Friday, March 31, 2006
6:15-8:00

OLA Banquet and Second General Session

Sponsor: Program Committee

What possessed Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum to start a comic strip about a library? Which strips are drawn from real life and which did they make up? Why do certain strips make some people so angry? How do they come up with a new one every day? And why does this description ask so many questions? Find out in this entertaining session from the authors of Unshelved. To View Unshelved go to http://www.overduemedia.com.

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, greenest state in the land of the... No, wait, that's Davy Crocket. Bill is a native New Yorker who was dragged all around the world by his parents at a very formative age and finally ended up in the wilds of Seattle. He is a trained software designer and very much an untrained cartoonist.

Gene is the pen name of a public librarian from the Seattle area. He loves graphic novels, television shows from his childhood, pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain. He continues to make the mistake of letting Bill write his biographies.

Speakers: Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum

Of interest to all.