Well, what good would going to a con be if I couldn't brag about all the awesome merchandise I bought? Hmmm......? Yeah, thought so!
[#1-#5 of Damsels in Excess from Aspen Comics]
My Uncle Mushroom always says, "Lead big or stay home!" So, that's what I'm doing! The picture above is of the first 5 comics in the "Damsels In Excess" series from Aspen Comics. I have some already, but I couldn't miss out on the opportunity to have the creator, Vince Hernandez, sign them! I had no idea he was going to be at the booth at that time, but sometimes you just happen to be in the right place at the right time!
[original pieces by Heather Curfman]
From left to right:
- Lapis from Steven Universe
- Steven Universe buttons
- Original art of birds
The above goodies are by Heather Curfman aka Alagaesha Art. I love her Lapis print! It's beautiful! It makes me want the original! The birds are adorable and I picked them up to send to a pen pal! (Yes, I'm always thinking of sharing my experiences with pen pals and I like to get mementos for them too!) The buttons are cute and check out the packaging! The packaging is brand new and Miss Heather has done a fabulous job over the last few months with stepping up her game!
[original art by Melody Wang]
I bought 2 prints from Melody Wang aka Chukairi! I had to get the bunnies! The small print of Hepburn is for a pen pal! I wanted to get more smaller prints to send to pen pals, but this was the only 1 she had that I thought looked artsy enough to send out.
[original greeting cards by Jackie Huang]
I was passing by a table and couldn't help but pick up these 2 greeting cards by Jackie Huang! How adorable! They are blank inside. I bought them to send to pen pals, but I am so tempted to keep them!
[original fan art by Jessie Greenberg]
This particular print of Gwen and Cindy was actually spotted by Agent Afronaut! It's by Jessie Greenberg and when I saw it I had to have it! It's perfectly me! (This could be a hint to an up and coming cosplay........hehe!)
[Narwhal & Bunny Whale stickers by Rizzo Michelle]
There was a vendor there that I had never encountered at a con before. Her name is Rizzo Michelle and she had handmade plushies. Yes, I said handmade, as in she makes them herself! I was very interested in her own creation of "Whale Bunnies" that you can see on the stickers I purchased. My partner surprised me by buying a Narwhal plushy! His name is Herbie and he's my favorite mint color! So cute!
[posters and stickers by Bellzi]
I am a huge Bellzi fan! I have mentioned them in past blog posts and the Rainbow Narwhal featured in the poster above, I happen to OWN! So, I had to buy their posters and I picked up some sticker packs too! I was also hoping to win a giant version of the Rainbow Narwhal, but sadly, I did not.
[art by Kieu Le]
Not sure how we didn't spot this on Day 1, but we did see it Sunday! This is an inside thing between Agent Afronaut and myself, the whole "Bunny and Turtle" thing we say all the time, so we had to buy this print! Too cute! We almost didn't get the print signed, but just as we were about to leave the artist, Kieu Le, came back to the booth! She was super nice!
[Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury charms by Complexwish]
My streak of "no charm buying at cons" came to an end at WonderCon. Last year, I started a new tradition of buying fan-made charms at cons, starting at SacAnime Summer 2015. However, the past few cons I have attended I have not found any charms that really caught my interest and so I hadn't bought any. I was about to give up at WonderCon this year too, but I found these adorable charms of Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury by Complexwish on Sunday and snatched them! I love how detailed the charms are and even their lanyard is well made.
[back of the charms by Complexwish]
The charms are reversible too! Again, such great detail, even on the back of the charms! I love it!
Well, that's all for now. Sorry for such a delay on the post! I have been having internet problems since around January and Comcast just came out and fixed it this week!
