/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I suppose as a question for cons in general, are artist alleys usually as derivative as they seem? Maybe I'm just bad at catching them, but I feel like a lot of booths are just the same 10 series or so. It isn't even like I'm expecting to see fan art for my super secret 80's OVA or whatever, but I've always felt like I should see more stuff like Sailor Moon, Vocaloid, Touhou, etc. Surely those are still popular? I suppose that is just my biggest disappointment at cons. 95% of the art I see is for a series that I just don't care about, so I never and up picking anything up although I do want to get something.
>>10932577
Yeah, I'll always check out the CD booths to see what I can pick up. I think the only vocaloid CD I've picked up was the deluxe edition of Heartsnative for a decent price, but I'll always check prices out to see if there's anything pretty cheap. One day, the booth I keep seeing at Ota/Katsu will lower the price on their t+pazolite CDs so that I can finally buy them. I WILL buy that copy of Answers from X Girl just lower the price ahhhhhh. Regardless, all I picked up this time were a couple books. I'm pretty sure I overpaid for the Kyousougiga one, but there's no way of knowing if I don't check the price mhm
>>10932588
I'm the same way with some CDs. I'm slowly working on a Nanahira collection (I've got around 10 right now) and I know I could simply buy most of them off of Mandarake or YJA or something, but buying them new or stumbling across them is much more enticing for me. Although, at this point, I feel like I have all the ones that I would likely run across in the states, so I might have my hand forced at this point.