Brooklyn Zine Fest

Thanks to everyone for coming to the Brooklyn Zine Fest on Sunday! It was great to see returning customers from previous zine fests and other cartoonists like Kenan Rubenstein, Darryl Ayo and Bill Roundy all made it a point to say hi. It was also nice to hear a few people say they'd seen Urban Nomad previously either at Desert Island in Brooklyn or at one of the Zine Libraries in the city.

I had a birds' eye view of the main show floor and it looked like this for most of the day. So many people had nice things to say about my signage and display despite being in a non-visible section of the dark stage. Luckily I'd brought some alligator clips and was able to hang my sign from the curtain behind the table. Once we got some lights clipped up at both ends it was much better. It was difficult for people to maneuver with my table having a steep precipice on one side and the other side being perpendicular to my neighbors so that anyone in front of either of our tables was blocking the other. I angled the books on the right so that people could still see if they were craning to look over others' shoulders from the side. Most people were patient and it seemed like the majority of the giant crowd came up the stairs to see what we had going on.


Despite the non-ideal table placement, I sold out of all the Urban Nomads, all my $1 zines and all but 3 copies of Counter Attack that I'd brought with me. Ah-mazing! This was also my first time using Square register on my phone and I made 3 sales with it, so that was a bonus. Definitely my most successful zine fest to date, rivaling the combined sales from two days of last year's CAKE Comic Convention in Chicago. The Brooklyn Zine Fest was packed the entire time and I had a blast. Hope I'm able to table there again next year!


I only had a few minutes before the Fest started to quickly walk through the second room (which also had a much better lit stage) and the main hall to say hi to A.J. of Syndicate Product, Ayun Halliday of East Village Inky, Malaka Gharib of Runcible Spoon, and later Robin Enrico of Jam in the Band. I wish I'd had more time to discover new work and say hi to some of the other zinesters I've met before.


I know there were a few people who hoped to pick up a copy of Urban Nomad after I sold out at the fest but unfortunately I have to reprint Urban Nomad #3 now! I just put Urban Nomad #1 up in my online shop along with my Conan the Librarian print which has a limited run. I'm running a sale until Sunday April 28th to match my convention price in the online shop for this week only! If you're in NYC and prefer to shop locally, Bluestockings Bookstore on Allen St in Manhattan and Desert Island in Williamsburg both carry them on consignment.

Brooklyn Zine Fest this coming Sunday!

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In other news, I will be at the Brooklyn Zine Fest this coming Sunday April 21st from 11 am to 6 pm at Public Assembly in Williamsburg (70 N 6th St). I had a bit of short notice since I was on the wait list, but I decided to reprint Urban Nomad #1 since it was out of print most of last year. Here are the covers of the proof copy, printed on matte paper to match the other issues. I will probably be putting it up in my shop after this weekend.

I will also have the new zine 'Money-Saving Freelance Tips' that I made before Drink and Draw Like a Lady / MoCCA for a mere dollar!

As usual I will have Urban Nomad #2 and #3, an assortment of Counter Attack issues, and my mini comic Rock On! I'll be at table 20 A on the stage so come say hi! Be sure to tell me your Twitter name if I know you from there. The whole face with a name thing can be tricky sometimes. There will be a lot of awesome local zine makers and cartoonists attending. I've gotten many of their books in the past and it is sure to be a fun time. It is FREE to get into the fest! See you there!


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Drink and Draw Like a Lady and Convention Schedule for 2013

The MoCCA Arts Festival is this weekend. It's the first year since I started attending as an exhibitor that I won't have a table, but I will be walking around on Saturday. So if you see me, say hi! I'll have some Cooking Up Comics bookmarks and possibly some of my Rock On! zines.

I am also excited about the annual Drink and Draw Like a Lady party on Friday evening. I was super pleased to draw the flyer for this years' event. It will be held at a new venue thanks to the very awesome Susan Godfrey of The Productive co-working space in midtown!
If you are a lady interested in comics, please stop by!

Although I won't be tabling at MoCCA, I did get taken off the wait list for the Brooklyn Zine Fest which will take place at Public Assembly in Williamsburg on April 21st! I don't have much time to get anything new together, but I will be doing a reprint of Urban Nomad #1 which has been out of print for most of last year.

I also found out yesterday that I officially have a half table at SPX in Maryland this September! This is a show I've been looking forward to attending for years and this is the first time it looks like it will work out! I'm very excited to work on some new material before the Fall.

This will probably be the extent of the conventions I attend this year, but if I end up doing more I'll add them to the handy "Upcoming Appearances" list to the right. Looking forward to catching up with my cartoonist friends in real life instead of online!