EMERALD CITY, MUTANT PRINCE
hello seattle
Hi friends! I owe you a few updates from this past weekend! Thanks so much for your patience - I tested negative for COVID a few days before Emerald City Comic-con, which I was very grateful for, after having to cancel my FanExpo Boston appearance. But if you’ve had COVID, you know that it can take a few weeks to recover. Between that and travel I slacked here a moment, for which I apologize, but we’re back!
First of all, if you’re here new from meeting me in Seattle, WELCOME! I’m so glad you came by. I had a great time at the con, and getting to talk to a ton of you about my work is always refreshing.
It’s why I really like cons. Taking a weekend away from my work to go feed myself with some of the kindness and creativity of fans, meeting other people in my industry, seeing all the various types of artists and cosplayers, all of that really rejuvenates me. There’s a sense of showing up for each other - I’m here to meet you and you’re here to meet me, and that sense of effort is such a gift. So if you’ve ever taken your time to come meet me at a con, thank you. And if you can’t, that’s part of why I created this space - because it has the same positive, kind, showing-up-for-each-other feel.
Speaking of showing up, I got word on Sunday that this very kind gentleman came by my table when I wasn’t there to say nice things about my work on Excalibur. The Comic Sketch Art employee at my table (hi Mikayla!) said he mistook her for me and was very complimentary about her Excalibur work — if you’ve ever met this fella (or read his caption) you’ll know he loves to talk, so it took her a moment to point out that she wasn’t, indeed, me.
The fact that I wasn’t there to hear Chris Claremont compliment my work with my own ears will haunt me forever! Of course, I went and waited in his line just for the chance at thanking him in person, and explained that I was the person he’d thought he was speaking to. He said it was nice to meet me, smiled, and explained to me that well, he’d already said the nice stuff to her, so she could just fill me in.
FUCKING LEGENDARY.
He was incredibly kind and gracious, spending tons of time with each and every fan in his line, and he was generous with his time with me as well. I couldn’t help but ask for a photo, and I couldn’t help but share it with you all here. Not pictured: me scarfing a con center hot dog in the corner right after this because sometimes after I release some nervous energy I get super hungry.
Part of me still doesn’t believe it happened, but a few fans came up to my table with my Excalibur and said they’d had it at his table and he was complimentary. It really happened.
A few more shots from the weekend, no one say a goddamn thing about my bangs in all these pics:
PHENOMENOCITY UPDATES
Good news - we’ve got a great post from Phil Sevy tomorrow - discussing FACTIONS and art development. By next week we’ll be in production on chapter three of PHENOMENOCITY with chapter four not far behind.
The City awaits.
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Stay weird, talk soon!
-TH 8.25.22 18:12
That Claremont story almost made my heart stop.