{"id":4607,"date":"2024-12-31T17:53:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T22:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2024-12-31T17:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T22:53:14","slug":"recap-curls-studios-year-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/recap-curls-studios-year-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Curls Studio’s Year of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In January we kicked off the year with a  Make 100 Kickstarter project for Total Solar Eclipse Enamel Pin<\/strong> to celebrate the Total Solar Eclipse that visited North America on April 8. I got to view it from inside the path of totality in-person at Niagara Falls. I also got to visit Canada for a few hours (my first time going out of the country).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Awesome Con<\/strong> I got to take part in the panel “The Other Side of the Table: Lessons from Creators” with Maria Laura Sanapo, Chris Mariano, and Marc Gaffen. Joe Carabeo presented the Awesome Con Short Film Fest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To expand the crowdfunding opportunities, I took part in “Pintopia 2” from BackerKit by designing a Peach Fuzz Enamel Pin<\/strong> for my Pantone Color of the Year project (which I have been doing for the past five years). I also ran a Kickstarter for the Cicada design that was created in 2021, but I introduced a new colorway in 2024 to represent the green Annual Cicada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A highlight of being in New York during the time of New York Comic Con<\/strong> was visiting Philippe Labaune Gallery for the Mike Mignola exhibit and getting to meet the artist himself! I also got to eat at Katz’s Delicatessen and attend the Harvey Awards. Ay NYCC Curls Studio had a collaboration with Cakes with Character by Jean Schapowal in which we offered a large complementary pinback button if you visited both of our booths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We continued to exhibit at comic conventions and events. Here is our 2024 Tour list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 8-10 \u2022 Awesome Con
May 19 \u2022 Comic Logic Spring Lot Con
June 23 \u2022 STORYBOX Comics Fair
August 17-18 \u2022 Fairfax Comic Con
September 14-15 \u2022 Small Press Expo
September 20-22 \u2022 Baltimore Comic-Con
October 17-20 \u2022 New York Comic Con
October 25 \u2022 McKay Used Books Book-or-Treat
October 27 \u2022 Comic Logic Fall Lot Con<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I did a good amount of freelance work this year with design and illustrations and that is where a lot of my time went toward as well as networking to gain clients. Curls Studio is looking forward to 2025 with a goal of creating more comics and storytelling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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