MUST PLAY!

I must say, that the last convention I went too, Xcon 2013, was pretty damn fun. I met a ton of cool people, and I hope, I made some life long friends. You know who you are! I would write a lot more here, but I’m getting ready for my trip to Alabama Phoenix Festival, so I have to cut this short.

Don’t forget to check out the Casually Kayla store!  10% off for the rest of the month! New Merch has been added!

At work, we have a ton of geese that frequent the duck ponds. You see them and you think they are so cute, but let me tell you…. THEY ARE NOT NICE! Why can’t they be nice? WHY?!

I’m pretty sure PETA will get me for this, but my excuse is self defense.
Looks like my buddy, Christopher, had the same issue with geese… He handled his situation better though.

I wanted to remind everyone that I recently placed a PDF copy of the first Casually Kayla book, Casually Kayla Anthology: Honeymoon phase, up on gumroad for purchase. It’s a pay what you want, so you can get the PDF for however much you really want to pay for it. Here is the link:
Casually Kayla Anthology

Also, Casually Kayla does have a storenvy store for your to purchase Casually Kayla merchandise. It updates constantly, so please keep checking and support your indie artist, because this is how I make a living.

Don’t want to do either of those things? Then why not just leave a donation. That would be awesome!

EDIT: For the rest of this month, I am offering l0% off all items in the Casually Kayla store. Take advantage of this, because it won’t last long!

I have PCOS and it makes you grow hair like everywhere. It doesn’t bother me, till a lady keeps calling me a hairy lady. Then she demanded a tip…….. I gave her one. She was intimidating. ;__;

And yes, my grandmother’s name is Mud. We call her that anyways. Why? Well, a long time ago when her mother was trying to have children, she had several that died. They told her that if she named her next child something from the earth, that child would live and prosper. So she used mud, and that’s how my grandma got her nick name.

I must say, the conventions so far have been depressing; Not because of lack of sales or anything like that, but just because the attitudes of people. I think the most depressing part of it for me, is that no one seems to want anything new. They seem to want stuff that is already done and has saturated the mainstream. This makes it very hard for an indie artist or anyone just starting out.

My first con of the year was an alternative press. Not too bad. I set up my stuff, but everyone would come to my table and say, ” Oh man, that’s totally anime.” Now, I don’t think my style is anime… Not at all in my mind, but everyone seems to think it is. I was told that I would make a killing at an anime convention and that maybe, the alternative press was not for me. Hearing this was okay, since I had an anime convention the next month. So I left with those words, for the next convention.

Anime. I set up my table at the anime convention and waited for my big influx of people. Nothing. I was told that, no one would buy my stuff because they had no idea who the characters were. I advised anyone who said that, to pick up one of my books and find out who the characters were. If they were appealing, find out about them. No such luck. I was told that if it wasn’t Pokemon or Naruto, I might as well give it up. All this while the booth next to me is selling product hand over fist because they have made keychains with the Pokemon ip. I am definitely not a Naruto or a Pokemon– so maybe, I didn’t fit in there either. So where do I fit in?

All that said, I have a bad taste in my mouth about conventions and maybe it’s just because I’m not attending the right conventions, but it doesn’t seem like anyone wants to even entertain the idea of something new out there. I take most of my products with me, but I’m on the fence now, if I should make products with other artist’s ip ( ie pokemon, etc). I really don’t want too because I don’t want to make money off something someone else has come up with and has already done. I want MY stuff to get out there and for people to want MY stuff. So, do I swallow my pride and do fan art and fan art products or do I stand my ground and sell MY stuff?

So, what is an indie webcomic artist to do? Continue to attend conventions and get rude remarks/comments, unless you do fan art stuff or just stop and try to promote online. This is what I’m struggling with at this very moment.

I really do wish, people would give indie stuff a chance. It might be something you are really into after you give it a try…. Don’t just stay with what you know…

I am at MTAC this weekend in Nashville, TN. If any of my readers are in Tennessee, come out and see me and can chit chat. I hope to see you there.

Just a reminder, I will be at MTAC next Friday selling some Casually Kayla stuff. If you are in Nashville, feel free to stop on buy and purchase some cool stuff. I will be there with my scarf on, working my black magic.