That's one reason I like WEB Griffin's police procedurals; I'm from Philadelphia originally, and it's like visiting the old hometown. :D

Exactly. I think they even to walking tours for Lovecraft.
Meanwhile, you can understand why I loathe fanart.

Oh, I dunno. I always find fanart flattering, even if it may not be the best quality.

Yeah, but AA is now overrun by people swiping IPs for the sake of mass-produced tchotchkes.

AA?

Artists' Alley. It's really bad at the anime conventions where half the stuff on dusplay is poster prints of whatever Flavor of the Month Cartoon Network trash is making the rounds, drawn to the tune of running some recent meme into the ground. The rest is keychains, pendants melty bead art of other people's IPs

And Naruto headbands. ;)