2D in derry

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Were any of you at it? Just wondering as I only got in late on the 2nd day of it, and missed it. I'd heard that a few guys from dublin had landed up, and as I don't know any of your faces, was wondering if any of you had gone to it.

Ger_Hankey

I was there, selling the "Celtic Knights" Comic & doing sketches. It was great fun - busiest convention I've been at from that side of the table. What I really liked about it was they mixed up all the pros and us "normal" people. I was doing sketches of Judge Dredd and Batman while Matt Brooker (D'Israeli) - the artist on both - was sitting beside me doing the same!
Great fun though, I'd recommend it for anyone either as an exhibitor or a fan. The only complaint I had was I was too busy to have a proper look around at everyone else's stuff.

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I'm just disappointed that they stuck everyone in the back room there. The club side was much larger and had better seating - also a lot easier to make it to the bar.

I'm also disappointed that I was late getting there

Patrick Brown

I was there too - sat between Will Simpson and Mike Collins, and all three of us sketching so much we barely got a chance to speak to each other until we got to Sandinos. Drawing children as monsters was particularly good fun - kind of "stunt drawing". A lot of pros say they work out a small number of standard "convention sketches" they can draw over and over without thinking, but this kind of theme portrait thing keeps you on your toes. I enjoy improvising, and I'm pretty quick, and my drawings seemed to go down pretty well with most of their subjects. Unfortunately, like Ger says, it kept me pretty busy, and I didn't get much time to see what everyone else was doing.

I had some of my comics to sell, but so many of the punters were children, and my stuff's a bit old for them. I'm going to try and do one for younger readers in time for next year, and I'm issuing a call for other artists to do the same. Think of it. 2D 2010 - comics aren't just for adults anymore!

ztoical

Patrick Brown wrote: »

I had some of my comics to sell, but so many of the punters were children, and my stuff's a bit old for them. I'm going to try and do one for younger readers in time for next year, and I'm issuing a call for other artists to do the same. Think of it. 2D 2010 - comics aren't just for adults anymore!

you can get some practise in by submitting to the 24 hour comics day anthology and taking part in the event in October - as we are working with Childrens Book Ireland we're very young reader focused this year ...... cheap plug I know

FUGGER

I was there pretending I knew a thing or two about these comic yokes. It was very good and cheers to all involved in setting it up.

Incidentally, ...one of the nights I could've sworn I saw Bryan Talbot flying around Derry city walls on the back of a broom.