Due to poor sales at Anime North, I have decided to give AX2002 a try. I have a friend who is attending artist alley this saturday, and I mailed him 20 books and 10 prints and see how well they sell. Although my friend is only there for a very short time (one day or even less) it’s still worth a stab to see how US auidences react to my stuff.
The result: worse than how I did at Anime North (which was already bad enough), considering the much higher circulation for AX. He was only able to sell one book and zero prints. From what I was told, it seems that people are generally quite interested in looking inside but they turned away afterwards. What’s worse is that he got a really bad comment from a guy saying that it “looks like teenage boys orgasm material”, considering the fact that there is no adult material in the book at all.
For those of you who attended AX2002 and perhaps went through my stuff, what do you find unappealing about my stuff that prevent you from buying? Is it because my stuff sucks and not worth the money? Is it because my stuff are too pricey? Is it because you are less inclined to spend because of the USdollar dropping? I don’t mind as much about people not buying anything, but at least I would like to know the reason for it.
“looks like teenage boys orgasm material”…man, I guess it’s impossible for a bishoujo CG artist like me to survive in the english market.