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The Cross Hatch Dispatch 4.5.10

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ADVENTURE TIME IS COMING!
The Thursday before MoCCA, there will be a Women in Comics Signing at Jim Hanley’s Universe in New York. The talented ladies who will be there include Hope Larson, Colleen Frakes, and Lucy Knisley.
Maine cartoonist and organizer Sarah Winifred Searle has started a group blog for New England cartoonists called The Collective.
Trees & Hills has begun its spring tour, kicking things off in Cambridge at the Boston Zine Fair. Next stop: MoCCA.
Do you enjoy doodling silly things onto your newspaper? So do the folks at The Annotated Weekender.
Ira Marcks, a cartoonist from NY, recently collaborated with Jake Lodwick (founder of Vimeo) on an experimental illustration/animation project. Marcks describes it as “sort of like a 45 minute music video with one sliding frame. But it’s also like a graphic novel told in a single, 50 foot long panel.” He calls it Illustrative Score.
Ellen Degeneres: The Comedian becomes Ellen Degeneres: The Comic Book.
The Comix Claptrap’s most recent interview subject was the brilliant Gabrielle Bell, who talks about bringing new stories from her “Lucky” series to the internet.
Meanwhile, Justin Hall talks about running away to Cambodia with his pencils and Bristol in a recent interview on Writers Getting Paid.
Finally, Renee French has a very proud announcement regarding her sketch blog.

-Athena Currier