School is back in session and the brilliant minds at The New School’s Parsons are taking comics education to the people with the Fall 2015 series of New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposiums. Check out the ones featuring Fantagraphics artists:
October, 6th – Joyce Farmer
1970’s California underground cartoonist and co-creator of the tits and clits comics anthology, Farmer will discuss her work in underground comics, her latest graphic novel, Special Exits, and other important topics.
October, 13th – Tom Kaczynski
Tom Kaczynski on Trans Terra: Towards a Cartoon Philosophy. Follow the process of the book’s creation. From it’s humble origin as a tiny mini comic, to its lofty goal of reaching something called Cartoon Philosophy.
November, 17th – Bill Griffith
Invisible Ink, Bill Griffith’s first graphic novel is about his mother’s secret affair with a famous cartoonist and how it affected him and his family. Digressions into Zippy and Ernie Bushmillerland may occur.