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The artists' alley is a convention tradition. Those people who make
a few dollars from their drawings and want to move to the next level of
success gather at the tables set up in the convention halls to greet friends,
show their work and make a couple of dollars from fans' commissions. |
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Mark Mandolia has done double duty for East Coast anime conventions.
He created the "Neko World Order" design for Neko-Con and drew new mascots
for Katsucon V, the first U.S. anime convention of 1999. Mandolia's table
served as an unofficial Katsucon headquarters at Neko-Con, with a stack
of flyers urging fans to attend the event in Arlington, Va. |
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Thor Thorvaldson was also creating art and sketches for Neko-Con fans.
Ironically, he was surrounded by a display of Fred Perry art. Hometown
hero Perry missed the first day of Neko-Con but was expected to arrive
on the second day. |
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James Dawsey was promoting his upcoming, self-published Shadowchaser
comic,
due out in a few weeks. He made T-shirts with the cover design and was
selling them at his table. |
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Susan Meyer had the biggest collection of cat-girl art on artists'
alley - because she likes drawing cute anime females with big ears, and
because the convention is, of course, named after cats. Check this page's
Otakon cosplay pictures and you'll see Meyer dressed as Ayeka from Tenchi-Muyo. |
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Robert DeJesus, whose covers have appeared on video games and most
of the Antarctic Press and Radio Comix line, again found his way out of
Crown Point, Ind. to attend another anime convention. |
