patokon blog

 I'm home from Tokyo Big Sight and my feet are set on "hurt like hell", but I had an amazing time. I got to meet some greats, sold a good number of books, promoted the Hexenringe webcomic (http://hexenringe.blogspot.com, still promoting :c) ), made some contacts, and picked up some great books! This was the chaos that was the "patokon" booth.  Jim R. really helped out with the boothing and stuff.  Tomoko Hirabayashi, the artist of Hexenringe, and I gave out sketches to people who purchased the Preview Book    Her sketches are the really tight ones. I sold out of the American Comic Sound Effect Dictionary again (woohoo!) and the preview book did really well, but the Zombie Alphabet book didn't do great. It could have been the price and the fact that there's no Japanese (or maybe the art, but I don't wanna go there).  After the event, there was an After-Party and I got to talk to two of my favorite Euro comic artists - Guarnido (Blacksad) and dePins ( ...

From Sunday, May 27th to Saturday, June 9th I will be participating in the "Dream 2007" exhibition at Gallery Kopis in Kiyosumi-shirakawa. #note: The gallery will be closed May 29th and June 5th# I will have one small piece (sample on the right)displayed throughout the whole exhibition and a large piece displayed from June 3rd to June 9th. I will be making appearances on May 27th and June 9th with more possible appearances on the 6th, 7th or 8th. Details in Japanese: http://www.g-kopis.com/2007/2007_05_27.htm Map (it's on the same block as exit A3, just go out the exit and follow around to the left): http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?nl=35.40.41.340&el=139.48.09.093&skey=%c5%ec%b5%fe%c5%d4%b9%be%c5%ec%b6%e8%c7%f2%b2%cf%a1%a1%a3%b1%a1%dd%a3%b2%a1%dd%a3%b1%a3%b2%a1%dd%a3%b1%a3%c6&pref=&kind = If you are in the area and have any trouble finding the place, gimme a ring or mail my phone.

This Saturday, May 26th at Tokyo Big Sight, my creative team Giant Leap Creations will be selling GLC-related goods and will also do performance art (emphasis on the art). Details: GLC members: Patrik (leader/designer) marbee (illustrator/layout) KK (animator/programmer) SONIC (illustrator/designer) Date/Time: Sat. May 26th 11am to 7pm (Design Festa runs for 2 days, but GLC will only be there Sat.) Place: Tokyo Big Sight GLC Booth: 4th Floor, West 4 Hall, Booth C+ -857 Design Festa HP: http://www.designfesta.com/jp/df/index.html ＧＬＣ　ＨＰ http://giantleapcreations.com/ If you're in Tokyo, stop on by!