Well, the unexpected happened - our number came up for Otakon's Artist Alley waiting list. Normally when you get put on a waiting list you just assume that's it, you're done, no show for you. But today we got an email saying there's a table there for me and Comfort if we want one.

Ah, but here's the rub: we've only got until the 13th to take the table, and the show is only a couple weekends away! And in Baltimore! And here we sit with no plane tickets, no hotel reservations, no rental car, and perhaps most damning of all-- no copies of The Uniques TPB's to take to the show! All that stuff costs a LOT of money, and we weren't expecting to need more copies of our comics until Wizard World Chicago in August.

So we're trying to find another way to get to the show and make this thing happen. We're talking with our printer about getting more copies of the TPB's (Ka-Blam is a fantastic organization run by really good people, so we hope it's going to work out - they've come through for us BIG time in the past), and we might *MIGHT* be able to scrape together enough money for a plane and car (hoping we'll make enough at the show to pay rent in August ), but the hotel room? Heehhhhhh...

THE QUESTION!!! Are there any kind, clean, non-psycho-killer, hygiene-conscious deviants out there going to Otakon that might be able to share a hotel room with us? Somebody who's already gotten themselves a place to stay, but wouldn't mind my wife and I crashing for the weekend in exchange for making the room a bit cheaper for you? Anybody we know, either in person from the "real world" or just through dA and the web? Anybody lend a hand?

It's probably asking a lot. We're basically strangers to a lot of you out there, and we know how we'd feel inviting strangers into our hotel. I'd be surprised if we got many (or any) offers. But hey, we thought it'd be worth taking a shot.

With any luck, you'll see us at Otakon. If not, we don't travel again until Wizard World Chicago.

-Adam