Sturm in Seattle! With Peter Bagge!

Tomorrow night, Seattle-ites, you are in for a treat! Please join James Sturm and Peter Bagge for their respective new books at the Fantagraphics store, Saturday the 17th at 6:00 PM. The paper James co-founded, The Stranger, caught up with him this week, where Book Editor, Paul Constant, calls MARKET DAY a "sublime bit of cartooning...the book is a masterpiece of craftsmanship." I just got off the phone with James, as well, as it seems he's put together a little slide show about the early days of The Stranger. Should be a great event, especially considering James is off the internet, and Pete's new book, Other Lives, appears to be about the internet, somewhat. I have a feeling they will have A LOT to talk about.

In other Sturm news, James appeared on WNYC's The Takeaway yesterday to talk about his Slate.com column on giving up the internet. And Market Day was reviewed in the ONION's AV Club where they rave: "[Market Day is] also about the joys and pains of creation itself, and how that sometimes trumps the need to make money. A-"

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