Conventions after COVID-19
Honestly, I don’t think conventions will be much of a thing in 2021 either.
Continue reading »Honestly, I don’t think conventions will be much of a thing in 2021 either.
Continue reading »The effects of COVID-19 on the Convention Artist community are laid bare in this 34-page report, featuring data collected from nearly 500 artists worldwide. How much income has been lost? How effective has the move to selling online been? How do artists plan to move forward?
Continue reading »It’s been the epitome of a monkey’s paw year for every tired artist who wanted to do fewer conventions, amirite?
Continue reading »After unsurprising, if not requisite, delays, the 2019 Convention Artist Census Report is ready for perusal! The census collected information about artist demographics, finances, and business status. The report presents the data in a variety of graphs and charts for easy consumption and analysis.
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.
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