Flight 4 has been nominated for a 2008 Harvey Award. Last year, Flight 3 won in the Best Anthology category. The award is named after the great Harvey Kurtzman (pictured above), creator of MAD Magazine, and MAD was one of the biggest inspirations in creating Flight. Congrats also to our friends Vasilis Lolos, Gabriel Ba, Mike Krahulik, Jerry Holkins, and Bryan Lee O’Malley for their nominations!

This Saturday, Gallery Nucleus will be holding the opening reception for Into the Woods, a new gallery show featuring work by Chris Appelhans, Catia Chien, Yoko Tanaka, Robert Kondo, and me. The above image is of one of a handful of pieces I created for the show. I’ve seen most of the other pieces and they all make my stuff look like chicken scratch, so you won’t be disappointed! Be sure to drop by the new Gallery Nucleus at 210 East Main Street in Alhambra, CA. The event will go from 7pm to 11pm, and I’ll be hanging out over there for a little while, so be sure to drop by and say hello! Here are some photos of Chris’s work-in-progress pieces. For more info, click here.

This weekend, on June 7th and 8th, is the MoCCA Art Festival. There will be plenty of Flight alumni at this show, and many of them will be debuting new projects! From Hope Larson’s new graphic novel, Chiggers, to the just-released Out of Picture 2 (which includes a story by Jake Parker), this is a show worth going to. Flight alumni in attendance includes (links will direct you to their tables and appearances):

Becky Cloonan
Bill Plympton
Ryan Sias
Scott C
Hope Larson
Jen Wang
Lark Pien
Kean Soo
Joey Weiser
JP Ahonen (all the way from Finland!)
Dave Roman & Raina Telgemeier
and Jake Parker & the Out of Picture crew

Here’s a little post to help spread the word about the Olympia Comics Festival which will take place in Olympia, Washington this coming Saturday, June 7th.

Jim Woodring, Jeffrey Brown, and myself (Michel Gagné) are the three Guests of Honor at this year’s event.

I don’t know the schedule yet but what I do know, is that I’ll be on a panel with Jim Woodring and Katy O’Brien, discussing the art of silent comics. I’ll also be available to chat, and sign books and comics. Go to the official website for more info.