I was wrong about Hero Con being different than IRE. Both had groups of geeky people sharing obscure passions. At IRE, it was a love for the powers of Microsoft Access, at Hero Con, a love for special powers in general. Both featured tragic wardrobes -- at IRE, a lot of short-sleeve button-down shirts, at Hero Con, graphic tees. At neither convention would you have been able to find any college Greeklife coordinators.
We talked to a lot of independent comic book writers and illustrators. Approximately none had well-developed social skills. One guy was more communicative than the rest, and we were so inspired by that that we bought all three issues of his comic, Lackluster World.
The main character in Lackluster World is a sarcastic newspaper journalist named Fahrenheit who lives alone with his cat and says "fuck" a lot. Coincidentally, my man Stiles is a sarcastic newspaper journalist who lives alone with his cat and says "fuck" a lot, so I feel like I should be written into the series as Fahrenheit's girlfriend.
