The Art Insitute of Chicago is holding a panel on "Comic Art and Fine Art," and who better to speak on that than our own Ivan Brunetti! Join Ivan this Thursday, April 12th, along with fellow panelists Neal Adams, Geofrey Darrow, and J.J. Sedelmaier (YES! Saturday TV Funhouse!). They'll be discussing the history and future of this popular — and populist — art form. Richard Holland, co-founder of Bad at Sports podcast moderates. The panel starts at 6:00 PM in the Rubloff Auditorium of the Art Insitute of Chicago [ 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago ]. Free with museum admission…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 4/9-4/16
Tuesday, April 10th • San Francisco, CA: Author Monte Schulz is bringing The Big Town to the big town of San Francisco, signing at the Modern Times Bookstore Collective! (more info) • San Francisco, CA: And uncannily, editor Pat Thomas is also in the Bay Area that day, doing a signing and discussion of Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975 at Booksmith! (more info) • Seattle, WA: This is your last day to check out the wonderful Real Comet Press retrospective at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, featuring original artwork by Lynda Barry, Michael Dougan, Art…
Listen, San Francisco! Pat Thomas at Booksmith on Tuesday!
Editor Pat Thomas is bringin' it all back home with a signing and discussion at Booksmith in San Francisco this Tuesday, April 10th! Pat was living in the Oakland area nearby when he began researching this project, and he discovered rare recordings of speeches, interviews, and music by noted activists Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Elaine Brown, and others that form the framework of Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975. Their friends from down the street, Amoeba Music, will be on hand to sell copies of the companion soundtrack album on Light in the Attic Records!…
Paul Karasik Summer Workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies!
Take a master class from a man of class this summer: our editor extraordinaire Paul Karasik is teaching at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont! During the week-long on-campus workshop, students will participate in lectures, collaborative exercises, book discussion sessions, events, and group critiques, with the goal of producing the first draft of a longer comics project. During the next 8 weeks, students will develop and refine their work through online collaboration with faculty and peers, and complete comprehensive final drafts of their projects. The Master Class in Comics Narrative is taught by Eisner-winning cartoonist and…
Listen, Whitey! at Warbler Records & Goods in Santa Barbara!
The Listen, Whitey! West Coast Tour continues with a weekend stop at Warbler Records & Goods in Santa Barbara, California! Join editor Pat Thomas this Saturday, April 7th for a discussion on Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power, 1965-1975. He'll also be playing tracks from the companion soundtrack album on Light in the Attic Records! This event starts at 3:00 PM. Warbler Records & Goods is located at 131 E De La Guerra St in Santa Barbara.
Listen, Whitey! at Amoeba Records Los Angeles!
Editor/curator Pat Thomas is on tour with Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975, and it could not be more perfect that his next stop is at Hollywood's Amoeba Records! This enormous store occupies an entire city block, and Pat will be guest DJ'ing! You'll be sure to hear some picks from the companion CD of the same title from Seattle-based Light in the Attic Records. Stop by Amoeba on Thursday, April 5th at 7:00 PM to hear what else he might spin, and to get your copy of Listen, Whitey! signed by Pat! Amoeba Records is…
Gary Groth at The Center for Cartoon Studies This Week!
Gary at APE 2007 // photo credit: Chris Diaz Students at The Center for Cartoon Studies will have a chance to learn from the best, as our own Gary Groth is heading to White River Junction, Vermont for their annual Industry Day! It kicks off tomorrow, Wednesday, April 4th, with a Pizza Party with Gary in the Colodny classroom! The party runs from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, and at 7:30 PM, Gary will regale the guests with "an evening of insight and wisdom," so say our friends at CCS. It's Gary and it's pizza — that's a surefire recipe for…
Monte Schulz Signing in Los Angeles!
Author Monte Schulz will return to Skylight Books to launch the last book in his Jazz Age trilogy, The Big Town! Join Monte on Wednesday, April 4th for a reading and signing of his exciting new novel, starting at 7:30 PM. The Big Town is the story of a failed businessman whose dreams of prosperity hinge on the secret proposition of a millionaire industrialist and a dangerous relationship he finds with a poor orphan girl chasing love in the great American metropolis. Skylight Books is located at 1818 N Vermont Ave in Los Angeles!
Announcing Bagge & Jaffee at the Boston Comic Con!
Get ready, Beantown! We've got Peter Bagge and Al Jaffee coming your way for the 2012 Boston Comic Con! Join them Saturday, April 21st and Sunday, April 22nd at the Hynes Convention Center [ 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA ]. And on Sunday, see Al in the panel Legends of Mad Magazine! The "Usual Gang of Idiots" reunite to reminisce about the creation of MAD, the most influential humor magazine of the 20th century. Al Feldstein and Paul Coker Jr join Al Jaffee for this rare event at 11:00 AM in Panel Room 102. It'll be wicked awesome!
Monte Schulz Signing in Santa Barbara!
Join author Monte Schulz for a hometown appearance for The Big Town, on Tuesday, April 3rd! He'll be signing this riveting new novel starting at 7:00 PM! A novel of the Jazz Age, The Big Town is the story of a failed businessman whose dreams of prosperity hinge on the secret proposition of a millionaire industrialist and a dangerous relationship he finds with a poor orphan girl chasing love in the great American metropolis. Chaucer’s Books is located at 3321 State Street in Santa Barbara.
