A rundown of interviews and commentary about Rapid City and MONOLITH from this year’s NYCCon.
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The con in New York this past weekend was amazing.
It was our first major con and we had our first full-sized comic for sale. This was a major milestone for MONOLITH, and it was a really great time. Here are some highlights, in the order that they pop into my head.
Walking through the doors onto the show floor. I actually whispered to Bekah “It’s the Big Show!”
Nearly giving in to booth-rage, but managing to set up a great looking booth anyway. Thanks mostly to Bekah.
Reps from other companies (that shall remain nameless) sniffing around on Friday morning.
Warming up the pitch on the thin trickle of crowds on Friday.
Meeting Matt Bowers face-to-face for the first time. Turns out: real cool guy!
Seeing people in costumes I recognized (leg-warmer era Kitty Pryde) and ones I did not recognize (medieval Jason Voorhies?).
All the comics fans pouring out into the streets of Manhattan after the show. That, combined with the colossal Iron Man posters created a very surreal environment where subculture seemed to be swallowing super-culture.
Selling a book to Orson Scott Card.
Selling lots an lots of books to lots and lots of people.
Meeting all of those people and talking with them about comics.
Tearing my poor voice to shreds talking to so many cool people.
Talking to podcasters about Rapid City.
Being there. Being around so many different people who are so excited about so many different comics. And, being able to get some of them excited about the comics that Im working on.
Getting off of the bus after a long ride home and finding my suitcase full of comics was much lighter than it had been on the outbound leg of the journey.
Sleeping late on Monday!
And, about a thousand other things.
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If you are in New York City this weekend and heading to the NYCCon, then stop by the MONOLITH booth and see Josh, Bekah and Matt. They are there this weekend debuting the Rapid City: B-Sides book. The book will be available here through the site sometime this weekend.
In the meantime, enjoy the cover.
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We are getting closer and closer to press time.
Slow, laborious, leaps and bounds.
And at every turn, everyone who is not currently the one slogging away is standing just behind that slogger with champagne bottles ready and little party horns in our mouths. And we’re looking at eachother like Dick Clark is counting down. All of our hard work and stress and humbling set-backs have all lead up to this one…
And then the word comes down from the desk!
10 more minutes.
1 more day.
Just a few more hours.
The champagne corks are suffering PTSD disorder from the constant on-duty, off-duty. From constantly being called up, primed and fluffed, and then bing sent back to the shelf with no indication of whether or not the next time would be the real deal, or just another drill. This constant near-elation is exhausting.
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On Friday night, Matt posted the fourth of his completed pages.Saturday morning, Jason got to work on finishing and assembling those pages into a printable PDF of a preview booklet.Saturday night, Bekah and I went to Kinkos to do some printing.They took the job and we were back at eight in the AM to pick up the results. It was strange to be up and active so early on a Sunday. Headed off to church? No, we were on our way to set up at Back Bay Events Center for the third Boston Comic Con.In all honesty, our room placement was pretty disappointing. A very small room off of the main hall with very little indication that there was any reason for guests to venture in. Those that did found tables manned by stalwart small pressers from The Boston Comics Roundtable. Those guys are great. They plainly just love comics.
Though our placement was pretty bad, the con was great. The people running it were nice, they even had people come around and take lunch orders! And the lunches were terrific!
We met a lot of great people who showed a lot of interest in the books we had there. If you are one of those people, please drop us a line and let us know what you think of the book.
But most of all, for us, this event was a way for us to test what we are going to be doing in New York next month. And, though not every single thing was successful, I think we learned what WILL work.
And so, on Sunday at around 5:20 pm, we staggered out of the convention and onto the Green Line. We did not break even, but we had a good time and we learned what we had set out to learn.
Success.
Now we have a plan for what needs to be done forIf you want to see us before then, and check out our final test-run, come on out to the next Primate Promotions show on April 13th.
After that, start spreadin’ the news, because we are heading down to New York.
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Lately, in the world of comics, the word “countdown” has taken on a whole connotation. Good, bad, bold, foolish, fun. Lots of opinions. You can find them all over the internet.
To me, though, the word “countdown” pretty much means one thing. Less than ten weeks until the New York Comic Convention.
This is the first major con of the year and it will be our biggest show yet. I love doing conventions. All the energy, all the people. And all there for the same thing. Comics.
And, I just got confirmation that “Rapid City” artist Jason Krause is going to be able to make it out from Michigan for the show. Due to a personal scheduling conflict he will not be able to attend. In his place though we have Matt Bowers the latest addition to the MONOLITH “family”.
I went to last year’s NYCC just to see the sights and meet people. It was almost overwhelming. I just hope we don’t get lost in the shuffle. Though, if Krause comes through with his amazing table displays, I don’t think we’ll have much trouble standing out.
If you are planning to make it down, drop us a line. If you don’t have your tickets yet, better hurry. And once you’re there, come by and see us, Booth #2352.
See you there.
Josh Dahl
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New York was a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, we couldn’t attend with the full MONOLITH representation. It was still a great time. Working a convention as a writer/publisher is completely different from going as a regular attendee. It was exhausting and overwhelming, and I mean that in a good way.
Those of you who were there already know what happened, and those who weren’t have probably read about all the stuff you care about from plenty of reliable news sources. So, I’ll skip the report.
I met lots of really cool people and saw a lot of really cool comic books. There are so many great looking books out there. There just can’t be time or money to read them all. I was about to phrase that as a complaint, but what kind of person would I be if I complained about too many good comic books.
If you are one of the many cool folks I talked to at the con, I hope you are enjoying our web site. If I didn’t meet you at the con, then I hope that I will see you there next year. I am certainly going back.
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