Midwinter Comics Retreat 2013!

It was about 6 months ago that girlycomic suggested restarting MCR, the Midwinter Comics Retreat that badasstronaut had famously run. It would be in memory of Debs, and all the fun times we had at this marvellous weekend. In fact, it was through MCR that I first got to know Debs. I'd gone to my first Caption in about 10 years, and I was told about this mysterious individual called Debra who ran a yearly weekend in the back of beyond, where a group of comics creators would meet up and draw comics together - while Debs fed them amazing food. This sounded like heaven to me, and in spite of the fact that going to MCR would involve me staying a weekend almost entirely with strangers - I resolved to go, ended up becoming friends with Debs (and many other awesome people!) And the rest is history. Sniff!

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