Lastberry Beret

Komikon Homekoming
April 22 2023
Parola UP Fine Arts Gallery, UP Diliman
9am-7pm

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Our very first event and Drakuline's supposed debut at a convention.

Non-personal appearance courtesy of the Happy Lockjaw table.
Also, no personal photos from this event.
OBVIOUSLY!

But here's our haul from outside of the venue:

Voltcon 4.0 
June 13-18 2023
Ayala Cloverleaf Mall
10 am-9pm

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BTS (hindi yung Korean boyband):

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And last but not the least, our faith in cosplayers has finally been restored.

Gone are the passe lines of "we don't have money because our costumes don't have pockets" excuse.
Because this particular cosplayer had just bought something from our table.
The earth is healing and I am the ultimate nullifier!

Komik book sales:
Aah, our one true pride and joy!

Silver Lining:

Finally met Libreriangelo (Gelo).

And surprise! He's the nicest person ever!!!!

The organizers were also very accommodating and easy to talk to.

I also sold a whole lot of stickers.

Buena manong customer. At dabest siya dahil andami niyang binili!

I even got to sign one of them:

Sold one of my 6 duplicate copies of Dragon Ball.

Sold one of my bootleg Biker Mice From Mars action figure:

Finished 4 sketchcards a day.

And even sold one of them on the very last day.

Final Verdict:
Our best day was on the first day. There were days with one to zero sales. 

Which was but expected when the venue is inside a mall.

May libreng kape sa unang araw.

And the venue was very near our house so why the hell should I complain??

Assessment:

Komiket Pride
June 16-18 2023
Ayala Malls, The 30th
10am-8pm

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Non-personal appearance courtesy of the Libreriangelo table.

Assessment:

Final Verdict:
Mas maganda yung benta kahit pa wala ako dun sa venue.
Panalo!

Patrons Of The Arts 2023
July 8-9 2023
Centris Elements

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Non-personal appearance courtesy of the Libreriangelo table.
Final Verdict:
Ubos na yung 20 copies + browsing copy!

Congrats to us!

We Art UP
Sept 29-30
Gyud Food, Up Diliman Quezon City

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Also met Basti at this event.

Same thing, the nicest person ever!

Final Verdict:
Medyo mainit sa venue kung kaya't huwag kakalimutang magdala ng electric fan.

Pero exciting din dahil nakadalaw na rin sa Gyud Food.

Komiket 2023
Oct 21-23 2023
SM Megatrade Hall 1
11am-8pm

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I also sold some designs that were drawn by both my mom and pamangkin (nephew).

They kept on assuming that what I was doing was easy hence I let them design a few stickers themselves. Which totally backfired since a handful of people kept on buying them.

It's either they intentionally have bad taste or are just a very supportive crowd.

Either way, I'm still very thankful for it!

Crowning achievement:
Almost killed someone with my Willie Revillame postcard

Ooh-ooh, nailed it!

Also met this group of youngsters who were very relieved to have found our booth.

I'm equally as happy to have found them as well.

Assessment:

Final Verdict:
This Megamall crowd is fickle as fuck!
They'd intentionally ask for things you don't have on your table.
Also, calling card guy!
Context:
https://twitter.com/PaolaPaperie/status/1716082861336678581

Maligayang Komiketmas
Dec. 2-3 2023
Ayala Malls, The 30th
10am-8pm

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BTS (Presigned Copies + Amigurumi Doll + Mona Prestige Edition):

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Finally met GL!

Also met and spoke to Maou at the very same event!

Card Sale:

Crowning Achievement:
Got artist edition sketchcards from various komikeros/komikeras.

And for that alone, made this event all the more worthwhile!

Crowning Achievements:
Received our School Run commission payment courtesy of Ardie.
And got my signed copy of Ghoulash(Sam Hiti) back from Macoy.

Final Verdict:
Malamig at saktong "chill-chill" vibes lang yung venue.
May pa-free food si Sir Paolo Herras.

Very acessible rin yung CR.

Medyo maingay lang yung mga nagta-Taekwondong mga bata sa second day.
MGA BWISET!

BLTX 2023
Dec. 9 2023
Sikat, Tomas Morato Quezon City
1pm-8pm

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Crowning Achievement:
Received this advance Christmas gift from Josel:

Final Verdict:
Masaya pa ring mag-BLTX. Wala na yung batch na nakasabayan namin. Marami na rin kaming hindi kilala. Pero ok lang dahil hindi rin naman nila kami kilala so quits lang!

Supermanila
Dec. 15-17 2023
Ayala Malls, Circuit Makati
10am-8pm

Promotional Posters:
No posters were made for this event. Ahuhu, sad nu?

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Nagpapaportfolio review si Sir Memer:

Tamang "chill-chill lang" bago pumirma:

Our very first and last customer from the entire afternoon:

Buti na lang at marami siyang binili!

Final Verdict:
There was a huge gap/divide between the local and foreign artists. This event made you realize

that the local guys are mostly overworked and underpaid. With that same amount of money spent, the attendees could've bought a fuck ton of local Komiks. Oh well... On to the next event, I guess?

Binigyan rin ako ng thumbs up ni Alex Sinclair. Whatthehelldoesthatsupposetomean?
You wanna eff'n go, Alex?
Let's dance!

Joke lang!
Hopefully, you had a great experience at Supermanila!

Supermanila Haul:

That's it, pancit!