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    Friend of Plexipixel, and diva extraordinaire Ellen Forney, has been chosen to publish her writing in a year long program called Seattle P-I Writers in Residence.

Every month in 2007 will feature a different writer, including Sherman Alexie, Ann Rule and Ivan Doig. Congratulations to Ellen for this wonderful opportunity! More of Ellen’s work can be seen and purchased at Fantagraphics Books.

The Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is having a comic book jam on Wednesday, January 17th from 6-9 pm. Come down and join in the festivities!!

Fantagraphics is located at 1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport Way) in the Georgetown district of Seattle.

Please come watch as Friends of the Nib attempt to create a mini comic from start to finish.

This poster was done by (from left to right sequentially) Bruce Bickford, Max Woodring, Tom Dougherty, Heidi Estey, Mark Campos, Matt Rodriquez, Jen Ralston, Jim Woodring and David Lasky.

Fantagraphics is proud to present an exhibition of art from the reputable Mome series.

An opening reception will take place on January 6th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at 1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport Way) in the Fantagraphics store. The exhibition runs through January 31st.

Art includes works by Andrice Arp, Gabrielle Bell, Jeffrey Brown, Martin Cendreda, Tim Hensley, R. Kikuo Johnson and John Pham.

OKOK is proud to present the official release of Jim Woodring’s Mr. Bumper toy. Jim will be signing Mr. Bumper!

OKOK will also have an exclusive colorway for this event only.

OKOK Gallery is located at 5107 Ballard Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107 (203) 789-6242.

The reception is Saturday, December 16th from 6-9 pm.

Friend of Plexipixel, Jim Woodring, and collaborator/musician, Bill Frisell were awarded a grant this week from a new organization called USA (United States Artists).

One thing on USA’s agenda is to provide self-supporting artists with money to help pay for their health insurance! Thank you USA!

Other notable awards went to Fantagraphics’ novelist Joe Sacco and cartoonist/book designer Chris Ware.

Here is an article featured in the Seattle Times and another at Bloomberg.com.

Check out this page, drawn by brother of Plexipixelite Jordan Kotzebue, Travis Kotzebue.  Nice work, Travis!!!

For all you Seattle supporters!! Come down to the grand opening of the Fantagraphics Store in Georgetown.

The opening reception is Saturday, December 2nd from 5 pm on.

The Rheas (starring Fanta’s Eric Reynolds and Adam Grano) will be playing at 7:30 pm.Where: 1201 South Vale Street (at Airport Way South) in the Georgetown Records building.

The historic Everett Theater in Everett, WA is hosting the first ever 2D OR NOT 2D Festival November 17th-19th.

The Animaticus Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, teaching, and evolving the art of traditional animation in a digital age, is proud to present the “2D OR NOT 2D Animated Film Festival” at the historical Everett Theater in Everett, Washington.

Keynote speakers include Roy E Disney (who will present a retrospective of award-winning and/or break-through Disney short films from “Steamboat Willie” to “Lorenzo”), and cartoonist Tom Wilson of Ziggy fame.

The Oregon Convention Center in Portland is home to the Stumptown Comics Festival this year. Stumptown is growing rapidly, due to all the awesome participants and their loyal fans. Like every other comic-con, this one has attracted a number of crafts vendors, as well as small publishers, including first timers at Stumptown, Fantagraphics Books. If you can afford the tank of gas, and don’t have any Halloween parties to haunt this weekend, it’s totally worth the drive. Notables include Colleen Coover, Bwana Spoons, Top Shelf Productions, Oni Press, Karin Yamagiwa Madan and Suzanne Kaufman, Tim Swope and many more.

The University Bookstore hosted a comics event last night with Harvey Pekar, David Lasky, Anne Elizabeth Moore and Jesse Reklaw. They spoke of sequential art, what cartooning means and thoughts on web comics. Apparently the debonair David Lasky stole the show with his amusing antics. Here are some photos from the event: