Ah, yes. Stumptown has come and gone, and this, was a lovely little year. No Dramaz!!!111  Least, not for me, or not much! But, any creative commerce type thing, wow. I’m sure some had their hearts pumped and broken.

I’m glad to have pumped a few, by handing out our impressive arrary of awards. Total shout out to Bobby “fatboy” Roberts, one of those charismatic nerds who can hold a mic.

It is a time when my eggs tend to hatch. The Bridge Anthology made its sell out debut, and I have to say, I’m fairly proud of my piece in it I did with Jesse Baggs. Soon, I’ll put it up here with those flippers, I say. Ours is all about Dramas, and Dramas @ Stumptown, specifically! So, it was fun to see printed while there, with most of the cameos of comics peeps actually there, with actually reading it there. So meta.

Yes, you should buy one, sure. I am espesh geeked to be one page away from two of my favorite cartoonists, who even teamed up! Graham Annable and Scott C. Now, I’ve seen them make books together for years, so, they didnt meet online as a comics E blind date like Jesse and I, and it shows in the charming collaboration. I wont give to much away from Annable and C’s, but, it includes Shang Hi-ing and fresh apples.

Other than that, I just tabled, got encouragement, and acquired some new comics.

One, by J. Fish, had me  regress to my SNES RPG 11 year old self. He made an avatar type sprite of himself that is all “david the gnome” in the woods, rescuing the little animals that knights come by and slaughter. Phew, I been guilty of that like a billion times. Great read! I made some fan art of what my lil sprite might be like… I think she would be some drunk, disposed royalty, who, natch, rides a pug steed through the woods. But we all can dream.

Want more Stumpin? Check out the lovely Elisabeth Foysythe and her In City Geekery. Shoot, nerd, check that out anytime! She writes about comics!

Posted April 2009