Comics as art form, not IP catalog. That's what Town and Country Resort becomes for three days in September — a Mission Valley hotel where the ballrooms and conference space turn into something the convention downtown can't replicate: a room where comics are the whole point, not a lane in a larger event. The guests are creators — writers, pencilers, inkers, colorists who want to talk about the work with people who care about the work rather than the IP attached to it. The panels go long because nobody is on a schedule designed for thirty thousand attendees. The dealers room has back issues, original art, and small press titles …