Lloyd and the Bear

So back at the weekend we were up in Aberdeen catching up with friends and family, eating Mac & Cheese (reviews to come!) while also getting to attend Granite City Comic Con!

But pre-con we had a problem! We do not travel light but we also wanted to save money (while also feared belongings getting damaged in hold) so what to do?!?

See, as you might know, this is my usual kind of table layout…

…but the goal was to cut costs (and seriously, we were scared the books and prints would get bashed about in hold). For a more local convention we’d be taking a suitcase, backpack and a display stand – okay, I’m saying ‘we’ a lot but for conventions and carrying it’s usually just me (and man is it heavy!)

I had to trim our stuff down and I mean by a LOT! I picked off all the stands, decided the postcards, badges and bowl can stay behind, leave the display stand behind, and (reluctantly) also travel without the discount prints (as they require the holder too and I knew we’d be short on space both in terms of what we can carry and also display)

So main prints and books it was (plus table cloth) and you know what? It was kinda cool! Like, a lot cool!

It was so light!!! But wait! That wasn’t the best thing! It felt proper old school (okay, we still had way more prints and books back when we started attending conventions) but it was simple and clean and also weirdly didn’t feel overwhelming to look at!

Kinda made us take a step back and rethink what to have on the table going forward but yeah, who knew? Sometimes too much is… TOO much?

And hey! Not only was GCCC a learning experience it was also an AWESOME day with some cracking chat from both visitors and our booth neighbours!

Hopefully we’ll be there next time (and fingers crossed enjoying the same amazing weather!)

Okay, back to work but there will be another blog up soon as we’re a week behind! Whoops!

More soon! Bear hugs!

PS. How crumpled is that cloth? I think it’s the same wrinkles in both photos!?!

Oh man this issue took way longer to put together than planned (or at least it felt like it) but finally I’m done with updating issue #13!

And like, even as I put this blog together I noticed a mistake which, although it was only a panel where two lines were a pixel out, it was enough to bug me. And then having done that I realised that I’d forgotten to put some sound effects in! But now, I am DONE!

So this weeks blog is covering the 2 two page spreads that were in this issue.

Here’s the original;

And here’s the updated panels!

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So we can all agree the Comic Village is one of, if not THE, best parts of a convention!

What you might not know about is how great it is to be behind a table in the Comic Village. You see, not only do you get great people stopping by your table, chatting, and exchange stories but you’re also surrounded by other creatives all with their own styles and ideas and also, sometimes, FREE SKETCHES!

A lot of these are from our good London MCM neighbour from Elenawing Studios but there’s a few other sweet additions in here as well!

Man, this just makes me want the end of August to hurry up so we can get up to our next convention in Aberdeen!

Oh, and hey, if you want to check out any more work from the artists above why not check them out at the following sites!

Elena Wing Studios – https://www.elenawing.art/

Tom Sparke – https://www.tomsparke.com/captain-fishbeard

Grant Perkins – https://www.patreon.com/thegrantperkins

Sloth Comics – http://www.slothcomics.co.uk/

As for me – I’m almost, almost, ALMOST done with issue #13 of LatB and will have them final pages on here this weekend so please come back and check that out!

More (very) soon! Bear hugs!