It was road-trip time for StarWarp Concepts in the summer of 1994, and it took the form of my first (and only, to date) trip to Florida in August, to take part in Tampa’s one-day Sun Con, accompanied by Florida residents David C. Matthews (artist of Lorelei) and his charming wife, Janet.
If I remember correctly, I hopped a Greyhound bus at New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal on Friday for an overnight journey, arriving on Saturday morning in Tampa, where Dave and Janet picked me up at the bus stop.
The show was fine, and hanging out with Dave and Janet was fun, and since it was a small one-day gathering we got to feel like Big Time Comic Creators, given how prominently Lorelei and her logo appeared in the con flyer. (Dave had the bonus credit of having done work for AC Comics, the publisher of the superheroine-team series Femforce.)
Still, the show wasn’t a financial success for SWC (the costs of hotel and round-trip busfare outweighing sales), but I enjoyed myself, and Dave and I had made attendees aware of Lorelei—promotion-wise, that meant the show was a success. And when the con wrapped up, I got right back on the bus Sunday night for the return trip to NYC—so I could start making plans for the next convention!
Stay tuned for further Convention Memories!
