First Convention Booked

October 16th, 2008

Well that’s it, Odd-Fish is committed to the UK Web & Mini Comix thing 2009 in March next year.
My table is booked and paid for and now I have just five months to prepare for my first ever convention appearance. Nervous? you betcha!

I’ve booked an end table against the wall, near and in a clockwise direction from the entrance.
When I went earlier this year as a punter rather that exhibitor I made notes on how I felt about positioning within the exhibition hall and what my thoughts were. It seemed to me that it’s instinctual to turn left as you come in the entrance and move clockwise around the room, taking in the edges of the room first before moving to the rows of tables in the middle of the room.
By the time I reached the tables on the far right of the entrance, or those up on the stage at the back, I was beginning to lose concentration and perhaps didn’t give them as much attention as I did the first few tables I saw.
I also noticed that many of those webcomics I am familiar with and think of as ‘high profile’ were to the left of the entrance in the first area as you go clockwise. Weebl, Ali Graham (Afterstrife & Housed), Dr McNinja, James Turner (Beaver & Steve), Scary Go Round for example.
See you there!

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