Yearbooks Launched into the Basket!

When Shaun, Raighne and I were setting up the Launch Party we met a woman who summed up the night's events perfectly:"I have like 600 people's numbers on my phone but only 6 I could call to pick me up at the airport."

We threw our party on Sunday night, on Father's Day, in the rain! Most folks who would normally attend an outdoor summer party stayed home. However, the friends who would pick us up at the airport, wait, let me ammend that, the friends who have picked us up at the airport, formed the bulk of the party. We enjoyed the intimate gathering, and it was fun to meet our friends' friends that had braved the poor weather.

We attempted to project Basket Case on the big screen, but phantom technology problems prevailed despite all efforts by Amanda of Arise and a friendly Walker Arts guard. We ended up hovering around a laptop! It was better suited to the smaller turn out!

We had a lengthy discussion about our shared dislike of Holy Land's hummus's new packaging (more paper, less food) and receipe (way over-whipped). The garlic flavor, which used to be my fav, is now inedible. Luckily Raighne and I baked some cookies which Shaun photographed. They tasted delicious but look like poop in the photo. Sort of fitting?

Thank you to Arise Books, Big Time Attic, Ed Choy Moorman, Dirk Deppey of Journalista, Twin Cities Daily Planet, Dan Olson of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy, and Minneapolis's Comic Examiner Ted Anderson for promoting the Yearbooks launch. For anyone who has Minneapolis and/or Minnesota comics events coming up in the future: contact Ted!

Finally a big thank you to Shaun, co-birther of Yearbooks. He helped us copy our flyers, get our stuff and selves to and from the event, bought lots of sweet yuppie treats for our guests, and he was so nice and funny the whole time. He even remembered to take pictures at the party...which once again, we did not. Friends! Airports! Yearbooks!
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Launch Party at Arise this Sunday + Yearbooks Preview

Open publication - Free publishing - More shaun feltz

Kinda neat? Maybe? In any case that was just a snack to give you a taste of what you will be seeing this Sunday, should you stop on by for the launch party.
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Shaun + Brendan = movie manstuff

One of the reasons Raighne and I became publishers is because we have many talented friends to work on projects with. Our friend Shaun Feltz is a filmmaker and writer. He is collaborating with Nic and Raighne on our current series of 3 Yearbooks the first of which we just published. He is also editing our much-hyped and still absent (apologies...we have been doing too many comic cons) podcast interviews.

Shaun directed Raighne in two of his short films. Maybe some of you remember An Expression of Woe within which Raighne cries over a wooden duck? I would like to share another video of Shaun's with you today. It carries a special place in our hearts because it stars Brendan Holloway. Brendan was our roommate for a couple of years (read Justin and Raighne's Sex Box in GMN #3). We are all going to his wedding this Saturday. We wish Brendan congratulations and now let's watch Shaun's film.
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MicroCon, mini-reviews+Yearbooks

Yearbooks is off to the printer! We are so thrilled (and exhausted)!

So, MicroCon is this Sunday? Crikey! Yes, MicroCon is indeed this Sunday at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds
Progress Center
1621 Randall Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108

We will be represented there by Justin and quite possibly myself (raighne here). If I am ambitious I will have a preview of Yearbooks on hand. We'll see on that one.

On Rob Clough's High-Low site there is a new review of Me and Meghan's mini's. In the review , Rob says: "Both of these minis are beautiful, weird art objects". Thanks Rob!

There is a lot more to say and show here, but I have run out of time. Sorry folks! New post soonish!
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