heres a picture update of the blitzkreig of cons for the last 3 weeks. september 13th was my own philly alternative comic con which was a great success! we had over 30 of the best cartoonists in philly come out to meet and greet the fans as well as sell their comix! everyone got some sort of intoxicated and a ton of laughs and good times went down!
the following week was the philly zine fest in west philly which only a handful of the philly comix scene made it out to, but me along with the ones that did stuck out like sore thumbs (which is a good thing) amongst the angsty livejournal xeroxed zines being sold.
and this past weekend was the gianormous alt-comic industry meet-up known as spx! this was my first year tabling and i had a blast! i met a TON of people, sold a lot of books, and ate awesome vegetarian chinese food afterwards! then the party happened which was very surreal for me, being that the whole first 2 floors of the hotel were filled with some of todays most talented cartoonists all getting drunk together and networking and socializing. the highlight was meeting matt furie and hanging out with him at 4am smoking in the mcdonalds parking lot. good times!
heres the only pic i took from spx, philly comix jam table with art baxter, ian harker, and me
heres a precursor to that table at pacc!
philly heavy hitters hawk krall, jesse moynihan, and box brown all in a row at pacc
me and man of the day charles burns
a sideways pic of my space 1026 friends mark price and mike gerkovich
heres ian harker working on his newest avant guard artsy comic
beth heinly with her character pumpkinhead were peeing con tshirts all day for the fans
heres autumn society's own eamon dougherty showing off his work to a potential customer
90's slacker legend doug slack with his slave labor graphics series slacker in tow
art baxter holding down the philly comix jam table, handing out copies of the 'what makes a man dress up like a bat' tabloid
the always comix girls selling off their mass catalogue of amazing comix and anthologies
also the fall con season is yet from over! i unfortunatley won't be able to make it with autumn society to the baltimore comic con this year, but i will be at the B.Y.O.T.Y. book fair in philly october 17th, Richmond zine fest November 2-3, and king con brooklyn November 7-8!
The Philly Alternative Comic Con is the premiere summer convention for comics of the indy/art/alternative/handmade/zine/screenprinted nature. Featuring over 100 artists from all over Philadelphia, New York, Providence, Baltimore, Richmond, and everywhere in between!
