Cincinnati Comic Expo 2019 Art Haul
The funny thing about this con is that I went in to it fully acknowledging that I was stalking looking for an artist I already knew to buy up as much of her art as I could without the price of shipping. I also found another familiar artist there and bought a couple of his pieces. As far as discovering new artists, I did only a little of that. There were a lot of great artists and craftspeople, but there just wasn’t time. We went from not sure if we were doing any photo ops to doing three in a row which took two hours. That’s something I tend to avoid at cons- getting multiple photo ops- because I prefer to spend my time in artist alley. But, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. The con only had one photo area so technically, if you had the money and the wherewithal to queue for your whole life, you could actually do every photo op one after another after another.
Anywho, on to the artists I did visit with!
Of course, I was there for Bianca Roman-Stumpff, as I said in a previous post.
These are actually two out of her five piece set called Farthest Reaches. I really want all five, eventually, because they’re so sweet and just... I dunno, they kinda crack my heart open and mend it again. I can’t really explain it. I picked my favorite two: where they’re reaching for separate goals and then sharing with one another. It’s just a super sweet set.
On to something a lot more silly: These were her paintings for MerMay that I just about went nutty for: Shark Maid, Great White Shark Maid, Goldfish Mermaid, and Angler Siren.
I feel like I’ve wanted this Inking Octopus for an age so I’m happy to add him to my pile. As well as her newest Body and Soul piece for Halloween.
This Snowy Owl Griffin was in the clearance binder so if you want to get him you might want to hop-to before he gets retired!
This Crazy Cat Dragon was something I was definitely planning to buy anyway, but I’m super happy to get it in person and signed!
The other familiar face was David Lee Pancake who we met last year at Louisville Supercon.
The turtles faaaaace, you guys. I had to have him. Photos don’t do him justice, tbh. And, my little curled up dragon from Supercon needed a friend. This artist has some beautiful sculpture wall art that I would just kill to have... one day when I have $200+ to spend at one artist’s booth.
I was immediately drawn to the colorful artwork of Nate Michaels. He had so many beautiful pieces of fanart, including a Captain Marvel that sorely tempted me, but I couldn’t pass up this Black Panther.
SuperGroupHugs is, quite possibly, my favorite new artist of the year. At least in the cute category. Here we have Bob Ross and a Happy Tree, Data and Spot, Aquaman and a Shark, and Hagrid and Norbert. We gleefully submitted Tesla and his Pigeon as an idea as we walked off with prints, but they kinda looked at us awkwardly. Not Tesla fans, maybe??
One of the last things I grabbed on the way out was a handful of buttons from @mimosastudio. Anyone who has anything with a Lapras on it is going to get my attention and, most likely, my money. But, further investigation turned up these other critters that I had to have. And, funny story about the squid with the heart? That’s how @anafiassa and I sign off our text conversations with one another. At this point, I don’t even remember how that started, but it’s stuck. So we had to have matching 🦑💕 buttons. Check out this artist’s Etsy shop because she has some absolutely adorable enamel pins, too!
Disclaimer: I’ve put watermarks on the artwork to discourage art theft. Please don’t copy/repost work from artists. Go to their pages and share or buy their work directly! I’ve made it super easy by including links to all of their webpages. To the artists I’m spotlighting: if for any reason you want to be removed from this post you need only ask.
