On the Canberra Meetups Face Book group there are more than 30 members yet only 2 showed up this month. Our maximum since Ben Hutchings moved to Melbourne has been 3 and once I sat drinking beer by myself. What's going on? Do you not like beer? The Wig and Pen? or is it the regulars who put you off?
Anyway I went to impact to get myself a couple of comics. Not with anything clear in mind I left with a Clone Wars comic for my son and BPRD The universal Machine. Had a good chat with the guy behind the counter (whose name I should know but don't) and made my way up to The Wig. I was a bit early so I pulled out my sketch book and started this.
They opened, I ordered a pint of Red and continued. Rob showed up soon after and we lamented the lack of participation in what we think can only be a great thing. We chatted away about comics and drank beer and after an hour or so decided it was time to head home.
I have had an idea for what these meets should be be used for. Following on from Sam's 90min comic challenge of drawing a comic page inspired by the movie you're in the act of watching, I thought that we could be more productive at these meets do something similar whilst getting slightly pissed. I thought it would be good for attendees to write a word, put them all in a (proverbial) hat, draw one and use that as the theme for a drawing to be done during the meet which would then get posted up on this blog. Should we decide these drawings were good enough, had the money and motivation we could even publish a mini to be sold at the local comic store.
Anyway, for those who are interested the next meet's date falls on Easter Sunday so we will be moving it to the following Sunday: April 11th.
SEE YOU THERE!
