I'm finally back from New York!

So, I went to New York Comic Con - my first really huge convention ever. It was great! Me, Robe and my old friend Lauren went together!

I met some lovely people and fellow comic creators in the Artist Alley. :) It looks like a huge convention in itself!

Really happy that I got to meet Isa and & Meg, the creators of Namesake! I was so excited when I saw they would be there. Super kind people, nice to talk to and I now have a signed copy of book 1 of Namesake! *swoons*

Finally met Jeff McClelland for the first time since I started to color his comics! Which was pretty cool! Jeff has always been such a great colleague and friend - great to work with and super helpful. I was honored to draw in his legendary Thing Sketchbook - it's soon complete! Ongoing since 2003, I think?

I also met Yasmin Liang, an amazing artist whom I was lucky to participate in an art rp together with a while back on tegakie! So nice to meet her in person and I also got a lovely print that I now have on display in our living room!

Ok, so I've been gone for two weeks now. Of course I wasn't at the con for two weeks, but while in the states we decided to explore New York a bit.

Our favorite experience in New York, except for Comic Con, was a play called Sleep No More. It's kind of an interactive play where you as the audience get to wear a mask, walk around in the setting of 4 floors among the actors/characters. Sounds awkward and weird, but it really wasn't! I truly enjoyed exploring the setting since the setting was very old-fashioned. I read books and even ate some candy from the old candy-shop-setting. Haha! Me and Robe got different plotlines of the story since we were dropped off at different floors and chose to follow completely different characters. Which was great because then we spent the night trying to tie it all together. You should look it up if you're in New York!

The last day in New York I had a relaxing 5 km run in Central Park, which is something that I've had on my bucket list for some time. It was magical!

We also went on a 4-day trip to Boston where Robe's cousin studies. All in all, it was a really nice trip, but I am so happy to finally be home and get back to drawing. :) We get home sick easily, so it was a bit risky to be away for two weeks. But all went well - trains, busses, flights - everything! So travelling will feel less worrisome next time!

Here's an obligatory photo when flying from Sweden! We're pretty close to flying above my childhood town. So pretty! This might sounds strange coming from me, but I am a bit afraid of flying. I don't know when it happened, but it must've gotten worse over the years because I have been flying in a small 2-passanger airplane and a helicopter when I was younger, without any problems whatsoever. But flying felt really nice and relaxing this time, so I'm really happy! Might have gotten over my fear and control-issues a bit! :3

Hope you enjoyed the photos!