{"id":172,"date":"2010-04-27T21:10:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T04:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secretacres.com\/blog\/?p=172"},"modified":"2010-04-27T21:10:21","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T04:10:21","slug":"stumped-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/secretacres.com\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"Stumped Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YES, that really is some Capacity<\/em><\/a> ink up there. It was a lightning fast forty-eight hours in Portland. For the record, we\u2019re not sure whether we were stalking Dean Haspiel<\/a> or he was stalking us, but he was getting his shoes shined when we were getting pizza at JFK, sitting a few rows ahead of us on the flight to PDX, standing outside the Doug Fir while we were getting sloshed (we needed the acid after all the fat at Le Pigeon), sitting a few rows behind us on the flight home (and we were so tired we were nearly cuddling with our rowmate, and comics deity, James Sturm<\/a>) \u2013 and, of course, we were all at Stumptown<\/a> together.<\/p>\n

Stumptown rocks. There were no organizational hitches that we noticed. Though we heard tell of overbooking from others afterward, there wasn\u2019t anything we didn\u2019t dig. The setup was open and airy. There were actual windows. We had some great real estate right at the entrance. We had Theo<\/a> at the table. Should we thirst, there were volunteers bringing us water. And we thirsted!<\/p>\n

That film crew did indeed show up. We had our big interviews in front of D&Q<\/a> and the aforementioned Sturm and none other than Peggy Burns. We thought we did okay, but it\u2019s tough to perform in front of Peggy, who is a killer communicator on a Wu Tang<\/a> level. At least it was extra convenient for us to pick up Wilson<\/em><\/a> on the way back to the table, where Theo had his turn in front of the cameras. It might have scared the crowd a bit, but if you\u2019re wondering what real starpower looks like, check out Theo working the red carpet for the paparazzi below. He has style. He has grace. He better work.<\/p>\n

Our panel was hella fun, or so everyone but one half of Secret Acres thought. Now, we were meant to discuss \u201cthe ever changing world of producing and publishing indy comics.\u201d Other than needing to needle Blaise<\/a> about his trophy thing and the comments thereupon, we decided to walk the talk of the talker to which Journalista Dirk<\/a> linked. We figured if that Jeff Jarvis<\/a> guy can talk about learner directed education, we could make it happen (Could you, Jeff Jarvis, you pompous bastard lecturer?). So we started with questions, rather than ended with them. It turns out that Jeff Jarvis was right; learners know what they want to know. We won\u2019t get into the nitty gritty, but we will say this: Secret Acres\u2019 stationery is real pretty; Theo Ellsworth lived in a cave; print and digital are not mutually exclusive (unless we\u2019re talking about newspapers and periodicals); Minty<\/a> is back in action post PS Comics<\/em><\/a> \u2013 and, for all the talk, Secret Acres got Blaise to admit that the format of his future work will be a book. Now that\u2019s mad real, as they say in France.<\/p>\n

But what of the comics, you ask? There was Wilson<\/em> (It\u2019s great. Deal with it being great.). Minty dropped the killer Salad Days<\/em> on us, and whatever she was up to on that break, this mini is worth the wait. Sean Christensen<\/a> followed up Miranda Baby<\/em><\/a> with the fatter and equally awesome Labanotation<\/em>. Tom Neely<\/a> killed us with Henry & Glenn<\/em> (that\u2019s Rollins and Danzig, of Crystar<\/em><\/a> fame) and he drew us a nice cock<\/a>. The lovely Joey Sayers<\/a> kept the beat with the second issue of Just so You Know<\/em>. But those are all the people we know we know.<\/p>\n

Then there were those we did not know we did not know: Virginia Paine<\/a>, The Warehouse on Poplar<\/em>; Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg<\/a>, I Cut my Hair<\/em>; Julia Gforer, Flesh and Bone<\/em> (Sparkplug Comic Books<\/a>); Max Clotfelter<\/a>, Alligator Milk<\/em>; Kelly Froh<\/a>, a lot of crap, as in various; Pam Cameron-Snyder, Crosses of Power<\/em>; and, finally, Malachi Ward<\/a>, whom we found at the Pony Club<\/a> after-party and who gave us three pretty great comics, Utu<\/em>, The Scout<\/em> and U.S.S. Origin<\/em>. Silly Malachi. Don\u2019t give it up for free. We\u2019d have paid for it.<\/p>\n

And none, not one of these people, were assholes. Now that\u2019s a con. You folks reading this, go out and get their stuff.<\/p>\n

Your Pals,<\/p>\n

Barry and Leon<\/p>\n

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