Literally the ONLY way to get a room full of artists to show up anywhere in a timely, organized fashion: offer free food. (Historical Notes: The one reader comment for this page over on on SmackJeeves was in blatant defiance[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For real, I was walking around in this costume all morning, and maybe ONE person noticed it was from Gravity Falls. Then I wander off with the extra hat like a doof, and suddenly EVERYBODY thinks it’s hilarious. There’s at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Figures that THIS comic would be about a day late, huh? If filler comics just up and stop for the next couple of weeks, now you know why. But yeah, if nothing else, I AM going to have a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What made it worse is that I only had time to go down to Artists Alley once, so of course it just HAD to be when people were eating. Also, quite frankly, I don’t think there’s a single activity in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Still, it WAS the first time I’ve ever completely sold out of an item, regardless of outside circumstances, so that was pretty cool. (Historical Notes: It’s funny that Past Me acts like this was neat, when I would otherwise make[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is one of the many reasons I’m not really cut out to sell stuff at cons: I just can’t stay put long enough to actually DO things. What’s weird is, there WAS a time when I would spend whole[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I had stuff for sale in Artists Alley this year, an Animazement first. That’s not to say that I PERSONALLY was in AA that much, but my stuff sure was. Still, I did mind the table in the early[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…yeah. Business was NOT good at this convention. We had a LOT of gawkers who never bought anything. And I don’t mean one quick glance as they walked by, either. I’m talking about standing around for ten minutes looking at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Helpful tip to anyone organizing a convention: putting Artist Alley in a high traffic area might SEEM like a good idea, but it’s really not. Being completely hidden behind a slow-moving wall of people who weren’t looking to buy anything[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…and then it takes about five minutes to tear down at the end of the weekend, which is never not depressing. Actually, what’s REALLY depressing is being surrounded by the BIG DEAL merchants while they set up. Here I am[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…