It’s finally time for FanX again! I’ve been waiting most impatiently for this week since, well, last September. Unfortunately, though, looks like Dick Van Dyke isn’t making it up here for the convention this time. I haven’t been able to find anything from FanX announcing that he cancelled but I picked up an article in the New York Post about it. I’ve been a huge fan of his since before I can remember. And I mean anything. My appreciation of Dick Van Dyke predates my sentient cognizance. It turns out that his sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show, particularly influenced my life immensely especially in my youngest years. I would watch this show everyday while I was busy not sleeping. Apart from initiating my overwhelming crush on Mary Tyler Moore this show demonstrated the professional and practical application of writing comedy. Being drawn to stand up as early as age four, and possibly younger, The Dick Van Dyke Show demonstrated the fun and roundabout professionalism of a writers’ room. An environment and lifestyle I’ve been looking to incorporate in my life ever since. Sure, it hasn’t worked out well so far but hey, eventually I’ll get to die. So, if I don’t get to thank him in person for this, at least I’ve got it down here.
And don’t forget that if you didn’t make the ‘mail out’ deadline for your passes, pre-registration is on Wednesday from 10a-6p and registration at the event opens at 11a on Thursday and 8a on Friday and Saturday. See you at the show!
We’re still having some trouble moving forward with the podcast right now. I’m getting back into the habit of recording by myself to keep the curtain up. My plan is post an episode today. I do have one episode to post but I’m also thinking I should wait until I have more character creation episodes and I’ll be getting at least one more next week. I’m just about to the point of abducting my friends and chaining them to the table. Good news is that I won’t need much length for the chains and I’m pretty sure I can use just one chain and get them all at once…not that I’ve given it much thought.
I’m looking to challenge myself with the character creation in this new game, Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game. If anyone has recommendations of characters from anything other than Marvel Comics; The Distinguished Competition, TV shows, movies, whatever. Just e-mail me the name of the character and I’ll work it out to make a character sheet for them. I’ve always had my go-to in The X-Files and Stargate franchises for inspiration but I’m could always use other sources for interesting analogues for these games.
It’s time for me to start getting ready for the week. I can’t wait to get to the convention, see you all there!
