We are happy to announce that this year’s Trailer Blaze residents include alumni and many new artists!
Short Run Comix & Arts Festival
SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, Nov. 9th, 2019. Exhibitor registration will open in June.
“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
Seven years of Short Run (in photos)
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…
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…
Trailer Blaze Residency 2017 Concludes
Our 3rd annual Trailer Blaze Ladies Comics & Books Residency has concluded and was a great success! Read more…
Relay: On Your Marks #4
Now available in our shop! Relay is the 4th in a series of festival anthologies. Intricate folds guide you through four stories with illustrated intermissions. Riso-printed 2-color combo pages printed by Cold Cube Press with screen-printed cuff by Jon Horn/Fogland Studios.
Comix Workshops with International Guests
We had a great time at Seattle Public Library Downtown and the South Park Library! Ivana Pipal and Inés Estrada led students in making their own mini-comics and collaborating together.
Dash Winner 2016 Brendan Kiefer
The winner of 2016 The Dash grant – recent Seattle transplant, Brendan Kiefer! Read more…
Short Run Education in the Community
Dash Winner 2015 Krish Raghav
Our first Dash Grant winner is Krish Raghav, for his travelogue comic “Estilo Hindu”. Read more…