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[cdave]

A webcomic by a Australian conventioneer about gluten intolerance.

Comments

[rhionnach.livejournal.com]

This is so true in so many ways. I had a rant a couple of days ago about the poor vegetarian choice on offer for many Xmas meals and this comic sums up the kind of attitude frequently encountered.

[alias_sqbr]

I read your description and thought "Heh, sounds like my comic.." :D

[cdave]

Ah yes! I read that at the time. Sorry for not thinking of you too.

I missed it, but I think there was a panel on why the health of fans (more than an average number seem to have food intolerances) at the 2007 Eastercon.

[cdave]

As mentioned on your LJ yes :)

I only know of other conventioneer's journal comic. Have you heard of any others out there?

[fjm.livejournal.com]

Chicago 2005, and the convention organiser who *kept* asking me why I didn't want pizza.

[fishlifter.livejournal.com]

Not us, guv. So far we've been lucky about food intolerances.

[cdave]

It was the Aussie fandom bit for you. :)

[cdave]

It's really don't see why people find it so difficult to grasp. I bet if you'd said you had a nut allergy they wouldn't have been offering you snickers all con long.

[alias_sqbr]

*blinks*

Hmm. Depends what you mean by "conventioneer". There's plenty of journal webcomic creators who go to conventions to showcase their comics :)

[cdave]

But not that many (that I've seen) that draw about the con experience itself.

Have you got any recommendations?

[alias_sqbr]

You know that particular comic was set at a work function, not a con right? But this one was so I guess I still count.

But to answer your question...I dunno. Good point. You have people like Randy Millholland who have the odd little con-comics separate to their non-journal-comic. And there's, say Fans which has fictional depictions of cons (as does SP, in it's way :))

Haha! I searched for "convention" on "Oh No Robot" and found This Real Life Strip. I love search engines.