Events

The 207th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday,  Feb. 13, 2018 at 7pm at Parsons School of Design, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). Free and open to the public. Julia Gfrorer on “A Void Does Not Exist.” Gfrorer discusses the effect of leaving negative space in a work and how useful a tool it can be for controlling the emotional tenor of a story. People have an instinctive dread of emptiness (“horror vacui,” “nequaquam vacuum,” “nature abhors a vacuum”) which means as creators we tend to avoid it, but for a...

Pulizter Prize-winning political cartoonist Ann Telnaes presents Trump's ABC: an all-new collection of scathing cartoons in children’s board book form (for adults). -- The Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Ann Telnaes has over the last 20 years skewered injustice, inequality, sham, hypocrisy, racism, misogyny, and corruption with her incendiary combination of elegance, wit, and moral suasion. Indeed, from the Clinton years on, no administration has been spared her fierce line and fiery indignation. One Clinton, two Bushes, and an Obama were mere warm-ups for a President who is truly worthy of her excoriating satirical skills. The election of Donald Trump has...

WHO: Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes WHAT: Trump's ABC art exhibit & signing WHEN: Art Opening 2/10 6-9pm, Signing 2/17 6-9pm WHERE: Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Join us for two consecutive weekends highlighting the work of cartoonist Ann Telnaes and the launch of her new book, Trump's ABC. Featuring sing-songy rhymes and beguiling watercolor drawings, Trump’s ABC is a miniature critique and exposé of Donald Trump and his janissaries, poltroons, and dissemblers, illustrating his public policies, his personal defects, his ethical dysfunction, and the consequences of his Presidency on the lives of Americans — in a format that is cleverly...

Avid Bookshop presents local author and artist Eleanor Davis for her book WHY ART? This event will take place at our Prince Ave. location on Sunday, February 25, from 5:30 to 7pm. It is free and open to the public. We encourage you to purchase a copy of this book and to get it signed at the event! You can purchase a copy of WHY ART? online, here: http://www.avidbookshop.com/book/9781683960829 ABOUT THE BOOK: What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so...

Big Planet Comics is excited to welcome Eleanor Davis for a reading from her new book, “Why Art?” on Saturday March 3 from 6 to 8. She will give a reading from the book at 6 followed by a discussion and signing of her works. Her books will be for sale. What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be self indulgent, goofy, serious, altruistic, evil, or expressive, or any number of other things....

Contemporary comix master Jaime Hernandez will be at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, March 3 at 7:00 PM after Emerald City Comic Con. He'll be signing copies of his Fantagraphics Studio Edition, as well as various Love and Rockets titles. See you then!

Join acclaimed cartoonist Eleanor Davis (How to Be Happy) for a presentation of her new book, Why Art? What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be self indulgent, goofy, serious, altruistic, evil, or expressive, or any number of other things. But how can it truly make lasting, positive change? Davis unpacks some of these concepts in ways both critical and positive, in an attempt to illuminate the highest possible potential an artwork might...

Join Eleanor Davis as she presents her newest book, Why Art? A work of art unto itself, Why Art? is part pseudo-serious artistic philosophy and part surrealist narrative that seeks to illuminate the highest possible potential an artwork might hope to achieve. What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be self indulgent, goofy, serious, altruistic, evil, or expressive, or any number of other things. But how can it truly make lasting, positive change?...

Radical editorial artist and cartoonist Mr. Fish will discuss his new book, And Then the World Blew Up (Fantagraphics) with Truthdig editor and progressive journalist Robert Scheer. Skylight Books event listing: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/mr-fish-discusses-his-comic-and-then-world-blew-robert-scheer And Then the World Blew Up: http://www.fantagraphics.com/worldblewup/