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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Reading Today

posted by on May 11 at 10:00 AM

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There’s a lot going on for a Sunday, and I’ve got some Mother’s Day love in my heart.

Emerald City Comicon is today at the Convention Center. Today’s convention should be much slower than yesterday’s, so it’s probably a better day to actually, you know, shop for comic books. Despite the fact that they have Suicide Girls in attendance, I would like to say that it’s good that we have the locally owned Emerald City Comicon, because it’s not owned by Wizard Entertainment, which is basically the Maxim of the comic book world. Wizard owns conventions around the country, but not here. So ECC: way to keep it local—good on you. Just leave the internet porn at home next year, please.

Kerry Reichs, whose mother is Kathy Reichs, who writes the books that are a basis for the Fox TV show Bones, will be reading at Elliott Bay Book Company from her debut novel, The Best Day of Someone Else’s Life. She deserves credit for not writing a mystery series like her mom for an easy paycheck.

And at Town Hall, it’s time for Short Stories Live, which is a reading of three short stories by authors like Eudora Welty and Deborah Eisenberg. Since I’m giving out compliments today, I think that it’s nice that they’re providing a literary option for Mother’s Day. Spread the mother love!

Full readings calendar, including the next week or so, here.

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What's Suicide Girls doing at the Comic Con?

Posted by Sirkowski | May 11, 2008 12:39 PM
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Stay tuned for my HOW WAS IT? Comic Con video! I was just there. And I asked one of the Suicide Girls exactly that...

I guess there's a new Suicide Girl comic book coming out. When I asked the girl what the new SG comic heroine's super-power was going to be, she replied, "I dunno. But she'll be HOT."


Posted by KELLY O | May 11, 2008 3:37 PM
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I think Aislinn is doing a table there this year.

Posted by Will in Seattle | May 11, 2008 6:18 PM

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