Here’s what really amazes me about TCAF: the sheer number of really, really good independent comics on display. At any of the other shows I’ve been to in recent years (and I admit, I haven’t had opportunity to get to the likes of MoCCA or SPX), there’s been a mixed bag of indie and self-published comics on offer, and I tended to feel that even if I may not have been the most popular comic present, on a professional scale I could at least stand out as one of the better self-published comics on offer. But not at TCAF– at this show, everything is outstanding. The show is busy enough that I can hardly step away from my table to go to the washroom, much less wander around and shop, but if I were a fan who had come here with a plan to spend some money on comics, I don’t even know how I’d choose. I had only the briefest opportunity to see what was on display, before the show opened on the Sunday. Even factoring out the genres that don’t immediately appeal to my tastes, there were still so many things that looked interesting. TCAF has reaffirmed the thing I’ve been saying to non-comic readers for years– there is a comic out there for everyone, if you just take the time to look.
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Penguicon Dealers Room
I’ve never been to Penguicon before, and given that it is advertised as Science Fiction and Open Source Software convention (comics not mentioned at all), I wasn’t sure what to expect. I chose to go to this show for two reasons: first, because the hosts of The Webcomic Beacon podcast (which I listen to regularly) praised it so highly last year, and second, because Dave Adams (of the webcomic Slightly Off Topic), in charge of Artists Alley, was keen on building a webcomics presence and encouraged us all on the Webcomics List Forums to go. And the third reason, I suppose, is that the show was only a four hour drive away. Since our road trips to the States typically involve 8-12 hrs of driving each way, that’s pretty reasonable.
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I was so nervous as I waited for the new edition of Galaxion Book 1: The Jump to arrive, but now that I’ve got them in my hands, I love them. I love the new cover art. I love how much nicer the black and white art inside looks. I love the embossed gold foil (I’m a sucker for the shiny). I love that we were able to fix the few small errors from the first edition that probably nobody else noticed but bugged the heck out of me. And I love that we can offer all this wonderful stuff for cheaper than the old edition! The cover price is $11.99 US, which is about three dollars cheaper than before. So awesome.
I hope to have our store updated very soon, but until then if you’d like to order a scribbled-in-by-the-author copy, shoot me an email.
