Post Stumptown coverage, plus a Jonathan case interview

CBG: For those not in the know, please explain the basic concept of Sea Freak.JC: Sea Freak is the story of an atomic sea mutant in the 1960's whose poet soul is at odds with his need to eat teeny boppers. And that's not his only worry. He also has a chorus of three little crabs living on his body, and they want nothing to do with a change of diet. Still, he's adopted a human sense of justice

About.com and the X-Axis

The comics section of About.com just launched a set of Periscope Studio pages.Paul O'Brien has a great review of Click by Sara Ryan and Dylan Meconis. O'Brien says:"Ryan really does excel in this format - she takes a simple, emotional event, she makes her point simply and elegantly, and then she stops. In an era where everyone wants to make graphic novels, it's good to be reminded of the real

Some good news.

"This happens to the story's main character, and I don't know how Ryan could have done it any better. We get a remarkably vivid sense of the frustration and confusion she feels, and artist Dylan Meconis is up to the task, enhancing and adding nuance. "Johnny Bacardi reviews Sara Ryan and Dylan Meconis' CLICK.(Read the whole comic online for free.) He also reviews Flytrap #3, illustrated by Ron

Rich does Fables.

A collector recently commissioned Rich Ellis to do a Fables piece. Here's what he got:If you're interested in commissioning an Ellis piece for yourself, write Rich at fendygit4(at)gmail.comOver at the Pulse, Sara Ryan and I were interviewed by Chris Beckett about Sara's and my first comics story together "Me and Edith Head." Sara's also got a seriously snazzy new web-design up at her site. (

Dylan Meconis and Sara Ryan's CLICK

Over at her LJ, Dylan Meconis writes:Since I was off being a tremendous dork at music camp this past week, you guys get a nice substitute treat over at the comic - namely, another comic! A finished one! Fourteen pages!Dylan has teamed with author Sara Ryan to produce CLICK, a prequel to Sara's new book The Rules For Hearts. Both the comic and the novel star Battle Hall Davies, and one of the

Hello PW subscribers!

"'It's possible here because we're in Portland, which is the most cartoonist-rich environment anywhere in the English-speaking world. It's the last affordable city on the West Coast, it's an incredibly literate city, it's got crappy weather that keeps people inside and great coffee to keep them motivated—people come to a place like Portland and they do stuff.' "Publishers Weekly visits Periscope.

Appreciating Comics panel at the library.

The Appreciating Comics panel was a huge success. Big crowd. Great questions. Fun. Informative. All that. The moderator was Douglas Wolk, and the panelists were Colleen Coover, Dylan Meconis, Scott McCloud, Jenn Manley Lee, and Gail Simone. Big scramble for seats. It was standing room only, and they wound up turning a lot of people away.Sara Ryan reads the winning door prize number.Scott mixin'

Portland cartoonists all over the web.

Anne Timmons has a new book coming out.Linda Medley gave a talk at Wondercon.Sara Ryan has released the latest icon from her sticker campaign with Colleen Coover.Sarah Oleksyk just put up new pages fromIvyDylan Meconis' Family Man just hit the one year mark with its 53rd episode. Happy anniversary!