Jim & Frank at The Hugo House

Frank Young and James Gill sat down with us at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle, WA to talk about Northwest cartooning. They also spoke about the Hugo House zine collection (ZAPP), and their own creative work they've done over the years. Both Frank and Jim are comic creators, as well as improv artists, and they've hosted the Frank and Jim Podcast at TrickCoin.net since 2008.

In this short clip they speak with us about the importance of the zine archive at the Hugo House. The Carter Family graphic novel, by David Lasky and Frank Young, makes a cameo appearance.



The Richard Hugo House is famous for offering resources to writers, poets, comic creators, and filmmakers. Their Zapp collection consists of "more than 20,000 zines, comics, chapbooks, and other small press periodicals, making it one of the largest zine collections in the world."

The Richard Hugo House

Jim and Frank's Podcast: Trickcoin.net

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The Carter Family Book Release Party!

Yesterday we attended the "Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song Book Launch Party" held at the Hugo House in Seattle, WA. Writer Frank M. Young and artist David Lasky read, and showed slide projections of their original graphic novel, which tells the story of the famed Carter Family, the first superstar group of country music. 

Also in attendance were Stacey Levine, Kelly Froh, Elissa Washuta and Mark Campos,  who took part  part in the multimedia reading with Frank and David. Pictured above is Frank, David, and Kelly.

Above is one of the slides projected during the reading.

Musicians Laurel Bliss and Cliff Perry, seen below,  played a set of Carter Family songs several times during the evening.

“Frank Young and David Lasky have spun a work of visual music that will replay in your head and heart well after you've finished reading it.”

—Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer/artist of "Maus"

More information about their amazing new book is located at:

http://carterfamilycomix.blogspot.com/