The Cross Hatch Dispatch 4/12/09

[Above, Sascha Hommer's friends in 8-bit places. Below, Super Dispatch Bros.]

• Julia Wertz will be in Ann Arbor Michigan on May 16, boozin’ it up and signing copies of Fart Party, as part of the Ann Arbor Book Festival.
• The latest Octopus Pie book is back from the printers.  Get yer a copy while it’s fresh!
• Kate Beaton has a lovely new website, as well as tote bags with cats on them.
• Webcartoonists Emily Horne, Ryan North and others spoke recently at a “Toronto Talks Webcomics” panel, as part of “Keep Toronto Reading” month.
• Germany’s Hamburger LiteratureFestival lasts from April 16-23 this year.  German cartoonist Sascha Hommer will be in attendance.
• It’s official.  Scott Pilgrim The Movie has a website.

–Athena Currier