Sherman Oaks Expo - August 17th

A few weeks ago, we attended the first ever Sherman Oaks Expo. It was hosted by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and presented by DJ's Universal Comics!

It was a one day show where local indie creators got the chance to sell their comics, talk to fans and meet new readers from the area. Like our friends Jared Sams and the Penguin Vs Possums team, we were excited to table at this event and hope to see more in the future.

Rob & Giulie

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2013 Convention Schedule

Last year was our first year of tabling at conventions and we managed to make it out to six different shows. We learned a lot during the course of last year and as much hard work as it was, it was also extremely fun and rewarding. Heading into our second year we're hoping to table at about the same number of conventions, but we'll be mixing in a few new ones.

Emerald City Comic Con (Seattle, WA): March 1-3 -- We couldn't be more excited about exhibiting at this show! Everyone we've talked to has had nothing but great things to say about Emerald City. So even though we have some lofty expectations, if you add in the fact that it's our first out of state convention and we'll be spending time in the great city of Seattle, we're pretty sure this show is going to be a blast!

Long Beach Comic Expo (Long Beach, CA): May 11 -- It'll be our second time setting up at the Long Beach Expo. It's a nice intimate one-day show that's only about an hour's drive from us, so there's no way we could pass it up.

Phoenix Comicon (Phoenix, AZ): May 23-26 -- Another new show for us this year. We heard many good things about the show, but our main reason for exhibiting is just to test the waters. It's a short (inexpensive) flight which leaves little risk for us. Fingers crossed.

Granite State Comic Con (Manchester, NH): September 28-29 -- This will be our first east coast convention! Growing up in New Hampshire, I didn't start making my own comics until well after I had already moved away, so I'm hoping to meet some Granite State comic creators at the show. Though to be perfectly honest, while the show looks like it'll be a lot fun, the main reason we'll be doing it is to spend time with family who live in the area.

Comikaze Expo (Los Angeles, CA): November 1-3 -- Last year's show was a wonderful surprise for us. Being only the second of its existence, there were some definite growing pains, but the turn out from both exhibitors and attendees was incredible. It's the kind of show Los Angeles has needed for years. Plus the show is expanding from two days to three days, so it's future is only looking brighter.

Long Beach Comic Con (Long Beach, CA): November 23-24 -- This is one of our favorite shows! Just like the one day expo, this show is very laid back and allows us to meet up with a lot of other local creators. The convenient location makes the show a nice weekend getaway for us.

So that's the plan, hope to see you all out there!

APE 2012 Recap

The 2012 version of the Alternative Press Expo has come and gone, but it was without a doubt one of the most fun shows we've done so far. APE has a wonderfully upbeat vibe, coming from all the amazingly creative artists who exhibit, that makes the show feel unlike any other around. Last year we scoped out the expo as attendees and had such a blast we were super stoked to exhibit there for the first time. APE did not disappoint. We managed to catch up with old friends and make new ones. We saw a lot of great artwork and bought a lot of great comics!

On Saturday night after the show, we managed to make it out to the Cartoon Art Museum for the Los Bros Hernandez art gallery showing. There were a good number of pages from the brothers, but also a lot of incredible pieces from other great cartoonists.

All in all it was a fun weekend! We're really hoping to exhibit at APE again next year, but we'll just have to see if that'll be doable when we also want to try out some other conventions (travel can be darn expensive!) For now, we have the Long Beach Comic Con next up on the schedule. We've attended every year of that show and enjoyed each time, but again it'll be our first time exhibiting. It's a semi-local show for us, so it'll be nice to catch up with other SoCal comic folk and close out our first convention-going year in style!

Sign in front of the Concourse

Concourse Exhibition Center: Home of the Alternative Press Expo

Entrance of the Concourse

Making it official

Lower level of the exhibit hall

Back of the exhibit hall

View from our table

Love & Rockets Gallery Show

Mario Hernandez

Gilbert Hernandez

Will Eisner Spirit page

Charles Schultz Peanuts page

Popeye animation cel

Outside of City Lights Book Store

Spilled a drink on the flight home...... so long APE!

We're going APE!

This weekend the Ginger crew will be headed to San Fran to setup for A.P.E. We're excited to return to a great city and great expo. We heard there's an exhibitor mixer on Friday and we'll try our damnest to make it. But otherwise, hopefully we'll see some old and new faces come by our table. We're at Booth 915 on the right hand side of the exhibit hall. Free high fives for all!