Spent the weekend in Plano, Texas for STRIP - The Dallas Webcomics Expo! AND I HAD A TON OF FUN.

So I set up my table and sat there trying not to look totally lost and just started drawing. (Cryanide and Happiness was across the way, and if you know me, you can probably guess that I pretty much freaked when they entered the building.) It didn’t get too crazy until an hour and a half-ish after the doors opened.

Then I got people coming up to the table looking around and whatnot. And then my boy bestie, Daniel (who appears in the comic regularly) came with his girlfriend, Iris to spend the day at the con. So he was dubbed my spokesmodel for the day and went around spreading the word of Elia in a Box.

So then with that, more people came by and I drew a good amount of people in my comic form and in crayon! And they were all such friendly people which was awesome! (I forgot to take a couple of people’s pictures but I think I got enough for you to see what was up. Ha.)

Then around the 3:30 time I left my table for a bit to participate in an all-woman panel ‘Women of Webcomics’ (WoW) and was accompanied by Rebecca Hicks (Little Vampires), Emily Karnes (Complex Actions), Halo Seraphim (ShoNuff Studios), & Samantha Wikan (Life’s a Witch).
It was pretty cool. We answered some questions for about an hour and I learned some stuff myself from my fellow female comic artists about the webcomic world that would help me in the future.

Then I went back to my table and finished the convention day out with a couple more drawings and some mini print sales and then packed up the table and went to dinner with the bestie and family.

Then we headed back to the hotel where the con was at to attend the 70s & 80s Retro Jam where there would be artists drawing live artwork to be auctioned off with the proceeds going to The Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children . So I decided to draw something to contribute. I did a black and white ink drawing of Disney Princesses in my style and then jokingly drew the Emcee/Auctioneer in my comic form as well and it sold too. So I was glad that they were sold for a good cause.

The auction went until a little after 10. Then the friends parted ways and I went back to the room to sleep.

And that was ‘Elia in a Box’s STRIP-Con adventure! I hope I attend again next year! Thanks to all who came by my table and to all the staff and fellow comic artists who made my first convention as an exhibitor an AWESOME experience.