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Tekserve is located at 119 W. 23 St. b/w 6 and 7 Ave. in NYC

I had the MOST wonderful time signing books in Boston and Northampton with Tim Fish. It turned out to be a perfect weekend to travel up from New York by train. I got some good leaf-peeping in. Love that fall color! It’s hitting the tail end especially farther North, but it’s still amazing and one of the best things about being in New England bar none. Even the trees in my terrace got into the flaming fall act!

My mom and Jim took me to the Harvard Coop (great to see them!) where they had a very nice display and Tim and I got a good responsive crowd for our reading. I also ended up drinking two delish decaf mochas because two people brought them to me at my request accidentally. It’s nice to get that kind treatment as a guest!

After the reading we retired along with our great Boston friends to a cool Mexican place called Border Cafe. Which was crowded and fun with good food at good prices. I ended up back at Tim’s place late and marveled at his great vintage comics collection!
The next morning we went to a cool Portugese diner called Neighborhood Restaurant for breakfast it was totally cute with great food and all the meals came with a choice of Cream of Wheat (with cinammon) or fruit. The Cream of Wheat was awesome! Here is a funny sign from there.

Then Tim and I made the drive from Boston to Northampton, a gorgeous town I recommend everybody should visit. The comic shop Modern Myths was amazing, had a great selection (in addition to manga, graphic novels, they sell used too! Also, they had Pocky and Ramune soda. Too cool!). The proprieters were so kind and welcoming I was nearly in tears over their hospitality. Before the signing I got a hot chocolate (made with melted dark chocolate) from Cafe Chocolate (or is it Chocolate Cafe?) right nearby. Anyway great place. Afterwards the owners kindly took us to a fantastic Asian restaurant called Zen. Loved it! What a great trip! I also got to see my uncle which was a great treat.

Check out this lovely poster by Tim Fish!

Last night was amazing! Just being on the stage with other creators and the very appreciative audience was an amazing experience. GMHC brought out a great crowd and it was one of the most crowded MOCCA events I’ve ever attended! The audience had some good questions and I was approached afterwards by some very sweet fans, even people who knew me from XY and were surprised to find out I’m a girl. Neat! Hopefully some pics will come up soon. It was also my first swag bag I ever got for doing a comics event. Star treatment sure feels nice after all the solitary work of making comics. I got these pics off of Howard Cruse’s blog. Check it out!

MoCCA and the GMHC team up to take a look back over the last 25 years at the HIV/AIDS pandemic through the eyes of comic and cartoon creators. Moderator Ken Gale and panelists - Chris Companik, Jennifer Camper, Howard Cruse, Abby Denson, and Allan Neuwirth - will discuss issues ranging from homophobia to HIV/AIDS to the comics community, all in the context of their personal lives, work and creations. A silent auction will be held at the event.

Mon. Oct. 23, event starts at 6:30pm
MOCCA
594 Broadway, Suite 401
Between Houston & Prince

Matt and I had a major blast at SPX. As you can see here, he was acting silly and making new fans at the Oni Press booth. He sold out of all the Sidescrollers copies they brought! I sold most of my books too which is a good thing because we had to schlep home on the bus. We must arrange a ride next year. Our bus driver was psycho!
Anyway, it was great seeing all the other comix folks and I even got to present an Ignatz award which was very cool. The new location at the Marriot was nice and there were loads of drink tickets to be had at the parties. All in all a great con experience. Here are some pics!

I had a crazy comix-filled weekend and it was a blast! Last night Matt and I exhibited our comics at the awesome Punk and Independent Comics show at Bowery Poetry Club. We got to sell comix, meet new people, see old friends, and experience some rock and roll! Check out these pics!

We got to see the always awesome World War IX and The Shades whose lamp shade gimmick was hilarious!

Then today I checked out Manganext in NJ. I got to be on several panels and met lots of cool folks. it’s neat seeing how manga fandom is growing and evolving. It’s also just exciting that manga has it’s own convention here! A highlight was meeting the ladies of DramaQueen, a publisher that’s bringing over some cool yaoi manga as well as some really neat Manwha (Korean comics) I really enjoyed the one called DVD by Kye Young Chon. It’s just got a really interesting, funny, story and art style. Plus a punk boy character. Yeah!

Come on out and say hi!
Dec. 15, 7pm
Bluestockings Books * with Shannon O’Leary (creator of Pet Noir)
172 Allen Street
New York, New York 10002
http://www.bluestockings.com

Dec. 16, time 3:30
Big Planet Comics Georgetown * with Shannon O’Leary (creator of Pet Noir)
3145 Dumbarton St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
http://www.bigplanetcomics.com/

Dec. 17, 3 pm
Robin’s Bookstore * with Shannon O’Leary (creator of Pet Noir)
108 S. 13th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
http://www.robinsbookstore.com/

October 7, 6-10pm
PANIC! Punk and Comics Show
(No Saturday Night Things performance now. Our guitarist broke his wrist.)
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery @ Bleecker
New York, NY 10012
http://www.bowerypoetry.com

October 8,
Manganext
panel appearances:
10AM - Indie comics - Room 4
12PM - Yaoi comics - Room 4
2PM- American Doujinshi Circles - Room 4
Crowne Plaza Meadowlands, Secaucus, NJ
http://www.manganext.com

Oct. 13-14
Small Press Expo Table # B14b
Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road., North Bethesda, MD 20852
http://www.spxpo.com/

Oct. 23, 6:30pm
Out of the Pages
GMHC Panel Discussion at Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
MOCCA
594 Broadway, Suite 401
New York, NY 10012
http://www.moccany.org/

Nov. 4, 7pm
Harvard Coop *with Tim Fish (creator of Cavalcade of Boys)
The Coop at Harvard Square
1400 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA, 02238
http://harvard.bkstore.com

Nov. 5, 1pm
Modern Myths *with Tim Fish (creator of Cavalcade of Boys)
34 Bridge Street #4
Northampton, MA 01060
http://www.modern-myths.com

Nov. 9, 8:30pm
Tekserve
119 W. 23 St.
New York, NY 10011
http://www.tekserve.com

Nov. 12 4pm
Rocketship * with Raina Telgemeier (Babysitters Club, Takeout Comics)
208 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY
Much more TBA!

Ok, I started working on categorizing the posts so you should be able to just read my tour blog by clicking here. Yeah!

I missed New york so much, when I saw the city out the airplane window my smile was so wide my face almost broke and all I could think was “I love you! I love you!”. I was sending strong love beams all over the whole city. Anyway, lots to catch up on, this tour has been the coolest experience of my life.