Hey, thanks to all that came by to say hi at the Art Fest on Saturday, and a special thanks to those who purchased sketches to benefit the cause of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. Seemed like a steep price to pay for my scribbled renderings of Charley, Doug, Lucky Ducky, Harvey Richards, etc., but I and the museum appreciate your generosity.
And thanks to all the MoCCA volunteers who did everything to make the show successful. I especially want to thank volunteer Justin Maudslien, a cartoonist who was the sketch table artist wrangler.
Some of the people I ran into at the festival (a very incomplete list)…
Of course, it’s always great to hang with the Cartoonists With "Attitude" crew. Keith Knight has a new complete omnibus collection of his K Chronicles strip coming out with Dark Horse, and I’m embarrassingly jealous.
My kids arrived just too late for Patrick McDonnell’s sketch table appearance, but I was able to accost him as he walked around the festival, and he was kind enough to make my kids’ day by giving them a special sketch. One of the kindest, friendliest people I’ve known in the comics business.
The kids were also thrilled to meet Raina Telgemeier, who draws the great Baby-Sitters Club comics, and she did not disappoint, answering their (and my) questions, and taking the time to draw a beautiful picture of one of her characters.
They also particularly enjoyed one of their purchases, Jellaby, by Kean Soo (which I haven’t read yet).
Great to see Superstar Editor ™ Charlie Kochman, the Amazin’ Brendan Buford, and I got to meet the awesome Josh Neufeld, Chris Giarusso (who can take any character and bring it into his Mini Marvels universe — I’m still kicking myself for not asking him to draw God-Man), and Cliff Chiang, who drew so beautifully I had to get the names of the pens he was using (as though I’d draw as well with them!).