My friend Carolyn Kelly and I will be two of three Guests of Honor at the Anthrocon in Pittsburgh this weekend. Carolyn will be discussing her cartooning and the work of her father, Walt Kelly, creator of the great comic strip, Pogo. The third Guest of Honor, Rob Paulsen, will be talking about his career as one of the top voiceover artists in the business. And I'll be talking about…
Hmm. I'm not sure what I'll be talking about, not that I ever am. Maybe about writing comic books about Bugs Bunny and other cartoon superstars, maybe about writing the Garfield animated show. I don't know. Anthrocon is — I cribbed this from their website — the world's largest convention for those fascinated with anthropomorphics, which are humanlike animal characters. It's a gathering of folks who draw, write about, dress up as or just enjoy cartoon animals. I'll tell you more about it from there.
There will be panels. On Friday afternoon at 1:30, Carolyn and I will be doing a panel about writing and drawing comic books and cartoons. On Sunday at 10 AM, Rob and I will be discussing the cartoon voice field and then at 2 PM, Carolyn and I will be talking about Pogo. There are other panels and games and presentations and exhibitors and an art show and if you're there, please say howdy. If you're not there, watch this spot for reports on what you missed.