I just received a stack of comics from the inimitable Patrick Dean. How big a stack?
If I’m reading that correctly, about 23 inches of comics! Here are the books all spread out-like:
Yeah, that’s a lot of comics. I’ve barely dug in and have already come across such gems as the Werewolf Hand Projector, Successful Bee Buys All the Gold in the World, and the Monster’s Midnight Snack. For more of Patrick’s work, check out his new illustration blog.
I got a nice 3X link from the Comics Reporter today! I haven’t done a double-take like that since Shaenon posted those Drifting Classroom panels.
Andrew Farago, Brian Moore, and Shaenon K. Garrity in Charlie’s Kitchen, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo by Meghan Moore. A belated report, because this week has been insanely busy … Last Saturday my wife Meghan and I dropped by Harvard U’s Vericon to catch a Webcomics panel, featuring Jeffrey Rowland (Overcompensating), Paul Southworth (Ugly Hill), Rich Stevens (Diesel Sweeties), and someone named Shaenon K. Garrity (Narbonic, Lil’ Mel, Smithson, and others). It would be the first time Shaenon and I had met in person. A brief digression about the panel. My contact with fellow cartoonists was pretty limited until the emergence of the internet: my friends in high school, a few artists at various cons, occasional visits with a local guy. So it was very nice to see a group of them in captivity. The panel was an open Q&A format without moderation, but it didn’t take much to get the guests talking (especially after Rich Stevens arrived.) Occasionally they forgot about the audience and just chatted with each other, at which point we had to clear our throats in unison until they noticed us again. Anyway. I caught up with Shaenon and Andrew afterwards, and we walked with others from the con in a sort of hipster phalanx over to Million Year Picnic for the book signing. While Shaenon, Jeffrey, Paul and Rich dealt with the crowd, I had good chats with Andrew and with comics journalist Brigid Alverson, who filled me in on some of the history of British comics. S & A & Meg and I had a great dinner and dessert at a fancy chocolate place, and talked comics, cartoonists, and such like. It was a great time. Finally, because we are Old People and Need Our Rest, Meg and I had to say good night and head back to Lowell. Shaenon and Andrew (possibly fueled by all the caffeine we’d just had at the chocolate place) went off to find some excitement, and apparently ended up at the Masquerade at Vericon, where Shaenon was promptly nabbed by detective L. It was a great time, and I hope to see these folks again soon!
