Thursday, Nov. 2nd
7:00 – 8:30 pm FREE
Special Guest Showcase/Short Run Kick-Off!
Reading & performance with Leela Corman, Nicole J. Georges, Léonie Bischoff, Arantza Peña Popo and Anand Shenoy.
Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books
**new location**
Corner of Jackson St. & Occidental (Pioneer Square)
Friday, Nov. 3rd
2:00 – 4:00 pm FREE, RSVP Requested
Draw with Tim Root & Amanda Vähämäki
Draw with Tim & Amanda, our special guests who are amazing drawers. Work on big collaborative scroll and smaller drawings to add to a zine. All supplies provided.
Common Area Maintenance
2125 2nd Ave. (Belltown)
Friday, Nov. 3rd
6:00 – 9:00 pm FREE
Marathon Art Show and Pre-Fest Reception
Show runs through Dec. 7th
Feat. artwork by Ron Regé, Jr., Tim Root, Amanda Vähämäki, Anand Shenoy, Caitlin Cass, Simon Hanselmann, Arantza Peña Popo, Alex Graham, Léonie Bischoff, Caroline Cash, Ivana Filipovich, Kevin Hooyman, Molly Colleen O’Connell, Floyd Tangeman, & M.S Harkness. Complimentary refreshments provided by Jellyfish Brewing.
+++ Interview with Brian Baynes (Bubbles Fanzine) and Anand Shenoy
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
1201 S Vale St. (Georgetown)
Saturday, Nov. 4th
11 am – 6 pm FREE
Short Run Comix & Arts Festival
Join us for the 11th annual Short Run Comix & Arts Festival! We are happy to be back at Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center, hosting 250 small press comix, zine, and book artist-exhibitors from 26 states and 8 countries. Swag bags will be distributed to the first 50 people through the doors. From 1-4 pm, Curator & Manager of Fantagraphics Bookstore Larry Reid will host interviews with artists in an outdoor, tented space in front of Fisher Pavilion, including a tribute to the late Michael Dougan. Paper Press Punch returns to assist the audience in making their own 8-page zine at the show (with extras to trade!) We also welcome back Bakescapade as our bakery pop-up to keep everyone in coffee and pastries all day!
The Short Talk – 40 min interviews with hosts Larry Reid and Colin Blanchette
(in front of Fisher Pavilion under the canopies, seating is limited, closed captioning)
1:00 Interview with Arantza Peña Popo by Handa
2:00 Tribute panel on Michael Dougan with Catherine Hillenbrand, Charles R. Cross, Eric Reynolds, and Peter Bagge
3:00 Interview with Alex Graham & Simon Hanselmann by Colin Blanchette
4:00 Interview with Ron Regé, Jr. by Megan Kelso
Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center
2nd Ave. N & N. Thomas St. (Lower Queen Anne/Uptown)
Take the monorail from downtown!
Saturday, Nov. 4th
7:30 pm- 10:30 pm $5
Short Run After-Party
DJ Wax Witch, photobooth with Melissa Kagerer, cash bar for 21+ (with ID), costumes suggested: characters from Simon Hanselmann & Alex Graham’s comics, prizes awarded!
Mini Mart City Park
6525 Ellis Ave. S (Georgetown)
Bad Influences: Alex Graham & Simon Hanselmann
Show runs through Dec. 2nd
Prolific painters, comic artists, and art-making churners of international renown, Alex Graham and Simon Hanselmann will show new paintings and comic pages.
NOV. 4th Short Run after-party
NOV. 11th Art Show opening during Georgetown 2nd Saturday Art Attack
Mini Mart City Park
6525 Ellis Ave. S (Georgetown)
Sunday, Nov. 5th
11:00 – 1:00 pm $12.50
Married To Comics screening
Carol Tyler & Justin Green documentary, seating is limited, buy tickets in advance. Coffee, pastries, and mimosas will be served.
The Beacon Cinema
4405 Rainier Ave S. (at Genesee)
(Bus lines #7, 60 from North; #7, 106 from South; 11 min walk from Beacon Hill light rail station) REMEMBER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, FALL BACK 1 HOUR