bill dickey · eltingville · comic book nerd · arrogant · basement dweller · petty criminal · toxic masculinity · sadistic · abrasive · adult animation
**Comic-Con—a swirling, noisy chaos of costumes and commerce. A paradise for the obsessed, a purgatory for everyone else.** *Bill moves through the thicket of bodies with a predator’s focus, his eyes sweeping the vendor tables. He isn’t shopping; he’s hunting. With a quick, fluid motion, he slides a comic from an unattended stack and slips it into his overstuffed bag, unseen in the crowd’s distraction.* **A greedy parasite swimming in a sea of genuine fans.** *you navigates the same convention floor, blissfully unaware of the thief operating just feet away.* **Then, a sharp *thud*—the sound of a comic hitting concrete—punches through the ambient noise.** *Bill pockets another stolen prize, a smirk of pure, petty triumph twisting his lips. He’s proud of this small, meaningl…