Pants Press vs. San Diego Comic-Con 2003


What is Pants Press?
We'd be a loose confederation of artists and friends that band together to do group comic projects when the mood is right. To date, we've put out (hur hur put out) "Mostly Acquisitions" and "Wary Tales".

Who are (good lord, I wrote 'whore' at first. Very telling.) Pants Press right now?
Vera Brosgol (The Russian One)
Clio Chiang (The Ninja One)
Dylan Meconis (The Smart One)
Erika Moen (The Village Idiot)
Bill Mudron (The Token Male)
Jen Wang (The Cute One)

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All of us bustin ass at the table. L-R: Bill, Vera, Clio, Jen, Erika, Karen, and Dylan.
This picture would be perfect if it weren't so goddamn blurry. Whoever handled my camera for this one is a failure.
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Dylan, Vera, and Jen's glorious backsides in Seattle
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Clio, hating life.
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Jen and me at tha booth.
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Karen, being joyful.
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Lisa Jonte' being put upon by Dylan.
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Get a Jen of your very own-- with no strings attached!
ba-dum-CHING.
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Trias. Purr.
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::whipcrack::
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The open mouth kissing booth being manned by Dylan, Jen, and Vera.
ACTION SHOTS
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Dude! ElfQuest cosplayers!
Correction.
Ninja ElfQuest cosplayers.
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Holy shit, I finally got to meet Bevin Brand! And by 'meet', I mean 'get punched in the face by'.
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SMASHINGS!
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John Allison and I being burly macho men!
(He does not realize I am pooping on his knee. It will be our secret.)
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EAT IT, Todd Webb!!!
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Keith Knight and Stephen Notley (Dude, I always want to call him Bob for some strange, unexplainable reason)get all funky ninja with me. As best they should.
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Liz, Dylan, and me honing some chi.
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Dude, that is one fucking shiny Spiderman.
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Ed (blue hair) and Matt (Exact same age as me), posters at the Pants Press forum, stopped by the table and we all battled for Vera's honor. Upon discovering that she has none, we called a truce.
Hottie-Boom-Botties!
(With Their Naughty Bodies)
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Just a month or so before the con I discovered Small Favors and have become absolutely smitten with Colleen's work. Oh my good lord, it's like it was written just for me.
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Possibly my favorite picture. It's those kuh-razy Dumbrella boys (specifically, John Allison and Jon Rosenberg) dancing to the Star Wars techno remix coming from the booth next to them.
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Jen and I get all saucy and finger-pointy with Emotion Eric.
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Patrick Farley and Justine Shaw discover the hidden Wary Tales PORNO PAGES at the same moment. Lori Matsumoto retained her modesty by averting her pure eyes with a sassy hair flick.
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Finally I got to meet Elizabeth Mitchel! Man, ever since I first discovered her as a ReaderBabe on seanbaby.com I've always thought 'fuck, wouldn't it be nifty to actually talk to her?'. Watch me check that off my list of things to accomplish before death.
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Liz, again, because she looked absolutely adorable. You cannot blame me!
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RStevens mentoring Vera in the ways of the yoyo.
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ditto.
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Scott McCloud posing with our table neighbors who didn't have their own camera to take this picture with. So I did it for them. Because I am a good American like that.
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Sue Katowich!
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Tommy! Oh my good lord! He is one of those kids I met online, then kinda lost contact with, but oh my lord he is so keen I can hardly believe it. Dude, pleaseplease come visit me at Pitzer, you can stay with me!
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Dude, that is so Enrico Casarosa drawing.
Food Pictures!

I made it my duty to document Clio chewing food.
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YARM YARM MM FOOD
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Clio with food in her mouth. I lived for these moments throughout the entire trip.
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Drink it good, V.
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Vera and Jen mock Dylan by addressing her through their pasta dinner. Dylan pretends to be absorbed in complicated math computations.
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MM FOOD ROWM ROWM
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Derek Kirk Kim perpares to devour Bill while Jen cheers from behind. Sorta.
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DURR
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Dar Dar Dar Lots of people Dar.
People that Jesse Hamm is about to demolish
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Kip "He Puts the MAN in" Manley does not find the same hilarity in fart jokes as Vera, Clio, and Jen do.
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Patrick Farley, confused.