…You lose some. The Baltimore Comic Con is the first traditional comic convention I’ve ever been to. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I thought it would be a good experience. While I have learned some new things about conventions, I didn’t do to well with my own comic merchandise.
From what we experienced this weekend, the Baltimore Comic Con’s attendances seem to be more interested in super hero type comics. It was difficult to get people to even talk to us or take our freebies. It seems that we were not the only table that experienced this sort of behavior. A few others we spoke to were doing just about as well as we had been.
Part of the problem is that I don’t do any sort of super hero fan art. Honestly, I don’t even read books like Spiderman or X-men and I didn’t read them as a kid either. While I knew that going into this weekend, I didn’t expect the complete lack of interest that people had in my stuff. Quite a few people stopped to laugh at my “Go Cry, Emo Kid” shirt but no one had any interest in buying it.
From what I can gather, the stereotypical traditional comic book fan isn’t very interested in non-superhero indy comics. I get a double whammy for not having any art that is drawn by hand. In the end, though, I learned a number of valuable lessons about the type of people who aren’t interested in what I do.
It’s possible that I just had some bad luck but Kate and I didn’t really feel that was the case. I mostly have been in artists alleys at anime conventions and I do fairly well at them. Despite having a downer of a weekend, I plan to keep on doing what I enjoy. I’m not exactly the kind of person who gives up easily.
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