Indie Comic Con 2024 – Power to the Creators

The cronut dropped, and everyone lost their pastry loving minds but when you think about it, that was a fire concept that was long overdue. I like to think of a comic con for independent creators in the same light – an amazing idea that needed a Charles Xavier, someone to nurture that spark of genius, organize and execute. *Cue Matthew Sardo and Comix Well Spring hitting the DBZ fusion dance, and an amazing new con is born.

On a rainy day in March, nerds, geeks, and otaku from all over the tristate descended upon Southern Connecticut State University for a rarity – a convention that can boast that it’s the first of its kind, Indie Comic Con. Greatness begets imitation, so I wouldn’t be surprised if indie cons become the new croissant hybrid of the nerd world. Everyone in attendance will one day tell their snotty nosed child or nephew how they recognized greatness while everyone else slept on the first event that shined a bat signal level light on the independent writers and artists of the world and kick-started a revolution in the land of comics.

As I stepped through the front doors of Indie Con, I got this warm, inviting feeling. Not the feeling you get when you walk into grandma’s crib while she’s baking, the kind you get when you know everyone in the building is of a similar mindset; “I’ve laid it all on the line and refuse to be anything but unapologetically me.” What you have to remember about independent artists is that it takes a ton of courage to put you…