This weekend.
Find me at A2CAF.
Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14. 11 am to 5 pm on both days. At the Ann Arbor District Library in downtown.
Find me and Ben Wright-Heuman along with tons of other comic artists, including Kazu Kibuishi!
I will be debuting some new zines!
That’s all for now. Thank you for your support!
You. Are. Awesome.
Yo! Y’all can find me at two DC-Area shows this weekend: DC Zine Fest, and the Richmond Indie Comics Expo (aka RICE).
DC Zine Fest is Saturday, Nov 1 from 11 am to 4 pm at the Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Library.
Then, on Sunday, Nov 2, I’m at RICE from 1:30 pm to 7 pm! The event is at the VCU Commons in the Richmond Salons and Commons Theater. (907 Floyd Ave).
AS A HEADS UP – because of campus policies, RICE is a cashless event. So get your Venmo, PayPal, cards, and Cash Apps ready.
I will be at DC Zine Fest milling about with the crowd unless they take me off the waitlist. I won’t know until the day of the event, probably. But keep an eye out for The Himbo’s Guide to Cooking Chicken and other zines I’ll have on my person. I’m bringing extras with me to trade with folks.
At RICE, I will be behind the table and showing off my wares. This will be my first cash-free event, so we’ll see how it goes!
If you’re in the area, I hope to see you there!
Can’t make it? Then there are lots of other places to find me online – like The Legend of Jamie Roberts, volume 3 on KickStarter, or even YouTube!
Also, the KickStarter campaign is still running, and we hit out 20-backer stretch goal! Can we make it to 30 backers? Want to help us get there? (Even $1 racks up!)
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That’s all for now. Thanks for reading!
You. Are. Awesome.
So the Be Excellent Festival of Games happened on Saturday. How did it go?
Well…it was quiet for the first half of the day. It didn’t pick up until the second half. In talking with the other vendors, it made me wonder what the staff’s strategy was to get the word out about this event. This wasn’t the first show I visited that lacked attendees but charged $80 per vendor table.
For context, Genghis Con in Cleveland opened for applications and happens in December this year. They’re charging $70 for a full table and regularly turn out 4 to 5 times the attendance that Be Excellent Does.
Now, I know this is Be Excellent’s second year as a convention. And this is “post-pandemic.” But it does make me wonder about the longevity of some shows, especially local ones.
The day after Be Excellent, I lost my voice for half of the day and was too worn out to do much of anything. This is very different from before. I used to be able to do three or four conventions in a month and, while rough, I still was ok.
Now? I’m pooped after one event that had no customers until 3 hours into the show.
I think it’s time I start to phase out of doing conventions.
Whether that means taking up a “day job,” or putting more eggs in online sales, commissions, gallery shows, etc – I need to stop doing conventions. It’s funny because pre-pandemic, I had serious thoughts of retiring from cons. Now, I think it’s time to start acting on that plan.
I’m going to be sad about this for a bit. Because conventions were a big part of how I made an income pre-pandemic. But the world has changed, so I need to do the same.
I’m still going to the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Fest and the Free RPG Day event. And if I get into Genghis Con, I will honor that. But I need to respect my body more.
Speaking of Ann Arbor, you can find me this upcoming weekend – June 15 and 16 – at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival! I still have Caticorn prints and lots of stickers and books available, so be sure to stop by my table.
I still had fun at the Be Excellent Festival! It helped that my roommate and buddy Alex was with me. And also I saw a lot of friends and hung out with some very cool neighboring vendors. Would I do it again next year? Probably not. I need to be kinder to my energy.
That’s all for now. Thank you for reading.
You. Are. Awesome.
As you’re reading this, I’m on my way to Awesome Con! It’s happening March 8-10, 2024 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Find me sharing table J-05 with my buddy Ben Wright-Heuman!
I have a ton of new mini-prints to showcase at Awesome Con, including some exclusives! Here are some sneak peeks at what I’m bringing with me…
Can’t make it? No worries – my Ko-fi shop will be open! Plus you can catch up on my YouTube channel, as well as my webcomics: The Legend of Jamie Roberts, New Punk Signal, and Vanita and the Demon King. That last one will have regular updates coming back March 24! Catch new pages on my email newsletter.
That’s all for now. See you at Awesome Con! And if you’re outside of DC, stay tuned, and thanks for reading!
You. Are. Awesome.
This Friday AND Saturday, March 24 and 25th, it’s HerdCon Weekend in Huntington, WV!
I’m only going to be there for Saturday – but be sure to go for the Friday events, including a 1 pm live show of Sawbones, the podcast from Justin and Sydney McElroy, yo.
But yeah, I won’t be down in time for the Friday events, since I’m coming in from Toledo – which is a hike, to say the least. I WILL, however, be there all day on Saturday. Find me in the Artist and Vendor hall.
WHAT WILL I HAVE?
I’m bringing my usual setup of comics. I’m also bringing…
Any and all profits will help towards my move to a new apartment in May.
Heads Up – if it sells out at HerdCon, I WILL NOT restock it for RathaCon the following weekend.
Another Heads Up – My Ko-fi shop will be temporarily closed during HerdCon weekend. To be specific, the Ko-fi Shop will be closed all day Friday, March 24, until Sunday morning, March 26. Thank you for your understanding.
That’s all for now. I’m so excited to be going back to HerdCon in person this year!
Thank you for your support. Hope to see you there!
You. Are. Awesome.
