here's my "dear diary" for the stump-ump show that jest happened
SAT
kelly, max and meself were on the road by 5:30 sat morn
ridiculously early
driving was good and grey and it was raining upsidedown
pit stopped in chehalis for pits and coffee and chow
back on the road in no time to no rain
made port town in 2 hrs and 45 mins
bought coffee at burgerville
bleary eyed we stumbled our way into the show
eroyn showed up as the show started
great sense of humor
back to stumbling
seeing ol friends and stumbling threw conversations
yuk yuks
left the show and found the saddest sandwich in the world
the sandwich was so sad its name was sadwich
drizzled my way back to the show
coffee coffee coffee
after the show we scarfed with 200 people at a long table at a greek or middle eastern chow house
nicolas the 2nd i think it was called
couldn't wait to git me kabobs
while we ate we jawed about economic forecasting, upcoming pdx zine symposium, beefheart vs zappa, france, health and "the comics ghetto"
was surprised to hear "the comics ghetto"
not sure if its mention was only tied to the stumptown show or world at large
hard to stomach considering the abundance of comics support and broadcast in roseland
harder to stomach considering what an asinine term "the comics ghetto" is
what do these nice people want?
"the comics suburbs"?
talk about silver spoons
after nicolas the 2nd some of us went to downtown backscratch where some guitar music was being guitared
met up with tony and caught up while he ate a burger and i drank more coffee
tony hooked me up with 2 cool records (sublime frequencies and the sun city girls)
nize!
the night wore thin and i drove to chris and mindy's to zzzzz
chris and i could've talked until 4 in the morn like last year but we cut it short round 2
always good convo with chris
we talked about the micro/macro perception of "the comics ghetto" and swapped notes on the energy import/export of cartoon characters
zzzzz
SUN
during the night i had a pawful of visits from gertrude the cat
gertrude is the loudest cat west of the mississippi
one point during the night i woke to what felt like a crazy bug crawling on my face
i hit the light and
ME-EE-EOWR!!!
gertrude and i were snout to snout and she was staring me down
letting me know i was in her spot
i petted her and she nestled
in the morn woke up rested from a good snooze to the sound of some ol jazz music
chris was doing his morning stretches
mindy graciously made a pot of joe for me (my morning stretches)
mindy and i gabbed about public schools and teaching...
been thinking a lot about this stuff lately…
about my public school experience…
sometimes i wish i'd dropped out or taken the ged early
school for me was a lesson in how to get by with a minimum of (institutional) learning and how to bide my time
and drawing and writing was a way to occupy that biding
so was reading and cutting class to check out the books in the library
i'm happy to know mindy's teaching
before we left the house chris told me johnny ryan had won a stumppump award for best lettering
we both laughed for some reason
made it to the table just as the doors were opening and just as kelly and max discovered they couldn't find their table money
they quickly surmised the $ was still at the hotel where they'd already checked out
kelly split for the hotel to try and retrieve the $
bout half hour later kelly came back
the damn hotel was stonewalling her
so max and her went back to the hotel to raise a ruckus
bout 10 min later eroyn shows up and tells me her car was broken into
smashed the window to nothing and took her bag
what the hell!?
portland was trying to kick our ass
maybe 2 hours later kelly and max came back to the show victorious
they raised hell until the hotel "found" their money behind a stained couch
apparently max's rancor was such that it caused the hotel manager to leave premise
the day went as many of these days do
we tore down our table right quick and left to hit the road home
we stopped in kalama to find happy sandwiches and free coffee
during the drive home we were washed with beautiful sky and clouds slowly transforming and revealing hidden colors
we pit stopped in oly an old home of mine
round tacoma we discussed the whys and hows of seeking feedback about ones art
i was effusively pushing for truthful constructive criticism
must've been the coffee
dropped kelly and max at their place round 10
helped carry their stuff into their apartment which felt warm and welcoming
on my way home i stopped at the used bookstore where max had seen an owen plummer zine
he didn't pick it up because it had a stain on it
"i have a rule about buying things with stains on em" says max
i checked but the plummer had already been got
i then went to the old book section and flipped threw an old copy of pilgrim's progress
finally home i flopped on my bed tired
but not too tired to stay up and read some of the stuff i got
WHAT WAS GOT
THATS IT
kelly, max and meself were on the road by 5:30 sat morn
ridiculously early
driving was good and grey and it was raining upsidedown
pit stopped in chehalis for pits and coffee and chow
back on the road in no time to no rain
made port town in 2 hrs and 45 mins
bought coffee at burgerville
bleary eyed we stumbled our way into the show
eroyn showed up as the show started
great sense of humor
back to stumbling
seeing ol friends and stumbling threw conversations
yuk yuks
left the show and found the saddest sandwich in the world
the sandwich was so sad its name was sadwich
drizzled my way back to the show
coffee coffee coffee
after the show we scarfed with 200 people at a long table at a greek or middle eastern chow house
nicolas the 2nd i think it was called
couldn't wait to git me kabobs
while we ate we jawed about economic forecasting, upcoming pdx zine symposium, beefheart vs zappa, france, health and "the comics ghetto"
was surprised to hear "the comics ghetto"
not sure if its mention was only tied to the stumptown show or world at large
hard to stomach considering the abundance of comics support and broadcast in roseland
harder to stomach considering what an asinine term "the comics ghetto" is
what do these nice people want?
"the comics suburbs"?
talk about silver spoons
after nicolas the 2nd some of us went to downtown backscratch where some guitar music was being guitared
met up with tony and caught up while he ate a burger and i drank more coffee
tony hooked me up with 2 cool records (sublime frequencies and the sun city girls)
nize!
the night wore thin and i drove to chris and mindy's to zzzzz
chris and i could've talked until 4 in the morn like last year but we cut it short round 2
always good convo with chris
we talked about the micro/macro perception of "the comics ghetto" and swapped notes on the energy import/export of cartoon characters
zzzzz
SUN
during the night i had a pawful of visits from gertrude the cat
gertrude is the loudest cat west of the mississippi
one point during the night i woke to what felt like a crazy bug crawling on my face
i hit the light and
ME-EE-EOWR!!!
gertrude and i were snout to snout and she was staring me down
letting me know i was in her spot
i petted her and she nestled
in the morn woke up rested from a good snooze to the sound of some ol jazz music
chris was doing his morning stretches
mindy graciously made a pot of joe for me (my morning stretches)
mindy and i gabbed about public schools and teaching...
been thinking a lot about this stuff lately…
about my public school experience…
sometimes i wish i'd dropped out or taken the ged early
school for me was a lesson in how to get by with a minimum of (institutional) learning and how to bide my time
and drawing and writing was a way to occupy that biding
so was reading and cutting class to check out the books in the library
i'm happy to know mindy's teaching
before we left the house chris told me johnny ryan had won a stumppump award for best lettering
we both laughed for some reason
made it to the table just as the doors were opening and just as kelly and max discovered they couldn't find their table money
they quickly surmised the $ was still at the hotel where they'd already checked out
kelly split for the hotel to try and retrieve the $
bout half hour later kelly came back
the damn hotel was stonewalling her
so max and her went back to the hotel to raise a ruckus
bout 10 min later eroyn shows up and tells me her car was broken into
smashed the window to nothing and took her bag
what the hell!?
portland was trying to kick our ass
maybe 2 hours later kelly and max came back to the show victorious
they raised hell until the hotel "found" their money behind a stained couch
apparently max's rancor was such that it caused the hotel manager to leave premise
the day went as many of these days do
we tore down our table right quick and left to hit the road home
we stopped in kalama to find happy sandwiches and free coffee
during the drive home we were washed with beautiful sky and clouds slowly transforming and revealing hidden colors
we pit stopped in oly an old home of mine
round tacoma we discussed the whys and hows of seeking feedback about ones art
i was effusively pushing for truthful constructive criticism
must've been the coffee
dropped kelly and max at their place round 10
helped carry their stuff into their apartment which felt warm and welcoming
on my way home i stopped at the used bookstore where max had seen an owen plummer zine
he didn't pick it up because it had a stain on it
"i have a rule about buying things with stains on em" says max
i checked but the plummer had already been got
i then went to the old book section and flipped threw an old copy of pilgrim's progress
finally home i flopped on my bed tired
but not too tired to stay up and read some of the stuff i got
WHAT WAS GOT
brigade comics 5 by wade busby circa 1985 (half size)
brigade comics 7 by wade busby circa 1986 (half size)
icon tract 1 by wade busby circa 1989 (half size)
mr emergency by wade busby circa 2007 (half size)
the 80s busby tracts are superhero sci fi comics
they look urgent, beautiful and energetic
mr emergency looks a trip
existential dilemma comix #2 by ben bush (half size)
existential dilemma comix #3 by ben bush (half size)
existential dilemma comix #4 by ben bush (half size)
last year i met ben at the bad apple and traded him for existential dilemma comix #1
3 fat comics in a years time!!? git busy!
soixante neuf by david lasky and mairead case (square size)
promotional comic about jane birkin and serge gainsbourg for light in the attic records
pdx uncanny by cobra laser face (half size)
on sunday zanadu sean handed me this demented awesome celebration take down of the xmen
the church of awesome thought - dream grant by sean christensen (quarter size)
i met sean a couple years ago at the pdx zine show
his stuff is dense and happy making
wanderlost by kevin moore (half size)
duck comics!
blár by sophie yanow (half size)
untitled onesheet by sophie yanow (special size)
peel yer eyes for soph's stuff
the onesheet is damn beautiful and blár doesnt have any staples!
zine city comix 6 by kinoko (half size)
zine city comix 8 by kinoko (half size)
one of my favorite series by one of my fave people
soooooo gooooood
sorry sheets by eroyn franklin (special size)
these were flying off the table
should be on this site for sale soon
420 dre by amy kuttab, jason overby, jesse mcmanus and blaise larmee (comic book size)
the title for this one might be dan quayl…?
this is a free comic produced by teenage dinosaur, gazeta, revival house and sparkplug
the spirit animal for this comic is callahan the cartoonist who drew with his feet
vastness no. 2 by aidan koch (special size)
beautiful beautiful full color beautiful onesheet
powwkipsie by iain laurie and lan formatique (quarter size)
very cool looking gross toothy comic with a 3 inch cd
cant wait to listen and read at the same time
seleone by cameron hawkeye (special size)
mumbles one by cameron hawkeye (quarter size)
mumbles too by cameron hawkeye (quarter size)
seleone is a cool full color text photo combo zine
mumbles one solid and mumbles too looks to be future comix
act 6 by steve ditko (special size)
act 7 by steve ditko (special size)
one of my favorite cartoonists still at it!
the whitman walker weekly by martine workman (special size)
i've been waiting for this zine for over a year!
its a miniature paper about the comings and goings of whitman street
thing looks like a little newspaper!
videotonfa misc shit 4/11 by tim goodyear (half size)
one of my favorite zines going
how many issues is this tim?
movie reviews as drawings of video boxes of the movies reviewed!
brilliant!
layered jacket #1 by corey lewis (tabloid size)
layered jacket #2 by corey lewis (tabloid size)
we are the broken ones by vincent lavious and corey lewis (quarter size)
real happy to met corey
he's a seattler
his stuff is energetic, fluid and exciting
makes me remember jr high and seeing paul pope's stuff for the first time
untitled by alexa koenings (special size)
beautifully printed atmospheric onesheet that comes with a button
very dense interesting comic
vulture heck by patrick keck (half size)
hino by patrick keck (quarter size)
these look fantastic especially vulture heck
this guys stuff is sneaky
two days away from staring at birds from a park bench by kelly froh (quarter size)
weekend casserole by kelly froh (half size)
forevertron by kelly froh (special size)
all of these are excellent zines and comix
what a title on that first one!
forevertron is one of my faves! its a fanzine about this awesome sculpture park in wisconsin
these should be on the site soon
terrible lizards by stumptown underground (half size)
pedal power by stumptown underground (half size)
crazy dense theme zines
study group 12 #4 by various (special size)
very cool book with tons of great stuff
git it wile the gittins güd
the yankee by jason levian and william mcewan (half size)
this thing looks crazy and awesome
weird sci fi hallucinatory genre stuff
march fourth by sam samuels and maré odom (quarter size)
sweet
untitled by kinoko and cameron hawkeye (half size)
on sunday kinoko handed me this 2 color zine and sed "look at what me and cameron made last night"
one of my favorite zines of the show
plastic souls by mike mcghee (special size)
this is an ashcan but i think it looks great
awesome creepy crazy sci fi
super energetic
deep seed by max clotfelter and tim miller (square size)
electric corn bread by max clotfelter (special size)
jackpot fast luck specials by max clotfelter (quarter size)
cig tricks by max clotfelter (quater size)
deep seed might be my show favorite
i can't stop thinking about it
i want to make my own deep seed
cig tricks is one of the best portrait zines round
jackpot is funny cosmic terror
electic corn bread is…
social discipline 4 by ian sundahl (half size)
round room funnies by ian sundahl (quarter size)
looking 2 by ian sundahl and fran victor (special size)
ian sundahl is one of favorite cartoonists
i think he's untouchable
so happy to see new work from him
stun nuts 8 by chris cilla (half size)
chris is another favorite cartoonist of mine and his series stun nuts is one of my favorite series going
stun nuts 8 frightened me
scary stuff
tales of the cat killin coat by tim root (half size)
this comic is schlitz nuts!!!
dolphin summersalting on fire
crazy taped-in page that folds out
gruesome stainy body fluid horror comic
hamburger house indeed!
other side of town by alex delaney (comic book size)
other side of town chapter two by alex delaney (comic book size)
rapt in fear by alex delaney (comic book size)
nowhere bound by alex delaney (comic book size)
professor ozarks secret medicine show by alex delaney (comic book size)
brass knuckle rituals by alex delaney (comic book size)
swan song by alex delaney (comic book size)
about a year or so ago my friend gave me a copy of delaney's the derelict #1
it was one of the best creepiest comics i'd read in a long time
true urban horror hyper realism
feel the rats gnawing at your ankles
i was super excited to discover alex tabling next to us
so happy to meet him and yak about tim vigil (have you read eo?) and tim tyler
alex is the real deal
saw ben marra bonin up at alex's table
wish i was more down instead of down and out about marra's stuff
that maureen dowd thing went over my head and and i can't ignore abel ferarra's fear city when trying to read night business and gangsta rap posse and computer drawing… sigh… he must be doing something right for his stuff to get under my skin
anyway
alex tells me derelict #2 is due out soon!
automan by karn piana (comic book size)
i accidentally and happily printed a karn drawing in wet paint #2
been waiting to read this for a LOOONG time
loved his story in class of skookum high
looks great
junque land 1 by jason fish fischer and robin bogert (comic book size)
lovely lovingly made porn comic featuring a dino-babe and a lizard man
very well drawn and sexy positive
one of the big show discoveries for me
the disgusting room by austin english (special size)
oversized full color austin english comics!
if i had a list for comics of the year this would be on it
austin really brought it
his tightest most uninhibited work
highest recommendation
THATS IT
my gf is catchinging zssss's while i read this ¨¨¨the hotel stonewalling bit is making me lol. makes me miss the usa in a lot of ways. the 'fuck all' ness of it. alex delaney? fuck. if ian sundhal lived in svenska he would be the mayor or soemthing´´´öike they would just give it to him yknow=
ReplyDeleteafter slapping the hotel manager around over the phone, we got a full refund on the room. Alex Delaney's comics gave me to courage to fight for what is fair.
ReplyDelete'we got a full refund on the room.'
ReplyDeletetriumph of the human spirit.