Bill Barker of Schwa: found! Alive, well, creative

On Friday I asked if anyone knew where Bill Barker, creator of the stupendous Schwa art project, was.

Today Bill (he goes by William now) emailed me and called my friend and bOING bOING senior editor Gareth Branwyn.

In short, he's doing fine and has a new book and website coming out! Here are the details.

[#1 posted by David Pescovitz, July 20, 2009 1:52 PM]

That makes me very happy. Last time I talked to Bill was when he flew out to the Bay Area in 1999 when Gareth visited from DC and we hosted a party at our old loft. (Back then, Gareth rarely traveled.) Bill is so talented and such a nice guy. I can't wait to see his latest art.

[#2 posted by Stefan Jones, July 20, 2009 1:57 PM]

Just in case, get some DNA and hair samples from this "William" fellow.

We shouldn't take his word for it that he's not an alien clone, or at the very least that he hasn't spent the last ten years, ahem, elsewhere.

[#3 posted by farkinga, July 20, 2009 2:10 PM]

Yesss! Sign me up for the real-time feed (to be somehow beamed from the ranch without the use of the Internet).

[#4 posted by voidmstr, July 20, 2009 2:53 PM]

awesome!

mark and gareth and bill the schwa guy (i have my envelope of schwa stuff right here) and an old wired article by carla s. all in one post.

atemporality!

all i need now is to dial in via netcom.com and telnet to phantom.com and everything old will be new again!

[#5 posted by failix, July 20, 2009 2:59 PM]

Once again, thank you BB!

[#6 posted by MrJM, July 20, 2009 3:19 PM]

"he's doing fine and has a new book and website coming out!"

Just tell me where to send the the check(s).

-- MrJM

[#7 posted by voidmstr, July 20, 2009 7:10 PM]

Next question: Where is FutureCulture's Andy Hawks?

[#8 posted by dp1974, July 31, 2009 2:26 AM]

Hi Mark,

First time poster, long time admirer.

I was wondering if you could pass on my email details (as found in my account) to William. I'd like to write an article about him for Fortean Times - if he is amenable, of course. I believe the time is ripe ...

[#9 posted by davidsater, August 10, 2009 10:44 PM]

DP1974,

William can now be reached at [e-mail] and he is amenable.

I'm working with him on the new project, www.totalmediablackout.com/schwa, and he is currently in promotion mode... so I'm sure he would love to talk.

-ds

[#10 posted by Anonymous, August 17, 2009 10:51 AM]

I am over the moon! I have kept my Schwa swag for years but my tee shirts are finally wearing out.