This Saturday, the 26th, in Easthampton, Mass., TopatoCo’s having an open house and tag sale, where tons of overstocked, discontinued, and clearance apparel items — including some of my own older designs, to say nothing of those from other favorite artists! — will have their prices slashed and left to bleed out on (presumably) folding tables. GO GO BUY BUY

I think “tag sale” is a regionalism? Here in California, when strangers enter your premises and leave with goods they did not pay the full retail price for, we call it a “burglary.”

All the details are at the TopatoCo website! If you are not in traveling range of Easthampton, or have had your traveling privileges revoked by the state, you may still visit that fine merchandisery on-line. I hear a rumor that my new Piranhamoose, Arabic, and Knitting Survival shirts have arrived in stock and are shipping now.

Also this weekend, on both Saturday and Sunday, I’ll be at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, in a giant webcomics clotted mass which will include friends such as John Allison, Kate Beaton, Danielle Corsetto, Aaron Diaz… from there the alphabetical-surname convention sort of breaks down, but you get the idea. I am going to make and bring some Fiction Generator posters, I think!

Time to get the travelin’ shoes on again! I’m hitting three corners of the country in the next few weeks, making what roughly amounts to a continent-wide check-mark. I’ll have books, a few shirts and posters, probably some holiday cards, and definitely smiles. First up:

The Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, on September 26-27! One of my favorite shows of the year, not least because the attendees are so uniformly attractive. YES THAT MEANS YOU

The brand-new Long Beach Comic Con on October 2-4! This is the first year for this particular show and I’m excited to see how it goes. I’ll be on a panel talking about webcomics, and if I can swing it, also a panel talking about Chilean potato farming, which I know roughly as much about.

The Wordstock book festival in Portland, Oregon, on October 10-11! I’m very excited for this show, because, you know, I like books. If you do too, come check it out and maybe say hello!

I’m sorry to say I will not be at the APE show in San Francisco this year due to a prior engagement — but I’ll have representatives there probably with some books and shirts! Maybe my proxies can fill the gaping void in your ribs until Wondercon, next spring, which I will be at? If not, I’ll just see you in April!

now where did I put dem travelin’ shoes