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So, good news and bad news... I decided to bow out of the comic expo this summer for next year. A lot of my artist alley peeps also decided to do the same thing. It's hard to predict when Alberta and British Columbia will be getting COVID vaccines for the general population and July feels unlikely.

Happily, there wasn't a penalty to move my table ( Read more... )

Originally posted by calzephyr77 at Adventures in Lasercutting
Hi peeps, I will probably write more about this later, but I picked up some lasercuts this week. I found out that a local stationary store offers this service and it took some time to prepare the files as vectors. The paper is Stardream and I also had a sample made in real wood paper. They turned ( Read more... )

Another picture down for the comic expo...although now I see I have to touch up the top part. I just bought a refill for my YROOOO marker, and that's where I exhausted it after trying to revive it with plain alcohol.


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One of the lovely things about the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo is that they keep fans entertained all year with movie screenings down at The Plaza. The Plaza is Calgary's oldest theatre, a tiny little space tucked away in Kensington, but home to alternative events and movies new and old. Part of the admission goes to charity, so it's a good ( Read more... )

Our advance tickets for the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo came. My friends taeha and raptoress will be there, and so should you!

I had never heard of Mouse Guard until the comic expo, but I do love anything with adorable little mice in it, and for the longest time all people gave me was stuff with adorable little mice on it :-) These aren't the cutesy little Beatrix Potter type mice, though, they're hardy warriors, upholding honour, protecting the weak and uncovering a ( Read more... )

such as this one showing how Jim Zubkavich created a pin up for the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. The guest list is very impressive this year - although a few years ago I might have been more excited about seeing Kevin Sorbo :-D And it's the week after class ends, so I won't have to miss it for soldering jump rings. I'll try to be a better ( Read more... )