Tag: Coyote

I’m still trying to figure out if this counts for “do something really silly” or “help out a friend in need.”  All in all it was a great time and as I told the folks at Comic Carnival I’d do it again, just let me know so I can bring my Dick Tracy Wrist Radio and catch up with my favorite podcasts.

While dressed as a coyote it is amazing the interaction you have with people.  It starts with little kids who come up to give you high-fives or to sheepishly say “Hello.”  I had to be keenly aware (using my mad teacher ninja Jedi skills) to make sure that I knew when kids were coming up along with getting in harms way running across the parking lot.  Beside that, there are those snotty kids and yes, I met up them.  I played dumb… I was approached by three teenagers who started off the conversation with “Man *giggle* I really want YOUR job!”  They posed for phone photos with me & asking what qualifications I had to land such a “choice” position.  I pantomimed, but never said a word, let them think that they were funny and superior…  It took years of training in a public school to ignore them and not politely say “I really don’t know if it was graduating from “Fax Paux” or my masters degree from “Jeeves” University.” Then again the conversation in the comic did happen… I just couldn’t help myself.
While not all of you have met Larry he has appeared in this comic when he attempted to become Cecil’s Right-hand Minion.  Larry is a geocacher who goes by the handle “Super Genius.”  I will say once I found out what they wanted me to do all I could think was “Larry would love this!” So making Larry envious was just a fringe benefit- that and sweating off about a pound or so which made me look good for my annual physical on Monday 🙂
For ten years Free Comic Book Day has been celebrated the first Saturday in May.  It is a great time for people to check out new titles and especially for younger readers to discover comics.  A large number of title are all ages and sometimes comic shops will have special things going on.  My local shop, Comic Carnival, had two tables full of free comics and was pretty busy.  Before I left I was asked if I might be interested in helping them out for “back issue credit.”  So that is how I ended up spending a couple hours on Saturday in a coyote costume waving at the passing traffic… My mother would be proud.  
Yes, That is your humble cartoonist with Cecil ready to bring in the crowds for Free Comic Book Day
Besides that I did have a great Friday night working with some kids in Remington, Indiana.  Cecil and I presented a quick class on character creation and basic comic creation.  Thanks to Dino Club and their sponsor Karla Gregory for bring me out.