BUZZ BUZZ Once There Was...

We're back from AnimeUSA!

And lemme tellya. This con was just such a wonderful experience! The venue was nice. The staff were amazing. The attendees were fun & funny. I handed out over 1300 flyers in person, and I know I spoke to each and every person I gave one to!

The con was structured so that the artist alley NEVER CLOSED. Lol! We stayed for a 14 hour shift the first day, 16 the day after, and then 10 the following day. I spoke to complete strangers (who are no longer complete strangers, as we made friends with a number of them over the course of the con), for 40 hours in 3 days.

I'm a little hoarse. I spoke with some folks when I got home and they thought I'd picked up some horrible con-flu thing, but I swear, I feel fine! Heck, my throat doesn't really hurt. I just sound like Joan Rivers. "Oh! OH! Can we TALK?!"

We have a lot more funny pictures, but they're on Roxy's camera. (Psst. Roxy? Please to send pictures?) I'll post'em when I get'em. In the meanwhile...( Kevin does Commissions! )

We're doing a small, local art show in December:

COOL YULE ARTY PARTY
Held at the Artdc.org Gallery at the Lustine Center
5710 Baltimore Avenue
Hyattsville, MD
December 12, 2009
1pm until 7pm

Meet and Mingle with local DC artists, enjoy live music and fun... This will be an amazing day! Not only will we have an opening for the artdc.org Patron's show, we'll be open during the Gateway open studios. We expect to see a great deal of foot traffic. Perfect for last-minute holiday shopping or just visiting!

This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Kevin and I will be in some of y'all's backyard at AnimeUSA in Crystal City, Virginia. You can find us here:


Hope I to SEE some of you!


I got INTERVIEWED at Big Apple Comic Con by U Frag TV. Starting at minute 25, I'm on right after Lou Ferrigno. Damn, son! (I would have embedded it, but it auto-plays. Yuck.)

I've been interviewed by other folks from cons before, but UFragTV's the first to post the interview.

If I sound a little quavery and like I'm the daughter of the old MicroMachines guy it's cause they were doing the interview LIVE and I was told that I might get bumped at any moment for William Shatner. *nerd-gasm*

( PHOTO-DUMP from Big Apple Comic Con 2009 )

Separate from all that, Kevin's got an ART SHOW!

I mentioned it in passing before, but he's got a huge gallery at the Greenbelt Arts Center. He did the logo, program, poster, and postcard design for their production of "Little Shop of Horrors. We saw it on opening weekend; it rocked. Hard. (We know the plant. Go Fred, Go!). If you're local, you've got until Thanksgiving weekend to see the play. The plant puppeteering rocks, Seymour fills out the role perfectly, and I loved the guy they had playing Mr. Mushnik.

Kevin's art will hang in the lobby of the theater through the end of their December play The Devil's Christmas Carol". You've got plenty of time to check out some original art, or any number of framed prints.

I'VE GOT INTERNETS!!

well. my ethernet card is working, so i've got internets when kevin's not online, b/c we don't have a cable long enough to reach both his AND my computers, but! I have internets.

Sure, my office space is still an ungodly series of heaps, but i'm gonna eat some lunch, put on the bugle or rachel or keith, pull out some sharpie markers and my bundle of blank file folders and SORT THIS MUTHERFUCKER OUT.

So in brief, while i'm still wired:

1. NYC Comic Con = LOADS of fun. Very $$$-y, so we may not be back to that one for a few years, but when we're ready for it, we'll hit it like a crying kid in church. THANK YOU MIKE!!

2. Halloween = Awesomesauce. I dressed up as a Spink this year.

3. The Move = Hellish, but only if hell were underwater. THANK YOU to all the folks who rolled out 2 days in a row to help us move in the rain. We've discovered and repaired all the leaks in the new townhouse, with the exception of the one that seems to come from the upstairs tub.

4. Verizon = FULL OF STUPID. @(#$%&@#$()FCFJVXVJSE)R(##@()@@!!

5. My computer = FULL OF FAIL. Failed wireless drivers. Failed ethernet card drivers. Failed uninstalls that prevent failing installs. GRAHH!!! Thank you, Blake, for tinkering with the stupid thing and getting the ethernet card to work.

6. Kevin's Brother = Down a finger-tip. Kevin's poor brother lost the top of his right index finger to his dogs when he tried to stop them from fighting. The doctors could not re-attach the finger joint, but Darren's getting a prosthetic so he can keep playing guitar in his band. Brother's gal also got bitten while trying to break up the dog-fight, she's damaged, but recovering nicely. The one dog is fine. The other dog got stitches around her eye, is fine, and is getting a new home where she can be the only child. Both dogs are super sweet with people, but fight like cats in a sack around each other.

7. Kevin's Art Gallery = AWESOME SURPRISE! His work is being displayed and sold at the Greenbelt Arts Center in the lobby outside the community theater. We had been expecting to provide 'some pieces,' not 'frame and hang enough art to cover 42 feet of wall.' It worked out BEAUTIFULLY though and it's such a cool display!

8. Upcoming Convention appearance = ANIME USA in Crystal City, VA. On Nov 20-22.



So much more to say, but so much more to DO. I'm not dead--and I've not read or caught up on anything y'all've posted, but I look forward to it! :D

( Locate Interrobang Studios on the Big Apple Comic Con Floor Map )

Kevin and I are road-tripping to NYC tomorrow where we will stay with a friend in Brooklyn and live at our con table for 3 days. Check out the crazy hours on this con!

Friday, October 16, 2009 - 12pm - 8pm,
9pm - 12am Night Events
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 10am - 7pm,
8pm - 12am Night Events
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 10am - 5pm

That's 24 hours of convention! I'm gonna take some thick towels to fold and lay down just behind the table so that my feet don't fall off by day three. It's always best to stand, but that concrete is KILLER.

SOOO excited! *DANCING!*

Oh and this is the last time I do Chu-Chu Rocket for our table-map. Promise. We're just on a super-time crunch between these two cons. I'm gonna ask Kevin to help me make some graphics for so that I can build maps with OUR characters from here on out.

Wish us luck, and if you're local, come see us!

Verdict: Success!

( Baltimore Comic Con PHOTO-DUMP!! )

Also, things is gettin' crazy! We leave early on Friday for New York City, NY for the Wizard World Convention: Big Apple Comic Con. We're in booth #3069. (Artist Alley table #69). I will post another clever map before we go. When we return late Sunday or early Monday, we'll do a post-con dump and start throwing things into boxes.

We move on October 24th!

If I miss out on things happening online or in real life among friends, I apologize in advance! I'm not sure how well-connected I will be in the two weeks to come.

On of those huge update posts. Most important stuff first.

1. THANK YOU
I have been a needy, needy pest lately. "Come vote for the Tshirt design," "Proof my resumes," "Visit my webcomic," "Attend my conventions," "VALIDATE ME!!"

You have all borne this bitchery with marvelous forbearance and benevolent tolerance. Seriously. I picture my friends list as a pride of fiercest lions that lets me bat your tails and chew your ears even though I'm past the cute lion-cub stage and well into the awkward-teen-lion-why-the-fuck-isn't-she-hunting-her-own-meat-or-getting-a-damn-job-or-something age.

I don't say it enough for all the people who help me out so much. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.


2. T-Shirt Update!
THANK YOU. No Really. I'm stupid fortunate for you guys and I know it.

It does not look like threadless.com will be producing Kevin's Tshirt design, which is a shame, but does not stop him from submitting other, cooler designs in the future. Nor does it stop us from printing the design on our own budget later on, when we get a budget. ;)


3. Interrobang Studios had a successful SPX!
We attended the two day con in a larger group than usual. Blake, Sally, Kevin & I were there with Jade. There are photos under the cut for proof:

( Proof under here )


4. We met cool people!
( Awesometastic Folks under the cut )


5. Interrobang Studios has MORE CONVENTION APPEARANCES to announce!

October 10 & 11: Batimore Comic Con in Baltimore. Dur.

October 16, 17, & 18: Big Apple Comic Con in New York, NY!

TENTATIVE: November 7 & 8: King Con in Brooklyn, NY!

November 20-22: AnimeUSA in Arlington, VA.


6. KEVIN & I ARE MOVING!

With all those conventions AND the fact that we must vacate our Annapolis home by Oct 31... We're looking to do the move the weekend of October 24 & 25. I'll post more details in a locked post, but heads up--if you don't get our new address, but you should have it, PLEASE poke my comments here! Kevin and I still have our same cell phones and the same email addresses, but the place we keep our physical stuff will be relocating to Baltimore. I'm gonna send out an email too, just to make sure no one loses track of us!

SPX 2009!

We're at table W-42. It's in Bethesda, MD at the Marriott. I'll be incommunicado for most of the weekend, as we'll be traveling and staying with friends, but if it's urgent, my cell phone is your best bet.

Wish us luck!

There's only 3 days left on the Vegetarian Zombie T-shirt design. If you already voted, Thank you so much. I don't know where else to post this thing, but we've making a good showing so far (almost 500 votes), and I won't be around to push this on people for the next three days. Thank God, right? ;)



Click-y. Vote-y. Thank-y you.

WE'RE GOING TO OTAKON 2009! This Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, June 17-19, Interrobang Studios will be in Baltimore!

We got table space in the artist alley after all! There was this huge waiting list and we had a snowball's chance--but then we got a BENEFACTORESS! 2x2x2 invited us to share her table space in the Otakon artist alley!

Swing by her webpages and check out her awesome stuff!

See y'all in the artist alley!


P.S.

My computer has succumbed suddenly and violently to a vicious virus. I have backed up my data. I am using Kevin's old ibook to stay linked to the interTr0n. It will probably be a good week or two before my machine gets untangled enough to use again. I'm already leaning towards firebombing the whole thing and reformatting.

But if my internet presence were to suddenly drop to zero... I've not started another one of those 'disappear for a year' things I do from time to time.

Guys, you've gotta see some of this stuff. Philly was a blast!

Interrobang Studios went to Wizard World Philadelphia this weekend. We had a booth in the artist alley, met some new friends, saw some awesome costumers, and got to give a copy of our WatchBabies parody to GARTH ENNIS. (ohgod!<--fangirl fit.)

( Many Large Photos Under Here! )
We had a great time! We sang karaoke! I found BodyCount #1! And, best of all, the studio made back the cost of the table, the con passes, the gas money, and three days' worth of parking with enough left to make a serious dent in the cost of inventory.

We're on our way, right?


I don't think we've got a convention appearance in July, but I'm working on it. Maybe something local?

Three days of Interrobanging: Friday, Saturday, Sunday! June 19-21 in Philadelphia, PA.




We're taking this show on the road! We'll have 3 new books in addition to our 2 classics, a ton of art prints, handmade Spinks, and studio artist Kevin Bolk on site to take commissions. We'll be in artist alley, booth 33A--hope to see you there!