It was a big step for us at Time Bomb Comics.
We decided to move from a number of tables scattered around Comics Village, or Artists Alley as it's now called, to a Booth. This meant paying a lot more upfront and hoping that we'd have the sales to compensate.
It just felt the right time and a good way to celebrate our Quantum bi-monthly comic.
We had a great corner spot and did our best to make use of the walls we had, and learned what we want to do for future Cons. The
Panini Guys next to us put us to shame with their cut-out
Spiderman etc. Next time guys :o)
Friday is usually a slow day but we found ourselves being really busy. Lots of customers asking for the promised WesterNoir Book Two (I'm so glad it's available otherwise I think there may have been trouble :o). Lots of customers talking about Quantum and actually picking up comics that contained more stories about the characters in Quantum, or the universe the stories are set in (as is the case with WesterNoir).
We chatted to a lot of people and sold a good number of comics. It was also great to catch up with our creator friends, all of whom were very interested in whether or not we could make the booth work.
Saturday followed, as it always does, and as always it felt twice as busy as Friday.
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I think it must be my age but
the JLA are looking younger and younger. |
We were very encouraged that the
Quantum comic had been picked up in stores by people of all ages. A few people tried to buy the sample copies that we had to show people, and some even resorted to pleading...
but I'll not name names David Baillie so you'll be OK.
Steve and I even hit the stage to talk about Quantum and there were actually people in the audience listening and even a question at the end, which was nice.
Come close of the event on Saturday we were feeling really tired. We had been on our feet pretty constantly and it's when you stop that it really hits you. It was a great day though so we felt that a nice meal in good company (with some alcohol to help sooth aching muscles) was called for, even deserved.
And then it was Sunday, traditionally a slower day. It did seem quieter and we did actually have some quiet spells but at the end of the day we found that we'd actually done better than we had on Friday.
At one point I was entrusted with Steve's Coat of many colours but thankfully didn't break into song.
A really great event.
Very tiring but very rewarding.
Did the Booth work out financially?
Yes, it did.
