I have an independent study with Ellen Forney where I will be telling my personal history of my relationship with food and how Everything Ever influenced me to become vegan. Also this will be my first web comic in the sense that it will be intended solely for internet eyes. Infinite canvas. Infinite distribution. Zero dollars.

I’m talking to the library about having a revolving collection of student comics work. They’re really into it. I just need to collect student work… Or talk to Ellen about it.

I’m starting a comics club for comics jams (with healthy food!), out-of-class critiques (basically a comic-based writing center), maybe using club funds to buy a gocco (!) for making covers, and definitely buying a book/magazine/comics rack for the Design Office, which currently has three issues of an architecture magazine from around 2004 in their waiting area.

I just got an internship at The Richard Hugo House’s Zine Archive the Northwest, North America, THE WORLD. So it’s just kind of awesome to be around. But also there’s community aspect. Greg Stump and David Lasky teach comics classes at the Hugo House sometimes (I might TA for them. This is a big maybe). The day of my interview, Ellen was there too. Pretty much everyone in ZAPP is either a writer or a visual artist and everyone loves zines. And there’s at least one other vegan in the House, which is nice :)

My first day was Saturday. I met some of the other zine-sitters; Simon, Sam, and Jesse.

Simon is an Australian foreign exchange student going to UW and one of those guys with a clipboard that walks around Broadway, asking if you’re registered to vote. It’s funny because he can’t vote but he’s getting all these other people to. This is corny, but it’s like, you can make a difference. And Simon’s kind of a writer. I think he’s too humble to think of himself as one. I read something he got published in a zine that gets distributed to Melbourne from… Portland? It was pretty funny.

Jesse is an older guy, he’s been into zines for 10 years. He works at a… paralegal firm. Or something. He lived in Oakland for a while but we didn’t get a chance to talk about the bay.

Sam is like 17! She’s in high school. I wish I was that cool in high school. Volunteering at a Zine Archive. She’s like the same age as my brother.

We just sat around for a couple hours and talked and read zines (I read comics).

http://www.hugohouse.org/

Wednesdays: 4-8pm
Thursdays: 1-5pm
Saturdays: 1-5pm

I’m working Wednesdays 1-6. And Saturdays from 3-5 (if they haven’t rescheduled me). ZAPP just re-opened so I don’t know if too many people have actually come in yet. It’s a really great space and everyone plays good music. And they’re pretty lax about bringing in beverages. Perfect for spending rainy days in.

It’s right behind Cal Anderson Park.