1.) I love entertainment news reporting
I always thought I would. I'm a rabid Deadline reader; I love getting to be the one to tell my friend that his favorite movie is getting a sequel. I spend more time reading comics journalism (like The Beat!) than comics, partly because comics are expensive and partly because I love following the industry. It's the perfect size for me; I feel like I know a lot about it but there's always something new to learn. Now I get to put my Journalism minor into use in the best way I can think of.
2.) Interviews are fun
Related to Thing #1, but worth the extra mention. It is fucking exhilarating to hear a new piece of info before anyone else does. My Beat interviews will extend past NYCC reports.
3.) Comic creators are nice
Seriously, there is so little ego in this industry. I got to talk to a lot of great writers and artists in New York who let me, a complete nobody, record interviews with them. I even talked to Brian K. Vaughan, a writer at the top of the comics food chain, and he couldn't have been more pleasant.
4.) Archaia kicks ass
Over the years at conventions I've built up relationships with a lot of comics folk, but no publisher so much as Archaia. Mark Smylie, Stephen Christy, Rebecca Taylor... wonderful people who put out beautiful books.
5.) Money is cool
Because after my trip I am dead broke, and absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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