Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, February 23 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM for an informal reception and book signing with interdisciplinary Melbourne artist Michael Fikaris. From spearheading Australia’s fledgling alternative comics movement in the early 2000’s with Silent Army, Fikaris also works with various collaborative groups locally and abroad. As an illustrator and arts editor with a love for collaborating, he has edited and published almost 20 artist anthologies and coordinated over 200 artists in exhibitions through a number of artist run initiatives and institutions. Since 2013, Fikaris has held residencies in communities abroad as an artist and arts editor,…
What’s in Store: Jack Kamen’s Lasting Legacy
Jack Kamen’s classic stories in EC comics like Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science, Haunt of Fear, Modern Love, and Weird Fantasy left a lasting impression on midcentury American youth. They sold in the millions, but were vilified by child psychologists, preachers and politicians, who claimed these comic books were the cause of juvenile delinquency, leading to their ultimate demise. Kamen’s legacy has been preserved in the EC Artists’ Library from Fantagraphics Books with four collections: Zero Hour, Forty Whacks, Daddy Lost His Head, and Martian Monster. An exhibition of Kamen’s comics hosted by series editor J. Michael Catron opens…
