June Meeting Change!

THE JUNE MEETING OF CARTOONISTS NORTHWEST WILL BE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. It was formerly supposed to be at the Art Institute of Seattle, but due to unforeseen conflicts, AIS will be closed.

THE NEW LOCATION (familiar to many CNWers) is the good ol' HURRICANE CAFE.

Here are the details:

June Meeting of Cartoonists Northwest

Guest Speaker: Kevin Boze, creator of "The Virgin Project"

Date: Sat. June 20, 2009

Time: 6:00 PM sharp!

Location: HURRICANE CAFE

Address: 2230 7th Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 (Phone: 206 682-5858)

The Hurricane Cafe is located at corner of Bell and 7th. They have food and a full bar.

Apologies to you if this change in venue causes difficulties. We hope to see on Saturday! Jeff Hawley

Presidents Column

HOT DOG! Well, it looks like I can put away my shotgun for the time being. I'm back in the saddle again, after being thrown on my head last month by my fallible and fickle computo-filly. Seems the ol' gal still has a few more furlongs left in her after all. Which is good, because otherwise she was lookin' at the glue factory for old computers...

With tech troubles now resolved (I know, only temporarily), this cartoonin' ol' cuss has to giddy up and press on to the next cattle drive. Seems wise to make hay while the sun shines, and before the new-fangled infernal machine fails again.

So! It's high noon and high time to duke it out with those good-fer-nuthin' Phobia Brothers, Techno and Neo and wrangle me up a whole new web presence. Maybe give that danged Facebook another hard look.

We've lost a lot of time, but as the old Okie humorist used to say, "No use cryin' over spilled milk." As soon as school's out, this pun-slinger will be gittin' the lead out and hittin' the spurs all summer. A funny-man's gotta do what a funny-man's gotta do.

As I race my thundering steed to join the rest of the herd in the cowering cool world of the 21th century, I'll embrace the "twitterati" (probably mockingly), and continue panning for golden nuggets along the way. I mean, isn't it funny how a thing like typing nonsense has become so wildly popular?

Of course, any optimism I may have mustered looking at the sunny side of this panorama of progress could darken like the curtains of night. Just as soon as my computer boots up to Boot Hill next time. Until then, git along little dogies!

Let's get busy!

Keith Curtis