I’m exhibiting at Prairie Comics Festival this weekend! Prairie Comics Festival really snuck up on me this year, but I can’t wait to hang out with some of the amazing local comics talent that Winnipeg has to offer.
I’ll have lots of copies of Mythfits, the comic Samantha Beiko and I created, limited copies of Spacepig Hamadeus and the Captive Planet featuring a story by me and Nyco Rudolph, and of course, the Thunder Road trilogy will be represented as well.
Hope to see you there!
Prairie Comics Festival was a blast! Sorry it took me so long to write about it.
I’m so glad to hear that it’ll be happening again in 2017. The library really got behind the festival, which certainly helped.
(My photo doesn’t do it justice, but the display person turned this poster into a 3D cutout. So cool!)
I didn’t take in any of the programming, so I can’t speak to that, but the exhibition room was fantastic. There was a great energy in the room and even in times of slower foot traffic there always seemed to be patrons perusing the tables. I appreciated that there was a break between panels which not every convention or festival thinks to do. Hope Nicholson’s commitment to keeping admission and exhibition free is also admirable. It really takes the pressure off when you’re not worried about covering your table, and I think that relaxed atmosphere lead to more substantial interactions between exhibitors and patrons.
I did manage to sell some books, but I was mostly there to raise the profile of Mythfits. Me and Sam had some ashcan pages available for folks to peruse, and some cover prints, and the patrons I talked to seemed pretty excited about the comic. Can’t wait to unveil that first issue!
It was amazing to see so many people come out on the strength of predominantly local talent. Even if I’m not asked to be an exhibitor next year, I’ll be back as a fan for sure!
Write on!
So I’ve mentioned a few times that Samantha Beiko and I are doing a comic together. Looks like things are official! Mythfits will be debuting at the inaugural Prairie Comics Festival. Very cool to see some press about our first issue!
Pictured below is concept art of Veronica, AKA “Ronnie” who plays the role of axe and artillery. Sam is crushing this book. I can’t wait for folks to read it.
Art: Samantha Beiko
Mythfits grew out of C4 2014 when I shared a table with Samantha in artist’s alley and talked about all the things. So I hope GMB Chomichuk (who kept telling us to “Join the fight, make comics!”) is happy. We sure are.
Write on!
Chadwick Ginther 