Bite of Reality

What’s in Your Vocabulary?

by Tovias on March 26, 2010 at 14:04

When I was in ninth or tenth grade my high school had to add a language class in order to receive some kind of state accreditation. We had two teachers that were certified to teach either Spanish or French, but the budget and requirements only called for one language to be taught. Since our town had a regular and growing migrant population of Spanish speakers and seeing that speaking Spanish would benefit all of us no matter where we traveled in the United States, it was decided that French would be the optimal choice. O_o

I have a couple friends from Europe and I'm always embarrassed about being mono-lingual when I talk with them. It seems all of them know three or four languages and speak better English than I do. What's the deal with that? Why is it such a problem for Americans to want to learn a second language? When did it become an attack on our national sovereignty to be able to communicate with people from different countries?

I have no problem with English being the 'official' language of the United States, but I wouldn't mind knowing a couple more.

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Lightbox

by Tovias on March 23, 2010 at 00:00

I was so excited to find out that I am going to be a guest at Intervention 2010 I completely forgot to tell you about the other big news of the weekend, Reality Amuck received it's first official review on a podcast. The guys over at the Lightbox Podcast took a little time to check out my comic and made some excellent observations. You can check out their podcast here on iTunes, or if you choose to avoid  Apple's domination of recorded voices and sounds you can also check it out on the Talkshoe website.

The best part of the review is that it left me feeling like I might finally be 'getting it' when it comes to making comics. All of the points they bring up as areas I could improve upon are areas that I have notice myself having a problem with and have been looking to make improvements. They gave some great advice and I am really happy with how it turned out.

The hosts of the Lightbox Podcast, Matt Stout and Chris Flick, are also webcomic creators. You can find Matt's comic, Big Sandy Gilmore, at www.bigsandygilmore.com and you can read Chris' Capes 'n Babes at www.capesnbabes.com. I've never had the chance to meet Matt, but Chris and I have met several times at conventions over the years. For those of you who also follow our Twitter feeds you may recognize Chris as being my official webcomics nemesis. Thankfully he was able to rise above our feud and give a very objective and helpful review. As Matt and I have never met, I haven't had the opportunity to offend him enough to get on his bad side, yet.

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Intervention 2010

by Tovias on March 22, 2010 at 00:00

Last week I posted my plans to attend Intervention 2010 this September 10-12 in Bethesda, MD.

This past weekend those plans changed dramatically. If you come to Intervention 2010 this September, you'll still be able to meet me, but you'll have to come to my table to do it! I have now been invited as a guest to appear at Intervention 2010! This is awesome news for me as I am currently putting together my first book which I hope to be able to launch at Intervention 2010 and have it ready for you to buy at that time.

Looking at the guest list, I'm a little overwhelmed. I see a lot of big names from online. It may be a little too much for me, so I'm asking that you come out to Bethesda and show your support. I need readers to come by and let me know that you're out there. If I'm on any panels I'll need to see your smiling, supportive faces in the audience so that I'll be able to muster the strength to sit at the same table with some of these big leaguers.

I want to thank Onezumi and Harknell for inviting me to be a guest at Intervention 2010 and for all of the support and assistance they have given me as I try to turn this little comic into a full-time gig. These two are awesome for putting together a con for us, and if you see them (since you'll be attending, yes?) make sure you tell them what a great time your having.

As I said last week, it's still very early in the game, so we all have plenty of time to get ready. But don't wait too long. Pre-registration is already up at the Intervention 2010 site, and there is a special room rate at the Hilton Washington D.C./ Rockville Hotel & Executive Center where the convention will be held.

You'll definitely be hearing more about Intervention 2010 from me in the coming weeks and I'll also be updating you on the status of volume one as I get it ready to bring with me to Bethesda, where I'm planning to feature some new art and a lot of extra features never before seen on the web.

See you there!

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We need to talk

by Tovias on March 18, 2010 at 00:00

You need an Intervention. Do you read comics online? Do you read blogs? Okay, stupid questions, you're here reading this aren't you? Then there's only one thing left for you to do, come meet me at Intervention Con this September 10-12 in Bethesda, Maryland!

This is but the first of many, posts I'll be making over the next few months regarding attending Intervention so I'll keep this one brief. Pre-registration is now available and if you pre-register now it's only $35 for the entire weekend! Need a room? There's a discount on rooms at the hotel hosting the convention! All you have to do is visit the Intervention Con website for all of the details. After you pre-register and reserve your room at the hotel, check out the guest list. There's already some awesome guests lined up and the list will only grow as time passes so keep checking for updates.

And before you make the same mistake I made and look silly, Internet + Convention = Intervention? That's what I'm thinking. And I want to see you there!

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