Con games: Steve Lieber and Jeff Parker file a belated report from Wizard World LA. Sure, it's late, but it's worth the wait for observations like this:

"Brent Irwin and Brenda Cook were doing their usual fine job of getting the pros their badges and pointing them to tables. I know they have to put up with a lot of people who swear they registered and bought artist alley space when in fact they only found out about the show days earlier. So they deserve medals for that. Also for using humor when placing people in Artist Alley; in between the two porn stars (now, are they all really stars?) was talented Brad Rader with some of his extremely gay comics, and a guy with a Christian comic book. Randomness does not generate that kind of placement, it's too good."

... And for the heartwarming tale of "The Little Porn Boy."