escape: comic signing

 

 

The week before finals it was way too cold and I needed to escape Cedar (a feeling that is reoccurring with too much frequency. I am getting anxious to start some new things in my life aka senioritis is setting in).

 

I got in the car with my best friend Alisha Fabbi and headed toward Vegas (her boyfriend was studying too hard to hardly notice).

 

 

We went to Maximum Comics in Henderson to a Christmas Party/ comic signing. It was Daniel Freedman and Sina Grace. Sina Grace is one of my favorite artists and he draws my favorite comic Li'l Depressed Boy.

 

 

He signed all my volumes of Li'l Depressed Boy and did a piece of original work for me with Li'l Depressed Boy standing below the Giving Tree. As he signed and drew in each of my comics/worked on the piece of art for me, we talked about college and what I was studying. I had talked to him on facebook, twitter, and instagram a few days before going down to tell him that I was going to make the trip from Utah to take a break from studying for finals. When I got there, he recognized me and remembered my name (and its consequent spelling). I told him that I wanted to work marketing and advertising in comics. He and Daniel were both excited about that and told me that when I graduate they want me to help them manage their social media to get more press for their comics. I thought they were joking at first, but the more they talked about it, the more they sounded completely serious. When I got back in the car with Alisha, I fangirled for the whole ride home and then some.

  

 

Alisha was a great friend for going on the drive with me. She came along only as company and a friend. There was nothing for her in Vegas, but she came with me anyway. She is a wonderful friend. 

 

Also, things look like they will work out for me to have a job in comics somehow.