Friday brain spill
Apparently I'm one of the few not going to MOCCA today. This is a show that I'm definately considering for next year in a maybe sort of way. I hear nothing but good things, but my brand of crazy might not be quite right for it.
It's the irony of Indy shows. They go on and on about wanting to dig up the unknown and the trendy, but are more likely to gravitate to the known unknowns and follow the trends set out for them. The Expert's Guide on How to Kill Things That Go Bump in the Night has had some tremendously bad shows at more indy-based fare, while it killed in the artist alleys of the mainstream shows. I've learned a lot from my first show (SPX), and maybe next year I'll give those top indy circuit shows another shot (That's SPX, MOCCA and APE taking the first tier).
At the same time, I know for a fact that I'll always be boothing the Baltimore Comic-Con, and next year I'll have a booth at Wizard World Philly (despite its regression into a regional show, I still love the town). I've been eying Mega-Con for a while, since Orlando is a nice enough place and I could fit in a day or two at Disney World. And I've got high hopes for the Chicago show, so if all goes well there, I'll go back there. Naturally, I'm always at San Diego. This year I'm toying with the thoughts of booking up a table for next year. Expert's Guide will be done and Dear Pirate will be a year old, plus I should have at least one other project done by then (potentially two).
The goal by 2007 is to have more than a 1,000 people associate my name with comic book writing. And so long as 20 of those types are editors that also throw in the word good in that association, then the hypotism is working.
Philly was a great show and all, and I've got a few pics from the floor (emphasis on few). Sure, it was small and yeah, there's still not enough comic power there. But all and all, I got in a lot of cheesesteak, got drunk, got to talk to some awesome peeps, both in the artist alley and in the major's booths.
I'll get up a detailed post on my thoughts amd pics about it sometime in the next four hours. Got to go bowling and get some lunch first, though.
Also, the 52 Clues is in desperate need of updates. Launching dearpirate.com has taken up a bit of my time, and I've been playing catch-up. Also, my read pile is still backed up from Philly. There was some good stuff in artist alley, which I'll definately get some good words in on. There was some sub-par stuff, too. For the most part, I didn't really buy too much of the junk. But when speed buying, yeah, some of it gets to sneak in.
Back after a roll.
It's the irony of Indy shows. They go on and on about wanting to dig up the unknown and the trendy, but are more likely to gravitate to the known unknowns and follow the trends set out for them. The Expert's Guide on How to Kill Things That Go Bump in the Night has had some tremendously bad shows at more indy-based fare, while it killed in the artist alleys of the mainstream shows. I've learned a lot from my first show (SPX), and maybe next year I'll give those top indy circuit shows another shot (That's SPX, MOCCA and APE taking the first tier).
At the same time, I know for a fact that I'll always be boothing the Baltimore Comic-Con, and next year I'll have a booth at Wizard World Philly (despite its regression into a regional show, I still love the town). I've been eying Mega-Con for a while, since Orlando is a nice enough place and I could fit in a day or two at Disney World. And I've got high hopes for the Chicago show, so if all goes well there, I'll go back there. Naturally, I'm always at San Diego. This year I'm toying with the thoughts of booking up a table for next year. Expert's Guide will be done and Dear Pirate will be a year old, plus I should have at least one other project done by then (potentially two).
The goal by 2007 is to have more than a 1,000 people associate my name with comic book writing. And so long as 20 of those types are editors that also throw in the word good in that association, then the hypotism is working.
Philly was a great show and all, and I've got a few pics from the floor (emphasis on few). Sure, it was small and yeah, there's still not enough comic power there. But all and all, I got in a lot of cheesesteak, got drunk, got to talk to some awesome peeps, both in the artist alley and in the major's booths.
I'll get up a detailed post on my thoughts amd pics about it sometime in the next four hours. Got to go bowling and get some lunch first, though.
Also, the 52 Clues is in desperate need of updates. Launching dearpirate.com has taken up a bit of my time, and I've been playing catch-up. Also, my read pile is still backed up from Philly. There was some good stuff in artist alley, which I'll definately get some good words in on. There was some sub-par stuff, too. For the most part, I didn't really buy too much of the junk. But when speed buying, yeah, some of it gets to sneak in.
Back after a roll.
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