VOTE FOR CHEEEEEESEE!
Memorial Day was just crazy, hence the missed update Monday. Which makes me realize that due to cons I'm going to be missing a lot of Mondays and Fridays. So I'm moving back to the original (of the original from 2004) schedule of Tuesday/Thursday for the rest of Chapter 5. Yes, I will just start updating slower and slower but I'm going to actually start putting up NEW stuff. So doesn't that count for something? I hope so.
A-kon this weekend! We'll be in the Artist Alley though and should be pretty easy to find and I'll be doing one workshop Saturday night and in a couple really fun panels with some really awesome people throughout. Check the forum for more.
Mike's rant is one I never got to post after ACEN because of the craziness. Figure now was as good a time as any. I did have one negative person at ACEN. I think I did a good job of staring him away. Idiot.
EDIT - UPDATED WITH A-KON 18 INFORMATION!
A-KON - June 1-3 - Dallas
It's at the Adam's Mark Hotel again this year. If anyone needs train info please give me a holler! Lots of info in this topic for those who plan on coming! Star Cross'd Destiny will be in the Komick Market this year which you do not have to pay to get into. That's right near pre-reg y'all. We should be sickly easy to spot. Just look for the colorful Juno table cloth!
FOR SALE AT A-KON BY STAR CROSS'D DESTINY
-Star Cross'd Destiny Volume 1
-Star Cross'd Destiny Volume 2 CHAPTER 6 Convention Edition (damn that's a mouthful!)
-Prints
-Badges
-Mini-buttons
-Figurines (tentative!)
IN THE AUCTION
Only small prints of the following:
-Burn Baby, Burn
-Beautiful in Heaven Original Edition
-Vengeance That's Never Free
-Behind Blue Eyes
-Bttzak, Baby
-Death of Balance
-House of the Setting Sun
(Art show participation is tentative)
PANELS SCD WILL PARTICIPATE IN!
Friday :
- Character Development @ 4pm - with Girly, Schlock Mercenary and Something Positive. Could be interesting! Actually, WILL be interesting.
Saturday:
- What the hell is a webcomic!? @ 1pm - with Snafu Comics, Xero and VG Cats. I have an evil laugh right now.
- Digital Production @ 7pm - exclusive finger painting session with Juno ie the SCD workshop on how to build your own comics, color them and make your style unique and awesome sauce.
Also in the island with SCD will be Swordwaltzer, Dominic Deegan, SNAFU comics, Go-Girly, Crap I Drew On My Lunch Break, and more.
I have found that going to Cons makes for really interesting people watching. I'm not just talking about seeing all of the interesting Cosplay outfits, but just people in general. Since no-one goes around with a label saying what they do during the week, you are left kind of wondering.
Take for instance, those that decided to go to Con, sans knickers (tighty whiteys). I mean, what were they thinking (I personally didn't see this, but Juno did come back to the table and try to claw her eyes out once).
Another behavior I like to watch is people as they either pass your table and look at your stuff. Some will look through it, and then move on. Others will say its not their thing. You have the Super Fans who come and want to know everything that is going on, and what comes next. And then you have the negative people. It's these people that I have a hard time understanding. Juno and I didn't really have any of these this year, for which I am thankful. However, I did hear about a few that visited the tables of other people that we know.
Its one thing to say that someone's work isn't your thing, after all, you can't please everyone all the time. However, it is quite another to walk up to someone you don't even know and say they don't belong, or compare their success to someone else's, or that their style sucks. Just because you appear to be nameless in a sea of many faces, doesn't give you the right to denigrate an artist whose work you do not care for (BTW – at ACEN, your full name is printed on the front of your badge and easily readable… Just a thought).
Anyway, I think that the best part of any Con is the Artist Alley. Here you get to meet some of your favorite artists, and discover new ones. And even if you find something that you do not care for, at least respect the person enough for the effort that they made to be there.