For the second year, the Seattle Public Library is hosting Comixtravaganza, an all-ages, city-wide comics festival featuring a series of events at several branches and community centers. The first is this Wednesday at the Ballard branch at 6:30 p.m. Local cartoonist David Lasky will be there (from Urban Hipster, among others), and he’ll provide an overview of the comics scene in the Northwest. “If you wish you knew more about the contemporary world of comics, but aren’t sure where to start, let local comics star David Lasky point you in the right direction,” explains Hayden in the library’s Shelf Talk blog. Who said the library isn’t cool anymore? (Thanks David W. for the tip!)