Stan Yan couldn’t believe this was the 50th San Diego Comic-Con, and his EIGHTEENTH year of exhibiting! And, while he didn’t exceed his record sales from last year, there were a lot of things that made this particular year particularly special.
Firstly, his good friend and fellow Cuddlefish, Kaz Windness, who was debuting her convention exclusive edition of Mother Goth Rhymes, invited him to participate in a panel about horror in comics, which Stan said was great fun, and featured comics legend, Trina Robbins!
Secondly, there were fun meals with friends almost every night, including some with Kaz, her agent Timothy Travaglini, kidlit superstar, Salina Yoon and her phenomenal artist husband, Christopher Polentz!
Thirdly, although revenues weren’t up, he was extremely happy to say that he sold 37 copies of There’s a Zombie in the Basement this year (not to mention almost 200 buttons and stickers)! GO STAN!!!
Of course, he doesn’t want to understate how many great caricature customers there were! He received 40 zombie, pony, and other character commissions (62 subjects), finishing 31 (50 subjects), and will attempt to finish and ship the remaining drawings to folks over the next two weeks. Sounds like Stan is going to be a busy guy!
You can view his complete gallery of drawings from Comic-Con at http://stanyan.me/2019-san-diego-comic-con-report/, which will be updated as his illustrations are completed! Brilliant work as always Stan!
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