From last Thursday night's Bagge, Williams & Mats?! opening at Floating World in Portland:

The Art of Peter Bagge
with Mats!? & J.R. Williams

Opening First Thursday, June 5th

When: Thursday, June 5, 6:00pm - 9:00pm thru June 27
Where: Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th Ave., Portland, OR  

UPDATE: Peter won't be at the opening on the 5th. (although JR and Mats!? will be) but he will be at the closing ceremony on the 27th of June!

 

 

 

Fantagraphics was in full effect at the 2008 Stumptown Comics Fest. Your humble reporter was only there for Saturday of the two-day event, but had a smashing time (and went 200% over budget buying comics, art & t-shirts — yikes). Here's a brief video clip of our table:

Pals and table-mates J.R. Williams and Jim Blanchard:

Andrice Arp signs issues of Mome at the Fantagraphics table:

Georgene and Robert Goodin:

Mome contributor Tom Kaczynski:

For the full set of photos on Flickr, click here. Stay tuned for new sketchbook scans.

 

Holy Crap, J.R. Williams has a new webcomic, "Felyna."

 

Jimb-o-lantern by Eric Reynolds:

Cyril Root (from Richard Sala's The Chuckling Whatsit) by Rhea Patton:

J.R. Williams' entry in my Yoda sketchbook says it all:

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