I will need a rest day after flying and a rest day after the ceremony, so I'm looking at a minimum of 3 nights, most likely 4.
It is also roughly a 20 hour journey each way from Manchester, my home city, to San Diego, which will be a lot for me to handle due to not only my autism but also my physical disability, Guillain-Barré syndrome. I was on the fence about going for a long time, which has meant that a lot of the cheaper options and options close to the venue are taken. Travel, accommodation and food costs are roughly £2000. So Ollerton has started a GoFundMe to help her get to San Diego and the awards ceremony, with a goal of £2000 or around $2500. Eisner Award Nominee Launches GoFundMe to Get Her to the Ceremony The eventual publication was nominated for a Ringo Award, A GMIC Award, Broken Frontier's Best Anthology award, which it won, and now, an Eisner nomination. Ollerto self-published a collection via Kickstarter and raised over £45,000 to print the book, which led to US publisher Andrews McMeel, offering us a book deal.
Sensory: Life on the Spectrum began as a series of webcomics, which got attention on Twitter throughout Autism Acceptance Month in April 2021.