My YouTube Channel is DonnaBarrHerself
My Podcast is A Bazillion Ghost Stories.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Thursday, April 14, 2022
SquatchCon Port Angeles 2023
SquatchCon is Port Angeles's very first comicon. This is me with my Ka-Blam tshirt and some of the first cosplayers to show up, on Thursday. Ka-blam is the best print on demand company, especially for floppy comics, with almost 80's prices!SquatchCon cosplayers
This is what the organizers say: “So weirdly enough, we're going to be looking for another venue for Squatchcon after all. Between the outdoor issues and hallway crowding, the building owner felt that it was literally too successful for our space. Stay tuned!”
Next year, the convention plans to split into two simultaneous events, SquatchCon, and NerdCon. Who plan to have bowling leagues and a playoff during the convention.
You gotta attend in 2023.
That first night, we had Drink and Draw at Bob's Studio.
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| I was able to give this one to the cosplayer. He loved it. |
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Emerald City Comicon 2021 - MEET UP and UPDATES
This post will be updated as scheduling comes in.
Will Emerald City Comicon 2021 - December 2-5 - happen? Do we know? Since we can't, I got me a 4-day pro badge anyway. They're not expensive, so Just In Case works.
I'll be in Seattle for four days - Thursday afternoon, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The first two days, I'm staying away from the convention, because, you know, COVID. So Thursday and Friday, if you don't do the convention, we can say hi in person! I'll be organizing meet-ups, parties, and listing events, whether they're part of ECCC or no. I go home Monday morning.
If you have any event you'd like me to attend, or a dinner, or a party, let's list it here, so I can get really organized.
See you in December! OOH, Christmas decorations.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
I Want To Come Back As One Of My Cats
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| Jim, Yellow Bear, and Teeny Puppy. Buried with him. |
Back in 2007, we rescued an abandoned cat. 
Jim had some kind of large mass in his belly - possibly in his spleen or liver - but he was too old to have an operation, and the vet didn't think she could reach it anyway.
His name was Jim.
He was already a full-grown cat when we got him, so in 2021, he was at least 20.
BUT - his weight was good, and he was happy.
True, his pupils didn't expand or shrink at the same time or rate, and at night he wandered the house yelling, with a stuffed toy named Yellow Bear in his mouth, all of which signaled dementia. Well, I don't know if Yellow Bear was part of that, but he participated.
He loved to sleep under his red light by the stove.
We kept him home until he passes away, very quietly, lying on comforters next to the stove.
Till the last hours, when he called for us, we were there for him. He even purred.
In our house, we have a saying: "I want to come back as one of my cats."
We should all end up so good.
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Easter Eggs To Me?
This is getting odd. It's one thing to see story ideas or characters that resemble each other, because there's been a lot of genre-borrowing over the centuries.
And then there's some very specific stuff that is so oddly the same you start to wonder.
My comics, The Desert Peach, and Stinz, have had a world-wide audience for years. I'm beginning to wonder if other creatives who know my work - especially writers in much more recent film and animation - are throwing little Easter Eggs to me. I would be so delighted if they were.
I can't prove this. Just take a look and think about it.
ZOOTOPIA: There are a bunch of stupid wolves guarding the secret project. In Stinz, there are a bunch of bachelor wolves my fans call The Stupid Wolves. They even look somewhat like the ones in Zootopia - and they're about as bright.
I wouldn't think that was enough to prove those are my images - but look at the secret installation on the lake with its causeway, and then look at the mill and the mill-race in Stinz. The two things together have me wondering. What do you think?
THE HATEFUL EIGHT: This is really an oddly one. In Tarantino's movie, Sam Jackson shows up as a man who famously served in the Union army as a Major. So he's the Black Major. That's just one point - but his old enemies have a ransom on his aging head? Stinz was the Black Major - and had a ransom on him. And had gotten old.
FROZEN: I know there's a reindeer in the original Snow Queen. But the role of the reindeer and the person who rides him is much more like Udo and his reindeer in The Desert Peach. What do you think about that in addition to the birch trees?
THE GOOD LIAR: This one is sensitive. First and foremost, the REAL bad guys in that movie are the Nazis, that screw up two families SO BAD.
"Taub" is commonly a Jewish name in Germany. Jews who were officially Germans - yes, the Nazis took over the roll of the Rabbis in saying who was Jewish - served in the German army. They could visit their official Jewish relatives in camps before the war started, and all access were closed to the camps, which were then devoted to extermination.
Taub's relatives seem to have already died in the camps. This is a weird complex idea, and you see it in The Desert Peach, between Udo and Leutnant Winzig.
It's what makes the movie even more horrible. I'm not saying anybody saw this - because this kind of stuff happened all the time.
There you go. If these are coincidences, so be it. But if they're Easter Eggs - thanks, guys!
Final note: one Stinz character is the village blacksmith. He has a pet black rooster who is really a demon. One of the woodcutters up here has a pet red rooster who follows him everywhere.
Both birds are named "Chicken."
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Zoom Meetings
I run 1-hour Zoom meet-ups, mostly for learning music, having a drink with friends to loosen up, just having fun.
I may occasionally run other sorts of art-related Zooms.
Nothing fancy, no pressure. Show off or ask for advice. Questions welcome.
If you want to see if I'm running any meetings, contact me any of the social media and email addresses on this site.
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