Portland-based writer, publisher, and bookseller Chloe Eudaly and renowned cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza, will discuss comics and journalism in a casual and lively presentation on Sunday, August 1 at the Portland Art Museum.This program is offered in conjunction with the exhibition The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis, on view through September 19. What: Joe Sacco and Chloe Eudaly in ConversationWhen: Sunday, August 1, 2 p.m.Where: Portland Art Museum, Whitsell AuditoriumTicketing: $5 Museum members, $12 non-members. Tickets available at portlandartmuseum.org or at the Museum's box office.
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Crumb Crumbs
This shouldn't come as news to too many folks, but I don't recall seeing it flogged before, so what the hell: the latest issue of THE PARIS REVIEW includes a very long interview with R. Crumb. It's kind of a layman's interview, covering a lot of well trodden ground, but it's lengthy and satisfying. You need to buy the print version for the full read. Meanwhile, over on the official R. Crumb website, Alex Wood catches up with Crumb as well, at least until Crumb has to go care for his baby grandson. Lastly, the photo in this post is a detail I…
Megan Kelso at Seattle’s Third Place Books Tuesday, July 20th
MEGAN KELSO CELEBRATES NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL AT THE THIRD PLACE BOOKS ON JULY 20
Suffering from Comicon separation anxiety? Fantagraphics Books and Seattle's Third Place Books are proud to present an evening with acclaimed graphic novelist Megan Kelso on Tuesday, July 20, talking about and signing her new graphic novel, ARTICHOKE TALES, which the NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW recently hailed as "surprising and wonderful,” and about which STRANGER Books Editor Paul Constant declared, “[it] feels like a series of expansions. The characters and their world grow to envelop the reader in a singular, charming way.”
Kelso will be making a rare appearance in her hometown of Seattle, WA, giving a multimedia talk called "Big and Small": How do you construct a story that includes the big wide world, history, culture, sweeping events like war and political change, but that also includes personal, intimate character-driven things like friendship, family relationships, love, sex, babies and dying? How do you meld the two together into a believable whole? How do you humanize important historical players, kings, queens and presidents, and also show how the personal lives of ordinary people are affected by grand events that take place outside their doors? These are the essential questions that Kelso asked herself throughout the creation of Artichoke Tales, and she answers them through examples of her own work, as well as other artists who are engaged with similar issues, from Joe Sacco to Lynda Barry.
This lively talk will be followed by a question and answer session with the audience and book signing.
Listing information:
WHO: Megan Kelso
WHAT: Multimedia talk and book signing
WHERE: Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115
WHEN: Tuesday, July 20, 7PM
Jim Woodring’s Giant Steel Dip Pen Project
THIS is one of my most favorite things I've ever seen. Please click through and support this project. If Jim Woodring pulls this off, he will be the cock of the cartoonist block for all eternity, short of Charles Burns building a 2 story-tall Winsor Newton Series 7 and inking the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Watch the video. If anyone else outside of possibly Chris Ware proposed this, you would laugh at them. But in Jim's able hands, you can't help but BELIEVE. I am sold. Just listen to him. If you are a cartoonist, especially, I implore you: click the above…
Anatomy of an Event
To: Tony Millionaire, Johnny Ryan, Tim Hensley From: Eric Reynolds Hey, would you three be up for a late-August signing at Family for your new books? Sammy is interested and I think it could be cool. ——————————————————— To: Eric Reynolds, Johnny Ryan, Tony Millionaire From: Tim Hensley Do you mind if I pass on this? Hopefully, Johnny and Tony won't mind. Thanks, Tim. ——————————————————— To: Eric Reynolds, Tony Millionaire From: Johnny Ryan I wasn't going to do it, but since Tim isn't going to be there I'll do it. ——————————————————— To: Eric Reynolds, Johnny Ryan From: Tony Millionaire …
Harvey Pekar, R.I.P.
I spent a lot of time thinking about Harvey Pekar yesterday, especially after receiving a few media queries about him, and the more I did, the more I realize I might owe my life in comics to him. I had forgotten this, to be honest. So I thought I would write down a few things, if only to help myself remember and honor him a bit. I realize I let Harvey the Celebrity overshadow Harvey the Writer for much of the last decade of his life. At the start of the 1990s, Harvey Pekar was near the top of my…
Fantagraphics Books at Comic-Con International 2010
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL OUR PLEDGE TO YOU: ALL COMICS, ALL THE TIME! Your guide to signings, panels, new books, freebies, sales and more! JULY 13, SEATTLE, WA — Comic-Con is upon us, and it is time to spill the beans on some major news. Fantagraphics Books is excited to announce that at this year's show we will have no celebrity tie-ins, no comic adaptations of summer blockbusters, no TV show spinoffs, no videogame companion books, and no major announcements regarding digital distribution. We do, however, pledge to deliver more cartoonists, more classic comics collections, more original literary graphic…
Your Fantagraphics Guide to Comic-Con 2010
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL OUR PLEDGE TO YOU: ALL COMICS, ALL THE TIME! Your guide to signings, panels, new books, freebies, sales and more! JULY 13, SEATTLE, WA — Comic-Con is upon us, and it is time to spill the beans on some major news. Fantagraphics Books is excited to announce that at this year's show we will have no celebrity tie-ins, no comic adaptations of summer blockbusters, no TV show spinoffs, no videogame companion books, and no major announcements regarding digital distribution. We do, however, pledge to deliver more cartoonists, more classic comics collections, more original literary graphic…
Set to Sea Release Party!
WHO: Drew Weing WHAT: The SET TO SEA Book Release Party! WHERE: Bizarro Wuxtry, 197 E. Clayton St., Athens, GA WHEN: Friday, July 30, 5 to 8PM
