The CLAW are now official partners with the Mandolin Cafe! Thanks to the Mandolin for their kind support. More info to come.

Elliot Trotter and James Stowe plunder Photoshop

Stan Shaw carves on the poster block

The main focus of this month’s open swim was to finish carving the poster block for this year’s King’s Books Wayzgooze event. That is, until Mr. Stowe and Mr. Shaw started trading Photoshop secrets with each other.

If you want to see the CLAW at Wayzgoose this year. You will have to be there just as the action starts as the talons of the CLAW are scheduled to up on the list. Here are the event details:
When: Sunday, March 1st 2009
The tentative schedule of events:
12 – 1 pm = Ric Matthies & C.L.A.W.
[12:30 – 1:30 pm = Jessica Spring/ Chandler O’Leary]
1 – 2 pm = Beautiful Angle & Stadium High
2 – 3 pm = Chris Sharp & L’Arche Farm
3 – 4 pm = Marc Dombrosky & Shannon Eakins & Jennifer Adams
Where: King’s Books
218 St. Helens Ave
Tacoma, WA  98402
toll free: 877.529.9525
or local: 253.272.8801
www.kingsbookstore.com
Either in the parking lot next door or on the sidewalk in front of Darnell’s Auto (222 St. Helens).

Scott McCloud will be giving a lecture titled “Comics: A Medium in Transition”

American comics are changing fast. Bolstered by the literary ambitions of the “graphic novel” movement, a flood of international influences and the growing importance of new technologies, the comics landscape shifts regularly in surprising and increasingly unpredictable directions. Author and comics artist Scott McCloud puts all these trends into perspective in a fast-moving visual presentation.

Scott McCloud has been writing and drawing comics since 1984. His book Understanding Comics was a New York Times Notable book for 1994, and is available in 16 languages. McCloud has lectured on comics and digital media at Google, MIT, Pixar, Microsoft, and The Smithsonian Institution. McCloud’s online comics can be found at scottmccloud.com.

The lecture is free and the details can be found here.