Thu May 1, 2008 — by Rick Marshall

ROFLCon Reports Around the InterWebs

More LOL than you can shake a cat at...

After the brain drain of New York Comic Con, I couldn't bring myself to pack up and head to Boston for ROFLCon -- and now I'm kicking myself for not making the trip.

Apparently, gathering together "a bunch of super famous internet memes, some brainy academics and a big audience" in Cambridge, MA, makes for a pretty good time.

On the comics side of things, the Dumbrella crew, Randall Munroe of XKCD, Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics and other assorted webcomics creators made an appearance at the show, and were joined by the likes of "Tron Guy" and the "Chuck Norris Facts" creators. It was pretty much a Who's Who of Internet celebrities, and there was a good chance that if you've ever sent a link to a funny video or website, someone in attendance at ROFLCon had a hand in creating it. From what I've gleaned from various reports and Twitterings, it was beautifully unpredictable.

Oh, and in case you're wondering, neither Chuck Norris nor Rick Astley were sighted anywhere near the event.

If you want to find out what you missed, here are a few sites to check out:

Whitney Matheson of Pop Candy has a nice "Reflections on ROFLCon" write-up of the event, and the requisite picture of herself with Tron Guy.

Tron Guy makes a cameo in a ROFLCon-inspired edition of Overcompensating as Jeffrey Rowland explains why punching Drew Curtis of Fark in the groin whenever possible is absolutely justified.

Oh, and some radio thing called NPR had a few reports, too. Actually, they had one of my favorite descriptions of the event thus far:

If ROFL Con were real life, this would be Elvis sitting next to Double Elvis sitting next to the wheel.

Heck, even BBC was there. *sigh*

Next year, screw New York Comic Con -- it's ROFLCon or bust.

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