One Week Left

The New York Comic Con is upon us. 3 days of comic bliss! Woo! And I should be getting some copies of book 2 from my publishers this week as well. I can’t wait to see how it came out!!

This convention center is HUGE. Without a doubt, this is going to be the largest comic con I’ve ever been to. Luckily we’re positioned right beside the bathroom, so we just very well may get a LOT of customers (since everyone has to go to the bathroom sooner or later lol). This is certainly going to be an experience for me. I’ve never done a comic con that lasted 3 full days. The longest I’ve done was 2 days and even then it was a fairly medium sized convention.

It took a while, but I’ve finally been able to work out some arrangements for the trip. I’ve got a hotel to stay in, and my parents are coming along so I don’t have to worry about transportation. Dragging 40+ copies of my books, my banner, all my clothes, and whatever else I can bring through the streets of NYC was not a very appealing idea. But now that’s not a problem so... YAY!

I wish we didn’t have to arrange to go to comic conventions years in advance. I’m already starting to make plans for 2010!! Also, I kinda feel like us comic artists should get severe discounts on tables at these comic cons. I mean, I know they need funding, but out of all the people going to the cons, we’re probably the most poor. Especially when they charge outrageous prices for the spots. Unless you’re really really REALLY successful, you don’t go to a comic con to make money. Lol.

Oh yeah, we’re also going to be selling Formera Books 1 and 2 with discounted prices at the con, so if you can make it there, this is a great opportunity to pick up the books a bit cheaper than if you bought it online. I don’t have prices yet, but I think it’s going to be a pretty good deal.

I’ve found out that I have a lot longer to work on Formera Book 3 than I thought. I was aiming for the end of February (which is pretty daunting considering I’ve only penciled 3 chapters). Now I have till around June/July to work on book 3. That makes me feel so much better because I don’t have to rush it, I can take my time, AND I can still make other comics and animations too.

I wonder if I should be attending Anime conventions too? I’m not overly fond of Anime, and especially the Otaku (mostly because they’re the ones who ruined my love of anime while I was running the Anime Nights at my college), but because my art is unfortunately very much Anime/Manga influenced, I might get more attention and recognition at a Anime convention. I dunno... I’ll have to look into it...