*NOTE* I will not go into the hell my flight back was...just that they will get a very scathing letter...onto the con goodness.

How to describe San Diego Comic-Con...FUCKING HUGE...might describe it slightly. I have been attending furry cons and scifi cons for years. Big ones, lil ones, fun ones and crappy ones. This con just cannot be described, you gotta see it to believe it. Much like pictures cannot show the massive scale of the Grand Canyon, words just cannot do justice to the magnitude of this con.

OK, to anyone that thinks Anthrocon is "too big" or "I gotta walk all the way from the con hotel to the convention center" I do not wanna hear it anymore. The dealer room alone at SDCC is the length of 2 football fields. JUST the dealers room alone if overlaid onto the Pittsburgh convention center to the con hotel, would drape it on both sides. The amount of people is staggering. Anthrocon, the largest furry con in the world has a total of about 2,800 attendees....SDCC has over 125,000, being capped by fire marshals, otherwise there'd be even more there. Just more to give it some scale...you could fit 9 Anthrocon dealer rooms in the SDCC con hall. Let's say this...the Mach 5 for the new Speed Racer movie was there..I never saw it. I missed a huge white sports car!! THAT is big.

How was it for furries. Well, I was at the Clubstripes booth and first wanna thank EVERYONE who stopped by to just say hi, get a sketch, buy a CD or our new all color book "The Best of Clubstripes". It was a real blast. It was also fun to see "norms" approach the table, some seeing it was furry, giggling and turing away, or like the majority, at least taking a look inside our book and some even buying it. I'd say the feedback from congoers in general was really positive, which really made the time there so much fun.

Usually at furry cons I do not buy that much stuff, I stick to my table, nose down in sketchbooks. Since SDCC is 4 days long and most days open from 10-7 I was able to walk around and buy some cool stuff and score some con swag. You name an interest, it was here. Comics, toys, Japanese collectibles, fashions, movie studios, celebrities, video games, comic creators, actors, writers, all were here. Panels for tons of upcoming TV shows, movies, you name it, it was here. I din bother with em since lines were so long to get to them. I do regeret not attending the masquerade, but got to hang with some cool artists and learn some new techniques I definitely will be using. I even got to meet the man who voices Grr from Invader Zim! Heck I got to see Stan Lee get into a cab, we all cheered him, hehe. So much geekery was never so concentrated in one place.

The city itself was great too, definitely a tourist trap, but one I loved. Gorgeous weather, great places to eat and walk around on. First night there I ate at a place called Basic. They serve flat bread pizza that was soo good. They also had huge boards you could paint on, was a fun atmosphere to start off my con trip with! Had dessert at Giordelli's, they do great chocolate, uh, other places I ate at during the stay, this cool mongolian style place at the Horton Plaza mall, and Sushi Deli II..DAMN good food and lots of it, we were all stuffed

Clubstripes is getting a booth next year and I am definitely planning on attending. For me the con was worth it. It was huge beyond comprehension, crowded, hyped to death, but an experience I loved! AGAIN, I wanna thank all those who stopped by the booth and chatted, bought stuff, you all made it such a fun time there. Some I wish I had the time to hang out with more...you know who you are!

Personal cool moment..meeting Rikki Simmons, the voice of Grr!! I even drew Tristan Oakenrod, my HUGELY hung human barbarian for a friend of his in her sketchbook (I totally did not catch your name, was so hard to hear with the crowd!), was soo cool!

Oh, go buy the Best of Clubstripes book!! It will look great on your coffee table or shelf, you can get it here: https://www.clubstripes.com Heck, join the site if you can too, there is some great talent there. I am glad to know them. OK, plug over! ^_^

Howdy all! Had just an awesome con, I dun think I heard anyone have a bad time. For a con so big, it seemed really fun and more cozy than any AC I been too, and been goin since 2001, my very first furry con.

I loved the zoo and just wanted to say hi to all the cool folks I met there, I am awful with names and could not name em all!!! *hugs to all*

I will also be at San Diego Comic Con in two weeks!!! OMG!!!11 Clubstripes has a booth there and everything. With their all new full color Best Of book for sale, soo, stop on by if yer gonna be there. I will have CDs and will be doin sketchbooks.

Cannot wait fer AC 08, was just awesome that they had soo many attendees and the biggest fursuit parade of all time, was awesome to watch it go on by and by and by!! See you guys, take care!!

Well, just wanted to let folks know I will definitely be at this AC, got a table and all. I will be seated at F22. You can check the anthrocon.org site for the map. That's near the entrance and the end of the row, whoot!

I look forward to meeting anybody who wants to stop by and chat, or maybe get a CD or have me doodle in their sketchbook, love to!!

I will have some new CDs, just 2. I will have a Gideon Collecton CD...it has ALL my print year CDs, so is 2001-2006 all in one CD! AND a Gideon 2007 Art CD, which has all my art up til this point from this past year AND a bonus human erotica gallery fer any fans of my Yaoi art, PLENTY will be in it. ^_^

What else, well, definitely lookin forward to hanging in the zoo and drawing and hangin with folks. Remember to bring your DS if you got one. Nothing more fun then Dicktochat, err Pictochat with like 16 people in one session, hehe! Uh, other than that, yeah, just stop by and say hi, and look forward to seein everybody there!

Yeah, yesterday was me B'day and I wanna thank all those who made it a better day. ^_^ Had lots of nice notes and wishes, thank you all. Had a great steak dinner and some nice presents...I LOVE the Decepticon shirt and jersey, very cool Roxi! I'll definitely be wearin' em to AC. Got some sweet books that will definitely make life easier and more enjoyable as well!!

Thanks y'all!

Auctions end, whoot! Can check em here if interested. Definitely wanna make sure the Cox 24 page sketchbook commish gets a good home. ^_^

http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auctio.....pl?user=Gideon

Shameless plug over ^_^

Just thought I'd let folks know. I'll be doing some work for Camp Feral!! wh00t I'll be attending and being one o the art guest types. So, while in Toronto will be doin lotta sketch work and stuffs. So, if yer round the Toronto area drop me a note here. Leaving to arrive April 9th, back home on the 16th!

I'll also be gettin to all the notes here on FA and replying and gettin winning furbid auctions sent out the door, and CDs.

AND I'll be putting up new auctions this week too. Some more buff msucular hossie stuff and other goodness I hope folks like. :)

Howdy all! Today is it! Tonight my auctions will end, just wanted to leave lil friendly reminder in case you wanted to pick something up!

The sketchbook commission I think is kinda cool, 24 pages of sketches of all male goodness drawn JUST for whoever wins it! :) OH, hadda edit the auction, the Sketchbook and all auctions WILL ship anywhere in the world, so, if outta the country, feel free to bid! Thanks!

http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auctio.....pl?user=Gideon

Wow, all caps, heh...Yep, just wanted to say, I'll be at FC and in the San Mateo area the week after the con.

I gots a dealer's table so folks can't miss me, center aisle right in the main doors! So, stop by, say hi, hugs, buy a CD, bring a sketchbook fer me to doodle in! Heh, looking forward to it, will be arriving in San Jose mid-day Thursday, prolly get some rest then walkin round and stuffs. :)

See you there!!!!

YAY! MFF was soo much fun! Here is my brief yet consise LJ entry bout it!

http://gideon-hoss.livejournal.com/45018.html

Take care ya'll!

OK, gots some more stuff up on Furbid for folks to bid on! I have 5 original pieces of pencil art WITH the full color print to go with each. A male naga *rarely draw em, but love this one*, 2 buff bunny boi lifeguards, a BUXOM doe, two guy dragons kissin, and a BIG mare gettin it on with some foxes.

ALSO, the one I am real proud of is a 10 page human/furry story! You mioght remember Shayde the cute black fox with the kissable lips, he and his human friend are the stars of the story. 10 pages on bristol with color photo prints of each page to boot! So, go bid and thanks fer lettin me take up yer time.

Auctions end next Friday, Oct. 20th!

http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/vsoa.pl?usernum=2824&seller=Gideon

I am gettin to folks on commissions I owe and will do so in PMs!! :)

OK, this is the ultimate, heh, my trusty Sony Vaio laptop is up on Furbid.

http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auctio......pl?item=19100

It also comes with over 1,900 images on the HD and a custom desktop image commission to the winning bidder.

And yeah, is pretty spenzive, but, if ya see the kinda laptop I am puttin up, that is a decent price. :)

OK, take care all, hope yer all well.

Just letting folks know that today is the last day of the auctions on Furbid!! Just one bid on the Dragon? Awww


http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auctio.....pl?user=Gideon

Just wanted to let folks know in case anything there peeks their interest. :)

Here is the URL to my page there: http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auctio.....pl?user=Gideon

Howdy! Well, finally posted here to FA. Had lotta folks talk bout it at FC and figured, what the hay!

So, expect some drawin's and doodles from me here now and then. Hope ya'll enjoy and take care!!

Nuthin else to say fer now. Later!

G