Occupy Boston and Global Day of Action photos

Photos from Saturday Oct 15 with Occupy Boston and Global Day of Action.

Near South Station, across from Tent City, around 1pm.

Tent City. A whiteboard at the front (not pictured) showed the layout of the tents and where the food, legal representation (I think?) and other tents were.

After assembling at Boston Commons, activists (and curious people) began marching through Downtown Crossing. The crowd seemed quite diverse, including young people, old people, different faces, families, children and dogs.
(*Labs, whippet, chihuaha)

The march continued through to the financial district. The crowd was especially agitated and loud in front of the Bank of America building, it was quite dramatic. In front of BoA's doors, some people were drumming and dancing as a way of protest or expression.

I thought this was interesting.

Assembling in front of South Station again, speeches were given.

24 hr comics day this Saturday (Oct 8)

Most of them were last weekend, but here's one at MIT that I am helping to organize:

MICE, MIT comics, Harvard Bookstore

Recap of This Week in Comics and Aya Nearby Them!

Thursday night: Minimum Paige anthology release party!
I have a story in here, and I will be hosting jam comics as well.
7pm Harvard bookstore, Harvard Square
http://www.harvard.com/event/minimum_paige_release_party/
* Google Map


Friday: MIT Comics Fair!
I will be selling books and hosting jam comics here too.
9-4pm Lobby 10, MIT
http://web.mit.edu/community-giving/events.html
* Enter 77 Massachusetts Ave or see campus map or Google map


Saturday: MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo)!
10am - 6pm at Lesley University, Porter square
http://www.masscomics.com/
* Get off at Porter Redline T stop and look for signs taped everywhere, or see: map

Also new cover up at Trends in Cell Biology

http://www.cell.com/trends/cell-biology/issue?pii=S0962-8924%2811%29X0008-9

The company is sending copies of this issue to Exciting Biologies, a conference they are co-hosting in Japan.
http://www.excitingbiologies.com/

Harvard Bookstore anthology "Minimum Paige" and release party

Just got news that I've been accepted into "Minimum Paige", Harvard Bookstore's comics anthology. There will be a release party on Sept 22!

http://www.harvard.com/event/minimum_paige_release_party/


So as of now, this is where I will be around town, doing comics things...

Sept 17 (Sat) 6-9pm: Art Show at Lesley University, 1815 Massachusetts Ave.
Sept 22 (Thurs) 7pm: Harvard Bookstore anthology release party
Sept 23 (Fri): Possible comics event at MIT
Sept 24 (Sat): MICE at Lesley University

Now a hurricane. Also MICE and comics.

Quick update -- the power went off in my neighborhood for a day or so, and a great deal of tree bits and some trees have fallen onto the road. But now the weather is sunny and beautiful, as if nothing happened.

Saturday Sept 24! I will be at Porter Square selling comics at MICE.
http://www.masscomics.com/

I will also have art in the comics art gallery at Lesley.
http://www.masscomics.com/art-show/

Also something possibly comics-related happening Friday Sept 23 at MIT, more details to follow.

Whoa! Earthquake!

Just felt a small earthquake. I thought the chair moving was my imagination, then I thought there was a heavy cart rolling through the building, then I thought someone was trying to get into the neighboring office door by banging on it.

But stepping out into the hallway, there was no one there.

I realized the door nearby was rattling on its own accord -- because -- as I held on to the doorjamb and felt the floors and wall sway -- the whole building was shaking.

By then, other people were trickling out in to hallway, asking if they were feeling the shaking as well. A few more moments, and it stopped, and little groups began to form to talk about what happened, and quite a few people were forming groups outside and calling others on cellphones. Despite one person's ideas that something blew up in the basement, it was soon confirmed to be an earthquake.