Yesterday was a day long in preparation for. For those not quite in the know, I have been collaborating with a group of other comic artists in Minneapolis (and some out of state) for a 3-volume project, "Muscles And Fights". Yesterday was the promotional events for vol. 2.
It started with a book signing at The Source in St. Paul, run by a staff who are enormously famous for encouraging local talent. We had three table set up for a group of about 8 artists who worked on the book. A few folks approached and asked for autographs, but most of the signing was going on between artists. When you've worked on a project such as this, you do get a bit of a juvenile "sign my yearbook" vibe going on. I've yet to run into an artist who WON'T sign anything, though. :)
Then followed the release party at Diamond's Coffee Cafe in Minneapolis. My wife and I got there almost an hour late due to a car accident clogging up the freeway. We were able to get there just in time for me to do the first of two demonstrations as party of the entertainment for the evening. I was able to have another black belt help me out to perform a Tae Kwon Do demonstration as well as a sword demonstration. It went well, and we got a lot of people approaching us afterwards to say how much they liked it.
It's a little weird being in the center of attention, but at the same time, kinda fun. I've done theater stage shows and I've had more of my share of public speaking, so I've gotten used to being in front of crowds before.
This small bit of excitement was desperately needed due to having to prepare for the end of another grading period, as well as the deprivation of sleep to finish the story for "Muscles And Fights vol. 3" in time for the deadline. In the end, it seems to be worth all the stress and aggravation that goes into it to hear people's compliments, as well as having folks seek you out to talk about your work.
I definitely need to do this more often.
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