Comic Con Day 1

Hey team!

Jebus crust, it has been an insane week. Firstly, Comic Con was amazing. To put it colorfully, it is a bizarre, informative beast that swallows you entirely, chews you up, and spits you out; leaving you tired but very well-informed. As far as networking goes, Katy and I made a great number of contacts and managed to sell a decent number of prints. Here are some important pieces of info we gleaned from our time:

 1. There is a very friendly and knowledgeable community of artists and writers within the convention. Talk to anyone you can, and just be nice and open-minded. We learned so much about webcomics and working creatively in general from our neighbors in Artist Alley.

 2. Print LOTS of business cards. Seriously, print more than what you think you need; and after that, print even more! These will go quickly, and you never know when and where you'll meet an important contact. By the last day of the convention, we were right our email on the back of fliers because we had simply run out of sources of our contact info.

 3. Try to have as little of expectations as possible going into each day of Comic Con. Honestly, we thought Thursday would be a breeze and Saturday would be the most daunting. In reality, the exact opposite proved to be true.

 4. If you are selling or giving away prints/posters/etc, bring lots of bags! There is a lot of shit being sold at a convention, and your patrons have their hands full. A lot of nice people want to buy your product, but sometimes they just don't have the means to carry it around with them. Also, you want to make certain your art stays in good condition as they trounce about the show floor with it.

 5. Here are a list of items that we found to be a necessity when operating a table in Artist Alley:
- Bottles of water (I've been dehydrated almost the entire weekend)
- Tape (So many applications) - A lockbox (If you are selling anything, you want to keep your funds safe. I purchased a perfectly functional money case at Walmart for $10)
- Change (Also for selling merchandise. If you have a hundred dollars in varying bills than you will be more than prepared for giving customers change. This varies based on the scope of your sales of course.)
- Pens - Pads of paper (For artists, it looks good if you're constantly sketching while sitting at a table)

There is a lot more to be said of Comic Con, and I'll be posting further this week. I've also edited all the footage I took of each day and will be posting them frequently. Below is the footage from Thursday, and I need to preface it with a few things. Firstly, I thought I could film everything and then edit and post it later that night. This didn't pan out so well, which I'm sure you'll be able to tell by how tired and insane I appear. Secondly, most of the footage was obtained while my hands were almost completely full. I apologize for all the shaky camera work, and I assure you the other days' footage will be an improvement. That being said, enjoy:

(Yeah, aware of the fact that this looks like a survival video)