[dc]S[/dc]ome quick news: I registered to appear at the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE) in April 2015. This will be my second SPACE—you can read all about my first trip here.
Comics! Image via the SPACE website.
See You In April
It feels weird to plan so far out for an event, but registering this early saved me some money (always a plus) and it never hurts to figure out a con schedule ASAP.
SPACE 2014 was my first time exhibiting at a big multi-day comic show¹ and taught me plenty. I will be better prepared for SPACE 2015 than last year, to say the least. I expect to take in more than $18 like last year.
I’m hoping committing to SPACE this early will inspire me to draw another multi-part story, like last year’s Chocolate Quest. I planned to start another one this week, but I was not happy with my first page. Regardless of what I end up making, selling a new book is probably a good idea.
The New Originals
My other goal is to crank out more original art pieces for SPACE, as well as GrandCon in a few weeks. I want to see if original art sells better compared to prints. I will still have prints to sell at GrandCon, and likely SPACE, but I want to try selling more watercolor art and other drawings.
I thought about this over the weekend while figuring out what to sell at GrandCon: if I had a choice between a piece of original art or a print, I would take the original.
Granted, the advantage of a print is I can sell it for cheaper. Original art is more collectible and has more ‘value,’ but I need to sell it for more. There is no reason not to offer both though. Prints for cheaper, originals for a bit more.
The Postman Draws Once
Stephanie bought me a pack of watercolor postcards over the weekend. Watercolor paper on the front, the usual postcard writing and address space on the back.
Mail it! Image via Amazon.
I’m eager to crank out a few silly and geeky one-of-a-kind watercolor postcards over the next week. I will sell these pre-stamped too (postcard stamps are cheaper and it might help move ’em better).
I will get some of these postcards in my Storenvy shop too (eventually). I might also offer to draw/paint and write a postcard to the buyer (or whoever they want)–and why not?
Just imagine. A postcard drawn by me, along with a heartfelt message (Ex: “Send lawyers, guns, and money. The s*** has hit the fan.”²) landing in your mailbox.
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1 For comics. I did my time at Motor City Comicon and such selling my novel.
2 A random message I like to use. From the Warren Zevon song, Lawyers, Guns and Money.
