My apologies to those tables I was not able to catch due to being too late or having technical problems. I managed to get the last couple as they were folding up.
The Diogenes Club
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Olympia Comics Festival 2012, pt. 9
Filmmakers at work.
Ron Austin and Louise work together as they set up to interview me as part of a project they are working on. We had to find a quiet corner of the Olympia Community Center as the Fest raged on. Part of the preparations involved Ron manhandling a decapitated mannikin.
Notice how Louise has improvised using a trash can in place of a tripod. I was impressed! Not only do these two have an equal and warm partnership, but the three of us sure spent a lot of time laughing pretty hard. So much so it was only with a tremendous effort of willpower that I could keep a straight face while being questioned when filmed.
Olympia Comics Festival 2012, pt. 8
Beautiful work by http://theseframesarehidingplaces.com/
Max Clotfelter, Kelly Froh
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
Olympia Comics Festival 2012, pt. 6
The gang at Sparkplug are so energetic I could not get anyone in focus.
I am guaranteed the greatest comix conversations at Profanity Hill, complete with background knowledge on Newave Comix, The Evergroove State College cartoonist history, and the Seattle scene. Always a welcome sight in Olympia.
The Intruder is carrying on the Seattle comix tabloid tradition of the Seattle Simpleton of the 1970s, and the Seattle Star of the 1980s.
Ron Austin and Louise are filmmakers interested in Pacific Northwest cartoonists. Ron and I have spent the last three weekends in mutual comix activities: The Evergreen 40th, Mini-Comics Day, and now this. Meanwhile, my lawn has gone crazy!
Olympia Comics Festival 2012, pt. 5
It was nice to meet Charlie Daugherty again. He's a fellow Evergroove alum. Keep your eye on this guy.
With the advent of Project ELF, having an Eight and Half by Fourteen Comics would be very expensive
Olympia Comics Festival 2012, Pt. 4
Unfortunately, not all my phone photos survived. For some reason, my shot of the only other Old Guy with any sort of history in this genre at the event, Wade Busby, failed to emerge. But you can see his elbow here.
Comics by Chelsea Baker. However, that nice unidentified person behind the books is not Chelsea.
Nathan Wirtz
Olympia Comics Festival 2012, pt. 3
What comix gathering wouldn't be complete without someone walking around in a giant cartoon suit based a character invented by someone I knew in the distant past?
My Favorite Portland Troublemakers!
I am guessing this name comes from the two mascots for Oregon's big two college sports teams.
Olympia Comics Festival 2012, pt. 2
Two SWs, Shannon Wheeler and Steve Willis
I like this gig where the Danger Room guys assign me the task of interviewing great cartoonists at the Olympia Comics Festival. I used to interview and document cartoonists a lot during my City Limits Gazette days and didn't realize how much I missed that aspect of mixing librarianship with comix until the last couple years when I got roped into helping out in Oly.
This was probably one of the most seamless interviews in my experience-- mostly due to Shannon's impressive self-awareness as an artist and his willingness to speak frankly. I didn't feel like I had to pull nails out of this guy. He is a very modest, likeable, thoughtful and talented artist with a good stage presence. We really clipped along and covered a lot of ground in short time. Shannon is a cartoonist who has gone through a fascinating evolution in the last couple decades and is well worth following.
[Photo taken by Casey Bruce]
Olympia Comics Festival 2012, pt. 1
I didn't catch the stageshow portion this year, but I made it to the Olympia Community Center in time to get a shot of the set-up. In the foreground is librarian Kelsey Smith, from Timberland Regional Library. She is a real champion of our art form and deserves some kind of medal for her efforts to promote comic art and self-publishing as a method for expression for people (children and adults alike) who like to draw and write.
Fran Victor attempts to find a quiet place to collate DVD covers
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Favorite Movie Quotes: Come and Take It Day
"Revenge-- how unBuddhist of me."
One of the main characters is a cartoonist, and several important scenes take place in a library
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