The great APE report: At Simply Comics, Babar checks in after last weekend's APE 2004:

"All the publishers you would expect to be there were there, and they seem to be settling into regular spots on the floor plan. Slave Labor's booth looked kind of empty since they had an open browsing area without the usual tables for some of their books and shirts and there was no Jhonen Vasquez to draw in the hundreds of Goth kids. In fact, I didn't see any significant lines at any of the tables this year, which was a first. No offense to this years guests of honor, but I don't think there were any real indy superstars to draw those lines this year, because it seemed like there were certainly enough people in attendance. (There were enough people to buy up all the copies of Optic Nerve #9 that D&Q brought on Saturday, at least!)"