* festivals extra: Linework NW has added a boutique retailer to its convention line-up; they'll be in the basement of that nice neighborhood hall facility they use. Arts festival tend to stay away from retailers, but I think there are actually two strategies that would work: a retailer selling alt- and handmade comics, and a retailer selling well-curated mainstream comics for cheap.
* by request extra: that Retrofit crowd-funder has moved into its final seven days. They're about 3/5 of the way there. It's still possible: just about anything over 33 percent going into the last week has a shot. Still, what they need right now is pledges, not analysis. I hope it works out for them.
* finally, please know that the great Bill Kartalopoulos will be taking submissions for the Best American Comics series all weekend at MoCCA Festival.
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