But without the bugs.

My phone alarm woke me up at twelve thirty in the morning yesterday, and I proceeded to leave my lifelong hometown of Tallahassee in the great state of Florida and travel the 14 hours and 945 miles up to a little town called Baltimore.

The Baltimore ComicCon was scheduled to start Saturday morning with a captivatingly crazy contingency of comic creators and I had a full box of cool stuff for a spectacular series of subsequent signatures to be scrawled upon.

The trip was long, the weather was fine and the music was loud. Had to keep myself awake after all. I only got three hours before heading out.

Anyway, while the main reason for my attending the show was Sal Buscema making an unheard of appearance to do signings, the main reason for the trip in general was to meet the resident writer of the registry, Tnerb himself.

After working together with him over the last few years putting our New Mutants sets together, I finally have the chance to meet up with him face to face. He wrote in a journal last night that he felt like he has met a younger brother. I may be a year younger than him and have no siblings, but if I am to adopt an older brother, I couldnt find a better one anywhere out there than him.

Walking around around at the show, talking, eating and geeking out with him has made this the best Con I have attended yet and any that I go to from now will seem so much less without him there.

You are a true friend Tnerb, and I only hope that I can continue to be so for you in the many years to come.

Once I am safe and sound back in Tallahassee, I will do another journal on the final results of the trip, and reveal the gameshow trivia answer for all who are still curious.

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