Hans Rickheit's Blog, page 63

COCHLEA & EUSTACHIA BY gELM

"Look!""What?""It followed us."
I received this jaw-dropping image today from an individual identified as "gElm." Pictures like this make me feel like my existence has been justified. Any and all fan-art sent to me will be immediately posted on the Chrome Fetus Website here: http://chromefetus.com/fanart.html.  I hope this inspires others to make a contribution!For more of gElm's efforts, I give you this link:  http://stoicdecay.blogspot.com/

CHLOE - Page 17

You should always take interest in your neighbors.

ECTOPIARY - Page 99

Dale speaks her mind.

CHLOE - Page16

I'm not sure what those things are. I recommend that you refrain from handling them if you should ever encounter some.

CHLOE - Page 15

"Chloe's just not popular." - I felt that the school bullying theme had been played out already, so I tried to sum up the point in a single panel.

Hans Rickheit at MoCCA, 2012

 photo from moccany
It was a pleasure to be at the 10th anniversary MoCCA Art Festival. It's interesting to me that my latest book FOLLY should debut here, since my first book, the xeric-funded CHLOE, debuted at the 1st MoCCA Art Fest back in 2002. I remember it as a magical experience. While I was there, my comic strips were being featured in The Seattle Stranger, and it seemed that everybody who approached my table was abuzz about them. I recall the bus ride home, filled with a sense that I had finally floated to the surface above the quagmire of obscurity and found a hungry audience for my perverse scrawls.

photo by Krissy Dorn  Spectacularly, book sold out at the event. Evidently, my enervated demeanor did not diminish public response.

photo by Krissy Dorn  The above (slightly unfocused) photo is from my interview with Brian Heater in front of a full-house audience of over 5,000 of enthralled enthusiasts. You can rest assured that I dazzled them with my eloquence, charm and wit and did not make a single embarrassing remark about body parts. There was a standing ovation and P. Craig Russell stepped up to the stage, kissed me on the forehead, declaring that he has a found a worthy successor to carry the mantle.*

 photo by Jen Vaughn

That evening, I enjoyed an excellent plate of mussels at Stuzzi's Ristorante on Broadway with Jason, Frederik Stromberg along with the Fantagraphics crew - Jacq, Jen and Kristy, who were extraordinarily gracious and generous hostesses.


photo by Krissy Dorn  The above photo, taken by my extremely patient and enduring girlfriend, Krissy, is a fair depiction of my condition on the 2nd day, as we both prepare to flee the urban environs of NYC to our quaint country hovel in quiet western Mass.
 

* (some portions of this post have been embellished with misleading statements.)

COCHLEA & EUSTACHIA - Page 16

One should always place owls in secure places to prevent this sort of thing.

ECTOPIARY - Page 98

I admit that this portion of the story lacks subtlety. I'll agree to put down my sledgehammer if the rest of you will put down yours.

CHLOE - Page 14

Oh, the things we learned in school.

A Quick Note

Hey all,

I went to MoCCA Fest on Sunday, and it was a great show. The best part was finally meeting Hans in person, and having him sign my copy of FOLLY. We didn't actually meet until the end of the day when he was signing at the Fantagraphics table, and by then we were both pretty burnt out (Hans from two days at the festival and all that entails, me from the Sunday travel into NYC to go to it, and from an author event the day before). So we didn't do too much shop talk, but did sketch out a few plans we'll work on later in the week.

I hope Hans will post a bit about his own MoCCA Fest experience soon, until then, look for new pages to go up this week for ECTOPIARY and CHLOE (and perhaps C&E).

- Christian