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| Hip Flask of Elephant Men, drawn by Moritat |
Mark Rahner of Rotten fame was there. I had a very cool chat with him about how he and Robert Horton go about co-writing an issue of Rotten. Basically they meet up at a bar and hammer out the stories. Rahner said he tends to write the parts that feature Agent Wade, because he is more like Wade, and Horton writes the Flynn parts because he and the character are also similar.
Rahner said they have the whole series plotted out, and know pretty much exactly how everything will play out. There is a bit of a risk that their publisher, Moonstone, wont give them the full run they deserve, so they might need to compress things a bit to squeeze in the full plot. My fingers are crossed that wont be the case. Rotten is one of those under-appreciated gems. I know I've urged you all before, but check out this comic. It is worth a read for sure.
Matt Southworth, the artist of Stumptown was also there doing sketches and signing stuff. Southworth mentioned that his band was playing in town the following night so he and I talked for a while about his musical influences. He was kind enough to hook me up with his band's CD and add an amazing sketch on the inside of my Stumptown graphic novel.
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| Stumptown sketch by Matt Southworth. |
Also in attendance was Moritat, the artist of some Elephant Men issues and DC's fairly recent relaunch of The Spirit. He was kind enough to draw a very cool sketch of Hip Flask, one of the characters from Elephant Men, which you can see above.
Rounding out the comic creator crew was Stefano Guadiano, an artist who is best known for his work on the highly acclaimed Gotham Central. He brought some original pages to sell and did sketches as well.
All in all, it was a damn fun party and a great signing/sketching event as well. If you are a local Seattleite, I urge you to check out Arcane Comics, it is truly the finest comic shop in a city filled with some pretty amazing comic shops.
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