Rain, Wind, and Paper Products: PRFM 2021
Punk Rock Flea Market 2021 was my first event in 19 months, and neither wind nor rain was going to stop me from being there, even if 100% of my products are paper.
Continue reading »Punk Rock Flea Market 2021 was my first event in 19 months, and neither wind nor rain was going to stop me from being there, even if 100% of my products are paper.
Continue reading »I expect that there will be a lot of new pop-up events and markets when summer rolls around. Here are some things new event organisers should keep in mind.
Continue reading »I said at the end of 2014 that I wasn’t going to be writing any more in-depth convention reports because they just take too much time, but I had fully intended to continue writing short summaries or something about events and shows. But I ended up doing 22 events in 2015 and apparently didn’t have the time or energy for even that.
Continue reading »The con season for me ended this year with Jet City Comic Show, November 8th in Tacoma, WA, and while the show has always been a slow one for me, it was still a quieter end to the season than I’d have liked. Oh well!
Continue reading »Right on the heels of Geek Girl Con was Bellingham Comicon on October 18th, a small, one-day affair up near Bellingham, WA, though more accurately, it took place at the Ferndale Events Center in Ferndale, WA.
Continue reading »Coming up on my thirteenth convention of the year, and especially after a very busy August and September, con fatigue has been setting in hardcore.
Thankfully, Geek Girl Con — a two-day show, October 11-12, in downtown Seattle — was small and local: something low-stress and low-key after a flurry of busy or out-of-town shows.
Continue reading »Three days after Rose City Comic Con was Rainfurrest, the furry convention in Seattle, or more accurately, in Seatac, at the Seatac Airport Hilton and Conference Center.
Continue reading »Rose City Comic Con is a two-day comic convention in Portland, and this year it ran September 20th and 21st. RCCC is partnered with and shares a lot of staff and resources with Emerald City Comic Con, so I figured they’re similarly run and attract a similar crowd.
Continue reading »Kumoricon, held annually over Labour Day Weekend, is an anime convention in Vancouver, Washington. Kumoricon has a small, juried Artist Alley, and they’ve declined to accept me every year I’ve applied… until this year.
Continue reading »So DragonFlight is a small tabletop gaming convention, run by Seattle Metro Gamers, and held annually in Bellevue, WA. This year it was August 8-10, the weekend after KuroNekoCon. I knew it was a risky venture, but it’s more or less local, and I convinced Xib to give it a shot with me, so at least I’d have company.
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