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June 25, 2007mocca art fest '07
robbi, rich and matthew
rich and robbi
robbi and matthew
robbi and rich
me, matthew, rich and robbi on wednesday, my friend rich (the long-haired one pictured above) tips me off via e-mail to the museum of comic and cartoon art's annual art fest at the puck building this coming weekend. he casually mentions that "a couple of friends of [his] will have a booth there." being a comics geek myself, i figure why not check it out? so, saturday morning, i bring joe with me to the convention. we look around the first floor exhibition halls, talk with a few artists, grab some free stuff, and make a few purchases. i look at the program and see a name i recognize. i say to joe, "i wonder if this is the same guy i knew in college." lo and behold, my friends and former classmates robbi and matthew have a booth on the seventh floor selling the fabulous and fascinating illustrated stories that they publish under their imprint, idiots' books. apparently, rich has forgotten that he and i actually have other friends in common besides sue. no biggie — turns out to be a nice surprise for everyone involved. they give joe and me a few of their books and i promise to bring a couple of my (old) comics for them the next day. this morning, after joe flies off to nebraska for another edta conference, i head back to the puck building for another visit to the idiots' books booth and for the bill sienkiewicz sketch and signing session at 4:00 pm. unfortunately, sienkiewicz is a no-show — standing in line for an hour = not fun! — but rich is hanging out with us at the convention today, too, and his awesomeness makes everything better. some things i bought (besides robbi and matthew's stuff) which are pretty good:
also, a couple pics from 1994 to prove i knew matthew way back when: 
matthew with his guitar
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