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Phoenix Comicon 2010
Filed Under (Artist Info) by Lizzy D. on 01-06-2010
What a wonderful weekend! Hiya and welcome to my blog! 
I had so much fun working the Tiny Army Booth during the Phoenix Comicon. There were so many people to talk to and so many different costumes! To tell the truth, I never been to a convention before (at Leprecon I just put art in the art show and didn’t participate in anything else – that was a mistake) so everything was new to me. I did sell some of prints I brought, but it was the experience that I was there for. I learned so much from my fellow artists and had tons of fun! Here are some pictures that I took:
I was blown away at how awesome these costumes were. I wonder how much time it took to put on the makeup?
This is the booth of the founder of Tiny Army, Daniel Davis. He’s a pretty awesome guy and has a fashionable mustache.
I was actually a little late in taking this picture. What I wanted was what happened before that. The Power ranger guy was walking by a group of kids when one of them stopped him and asked if he was a power ranger. He was immediately surrounded with children that were looking up at him in awe. That was the shot I wanted, but I was a little slow in getting my camera.
There were tons of bounty hunters in fact there was a whole booth for Star Wars, no surprise really.
Speaking of Star wars, my son and husband came in near the end of my shift and we walked around together. Marius (our son wearing the white w/ black lines shorts) thought R2 was so awesome. This R2 moved and beeped like the real thing, it was pretty impressive!
A quick shot of the Penguin.
This guy was pretty awesome. As he was looking at my art I pulled out my camera. He then pointed out that I had one of those “soul stealing machines”. I should have asked him if I could have a piece of his soul but I just asked to take his picture. After that he gave me a flier for the TusCon, a sci-fi/fantasy convention that be in Tucson, AZ in November. After looking it up I’m planning on getting my own booth there this year!
On Saturday my son got to meet Mario!
I wasn’t there when this picture was taken but from what my husband told me Marius mustered up the guts to tug on the Storm Troopers arm to ask him for a picture, then afterwards the Trooper gave him a high five!
This was a must have picture. This guy did an awesome job with this costume!
I asked the blue lady for a picture and got Lando in the background! 
Like I said there were some amazing costumes here!
I’m not sure what these costumes are from but I thought they were pretty cool!
Again not sure what they’re from but great costumes.:D
And this one was just plain cute!
Though I spent most of my time in the dealers area there was one place I wanted to go for a couple minutes. Three actors; Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, and Wil Wheaton, from Star Trek The Next Generation were there and I just had to take pictures of them. Yes I’m a Trekkie and proud of it!
Sadly I pulled a stupid and didn’t take pictures of the booth I was at, or any of artists that were at the booth with me, but the least I can do is link you up to their websites.
Fabein: http://fabienbadilla.com/
Fabein was a lot of fun to hang out with and he was selling some awesome stickers about having a emegency Zombie plan. Do you have a plan in case there are Zombies?
Wesley: http://www.nearbeyond.com/
Wesley is a 6′7″ nice guy whom even though he gets a lot of tall jokes just smiles and laughs with everyone. And I always love looking at his art.
Ken Jacobson: http://www.penart.com/
A quiet guy with amazing art (make sure you look in his latest stuff for his picutre of King Kong and Godzilla shaking hands)! Ken is so nice, I forgot to bring something to eat with me and about when I resalize that he came in a chicken wrap and offered half of it to me without knowing my shortage of food.
Gilead
He is just great to hang out with. He has wise things to say and funny things also. You just can’t help but like him!:D
cool con wrap up
i wish i was more erudite then id write something too…
i might check out that tusCON too
OMIGOSH! That looks like so much fun! If I wasn’t doing Beauty and the Beast, I’d be at comicon this year. My favorites? The Mario and R2-D2. You’re getting Marius into the con scene early XD Oh! And your art on the wall, on display…. I love how the prints looked! They turned out really well! I’m glad you were at least able to sell some at the Phoenix con. It’s been pretty slow all over. I’ve even heard that the art sales are projected to be slow this year at comicon, but we’ll see. I almost tried to put some of my art this year, but I think I’ve got enough on my plate right now. I’ll be posting photos after it’s over! Looking at these costumes up here, I’m especially aware of how much work goes into even one.
Hey JP! Thanks for stopping by my blog. There were a ton more pictures I wanted to take, but either didn’t have my camera on hand or there were to many people in front of me that I couldn’t get a good shot. TusCON looks really cool, and good prices for their booths too. Trying to find a way to make sure I get down there this year.
Oo I am looking forward to seeing pictures from Beauty and the Beast. And I’m hoping since TusCon is in November I have a better chance at selling cuz its close to the holidays.