FEAR OF BLOGGING CONTINUES TO GO EVERYWHERE!

First, to Victoria, where I discovered a new (to me) woman artist. The Victoria film

festival put me up at the elegant Empress Hotel, one of the oldest and most famous hotels

in Victoria, and the classiest place I have ever stayed. But right in front of the hotel is a

statue of a middle aged woman in sensible walking shoes, with a monkey perched on her

back. Who was she, I wanted to know. Oh, silly, provincial me! She was Emily Carr

(1871-1945), merely the most famous woman artist in Canada, and now I know about her.

There’s a lovely graphic novel called “Four Pictures by EMILY CARR,” by Nicolas

Debon, and it’s a very nice introduction to her life and work. Then, at my booksigning at

Legends comics, a very kind man named Jon Blair gave me a copy of Emily Carr’s

journals, called “Hundreds and Thousands: the Journals of an Artist.” You can find out

much more and see her paintings here: http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomework/main.htm.

On to the Victoria film festival for a showing of “Wonder Women: the Untold Story of

American Superheroines,” where the lovely volunteers had dressed like superheroines

just for the showing, and here I am with them.

Hey, San Franciscans and Bay Area people: The Womnder Women film will be showing

at the main branch of the San Francisco public library at 5:45 pm on March 19th, and I’ll

be there along with the film maker, Kristi Guevara-Flanagan, to talk about the film

afterwards. Come see it, you won’t be sorry! And it’s free, as are all films at the SF

public library.