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Monday, December 07, 2009

Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival or Winter Has Begun

After spendning the afternoon completing some items from B's birthday checklist, we took the dreaded G train to Metropolitan and set out for the Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Fest. It is a testament to his love for me that he spent part if his birthday braving the wintry mix to spend a humid half-hour in a church basement with me to look at comics.

Since I wasn't planning on attending, I didn't really know where to look first. I ended up just wandering around in a daze looking for faces of folks I only see at conventions. I ended up having a nice chat with Chuck Forsman and Melissa Mendes and they generously gave me examples of their recent work, including the awesome Wolf by Chuck and a cool wordless comic called Warmth by Melissa. She also gave Bill the perfect birthday-themed comic for a man who never wants to do any "special"on his birthday. When I told them that I was writing a paper concerning the library at CCS, they seemed unsure whether to laugh. Ah, library school, always a hit at parties!

I ran into Robin Enrico, who was just as impressed with the turnout as I was, and looked around for a few more folks that seemed to have split early. Much of the work I looked at had screaming silk screened covers, popping with aggressive colors, which is neat, but I am a gal in need of a little more narrative. Thanks for making me feel old. I didn't end up picking up any books by unknown folks, one of my favorite things to do at conventions, or catch any of the panels; I am going to blame unpreparedness.

I did however get issues 7 & 8 of Jumbly Junkery by L. Nichols. I have the first two issues somewhere and upon flip through it seemed like her work had evolved over the issues I missed. Inside covers much like the ones mentioned above are several short stories, mixing autobio and philosophical ponderings, dashed with a healthy dose of cat shenanigans. Though I dislike cat comics in general, Nichols' work for me. I really enjoyed talking with her and her wife about scifi shows and greatly enjoyed the recommendations she made. I will now give Fringe a spin on hulu when I get the time.

Our time at the church ended on a nice note when we discovered that no one had stolen our umbrellas. I am already looking forward to the next one.

4 comments:

LOOKA said...

Glad you could make it!

...Well, I warned you about the Comics Festival. I was thirsting for news of that. How was the church looking except for the general cold? Churches freak me out. Comics would lessen that, I guess.
Talk about work dictating your schedule... I can't go to a local con next week! Neither participate, oh!

I consider FRINGE watchable too... So it's 2 ups on that! Hulu, ha?

darrylayo said...

It was truly a tremendous show.

The thing about church basements is that the powers of the church are confined from the ground floor up. The basements are safe areas for debauchery.

Carrie said...

True, church basements remind me of punk rock shows...

It was a great show. Next time!

Robin Enrico said...

God, that umbrella pile was like nothing I had ever seen before. I ended up with a nicer generic black umbrella than I walked in with. But I just like to think my umbrella evolved while I was in the show.