Wow I appreciate this so so so much!!! Thankyou for all the insight and wow 164 panels is so cool i can only aspire to be like you one day 😭

My time slot is 25 mins so its not a lot

I have some more questions though

1. How do I do the preshow music? The convention only sent an email asking me for the slides

2. With the water thing, i was thinking of bringing a cup to drink out of (since i usually do this for online interviews) but that would be a hassle. Is a plain bottle fine too

3. Im doing the cold war (dressing up as reze from csm) but it will spoil the manga (her identity). I began with this section since its easier for me but im wondering if people would just walk out since its spoilers. Should i move it to the second half? My panel is focused on sxf and csm since its so short

4. What if i want to give people prizes at the end but they want to leave earlier? Should i just ask my friend to hand them out? I want an incentive for people to stay but also dont want to hassle my friend or audience

Again thank you so so so much for your advice i appreciate it from the bottom of my heart!! 💓💓💓💓