The Cross Hatch Dispatch 6/10/09

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[Above, Jason does whatever a spider can. Below, the highly radioactive Dispatch.]
- It’s Strange Tales Max #1, and Jason takes on Spidey. (THE BEAT)
- One of the most respected organizations in graphic design, the Type Directors Club, will hold a silent auction called The Numbers Project tomorrow, June 11, at the newly formed Typographic Design Center in NYC.
- Pop culture fashion site Nakatomi Inc. has a limited edition T-shirt and poster available from Paul Pope, featuring “Watson Robot Industries” from his THB comic series.
- Studio XOXO, which includes comic greats Becky Cloonan, Steve Ellis, Joe Infurnari and more, is teaching a free comics workshop at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn on June 20th.
- A video of Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer in the tub? No, not like THAT – but it’s still awesome.
- Gary Panter has an impressive list of fine artists who he thinks should influence comics.
- Tonight in Chicago, IL, Adrian Tomine and Seth will be discussing their work at Quimby’s on North Avenue.
- This weekend, June 12-13 in Chelsea, MI the Midwest’s first free comic book convention for kids and teens, Kids Read Comics! will take place at the River Gallery.
- Adri Cowan


