My friend, Zach and I, talk about our evening at the American Anime Awards and the NY Comiccon. It starts out with an eight block line to get into the event and winds up with VIP treatment at Anime Awards (for which we are woefully unprepared).

At Comiccon 2007, Flying Lab Software introduced a soon-to-be-released MMO called Pirates of the Burning Sea (www.burningsea.com). I was lucky enough to interview Jess Lebow, the Content Manager. I had to say that considering there is a background noise of approximately 40,000 attendees I am really happy with how the sound came out.

I love the idea of an MMO that is influence by actual history. Perhaps, as the game grows, elder-gamers may run into some of the more infamous Pirates on the seas... can you imagine trying to take down Blackbeard or the French Navy for that matter!? I tell you what, first chance I get, I think I would take over Jamaica, perhaps Cuba and control the cigar economy!

What always truly amazes me about the Comiccon is that I can go, as a regular-joe, meet my favorite artists and writers and somehow they are just as grateful to have a fan talk to them. This interview is the perfect example. As I finished, we exchange handshakes and thanks, then Flying Labs gives me their card to let them know when I have posted the interview so they can point existing fans towards it. I know, it is good for them but really, an honor for me as well.

That said, I hope I made Flying Labs proud with it. Think of me if you ever come out with a shirt that says "Johnny Depp Can Walk the Plank!"

My four month old daughter, Annalee, decides to switch roles one morning and she is going to narrate the book to us.

We never gave Annalee a middle name, however, I am now strongly considering loquatious

I interview graphic artist, writer, and editor for Nicelodeon Magazine, Dave Roman. He talks about his work, the relationships between writer & artist, stereotypes of comic fans, etc. Eventually, I overstep his friendliness and it all ends in a disasterous misunderstanding.

Whether it's listening to people bash New Jersey, sell their latest products, you can guarantee there is a comment for just about everything at the Comiccon Convention. On Saturday, I bring my friend Zach with me to brave the crowds and battle dehydration in hopes of catching that one moment that makes the trip worthwhile. He obviously doubles as my bodyguard as well.

As I head to the first Comiccon Convention to happen in NYC in over a decade, I try to imagine what to expect.

As I head to the first New York Comic convention in a decade, I try to imagine what to expect.