“Real” “Art” gallery show
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I almost forgot that I’m the co-curator of a small (but packed) gallery show of comics art which comments on the (capital A) Art World. It was inspired by a comic Peter Bagge drew about a show at the Henry Gallery, basically tearing apart the obscure pretentiousness of the art on display. The show he inspired features comics by Bob Rini, Greg Stump, Megan Kelso, myself, and a tour de force by Jeremy Eaton (illustrator of the image featured here, a portrait of the surrealist “Mandalet Blanchet”). The show hangs at the Sessions Gallery in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood until December 18.

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Pithed
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The prolific Donna Barr began self-publishing her comics and graphic novels years ago, and has always been a vocal advocate for artists keeping control of (and profits from) their own work. Donna is now one of the few cartoonists publishing extensively in the burgeoning print-on-demand arena. The new issue of her long-running “Desert Peach” series is now available exclusively from lulu.com, a print on demand site that allows customers to order a hard copy (for $18.48) of the new issue, entitled “Pithed”, or download the comic for monitor viewing ($3.75). Of the steep cost for the printed version, Barr says: “YES, the prices look high — but it’s print-on-demand and on acid free paper. And no higher than comparable books in the rest of the publishing market.”

Donna Barr also has prose novels available on demand from booksurge.com.
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moxie cover
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“Moxie, My Sweet” an anthology by Seattle’s Fine Comix collective is available in stores November 30th. It has previously only been available by mail order or at conventions. It’s a sweet little book of stories written by Mark Campos which he’s given to his Seattle ‘posse’ to draw. Artists include Dalton Webb (who drew this cover), Tatiana Gill, Kaz Strzepek, & Stefan Gruber. If your store doesn’t carry it, you can find ordering details at the fine comix site.
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This is guest DJ David Lasky, coming to you live from Seattle.

Seattle, as you may know, is the home of alternative comics uber-publisher Fantagraphics.

There are various cartoonists living in Seattle, including the members of the Fine Comics collective. Another group, which draws its members from the whole Northwestern region is Cartoonists Northwest.

Some of the best known cartoonists who live in Seattle are Peter Bagge, Jim Woodring, and Roberta Gregory. Gary Larson, world famous creator of the Far Side is said to live in Seattle. In future postings, I’ll introduce some of the lesser known (but should be better known) cartoonists residing here in “the Jet City”…
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Hi everyone,

This is David Lasky writing from Seattle, WA, USA. I’m going to be “guest DJ-ing” here at Comics Lifestyle while John is working at KOMIK CAMBODIA. Expect a ‘Pacific Northwest’ flavor to the entries here for the next two weeks or so.

I’m a cartoonist, painter, and some-time poet. I currently deliver organic bread for a living. Anyone unfamiliar with my comics can see some samples here. A google search will yield a few more items. I recently had this comic published in Seattle’s hip weekly paper, The Stranger.

hey John..
Just to let you know my new
comic ‘birthday bitch’
out soon..

leeehi

mandy

is an Indonesia – Cambodia cartoonist exchange project two years in the making, in cooperation with Arts Network Asia and the Federation For the Development of the Book Sector in Cambodia.

November 21 through December 05 Beng Rahadian will visit Cambodia. Stay Tooned for more at http://komikcambodia.blogspot.com/