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6th Annual ECCC :: May 10th & 11th, 2008 :: Seattle, WA
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/

1. awesome costumes–like the Wolverine we saw last year with butter knives taped to his hands
2. great artists like Peter Bagge and Ellen Forney
3. a bunch of extra talented comic artists I totally don’t know
4. the hot dude from Battlestar Galatica
5. fun people to meet like Suzanne Kaufmann—the 3D animator who will be working with us this summer who we met at the ComiCon years ago
6. amazing up-in-coming illustrators, animators, comic book artists you haven’t heard of, yet
7. being able to buy that Yoda or Strawberry Shortcake toy you remember having as a kid
8. Wil Wheaton, AGAIN?!?
9. watching people you know totally NERD out
10. urmmm… the Suicide Girls?

See you there! Be forewarned that photos of the event will of course be posted…

Floating World Comics
20 NW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 

Thursday, Feb. 7th, 6-10PM

Founded by visionary cartoonist Jim Woodring and Bob Rini, “Friends of the Nib” is a modern cartoonist salon. Cartoonists participating include: Jim Woodring, Bob Rini, Kinoko, Dalton Webb, Mark Campos, Matt Tamaru, Sara Spink, Angela Stork, Max Clotfelter, Scott Faulkner, and David Lasky. Schedules permitting, all artists plan to attend the event.

Book Launch Party & Art Exhibition 

LUST: Kinky Online Personal Ads from Seattle’s The Stranger 
By Ellen Forney

DJ David James! Valentines! Chocolates! A short performance by Ellen! More!!

Saturday, February 9, 6pm - 9pm

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
1201 Vale St. (at Airport Way S., in Georgetown)
206-658-0110 

Hello friends - 
LUST, my spankin’ new “Lustlab Ad of the Week” collection, is out! (My first hardback!) Just in time for Valentine’s Day…! Please come to the book launch party, it’ll be fun I SWEAR!!
xo 
Ellen.

The Central Library will be hosting a “Comixtravaganza” – a series of events celebrating comics and the artists who make them, beginning at 2:00pm on Saturday, January 26^th.  Speakers include Plexipixel friends Ellen Forney and David Lasky!

Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome. Doors will open 15 minutes before the event. 

Comixtravaganza at the Central Library
Saturday, January 26th 

Comic Workshop
2pm – 3pm
Level 4, Room 1 

Learn the basics of making great comics from acclaimed local comics artist David Lasky. You’ll leave with your very own mini-comic, and you can donate a copy to the Library’s collection. 

‘Getting into Comics’ panel
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium 

This panel will feature the local lights of the comics world discussing what they love about comics, their experiences in the comics industry, and more. 

Acclaimed cartoonist Ellen Forney speaks
4:30pm
Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium   

Ellen Forney is the author of several books, including “I Love Led Zeppelin” and MONKEY FOOD:  The Complete “I Was Seven in ‘75” Collection. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” written by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Forney, won the 2007 National Book Award.  

For more information, call the Central Library Teen Center at 206-615-1410, or email:  TeenCenter@spl.org www.ellenforney.com

www.davidlasky.info

Comixtravaganza/Central Library

Fantagraphics is having a sale of original art on Ebay.  Items include a print by one of our favorites, Jim Woodring, as well as Robert Crumb and Dave Cooper .  They’re drumming up some money to help them with legal fees.  This is a terrific opportunity for folks to pick some some amazing art while helping out a great small business at the same time.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is the first young-adult novel by Sherman Alexie with art by Ellen Forney.  The book about a 14-year-old Native American budding cartoonist named Junior.

The book is getting high praise for its writing but “reluctant readers can even skim the pictures and construct their own story based exclusively on Forney’s illustrations”. 

I can’t wait to get my copy.  Yay Ellen!

Even we here at Plexipixel didn’t know employee Jordan Kotzebue and brother Travis were working on NBC’s ‘Heroes’ online comic. Jordan is a fantastic artist, so to hear this news blew us out of the water! Congratulations guys!

Please watch the interview with Jordan and Travis on KING5.com!

Check out the Kotzebue Brothers website too!