doujin overload 2009

Here's the obligatory rundown of DO'09 yesterday. :D

say_o_kay  and I got to Hyatt at about 8ish and set up. The table was woefully small... well at least it seemed like it, cos I had 3 A3 posters which took up like 80% of the space. Somehow I managed to fit my manga, badges and commission example folder on too. We hunted around for goodies though the artists I was primarily interested in didn't arrive til near opening time. I managed to get the 2 artbooks I wanted which I'm happy about. Hiyaku Studio's book was pretty cheap IMO, it was printed sooo nicely. Matsuo-lenn's book was starting to get expensive ($20), however it was forgiveable because it was full of pretty boys. Seriously, as soon as she set up there were girls thrusting their $20 notes in her face. Poor (or should I say, rich) girl.


The DO band doing their sound check. My friend's the singer. I'm so proud of her. ;_;


Various people setting up.


say_o_kay at our table before it was set up. :D

The first half of the day went by quite slowly. I was afraid that I wasn't going to make back my printing costs because by the time 12pm came around, I hadn't even sold $100 worth of stuff. I think it was partly because my badges were small and so people didn't notice them the first time they came around. However after 12pm people started doubling back and going 'aww cute' at the badges which was a good sign, and from that point on they became a hot item of sale. XD

I didn't catch most of the cosplayers there which was a shame, but here are the few I got:


A cosplay of Kairi in school uniform. Note the girl wearing a Sephiroth coat behind her, hehe.


Sora vs Shadow! I didn't get a good pic of them from the front since I couldn't be bothered getting out of my seat. D:


A female Rufus cosplayer. She was also the first to buy one of my badges. I'm forever grateful!


Rufus punishing her Reno. Lol. Later she had a sign saying "Will yaoi for munnies."


A charmander and a... looks like that cat thing from CCS.


Orihime!

I remember there was also a Yoite from Nabari no Ou, a Vincent Valentine, a Kakashi, a Haruhi and Yuki, 2 cute twin Pikachus, a Phoenix Wright and... I know there was more, but I can't remember the rest. Lol.

Awesomely enough I also sold a large portion of my posters! I had 6 left, 4 of which I gave to my friends who were helping out and 2 are left in my box. I went to DO with 2 boxes and came home with 1, so that's a good sign. However the box that contained my manga was still full by the end. Sad. I only sold 3 copies. T_T What am I gonna do with the rest?! My mum, not knowing the contents, said "you can give it to primary kids" and I was like "no, I don't think they'd want it". I don't want to be responsible for corrupting 10 year olds with shounen-ai.

In the end I managed to make a small profit, which is awesome. Thanks to everybody who dropped by!