Back from San Diego Con
It was AMAZIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGG!!!
We went to Los Angeles before the con and slept at Kathy and Chrissy’s house (our lovely friends -and twins- ^^). In the first day, we went to visit Hollywood and surroundings by ourselves…
Universal Studios.
All the shops and restaurants were so appealing! (Although many were closed, since they open around 10-11 am! O_o)
Hollywood!
We wanted to visit a comics shop, so we walked a mile under the sun. There were thousands of comic-books to see.
At afternoon, we went to visit TOKYOPOP’s headquarters. It was located in the biggest building around.
Alexis (our editor) and Kathy took us on a “tour”, visiting all the departments. We were thrilled and felt shy at the beginning, so our pics were fast and blurry… But after a while we were wandering by ourselves, feeling part of it. We met Felipe Smith, creator of MBQ, one of our favorite OELs! We had an interesting chat in Spanish and saw some previews of his third book.
Hehe, small teaser of our OWN work. ^^ Alexis was explaining us a few things about the designer’s work with the “not final” cover. It was great, we were introduced to some of the people involved in making our humble work look cool and actually printable.
Wednesday evening, Alexis and Kathy drove us in their car to San Diego. We arrived three hours later or so. We had dinner with them at an oriental restaurant, and then went to sleep at the Holyday Inn, hotel offered to us by Yaoi Press’ editor.
The following morning was our first day at the con…
The line for visitors was huuuuuge. Fortunately, the one to pick our “pro” badges wasn’t.
The surrounding streets of San Diego convention center were incredibly crowded with attendants, all of them proudly carrying their con badges.
TOKYOPOP booth
Auro was looking forward to meet Becky Cloonan and give her a fanart of her book East Coast Rising. On exchange, Becky was super-nice and gave her a couple of her zines in return! (Minis & Nebuli) *o*
Thursday night, Alexis organized a dinner with his artists in a fancy mediterranean restaurant, so we had the chance to meet the nice and very talented Rem (Vampire Kisses) and Lincy (Rhysmyth).
Friday night we had dinner with Yaoi Press editor, Yamila, and artist Yishan Li (sorry, no pics, we were hungry!) The food and the chat were great.
Saturday night we went to the TOKYOPOP 10th anniversary party (+ the big boss bithday!). DJ sessions, buffet, free drinks… But the most interesting for us was the chance to meet tons of artists we had only known (until then) through internet. We also had the chance to meet Stu Levy, the CEO of TOKYOPOP, who -against all our expectations- actually knew our work.
We must thank Alexis and Kathy for inviting us… We had so much fun! ;O;
The last day we had no appointments, so we could finally relax and wander around the con for a while. Diana tested a giant super-cool Wacom Cintiq tablet. The guy at the booth liked the pic so he saved it. :)
Yaoi Press books at the booth. We sold and signed many books during the convention. Thank you to all the people who came by. ^_^
The con upper floor, also crowded.
Alexis and Kathy drove us back to L.A. It was a fun trip, Rem came too and we had a super-dinner cooked by Chrissy. :D
The following morning, very early, we took the plane back home.
We enjoyed so much with our friends that now we miss them a lot. ;_; We hope to see them very soon! Hopefully, before next year’s Con! ^_^
—> Wanna see more pics? Check our Flickr account!
A los españoles:
Perdonad, chicos, ahora mismo estamos liadas poniéndonos al dia y no tenemos tiempo de hacer la traducción. En cuanto podamos lo haremos, un poco de paciencia. ;)
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 am
pero weno… sólo en ingispitinglis?? uyuyuy!! esto sestá de volviendo demasiao intesnasioná!! me alegro de que lo pasarais bien peques… sitooooos
August 4th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Great pictures!! I’m glad you had a fun trip. You will have to come back soon!
August 5th, 2007 at 1:25 am
You guys rock!! What a great report on your time in LA and San Diego. I miss you guys, too, and I really loved all the dinners we had with you!
August 6th, 2007 at 3:32 am
GuBoy: Se hace lo que se puede, jo… -_- Y gracias por comentar, nene (una vez al año…) :P
Alexis, Kathy: Yes!! We hope to be able to go back soon. ;3; Thank you so much for passing by and commenting, dears, you’ve made us happy! ^O^</p>
August 6th, 2007 at 4:54 am
Hey, you guys!! It was so great meeting with you and chatting about survival horror games~! XD We still need to do a doujin together or something! *hugs*
August 6th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
He he he ^^ It seems that speaking English so many days make writing Spanish more difficult ;D
¡Menuda experiencia! Congratulations, niñas!! me alegro un montón de que lo hayáis pasado en grande, y que hayáis hecho nuevos amigos.
¡Ay! ¡Qué envidia! :]~ (de la sana, de la sana ^^)
August 6th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Rem: Rem, dear! ^O^ We’re really happy to read you! Thank you for everything, you were very nice and patient with us. Yes, we *must* do something together! ^__^ And we really hope to be able to see you soon, too! We still have so much to talk about! ;3; *hugs and kisses*
La Bo(kepacha?): ^3^ Si, se me pone el chip en Inglish de Vallecas y ya no paro. XD Y vamos, la experiencia mereció la pena totalmente, como ves conocimos a un montón de gente supermaja.
August 9th, 2007 at 4:47 am
Thanks again for the art, it’s gorgeous! :D See you next year maybe?
August 9th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
jo chicas, como me alegro (siempre he querido postearos pero al final me podia la verguenza) soy una de las chicas del curso de villaverde ^^ en serio me alegra que las cosas os esten saliendo tan bien nya! ojala lleguemos a donde estais vosotras con tanto exito! y lo dicho! que me encanta como dibujais las dos.
Por cierto, Marina, Ana, Vivi y yo vamos a sacar un fancine para expomcomic de madrid, alguna recomendacion? n.nU
August 11th, 2007 at 3:27 am
Becky!: Thank you so much for visiting our site. I’m glad you liked it. *_* I couldn’t figure out the correct design of Lee’s tattoos, and colors, so I gave him some cute ones. ;3
We hope to be able to go next year and talk about many things! :D
Tara-chan: Mujer, nada de vergüenza! Sientete libre de comentar siempre que quieras, aunque sea solo para saludar ^^
En cuanto al fanzine, nos haces una pregunta muy generica, no sé si te refieres al formato, la calidad, la temática o a que te recomiende una imprenta. De imprentas no te puedo decir nada porque no tengo ni idea ni de precios ni de calidades, pero sí te puedo comentar que los fanzines que incluyen historias o fanarts de series conocidas (aunque sea mezclandose con otras historias originales) tienen más gancho y es mejor que te esperes al Expomanga si vais a pillar un stand, si no… bueno, tambien podéis daros una vueltita por el Expocomic fanzine en mano.
Un besote, guapa, espero poder veros en octubre ^^
August 11th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Holaaaaasss K bien k estais en la tokyopop :) Creo k uno de sus dibujantes ha ganado un concurso internacional de manga de kodansha ^^
La tableta-pc grafica molaria tocarla xD
Una cosa, publicateis para una editorial española? Si habeis sacado algo aki en España podrias comentarmelo?
Seguir asi :D
August 11th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Hola, Sira. Si, la que ha ganado el concurso es Rem, una chica a quien tuvimos el gusto de conocer en San Diego hace poco y, créenos, lo merece completamente, es buenísima! X3
Mujeeé, aquí lo último que hemos publicado es Saihôshi El Guardián, que lo sacó Ivrea. Y quizá caiga algo más por aquí pronto… ^^