Would you buy a used comic from these people?

Yep, BICS rocked. It rocked in a very special way.

To steal a trick from Nick Horby here, in no particular order other than the order that my brain spewed them forth, are my favourite moments:

1. Getting a trading card of “The Dark” from Sy Wyatt
2. Almost making Amy Liff faint/vomit/both with an impromtu rendition of the classic children’s showtune “Tranny Wingman”.
3. Sharing Supernatural love with The Nuge
4. Getting the original art for my “Fictionalist” avatar from Rob
5. Making Stuart admit that I loved Supernatural first, that he mocked my Supernatural love, but he is now addicted to it
6. Carpet Jaeger-bombing as many people as possible in a sudden burst of prodigious drinking
7. Seeing a giant Optimus Prime figure
8. Selling off the remaining stock of MWM #1, MWM #2, and MWM Live!
9. Finding out how many people actually liked MWM Live but getting away with not having to do it again
10. Spilling scalding hot tea down myself whilst pitching
11. Meeting Neal and the ironically named “Little Fat Mikey”
12. The water colour of The Dark from Valia
13. Terrifying Mr. Cola with my second rendition of “Tranny Wingman”
14. Sharing table space with the hardcore crew of Orang Utan Comics and David Wynne.
15. Free hotel WiFi
16. Marveling at the talents of my partner in crime Stu.Art as he sketched up a storm
17. Freaking out David Wynne with a “I wanna sex you up” duet with Ian Sharman

And the truth is, this list could go on and on. I sang at least three others songs for starters and I still haven’t listed the fun times with the Mighty McAuliffes, the numerous (by which I mean 2) Staceys, Monts tales of Merlin, Belgian Dave, Ryan and Orko (virtually cannon fodder to my J-Bombs, bless their young hearts), wonderfully erudite exchanges with Scott Grandison, comedy ranting like a lunatic at Jimmy Bott, … and even as I try to draw this paragraph to a close I am sure I am missing someone or something vital. Probably more than one.

To put it as simply as I can 48+ hours of unadulterated comics is good, 48 hours of comics with this company is simple unbeatable. Except perhaps by 72 hours.

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