More Stumptown aftermath

HOW AMAZING IS THIS?!?

Good as Lily artist Jesse Hamm earned his bandannaed self a fan for life when he revealed — after a weekend spent sitting across from us sketching — what he’d been working on.

Check it:

Left to right, that’s intern Sam Alden, former intern Carlos Hernandez Fisher, cartoonist Tim Sievert, publisher Brett Warnock, and publicity ninja Leigh Walton.

Makes me want to get a haircut, but he totally nailed us all! Thanks, Jesse!

told you!

Tim Sievert comes through with proof. That’s David Bowie’s “Absolute Beginners,” by the way — I was so surprised to see it in the book that I couldn’t pass it up.

Stumptown Comics Fest!

Charles in charge.
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Well, that was a fantastic weekend for your humble correspondent — shown here at the feet of industry wise men Charles Brownstein and (off screen) Larry Marder. Thanks to Steve Lieber for the photo. for Not much time to recover (and bask in the glory of Sunday night’s karaoke tour de force, featuring Carolyn Main and a duet between myself and Tim Sievert), as there’s piles of exciting work to be done ahead.

Including — hey, what’s this exciting announcement?

More photos:

• Tim in his Clark Kently studness
• Brett looking surprised to be awake
• Nick Gurewitch, probably the star of the show
• Panorama! (Top Shelf is unfortunately out of sight on the other side of the hall)
• Corey Lewis, who totally could have brought the commissioned piece he drew for me months ago BUT DID NOT
• The impossibly photogenic Erika Moen, triply a winner this weekend
• Actually, just check out this fantastic set of photos by Lori Matsumoto
• It’s true. Everyone in Portland is beautiful.

Note to self: for future shows, schedule time in the mornings to, like, shower and stuff.

THIS WEEKEND

Just look at that guest list! This might be the best Stumptown yet.