Cool Stuff at Wizard World!

Some reasons why you should check out Wizard World NYC:  As shown above, Stan Lee, Patrick Stewart, and Norman Reedus (from The Walking Dead) will be there!  There's some wrestling guy in the picture too.  I guess he's cool enough to be there.  Wil Wheaton will be there too (he's made appearances on The Big Bang Theory :)

Wiz has some pretty cool programming going on too.  Some that I think worth going to would be:  INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING VS BIG HOUSE PUBLISHING,  HIP-HOP & COMICS: CULTURES COMBINING,  and MASTERING THE UNIVERSE WITH TOM COOK (he was an animator on She-Ra and He-Man!).

SHOW HOURS Friday, June 28, 2013 - 4pm - 9pm Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 10am - 7pm Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 10am - 5pm

LOCATION: Basketball City (Pier 36) 299 South St #36 New York, NY 10002

Take the F train to the East Broadway stop and walk towards the water.  It's right on a Pier, so you can't miss it :P  If you're driving, it's right off the FDR Drive.

Tickets here!

And I'll be in Artist's Alley table B4!

Hope to see you there!  This should be an exciting show.  There are supposed to be thunderstorms this weekend, but don't let that deter you.  It's inside, and even some programming they have outside will still happen "rain or shine."

Accepted to Boston Comic Con!

I got accepted to the Boston Comic Con!  They had to change the date because it was unfortunately supposed to be the weekend after the Boston Marathon bombing.  Now it's in a different, bigger location.  It was a really good decision for them to change the date (unlike when King Con still happened the weekend after Hurricane Sandy and hardly anyone showed up).

Many thanks to my friends in Boston who are letting me stay with them :)  It's because I have good friends all over that I'm able to do conventions farther away :)  At this point, it's not worth it for me to pay for a hotel or even hostel.  Maybe some day.

And as always, I'll be at Carmine St. Comics today working away on stuff.  Tuesdays are my most productive day :)  It's so great to have a mini studio one day a week.  I'd like to have a real studio some day that I can use every day :)

Don't worry, mom & dad - this is a made up misfortune!  (Sometimes my parents worry when I post dangerous misfortunes).

Wizard World NYC NEXT WEEK!

Wizard World NYC is NEXT WEEK!  Super excited!  I'll post more info next week as the date gets closer (so it's fresh in your minds :)  Hope to see you there June 28-30th!

*YOLO is short for "You Only Live Once."

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Went to a friend's going away party last night.  Crown Heights is getting there, but it's still... not there.

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What?  You've never heard of The Carlton Dance before?  <---- Now, that's a link you CAN click on!  I think I finally managed to get the spam links off of my Feedburner mailing list (I hope).

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Yep, this Daily Misfortune happened to a friend of mine :)

I'm returning to Carmine St. comics today!  Got a lot of stuff to work on, so I'll be there pretty much all day.  See you there!

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Eternal Con was a success!  Except that I got turned around on the Long Island bus system and got there a half hour after show hours started.  But I've traveled enough to remain calm and knew I'd get there eventually, and figured not many people would be there right in the morning.  Wrong!  There were so many people!  I give credit to the people who organized this convention - they had a phenomenal turnout for it being the first show of its kind.  I did well and was sketching a lot.  I want to post pics, but I have a feeling I'm getting too busy with other work nowadays to spend so much time on recapping.

Oh yes, and the Aviation Museum seemed cool, even though I only saw like a corner of it.  But the skylight windows were burning up me and my table.  Luckily, I had a mini bottle of sunblock with me (or I'd get burned within 20 minutes).  I was saved that day, but not on the next for Make It On Myrtle, where got burned while outside all day talking to people about the work shops.  It was bound to happen eventually.

Make It On Myrtle

I designed this flyer and banner (below) for an awesome outdoor summer workshop:  Make it on Myrtle!  Workshops range from fixing your bike to brewing your own beer to making comics!  My teaching session on comics will be July 7th from 2 to 4pm.

We hung the banners today at the location in Brooklyn.  Found out there was random construction in the lot... hope it doesn't get in the way of the workshops.  Anyway, classes are 2 hours each from 11am to 1pm, then from 2pm to 4pm.  Register for a spot at www.myrtleavenue.org!

If you're in the Long Island area this Saturday June 15th, check out Eternal Con!  I'll be there all day.  Cheers!

Eternal Con THIS SATURDAY!

This Saturday June 15th I'm in a new comic convention in Long Island NY:  Eternal Con!  The beautiful space of the Cradle of Aviation Museum will host this event with 2 floors of Pop Culture Madness! In addition to the huge vendor space they'll have raffles, giveaways, costumes, special guests, a car show in the parking lot, diorama contests, movie screening, full access to the Cradle of Aviation Museum (with paid admission) and much more!  I kind of want to check out the museum, because I love outer space and stuff, but I'll be in Artist's Alley all day.

Cradle of Aviation Museum Charles Lindbergh Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530

You can get there by LIRR from Manhattan or Brooklyn for public transit, or by car if you have access.

Show hours are 10am - 6pm.  Admission is $14 adults and $12 for kids under 12.  Free parking!  Hope to see you there, and please spread the word!

I LOVE double rainbows!  I've seen some before and yes, they are very intense.  I learned about how rainbows occur in a "Naked Eye Astronomy" class in college (stuff you can see without a telescope), but you can also learn more here.

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I'm in Boston visiting a friend (with a huge dog!), so I won't be at Carmine St. Comics today, but will next week!

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I just found out that spammers have been putting links into my mailing list posts.  If you see a link by itself just below the first picture I post, It's spam!  It may look like this:

It's NOT a "useful site" - it's spam!  Sometimes it says "quick cash advance with commissions."  I'm not sure if the spam is coming from this Wordpress blog or Feedburner (the program I use for my mailing list).  The spam link isn't visible on my regular website page or even the HTML - only in the emails sent (that's why it's good to sign yourself up on your own mailing list!)  It may be awhile until I figure out how to stop it (adding one more freakin' thing on my TO DO list), but until I do, please ignore those links.  Sorry about that!

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FD Day yesterday was super awesome!  Recap to come soon.  Busy busy getting some flyers designed for some summer markets.  Oh and more good news:  I GOT INTO WIZARD WORLD NYC!  Special thanks to my table partner, Alitha Martinez.  STUFF IS HAPPENING!  Also, tomorrow I'll be at my regular spot in Carmine Comics St. window - stop by & say hi!

FD Day

So I've been creating a weekly comic for the Familial Dysautonomia Foundation (which I haven't posted in awhile here, but they always post it on their facebook).  This Sunday is FD Day, a conference for people and families affected by the condition, but it's also open to the public if you're curious!  They'll have a lot of NYU doctors talking about new research, treatments, and other stuff.  I'll be there sketching for the kids in a room with other fun stuff like a magician and balloon animals.

Here are some FD comics to catch up on - No Tears:  Life With FD.

On this comic, the Foundation and I were trying to come up with good places for the group of people to be in - what if the grumpy old man was a bus driver?  No, some FD people have difficulty getting on buses.  What if he was a barber, or at a movie ticket counter?  Those were ok, but I came up with something I encounter regularly:  grumpy people at the checkout lane :)

This was one of my personal favorites :)  Although the FD community online prefers the really sweet ones vs the LOL ones (this one got only like 2,000 "views" as opposed to the usual over 10,000).

Like this is a really sweet one.  People went NUTS over this one!

And people really responded to this one well.  Lots of good comments flying around on the web.

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Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!  Mine was super awesome!  Had some great chillaxin' time with friends :)  Now it's back to reality - still getting myself up to speed.

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There's a reason why it's not called "SuperCupid," which actually has a nice ring to it, but then it would be lying to you.

CALLING ALL CARTOONISTS!

I'm looking for someone to split a table at Wizard's NYC Experience Con June 28-30. Tables are $500, so split it would be $250 each. Reasonable for a 3 day con in NY. If you or a cartoonist you know is up for it, let me know ASAP! mindy@mindyindy.com  Tables are running out FAST! Thanks! I'll handle all the paperwork, etc.

200 DAILY MISFORTUNES!!!

Celebrating 200 Daily Misfortunes!!  WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!  PARTY TIME!!!  Almost a year ago I started posting The Daily Misfortunes, and am so glad to see how much people enjoy them!  Sure, it's the same picture, and sure, I've skipped some days posting, but for the most part, I'd say this is a pretty successful web comic going on here :)  Many thanks to my friends who have inspired some of the misfortunes!  And well, I can't say I'm particularly thankful for misfortunes that happened to me (I STILL haven't gotten my license from the DMV!!) but it's always good to turn those bad experiences into a little laugh.  And thank YOU, everyone on my mailing list, everyone on facebook, twitter, tumblr, google+, and people that just visit my site!  YOU ROCK and THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!