Dispatches from the "b" team | Charles Gooch.

Quick thoughts from Viz Eds lunch: Finally met: Kristin Lenz, Bonita Burton, Mark Friesen, Matt Erickson and Josh Awtry. Do I need to say more? We had pizza, a raffle and Josh Bohling (who isn't even HERE!!!) won THREE FREAKIN' TIMES!!! It's all right, I walked off with the prize I wanted (a video game of course...)

Anyway, nice to have a lunch with Robb Montgomery and the rest of the crew.

If you haven't talked to Charles Apple yet at this convention ... what the hell is wrong with you?

Something I loved today: Stephanie Grace Lim's presentation this morning. It was funny ("The Moat of Suckyness") as well as high energy ("Rice is Yummy!" in full sumo voice). If you missed her, well, you missed the perfect morning class. She mixed equal parts high energy with soft-spoken happiness. Not to mention, she's one of my favorite illustrators ever.

Good points:

Michael Whitely says: "The lead of the front page should be the lead of the paper."
Doug Jessmer at the Viz Eds lunch: "I don't have anything intelligent to say ..."