Claptrap #2 by Onsmith

Old pal Onsmith sent me a copy of his new mini-comic, Claptrap #2, got it on Friday. If you can get your hands on one you will be impressed. People just don't make mini-comics like this anymore, or if they attempt it they fail in comparison. Production value is off the chart with a nice two color silkscreen cover (I already got a spot of coffee or something on mine, unfortunately--goodbye collectible value), and he must've found the cleanest photocopier drum in town to do the guts of the comic; nice dense black, hi-res scans.

The quality of the cartooning in here is the usual grade of wonderful. Dirty gags, confounding doodles, comments on the miserable human condition--all in all a load of laffs. Also a color centerfold, and mine has an original small drawing taped in the back cover. Try to find a copy if you're near Chicago.

Anyhow, he's a good buddy of mine from way back, and it was real nice of him to send me one of these. It's nice to know I have such friends out there.

Sparkplug at Olympia

Sparkplug Comics will be at the Olympia Comics Festival—TOMORROW ONLY. Also in attendance will be Chris Cilla, Champion of Comics. I'm not going to this show, in fact I didn't even know about it, but I bet it will be a wonderful antidote to the big shows like TCAF and MOCCA. Next up is COMICON INT'L 2009. I'm trying to get a comic finished this weekend for that very show called The Shortest Interval.

Don Knotts

SICKENING PROMOTION

I don't know why I post about stuff like this when I'm not going to be there, but some of my pals and Sparkplug Bullpen Buddies are involved in big excitement this weekend at the MOCCA Fest in NYC.

There is the Future Ink Show on Friday:

"Celebrate new releases by cartoonist Minty Lewis who will be debuting her collected Ignatz Award winning PS Comics, along with fellow cartoonists Jesse Moynihan, author of the critically acclaimed Follow Me, Kazimir Strzepek, creator of the Eisner Award-nominated graphic novel The Mourning Star and, last but not least, Olga Volozova and Ignatz nominee Juliacks who will unveil their new collaborative comic book odyssey, Rock That Never Sleeps." more info

And this thing on Saturday:

"Giant Robot is proud to present the Panelists V art show and as well as a reception for three new comic books at the Giant Robot Gallery in the East Village...[the show includes] Alixopulos, Andrice Arp, Shawn Cheng, Tim Hensley, Levon Jihanian, Hellen Jo, Tom Neely, Steven 'Ribs' Weissman...and more!" (I singled out some friends of mine, there's many more people in the show -ed.) more info

Austin E. will be signing his new Windy Corner #3 at Giant Robot on Saturday, also.

Spend all your money while you still have some! Especially on buying Danny Dutch Comic Books to make me really powerfully rich and special. You might also be able to get one of the Danny Dutch/Sparkplug post cards at MOCCA if you look hard or ask.