First of all please forgive the lack of updates since FCBD. It’s really been a crazy time for me since May 1st. I might go into it in another blog post but for now lets take a look at how FCBD went. This was my first store appearance in several years and the very first FCBD that I’ve ever done. I thought it only fitting that it be at my good friend Bernie’s store The Dragons Lair. Anyone who remembers knows that May 1st, 2010 was a gorgeous day and perfect for FCBD.
The sign outside the store. Some of you who really follow my work will recognize the sign from my Bloodvault movie. Part of it was shot here. The guys in the photo above is Dragon’s Lair owner Bernie and his business partner, Jan.
A few photos of some of the people who showed their support by purchasing signed copies of the IT BEGINS INTRODUCTION BOOK.
FCBD at Dragon’s Lair is a HUGE event! Vendors, Face Painting, Radio coverage and all sorts of cool stuff!
Here’s a creative little thing that I came up with for FCBD. We set up an Xbox tournament where you could play as one of the characters from the graphic novel. We used the IT BEGINS FCBD TRAILER to promote it. We had 8 contestants who randomly picked a character to compete as. One of the local GAME STOP stores gave me a $50.00 gift certificate for the winner. Pictured is the winner and a few of the participants. I’ll do another blog post at a later date about the IT BEGINS TRAILER, how I did it and how we did the contest.
We made a SWORD OF THE APOCALYPSE signature poster for fans, friends and customers to sign for us. I thought it was a cool way to remember the event. Every time we do a store or convention appearance I’ll be bringing one of these for people at the event to sign, and when it’s over I’ll hang it somewhere in my studio or house.
FCBD 2010 was a great success! I saw some old fans and friends and made some new ones. The atmosphere was perfect and turned out to be the best way to launch the SOTA project!
