Quiet time

So the past month has been a bit of a world wind. If you are one of the no people who reads this thing, you might have noticed the lack of posting. I suppose there were several issues for the insanity: Getting back to work (adjusting my schedule), doing a lot of subbing at NCC during the day and most of all preparing for the big NY ComicCon, which just happened.

Pronto has been preparing for this for several months, printing up fliers, postcards, t-shirts, and most of all comics. I took 3 days off from my other jobs, but it wasn't a breeze in the park. It was hard work for 3 days, a lot of standing, talking, shaking hands and meeting people. In the course of the con, I went to numerous panels, planted post cards repeatedly in rooms and on tables, took a lot of cards and contact information and put comics in the hands of a lot of people. I was even able to do 3 podcast interviews for Pronto. So it was a lot of work, which hopefully, will pay off.

Other things that I have been doing are researching, working at all my other jobs and making some pottery. A couple of months ago I decided to go to the library and look up books on inking, freelance illustration, and marketing. I felt I needed to get more serious about my career and how I approach it. Also I wanted to learn more about inking and the craft that goes with it. I took out several books on comics and noir style of art, as well as general pen and ink illustration. Finally, I've been trying to take out one hour of every shift at Dowling to work on the wheel. I want to focus on making some production pottery to eventually sell online. I did some research into websites that sell crafts and artwork.

So as always I have my multiple irons in the fire...