#Comic Convention

[r0tt1ngang3l]

what i bought at a comic convention

[evandorkin]

Thanks to everyone who came to see me at yesterday's New Dorp Comic Con on my home turf of Staten Island. I had a wonderful time, and appreciated seeing everyone, not to mention all the lovely fan art and the nice gift bag of Japanese snacks (and a pair of Crayon Shin-chan chopsticks, which I will definitely be using). I was very surprised by the turnout and didn't have a moment to myself the entire time, which is the way you want a con to go. At least that's how I like them to go, I can have a moment for myself when I get home. A log moment, preferably in front of a horror movie with my cat on my lap. Or reading. Or asleep.

My friend Ron Hill from JHU Comics in Staten Island was nice enough to provide me with a video of my panel from the convention, which I've made available on my Patreon for all backing tiers starting at $1 a month:

Also -- while I'm here: I've been trying to answer my Tumblr messages as best as I can. I don't have a ton of time to deal with them along with my DMs on Instagram, Patreon and questions I get on Bluesky. I wasn't going to answer any of them on the regular but am trying. I'll miss some of them, I'm sure, and I can't promise I'll get to everyone. You can help me out by keeping questions to the point and as specific as possible -- I'm sorry but there's no way I can give you detailed career advice or tell you how to get into comics or how to start making comics (other than you should just start making comics). Please understand I have to work and support myself and my family and everything I do on social media takes me up to eight hours some weeks, and I'm only one person. Doing my best.

[evilhorse]

Batman and Scooby-Doo! Mysteries (Volume 3) #9

[kyri45]

🇮🇹’Sera a tutti! Questo Marzo potrete trovarmi al T!nk Festival di Tortona! Per chi riuscisse a farmi un saluto potrete trovare stampe, stickers e i miei mazzi a prezzi speciali!

🇬🇧Hello Hello! This March you can find me at the T!nk Festival of Tortona! I’ll be selling my decks and prints as well waiting to meet whoever has a chance to come and say hi!.

[erysium]

Comic Arts LA is this weekend!! My last festival of the year - entry is free, & I'm right near the entrance, so please come say hi if you're in LA!

I'll have books available at my table, along with the usual prints & minicomics & whatnot ✨ there's so many amazing artists here this year - it's gonna be a great show if you need to buy any last minute gifts for comic enjoyers in your life 0:)

[cosplaytipsandtricks]

Cosplay Etiquette and Safety Poll

Good morning all you lovely people!

I'm thinking of getting back into running panels at anime conventions and I am planning on revamping my con dos and don'ts panel for an upcoming one day con. I wanted to reach out to the community to see what topics are important to bring up these days, as I haven't been out since 2019.

I will be briefly opening the ask box again for this poll (sorry I had closed it the spam was horrendous). Feel free to reblog this to get a conversation going/more results.

(I remade the poll because it did something weird)

-Mod ZK

[deebrisbyfish]

This was something of an actual conversation that happened with a customer at Comicon Erie this past September that seemed like a perfect thing to translate to the strip. I didn't quite get THIS depressed, in reality, but I did stop in the middle of my well-rehearsed spiel to consider the wording. lol At the show, I laughed it off and then repeated the joke a few more times for fun, but for the strip, the angstier take seemed more appropriate. Zod willing, I turn 50 in a week of this strip, and that idea is living rent-free in my head. lol So, if you think this is the last time this will be brought up in the comic, I have some bad news for you. ;)

[ladyyellow-thegremlin]

When you’re so excited for the comic convention the next day that you wear your little nerd stuff while getting ready for bed like a child on Christmas Eve

[unhappy-eef]

Train goes brrrr 🗣️‼️

📸: Vexxed

[shelandsorcery]

Toronto! Find me at TCAF!

I’m really excited to announce that I’m going to be tabling at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this coming weekend! As you might guess, it’s located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the Mattamy Athletic Center – old fogeys like me will know the building as the Maple Leaf Gardens, though it’s been through a thorough reno. I’ll be tabling on the ice rink floor, table 197B:

It’s been 6 years since I last tabled at a convention, and almost 4 years since I sold physical things online through my own online store, so I have lots of exciting new stuff that I’m really pumped to share with folks!

You’ll be able to finally get your hands on a collection of all the existing Lomy in the Abyss comics! I’ll have a zine of both of my short comics about Adin! I’ll have a few print copies of my goofy pulp scifi novella about time orbs! And I’ll have a preview of my wizard puberty zine, which I’ve been working on this spring and summer and can’t resist the urge to show off – though sadly it wasn’t possible to finish it in time to print for TCAF!

I will also have art prints, including the Tangled Dragon, a few other favourite pieces, and some much requested classics.

Speaking of much requested classics, I’ll have my remaining copies of By Crom!

I’ll also have Orin and the Dead Man’s Sword and its accompanying art zine!

Lomy will be represented as well, with my riso zines Resonant Realms and The Listening Station:

And I won’t forget my Pocket Dungeons, both in zine and pocket pack format!

I’ll also have Wolfspell, this being (I think) the first time it’s been sold in physical form in Toronto, so definitely not one to miss!

And I’ve got blankets featuring my Tower of the Forest Wizard, Seven Odd Islands, and Realm of the River Dragon playmaps – these turned out gorgeous and it’s so exciting to have them at a show finally!

And last but not least, I’m going to be bringing some receipt zines I’ve made on my thermal printer; they are a really fun experiment in ephemera on my part, and I’m really curious to hear what y’all think of them!

If you’re going to be checking out TCAF please do say hi! And if you’re on the fence about it, let me pitch it one more time: it’s Toronto’s premiere independent comics festival, maybe one of the best ones in North America, and free to attend! Saturday and Sunday this weekend, downtown! Comics galore! Hope to see you there!

[sillylittleguyhehehe]

Rating pictures we took at comicon based on what Newts 2 year old sister said when she saw them

(NOT RATING THE COSTUMES THEY'RE ALL COOL ASF)

Oh he's at work. 9/10 that's hilarious but also what

Yeah.. it's a doggy *barking* 6/10 not even close kid

It's bibo and meme! 1000/10 hell yeah it is !!!

SHE'S SO PRETTYYYY, he's a baby 10/10 you get it

Baboo 8/10 Okay? I guess??

Oh... It's a children 5/10 actually, it's several children

Look! A stupid!! * 10/10 YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

* (Not a dig at kinito or axolotls, we just taught her that axolotls were called stupids because we thought it was funny)

[rei-the-head-shaker]

06.10.2024

Some last minute appreciation pics for a bunch of talented cosplayers! 😍❤️

[vero-valzer]

I have emotions! It’s not all abraca-fuck-you and what have you. I have a beating heart! I’m multi-dimensional! I’m a fully-realized creation! FUCK!

@vero-valzer as Taako the Wizard from The Adventure Zone

Realized Tumblr and its smol but rad and dedicated TAZ Fandom might be the right place to share my Taako cosplay that I'm proud of and really enjoy wearing. 🌂✨️💖

These pics span multiple years and multiple outings, featuring a few different iterations on this cosplay at this point—from conventions to Ren Faires.

It has filled my heart with glee every time I heard someone gasp and go, "Is that Taako? From T.V.?!" which gave me the opportunity to spin around and say, "Why, yeeeeeees~! ✨️" in my best Taako impression or give a tip-o'-the-hat and wave and get to see people's eyes light up and smiles spread across their faces. 💖

[nobigneil]

Neil getting distracted during his panel at Fan Expo Philadelphia

[theautismcorner]

Things I got at con today

Two lighters - one is The Dude (if you haven’t seen The Big Lebowski please go watch it it’s amazing) and one that says fuck off as if it is on a New Jersey license plate (yes the deciding factor for me getting it was that it reminded me of MCR, specifically of Frank)

And some really fucking cool blood splattered bullet dice for my Warhammer character Ace (I’ve done art of her that I’ve posted here before)

[jojoseames]

Yo, I'm back at the Arizona Comicbook Arts Festival this year! March 22 at the Phoenix Shrine Auditorium! Whoo!