Conventions

AX 09 – Musings

Posted by on July 6, 2009 at 7:42 pm
We had a whirlwind trip to Ax this year – in on Wednesday afternoon, out Sunday morning.  Between the walking, shopping, eating, and meeting, I saw some things that kind of alarm me.  One was the lack of industry support for this year’s AX.  In the dealer room, the manga publisher presence was minimal.  Netcomics [...]

AX 09 – Cosplay Pix

Posted by on July 6, 2009 at 5:58 pm
  I always enjoy checking out the cosplay at conventions, so I parked myself on a bench outside and allowed photographer Jen to finally pitch in and do some work.  All of shopping, eating, and socializing was keeping her busy, but she agreed to run around and snap some photos.  There are so many people [...]

AX 09 – CMX Panel

Posted by on July 3, 2009 at 4:00 pm
We finally stopped shopping long enough to hit a panel this morning.  There’s a quick and no-frills rundown of the CMX manga panel hosted by Jim Chadwick, Asako Suzuki, and Larry Berry. First up- new sampler for 2009.  I love manga samplers, because I get to see what the art looks like and learn a [...]
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