By David Doub Please introduce yourself and describe your chosen Creative Medium. My name is Candace Ford, but you can call me Vexy! I’m an artist from Houston, TX. I love to make comics as well as promote the comics of others that are part of my webcomic collective. What got you into your Creative Medium? What schooling and experiences help lead you there? What do you do to continue to learn and improve? I’ve always love to tell stories, but I also love drawing. At first, I was convinced that I was just going to be a novelist, but during my college career at SCAD, I learned to combine my love of writing and drawing into comics. I am still working on my comics to this day and publishing my craft while surrounding myself with my community. What are some of your favorite works? What do enjoy about creating? What are some pet peeves? Some of my favorite comics are “Saga”, “Trying Human”, and “Earthsong”. I feel like I can reread any of the volumes from those and feel like I’m opening it for the first time. My favorite thing about creating is sharing my work. I’ve always been an entertainer in life, loving to tell stories and make people laugh, so being a comic artist just fits that so well. Some of my biggest pet peeves as an artist is stagnation. I hate when things don’t grow or change over time. It just feels like a huge trap. Who are some local creators who you enjoy their work or are just generally awesome people? Please explain why. Some of my favorite creators are Tyson Hesse, who you might know as the man who redesigned the movie version of Sonic the Hedgehog and Emy Bitner, the artist behind Trying Human. I’ve been following Tyson’s work ever since his first webcomic and it’s bee amazing to watch him grow to be a part of something much bigger. Emy Bitner just has such a fun style and I love it so much. She has amazing sense of color and drama to her art. What are some of your favorite local conventions? Can you share any particular fun memories? I do a lot of conventions, and by a lot, I mean between 15-20 a year. I do have to say some of my favorites are Delta H Con in Houston and San Japan in San Antonio. It’s really hard for me to come up with any favorite memories because I always have such a fun time at cons, but I really love seeing repeat customers make their way to me because they love me and my work enough to come see me every con. What do you look forward to for Women of Wonder Con? What do you hope people can take away from Women of Wonder Convention? I look forward to reaching out to an audience that is interested in learning more about and supporting female artists. I hope to leave the con with more connections and friends and con buddies! Instagram: @vexingly.yours Twitter: @VexinglyYours The Dallas Public Library hosts the 3rd annual Women of Wonder Con on Saturday, March 7th at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library from 10am to 5pm!
Press coverage about WOW Con 2019: http://kabooooom.com/2019/03/women-of-wonder-con-2019-report/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjXshtdnTEY https://dallaslibrary.librarymarket.com/events/women-wonder-con-2019 More information about Women of Wonder Convention can be found at: http://www.womenofwondercon.com https://www.facebook.com/WomenOfWonderCon |
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