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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Comic: MERMAIDS.

So this is the year I finally got to hit the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. HELLA BONKERS YOU GUYS. The creativity (and exhibitionism!) behind the costumes bowls you over. That and the two hours of standing in the hot New York summer sun. We cooled down afterwards by going to the dark theater of the carny-style sideshow.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

This Sunday: Mass Market DIY craft fair!

What’s up this Sunday? A craft fair!

Come on over to Mass College of Art’s Pozen Center on Sunday, June 27 for Mass Market, a DIY flea market with art, jewelry, bookbinding, baked goods … and comics! I’ll be there hawking my minicomics along with a few other pals from Boston Comics Roundtable. 11am-5pm, $1 entry fee, 621 Huntington Avenue (Longwood stop on the MBTA’s Green E line). See you there!

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Comic: UNPLUGGED.

If you’ve never seen the Harry Potter-themed band Harry and the Potters do a live show, you’re missing out on one of life’s greatest delights! Why not watch the documentary We are Wizards online for free and get a flavor of it?

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Maine Comics Arts Fest - fun times for all!

Convention season rolls on, and last weekend this lucky kitty got to be one of the exhibitors at the second Maine Comics Arts Festival in Portland, Maine!

This show has been such a great addition to the comic show schedule, with its focus on indy creators, its outstanding organizing crew, and its setting in a fun-as-hell city that I love exploring.

What were some of the best parts?

• Meeting cartoonist Betsey Swardlick - the one behind those hilarious werewolf stories I picked up at MoCCA - and finding that aaah! Now she has a new comic with those stories reprinted and a completely new one! Swear to God my wallet got whiplash at that table.
• Hearing the strange "ding" of a bell all day long and eventually discovering that it was a little silvery shell-shaped bell on Jen "Mermaid Hostel" Vaughn’s table
• Finding a comic with an absolutely bonkers premise and running around all day telling people about it. "YOU GUYS it’s the American Revolution but instead they have battles of the bands aaaaah that’s so awesome". Check it out here: Paul Reveres
• Boggling at the bizarre sheet of fog that sat just beyond the convention center, still as a brick wall. If I’d taken a shot for every time someone said "Hey wasn’t there some Stephen King story? About fog?", I would’ve had a big drunken Sunday.
• Spending the day surrounded by so many awesome and creative people doing what they love, and spending the weekend ambling around a funky city. MeCAF creators - next year, make a weekend out of it! The art museum is free on Friday nights!

Once again, huge kudos to Rick and the Casablanca Comics organizing crew for putting together a fantastic weekend. Count me in for next year!

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

This Sunday: Maine Comics Arts Festival

Fun times this weekend in Portland, Maine! Come to Portland’s Ocean Gateway this Sunday, May 23, for the Maine Comics Arts Festival - meet loads of comics creators and buy loads of cool stuff to read! I’ll be there selling my minicomics (including the latest, my all-ages story Reggie & Brian and the Lousy Nickname), and my pals from Boston Comics Roundtable will be selling our group anthologies Inbound and the shiny new second issue of Outbound.

The festival also includes a full day of free workshops on Saturday, May 22, and a gallery show of original comics art in the Portland Public Library’s Lewis Gallery.

Come and check out the festival on Sunday from 10am - 5pm - admission is $5, and kids 12 and under get in free. Catch you there!

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