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Find local artists and makers at Emerald City Comic Con's Homegrown

A tiny spotlight on local artists featured at Emerald City Comic Con

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A big part of Emerald City Comic Con's energy comes from its home city Seattle. The Homegrown section of the main show floor pays homage to the convention's locale and incredible group of local artists from the Pacific Northwest. On Friday, the section was quite busy with con goers looking to buy prints, glass figurines and tarot card decks.

For those who couldn't make it out to ECCC this year, here's a few introductions to some of the artists with their work on display at ECCC 2022's Home Grown. Make sure to check out these artists' work and support their shops!

Mishacharms – Sara Chen

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What do you make?

Mainly stickers and also pins, keychains with a focus on weird animals like axotyls and whales and food puns from Chinese culture.

Can you describe your style in a few phrases?

Cute, honey, and whimsical.

What's your favorite thing on display this weekend?

This axotyl bullet journal

Bling Squared Cute Glass – Stanley Miller and Neacol Miller

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What do you make?

Handmade glass Chibi collectables.

Can you describe your style in a few phrases?

Colorful cute glass.

What's your favorite thing on display this weekend?

Dino puppies.

Stasia Burrington

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What do you make?

Paintings, prints, tarot decks, stickers, pins, patches, and bandanas.

Can you describe your style in a few phrases?

Cute, witchy, subversive.

What's your favorite thing on display this weekend?

New stamp washi tape.

Minivanvan – Van Jacob

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What do you make?

Mostly fan art and a hodge podge of things. Mostly started with Sailor Moon and slowly snuck in original character art.

Can you describe your style in a few phrases?

Inspired by a marriage of Western comics and anime.

What's your favorite thing on display this weekend?

A piece of Garfield art that reads "Year of the Garf" as well as original character art.

A Nature Unknown – Courtney Jossy and Richard Jossy

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What do you make?

Illustrated projects like card decks, prints, and desk mats.

Can you describe your style in a few phrases?

Introverted, nature, outdoors, and surreal.

What's your favorite thing on display this weekend?

Mountains and After the Rain desk mats.

Want to follow what else has been happening at Emerald City Comic Con this year? Check out the roundup of all of Popverse's coverage.

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