artdc.org is really cool! Through artdc.org I found a bunch of really fabulous artists at a local drinking spot, all of whom were really into meeting other artists. But the best thing was that the group included a ton of writers, some of whom were heading to the Second Annual Conversations and Connections conference on Saturday at Johns Hopkins University.
It sounds like a conference on dating, and it is!
Actually, it's not. It's a writers' conference, focused on poetry, fiction and some non-fiction. I fall into the 'some non-fiction' category.
So one of the totally cool and really nice people I met was Mike Lowrey who draws a really cool cartoon by the name of Argyle Academy. The Argyle Academy is the school where Lionel, the Vampire cat goes. Check out the comic strip and see Lionel and his friends!
And check out Mike's cool journal.
You can also see Mike's cartoon on Sunday's on dcist.com
Here's an article about Mike replete with artist mug shot. Mike says cool things and uses neat phrases like 'me-heavy' -
Enjoy! I need to go find variations on cool. There's gotta be more ways to say cool.