David Lasky: Yay Flu Awareness Comic


Preparedness comic book in multiple languages

To promote pandemic flu preparedness, Public Health – Seattle & King County has developed a 12-page comic book on pandemic flu. Targeting readers of all ages, this story tells the tale of a family’s experience of the 1918 influenza pandemic. It also explains the threat of pandemic flu today, illustrates what to expect during a pandemic (such as school closures), and offers tips to help households prepare.

Download and print the comic books in PDF format for free:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/preparedness/pandemicflu/comicbook.aspx

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Komikaze Does Stumptown

18.-19.4.2009./ KOMIKAZE NA STRIPFESTIVALU “STUMPTOWN COMICS FEST” U PORTLANDU- OREGON/ Lloyd Center, Doubletree Hotel

“Komikaze preko bare”

“Naš blago pomaknuti stripovski kolektiv Komikaze predstavit će se ovoga vikenda, 18. i 19. travnja, na američkom Stumptown Comics festivalu.
Festival Stumptown Comics održava se u Portlandu od 2004. godine. Pokrenula ga je šačica stripovskih entuzijasta potaknuta nedostatkom stripovskih festivala koji u fokus
stavljaju autore, a ne toliko njihove likove. Počevši kao skroman underground festival Stumptown Comics je u ovih pet godina izrastao u festival koji privlači posjetitlje
diljem SAD-a. Komikaze će u sklopu festivalskog programa predstaviti svoja dosadašnja izdanja – printane antologije, albume i fanzine – te tako nastaviti seriju svojih
međunarodnih gostovanja.” | 17. travnja 2009.| PIŠE: STJEPAN JUREKOVIĆ



  • 14.4.JUTARNJI LIST O ŽENSKOM STRIPU U HRVATSKOJ/PATRICIA KIŠ: patriziakis

From: http://www.komikaze.hr/wiki/

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Post-Drawpocalypse 2009: Art, Interview

Drawpocalypse Postmortem

The Spring 2009 Drawpocalypse is now history, and I’m catching up on my sleep. As people following this blog are well aware, l decided to make my own 24 hour comic a benefit for ailing comix legend S. Clay Wilson’s medical expenses, and six other artists at the event decided to join me: Kevin Cross, Joshua Kemble, Mike Getsiv, Tony Morgan, Josh Fitz and Ben Sarnoff. I’m still toting up my own pledges, but I think it’s somewhere in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars. For those who are interested in pledging, it’s not too late: I produced 24 pages on the nose, so pledges can be some multiple of that, like, say, $240, $480, $2400… All checks should be made out to to the S. Clay Wilson Special Needs Trust and sent to PO Box 14854 San Francisco CA 94114, or you can visit their site: www.sclaywilsontrust.com. In response to numerous requests they now have a Paypal account to take contributions online. Not tax deductible, but you do get a signed minicomic of the story I drew, which l have no plans to make available in any other way.

The event, as usual, went by in a busy, sociable blur, with so much fascinating chatter about such geeky topics as the films of George Kuchar and continuity problems in the DC Universe that l barely listened to the dozen CD’s I brought. There were about twenty people there, nearly all of them lasted the night, and I’d say about half produced the requisite 24 pages. Not all of them were working for Wilson- most seemed to be doing it to have new material to sell at the upcoming Stumptown Con. My friend Tom Lechner has some photos posted:

My latest 24 hour effort- #11 for those keeping count- is called “The Girl With The Keyhole Eyes”. It’s a series of reminiscences about various women I’ve known (mostly NOT old girlfriends), mixing real stories with outright fabrications in the manner of a game l have played called “Two Truths And A Lie”. It ends with a real groaner of a pun. I’ve posted the first three pages on Comics Lifestyle:

Thanks to Andy and Adam and all the staff at Cosmic Monkey for once more being the perfect hosts. Thanks also to Ken O’Connell of Copic Marker for providing art materials for the event. Except for blue pencils, my story was drawn entirely on their paper using their brushes, pens and markers.

I Get Pixels

More words slung around about S.Clay Wilson, 24 hour comics and keyhole eyes in this interview at Michael Aushenker’s site, Cartoon Flophouse.

by David Chelsea — April 13, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
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Indonesian Comic Diary



Now available for pre-order: oke_boo@yahoo.com

Launch: Tuesday, April 21, 2009: 4:00-6:00pm
Komunitas Salihara
Jl. Salihara 16, Pejaten Barat,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Setelah menerbitkan Lovely Luna, karya Lala (Sheila Rooswitha) kini diterbitkan oleh penerbit Bandung: Curhat Anak Bangsa. Cerita si Lala ini berisi kisah-kisah hidup dan curhatannya seputar pernikahan, mudik, dan lain-lain. Peluncuran cergam ini menjadi bagian dari event Pembukaan VFilm Festival 2009 (Festival Film Perempuan Internasional 2009).

Lala:
http://okeboo.multiply.com
http://lambiek.net/artists/s/sheila.htm

Komunitas Salihara:
http://www.salihara.org

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Checkered Demon Update: $1000 and rising!

From David Chelsea:

The big day of the benefit 24 Hour Comic event to raise money for S. Clay Wilson’s medical expenses is less than two weeks away. Last November, the legendary underground comics artist suffered a severe brain injury in a fall. He spent a week in intensive care and faces a long recovery. Even with insurance, Wilson’s expenses are beyond his ability to pay and have made him and his family paupers. For those of you who may not have heard of it, the premise of the 24 Hour Comic challenge is that an artist attempts to complete 24 pages of comics within 24 hours. I am soliciting pledges from friends and comics fans for each page I complete. Assuming I draw at least 24 pages, the pledges I have so far amount to over a thousand dollars, and I know my fellow cartoonists Kevin Cross, Joshua Kemble, Mike Getsiv, Tony Morgan, Josh Fitz and Ben Sarnoff have been soliciting contributions as well. It’s not too late for you to contact me with a pledge.

Most of the pledges are for an indeterminate amount pegged to the number of pages I complete on the day, but some people prefer simply to contribute a lump sum, which is cool too. Your contribution is not tax deductible, but sponsors will receive an autographed copy of my completed story. All checks should be made out to to the S. Clay Wilson Special Needs Trust and sent to PO Box 14854 San Francisco CA 94114, or you can visit their site: www.sclaywilsontrust.com. In response to numerous requests they now have a Paypal account to take contributions online.

The 24 Hour Comic Event will be open to the public and will take place at Cosmic Monkey in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, April 11th from 10 am to 10 am Sunday (which just so happens to be Easter). Copic Marker has agreed to donate art materials for the event, including manga-ruled paper.

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