by Chris Tobias

Prior to Wizard World Philadelphia my experience working a table at a large public gathering was mainly restricted to fundraising.  I’d worked carnival-style games at community day events while raising money for the high school fencing team I used to coach, and of course I’d helped run a game at Pittsburgh’s Can’t Stop the Serenity event for the past two years.  Manning the table at Wizard World Philly was really very much the same, except the object was to convince people to put pen to paper instead of handing over their cash.  (They would still have plenty of other opportunities to do that at the con.  I swear when I got home from Philadelphia my ATM card was still hot to the touch! Not that I’m complaining.  I came home with a lot of very shiny original artwork.)

Jeff mentioned in a previous post that you shouldn’t feel like you’re “stuck behind the table” when working at a con, and that it’s actually a way to enhance your convention experience.  I could not agree more.  Continue Reading