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*SO I’M GEARING UP FOR MY TRIP TO AUSTIN TEXAS NEXT WEEK…
..where I’ll be tabling at the 2nd annual Staple! Indie Comics Convention alongside folks like Tony Millionaire (Maakies) and New Orleans Indie mogul Leo McGovern (AntiGravity Magazine).

Come on out and say hello. It’ll be my first trip back to Austin since the Marginal Prophets was last invited to SXSW a long time ago..

*A.P.E. 2006
Not only will I be a special guest at this years Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco here the weekend of April 8th and 9th, I’ve also just completed art for the official poster!! Look for it soon…

*HEY!! BOTH “THE K CHRONICLES” AND “(TH)INK” HAVE JUST BEEN NOMINATED FOR..
..Best Comic Strip by the 2006 Glyph Award committee. The Glyphs recognize Black cartoonists and comic book creators. The award will be presented at the 2006 Black Age Comics Convention in Philly this May. Wish me luck!!

*BY THE WAY..
..did folks recognize that it was a hippo giving messy birth in that last “C-Word” strip?

*EMAILS OF THE WEEK..

>K~

My partner & I moved up to Seattle in May 2005 after living in San Francisco for over 10 years. We were one of those whacky queer couples that got married at City Hall and have been together for 14+ years now. But his Mom’s husband had advanced Parkinson’s and he was abusing her in every way possible – it was so bad we’d both gladly prefer cancer to Parkinson’s now! I worked for Nextel and I found a job in the Redmond, WA office and got them to pay for the move (Yes!!!). Then $print bought us but we were told we’d all have jobs through 2008. I got laid off the day after Thanksgiving and have been looking for work since. We really don’t know anyone up here and we live in this lily white suburb and, while our neighbors are nice, we both know we’re “the fags at the end of the cul-de-sac”. There’s no good Asian or Mexican food up here – just a zillion “Teriyaki” places much like SF’s donut shops that are rumored to have been bought by Moonies in the 70s and they all pass along the same recipes to each other. Don’t even get me started about the lack of BBQ… Brother in Laws? Powell’s? just distant memories on my tongue. The rain, the grey, the long nights… all have been contributing to my spiraling mood and missing The City.

Then, in my mailbox came a manila envelope with your book and calendar – AUTOGRAPHED no less!!! Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!! I fell asleep in bed while reading it last night and awoke this morning with it still open on my chest. Potent memories of a place filled with wonderful, creative people and proof that such a place still exists. Thanks for making my week a bit better!

-e-

>Hi Keith,

One of the many reasons I look forward to hump day in this
over-the-hill town is that it brings with it a new issue of
the Weekly Dig. Your strip has been a favorite for months,
pretty much from the day I finally got around to picking up that
terrific paper; your blend of humor, style and manic energy
is a wonderful treat. So first let me say thanks, for rocking the
funny pages each week.

Your last few pieces, those concerning your and your wife’s
recent health trials, have quite literally moved me to tears.
I swallowed my gut upon reading yesterday that the results
of your wife’s operation and tests were nothing but
encouraging. Congratulations, for lack of a better thing
to say. And thanks again, for pulling off the profoundly
difficult task of being honest about tragedy in your
medium without losing any of what makes yours such a
great comic voice.

All the best to you and yours, and keep up the amazing work!

M.