Comix awesome!
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kudzuvinesToday was the most excitingest comics day evar. Here's why:
-I met Allison Bechdel, bought her new book, heard her talk, and then she signed my book afterwards! She's pretty much the coolest published-author-comics-artist-writer-person ever, and she was super cute on stage--every time she wasn't sure of an answer or there was a pause, her mouth would twitch. Also, her favorite book that she'd have on a desert island if she couldn't have anything else would be Pride and Prejudice. How cool is that? And she said that while she started out with Mo as her avatar in Dykes to Watch Out For, Sidney has become her avatar because "well, I introduced her because I realized everyone in the comic was really pretty nice, and I wanted someone who wasn't, and well, I guess I'm not all that nice most of the time. Take from that what you will."
And then she signed my book and I awkwardly talked about Charis and how Sarah and I read all her books on the couches before HS Women's writer's group, and how I used to live in the Twin Cities and so did she. I imagine it must be kind of weird, having to share a Personal Moment with hundreds of people who want to meet you one after another...
-For the second bullet point, which is pretty much the only other one I have, I got to meet Erika Moen who writes Dar (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/erika/dar/series.php), which I love. We chatted for a long time and she was super cool and as awesome as she seems from her comic. I even watched her booth for five minutes when she had to go pee, and awkwardly managed to sort of sell the other guy at her table's comics. I'm pretty sure I was blushing the whole time I talked to her. Radcakes!
And so it was the best day for comix-awesome evar! Hurrah!
-I met Allison Bechdel, bought her new book, heard her talk, and then she signed my book afterwards! She's pretty much the coolest published-author-comics-artist-writer-person ever, and she was super cute on stage--every time she wasn't sure of an answer or there was a pause, her mouth would twitch. Also, her favorite book that she'd have on a desert island if she couldn't have anything else would be Pride and Prejudice. How cool is that? And she said that while she started out with Mo as her avatar in Dykes to Watch Out For, Sidney has become her avatar because "well, I introduced her because I realized everyone in the comic was really pretty nice, and I wanted someone who wasn't, and well, I guess I'm not all that nice most of the time. Take from that what you will."
And then she signed my book and I awkwardly talked about Charis and how Sarah and I read all her books on the couches before HS Women's writer's group, and how I used to live in the Twin Cities and so did she. I imagine it must be kind of weird, having to share a Personal Moment with hundreds of people who want to meet you one after another...
-For the second bullet point, which is pretty much the only other one I have, I got to meet Erika Moen who writes Dar (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/erika/dar/series.php), which I love. We chatted for a long time and she was super cool and as awesome as she seems from her comic. I even watched her booth for five minutes when she had to go pee, and awkwardly managed to sort of sell the other guy at her table's comics. I'm pretty sure I was blushing the whole time I talked to her. Radcakes!
And so it was the best day for comix-awesome evar! Hurrah!
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Date: 2008-11-10 06:56 am (UTC)Yeah! Erika lives in Portland and goes to all the comics-y things (and Wordstock, which is the book/lit festival thing that I went to today). She said that sometimes she doesn't get why so many people love her comic--that it's just a dumb comic about fart jokes. I tried to explain why I like them--because most of the things she writes about are something I find hilarious, yet have trouble elucidating why. She does an excellent job of doing so. Plus the comics are just kind of endearing.
Her husband was not at the festival, but we did talk about immigration. And being a lesbian who fell in love with a guy and the kind of identity crisis that brings.
Also, YES TALK SOON ARGH. Will you be in NYC for any of Dec 20-26 (or so)? That is when I will be up there. <3 PLP!
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Date: 2008-11-10 10:33 pm (UTC)But yeah, I knew she lived in Portland - that whole crew does, which I thought was really funny when you said you were moving out there. I kept wondering if you'd ever run into her, haha.
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Date: 2008-11-10 11:20 pm (UTC)And she's released The Essential Dykes To Watch out for, which is a compilation of many of her old strips.