Art in the Quarantine Age
What a year it’s been! Like everyone else, I’ve seen a lot more of my house this past year than usual. Although I’m usually home quite a lot, since that’s […]
Category Archives: comics conventions
What I Learned at TCAF
I’m a firm believer in the principle that there is something to be learned from every experience. Really, it’s wired into us biologically; but humans are complex creatures, and we […]
Tabling in Toronto
Here I am in the big, big city, folks! I’m such a stay-at-home of late that if feels like a huge adventure, even though I know travelling like this is […]
Going Mobile
Since I’m off to TCAF this week I decided it would be fun to blog as I go, even though I’m not taking my computer – I really want to […]
TCAF Bound!
A few days ago, I got an email that set my heart to racing and my feet to jumping up and down in a happy dance — I’ve been accepted […]
Trip Cancellation Blues
Alas and alack! Sometimes the spirit is eager but the body says no. Last week at InCON, I came down with the horrible “cold” (which seems a gross understatement for […]
InCON Adventures
Driving north on Vancouver Island’s Island Highway is always a nostalgic experience for me — I’ve had so many wonderful adventures in the places along it over the last — oh […]
Yesterday at CCAF
…otherwise known as the Camosun Comic Arts Festival… I didn’t take any pictures at all! Not that I forgot — there was just no time! From the time I arrived […]
Cons, Expos, and Festivals, Oh My!
It’s Convention Season! What does that mean? It means I’m going to be spending the next month-and-a-half immersed in comic culture! Yippee! I’ll have a table or booth at each […]
After the Whirlwind
Sometimes it seems to me that like life is a big, irresistible wind: a wall of atmosphere that picks up this puny human and sweeps her willy-nilly through the sky. […]
Comics, Art, and Conventions
October has been a month for conventions for me and my friend and fellow comics-creator Kay — two in one month, which is a lot for me. Showing my work at conventions, […]
A VanCAF Adventure!
I’m not sure you can really call something an adventure if everything goes like clockwork, but it was a great way to kick off the new book! After a bit of […]
Camosun Comic Arts Festival!
Yesterday, someone asked me why I had gotten into comics, and I found myself spinning the long tale of my somewhat winding journey. Today, while inviting everyone on my Facebook […]
Back in the Saddle Again!
It’s funny how time can stretch out and become nebulous after a lot of intense activity. When I finally don’t have a million things to do in a day, somehow […]
A-Kon — there and back again
Home at last from a wonder-filled trip to A-Kon, an amazing anime-based convention in Dallas. I’m going to do a bit of a reversal of my social media here; I […]
A-Kon, Actually!
I’m at A-Kon, a big anime (and lots more!) convention in Dallas, Texas, and having a fabulous time! But alas, the internet is limited here at the hotel, and I […]
VANCAF Bliss
I just got back from VANCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival. It’s rather like TCAF (see my earlier posts for descriptions of that), but on a more intimate scale. The […]
TCAF Euphoria
It’s over already! I’m tired but happy, having made some new friends, gotten to know others better, and stuffed my greedy little wheelie-luggage full of graphic novels. In fact, I’m […]
TCAF Delirium
TCAF has started in earnest! I packed my little wheelie bag lightly this morning, and pulled it along my morning kilometre walk like a pulltoy — a hungry pulltoy! It […]
Comics and the Big City!
Well, I’m here, revelling in my urban vacation, rubbing elbows with other folks who create and are passionate about comics! Yesterday I was up much too early, and on a […]
A Day at a Comic Conference
Visual artists and writers spend a lot of solitary time immersed in creating their art. The need to connect with other artists and the public, face -to-face, has led to all […]
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