Fantagraphics Blog Eric Reynolds

  An Evening of Art, Music, and Social Commentary with Cartooning Legend Peter Bagge on July 11 at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery June 30, 2009 – SEATTLE, WA. Celebrated cartoonist Peter Bagge's diverse talents are featured in an art exhibition and book signing at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery followed by a musical performance at nearby Jules Maes Saloon on Saturday, July 11 in Seattle's lively Georgetown arts community. This event marks the debut of his newest book Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations, a collection of cartoon reporting on social, political and cultural issues for Reason…

  Strips, Scripts and Scapes: Contemporary Comix in Southern California June 22 – August 22  I missed this Riverside Art Museum show in time to post for the opening, but the show includes Sammy Harkham, Johnny Ryan, John Pham, Mike Bertino, Travis Millard, Rusty Jordan, Souther Salazar, Brent Harada, Walt Holcombe, Martin Cendreda, Mary Fleener (story by Harvey Pekar), Taylor McKimens, Roberta Gregory, Mark Todd, Esther Pearl Watson, and Megan Whitmarsh. 

Seattleites: don't miss Peter Bagge's band, Can You Imagine?, this Wed. in Seattle in support of the great local comedian Paul Merrill!

This looks like an incredibly fun show.  More HERE and HERE. 

Here's a special blog post from our fearless co-captain, Kim Thompson… Kim, take it away… A shoutout to our buddy Jason, who returned to France last week after a whirlwind tour of the U.S. (New York/Portland/Seattle) to promote his new book LOW MOON and to visit his old haunts (he's lived in all three cities). He manfully signed and sketched for many fans in all three locales despite a persistent miserable cold – a true cartooning hero! This seems like a good time to answer the "what's next" question from Jason fans… Jason and I were so enamored of the LOW MOON format…

Sunday, June 21, 8PM An event featuring Jules Feiffer, Elliott Gould, and Little Murders!    Family presents: A Tribute To Jules Feiffer (feat. Little Murders)Cinefamily hosts another "Family Sunday", where our good friends at Family Bookstore will bring in one of their favorite people to curate and introduce a night of films. This time around, Family brings us Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist/author Jules Feiffer (who in turn is bringing Elliott Gould!), whose pieces appeared in the Village Voice for over 40 years, and whose film adaptation of his stage collaboration with Elliott Gould resulted in one of the funniest, most vicious social satires of the '70s….

Wednesday, June 10th – 4PM to 7PM International comics superstar Jason will be signing at Portland's COSMIC MONKEY COMICS to celebrate release of his new book – LOW MOON. LOW MOON — collecting his New York Times comics along with four other short stories — will be making its West Coast debut at this event! Wednesday, June 10th4PM to 7PMCosmic Monkey Comics5335 NE Sandy BLVDPortland, OR 97213 Here's a pic of the man signing copies of LOW MOON last week at the Strand:

Saturday at BEA was extremely busy, and my enthusiasm for picture-taking waned after a promising start Friday. We hosted a signing with Monte Schulz, whose novel This Side of Jordan is going to surprise a lot of folks this fall. It's fantastic.    That's Monte above, signing galleys for a big line in the autographing area, and graciously answering questions not only about his book, but also his father, Charles M. Schulz, for whom Monte wrote the book. Monte looks uncannily like his father. I couldn't get over this all weekend.  After the show, Gary, Jason and I had dinner…