Category: News & Reviews
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The Tacomapocalypse begins today!
The zombies cometh! Today from 4:30pm to 8:00pm, the undead shall roam the walls of Amocat Cafe. The Zombie Tacomapocalypse art show – put on by the fine folks at Treefish Studio – opens with a bang today, and runs all month. For more info, check out the nifty article that the Weekly Volcano wrote about the…
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Dick Tracy: A Book Look
The fine folks of Norman Tweeter Productions and I filmed this review back in October, but due to various circumstances were unable to complete it until now. (Circumstances include, but are not limited to: holidays, upgrading software mid-project, the fact that it’s their video but was edited on my computer…and life in general.) The clips…
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The Alien’s near-roadkill experience
Let me just say that I do not recommend playing chicken against a car, especially if, like me, you are not inside of another car. It hurts and stings! The videos about suicide that I mentioned: 2008 Project for Awesome Proudly Purple (Spirit Day 2010) Also, please vote for me in the Wok Star Contest,…
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Diary of a Power Outage
I had just arrived home, last week, from R.R. Anderson’s 100 Tacomics book release gala when SHAZAK! Lightning lit up the sky a split second before the streetlights around me all went out. Though my night of powerlessness would begin with chaos, candle-searching and attempting to save items left out in the yard – all…
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The Alien’s Perspective: R.R. Anderson’s “100 Tacomics” Release Party (FULL COVERAGE)
I’ve been fortunate to know R.R. Anderson for going on three years, having met him about a month before he started the chalk-offs in Frost Park. I’ve even been immortalized by his monstrous monstrously talented drawing hand. He is one of the main reasons I feel at home in Tacoma. Since I first met the eccentric…
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R.R. Anderson’s book release party: the full, unedited ceremony
Above is the complete ceremony portion of R.R. Anderson’s book release gala, unedited. Featuring the Tacoma Urbanist, Erik Bjornson, serving as the Master of Ceremonies and introducing the author/illustrator. Mr. Anderson himself then gives an entertaining speech and reads a few excerpts of his new book, “100 Tacomics”, which features the first 100 strips of…
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The New Takhoman on R.R. Anderson
John Hathaway of The New Takhoman talks here about artist and author R.R. Anderson at the release party for Anderson’s book, 100 Tacomics. Hathaway is a strong supporter of Anderson, who can frequently be found name-dropping his fedora-clad mentor/accomplice. Hathaway has sponsored several episodes of the Frost Park Chalk-Off, which Anderson started back in 2008.…
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FeedTacoma’s Kevin Freitas on R.R. Anderson
Kevin Freitas lampoons and brags about artist/author R.R. Anderson in this video taken at the release party 100 Tacomics, Anderson’s new book. Freitas is the founder and supreme commander of FeedTacoma, through which Anderson accomplishes many of his shenanigans. In addition to being the home of Anderson’s Tacomic since it launched in 2007, the Frost…
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The C.L.A.W. on R.R. Anderson
R.R. Anderson is one of the original four members of the Cartoonist’s League of Absurd Washingtonians, or C.L.A.W. He is also the author/illustrator of the newly published 100 Tacomics, which collects the first 100 installments of his weekly political cartoon. So on the eve of his triumph, at the release party for his much-hyped book,…
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R.R. Anderson harassed by puppets!
It may cause some confusion to know that there are, in fact, two active incarnations of Adam the Alien. One is very hairy, very nerdy and entirely human, and goes by the name of Adam J. Manley. The other is entirely hairless, still pretty nerdy but extremely out-of-this-world, and goes by no name other than…