In case you missed it somehow, Jonathan Coulton along with Paul & Storm played a show at The Moore here in Seattle on Saturday. I really hope they weren’t just spouting the usual performer line of bull when they talked about how much they enjoy playing in Seattle because that would mean that they might tend to want to come back here. Frequently.

Of course Paul & Storm ARE coming back for w00tstock which is a very good thing.

Anyway, we’re going to be talking more about our impressions of the concert on this week’s podcast (Episode #52 Author Torrent) and you can check our YouTube channel to see some of the video we shot at the concert.

There weren’t a ton of stories that jumped out at me over the weekend but there are a few items that I wanted to bring to everyone’s attention.

In the bad news, good news, more bad news, more good news department Cheyenne Wright, the Hugo Award winning colorist for Girl Genius, was admitted to the hospital late last month with what had the potential to be a quite serious illness. That’s the bad news. The good news is that he was discharged more or less unscathed and a (relatively) clean bill of health. The more bad news is, being a freelance artist (even a Hugo Award winning one) doesn’t usually come with health insurance but that is balanced out by the more good news which is that Girl Genius fans have (or will have soon) the opportunity to buy or bid on original art and other Girl Genius related works as part of a donation drive. Keep your eye on the Girl Genius donations page for details.

While you’re buying webcomic-related swag, be sure and check out the brand new Red Plains General Store. Alert readers will remember that Red Plains is the old-west comic by Caryn A. Tate who we interviewed back in Episode #50.

And finally, Trigun fans in Seattle are in for a treat. The new Trigun movie Trigun Badlands Rumble is having its world premier at this year’s SukuraCon. The con runs April 2 – 4 which means con-goers lucky enough to wedge themselves into a showing will be seeing the film nearly three weeks before it premiers in theaters in Japan. The Japanese premier on April 24 coincides with the start of a new two-part Trigun manga to be published in Young King Ours magazine.