# Back in the attic, after what seems like an extraordinarily long time. Which I suppose it is. Still feel completely exhausted from Comics2002.

High points included meeting Leonie O'Moore - I told her I thought her work was really good, and for a moment she absolutely beamed, introducing Gary Hillmonster to Baz Enginecomics and seeing the non-plussed looks on their faces (subsequently found out they'd already been introduced, so no wonder they looked confused), giving away all the TRS3s I'd printed, and Matthew's unexpected, and thus even more pleasant, arrival on Sunday.

Low points included not having any money to spend at Chris Staros' stall, and the realisation that whatever meagre social skills I once possessed have atrophied away to almost nothing due to the fact that I rarely leave the house (and when I do, I usually only talk to dogs).

The first time I went to UKCAC, back in 1987, if an admired artist for 2000AD had wandered over to me and said "Hi, Jez! How's it going?" I'd probably have shit myself with excitement. Nowadays, I'd be slightly disappointed if it didn't. How we change.

My Dad would occasionally poke his finger at the telly and say "I was at University with him". I later discover this didn't actually mean they were on the same course or anything, it meant that the time this person attended Cambridge University overlapped at some point with my Dad attending. Whoever it happened to be that night subsequently went on to some degree of fame, while my Dad was kicked out in the third year with absolutely nothing.

I hope I'm not quite that bad. I've known Frazer for some years, and while we're not bosum chums, we are more than passing aquaintances. [added 5th Jun 2002]

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