Cartooning Class
New Comics Day
No, not Wednesday at my local retailer. This particular “New Comics Day” is actually a much bigger deal in our household; it’s the one we have at school when the first issue from this fall’s new Cartooning Class rolls out.
Another Saturday in Olympia
Which is to say, it was time again for the Olympia Comics Festival. And this year, by God, I was going to be ready.
Sunday’s Test Case
Finally, somebody’s gotten around to actually implementing an idea that I and other comics blogger-types have been carping about for years.
Emerald City Part 3: Saturday, Sunday, and after
Part one is here, part two is here, and below the fold is the wrapup. *
Emerald City Part 2: Show Day
Last week, I talked about the various snags and snafus and general craziness involved in getting the Cartooning Class to this year’s Emerald City Comics Convention. That tale is here; this week, I follow it up by telling you how it went when we finally got there.
Emerald City Part 1: A Week in Pre-Show Hell
As regular readers may recall, every year my middle-school Cartooning Class has a table at the Emerald City Comics Convention. We’ve been going to the show as a class since there’s been an Emerald City Con and tabling there since the second one. This was our eighth year of actually exhibiting, and it was the [...]
Saturday with the Fourth Estate. Also? A Hot Blue Babe.
The Cartooning class and myself have just wrapped up day two of Emerald City ComicCon…
Friday Morning Plug
Column later, I hope, but I wanted to mention that I am about to disappear into the swirling vortex of…
The Day We Got The Band Back Together
Katie Taylor smiled and said, “Before we go, I have one brief announcement.” And she held up a copy of this book.
Friday’s Preview Pages
I don’t have much of a column for you this week, because of a whole bunch of life stuff I won’t bore you with. What I DO have in lieu of a full column, though, is something I think you will enjoy a great deal.
Saturday’s Guest Spot
Been kind of a rough week here in the Hatcher household, with a lot of different deadlines hitting at around the same time.





