Day jobs and laying out the main floor

Thanks to YouTube denizen Big Time Attic, this question-and-answer session with random attendees  on their "real" jobs sparked a quick IM session between me and Sheigh.

Jevon: Comic-Con. Where else would you find a jeweler and a manager of Hometown Buffet who bust ghosts with nuclear-powered backpacks? When there's something weird in your neighborhood, who you gonna call...?

Sheigh: See! Comic-Con nerds, they're just like you and me, Jevon. Except you'd never leave your Hometown Buffet franchise unmanned over the weekend.

Jevon: Never! And now I see why my medical coverage sometimes sucks. Dark Phoenix must be handling my account too!

Sheigh: ... There's always Cuba. I especially like the mandatory cosplay girl's tongue stud flaunt in this video. Will Storm Trooper costumes dominate in 2007? We shall see.

And, as a public service, check out Comicon.com's great layout of the Con's main floor and smaller display rooms. It really helps out the many retailers, artists and independent publishers that will be hoping to make an impression with consumers and readers.

-- Jevon Phillips