The most photogenic pair in the Fest!
Students from Madison Middle School had a table with comix and fiction. I was so happy to see this. The torch of creativity is kept alive and these kids are lucky to have such visionary teachers.
Drawing comix helped keep me sane as I was growing up (no wisecracks, please) and the adults who encouraged me to continue this activity as part of my personal development were essential in my evolution as an artist. It was all quite informal in those prehistoric times, even in college. There was no such thing as classes in cartooning.
My departed friend
Steve Charak would've been all over this if he was still alive, but it has only been in very recent history comix have become an accepted part of academia, on any level.
So I salute Madison! What a great way to combine drawing and writing education.
And, I went to grade school at Roosevelt, so I feel an Eastside kinship there.
The photo of John Doe, her neighbor in orange, was one of several that unfortunately didn't turn out
Chelsea Baker at the Timberland Regional Library table
