That was pretty whiney, wasn’t it?
Another pleasant day at the show, but sales were pretty slow.
Wah. It’s Sunday.
Did not keep my word to stay in last night and relax. Instead had dinner with Jeff Smith, Terry Moore, Steve Hamaker, and Larry Marder et al. Surreality set in when everyone started talking with hand puppets. Then there was a hand puppet interrogation. So I waterboarded mine by dunking it in my glass.
I have no idea what any of that was all about, but we all seemed to think ourselves hilarious.
The food in this town is so rich and glorious I cannot say no. I think I gained about five pounds already. And I am a little out of sorts in my tummy. I did nothing for my state by having greasy bar food for dinner tonight.
Met many very nice people all weekend, bought some comics. Great graphic novels sales. This show was a fan’s paradise. Perfume, goth clothing, lots of fun t-shirts, many vendors selling old comics at awesome prices. Vintage comics in less than ideal condition were going for a song. I had to restrain myself.
I finally got to that fudge shop and bought a pound to share. That’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it.
Not much drawing got done, but there you go.
Had several promising business meetings, all very positive.
Say, was that writer really serious when he asked if I would be the semi-regular fill-in artist, maybe? – on THAT book? God, I hope so. Too good to be true?
What book would that be? I hope beyond hope this thing happens…
Oh, and yet ANOTHER art school instructor told me my blog is now required reading at their school. That’s pretty awesome. I get cranky about how much time and effort I put into this thing. Thanks so much for letting me know it does some good.
I have to get up at 4 AM.
Which will be the only really bad thing about this show.
When you say you had to restrain yourself, does that mean you purchased one of those oh-so-amazing corsets? (THREE vendors! Makes me wish I was female! Or had someone to spoil!)
What?! I give you espresso coffee beans covered in gourmet chocolate (milk AND dark), yet you wouldn’t share your fudge? *harumph*
And Fate was very kind to you, Ms. Doran… I had a local retailer bring in a copy of the hot tub Swashbucklers, yet he could not find it among the many books he was selling.
As always, it was nice meeting you, and I appreciated the sneak peek at Amerikay (and the look back at your early work).
I used parts of your blog as arguments about whether a walmart employee who copied, cropped, photo shopped, edited and printed out a customer’s picture was breaking copyright.
Sorry Torsten! No offense against you. Would have been happy to share, but I bought the fudge late on Sunday. You weren’t around!
Thanks, mamid. What the employee did is also very probably against company policy.
yup. very definitely. the stupid thing is that the forum that this was being talk about was the amount of “disagrees” and people saying that it wasn’t a copyright violation. Even that it was a theft by an employee was dismissed as not a big deal.
Then they would be both wrong. And kind of dim.
Sorry to hear you’ve fallen to ConSARS. ;/ Hopefully you can collapse once you’re home, and sleep the sleep of the dead.
Colleen,
It makes good sense that an art teacher would have his/her students read your blog. Likewise, it’s a good resource for information on and discussion of copyright issues. I know I’ve quoted some of the arguments against “copyleftism” I have found on this blog.
I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned this to you, but I’ve given students of mine that essay you wrote several years ago that offers tips on how to meet one’s deadlines. One of the most comprehensive and most compelling pieces I’ve ever read on developing effective work habits.
Thanks!
And now I have to remember to follow my own advice! LOL!