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SUMMARY:New York: MoCCA Arts Festival 2017
DESCRIPTION:The MoCCA Arts Festival will take place April 1 – 2nd from 11:00AM – 6:00PM at the luxurious and modern Metropolitan West located on West 46th Street between 10th and 11th Avenue. Mere steps from the Hudson River Greenway and the Intrepid Sea\, Air and Space Museum\, MoCCA’s host venue will encompass two floors of exhibitor tables\, a gallery of original art showcasing the work of special guests\, and pop-up cafés throughout the space. \nThe MoCCA Arts Festival is a 2-day multimedia event\, Manhattan’s largest independent comics\, cartoon and animation festival\, drawing over 7\,000 attendees each year. With 400 exhibiting artists displaying their work\, award-winning honorees speaking about their careers and artistic processes and other featured artists conducting workshops\, lectures and film screenings\, our Festival mission accelerates the advancement of the Society’s broader mission to serve as Manhattan’s singular cultural institution promoting all genres of illustration through exhibitions\, programs and art education. \nA guest of honor at this year’s festival is Drew Friedman\, who will have an art exhibit on display during the festival\, and again the following month at the Society of Illustrators
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/new-york-mocca-arts-festival-2017/
LOCATION:Metropolitan West\, 639 W 46th St\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles: Ron Regé Jr at Skylight
DESCRIPTION:Join surreal cartoonist Ron Rege Jr. (The Cartoon Utopia) and author Maja D’Aoust (The Secret Source) as they discuss alchemy\, spirituality\, and the blending of magic and science for modern audiences. They will read from The Cartoon Utopia as well as his new graphic novel\, What Parsifal Saw\, both of which include texts written by D’Aoust and illustrated by Rege. Bring a little magic into your life with this book release event.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/los-angeles-ron-rege-jr-skylight/
LOCATION:Skylight Books\, 1818 N Vermont Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90027\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seattle: Local Author Readings at Fantagaphics Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Local literary luminaries light up Fantagraphics Bookstore on Sunday\, April 2 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Danny Bland\, Tom Hansen\, and Jonathan Evison have deep roots in Seattle’s punk rock music scene. They’ll be joined by Phoenix author Brian Jabas Smith reading from his new book Spent Saints & Other Stories. \nThe short readings will be followed by a panel discussion on the influence of punk ethos on the authors’ work and other topics. Meet these fascinating writers on Sunday\, April 2\, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale Street in the heart of Seattle’s colorful Georgetown arts community. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM\, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206-658-0110
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-local-author-readings-fantagaphics-bookstore/
LOCATION:Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery\, 1201 S Vale St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Portland: Ron Regé Jr at Floating World Comics
DESCRIPTION:Ron Regé Jr brings his beautifully blended spiritual art to Floating World Comics in Portland with an exhibit and signing to celebrate the release of his new book What Parsifal Saw and the softcover reprint of The Cartoon Utopia \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/portland-ron-rege-jr-floating-world-comics/
LOCATION:Floating World Comics\, 1223 Lloyd Center\, Portland\, OR\, 97232\, United States
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SUMMARY:New York: Blutch and Burns in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:6:00 PM–7:30 PM    MAISON FRANÇAISE EAST GALLERY\, BUELL HALL \n\nPANEL DISCUSSION: \nMasters of the Graphic Novel\nBlutch and Charles Burns in conversation with Françoise Mouly \nTo RSVP\, please click here. \nFrench cartoonist Blutch and American Charles Burns are both known for their poignant graphic storytelling\, distinctive mastering of black and white and exploration of art forms such as illustration and animation. \nNew Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly will discuss their similarities but also the differences of creating graphic novels in France and the USA. \nFrançoise Mouly was a co-founder of the pioneering indie-comics magazine RAW\, and is founder and publisher of TOON Books\, an award-winning series of visual narratives for young readers.  She is also the art editor of THE NEW YORKER magazine\, and recently co-published RESIST!\, a comics magazine of political resistance\, with her daughter\, Nadja Spiegelman. \nCharles Burns is a cartoonist and creator of the award-winning graphic novel BLACK HOLE\, as well as a series of books collecting short stories published in magazines.  His most recent work is the trilogy collected in 2016 as LAST LOOK.  He is a noted illustrator\, and his work has been featured on album covers\, in animation\, and as part of choreographer Mark Morris’ “The Hard Nut.” \nBlutch is a renowned French cartoonist\, who won the Grand Prix of the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angouleme in 2009.  His work has been published in French comics magazines such as FLUIDE GLACIAL and À SUIVRE\, as well as in several books by publishers Cornelius\, Dargaud\, Dupuis. His series\, PEPLUM\, was recently published in English by New York Review Comics and Europe Comics is releasing in English and digital format some of his other books. \nEvent co-sponsored by the Columbia Maison Francaise\, Europe Comics\, Comics at Columbia and New York Review Comics.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/new-york-blutch-burns-conversation/
LOCATION:Columbia Maison Française
\, 515 West 116th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seattle: Ron Regé Jr. at Fantagraphics Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Ron Regé\, Jr. presents What Parsifal Saw \nWhat Parsifal Saw collects recent work by artist Ron Regé\, Jr. An exhibition of his visionary artwork on view through May 10.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-ron-rege-jr-fantagraphics-bookstore/
LOCATION:Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery\, 1201 S Vale St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Columbus: We Told You So w Tom Spurgeon
DESCRIPTION:It’s hard to imagine the field of comics being as diverse and vibrant as it is today without publisher Fantagraphics Books. Founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Mike Catron (joined by the late Kim Thompson in 1977)\, Fantagraphics began by publishing the collector’s magazine Amazing Heroes before beginning to publish comics in 1979. During its existence\, the company has published and championed such alternative comics greats as Dan Clowes\, the Hernandez Brothers\, Jessica Abel\, and Charles Burns\, along with reprints of classic comics and the influential The Comics Journal. In We Told You So: Comics as Art\, comics historian and critic Tom Spurgeon (along with co-author Michael Dean) provide an oral history of the influential company\, exploring not only the business side of the operation but the broader movement and acceptance of comics as an art form during the past 40 years. Those interviewed include a “Who’s Who” of American comics including Art Spiegelman\, Stan Lee\, Frank Miller\, Dave Sim\, Jim Shooter and more. \nThree time Eisner Award winner Tom Spurgeon is the editor of the online news site The Comics Reporterand Festival Director of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC).  He has written extensively on comics history and served as editor of The Comics Journal for five years.  He is based in Columbus. \nA signing in the Wexner Store follows the reading. \nCosponsored by Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and the Wexner Center for the Arts.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/columbus-told-w-tom-spurgeon/
LOCATION:Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater\, 1871 N. High Street \, Columbus\, OH\, 43210\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bellingham: Jim Blanchard at Comics Place
DESCRIPTION:Come meet Jim Blanchard. He’ll be at Comics Place signing your autograph journals and selling his books\, comics and magazines. \nTexas-born artist Jim Blanchard has lived all across the U.S.A. and in Norway. From 1982–1988\, he edited and published the punk zine Blatch. In 1987\, he moved to Seattle\, Washington\, where he’s been an illustrator\, cartoonist\, and designer. He now lives in Bellingham with his wife Diana and dog Henry. Fantagraphics Books recently published a coffee table book of his work entitled Visual Abuse. \nVisual Abuse (available at Comics Place or Fantagraphics Press) is an outrageous and optically rich collection of the halcyon days of illustrator and cartoonist Jim Blanchard\, whose work from 1982–2002 intersected with punk rock\, grunge\, psychedelia\, alternative comics\, “zine” culture\, portraiture\, and “girlie” art. The book gathers Blanchard’s different eras and disparate art styles into a cohesive whole. After self-publishing the punk rock/art fanzine Blatch in Oklahoma\, Jim brought his act to Seattle\, Washington in 1987\, where the nascent “grunge” rock scene was poised to erupt. Visual Abuse assembles the best of Blanchard’s LP covers\, posters and flyers from the hardcore punk era through grunge\, including iconic Black Flag\, Nirvana\, and Soundgarden posters. Augmenting the posters are exclusive photographs from the shows\, including shots by famed photographer Charles Peterson. Also chronicled are page after page of Blanchard’s obsessive psychedelic art\, bizarre sociopathic comics\, exquisitely detailed pop culture portraits\, twisted “glamour girl” art\, and some tongue-waggin’ eyeball-poppin’ freaks\, making this an overwhelming and long-overdue compendium by an elusive\, dedicated\, and complex artist.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/bellingham-jim-blanchard-comics-place/
LOCATION:Comics Place\, 105 E Holly St\, Bellingham\, WA\, 98225\, United States
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SUMMARY:Chicago: Emil Ferris at Evanston Lit Fest
DESCRIPTION:Comix Revolution welcomes Evanston resident Emil Ferris as she signs copies of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters\, her bestselling debut graphic novel set in 1960s Chicago that became an instant publishing sensation when released this winter. Called “a dazzling tour-de-force” by NPR while being hailed by The New Yorker for pyrotechnic drawings that “are already placing her among the greatest practitioners of the form\,” the book is the first installment of a projected two-volume set. \n\n\n\n\nSunday\, April 30\, 2017\n1:00pm – 2:30pm\nComix Revolution 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/chicago-emil-ferris-evanston-lit-fest/
LOCATION:Comix Revolution\, 606 Davis St\, Evanston \, IL\, 60201\, United States
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