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Clallam Bay Comicon, a small town comicon located on the Olympic Peninsula, has announced two special guests for their fifth annual show, to be held July 11-12, 2015, in the Lion’s Club building.

Returning once again is Roberta Gregory, noted cartoonist of “Naughty Bits” and various bio-comics.  Appearing for the first time will be Linda Medley, Xeric- and Eisner-Award winning creator of Castle Waiting!

So, what pray tell, is the Clallam Bay Comicon?

Well, here’s the map:

Yes, you can’t really get much smaller than that!  But, really, it’s a nice locale.  I attended last year, and it’s a great place to hold a comicon in the summer!  (Being on the water, the temperature drops to about 50°F at night/early morning, and the daytime temp is in the 70s.  Bring a hoodie.)  The show itself is housed in the local Lions Club Hall, offering a cosy and friendly “one-room comicon” with a low overhead!  All fandoms are welcome!  Four hours from Seattle (including a nice ferry ride), five hours from Portland, three hours from Victoria (with an even nicer ferry ride, since it’s Canadian).  It’s a low-stress show.  I’m returning because it’s a nice summer break, I get to hang out with some interesting people, it doesn’t cost a lot, and it’s loads of fun!

Here’s the guest list so far.  (If you want to buy a table, follow this link.  Oh?  How much does a table cost?  $25.  Twenty-five dollars.  Jackson and Lincoln.)

The fifth annual Clallam Bay Comicon welcomes special guests

The fifth annual Clallam Bay Comicon will be held July 11-12, 2015, in the Lion’s Club building in Clallam Bay, on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. The Comicon features anything creative, including but not limited to comics, all other arts and writing, film, music and dance.

Featured guests include comics veteran Roberta Gregory, creator of “Naughty Bits” and her recent “True Cats Toons,” and Linda Medley, creator of “Castle Waiting.”

Gregory will give a talk about how to draw cats. Medley will discuss fine pen care, and may share sneak peeks of her next book. Donna Barr, who is hosting the show, and is the creator of “The Desert Peach” and “Stinz,” will offer two talks: how to draw a horse, and how to hold an admission-free comicon in any community.

Once again, there will be no admission fee, and sales table rates are kept very low. The road trip through the woods past the Peninsula’s lakes and beaches – which has become an enjoyable feature of the event – is being planned now.

Peninsula businesses and communities are encouraged to offer welcoming specials or events to Comicon attendees, and to post these on the “2015 Clallam Bay Comicon” Facebook page.

For full information follow the links www.donnabarr.com

This post stems from the Thought Ripples over on Two Voices, One Song. Sometimes when you change a process for one thing, it sticks and bleeds over into other work, as well. That’s what happened here. I hope you enjoy it.

Once in a while, I take a trip through a zoo or sanctuary. While I gaze upon the residents within the confines of the area, taking note of mundane considerations, my mind focuses on the what-might-have-beens. Those are the natural landscapes and living conditions of whatever animal I’m viewing.

Take this guy, for instance. He was brought into man’s arena very early in his life. He worked for a living, hence his missing horn. And when his work was done, he was fortunate enough to find sanctuary on the Olympic Peninsula with other animal actors that had been retired.

He’s a sweetheart, who likes treats and people’s voices. He’s enclosed to keep him safe from those who would taunt and tease and stress him unduly. I think it’s sad that we have lock up the wild things to keep them safe from us, the civilized ones.

Because he’d not been allowed to be wild, he will never know his ancestors’ natural habitat. Then again, at least here he can live a peaceful existence without fear of someone taking his life, as well as his horn. And without his horn, he could have never survived in his natural habitat anyway.

Herds of elk and fallow deer have free run of many more acres of this wild animal park. The bison keep them company as they watch cars go by, occupants snapping and whirring with their cameras. Thankfully, no one can get out of their cars to aggravate the ones trying to eat or rest.

Peacocks keep order. Rabbits watch from the sidelines. Those in the petting zoo take little hands in stride. And everywhere are the sounds of human voices, rather than those of the residents.

Within the shadows cast by trees lurk yaks and zebras, not usual neighbors, though they seem to get along quite well.

The occasional small scene gives an idyllic glimpse of how life in the wild could be if allowed.

This post stems from the Thought Ripples over on Two Voices, One Song. Sometimes when you change a process for one thing, it sticks and bleeds over into other work, as well. That’s what happened here. I hope you enjoy it.

Once in a while, I take a trip through a zoo or sanctuary. While I gaze upon the residents within the confines of the area, taking note of mundane considerations, my mind focuses on the what-might-have-beens. Those are the natural landscapes and living conditions of whatever animal I’m viewing.

Take this guy, for instance. He was brought into man’s arena very early in his life. He worked for a living, hence his missing horn. And when his work was done, he was fortunate enough to find sanctuary on the Olympic Peninsula with other animal actors that had been retired.

He’s a sweetheart, who likes treats and people’s voices. He’s enclosed to keep him safe from those who would taunt and tease and stress him unduly. I think it’s sad that we have lock up the wild things to keep them safe from us, the civilized ones.

Because he’d not been allowed to be wild, he will never know his ancestors’ natural habitat. Then again, at least here he can live a peaceful existence without fear of someone taking his life, as well as his horn. And without his horn, he could have never survived in his natural habitat anyway.

Herds of elk and fallow deer have free run of many more acres of this wild animal park. The bison keep them company as they watch cars go by, occupants snapping and whirring with their cameras. Thankfully, no one can get out of their cars to aggravate the ones trying to eat or rest.

Peacocks keep order. Rabbits watch from the sidelines. Those in the petting zoo take little hands in stride. And everywhere are the sounds of human voices, rather than those of the residents.

Within the shadows cast by trees lurk yaks and zebras, not usual neighbors, though they seem to get along quite well.

The occasional small scene gives an idyllic glimpse of how life in the wild could be if allowed.