JET CITY REPORT

i like this show

maybe its because its just like the shows i went to as a kid

or maybe its because i'm not supposed to like this show

its not a small press show

its a stinky COMIC BOOK show where the main attraction is back issues and sketches from pro's not graphic novel debuts worthy of book market attention - i mean literary merit

and maybe it's the lack of handmade diy comics thats why it feels so vital for me to bring profanity hill to such a show

my only criticism or question from the show is why weren't there more northwest diy cartoonists?

thats a sincere question

show highlights:

hanging with mad maxx clotfelter

meeting new people excited about weirdo handmade comics

diggin thru the quarter bins and comparing hauls with mike baehr and the maxx

moving ian sundahl comics

the relaxed pace of the floor

checking in with mike mcghee (check out his stuff; he's got the stuff)

SHARKS VS JETS

this saturday maxx clotfelter and i will be at the jet city comic show dishing spiel and selling handmade and old underground comics

bring yer longbox 

and dont forget to wear yer suspenders

here's a seemingly arbitrary photo of brion gysin and william s. burroughs tripping to the dream machine

but longbox junkies know the hypnagogic effect of going through thousands of back issues is akin to that of the dream machine

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YO SEATTLE SMELL THE NEWS

new issue of mothers news is out

i'll be spreading it around town

(wall of sound, left bank, black lodge, the erotic bakery, etc)

while supplies last

EVERYWHERE

dylan left a year ago. i hate writing that. and i know it's false. but i can't call dylan on the phone... i wish i could write about facing that fact but i can't. instead i'd like to share the last email i sent to him on 8/29/11:

yo dylan,

been thinking about you all weekend

and all last week

yesterday i went swimming in the lake

usually i slowly walk into the water 

so my body can get used to the temperature of the water with a minimum amount of discomfort

but yesterday i just plowed into the water

and it felt great

and when i was underwater with my eyes closed i kept seeing vivid images of you 

much love

i don't know if he got the email. he was in the hospital. he called me 5 days later, a week before he left, to get my address to send me a check for some comics he bought from me... i told him not to worry about it, that he could get me back at the next show... but he insisted. a couple of days later i received an enveloped addressed to dr. jason t. miles. 

one of the last things i told him was that a lot of people had his back and were sending a lot of love his way. there was a long pause and he told me he knew and that it was "almost too much for me to take." 

here's what i wrote to zak about dylan's memorial, the day after:

zak

it was hard

i hadnt cried about dylan until yesterday

and all the sleepless nights had made my eyes painfully dry

so when i approached his coffin at the grave site and starting crying i also started laughing because my eyes felt so good from the tears

and as i had being doing – ever since i met and got dylan – i thanked him 

love

jazor

ARCANE INTRUDER