Hey, so today is Thursday and Stumptown is Saturday and Sunday, and, as I have mentioned, right after that I am getting in my car and embarking on the Oregon Book Awards tour to Corvallis and Newport. I hope my brakes hold out. They’ve been squeaky for weeks and I keep thinking I’ll make some [...]
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Comic Book Tattoo Is dauntingly oversized “I’ll hold that for you.” Friends appear with scores: Old romance comics! Squid cards! Wastebasket? TV? Lunch? Didn’t, really – just powered through the day with coffee and Top Pot. Eternal questions: How’s the show? See that costume? Is that comic free? Hear about parties Show enthusiasm, don’t go: [...]
I’ll be on the train, not in a Studebaker. But I am off, later today, to the Emerald City Comic Con, where Flytrap #4, “Performance Anxiety,” will debut. Hurray! Question to ponder: I was talking with a colleague who knows someone who’s required to do a job shadow as part of a high school graduation [...]
It was at least a year ago that Paul and Colleen told me I ought to read The True Meaning of Smekday. It took me a while, but guys, you were right. So I’m late to the party, but because some of y’all may be as well, I’ll tell you the book’s basic premise. Gratuity [...]
April — whether it will be the cruelest month is yet to be determined, but it’s definitely the most packed with travel & events so far in ’09! April 3-5th: I will ride the train up to Seattle for the Emerald City ComiCon and the debut of Flytrap #4, Performance Anxiety! April 18-19th: I will [...]
I’m just now finally reading Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg! — and I am enthusiastic, but I should also note that the exclamation mark is part of the title. A bit from one of his narrative captions struck me as a lovely microcosm of a certain style of hell: “Sunday…one-ish. The place for brunch is the [...]
…over at the also new, nifty Circle into Square: a Portland-based label, online magazine, and local artist community. It’s called Everybody Knows You’re Not From Here. Me and Steve talk about a whole bunch of stuff, including but not limited to comics, prose, and Portland, with our friend Hiram Lucke of The Harvey Girls.
So tune in at 7:30 Pacific Time to The Erika Moen Show with your host, Erika Moen, and ask me questions!
I wrote this a while back and realized I’d never posted it. It’s about the story I wrote for the Comic Book Tattoo anthology, illustrated by Jonathan Case. Years ago, a friend introduced me to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. It was one of the first comics I read that made me realize I wanted to write comics, too. That same [...]
Flytrap #4, “Performance Anxiety,” will most likely debut at the Emerald City Con next April, unless I decide to make it available by mail sooner, or find a con to attend earlier in ’09. But I am very excited about it and so I wanted to post the news! This time I’m collaborating with the [...]
