Here's the edited version of Berkeley's Geek Week Comics Business Panel I was a part of just before New York Comic Con! This video features "behind-the-scenes" one-on-one interviews with all the panelists too.
Here's the full panel, unedited. Skip to 17 seconds, because they recorded us chit-chatting before it began (we didn't know! Good thing we weren't gossiping).
Maybe one day...
Left to right: Cartoonists Mindy Indy, Alitha Martinez, writer Matt Miner, cartoonist Andy MacDonald, and Director of the Office of Student Development and Campus Life at Berkeley, Nicole Turnbull.
The Comics Business panel at Berkeley went great today! I managed to be pretty awake and able to not space out too much considering I got up way early and barely had sleep. Anyway we were asked great questions and people seemed to like the talk. The Berkeley peeps are going to edit the final video (with candid interviews included!) which I'll post a link when they send it.
The biz panel was a great way to kick off this year's NYCC! Although I didn't make many sales today compared to Thursday last year (it's Thursday, which should be considered a "bonus" day), I talked with some awesome people! Gonna try to rest up for the avalanche that is to come Friday through Sunday.
If you're at the convention this weekend, stop by Papercutz booth 2229 Sat 10A-11A and Sun 11A-12P to get a quick Power Ranger sketch from me! Also teaching the "Sketching From Life" class Sunday from 2:15-3 in the Family HQ - 1C02 (right below the elevators!). It's all ages, so don't be shy if you're the only adult there drawing with kids! Seriously!
And be sure to stop by my table W4 in Artist's Alley with Nadia Burgess! Fun!
I can't believe it's only ONE WEEK til the mega-event New York Comic Con! Check out Nadia's and my listing on the NYCC official site! I've been trying to get a new mini comic together in time... hopefully I can make it! Thursday tickets are still available for NYCC fyi.
I've also been selected to be a panelist for a talk about comics and business at Berkeley College! Very excited! The room is open to Berkeley students, but everyone can watch online live at tinyurl.com/BCGeekWeekLive. I love talking about stuff like this and hope people will find it helpful.
Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhh so y'know how I got that new adjustable drawing table? We're still settling the living room in the new apartment, so no couch or dining table yet, so I've been eating in my room with the table on a level position. TO MY HORROR, even when I put a magazine underneath the dinner plate, the drawing surface got all bumpy! Luckily, I explained the situation to the manufacturer and they're sending me a replacement part THANK GOD. I spent so much time putting that thing together, and it was hard carrying it from the store to the subway and up 6 flights of stairs... no way in hell am I returning it and going through all that again.