I just wanted to send a shout out to everyone who came by and said hi at Anime Central a couple weekends back. After all these years, I still don’t exactly have my finger on the pulse of these kinds of conventions, but I did my best to stay afloat in that crazy anime crowd. I took a few photos which I posted on my facebook page, but for now, I’m just gonna leave you with what was perhaps the greatest sight of the weekend…
Don’t forget, this weekend I’ll be struttin’ my stuff within the artist alley of Anime Central, or ACen, as the cool kids like to call it. I always feel like I’m visiting another planet when I go to these anime shows, so I’m looking forward to seeing what craziness will pop up this year (there’s always something). So stop on by and shoot the breeze with me. I promise I’ll be nice.
Last weekend was my third appearance at Anime Central, and it went pretty well. I’d been semi struggling to up my game in the anime arena the last couple years at this show, so it was gratifying to finally break free from the shackles of consistency and do a little better.
This time, after having done the Neil Jam web comic for over a year, I had a firm basis for telling everyone who came by the table about it, and was taken aback by hearing from virtually every single person, “Oh yeah, I love/read a ton of web comics.” I guess maybe this has been my crowd all along and I didn’t even know it. God bless those crazy anime kids!
I didn’t take as many pictures as usual, but those that I did take, as usual, are on display in yet another flickr gallery.
This weekend, Fri-Sun, I’ll once again be setting up shop at Anime Central, or “ACen,” as the cool kids like to call it. This will be my third go around at this show, and I’m ready to take it up a notch. I’ll have the usual mix of books and art, but this time I’ll be doing my best to throw in a few more specific anime related icons to better serve my display for this anime centric crowd. It should be cool, so swing on by and say hi!
Anime Central was a wild weekend immersed in the wild world of anime. Unlike a comics convention, an anime convention like this has a much broader scope. There were only a handful of us peddling comics within the artist alley. The rest of the tables had a variety of items: tshirts, jewelry, bookmarks, prints, toys, crafty goods, and a whole lot more.
This sign was my secret weapon of the weekend. It was inspired by a similar technique my table neighbor Brion Foulke was using. I crafted it on the spot with an old legal pad I had with me and held it over my table for nearly the entire three days. Believe it or not, it actually worked! A good number of people told me they stopped specifically because they saw or liked the sign. I’m not sure this exact technique would work at a comics convention, but it managed to do the job here. Who knew??
I want to thank everyone who stopped by to say hi or chat. It was a pretty fun weekend, and now that my feet have stopped hurting I feel ready to do it again. There are several more photos on my flickr page if you’d like to get a better feel of what the show was like. For now I think I’ll just leave you with a shot of my favorite costumed crazy of the weekend– a Jedi Bunny.
