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ECCC: Creator on the street interviews with the talented people working in Artist Alley

A bite-sized look at the amazing artists at this year's Emerald City Comic Con

Photograph of artists alley featuring a busy group looking at different booths — Image credit: Popverse

Features by Tiffany Babb, Contributing writer

Published on Sun Mar 05 2023

One of the coolest parts of any show is the artist's alley, and Emerald City Comic Con always has an incredible one featuring plenty of indie artists and cartoonists of all sorts.

One of our favorite things to do at the convention is chatting with these artists and getting to know more about them and their art. So, we figured we should make those conversations into an article, so everyone can take part in our fun.

Here's a small selection of the awesome artists at Emerald City Comic Con and what they make. If you like their style, check out their booths at Emerald City Comic Con or bookmark their websites!

Lily Seika Jones

Photograph of artist holding a print behind her table — Image credit: Popverse

What they make:

"I do watercolor paintings featuring small medieval themed creatures."

Favorite thing they're selling this weekend:

A print featuring bunny wearing chain mail and carrying a flail (displayed above)

Someone else in this artist's alley whose work they'd like to highlight:

Natalie Andrewson and Hannah Hillam.

Irene Flores/Kalgado

Photograph of two artists behind their table — Image credit: Popverse

What they make:

"Hot badass ladies and baby girl boys" (Irene)/"Things that make people smile" (Kalgado).

Favorite thing they're selling this weekend:

Chun Li print (Irene)/Blues Clues Print (Kalgado).

Someone else in this artist's alley whose work they'd like to highlight:

Kalgado and Abigail Starling (Irene)/Irene Flores and Yoshi Yoshitani (Kalgado).

Ragonia Art

Photograph of artist sitting inside her booth — Image credit: Popverse

What they make:

"Bold and colorful Halloween and animal art."

Favorite thing they're selling this weekend:

Their pumpkin print and dog print.

Someone else in this artist's alley whose work they'd like to highlight:

Boya Sun, Cynthia Cheng.

Alexandra Brodt

Photograph of artist behind her booth — Image credit: Popverse

What they make:

"I make things that I'm passionate about that I hope brings joy to others. Cats, bugs, Ghibli."

Favorite thing they're selling this weekend:

Catcus plush (an original character).

Someone else in this artist's alley whose work they'd like to highlight:

Braden Duncan- Clockwork Art.

Toma Vagner.

Photograph of artist in her booth with her hand raised — Image credit: Popverse

What they make:

"The most common phrase that I hear is trippy, unique, and visceral."

Favorite thing they're selling this weekend:

All of their prints. They can't choose one.

Mel Gillman/ Blue Delliquanti.

What they make:

"Queer comics some of them for kids, some not for kids. I work completely in color pencil." (Gillman)/ "Queer comics; science fiction about queer families." Blue

Favorite thing they're selling this weekend:

Other Ever Afters (a graphic novel collection of new queer fairytales from Gillman)/ Adversary (a new comic from Delliquanti).

Someone else in this artist's alley whose work they'd like to highlight:

Chan Chau (Gillman) and indie publisher Shortbox (Blue).

Emerald City Comic Con is live and running. Check out what Popverse has been doing all weekend.