My Weekend: FCBD & Detroit Rummage

I had an amazing weekend, so of course I wanted make a diary entry about it ^_^ Though, admittedly, this has taken me a little longer than I wanted to actually get together.

Saturday was Free Comic Book Day, and it was my first FCBD ever because apparently I am super late to the party. I went to Green Brain Comics because that is my official comic book store of choice. I went in there a while ago with my husband to drop off some flyers and ended up spotting Bodie Troll comics right away. Bodie Troll issues #3 and #4 were my first comic purchases ever (for myself). I finally got #1 and #2 off of Ebay since they couldn't get them in the store. And for FCBD I got the special FCBD issue and a coloring book ^_^ Annnnnd a picture with the Bodie Troll creator Jay Fosgitt!

Me with Jay ^_^ Yes, I am that tiny :P

I also got drawn as a cat doing human things by another awesome artist named Rachel Polk. I picked up the two little mini comics she had featuring cats (of course) and an adorable little chubby bird. In case it's not obvious, I like cute things. I know I like to dress like an evil queen and I know I pose nude and stuff, but I love cute things and I love animals. Seriously. Bring a pony or a large dog in front of me and I will stop pretty much anything else I am doing in a hurry so I can pet it.

Me drawn as a cat with a camera, by Rachel Polk

My cute little signed comics by Rachel Polk

And of course I got several other things as well. The ones on the left were all free comics, and the ones on the right were things I purchased. Sorry about the bad lighting in some of these, I am horrible at cell phone photos and I really wanted to get this post published.

Then I went down the the Tangent Gallery, aka one of my homes away from home, to help DVS hang a couple pieces of art for the Gates of Ra event. That got a little bit crazy since it was a "DIY," hang your own art situation, but they hadn't figured out the wall space yet. Luckily, this meant I got to chat with Jason of Motor City Bonsai who also helps manage the Chaos Talent models group with and help him unpack some awesome little clay mushrooms. If you haven't seen his bonsais and pottery, you should go check out Motor City Bonsai on Facebook! Oh, and remember this self portrait I posted a bit ago? That is one of his creations I am holding.

The Offering, a self portrait by Dekilah

The rest of Saturday was spent preparing for the 1st Detroit Rummage sale. Sunday morning DVS and I arrived to find that the show before us hadn't cleared out all of their stuff yet, so we had to scramble to move things around. Thank goodness for Joe, the owner of Tangent (who is always awesome), and a couple vendors who had booths and came in early, since they helped us move all that stuff. A bit later on, a very awesome fan of mine stopped by to help, too. There for a couple hours I was totally on super quick event elf mode getting all of the vendors in their spaces, helping them figure out where to load in, and solving some minor issues. Once the event opened, everyone settled in and things went really well.

I sold a lot of my clothes and accessories I brought, and I even found some stuff to buy too. I'm sure I'll be featuring them in future outfits and photos. My favorite part of the whole of event was seeing all the friends that were there and getting to meet a few of my FB friends/fans. Apparently I look both shorter and younger in person ^_~ Just for fun here is a photo of me posing with a giant Darth Vader head that was at the event: