Olympia Comics Festival: The Revenge

So, Saturday was the Olympia Comics Festival. Leigh and I attended (naturally) and were once again right next to our good friends and con-buddies Beth and Maria from Famine Lands. We had a lovely time chatting about what we were going to be doing at Comic-Con coming up in July.

Olympia was a very nice, small con. There were only about fifteen tables, but attendence was surprisingly high. We talked with a lot of people and as is the case at most small cons, people were much more prone to stopping and chatting for a while.

Special mention needs to go out to our 'wonder-fan' who rode the bus down from Seattle just to see us. However, because Leigh and I are complete idiots, neither one of us can remember her name. Seriously. The poor woman rode public transportation down to see us and we can't recall her name. We are bastards and apologize profusely.

Hopefully, she will show up again at one of the local cons and we can get her name and enshrine it in a special place (or she can email us, hint hint).

On another note, Lukas Ketner, a fellow 2009 Russ Manning award nominee was not there, though his writer was. We had a nice chat and discussed getting Leigh and Lukas together for some sort of 'art fight' to determine who gets the award. We got as far as discussing selling tickets before we realized no one would pay to watch two artists draw angrily at one another.

Anyhow, we wish Lukas the best of luck and congratulations for also being nominated.

Overall, it was a very pleasant day and a very pleasant con. We will definately go back next year.

Cheers,
-Jason

Olympia Comics Festival

Just a quick reminder: Leigh and I will be at the Olympia Comics Festival this Saturday. It's free to attend, so come on by and say 'hi' and/or shower us with money.

Seriously. We'll accept cash, checks, dinari, pounds, rupees, and Euros. Bullion and gold kugerands are also acceptable.

Hope to see you there!

-Jason

San Diego Comic Con!

As you might have noticed, Leigh and I have been accepted at the San Diego Comic Con!

We will be there all four days, hawking our wares and being generally overwhelmed by the near-endless tides of people. I am both excited and stunned by getting in, as I was pretty sure we wouldn't. I don't know why not, I just kind of assumed that we wouldn't.

Seriously. I honestly thought we wouldn't.

Imagine my surprise when I got the envelope. My first thought was 'Holy crap! We got in!' followed closely by 'Holy crap, we need a flight, hotel, more comics, more bookmarks, a rental car, and an actual camera for taking pictures!'

I then fainted, only to be awakened by a dog peeing on me.

Anyway, there will be more info upcoming (and don't forget, we'll be at the Olympia Comics Festival next month). Look for an update to Art the Wanderer on Monday and a new page on Tuesday.

Cheers,
-Jason

Olympia Comics Festival

We are now officially confirmed for the Olympia Comics Festival. It's on June 13th from noon to five and is completely FREE.

That's right. No door charge. You can just wander in, browse a bit, wander back out, come back later, maybe take a nap, y'know, whatever strikes your fancy.

NOTE: No one from the Olympia Comics Festival is officially endorsing napping.

Obviously, Leigh and I will be there, in all of our nerd glory (t-shirts, jeans, maybe even SHORTS). We will, of course, be happy to answer questions and generally just hang.

Next week: A new page on Tuesday and a new Art the Wanderer on Monday.

Cheers,
-Jason