MoCCA (part II)
So, our first MoCCA was really neat, mostly in that I met a ton of cool people from all over (even the netherlands!), who do and enjoy comics. At the onset, we got a great deal of help from Dern (Dernwerks), who shared our table, and Gary of Fleen, both of whom are veterans in the biz. It was very nice to have people come by the table and look at our stuff and laugh. I really appreciated the feedback, since I hadn’t done a comic-specific show before.
I was especially stoked to meet more people in the NYC area, including three cool cats of Comics Queens. I need to get a drink with them sometime and talk artz!
People there were generally awesome, and really excited to meet other comicers, share ideas and business cards, and even swap minis! Though I understand that a few people were reluctant to trade their comics, a huge, awesome, radical high-five to those that traded with me and others! Half the fun of a show like that is getting to see what other people are doing, as much as getting your own stuff out there! I came home with a stack of cool books by indie artists!
So far, I have read Adamantly Amorous, by Brian Lam, which is an adorable story about a nerdy dude who forgets to get a girlfriend. I also read Alisa Harris’s Counter Attack, a mini about her two whacky cats (and I see a lot of my monsters in here). As I read more of them, I will be writing about the ones I thought were especially cool/up my alley. I also hope that some of the people who read/dug either of my two books will let me know what they think!
I am now also very much into some new webcomics. I haven’t gotten through all of my notes, flyers, and business cards, but y’all should check out Sticky Comics, which is hi-lar-ious! I will continue linking to cool stuff as I find it. I am a bit slow going through links…
After the show on Saturday, we dragged two other exhibitors, Kiwi of Falling Dots and Brenson of Hell High NY out with us for Indian food (at a dive of questionable business practices) and then for a night of drinking with other artist friends of ours. I was wiped out by like 9 PM but stayed out till 11.
One negative that everyone noticed was that the armory had no atmosphere. Literally. The air was hot and did not move, as there were no windows to speak of, really. The second day, the MoCCA staff were kind enough to provide industrial fans at the entries, but still, the recycled air sucked the life energy right out of me. I even lost feeling in my legs after a while, and was so woozy I forgot my name once. I imagine this is probably why I, who seldom ever gets colds or flus, came down with a mega cold immediately after the festival.
All said, it was fantastic to do MoCCA, and I signed NERD up for a table at 2010’s festival.
We will also be doing SPX and (maybe) Howl this year, so stay tuned!
June 16th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Thanks so much for the props!!
It was awesome to meet you and auilix there.
Look forward to catching you again at SPX in September! (I’ll be there in form, not tabling unless somebody lets me move into their table … oops planning fail.) See you in the webcomicsblogotwitterspheres!