Via boingboing, these awesome mods which their creator describes as inspired by “Gotham by Gaslight.” But whatever, I like my description better. Also, he says of his Hawkgirl: “The figure was going to be Hawkman, but I changed it to Hawkgirl in order to have another girl in the line up for balance.”
Wait a second, more than one girl? That’s crazy-talk, man!
WOW.
Today is the second day of Stumptown Comics Fest, Portland’s awesome hometown convention and the site of Girl-Wonder’s first-ever booth, and for the first time this weekend, I have the chance to post an update (Livia and Noah are still hard at work at the con).
Stumptown rocks. It’s full of independent comics and creators, and it’s small and friendly enough to avoid the impersonal chaos of bigger cons. If you don’t know everyone going in, you will by the end of the weekend. It draws not only the best and the brightest of Portland’s (numerous) local talents, as well as folks from all up and down the west coast. With a $5/day entrance fee, it’s also accessible to fans who might not be willing or able to shell out the heftier admission prices at larger cons.
And apparently, Stumptown Comics Fest–and it’s exhibitors, volunteers, guests, and attendees–loves Girl-Wonder. We showed up and were greeted by a volunteer who first gushed about how much he dug our site, then solemnly asked if it was okay that we’d been bumped up from a half-table to a full table. We spent Saturday talking with fans and creators, and being generally overwhelmed by their tremendously positive responses. Many had heard of the site; some had sought us out to tell us how much they enjoyed the columns, or the comics, or the forums. Those who hadn’t seemed genuinely interested in checking us out. Partway through the day, we ran back to Kinkos to replenish our rapidly disappearing stickers and fliers. Phil Foglio came to say “hi” and doodle in our sketchbook. Guest of honor Shaenon Garrity stopped by to ask if we were still taking donations for the auction (we’re not, but we made an exception, ’cause c’mon!). Amy Mebberson hung out at our table for a few hours (she’s awesome, by the way!) and drew the cutest superheroes we’d ever seen.
Stay tuned for more updates…
CBR News writes an article trying to dispel the myths about women who show up to cons in costume: http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11647
I like that the article focuses on the fact that these women are actually comic book fans, and that some of them have put a lot of work into making their costumes. As someone who has spent hours hunched over obnoxious fabric in order to hand sew a costume (sheer fabric deserves to die a slow painful death), I can definitely appreciate these women’s hard work getting acknowledged.
But…doesn’t the article seem to focus a bit on women who are conventionally attractive? I don’t know, what do you guys think?
Dude, I am not making this up: Four day memberships sold out at SDCC.
According to a spokesperson from Comic Con, selling out Friday or Saturday is a definite possibility. So if you haven’t registered yet, you might want to register ASAP here: http://www.comic-con.org/
Stay classy, San Diego.
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