{"id":517,"date":"2014-10-01T03:28:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/?p=517"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:28:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:28:40","slug":"kray-z-comics-and-stories-159-cosplayers-taking-selfies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"Kray Z Comics and Stories 159: Cosplayers Taking Selfies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We start this week&#8217;s episode with Joe reading a bunch of strange stuff off of the internet, maybe he&#8217;s trying to impress Dangerous Dan Mohr, our special guest to talk about This Year&#8217;s FallCon! It takes a bit to get on track, but when they do, they have a wide ranging discussion about the changing face of conventions starting with a creator&#8217;s wife talking about \u201cConventions are now a place where cosplayer&#8217;s take selfies\u201d. They also discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What should retailers do at a conventions<\/li>\n<li>How do creators prepare for conventions<\/li>\n<li>Cory!! gets to mention \u201cWendy Whitebread, Undercover Slut\u201d, the most offensive comic ever printed.<\/li>\n<li>How a comic creator can get people interested in their work at a convention.<\/li>\n<li>Why shops in Minneapolis don&#8217;t have a lot of high dollar books in stock<\/li>\n<li>The explosion of cosplay<\/li>\n<li>Why Cory!! and Joe are going to start going to Anime conventions (spoiler, it&#8217;s not for the women dressed like cats)<\/li>\n<li>Cory drops a Talking Heads reference!<\/li>\n<li>Dan tells artist to CONFORM!<\/li>\n<li>Freaking and Geeking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of this, the usual shenanigans, a brief cameo by the most hated character is all of podcasting and the usual much, much more!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6562\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-517-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/Kray_Z_Podcast_159.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/Kray_Z_Podcast_159.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/Kray_Z_Podcast_159.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/Kray_Z_Podcast_159.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/?powerpress_pinw=517-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/Kray_Z_Podcast_159.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Kray_Z_Podcast_159.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We start this week&#8217;s episode with Joe reading a bunch of strange stuff off of the internet, maybe he&#8217;s trying to impress Dangerous Dan Mohr, our special guest to talk about This Year&#8217;s FallCon! 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