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*ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO WRAP-UP…

APE 2005 was disappointing. it wasn’t as crowded as past shows and many of the folks i talked to did about 60% of the business they did last year. a coupla reasons for this:

1.this was the first year that ape was in april. it used to be in feb. but was switched with wondercon…so i think it’s lost a little steam cuz ape is no longer the first event of the year. (and wondercon was crazy busy for the first time ever!!)

2.it always rained during ape weekend when it was in feb. but now that it’s in april, the weekend was beautiful and sunny for the first time in weeks..people wanted to hang out outside and enjoy the weather.

on the other hand, a lotta folks who were doing ape for the first time had a fabulous time.

don’t get me wrong, i had a lotta fun. steve notley (“bob, the angry flower”) crashed at my pad once again. we got silly at the last gasp party with tom beland (“true story, swear to god”) and garrett izumi, who just recently moved to portland.

we joined shannon wheeler (“too much coffee man”) and Doug Paszkiewicz (“arsenic lullaby”) and the uclick.com folks for lots of meat at tommy’s joynt on sat. night.

by the way, canadian steve notley is migrating across the border and moving to seattle, home of my “evil” twin sister!!

speaking of the pacific northwest, the may west coast book tour has morphed into a pacific northwest book tour. i’m gonna do southern california later this summer.

here are the dates, times and venues:

“Ink, Sweat & Tears: A D.I.Y. Cartoon Concert & Book Tour”
Keef is hittin’ the Pacific Northwest with graphic novelist Eric Drooker (“Flood”,
“BloodSong”) and urban humorist Jon Longhi (“Wake Up and Smell the Beer”)
for a night of arresting images and suggested laughter…

5/18-SAN FRANCISCO Weds., 7:30pm
@ Artists Television Access, 992 Valencia St. near 21st
w/ special guest: Keef’s “Evil” Twin Sister!!

5/19-EUGENE, OR Thurs., 7pm
@ DIVA gallery, 110 W. Broadway @ Olive
w/ special guest: TBA

5/20-OLYMPIA, WA Fri., 6:30pm
@ Last Word Books, 211 4th Ave.
w/ special guest: TBA

5/21 (Day)-BELLINGHAM, WA Sat., Noon
@ Village Books, 1200 11th St.
w/ special guest: TBA

5/21 (Night)-SEATTLE, WA Sat., 7pm
@ Confounded Books, 315 E. Pine St.
w/ special guest Ellen Forney!!

5/22-PORTLAND, OR Sun. 7:30pm
@ Liberty Hall, 311 North Ivy St.
w/ special guest: TBA

5/24-SAN JOSE, CA Tues.
@ Anno Domini, 150 S. Montgomery St. Unit B
w/ special guest: TBA

ACHTUNG!! i need people from each town to hang up fliers
and pass out handbills…if you’d like to help out, email moi at
keef@kchronicles.com