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Short Run Comix & Arts Festival
SAVE THE DATE November 3, 2018. Registration is now open!
“In virtually no time flat, Short Run has gone from ‘let’s put on a show’ to ‘this is the heart and soul of Seattle’s creative community.’ Imagining a Seattle without a Short Run is as unthinkable as a Seattle skyline without a Space Needle.” – The Seattle Review of Books
Katie Kelso Travel Grant
Two $200 travel grants will be awarded this year to traveling exhibitors who express financial need. Short Run had the honor of knowing Katie Kelso, a true adventurer and lover of books, who passed away in 2017. Her gift helps artists with travel expenses getting to Seattle for Short Run. We will never forget her!
Along with your exhibitor application, please email us a 1 sentence statement of need in order to be considered for this grant.
Now Accepting Exhibitor Applications!
We are accepting applications from June 1st- July 31st. Exhibitors will be notified in early August, with payment due by August 24th. Application here. Read more…
Special Guests & Festival Poster 2018!
Trailer Blaze 2018 Concludes
Dash Grant winner 2018 November Garcia!
We’re excited to announce that November Garcia is our Dash grant winner for 2018. We are looking forward to helping her publish Marlarkey #3, her autobiographical mini-comic. Garcia is a cartoonist born and raised in the Philippines. She lived in San Francisco for most of her 20s and 30s but has now moved back home. We are interested in the comics she makes documenting this change of lifestyle. We can’t wait to have her at Short Run in November! Read more…
Trailer Blaze Residents 2018
We are happy to announce that this year’s Trailer Blaze residents include alumni and many new artists!
Seven years of Short Run (in photos)
Top 5 Lists from Short Run & Friends
Here are the results of a request for Top 5 lists – mini-comics, comicbooks, graphic novels, and webcomics that were read and enjoyed this year, from us and friends of Short Run. Not all these comics were made in 2017, and all lists are in random order. We hope you check out these books as you do your holiday shopping (for others, or yourself)! Read more…
Prompt: On Your Marks #5, 2017 Short Run Anthology
Prompt is a print pack that contains 7 reprinted drawings or paintings from local fine artists (multi-color screen printed or Risograph printed,) and on the flipside of each is an original comic, poem, or prose piece written in response. These 7 prints are bundled with a letterpress band and bagged in plastic sleeve. $25 in our shop. Read more…
Info for Exhibitors
Here are details about travel, lodging, wifi, food, etc.! We are looking forward to seeing you and having a great festival experience! Read more…
Dash Winner 2017 Rebecca Artemisa
Rebecca’s proposed comic re-tells the Mexican urban legend/ghost story of La Llorona (the weeping woman). The comic will include retablos (devotional paintings) dedicated to her legend, as well as interactive ghost story instructions for the reader, spells, brujeria (witchcraft), and will be done entirely from La Llorona’s silent, observant perspective. We were captivated by her beautiful gouache paintings and story synapsis and are excited to see the finished comic! Read more…