Last weekend Confounded Books closed its doors for good, and this weekend the rest of the comic industry is doing its best to ensure it doesn't encounter the same fate. Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, organized as a celebration of the history of the comic form, but really a smart attempt to get new feet heading to comic book shops. There's no catch. Walk in and get a free comic book. It's a great idea and one that we fully support, since it combines two things Seattlest loves: free and stuff. If you're curious where to go, just go to the event's page, which has a shop locator to help you out. Might we recommend Comics Dungeon, one of the 43 Things we Love About Wallingford? more ›

As reported on the slog earlier, eclectic zine/book/underground comix shop Confounded Books will be closing forever Saturday April 29th, with shared retail-mate Wall of Sound expanding to take up the soon to be vacated space. In its seven year history, Confounded has changed ownership once and moved twice, from Fremont, to Belltown and then finally to Capitol Hill. Seattlest's sense of the store's history was foggy enough to merit contacting Confounded owner and operator Brad Beshaw for some help with the chronology. more ›

While Seattlest is familiar with the work of Bay Area cartoonists Eric Drooker and Keith Knight, we have to admit to a less than intimate familiarity with Flashbacks and Premonitions author Jon Longhi, an alleged "urban humorist." This California threesome will stage the Seattle leg of their "Ink, Sweat & Tears" cartoon concert and book tour this Saturday at 7pm in Capitol Hill at Confounded Books, with local cartoonist and Stranger regular Ellen Forney making a special appearance. more ›