Tag: comics
08.26.2007 Megan Kelso returns to Seattle for Bumbershoot
An interview with comic-book writer and artist Megan Kelso, originally of Seattle.
08.24.2007 A Blog by Kim Deitch
Today’s featured blogger is Kim Deitch. Deitch is widely regarded as one of the best cartoonists of his generation. A seminal figure in the Underground Comix movement in the 1960s, his work has since appeared in many publications including Raw, L.A. Weekly, Weirdo, Heavy Metal and Nickelodeon Magazine that featured his beloved Southern Fried Fugitives.
Kim Deitch will participate in Comix All Stars on Sunday, September 2 at 5:45 at the Literary Arts Stage.
08.24.2007 A Blog by Ellen Forney
This featured blog is from Ellen Forney. Cartoonist Ellen Forney was chosen as one of 2007’s Northwest’s top writers by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. She recently collaborated with writer Sherman Alexie on the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian for Little, Brown. Her recent book, I Love Led Zeppelin,received a prestigious Eisner nomination as Best Reality-Based Comic. Her comic, Lustlab Ad of the Week, will be collected into a book, Lust, to be released in January 2008.
Ellen Forney will be at Bumbershoot appearing on the Boeing Performing Arts Stage Saturday, September 1 at 3:45.
08.24.2007 A Blog by Megan Kelso
This featured blog is from Megan Kelso. After graduating from Evergreen State College, Kelso joined the burgeoning Seattle cartoonist scene. In 1993, she became the first woman to receive a Xeric grant for her self-published comic, Girlhero. She has since published two more books and is currently working on a graphic novel and a serialized story running in The New York Times Magazine.
Kelso will be speaking with other Comix All Stars at the Leo K. Theatre starting at 5:45.