Freaky Fair Nov 2-3 / Steel City Con Dec 6-8 / Big Apple Con Dec 14
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 10:16 pm
Figured I'd make a thread for the winter Con events.
We started out with our first appearance at Pittsburgh Freaky Fair, a twice-annual gathering of dark oddities and curiosities which has been going on for five years in the area. This year, it's been located in two floors of a large empty storefront in a shopping complex called South Side Works, which is in the middle of the city, so there's lots of nearby walkup and attractions. It wasn't quite as well attended as the spring edition (so I'm told), and this might have been because people were already "Halloweened out" from the previous weekend, but there was still enough of a steady crowd for us to garner a bunch of new fans of the comicbook and video series.
As usual, our table was shared with the comic books The Edge and MusicMaker (created by our actress Mauricia, who plays Vendetta). We tried our best to make sure anyone who came up to the table got an equal presentation for all three comics, and this worked several times. Heroineburgh Comics #1 sold another two dozen copies over the two-day span.
On Saturday, X-Machina (portrayed by Serra) patrolled the fair, using her magnetic powers (actually, her equally magnetic personality) to promote the comic and put it in many people's hands. Below, you can see X-Machina making friends with Frank the food vendor, who makes a mean gyro, and a young actor from Los Angeles named Milo Stein, who was the star of a premiere at the Pittsburgh Shorts Festival playing nearby at the South Side Works Cinema. Milo is a new fan of Heroineburgh and was very happy to meet X-Machina and get the comic.
X-Machina also made friends with Monster D, who appears at every Con that he possibly can, drawing caricatures of attendees and wearing his costume which includes a black hat, black cap, and a utility belt full of Sharpie markers. Monster D decorated the box X-Machina is holding.
Then on Sunday, Vendetta the Italian spirit of vengeance (Mauricia) and slinky sexy super-thief Sintilla (Alicia) came to blows in front of the booth trying to prove who is the finest mistress of deadly combat. Sintilla lashed out with her signature rubber fetish paddles (with her strength, they hurt quite a bit!) while Vendetta countered with her silver escrima sticks. Luckily, no civilians in the area were injured in the melee, and more comic books flew off the table and into people's eager mitts.
We'll definitely be back for future Freaky Fairs - what an exciting atmosphere, dancing to 90s goth club music and watching circus performers including an amazing stilt man. We talked with a circus performer named Leah who may be appearing in a future episode.
Now on to the December events: Steel City Con and our first trip to New York: Big Apple Con at the New Yorker Hotel. Can't wait to post about them here!
We started out with our first appearance at Pittsburgh Freaky Fair, a twice-annual gathering of dark oddities and curiosities which has been going on for five years in the area. This year, it's been located in two floors of a large empty storefront in a shopping complex called South Side Works, which is in the middle of the city, so there's lots of nearby walkup and attractions. It wasn't quite as well attended as the spring edition (so I'm told), and this might have been because people were already "Halloweened out" from the previous weekend, but there was still enough of a steady crowd for us to garner a bunch of new fans of the comicbook and video series.
As usual, our table was shared with the comic books The Edge and MusicMaker (created by our actress Mauricia, who plays Vendetta). We tried our best to make sure anyone who came up to the table got an equal presentation for all three comics, and this worked several times. Heroineburgh Comics #1 sold another two dozen copies over the two-day span.
On Saturday, X-Machina (portrayed by Serra) patrolled the fair, using her magnetic powers (actually, her equally magnetic personality) to promote the comic and put it in many people's hands. Below, you can see X-Machina making friends with Frank the food vendor, who makes a mean gyro, and a young actor from Los Angeles named Milo Stein, who was the star of a premiere at the Pittsburgh Shorts Festival playing nearby at the South Side Works Cinema. Milo is a new fan of Heroineburgh and was very happy to meet X-Machina and get the comic.
X-Machina also made friends with Monster D, who appears at every Con that he possibly can, drawing caricatures of attendees and wearing his costume which includes a black hat, black cap, and a utility belt full of Sharpie markers. Monster D decorated the box X-Machina is holding.
Then on Sunday, Vendetta the Italian spirit of vengeance (Mauricia) and slinky sexy super-thief Sintilla (Alicia) came to blows in front of the booth trying to prove who is the finest mistress of deadly combat. Sintilla lashed out with her signature rubber fetish paddles (with her strength, they hurt quite a bit!) while Vendetta countered with her silver escrima sticks. Luckily, no civilians in the area were injured in the melee, and more comic books flew off the table and into people's eager mitts.
We'll definitely be back for future Freaky Fairs - what an exciting atmosphere, dancing to 90s goth club music and watching circus performers including an amazing stilt man. We talked with a circus performer named Leah who may be appearing in a future episode.
Now on to the December events: Steel City Con and our first trip to New York: Big Apple Con at the New Yorker Hotel. Can't wait to post about them here!