Project Runway and PDX pride.

First of all, let me just say that I have the best friends in the world, and thank you to everyone who sent well wishes and support my way this summer. I wish things had gone a little more smoothly, but there's no going back in life, and all I can do is to try and jump back into the swing of things as soon as I can and continue on. But I have the most caring and awesome group of people on my side and I want you all to know how grateful I am to have you.

As far as comics updates go, I don't have much to say except that Myspace Dark Horse Presents had my "Previously Possessed" story up for the month of August, and that I'm eagerly looking forward to the release next month of the new Best American Comics volume containing my "Graveyard" story originally published in Papercutter. I do not have plans to attend this year's SPX or APE shows, so I guess I'll just catch you when I catch you. But I'll continue to plug away at Ivy and one of these days finish 'er off.

Now I want to get into something frivolous and fun: how much I love Project Runway and how much I'm rooting for Leanne Marshall, a Portland girl, to make it to Bryant Park this spring. I've never really been one to root for teams, but there's something about this show and the whole concept of a clothing-design elimination series that brings out the fan in me. Most of these types of shows are crap, but Project Runway differs from most in that it actually has extremely talented people with very definite aesthetics working under ridiculous conditions to make objects of beauty. And little Leanimal has been rocketing up the charts this season, making me blush with hometown pride.


I hear tales of a bar in Southeast that has a public showing of PR on Wednesdays, and I might have to be there for it this week. Some of the clothes and innovation are mind-blowing.