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…..
Glad you had a good time at the festival.
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Josh Reply:
May 24th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Thanks Darrell!
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Good meeting you there Josh!
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josh Reply:
May 24th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
It was great meeting you as well! Glad you could come by!
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One day I’ll have to hit one of these and visit my friendly neighborhood webcomic folks.
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josh Reply:
May 26th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
It’s a fun time!
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My dream is to go to a comic con when I grow up. Glad you had a great time.
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josh Reply:
May 26th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
You should go! Thanks Bo!
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That’s cool man glad you had fun.
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josh Reply:
May 26th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Thanks jb
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I have an image of all Outcasters having a row of there own tables one day.
Congrats on the show, hope it was fun!
Dennis
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josh Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 8:51 am
That would be awesome! Thanks Dennis – it was funtastic.
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