Bristol was hot this year, stupid hot, like a jungle.
This probably contributed to my enjoying it less than last year, not that it wasn't fun, just a bit, well, less fun. The table wasn't in quite so sweet a spot opposite the
Tokypop honeypot and lost in the mini-comic table line up (at just the point when you lose attention), we are men of modest means and can't compete against anyone who could afford to spring out for a banner. We lacked a quick and direct selling point for the comics as well, I would have been tempted to sell it as the only comic in Bristol without a zombie in it but I'm too nice. Still Zak did well with his full colour book, but that's no
surprise as he's Zak and we all cower before his might and glory.
Meh, what are you going to do. I sold enough to pay for the photocopying, called Chris an 'effeminate pimp'
, was pulled into a
horrifying conversation about
'come to bed eyes' Wolverine, and listened to Jamie
McKelvie's Alice in Sunderland like knowledge of
Malvern.
The
cosplayers seemed to be growing in number. The best by a huge margin was the lady who dressed as (or so I was told later) a
Warhammer Terminator, a costume which looked like it weighed the same amount as the entire contents of the room I'm currently sitting in. The worst costume was the almost non existent one worn by an underage girl who decided to stand in my
eyeline all day, making me feel like I was going to be arrested
every time I gazed up from the table. Are there no
anime characters who wear
burkas?
Here I am in D'Israei's wall of Fame this was the only sketch I got (I even have my eyes open for the photo!).
Sketches I drew for people -An angry Squirrel
A girl with large nipples
Zombie Jimmie Olsen
The Phantom
A penguin startled by a broken dog
Books I picked up -2001 issue 3 by Jack Kirby - A strange whim I had.
Jack Staff by Paul Grist - A comic I really like but always forget to buy.
Fred the Clown by Roger
Langridge -
I heart Roger Langridge!Toad Hunt by
Will Kirkby - The best free mini comic I ever pulled out of
somebody's oversized head.
The innocents by
Gipi - I picked up Notes for a War Story a little while back and was blown away, so these huge slabs of
Gipi were a must.
Phonogram by
Gillen &
McKelvie - "Worcester's shit" said
McKelvie, I couldn't disagree.
Polar Opposites Mini by
Marc Ellerby - Foul mouthed penguin are pretty much an instant sell for me.
Day at the Beach and The Monster in the Well Mini By
Kate Brown -Which doesn't feature any boy on dragon sex, for better or worse.
Manga Midsummer Nights Dream By Kate again - The special variant badly drawn arrow edition.
The Pin-Up art of Dan DeCarlo 2 - Which has pretty much everything I could have ever
wanted from anything.
