much of a comic guy but like walking through the artists alley (starving artists aisle lol)... was inspiring.

Its cool that some artists have stuck to their guns and their talents and are really pushing themselves out there. Too many artists figure theres no point in trying to make a living and end up as clockpunchers doing some totally uncreative job.

I remember Eric Black. His stuff is so good, especially for back in 2000.

I cannot wait to get me a Tank man figure :3

im just waitin for the new sketchbook tour!
btw, tht figure rawks!, im definitly gettin me one!!

Ha Hyper hand on......You ng and your silly cock jokes......HA

whats even MORE clever is that the hyper hardon actually is in reference to the first tank men... i was watching that last night and it was like whoa it actually is referencing the series.. JOHNNYUTAH YOU ARE A CLEVER BOY

Good to know it went well now I wish I went.

I went to the comic con in P.A.
Wasnt that big though. =\

whats it called?

<a href="http://www.pittsburghcomicon.com/">http://www.pittsburghcomicon.com/</a>
Theres the link to the site. I went last year, but they are currently holding one, today, tommorow, and on Sunday.

Hey are you submitting a Pico vs. Convict 2 for Pico Day on the 30th? I hope so because the first was brilliant it had some of the best graphics and animation and music! I have ever seen... and heard. Anyway a reply would be appreciated, thanks.

Dools.