Sold a MESSIAHS to a cartoonist in Tacoma. (He threw in three copies of a zine of his, so I will add one of my mini-launch posters to his bundle.) And gave a CHEESESTEAK to the fellows who will be interviewing me in December for a podcast/You Tube video for their “Amusing Jews” web site. I figured my bar mitzvah chapter in particular would provide useful “deep background.”
The invitation reminded me that when I began writing I aspired only to become a cult novelist. I whiffed on the “novelist” part, and my “cult,” while smaller than hoped for, is certainly more eclectic than I’d imagined. I may have been overlooked by mainstream media, but I’ve been well treated by “Reason,” the Libertarian magazine, and interviewed by a representative of Suicide Girls and underground political artist/cartoonists in the Balkans. Now comes AJ.
It’s all good.
In other news…
Fantagraphics announcement at FB of MESSIAHS impending release (Oct. 14) garnered 35 responses, which, considering my own posts do well with half-a-dozen, was gratifying. (My “sharing” of the announcement drew another 20.)
A dose of modesty-inducing reality was administered when a woman at the café asked what my book was about.
“Comics and cartoonists,” I said.
“Oh, I know a lot of 16-year-old boys who will love it,” she said.
“Adults will like it too,” I said, once I had regained my footing,
Reminder: Launch party 2:00 pm, Oct. 19th, French Hotel Cafe.
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