Today was our first day at San Diego Comic Con! We got into the city way too early but were not able to start our rounds at the convention until a bit after opening. For me, it felt weird not having gotten off a plane prior to a convention.
Among our several booth visits was one to Penny Arcade, at which Gideon bought himself some DVDs and earned himself a free mug. And then Gideon was quietly beside himself with bashfulness as we got Mike to doodle and sign something for him. We also hit up Meredith Gran from Octopus Pie to pick up some things for me, said hi to a bunch of artist friends from all the past comic cons, became discomforted by the numerous costumed ladies, and wandered around looking at some cool artisan crafts.
Eventually we made our way to the some of the panels we had planned to attend today. The first was a spotlight on Kate Beaton, one of my favorite webcomic artists. It was really interesting to hear why she does what she does, how her family responds to her work, and where she gets a lot of her inspiration from. The second panel we went to was on the "art of story" for the new Disney animated film, Wreck-It Ralph. It was honestly not very interesting, and felt most like a PR presentation. Gideon and I fell asleep. Which was great because we were well-rested for the panel we had been waiting all day for, "The Business of Webcomics," hosted by Robert Khoo of Penny Arcade. As it was relevant with our current interests, the Q&A section was really engaging and helpful. Some of the information was pretty intuitive, but it was reassuring to hear some validation by people who have been in the business for nearly two decades. There were even some questions asked that gave us interesting story ideas, so we're looking forward to working off of those pretty soon!
It has been an exhausting day; I can only imagine Saturday will be draining, as well.
~ Megan Ruiz
~ Megan Ruiz
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