I’m back from Vermont…and here’s a quick sketch of me, done by James Sturm:
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Sep 16 2005
Center for Cartoon Studies
I’m currently in White River Junction, Vermont visiting the Center for Cartoon Studies. I arrived yesterday and delivered a short talk to the 21 students who make up the inagural incoming class, then have been kicking around the town since then. Below are a few pictures:
Here’s the main drag of downtown White River Junction:
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…and the Hotel Coolidge where I’m currently staying. It’s seems to be riding the fine line between “rustic” and “delapitated”:
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The Polka Dot Diner:
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The Center for Cartoon Studies:
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The White River:
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Apparently everyone in New England drives a Subaru wagon.
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A stuffed alpaca in the town museum’s front window
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Cartoonist Robyn Chapman organizing CCS’s new Charles Schulz library:
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Sep 13 2005
Ignatz Nominees FINALLY Announced
Like the headline says, the Ignatz awards–the annual comics industry awards presented every year at SPX–have been announced, just a week or so before the event itself. Here’s a list:
I’m glad to see that Roger Langridge and Josh Cotter are finally getting some recognition. If you don’t own the Fred the Clown collection (by Langridge) or Skyscrapers of the Midwest #2 yet, you should go out and buy them immediately.
I’m surprised by how few folks chose to debut books this year. As I’m debuting a solo mini-comic and am also included in a mini-comics anthology, I’ve got two nominations in the “Outstanding Debut” category. I’m guessing “True Porn” vol II will win…’cause it’s got humping and stuff in it.
OUTSTANDING DEBUT NOMINEES
* 676 apparitions of Killoffer, Killoffer, Typocrat Press
* Action Philosphers: Self Help For Stupid Ugly Losers #1, Ryan Dunlavy & Fred Van Lente
* American Music: A-Z, Ben Towle
* Big Fat Whale’s Sea Anomie, Brian McFadden
* Conversations #2, James Kochalka & Jeffrey Brown, Top Shelf Productions
* The Dada Alphabet, An Absurdist’s Primer, Freese, Milloway & Wood
* Dr. Dremo, Vol.1, DC Conspiracy
* House of Twelve’s Rashoman, Cheese Hasselberger, House of Twelve
* Matriculated, Phillip Chan, Digital Pimp Productions
* Merde, Steve Ahlquist, Chris Reilly & Ben Towle
* Owly, Vol. 3, Andy Runton, Top Shelf Productions
* Pale Fire, MK Reed
* Strange Detective Tales: Dead Love #2, Jesse Bausch & Jim Callahan, Oddgod Press
* Stupid and Unkind, Robin Enrico
* Superf*ckers #2, James Kochalka, Top Shelf Productions
* The Surrogates #2, Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele, Top Shelf Productions
* True Porn, Vol. 2, edited by Robyn Chapman & Kelli Nelson, Alternative Comics
* Will You Still Love Me If I Wet The Bed?, Liz Prince, Top Shelf Productions
* Zed: Setting the Scene, Duane M. Abe, Corkey Comics
Sep 10 2005
SPX 2005
SPX 2005 is creeping up. Here’s a cool banner I received from J. Chris Campbell of Wide Awake Press:
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Sep 08 2005
____ are Fun to Draw
Here’s my contribution to a mini-comic debuting at the upcoming SPX in Bethesda, MD. The idea behind this publication is that all contributors provided the editor with a list of what he or she considers to be 40 fun to draw things. The editor then compiled a list of the most popular items. Each contributor then had to draw all 30 of the most popular items, plus an additional 10 chosen from among the lesser voted-on items. I’m not going to list which ones are on this drawing…but I will say that they’re arranged alphabetically:
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