Since I've been flying around the country and running nonstop here in Portland the last month or so, I hope you can forgive my recent lack of posts. I finally managed to upload all my MoCCA Festival pictures to my flickr feed, so here's a quick breakdown in pictures.
The main floor at the Puck Building. The huge windows and white-on-white interior helped make the crowds seem less crushing.
Julia Wertz. My sister-in-comics not only kept me company the whole weekend, but introduced me to an awesome bunch of ladies who formed my party crew (Laura Park, Shannon O'Leary and Sarah Glidden). Isn't she cute in her dress? It was gone by 2 pm.
Ryan Dunlavey and Fred van Lente, of Action Philosophers. I used to know these guys way back in my Parsons days and I hadn't seen them in a dozen years, so it was great to catch up.
Aaron Renier and his friend (Lauren?). A Portland defector to Brooklyn, but he seems all the happier for it. Nice to see you, Aaron!
Mr. Phil and Charlito from Indie Spinner Rack. Every picture of these guys I saw from the weekend looks exactly like this one. They were hilarious!
Crystal Skillman, my old college roommate! Long time no see! She's a bigshot Broadway playwright now, and I can't wait to get back to the city to see one of her productions. Actually, I just can't wait to get back to the city in general, since this weekend went by waaaaay too fast...
Sarah Glidden, Ken "Gabby" Dahl, Julia Wertz. We were trying to corral people for the walk up to Gstaad for the Top Shelf anniversary party. Gabby's "Monsters" minicomic was one of the best things I picked up to MoCCA, even though it's been out for a while and I should have gotten it already.
Sarah Glidden and Shannon O'Leary walking up 6th Ave to the Top Shelf party. Look at those red dresses!
After the open bar left its mark deeply on us, we found a "secret room" at Gstaad that featured untouched plates of food, makeout couches and some Top Shelf shot glasses (an appropriate memento of the weekend). We also found their mailing list, which we vandalized. Sorry Brett! Here Laura Park, Keith Knight and Julia leave their calling cards.
The final result.
Outside the club, a throng of drunk cartoonists (is there any other kind) amassed in a nerdy, adrenalized flock. The bouncer wasn't letting the drunkest back in, so the street outside was more packed than the interior.
The con was a hungover affair the next day. I didn't take many pictures, since it was mainly the same deal, but the fun began once the event wrapped up for the weekend and folks started to drift beerward.
The girls had to haul their entire luggage, PLUS our loot bags (or "funbags" as per JW) to the Burp Castle, where Sarah's friend promised us a stash space and some delicious brews.
I get better acquainted with a giant Mario!
My Portland friends T. Edward Bak (blurry) and Dylan Williams (licky) met up with us at the Burp Castle. Bak kept "joking" that he was drinking on our tab, and when it came time to pay up and he disappeared, I learned he was right. Hope you liked that going-away present, dude! (No, seriously, I'll miss you Bak. Come back to PDX when the winter in Vermont kicks your ass.)
Ladies on the patio. An excellent combination.
Gabrielle Bell, Tom Hart, Karen Sneider, Robyn Chapman. I had a great chat with these ladies (Karen and Robyn). Man, hanging out with girltoonists makes everything better in my life!
The bar was all dark wood with this mind-blowing mural of drunk Franciscan monks that wrapped around every wall. Ben Catmull stands resolutely in the center.
On the patio was where the fun really swung into gear. Julia, Sarah, Laura and I were joined by Geoff Vasile and Tom Kaczynski.
Laura looks less than amused, but I hope she was enjoying herself (Geoff seemed to).
Drunk drawing of me by Laura Park (note panties around ankles).
What a time.
My haul!
I just wanted to leave you with some creepy, disgusting manicured "hands" that lined a window on E 35th. In a way they stand for all that went down this weekend. In another way, I have no idea what I'm talking about. Hope you all had a great time!
1 comments:
Hey Sarah, I used some detective work and tracked down your blog from mine. Your MoCCA entry is like an alternate reality of mine, everything looks so familiar, but those aren't my memories. I ran across that poor defaced, e-mail list as the party was winding down. It gives me a strange feeling of pride that women were responsible for such filth (minus Keith's, which looks tame).
Your Portland plea got Georgene checking house listings online again. We can get a lot more house in Portland than L.A. Will you be at San Diego? If not, we'll see you at Stumptown.
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