Masha Zhdanova

Masha Zhdanova is a cartoonist, comics reviewer, journalist and editor. Her work can be found at Comics Beat, K-Comics Beat, and other outlets. Her comics can be found on mashazart.com.

Two young artists bent over their sketchbooks while working at a booth at Animinneapolis 2013. The booth is colorful and full of prints and pins of anime characters.

Features

The Death of the Artist Alley?

For smaller artists, increased costs and outsized merchandise expectations are putting convention-selling out of reach.