flamecon 2024!
flamecon was last weekend! i'm currently getting things together to move next week (which i'm sure i'll make a post about after it's done and i'm all settled in my new place), but i wanted to post my flamecon haul + some thoughts on how it was this year before i forget!
* note! : i've done my best to go through and find links to everyone i got stuff from, but there's a couple things that i can't remember the artist of! if you know them, please leave a comment so i can add their credit here!
stuff i got @ flamecon!
stickers:
- clown animals & fairy pin-ups - karlovy cross
- mmm... apple juice! - ash s.
- sapphic for dana scully - skullingway
- blue house & jackalope - ren strapp
- dragon - dennis moran
- cathy g johnson
- tiny goats - goatpunch
- wizard yaoi - addi clambatch
- pink/red stamp rally - loraine zhou
- ghost bride - ??
- pride flag ghost (right) - ??
- tooth - miamastik
- i can be your angle or your devil - kelsey short
- witch hat ghost, pink sword, and pink pride flag ghost - sami kerwin
other things:
- tote bag - karlovy cross
- magic space princess sticker sheet - megan brennan
- fanfic sticker sheet - carey pietsch
- ghost notepad - sticks and spells
- clown pin - ?? (the artist had mystery clown pin packs which was amazing, lowkey obsessed w it)
- the ring keychain - cr scannell
- jersey devil keychain - strawberry nightmare
- hedgehog enamel pin - masha zhdanova
- ghost enamel pin - ?? (got from a trade)
- 1312/acab heart patch - sami kerwin
- the only fascist platform + empathy is rebellious patches - punky chicken
- (not pictured bc i've been wearing it, whoops) pink strawberry button-up by princexael
prints:
- little rainbow postcards - the washi station (with art by aubry joi, jodie lim, & riley's desk!)
- elf sword riso - kelsey short
- pink ghost gf + vampire lesbians - miamastik
- pink wolf screenprint - cathy g johnson
- little bird - rowan
- ghosts lino print - sami kerwin
- chappell roan, tea party, angel/devil, & fashion prints - julia reck
- gideon/harrow - ren strapp
- noir lesbians - alex horreurscopes
comics/zines:
- charger county - cathy g johnson
- baby freeze - megan brennan
- thoroughfare - badhapple
- coffee bindings - michi
- boon of the beacon maker - en nelson-correia
my flamecon reflections!
this year was my fifth year (!!!) at flamecon. it was my first big convention back in 2018, when i was just a little baby comic artist with a print display stand made of two baking trays taped together. (seriously, that was my display for the first year or so i was tabling.)
last year i spent 90% of the con hiding under my table with an awful migraine (huge shoutout to my friend emma, who pretended to be me while i was dying of headaches last year & again so i could walk around this year) so i don't have much of a comparison of how this year was vs last year. that said, it seemed like the con was pretty slow to me this year overall. i sold a lot of stickers but hardly any books/zines/comics. (granted, i also hardly bought any comics, but that's because i'm moving at the end of august and i already have like 50 boxes worth of books to move lmao.) i still made back what i spent on the con, so i suppose i can't complain too much, but i hope next year brings slightly better sales!
overall, though, the vibes at flamecon are always great, and it was super nice to see so many friends! a ton of people who came up to my table said they've bought my stuff at previous cons, or have followed me online for a while, which was absolutely lovely, and one person even brought their copy of haunts for me to sign. i did a lot more trades this year than i usually do, too, and got some really cool stickers out of it!
i had so much fun, and i can't wait to do flamecon again next year! thanks so much to everyone who stopped by my table! ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
p.s. i've been thinking about writing a blog post about my convention set-up / tabling tips / how i fit all my con supplies in a carry-on so i don't have to spend $$$$ shipping things to the convention — is that something people would be interested in? let me know!