C2E2 THIS FRI-SUN!!!

Super excited for my first time exhibiting at C2E2 this weekend!  (Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo.)  If you'll be in the Chicago area, or know of friends who are, here's the scoop:

Friday April 24 - Sun April 26.  Show floor hours are Fri & Sat 10A-7P, with programming running til 9p.  Sun 10A-5P. 

Tickets are still available for all days!  Ranges from $30 for one day bought online  to $70 3-day pass paid at the door.  Kids get in for $5 on Sunday! 

It's at the South Building At McCormick Place.  2301 S Lake Shore Dr., Chicago IL 60649.  Looks like the closest subway is taking the Green line to the Cermak-McCormick Place stop.  If you're coming from the suburbs, you can take the Metra orange line to the McCormick Place Metra station.

Special guests include Stan Lee, Jason Momoa and Finn Jones from Game of Thrones, Chad Coleman from The Walking Dead, and many others!  There are all kinds of fun programs to see like stuff about medieval armor, to learning Chinese, how to combat cyber-bullying, to learning about the comics business.  See me and other amazing artists in the Artist Alley too - I'm table N17A!  Right by the food court!  Could be a strategic location - we'll see... Interestingly, artists with tables near the front of the alphabet are in the back corner...

Kids may enjoy my workshop "Sketching from Life with Mindy Indy" on Sunday from 11:30a-12:30p in the Family HQ (room N427bc). 

Looking forward to a very exciting trip!  I'm very lucky to be staying with some great friends in town :)  (Secret tip for cartoonists wanting to do conventions far away).  This time, since I'm flying AND taking Megabus later on to Michigan, I need to pack smartly.  Southwest Air still has 2 free checked bags, but you only get 1 with Megabus.  Gotta be under 50 pounds too.  Ok enough blogging and more packing to do!

I always have to check the weather before doing laundry...

Teaching Comics!

Recently I taught a special 2-session comics lesson at Baruch college!  Part of a literature class called "The Outsiders/A Hood Project," students read literature set in 21st century America where issues of race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, and mental health shape and are shaped by our understanding of adolescence.  One such reading was the graphic novel "American Born Chinese."  I was called in to teach some cartooning basics, because students could choose to draw their final project in comic form.  Since these were college students and not kids, I took the lesson to the next level, focusing on storyboarding.  It was great to see how the students caught on and they did great work! 

I teach every so often when requested.  I was privately tutoring a very talented 6-year-old for a few months this past fall.  He had all these fun characters and I showed him how to make his own 10 page comic, and we printed some copies and assembled them together.  Fun times!

I'm teaching a class next Sunday at C2E2 - "Sketching From Life With Mindy Indy!"  It's much like the class I taught at NYCC with some changes.  If you're in Chicago and are checking out the convention, stop on by the Family HQ room (N427bc) from 11:30A-12:30P.  Fun for all ages!

If you'd like me to teach a group or privately tutor in comics or drawing, please let me know!

The "i before e, except after c" rule does not apply to caffeine!