The Shared Desk — Episode #006: New York Comic Con & The Airship Awards

To say that “A lot has happened…” since Episode 5 and now would be a massive understatement. We cover it all in this review of the biggest event we have ever attended. No Writers Off the Clock. No Crazy Uncle Charlie. Just us and a look back on a really eventful two weeks.

00:00 — A Vignette from the Archives

06:15 — A Wrap-Up of New York Comic Con

• Where do we begin? Let’s begin with the unexpected, shall we?
• Pip is officially clean…well, of leprosy.
• A note to Tee’s day job: There is a different between putting together a Powerpoint presentation and putting together a video presentation.
• Comic Con— Day One: Hitting the Ground Running So Hard, the Ground Hit Back
• Here’s what happens when you lose a day in your plans.
• Tee and Pip arrive to Comic Con, and are surprised as what they find.
• A quick review at some of the guests on the steampunk panel
• Our first gripes of Comic Con
• The location of the Jarvitz Center
• The Mythical Shuttle (with the crappy schedule)
• If you’re having a con, make sure you have solid internet access
• We love our Comic Con HEROES! (These volunteers rocked our world!)
• Comic Con — Day Two: Follow the Fairy and the Trail of Geeks
• A good lesson from our travels: PRINT OUT agendas, maps, etc. Don’t count on Internet access.
• Comic Con: A Circle of ADD Hell
• Pip’s signing at Ace…and her second rock star moment for the weekend…
• Comparing New York Comic Con to Dragon*Con
• What you would have found at the Fables of the Flying City booth…
• OPERATION: GUILD GEEKOUT
• The unexpected surprise — Sandeep Parikh
• On the choice celebs make in stating “No Candid Photos” at the cons
• What we wrote in the hardbound edition of Phoenix Rising (which quoted The Guild)
• Pip fangrrls all over Felicia…and makes me look like a chump.
• Yes, Pip is damn cute when she fangrrls. Especially with Felicia Day.
• Geeking out on Dragon Age: Redemption and Felicia Day’s kickassery
• Pip’s “Winter is Here” panel: brushing by Felicia Day, a SRO panel, and a well-moderated panel
• Why Pip and Tee may sound a little tired…
• Another gripe of New York Comic Con: No “decompression chamber” for the guests.
• Banging interviews at Comic Con
• g33k Watch (Props to Joseph!)
• Romantic Times Book Reviews
• So was that enough excitement for a month? No, not yet…

37:01  — The 2011 Airship Awards

• Wait. Hold on. What did Starla just tweet?
• What exactly are The Airship Awards?
• The Nominations for the 2011 Airship Awards for Best in Literature
• The Curious Case of Spring-Heeled Jack (a Philip K. Dick Award-winner)
• Camera Obscura
• The Half-Made World
• …and us.
• From the Airship Ambassador, confirmation — K.W. Jeter accepted the award for us
• This award is dead sexy.
• And with New York Comic Con and the Airship win behind us, what’s it all mean?
• What to keep in mind when you win an award
• Some thank you’s
• Humbling moments from Comic Con
• Our hopes for 2012
• Another bit of advice: Prepare to network on the way home…
• Can we take a breath now?

46:23 — The Wrap-Up