If you're in Maryland this weekend, it's probably because you're going to be at the Small Press Expo, which is at a hotel called the Marriott. (Or you live in Maryland?) If you're not too busy looking at comic books you'd like to buy, but not really, maybe someday, for free, when they're as good as Blackest Night: My Erect Penis, you should check out this panel that Tucker Stone will be moderating called "Humor In Comics". Not because Tucker's on it, but because Matt Furie (Boy's Club!) is on it. And Emily Flake (The New Yorker! Lulu Eightball!) is on it. And Lisa Hanawalt (I Want You! Stay Away From Other People!) is on it. And Sam Gaskin (Fatal Faux Pas! Sugar Cube! Call All My Dogs!) is on it.
One of those four is worth your time. All four at once?
That's like, four times worth your time.
*There's also a comics criticism panel with Jog (awesome!) Chris Mautner (holy shit!) Douglas Wolk (he wrote a real book!) Rob Clough (also a big deal!) Sean Collins (he likes Beyonce!) Gary Groth (wait, seriously? That guy doesn't even have a blog.) and Bill Kartaloupos (this is all his fault). Tucker is on that too, but only because none of those other dudes have the Fucking Courage to read Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem, and there's a rule about that kind of stuff.
Furie is a monster, his stuff is incredible.
and somebody needs to record that criticism panel, if only to hear Tucker's Capote-esque speaking voice.
Posted by: seth hurley | 2009.09.24 at 22:03
The criticism panel has Groth??? Oh wow! Now I wish even more I could have made it....
Posted by: Kenny Cather | 2009.09.24 at 22:13
Nah, if they record it, i lose that moment where I get to say "hello, i'm tueeckkeeehhhrrr stooaaaahhhhnnn" and there eyes get all googly boogly.
Posted by: Tucker Stone | 2009.09.24 at 23:41
Man, wish I could be there. I guess it's one east-coast small-press comics convention for me per year. Unless I have a massive windfall of cash in 2010, which would certainly be nice.
Posted by: Matthew J. Brady | 2009.09.25 at 13:37