(Top left, clockwise) Phill Tuma, Scott Faulkner, Maxx, Seth Goodkind, R. Thies, Marc Palm. PUSH/PULL
The waterfront along Shilshole Avenue Northwest in Ballard is barely visible behind the old maritime industrial buildings and the dusty disused train tracks. It’s more a waterback than a waterfront, and the little art den that’s moved in on Shilshole is a back-of-house affair, too.
It’s a windowless subterranean place with the energy of a beehive, if a beehive could be slightly goth.
On a recent Saturday, a bunch of people signed up to draw 12 pages of comics over 12 straight hours around a big table while members of the art collective ferried them coffee and snacks. They’re working up to an event that will last for 24 hours…
