If you're in Michigan this weekend, check out the Motor City Comic Con! I'm at table C-6 in the artist's alley. The map couldn't zoom in enough to see numbers so I just circled the whole row. Their panel schedule is up, and I just saw that BILLY BOYD (Pippin in Lord of the Rings) is having a panel on Friday called "Pippin Ain’t Easy". He was SO adorable in LOTR! He'll also be at table Q-1 in the Media Guest section.

Get even more of your Hobbit fix with makeup artist Daniel Phillips! Even in a world of computer technology, we still need talented special effects makeup artists like him to bring characters to life! He'll be at table 843/845 in the Exhibitors section.

Continuing the fantasy theme, stop by the Art of Kellianne Stakenas right next to me at table C-5! Kelli and I went to high school together and she still draws the most awesome dragons in the universe! It's so awesome that years later, we're both exhibiting at Motor City!

See you there!

Wow last time I blogged was before Boston Comic Con - it was overall a successful convention! Here's my favorite drawing - one guy had a Lord of the Rings sketchbook and he said I could DRAW ANYTHING! All the other drawings were really elaborate and fantastical with a variety of characters (mostly Gandalf). I wanted to do something different, and for some reason, the image of all the Hobbits as the band Queen popped into my head: all that curly hair! It was first thing in the morning, what can I say?

But on the last day (Sunday) I got sick with a cold. Odd, since it's the summer, but it was pretty awful having to keep talking to people and making my sore throat worse. I survived though.

I've been so stressed for the last month trying to find a decent apartment. Basically I want to move to a cheaper place to save money, but I still have standards. Such a hard search! If you live in NYC, you KNOW how it is. If you don't live here... I feel like I just can't convey the craziness.

Motor City Comic Con THIS FRI-SUN!!

Mindy Indy Returns!