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Campbelltown one day con

Hey everyone. This is the writer. I am at a one day, 4 hour long convention in Campbelltown fire hall off route 322 here in Pennsylvania. It is just me today because the artist has a ton of stuff to do at home. But she is here in spirit. The Con goes from 11 00 to 3 00. Hope to see you there.

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The real star of the show is signing autographs at Baltimore Comic Con, Artist Alley, table A170. Mimikyu became the unofficial mascot of Tall Tail Comics.

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Tall Tail Comics is at Baltimore Comic Con this weekend! We're in Artist Alley at Table A170, selling our comics, keychains/magnet, and handing out business cards with free sketches on the back (sometimes).

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Hey! I put up a new header/banner (whatchamahcallit) with our current logo... Yay!

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Baltimore Comic Con: Day 3

Hey everyone. The writer is back. BIG thanks to the artist for doing the recap yesterday. I had a long 13 hour shift so I was not in a writing mood.

Anyway. Sunday. More selling! We had, yet again, a blast. As weird as this is going to sound, there was not a major highlight of the day. Or at least the fire scare from yesterday’s con day just really overshadowed things for me. We sold a few more copies, meet up with Steve Conley and John Gallagher. I know there was a time where the artist was being sent from one booth to the next during her free time since every one she talked to said to talk to this person. Always great to network

I remember getting a Steven Universe blind box, 2 of them. One at the con and one at a store later since the con ones sold out fast. The one at the con turned out to be amethyst, whom I gave right away to the artist since that is her favorite character. The one at the store was Lapis, who is my favorite. 

We ended the con making 3 times the money we did last year, so we went out to get supper. It was at this time when I got the Lapis. We had some Japanese food, went back to the artist place, and crashed for the night. We ended the con on the happiest note I can remember ending a con on.

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Baltimore Comic Con: Day 2

Hey, all!  The writer got stuck working an extra long shift today, and has asked me (the artist. Hi.) to fill in with the Con Report for Day 2.  Most of the day is a blur to me, but I'll remember it as best I can.

Most of our sales came in on Saturday. I guess, all the business cards we gave out the day before really came through. I don't remember how many comics we sold, but 8 people took us up on our deal, "buy both comics, get a free sketch." I got a request for a Darth Vader sketch. That was a new one.

I was cosplaying Dipper from Gravity Falls that day. My local friends came by dressed as Mabel, Grunkle Stan, and Bill.  We must've looked pretty good. When I went out walking with them for a bit, quite a few con goers stopped us for pictures. I also had my Journal 3 prop with me, at the table. So many people stopped to admire it!  Some even asked if it was for sale. Sorry to disappoint them, but I'm glad it got so much attention, both because I'm proud of it, and it got people to stop and look at our stuff.

Toward the end of the day was when the excitement happened. And by excitement, of course I mean, annoying disruption. Around 6:00 pm or so, the fire alarm started going off. For a while everyone was confused. We weren't sure if we should leave, or wait for someone to turn it off and make an announcement about a malfunction. After a few minutes, they made an evacuation announcement. So we packed up real quick and left the convention center. The whole con poured out onto the sidewalk in front of the building.  It wasn't too long before they let us back in, but long enough for Optimus Prime to bust a move to a Gangnam Style remix. 

Though, since the con was almost over for the day, a bunch of people, both exhibitors and attendees, decided to call it a day.  We made two more sales before heading out, both of which were to other exhibitors, I think.  If I recall correctly, we looked around at some other tables for a short time after that, then headed out, ourselves.

Back to you, writer.

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Baltimore Comic Con: Day 1

Friday started out fine. I was planning a cosplay, but saw I forgot something for it. Oh well. By the time I was ready, we got to the convention center around opening. 

Most of the day was just people looking at our work. Only one book was sold for the whole time we were there. Of course, we knew Friday was going to be a slower day for selling and mostly focused on talking to people as they passed by, trying to get them to remember us for the rest of the weekend.

The day ended uneventfully, we returned to the artists place for pizza and rest, ready for the next con day to come.

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Baltimore Comic Con: Day -1

So Thursday before the con was a busy day for me, the writer, as well. I had to get all the items need for a convention weekend in order. Made sure all the comics were safe and packed, all the money for our change fund was good to go, had all my clothing picked out and sorted for each day, and all the food/drink we needed for the con was placed in the car. 

Around 2:30 ish I made my way down to Baltimore where the artist lives. She is about 30 minutes away from the convention center by train so that worked out great for us, saving money on hotel rooms. Around 4:00 pm I was at her place. After getting items sorted, we went to the convention center to set up.

As we were about to walk in, we ran into Trish "Nanook123" Forstner. (link: http://animatedvisions.com/) We walked together and talked a bit. We soon found out that, luck of all luck, we were table neighbors as well. She was really cool and nice so that was a bonus.

Setting up was easy enough for us. We did not have a lot to do but place comics out and make sure everything was perfect with our table. Around 6:30 we were headed back to the train to return home.

We had some supper (Burger King), watched some random youtube videos, then crashed for the night, eager to begin our comic book selling the next day.

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So it was a great weekend we had at Baltimore Comic Con. I, the writer, shale try to regal you all with tales of yon con. . . . starting tomorrow, which will have been one week since our long Con weekend started.

But (spoilers for the end) we had a blast and were happy to meet so many new people, both selling and buying.

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Hi, the Artist here again. I wanted to show off a few of my favorite background details from “The Fox and The Cat.”

The comic will be available THIS WEEKEND, Sept 2-4, at Baltimore Comic Con, table A224. See you there!

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Hi, the Artist here! Just wanted to share an unused character design from the new comic, The Fox and The Cat. If you like this, you should see the characters that made the cut!

The comic will be available at Baltimore Comic Con, table A224, on Sept 2-4, 2016. See you there! 

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We said there would be a map and a map we shall give. 

Once again, Tall Tail Comics will be at table A224, selling our fine wares. 

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On the left we have a rough sketch done by the writer, me, and on the right we have what the artist was able to make using that as inspiration. The artist in our group is really amazing, isn’t she?

This is the comic cover of our upcoming ‘The Fox and The Cat’ story, the second in our Aesop Fables Retold series. This book will be for sale next weekend, Labor day weekend, at Baltimore Comic Con! We will be there at table A224. 

A map of that table’s location will be posted just as soon as a map is made ready. ^^;

We can’t wait to see you all there. Baltimore Comic Con is a blast for both of us!

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So Mary is amazing as always! These are the starting models of our upcoming comic. We plan on having it ready for sale at this years Baltimore Comic Con. 

The guy on the upper right is a nerdy gamer Fox and the girl sketches in the bottom left is our cute kitten who will be playing against him. While as of now none of these designs are final, they are going to be close to what will be in the book.

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What’s that? A new comic is coming?

Nothing HUGE to report yet, but we are currently in the works for a new Tall Tail Comic. I won’t go into the plot too much but I can say that our new story is going to be based off the Aesop Fable of The Fox and the Cat.

More information to come down the line. We are still alive and working hard.

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Baltimore Comic Con: Day 3

The final day came and it started out like all the rest. Wake up, shower, eat breakfast, get on the train, get to the con center. 

However, the first thing I did today was try to hit up the Amanda Conner/ Jimmy Palmiotti booth. For the last few days when i needed to walk away from the table, I was trying to get them to sign the 4 Starfire comics I had, since in those books one of my two favorite all time super heroes was reintroduced into the main DC line. That hero is Atlee. If you do not know who that is, sorry but I won’t go into it here. That is a post all in of itself.

So 10:00 am and I go to her booth. Line is already long and there is a cap on people. by 10:10, I am back at our booth. Little bummed but hey, thems the breaks.

I did try one more time before the end of the Con and I did get my books signed. That evil ‘line cap’ sign was 2 people behind me when I was able to get in line.

Over the course of the day, we sell 6 books, bringing our final con total to 30 copies sold. Again, we are a group of no names right now and selling 30 books is amazing to us. However, today 2 book sales stand out. The first is Mary’s long time friend and creator of Bloop: Steve Conley. He has been a great friend to us and always wanted to see us get more involved in the comic book world. He was more than happy to buy a book from us, even when we would have given him one for free. Here is a link to his page: http://bloopstree.com/#sthash.R74frI4a.dpbs

The second person who I very much remember buying our book was Sarah from Interrobang Studios! Mary had some things she wanted to buy from her and we just started a conversation. Sure enough, after talking to her, she came over to our booth that same day and happily bought our comic. It was an amazing feeling that she liked Mary’s art. Hopefully she read it and liked my writing. ^-^

Sunday comes to an end, I am tired at the end of the con. John Gallagher helps us figure out how to properly send to the state the sales tax we need to send. We pack up our things and say our good byes. One more train ride and one last supper together and Mary and I say our good byes to each other. After an hour car ride I am back home and just kind of die when my head hits my own pillow in my own room.

We had an amazing convention and I think next year will be a sure thing for selling as well. We met great people, sold way more than we were expecting, and just had fun the whole weekend. Myself, I am looking forward to working with Mary on our next book, whatever we decide it is going to be. 

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Baltimore Comic Con: Day 2

Saturday began with Mary and myself waking up early. After a good shower and breakfast, we were ready to go. 

When we got to the con center this time, there were a bunch of volunteers clapping and cheering for all the sellers entering. While we walked pass, they were a bit lack luster so I stopped and threw my arms up. It did make them cheer louder and made Mary smile at what a dork I am. 

Got to our booth, reset up everything since last night we had to take it down for safety, and was ready to sell. We had another good day and sold 3 times as many books as yesterday (18 books). This made our total 24 books sold. Again, this is amazing for us and we are feeling great for our first time. Whoot!

Some of the customers did include Mary’s local friends (I live an hour away) and a very cute baby. The baby, who was maybe a year old, was being held by her mother as they looked at our booth. We gave them our normal pitch as the baby was reaching for our book. After we were done with our pitch, mom looked at her baby and asked if they should buy a book. The baby nodded right away. All three of us giggled as I said “See? Now you have to buy it.” Mom did indeed buy it after that. Mary also was giving out sketches today for copies sold and Mom asked for a monkey. When she asked her child if a Monkey is ok, the baby put an arm under her pit and went “ook ook”. Mary and I lost it at that point. SO CUTE!

We also had a gravity falls cosplay going. Mary was Dipper and I was Soos. No I do not plan on sharing that picture because of personal reasons. Mary’s friends were Grunkle Stan, Mable, and a human Bill Cipher. Mary did have some time away from the table with her friends and when she got back, I had some time away from the table. Since it was Saturday, we tried to keep one person at the table at all times since attendance was up.

At the end of the day, we packed up our things again, went back to Mary’s place for some food, and again just kind of crashed for the night. It was a great day and we had great hopes for tomorrow.