Loads and Loads of Gratitude
On of those huge update posts. Most important stuff first.
1. THANK YOU
I have been a needy, needy pest lately. "Come vote for the Tshirt design," "Proof my resumes," "Visit my webcomic," "Attend my conventions," "VALIDATE ME!!"
You have all borne this bitchery with marvelous forbearance and benevolent tolerance. Seriously. I picture my friends list as a pride of fiercest lions that lets me bat your tails and chew your ears even though I'm past the cute lion-cub stage and well into the awkward-teen-lion-why-the-fuck-isn't-she-hunting-her-own-meat-or-getting-a-damn-job-or-something age.
I don't say it enough for all the people who help me out so much. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
2. T-Shirt Update!
THANK YOU. No Really. I'm stupid fortunate for you guys and I know it.
It does not look like threadless.com will be producing Kevin's Tshirt design, which is a shame, but does not stop him from submitting other, cooler designs in the future. Nor does it stop us from printing the design on our own budget later on, when we get a budget. ;)
3. Interrobang Studios had a successful SPX!
We attended the two day con in a larger group than usual. Blake, Sally, Kevin & I were there with Jade. There are photos under the cut for proof:
Mr. Jeff Tong took this photo of Kevin & I behind our booth. I'm so glad he did, b/c otherwise there were no photos of me at this convention!
Even though our two artists are clearly standing behind the table, they did not stay there for the majority of the con. It's hard to tell in the image, but half the table CANNOT BE STOOD BEHIND b/c it forms an L with the table next to us. So we had five people associated with our table and it was tight to have two back there. In the end we put Kevin and Jade along the wall near our table as tame artists, and the other three of us took turns selling and circulating.
Blake made gigantic cinnamon rolls from scratch. We stole his wife's hoodie, scrounged for the glasses in the back of Kevin's car, and distributed cinnamon rolls to everyone who'd be nice to us on the first day. Blake called it 'exacting vengeance,' but rewarding the people who handed out cookies Saturday morning by inflicting hot cinnamon rolls on them Sunday morning isn't really VENDETTA in my mind.
Sally had to have been at this convention b/c she took that photograph and THAT'S TERRIBLE CONVENTION HALL CARPETING if ever I saw it. She taught me to make Spinks with crochet, but she is by FAR my superior when it comes to cranking those bastards out. We have her to thank for the metric ton of Spinks that were available at this con. We sold all but one. If you want to buy it, you should poke me in the comments.
This was the first time anyone'd asked me to draw anything in their sketch book. It's not mighty, but it is a Spink. And by "asked me to draw anything in their sketch book," I do mean, "I jumped in un-invited to the doodle-book that was being passed around to all the artists." They'll take that spink and they'll like it.
>.>
<.<
X.X
Then we came home... and there was THIS blocking our house, covering our front door, and salivating at our cats through the front window....
I wish I could have adjusted the colors on the image better, but the flash washed the spider out. ~...Out came the sun and dried up all its guts, b/c I squashed it with my broom hours and hours ago!~
I've heard people plead for the lives of spiders. Poppycock. You let them live; they eat bugs (or cats, depending on their size); then they MAKE BABIES. I'll have none of that.
4. We met cool people!
+FireBuilt sold her first printed comic. Hell, she's still selling them if you drop a comment in her lj. The book is called MAPS and is chalk-full of spirits, bloody floorboards, and death-defying escapes from nearly certain hobo-stabbings.
+ The Otherkind Clare Moseley is an independent comic artist from Canada with a fledgling series about gang wars between mythical creatures called The Otherkind
+ Curt & Chris run a sassy comic-nerd webcomic called Let's Be Friends Again
+ Steve Seck wrote this awesome one-off comic called The Trial of Sweetie Snake. His site is Secktacular.
+ Gavin Schmitt over at Robot Martini downloaded (dead) his consciousness (on a floppy disk) into his household robot in a webcomic called Floppy Boy
+ This awesome VT/NH/MA artists collective called Trees & Hills put together a charity anthology called SHELTER. There was a lot of thought-provoking stuff in it, and 25% of the proceeds from the book went to the Brattleboro Area Drop-In Center, Shelter from the Storm, and Safe Passage If you're inclined towards indie-comics and charity, the book cost me $4.00.
5. Interrobang Studios has MORE CONVENTION APPEARANCES to announce!
October 10 & 11: Batimore Comic Con in Baltimore. Dur.
October 16, 17, & 18: Big Apple Comic Con in New York, NY!
TENTATIVE: November 7 & 8: King Con in Brooklyn, NY!
November 20-22: AnimeUSA in Arlington, VA.
6. KEVIN & I ARE MOVING!
With all those conventions AND the fact that we must vacate our Annapolis home by Oct 31... We're looking to do the move the weekend of October 24 & 25. I'll post more details in a locked post, but heads up--if you don't get our new address, but you should have it, PLEASE poke my comments here! Kevin and I still have our same cell phones and the same email addresses, but the place we keep our physical stuff will be relocating to Baltimore. I'm gonna send out an email too, just to make sure no one loses track of us!
1. THANK YOU
I have been a needy, needy pest lately. "Come vote for the Tshirt design," "Proof my resumes," "Visit my webcomic," "Attend my conventions," "VALIDATE ME!!"
You have all borne this bitchery with marvelous forbearance and benevolent tolerance. Seriously. I picture my friends list as a pride of fiercest lions that lets me bat your tails and chew your ears even though I'm past the cute lion-cub stage and well into the awkward-teen-lion-why-the-fuck-isn't-she-hunting-her-own-meat-or-getting-a-damn-job-or-something age.
I don't say it enough for all the people who help me out so much. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
2. T-Shirt Update!
THANK YOU. No Really. I'm stupid fortunate for you guys and I know it.
It does not look like threadless.com will be producing Kevin's Tshirt design, which is a shame, but does not stop him from submitting other, cooler designs in the future. Nor does it stop us from printing the design on our own budget later on, when we get a budget. ;)
3. Interrobang Studios had a successful SPX!
We attended the two day con in a larger group than usual. Blake, Sally, Kevin & I were there with Jade. There are photos under the cut for proof:
Mr. Jeff Tong took this photo of Kevin & I behind our booth. I'm so glad he did, b/c otherwise there were no photos of me at this convention!
Even though our two artists are clearly standing behind the table, they did not stay there for the majority of the con. It's hard to tell in the image, but half the table CANNOT BE STOOD BEHIND b/c it forms an L with the table next to us. So we had five people associated with our table and it was tight to have two back there. In the end we put Kevin and Jade along the wall near our table as tame artists, and the other three of us took turns selling and circulating.
Blake made gigantic cinnamon rolls from scratch. We stole his wife's hoodie, scrounged for the glasses in the back of Kevin's car, and distributed cinnamon rolls to everyone who'd be nice to us on the first day. Blake called it 'exacting vengeance,' but rewarding the people who handed out cookies Saturday morning by inflicting hot cinnamon rolls on them Sunday morning isn't really VENDETTA in my mind.
Sally had to have been at this convention b/c she took that photograph and THAT'S TERRIBLE CONVENTION HALL CARPETING if ever I saw it. She taught me to make Spinks with crochet, but she is by FAR my superior when it comes to cranking those bastards out. We have her to thank for the metric ton of Spinks that were available at this con. We sold all but one. If you want to buy it, you should poke me in the comments.
This was the first time anyone'd asked me to draw anything in their sketch book. It's not mighty, but it is a Spink. And by "asked me to draw anything in their sketch book," I do mean, "I jumped in un-invited to the doodle-book that was being passed around to all the artists." They'll take that spink and they'll like it.
>.>
<.<
X.X
Then we came home... and there was THIS blocking our house, covering our front door, and salivating at our cats through the front window....
I wish I could have adjusted the colors on the image better, but the flash washed the spider out. ~...Out came the sun and dried up all its guts, b/c I squashed it with my broom hours and hours ago!~
I've heard people plead for the lives of spiders. Poppycock. You let them live; they eat bugs (or cats, depending on their size); then they MAKE BABIES. I'll have none of that.
4. We met cool people!
+FireBuilt sold her first printed comic. Hell, she's still selling them if you drop a comment in her lj. The book is called MAPS and is chalk-full of spirits, bloody floorboards, and death-defying escapes from nearly certain hobo-stabbings.
+ The Otherkind Clare Moseley is an independent comic artist from Canada with a fledgling series about gang wars between mythical creatures called The Otherkind
+ Curt & Chris run a sassy comic-nerd webcomic called Let's Be Friends Again
+ Steve Seck wrote this awesome one-off comic called The Trial of Sweetie Snake. His site is Secktacular.
+ Gavin Schmitt over at Robot Martini downloaded (dead) his consciousness (on a floppy disk) into his household robot in a webcomic called Floppy Boy
+ This awesome VT/NH/MA artists collective called Trees & Hills put together a charity anthology called SHELTER. There was a lot of thought-provoking stuff in it, and 25% of the proceeds from the book went to the Brattleboro Area Drop-In Center, Shelter from the Storm, and Safe Passage If you're inclined towards indie-comics and charity, the book cost me $4.00.
5. Interrobang Studios has MORE CONVENTION APPEARANCES to announce!
October 10 & 11: Batimore Comic Con in Baltimore. Dur.
October 16, 17, & 18: Big Apple Comic Con in New York, NY!
TENTATIVE: November 7 & 8: King Con in Brooklyn, NY!
November 20-22: AnimeUSA in Arlington, VA.
6. KEVIN & I ARE MOVING!
With all those conventions AND the fact that we must vacate our Annapolis home by Oct 31... We're looking to do the move the weekend of October 24 & 25. I'll post more details in a locked post, but heads up--if you don't get our new address, but you should have it, PLEASE poke my comments here! Kevin and I still have our same cell phones and the same email addresses, but the place we keep our physical stuff will be relocating to Baltimore. I'm gonna send out an email too, just to make sure no one loses track of us!