DemonCon 2 Round-Up

Last Sunday I was at the second DemonCon event in Maidstone, and once again local comic shop owner Graham has pulled together a rip-roaring success of a show.

With a much expanded guest list from the first show the venue, a local sandwich bar Eden, was brimming with talent.  I got stuck in with the sketches straight away, opening up with a Black Canary for Graham's son Cameron's Gotham themed sketchbook.  It was really nice to see so many kids at the venue this time out. Cameron put me firmly to task over my lack of Dr. Who knowledge when he came back for a 10th Doctor sketch. You can see some of the sketches I did below

I wasn't as rammed solid for sketches this time out, having a couple of dry periods in the second half of the day, but with the sheer volume of creators in the room I guess that was to be expected.  This, however, did give me more time to wander around myself and have a chat with a few people.

I finally got to meet up with recent Twitter mate Marc Laming, who's been a big supporter of my work over the last year, so as it was our first face-to-face meeting we had plenty to chat about.

David Wynne, and Ian Sharman of Orang Utan Comics were also in attendence and it was great catching up with them for a chat after the unpleasantness of the recent MCM Expo. Be sure to check out their Hypergirl comic, especially if you're looking for a fun, all-ages story.

Dean Beattie was on fine form, and I got a chance to look at the artwork for his upcoming GIANT SIZE X-Men print which should be ready in time for Thoughtbubble.  I can't wait to get my hands on one of these as it's already looking amazing.

I wish I'd spent a bit more time circulating, there's been a couple of different reports of the event since the 6th including Judge Dredd superfan, John Burdis' and Cancertown creator Cy Dethan's, I barely even register.  So while from a business standpoint it was a good, successful day. I don't think I made much of an impression from a "marketing" standpoint, that's never been my strong suit so probably something I should be working on.

My table was next to Tony Lee and Daniel Boultwood's, and I was constantly catching glimpses of Daniel's awesome sketches throughout the day. I'm going to have to grab one of their books next time I see them at a convention.

Jack Lawrence's table looked pretty manic the entire day, at one point he had almost a 2 hours wait on his sketch list, so I didn't get a chance to go up and have a chat something else I'll have to remedy at a future con.

All in all DemonCon 2 was a great success, here's to another soon hopefully.