Welcome Back to the UK Web And Mini Comix Thing, our second year there and we’ll still be going back for more. All in all we had a good day and even if throwing pound coins at tramps would be a cheaper hobby we wouldn’t enjoy it anywhere near as much. Creating publishing and selling small press comics is a compulsion not an act of reason and chances are every one who exhibits or visits the thing are similarly compelled. The best thing about the Thing is the Blurred line between the seller and the customer and the genuine acceptance of low-fi comics and esoteric content.
I think that this year we had a stronger product line (by that I mean we had 2 issues instead of 1) and the walking wounded is starting to find its feet. It’s easier to find your audience if you know what your product is after all. We did acquire a few comics as well as the Excellent Anthology but due to logistics Chris is custodian of the creative bounty leaving me with the fairly difficult job of writing a review without having read any of the work we came away with. The Crystal Knights giant union flag was one of the best thought out pieces of promotional decoration and has inspired us to consider dressing up as World War 2 officers for the next show we do.
The most positive thing for us was the returning customers, a few of the people who had purchased issue one and even issue zero came back for more and that has to be a good sign. If people are coming back and were getting better that’s got to be a positive thing. As a comic just starting our profile is pretty low and so far we have only done 2 shows but with continued exposure I’m sure we will find our audience and we will find out who our target audience is. At the moment that looks to be boys of an age that should be worried about staying at the Neverland Ranch and men who remember war comics from the first time around.
