Modified On February 13, 2005
Just got an email from Boston, publicizing an upcoming gathering at Ed Regal’s Emerald Isle in Dorchester, just south of Boston:
Hello all! The first ever Comix Meet & Greet will take place on February 20th 5:30PM @ The Emerald Isle in Dorchester. This is simply a comics social event to exchange ideas, thoughts, contact info, eat, get a date…whatever. Think Comedy Studio or Comedy Connection XMas party without all the dancing and noise. We have bookers and room runners coming and will introduce them individually so newer comics can have a chance to meet them, get advice or just do a lil profiling (facetime). You should bring your biz cards, head shots, tapes and or contact info just in case you can’t get up.
This is a stupendous idea. Were we not gigging, we’d be there. We applaud the organizers (the senders of the email, Chris and Corey. We know that Chris is Chris Tabb… we’re not clear on who Corey is!)
Comics should be gathering like this more often. It reminds us of the SHECKYmagazine Comics-Only Reunion, which we organized (if what we did can be called “organizing”) a meeting of comics in Las Vegas back in April of 2001!
At the tail end was this:
…we will also be taking up a small collection and saying a prayer for our brother Kevin Knox.
Apparently, Knox is seriously ill. Check out the details here.