Many shouts out to all the folks I met this weekend at Free Comic Book Day at Comics2Games in Florence, Kentucky!
It is without a doubt one of the coolest comic book shops I’ve ever been to. In the back, they had an extra room/gallery space and it was almost like a mini-convention. There were a dozen creators back there, and we were talking to people pretty much all day. The store was packed. (You can check out photos from the event at Comic Related.) They had balloons and face painting and free comic books and even special effects makeup. It was insane! I’ve never been to a comic shop with so many people!
I sat next to Scott Story (Johnny Saturn) and Eric Adams (Lackluster World) and there were many other old friends there. (Shout out to Chuck Moore* of Comic Related who introduced me to my new favorite iPhone app: Koi Pond!!) I did a few commissions & sketch cards, sold some prints and a bunch of comics and gave away tons of free Dreamer Trading Cards. Met some faithful readers (hey, Kenny!) and gained some new ones. Talked a lot about comics and writing and drawing and movies and history and research and even guns and vampires, lol. It was a great time.
Here I am with the staff of Comics2Games! Thanks for having me, guys, I had a blast! If you live in the area, you have to go check out that store…!
(*Speaking of Chuck, he interviewed me at SPACE and the interview is up now. Listen to it here, I’m at 47:30)
Cool interview and looks like you had a great time. But what’s this about Dreamer trading cards? Hmmmmm. ;)
lol, they started out as Sketch Cards, with a pic on the front & the URL to direct people to the website. I left them blank on the back so I could do free sketches on them.
Well, too many people to sketch for. ^^; And most people just took the ‘trading card’ and were happy. :) I had four designs: the kiss, Alan from the banner above, Bea in her corset from issue #6 and Nathan running for his life from page #1 of Issue #5. I know you would’ve picked that one, Albone. I’ll save ya one. ;)
Hey Lora!
That place is pretty cool. It was sooo crowded there it was unbelievable. I think I talked to you for the longest time there. {But I couldn’t help it, you’re a cool person} I need to read your comics. The Dreamer is such a cool title and your art is unbelievable, plus your idea sounded really cool. I’ll be sure to check in on that.
Oh, and I would be REALLY careful and stuff. There are like, two casses of the spine flu where you live and, sure, that’s not very big, but it can spread, so watch out….
Oh and I had testing today. Yeah…fun. I’m going to be testing for 2 weeks. Yay…
Love and Lollipops! {I know I’m weird, be qiuet.}
-Melody
That sounds like TONS of fun! As much as I love Arizona, I wish that I lived in the midwest, at least for these shindigs. Is there any way that we can buy these trading cards off of Esty?
Awesome!! I wish I could’ve been there! We had Comicpalooza in our area for Free Comic Book Day, which ended up pretty small, but I got to see Tom Hodges, so I was happy, lol XD You should come down to Houston! …lol jk jk. That might be a BIT far for you ;)
Great interview, Lora! Sounds like you had a lot of fun there, which is awesome! Hm…. I still have to get one of those pinup posters…. *ponders*
Oh, that sounds great!
I wish I could have been there to support you and your comic! :)
I bet you made a lot of new fans! Anyway, didn’t you tweet that you’re thinking of going to San Diego? If so…I’ll totally be there! :D
TRADING CARDS??!!?? Why haven’t I heard about this?
Wow, that sounds like a totally awesome comic book store!!
Awesome:D
Though I find it kind of creepy how your smile looks exactly identical in both photos, Lora… D:
(just kidding:P)