Heropotamus

Phew! What a GREAT time at the Maine Comic Arts Festival….

I will attempt to report the events of the day in the most logical, sequential way – but it’s all gonna get scrambled anyway – so I’ll just do it in brief paragraphs.

First off, thanks to Rick from Casablanca Comics for putting on a great show – it was great to see so many folks out checkin’ out the comics!

- This was the first convention that my wife has been too – it was a HUGE help to have her with me and it’s got both of us excited to get Araknid Kid issue 2 finished. (thanks to my brother for taking for the photo!)

- This was also the first time that I met Eric Merced in person! We’ve known each other, well, we didn’t quite figure it out exactly, but it’s been many years! So you can imagine my response when I was getting Eric’s Heropotamus mini-collection ready – Each one came with an original sketch and I asked what he would like. He turned to me and said….. Kill Yourself.

I responded like any normal person would…. and backed slowly away

Of course he didn’t mean it – Eric is one of the nicest guys I’ve met – he meant to say “Have a blast” – it was just early still… and he needed coffee (which I think I saw him get right after he suggested my demise)

- We were seated next to Jay Piscopo and the Capt’n Eli crew (they bring fun comics…and FREE soda!) it was great seeing him again and meeting Tami for the first time.

- My brother Jake was in attendance and was super helpful in setting up the table (I really need to invest in a better presentation) and headed out to get some stands for the books. He also had the fun idea of doing a convention JAM comic – he created a one sentence scene that I illustrated – and then other artist’s in attendance each added a “What happens next….” scene. It was funny to see how it meandered… and then ultimately crashed. But the ending was still better than the LOST finale We’ll be posting the Jam comic on the Crash Land Studio site as soon as it’s all scanned in.

- I met, and caught up with so many great artists and creators – I’m still digesting it all. But it was a great time sold a BUNCH of Araknid Kid comics (I’ve only got a few left… gotta print some more) and quite a few of the Heropotamus mini collections… Thanks to everyone that came by and said hi!

This recap needs to be longer, cause there’s so much more…..