07 June, 2013
Comic Con India - highlights
So, I had my first Comic Con experience at the Bangalore Comic Con. It was quite interesting. It was also really exhausting.
I had one of the smallest stalls there but had the most number of friends helping me which was such a blessing. We sold books, posters, art prints, mugs, t-shirts, badges and stickers. It struck me that the whole event was more commercial than comic art related. I expected to see more individual artists being showcased but there was only a handful of those and more of the bigger/famous comic/pop culture merchandise.
Here are some of the highlights from the event. I wish I could show my friends who helped but I don't even have comic characters for most of them. The best part of the event was that there were some people who really cared about individual comics and supported them. There were some people who'd actually heard about my comic (a big thank you to everyone who shared!) and others who asked really interesting questions and seemed genuinely interested in sharks. It was worth it just to meet all these people.
As much as I love tigers, I couldn't understand why everyone was more surprised at a cartoon shark than they are about cartoon tigers. I mean, the chances of us Indians being killed by tigers are probably higher than being killed by a shark, right? The villagers in the Sundarbans would probably ask the question "But why a tiger?", huh?
I bought a shark hat on ebay which was what everyone was interested in. Even the ones who were surprised at the shark theme or didn't even notice the shark theme.
Many people didn't know about shark finning at all. I hope we could get more people to see how amazing sharks are and how rare they're becoming.
Copyright (c) 2014 Gitanjali (Anju) Sabu. All rights reserved (At least, that's what the Copyright law says). Please don't steal or distribute my sketches unless you intend to make me famous. Or else, I'll have to feed you to the sharks, vipers and other fierce creatures.
Please don't copy, trace, steal or use these characters or the idea of these characters as your own. In case of fan art, please do not add anything to these characters. Thank you!
Please don't copy, trace, steal or use these characters or the idea of these characters as your own. In case of fan art, please do not add anything to these characters. Thank you!
Chondrichthyes (Labels)
Annoyance
Armacockafishadillo
Birds
Blacktip reef shark
Breaching
Bunnies
Collaborations
Conversations
Cookiecutter shark
Creativity
Cute
Cynicism
Dinosaurs
Diving deep
Dolphins
Drama queen
Egoistical maniac
Emo Cat
Festive
Fish
Food
Friends
Funny Animals
Grossness
Guest scribbles
Ideas
Injustice
Interesting thoughts
Internet and Social Media
Just like family
Lalala bear
Lantern Shark
Manta ray
Mouse
Mushiness
Nature
Nostalgia
Oceanic whitetip
Orcas
Pickeds and Wickeds
Porbeagle Shark
Porcupine
Public Image
Pun-ished
Randomness
Recreation
Rolling eyes
Sarcasm
Shark conservation
Sincerest flatteries
Slapstick
Snappish
Society
Squirrel
Strange Creatures
Tasmanian Devil
Thresher Sharks
Tiger Shark
Tonic immobility
Whale sharks
Wildlife
blue sharks
finning
hammerhead shark
penguins
publicity
shark collectibles
shark comics
shark facts
shark week
sharks vs humans
wise words