APRIL 2008 MEETING

CARTOONISTS NORTHWEST MEETING IN APRIL !

Saturday, April 19, 2008, at 6:00 p.m.

Friends of furry fandom, rejoice, for Steve Gallacci will be decelerating from the Rim of Known Space (where his name is forever etched upon a planet called the CNW Hall of Fame!) and landing at the meeting as guest speaker!

Steve is the progenitor of the awesome Albedo Anthropomorphics comics. He started Albedo under his own Thoughts & Images imprint, first published in 1983. Among some of the story lines in Albedo are Steve's own “Erma Felna: EDF”, a military sci-fi epic featuring elements of political intrigue, and Stan Sakai's “Usagi Yojimbo”, which first appeared in the famously-rare Albedo #2. Also under his Thoughts & Images imprint, the first three issues of Donna Barr's The Desert Peach and a single issue of his own fantasy adventure Zell, Sworddancer with art assistance by Steve Adams, were also published. Thoughts & Images also published the first edition of “Albedo RPG”, written by Craig Hilton and Paul Kidd, and based on the Erma Felna storyline from Albedo. Other cartoon material includes doing art for episodes of Elin Winkler's “Tales of the Fehnnik”, published by Radio Comix, and short bits for Ken Fletcher's “Spontoon” fanzine. He has also done Science Fiction art and illustration since the late 1970s, as well as straight technical/commercial illustration.

Irregularly, he produces silver bullets for his "Argent Small Arms" line of odd bits.

More recently, he has been creating masters for after-market scale model aircraft

detail/correction/conversion sets and is working on acrylic figures of famous comic characters.

Steve Gallaci is truly a seasoned traveler of the tooniverse! What nuggets of wisdom will he bestow upon all those who attend the April meeting?? The rules of engagement are simple: Be there, and find out!

ALSO ON THE AGENDA:
*Recap of LEFT, RIGHT, & WRONG, the political cartoon show currently at the Burnley Gallery at The Art Institute of Seattle (ran Feb. 25 – Apr. 15).
*Recap of the TOONIES AWARDS annual banquet (Mar. 1).
*Recap of the CNW-CWAC “R. Crumb Underground” tour at the Frye Museum.
*Updates on the Emerald City ComiCon.
*Cartoonists review each others’ work and vote for ‘Best of the Northwest’. Bring your cartoons and enter the friendly competition!
*Other news and stuff, guaranteed to be of a cartoonishly edifying nature!

What: Cartoonists Northwest meeting. (Monthly meetings happen on the third Saturday of every month.)
When: Sat. April 19, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $1.00 each for CNW members; $3.00 for non-members.

Where: Art Institute of Seattle, North Campus, Room 503 (Real Networks Bldg.), 2600 Alaskan Way Seattle, WA 98121
Use main entrance, corner of Alaskan & Vine. Street parking is free after 6:00 p.m.