It’s only two days until Armadillocon and Space Squid issue nine is nearly ready for its debut. The PDF of our electronic version is about 90% completed. The photocopier (Sanjay2) is partially working, so I will likely run off a very limited run of the PDF for distribution at the party on Saturday. Yes, there’s a Space Squid room party! Could anything be more exciting?
You know what’s more exciting! It’s the fifth anniversary of Space Squid party! Yay!
Anyways, the clay tablet run of Space Squid has got a bit of a buzz, so I thought I would show you what it looks like.
That represents an afternoon of grueling clay working.
Here’s one fresh off the template and just beginning to dry in the 100 degree Texas heat.
There was a lot of clay left over, so I made a little token of the fifth anniversary of Space Squid.
The clay block to the left is a miniature tablet with a piece of J.M. McDermott’s story on it, because we had to push it to the next issue and it’s too bad that he couldn’t be a part of this.
And then I decided, hey, with all this extra clay, why don’t I make my own panelist nameplate for the con?
You have to figure someone is a programming pro if they show up to the con with their own nameplate.
And this is what the clay tablet looks like when it’s dried:
