ChetArt Booth in the Small Press Section
The 2014 San Diego Comic Con was a non-stop whirlwind of fun this year. With 4 hours of preview night on Wednesday and 4 full days through Sunday, we saw lots of familiar faces and made loads of new friends.
We arrived on Tuesday. From the front door of our hotel was a view of the swaying palm trees, the Assassin’s Creed display being set up and the convention center in the background.
Our hotel was designated as Terminus. Fortunately there were no train box cars behind the hotel that we were led to after checking in.
left to right-Cesare, Kirstie, Julie and the Pacific
The day before set up we took the opportunity to meet up with our good friends from Curio and Co., Cesare and Kirstie. Heading over to Ocean Beach, we enjoyed a burger at Hodad’s before a leisurely stroll on the pier to view the sunset over the water.
Attendance for the show maxes out at 130,000 and we saw our share of folks. Preview night started off strong for us. So strong we asked our neighbor and friend Jen Sorensen to ship us more product the next day. It was a good decision, as we would have sold all the “Childhood” books by Saturday if we hadn’t received her generous help.
Along with lots of sales, we had the pleasure of seeing long-time friends, fellow artists and loyal fans, topped with a surprise visit from April Winchell (who has no Regretsy(s) over retiring her wildly popular web site and concentrating on gracing us with her incredible voice work.) I was approached by several people with interest in some high profile projects. Stay tuned for those that may pan out in the coming months. Much to my surprise, my “Grumpy the Hutt” print that was purchased by our wonderful friend Jane Ezratty was then gifted to David Glanzer, the director of marketing and public relations for San Diego’s Comic Con International. The word came back to us that he considered it the best gift he’s received in ages. Here’s hoping it’ll fill a little bit of “NO!” on his wall somewhere. (A big thanks to Jane for gifting and Dustin Romero for passing along the news.)
What follows are a sampling of photos taken from the convention floor. Click each for a larger view.
The many moods of Ryan, a.k.a. the Mad Bomber
Our friend and booth neighbor Ryan Claytor of Elephant Eater Comics kept things lively and fun by adding some photo bomb to a picture or two throughout the event. Thanks Ryan, for making us laugh!
Game of Bombs
Aqua Net Man
Small Press veterans Bob the Angry Flower and…
…Keith Knight
Our friend Daniel of Steam Crow fame. Always an impressive display of talent.
Sailor Bacon
Steampunk Tea Service
Beyond the Return of the Revenge Beneath the Planet of the ChetArt.
Indeed! ha
Great framing and composition on this photo series. That guy in the background of all your photos is a stud. *winky-face*
Thanks for following, Ramsey! Wish you and Jane could have been there.
We did! Thanks Keith!
Thanks for sharing, it looks like you had a great time. aloha
I really enjoyed reading this and looking at all the photos. Thanks for post it!