When I was a kid, we were poor, all I wanted to do was travel to different countries and meet the people and I knew it was never going to happen. 1/
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I can only go to a fraction. And that leads to a LOT of anxiety. 3/
So it leaves a few slots each year. And you have to be careful because they consume a LOT of time where you should be working. 4/
And promoters make each country sound amazing, and offer wonderful perks and sightseeing and stuff to come to their event. Sometimes, there's government sponsorship.
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There's nothing else like it.
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People always say, "Oh, don't be surprised if people are cold to strangers in (insert country name)," and it's never, ever true. We find warm, gracious people everywhere we go.
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We had a panel...first question, a young girl gets up and asks if Nightwing will every marry Barbara. 9/
It's beautiful, it might be my favorite thing of the entire comics career thing, that people who don't speak your language still speak THIS language. 10/
Do you go BACK to a place you loved so much, where you made friends you can't wait to see again...
...or do you go somewhere new and maybe experience that in a whole new way? 11/
Comics have lots of hurdles right now. But man oh man, the community is still the best thing in the world.
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You always make us feel so welcome and I can't thank you all enough.
ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD, COMICS PEOPLE!
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