Back from my little 6-day vacation to Philly! I was two days late for Pico Day because I was out selling artwork at a comic con in Canada, but I still got to catch up with a few stragglers left over from the party once I got there on the 29th! Mike was able to visit and go for dinner with all of us before he had to head back to SanDiego, but I guess I missed Ricepirate by a couple hours!! :( He left me a nice note though:

Anyway, I stayed at Stamper's again, so I got to spend a bunch of time with all the guys that live there now, too! (Spazkid, Cosmicdeath, Oney, Psychicpebble, Shadman, and Luis!) I always have a blast out there -- everybody's so insanely talented that I can't help but get inspired when I see them all working on their latest projects. Just recently they've finished furnishing a really cool new studio space called SleepyCabin, so a lot of my time was spent over there getting commissions and other things finished. I wish it were possible to just move out there and do this art stuff full-time. TOO BAD I PICKED TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL OVER FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN LOL.

Check out Stamper's sweet guest board at the SleepyCabin studio-- (and yes I purposefully made mine the most obnoxious and shiny)

Eventually I went to check out the Pico Day aftermath at the Newgrounds office in Glenside -- saw all of this year's awesome dick drawings, along with a few nice notes that Digsbot and another unknown person had left: (lol not sure if that condom taped to the wall was meant for me though)

Tom and JohnnyUtah ended up showing me the latest progress on a big project they're working on, so it was cool to see how far they've come with it just between the two of them. Went out for sushi and coffee with them later that day, too! Here's a picture of the drawings I left in one of the Newgrounds sketchbooks:

On the second-last day of my visit, Luis gave me a tour of downtown Philly and it happend to be the first Friday of the month, so I was able to check out the local Art Walk! All of the local galleries were open and the sidewalks were packed with local art vendors, so we checked out a few displays. Later on we met up with TheSwain and his entourage for chinese food! Had a lot of fun out there. Could barely handle the spicey food they ordered.

SO YEAH, I guess that's a pretty brief summary of the trip! I can't wait to go back again. It's like a second home to me now. Everyone there is amazing and I miss them all LOTS AND LOTS. :V

NOW TELL ME YOUR PICO DAY STORIES! c: