The Never-Ending, Four-Color Festival: Cons, Shows, Events (Comics Reporter)

By Tom Spurgeon * we're in the thick of convention season phase one right now,
with Emerald City Comicon last weekend, C2E2 rounding into view a week or so
from now and the MoCCA/Stumptown 1-2 punch at the end of the month. It's too
big a run of shows to do on one's lonesome unless this is a significant part
of the way you approach comics professionally, but there tends to be a little
something for everyone -- and in a lot of different places. * I liked this
David Brothers piece on his meaningful con weekend enough to spotlight it a
second time here. * MoCCA, even more silent than usual during the lengthy
ramp-up period to its traditional spring, fundraising show, announced P. Craig
Russell and Gary Panter as kind of co-headliners for this year's event. That's
certainly as grand a range of comics expression as you're likely to find in
two guests. There's a poster and everything. I'd kill to meet Tom Gauld and
Olivier Schrauwen. * I'm not sure how many people noticed, but it looks like
Emerald City moved its dates back about a month for next year. ...

Comics Reporter

• Airplane Poster
• Verve Records
• Chili Peppers Poster
• Sun Records
• Sgt Peppers
• Rollins Band
• Hard Rock
• Regge Ska Band