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LYNDA BARRY Events!!!
Updated May 6, 2008
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R. SIKORYAK slideshow in Stockbridge, MA!
Updated May 2, 2008
"Carousel"
Cartoon slide shows by R. Sikoryak, Lauren Weinstein, and Jim Torok
Part of the "Arts Celebration Day: Comics Festival" at the Norman Rockwell Museum
Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Join us for an exciting day of workshops, lectures, book signings, and conversation with noted comic artists and historians in celebration of LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel.
Artists Howard Cruse, Marc Hempel, Jack Purcell, R. Sikoryak, Lauren Weinstein, and Mark Wheatley will be with us to discuss their work, lead drawing demonstrations, and inspire the creation of comics of your own. Comic art collector Scott Eder, graphic novel historian Robin Brenner, and author/art critic David A. Berona will offer insights into the evolution of the field and the current comics marketplace. Be a part of our wet ink sessions and mini comic exchange! Refreshments will be served, and lunches will be available for purchase.
Norman Rockwell Museum
9 Glendale Road, Route 183
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262 | 413.298.4100
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Drawn and Quarterly Convention Schedule
Updated April 30, 2008
| 05/17-16 | Philly Book Festival | Philadelphia, PA | | 05/31 | Puces Pop Spring | Montreal, QC | | 06/07-08 | MoCCA Fest | New York, NY | | 06/07-08 | Printers Row | Chicago, IL | | 07/12-13 | Pomme-Pomme | Montreal, QC | | 07/24-27 | Comic-Con San Diego | San Diego, CA | | 09/14 | Brooklyn Book Fest | Brooklyn, NY | | 09/28 | Word on the Street | Toronto, ON | | 10/04-05 | Puces Pop | Montreal, QC | | 10/04-05 | SPX | Bethesda, MD | | 10/23-26 | New York Art Book Fair | New York, NY | | 11/01-02 | APE | San Francisco, CA | | 11/29-30 | ExpoZine | Montreal, QC |
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Drawn and Quarterly at the Philly Book Fest!
Updated April 23, 2008
This year marks the first that Drawn and Quarterly will be at the Philly Book Festival!
Philadelphia Book Festival 2008
May 17-18, 2008, Hours: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Festival Location:
Free Library of Philadelphia
Central Library
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
The Street Fair will be held on the 19th, 20th, Vine and Wood Streets at the Central Library
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Joe Mat at the LA Times Festival of Books
Updated April 23, 2008
Check out this sunday's “Graphic Novels: Every Picture Tells a Story” panel at the LA Times Festival of Books. This panel includes Cecil Castellucci, Jaime Hernandez, and Joe Matt and is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 27 .
For more information, visit the website for the LA Times Festival of Books.
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NICK MAG PRESENTS 3-D COMIC CAROUSEL
Updated April 18, 2008
NICK MAG PRESENTS 3-D COMIC CAROUSEL
Sunday, April 20
3 PM - 4 PM
At the New York Comic Con
Jacob K. Javits Center (655 West 34th Street)
Location: Kids Room 1E09
A series of cartoon slide shows of comics from Nickelodeon Magazine, presented by an array of artists and other characters.
Plenty of gags, goofiness, audience participation and 3-D action! Definitely for kids and alternative-comics-loving adults.
Free 3-D glasses and magazines!
Speaker(s):
Chris Duffy - Magazine Editor - Nickelodeon
Dave Roman - Magazine Editor - Nickelodeon
R. Sikoryak (Drawn and Quarterly)
Sam Henderson (Magic Whistle)
Kim Deitch (Alias the Cat)
Michael Kupperman (Tales Designed To Thrizzle)
Assisted by Karen Sneider (Pony Up!)
Adapted for 3-D projection by Gerald Marks
For more info and tickets:
www.nycomiccon.com
Children 12 and under are admitted for free on Kids Day!
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Rutu Modan EXIT WOUNDS exhibition in Jerusalem
Updated April 17, 2008
May 11-15th, 2008, an International Writers Festival takes place at the leading cultural centre Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Jerusalem, with renowned writers from Israel and abroad in attendance, participating in an array of events. The festival will be a fascinating venue for encounters between the comic book and prose books, between prose writers and comic writers.
Rutu Modan will be exhibiting 40 pages of artwork from the first chapter of Exit Wounds in the Dwek gallery at Mishkenot Sha'ananim as part of the festival.
The centre’s programme department has initiated and conducted cultural activities in diverse spheres -- from art and architecture, design and music, to literature and poetry. It holds conferences festivals, seminars, workshops and encounters with renowned creators, scholars and artists from the cultural and intellectual spheres in Israel and from abroad.
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WRITING THE UNTHINKABLE... in Pittsburgh!
April 19th and 20th
Updated March 31, 2008
Hell-ooooo PITTSBURGH!
Yes, we truly love Pittsburgh! Home of Fred Rogers AND french fry sandwiches -- say! no! more!
PLEASE join us for two action-packed, six-hour days of WRITING the UNTHINKABLE with Lynda Barry in PITTSBURGH, PA! A two-day class SATURDAY and SUNDAY, April 19th and 20th! (yes, we know that is Passover Weekend and we are sorry to accidentally always be teaching on holiday weekends!)
Our class hours are designed for night owls, sleepy heads, and brunch lovers -- check this out: 11AM - 5PM both days!
This is a small, small class -- ONLY 25 seats! Reet! Petite! And soon-to-be-GONE! Tuition is ONLY $250.00!
Act now! Contact our class secretary BETTY BONG at fromthedeskofmarlys@yahoo.com to sign-up! We will write back with our simple and satisfying, check-or-money-order-straight-to-Lynda tuition payment instructions! So very old school!
We will send you the complete class information and exact location when we receive your tuition! You MUST mail your tuition within FIVE DAYS of signing-up!
All students are responsible for their own transportation and lodging!
And hey! You must be at least 18 years old to take our class! We offer a 10% discount for folks OVER 65! We will card you at the door like you're trying to buy beer in high school -- woo!
Our class is for ALL kinds of people -- not just necessarily the "writerly" types! This class works well for anyone who has a curiosity about writing and wants to know how the heck to even start doing it -- or how to start doing it MORE! Writing, that is!
For more information on the gist of our class -- please check out our MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/writingtheunthinkable
and then if you have any further questions AT ALL we are oh-so ready to answer them! Let us know!
COME to PITTSBURGH! Sign up today!
We are standing by...
BETTY BONG fromthedeskofmarlys@yahoo.com
PS -- Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles -- we (still) HEAR you! yes we will teach there in 2008 -- stay tuned -- as soon as WE know, Y'ALL will know! Thanks for all the enthusiastic entreaties! xo bb
PPS -- Lynda Barry's new book "WHAT IT IS" (an illustrated book all about this very class and work process) comes out in MAY 2008 with Drawn and Quarterly
PPPS -- more classes more places in 2008 -- the northeast, the southeast, Texas, Canada, and more -- stay tuned!
FANSITE http://www.marlysmagazine.com
FUTURE LYNDA SITE http://www.lyndabarry.net
LYNDA will be appearing at the SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON in JULY 2008!
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_guests.shtml#Barry come on by and see us -- we will be at least as scared as you!
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Adrian Tomine 2008 Tour
Updated February 19, 2008
MONTREAL--Tuesday, February 26th, 2008, 7:00 PM. D+Q Librairie
CAMBRIDGE--Thursday, February 28th, 2008, 6:00 PM. Brattle Theater with Harvard Bookstore
PROVIDENCE--Friday, February 29th, 2008, 7:00 PM. RISD auditorium.
WASHINGTON DC-- Wednesday, March 5th, 20008 7:00 PM. Politics & Prose
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FIRE AWAY launches in Vancouver, February 22nd
Updated February 19, 2008
Friday, February 22nd, 7:00 PM
Chris von Szombathy launches Fire Away
Lucky's
3972 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
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Dupuy and Berberian in NYC, March 5th
Updated February 19, 2008
D+Q and Words Without Borders present:
"The Global Graphic Novel: Straight Out of Angouleme"
Philippe Dupuy in conversation with Charles Berberian
Wednesday, March 5th, 7:00 PM
Housing Works Cafe, 126 Crosby Street, NYC
www.housingworks.org
www.wordswithoutborders.org
Philippe Dupuy launches his solo work Haunted, in a Q+A with long-time collaborator Charles Berberian, led by Matt Madden. Dupuy & Berberian have recently been awarded the prestigious Angouleme Grand Prize. The original French edition of Haunted was also nominated for the 2006 award for Best Comic Book at the Angouleme International Comics Festival.
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Michel Rabagliati in Toronto, March 15th
Updated February 19, 2008
In Conversation
Saturday, March 15th, 5:00 PM, Free
Slide show, Q+A, and signing
Toronto Public Library
Lillian H. Smith Building
downstairs auditorium
239 College Street, Toronto, ON
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Writing the Unthinkable with Lynda Barry:
March 22 & 23, SAN FRANCISCO!
Updated February 19, 2008
My dear, dear folks --
SO many of y'all have written in and asked for it, and we are INCREDIBLY HAPPY to finally announce a TWO-DAY class with LYNDA BARRY -- "Writing the Unthinkable" -- in beautiful SAN FRANCISCO!
ONLY 50 students admitted!
And -hey- it's coming up quick!
SAT & SUN, March 22nd and 23rd, 2008
Be very aware that YES, THAT *IS* EASTER WEEKEND, so don't sign up if you have Easter problems! We will come back to SF for another class later this year! So, don't stress if Easter is a conflict for you!
Class hours are designed for night owls, sleepy heads, and brunch lovers -- check this out:
SAT 10AM -- 4PM
SUN 11AM -- 5PM
Our class will be held in a very accessible building in The MISSION DISTRICT -- we will tell you exactly where when you sign up for class!
TUITION is only $300.00 for this action-packed two-day class in foxy San Francisco!
How do you enroll? It's SO EASY! Simply respond to < fromthedeskofmarlys (at) yahoo (dot) com > in the affirmative (YES!) and our secretary (that's me, Betty Bong) will write back with our simple and satisfying, check-or-money-order-straight-to-Lynda tuition payment instructions! So very old school!
LOOKING FORWARD to seeing y'all OUT WEST!
Thank you!
Betty Bong
Writing the Unthinkable
http://www.myspace.com/writingtheunthinkable
PS -- Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles -- we HEAR you! yes we will teach there in 2008 -- stay tuned -- as soon as WE know, Y'ALL will know! Thanks for all the enthusiastic entreaties! xo bb
PPS -- Lynda Barry's new book "WHAT IT IS" (an illustrated book all about this very class and work process) comes out in MAY 2008 with Drawn and Quarterly
PPPS -- more classes EVERYWHERE in 2008 -- the southwest, the northeast, the southeast, Texas, Canada, and more -- stay tuned!
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Chris Ware Exhibit: Drawings For New York Periodicals
Updated January 29, 2008
CHRIS WARE
Drawings for New York Periodicals February 1 - March 15, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, February 1st, 6-8 PM
Adam Baumgold Gallery presents a recent series of original comic drawings by Chris Ware Drawings For New York Periodicals, from February 1 through March 15, 2008. The 40 drawings in the exhibition include the complete 30 weekly drawings comprising one chapter of the in-progress book “Building Stories” which inaugurated the “Funny Pages” in The New York Times Sunday magazine in 2005. In addition, the exhibition will feature the four different Thanksgiving cover drawings that were published simultaneously by The New Yorker in 2006 as well as the fifth cover that was released only online by The New Yorker. Other drawings by Chris Ware done specifically for the New Yorker will also appear in the exhibition.
The 30 “Building Stories” drawings focus on one day, one hour each, in the lives of the inhabitants of the three floors of a Chicago apartment building. Their thoughts, ambitions, day dreams, second guesses, and real-life interactions are scrutinized and in some cases amplified into seemingly monumental events.
The drawings for The New Yorker Thanksgiving issue combine scenes from the present and the past that comment on holidays, sustenance and war. Chris Ware was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1967. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and also attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the author of "Jimmy Corrigan – the Smartest Kid on Earth" (Pantheon Books, 2000) which received the Guardian First Book Award in 2001 and the American Book Award in 2000. His is also the author of the irregular periodical “The Acme Novelty Library” (Volume #1 - #18) Chris Ware’s books “Quimby the Mouse” and "The ACME Novelty Datebook" (Volume 1), were released in 2003 and in 2004. He was the recipient of the Eisner and Harvey Comic book awards, in 1994 and 2004, the "L'Alph Art" award in 2003, and a United States Artists "Hoi" Fellowship in 2007.
Chris Ware’s “The ACME Novelty Library #18” (“Building Stories”) and "The ACME Novelty Datebook" (Volume Two) as well as the portfolio of prints related to The New Yorker Thanksgiving covers (“The ACME Novelty Library #18.5”) all were released in late 2007.
Chris Ware’s work was included in the Whitney Biennial in 2002, as well as in the traveling exhibition MASTERS of American Comics in 2005-6 that opened at MOCA and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Chris Ware had a retrospective exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 2006, and in 2007 at the Sheldon Memorial Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chris Ware lives and works in Oak Park, Illinois.
The gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11:00 to 5:30 P.M. For additional information please contact Adam Baumgold at (212)861-7338 or at abaumgold@aol.com. A preview of the exhibition can be viewed at adambaumgoldgallery
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Writing the Unthinkable: NEW CLASS Feb. 23 & 24, Madison, WI
Updated January 2, 2008
Hellooooo beautifuls,
New new new WRITING THE UNTHINKABLE with LYNDA BARRY class -- just announced!
Beautiful Madison, Wisconsin! Do you like cheese, hmmmm??? Well, how about beer??? It is so great there!
Only 28 seats left! Only six weeks away! Get BUSY!
Just $200.00 for this amazing two-day class! Two six-hour days! You will laugh -- you will work your butt off -- we will all write the unthinkable!
Okay -- just write to me, Betty Bong, at fromthedeskofmarlys [at] yahoo [dot] com and I will tell you where to send your tuition! You will send it straight to Lynda! It is a simple and satisfying enrollment process!
Send me an e-mail right now!
THANKS +++ I love being y'all's secretary...
Betty Bong
Secretary, WTU
PS -- yes! we hear you! more classes all over USA and Canada in 2008 -- stay tuned for classes in San Fran, L.A., Pittsburgh, NYC, Toronto, Montreal, and more!
OUR MYSPACE SPOT http://www.myspace.com/writingtheunthinkable
LYNDA BARRY "What It Is" OUT June 2008 on Drawn and Quarterly http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/
FAN SITE http://www.marlysmagazine.com/
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R. SIKORYAK hosts an event!
Updated December 7, 2007
Dixon Place presents...
CAROUSEL
Cartoon slide shows & other projected pictures
presented by a glittering array of artists, performers, graphic
novelists, & other characters.
Hosted by R. Sikoryak
Featuring:
Robbie Busch
Megan Montague Cash
Danny Hellman
Michael Kupperman
Jim Torok
Lauren R. Weinstein
Thursday, December 13
8 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
Dixon Place
258 Bowery, 2nd Fl, between Houston & Prince
NY, NY
Tickets: $12 or TDF; $10 student/senior
Advance tickets & more info:
www.dixonplace.org
(212) 219-0736
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Shortcomings Book Launch & Tour
Updated November 13, 2007
Wednesday Oct. 3, 2007 - Brooklyn, NY
Bookcourt
163 Court St. Brooklyn, NY
7 PM: Q+A, and signing
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 - Toronto, ON
IFOA
Studio Theater, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
3 PM: Q+A, and signing
Saturday Nov. 3, 2007 - Los Angeles, CA
Skylight Bookstore
1818 N Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA
5 PM: Q+A, and signing
Tuesday Nov. 6, 2007 - Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Free Library
1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA
7 PM: Slide Show, Q+A, and signing
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 - Ann Arbor, MI
Shaman Drum
13 311 South State St, Ann Arbor, MI
7 PM: Slide show, Q+A, and signing
Thursday Nov. 8, 2007 - Chicago, IL:
Quimbys
1854 West North Ave., Chicago, IL
7 PM: Q+A, and signing
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 - Portland, OR
Wordfest Comics
Oregon Convention Center, Portland OR
4 PM: Slide show, Q+A, and signing
Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 - Seattle, WA
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE Seattle, WA
7 PM: Q+A and signing
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007 – Vancouver, BC
Sophia Books
450 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC
7 PM: Q+A and signing
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 – San Francisco, CA
Booksmith
1644 Haight St., San Francisco, CA
7 PM: Q+A and signing
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 – Berkeley, CA
Codys
1730 Fourth St. Berkeley, CA
7 PM: Q+A and signing
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007 – New York, NY
GRNY
437 East 9th St New York, NY
6:30 PM: Art Opening and signing
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November 15th - James Sturm at Dartmouth
Updated November 13, 2007
Thursday, Nov. 15th in Hanover, NH
James Sturm, co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies, will be lecturing at Dartmouth College about James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems with a reception and signing to follow. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Jewish Studies.
6:00 PM
Darmouth Campus
Rockefeller Center III
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Joe Sacco - Rain Taxi Reading Series - Nov. 13
Updated October 24, 2007
Rain Taxi sponsors a reading series as a further demonstration of its commitment to literary culture. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
JOE SACCO
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 7:00 pm
$10 ($8 for Walker Members and Rain Taxi subscribers)
Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
Join us as celebrated cartoonist JOE SACCO visits Minneapolis for a special presentation co-hosted by Rain Taxi Review of Books and the Walker Art Center. Appearing in conjunction with the Walker exhibition Brave New Worlds, Sacco will offer a visual tour of his acclaimed approach to comics journalism, in which he combines the techniques of eyewitness reportage with the medium of graphic storytelling to explore complex, emotionally weighted situations in some of the most conflicted and war-torn regions of the globe.
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James Sturm at the San Francisco Jewish BookFest
Updated October 17, 2007
Sunday, November 4th
SF Jewish BookFest 2007
11:00AM - 6:30 PM
JCCSF, 3200 California Street, SF, CA 94118
"A celebration of Jewish literacy. A showcasing of new talent. An annual one-day festival celebrating the best of today's Jewish literary landscape. One day only. One place only."
James Sturm – James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems
3:45 – 5:00 pm Beit Midrash Room 209
5:00 - 5:15 pm signing in the Pottruck Family Atrium
More info at http://jccsf.org/Bookfest/
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John Porcellino on tour
Updated October 17, 2007
Thursday Oct. 11, 2007 - Minneapolis, MN
Big Brain Comics
1027 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 338-4390
5 PM: slide show, Q+A, and signing
PLUS: Live music by John Porcellino and Zak Sally
(Slide Show begins at 6 PM)
Friday Oct. 12, 2007 - Chicago, IL
Quimby's
1854 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 342-0910
7 PM: Slide show, Q+A, and signing
Saturday Oct. 13, 2007 - Madison, WI
Rainbow Bookstore
426 W. Gilman St., Madison, WI 53703
(608) 257-6050
3 PM: Slide show, Q+A, and signing
PLUS: other Zine-Related events all afternoon
Monday Oct. 15, 2007 - Milwaukee, WI
Schwartz Books
2559 N. Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211
(414) 332-1181
7 PM: Comics Panel Discussion, Q+A, and signing
Tuesday Oct. 16, 2007 - Iowa City, IA
White Rabbit Gallery
13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA 52240
(319) 358-9557
7 PM: Slide show, Q+A, and signing
PLUS: Readings by Local Zine Publishers
Wednesday Oct. 17, 2007 - St. Louis, MO
Star Clipper Comics
6392 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130
(314) 725-9110
5 PM: Slide show, Q+A, and signing
PLUS: Kevin Huizenga, Dan Zettwoch & Ted May
(King-Cat presentation begins at 6 PM)
Thursday, Oct. 18 - Bloomington, IN
Indiana University, Fine Arts Building, Room 015
5:30 PM: Slide show, Q+A, and signing
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007 - Lawrence, KS
Astrokitty Comics
15 E. 7th St., Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 856-8607
3 PM: Slide show, Q+A, and signing
Saturday Oct. 27, 2007 - Denver, CO
Meininger Art Supply
499 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203
(303) 698-3838
1 PM: Comics Panel Discussion, presentation, and signing
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Rutu Modan on tour
Updated October 9, 2007
With the generous support of the Consulate General of Israel, Rutu Modan presents her recent graphic novel Exit Wounds on a 7-city tour.
Washington, DC: Thursday, Oct. 11, 7:30pm
DC Jewish Community Center
1529 16th Street, NW. Cost: $8/$6 member
Presented alongside Israillustrators 2007: Illustrations from Israeli Children�s Books
In the Barbara & Harold Berman Caf� and in the Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
In conjunction with Rutu Modan�s presentation of Exit Wounds on October 11, the Jewish Literary Festival, the J�s Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery and the Embassy of Israel have teamed up to present Israillustrators 2007. This colorful banner exhibition features children�s book illustrations by leading Israeli illustrators. Selected works from this exhibition have been displayed in Israeli pavilions at international book fairs and at other literary events in 30 countries in Europe, Asia and South America. Israeli Illustrator Liora Grossman curated the exhibition, and it is on loan from the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Presented in partnership with the J�s Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery. Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel as part of the Israel @ 60 celebrations.
Bethesda, MD: Friday & Saturday, Oct. 12-13
Expo hours: Friday 2:00pm - 8:00pm, Saturday 10:00am - 7:00pm
programming & signing schedule at D+Q booth TBA
Small Press Expo
Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road. Cost: $8 day/$15 weekend
Philadelphia, PA: Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:00pm
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street. Cost: Free
Chicago, IL: Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7:00pm
Women & Children First
5233 N. Clark Street. Cost: Free
San Francisco, CA: Thursday, Oct. 18, 7:00pm
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street. Cost: Free
Toronto, ON: Saturday, Oct. 20, 12:00pm, with D+Q cartoonist James Sturm.
International Festival of Authors
Brigantine Room, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. Cost: $15
New York City: Sunday, Oct. 21, 6:00pm
Jewish Community Center Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street. Cost: $8/$5 member
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An evening with James Sturm: Thursday, October 11
Updated October 3, 2007
His new book, modestly titled James Sturm's America, has just been published. The book is the definitive collection of his American history stories.
Please stop by Elixir located in White River Junction at 188 S. Main Street (802.281-7009). The signing is from 6-8pm but if enough people buy James a drink he may be there longer (luckily he lives within walking distance)! He'll have his pens on hand and will adorn your book with some original artwork. If you haven't been to Elixir it's worth checking out, it's a swank tapas/martini bar in the beautifully refurbished freight house.
The wonderfully independently owned Norwich Bookstore will be on hand to sell the books. And, if you want to buy a signed book but can not make it Thursday night, call the Norwich Bookstore (802-649-1114) and reserve a copy. He will happily inscribe it for you.
ps: Blurbs!
"Original and fascinating." -- Garry Trudeau
"James Sturm's graphic narratives make us re-imagine our shared history.
This is historical fiction at its best." -- Russell Banks
"Sturm's AMERICA is the one glimpsed through the holes in the flag: rooted, grim and enduring. His line of his drawings has a pure grain like that of the voice in William Carlos Williams' epic poem PATERSON, or the singers on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. Fables like these are an antidote to cultural amnesia." -- Jonathan Lethem
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Miriam Katin speaking in Paris
Updated October 2, 2007
Miriam Katin will be speaking as part of the Lire en Fête at the Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme in Paris as part of the following program:
New-York in Cartoons, from the Comic Strip to the Graphic Novel
around the exhibition
From Superman to The Rabbi’s Cat
Sunday, 21 October 2007
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Women’s autobiographies in Comics
with Diane Noomin, Miriam Katin
and to be confirmed
Bernice Eisenstein and Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Interview with Anne Hélène Hoog
Hôtel de Saint-Aignan
71, rue du Temple
75003 Paris
Tél: (33) 1 53 01 86 60
http://www.mahj.org/
http://www.lire-en-fete.culture.fr/
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WRITING the UNTHINKABLE: new CHICAGO class and MySpace page
Updated October 2, 2007
Betty Bong is sitting here at the kitchen table with laptop and limeade -- to tell you about our new MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/writingtheunthinkable
Please check it out for class bulletins and new Lynda Barry artwork!
AND we're also proud to announce the next LYNDA BARRY "WRITING the UNTHINKABLE" class -- happening in CHICAGO on JANUARY 5th & 6th, Saturday and Sunday, 2008!
Once again -- this class has only 45 seats! Tuition is only $200.00 for the two-day affair!
ENROLLMENT is oh-so EASY! Simply reply to me, Betty Bong, at this address: fromthedeskofmarlys@yahoo.com-- and we will give you the simple direct-to-Lynda check/money-order payment instructions! This thwarts The Man and his eBay fees! Yeah! Twart the Man!
But if you need to enroll via PayPal, that is still cool! You can visit our eBay store http://stores.ebay.com/Shop-Super-Marlys
Please note: IF YOU ENROLL via Ebay, WE MUST HAVE YOUR CURRENT ACTIVE EMAIL ADDRESS! We will need to contact you with class information, etc. – VERY IMPORTANT! Otherwise it will be so very sad! Don't be sad!
Here's the complete class scoop:
Do you wish you could WRITE? Do you wish you had a better MEMORY? Do you want to make STORIES but are too confused about how to even start? DO YOU WANT A SEAT IN THE TWO-DAY WRITING CLASS TAUGHT BY LYNDA BARRY? The schedule was specifically designed for night owls and sleepy heads! Check out the late start hours! NOON to 6pm!
THIS IS AN INTENSIVE WRITING CLASS! It's not a social situation at all! Actually, you can be completely anonymous in this class! You don't have to be cool! Your clothes can be square! You don't have to read aloud or talk to anyone if you don't want to! You don't even have to make eye contact! And you don't have to be a writer to be part of it! In fact, this is a class that works especially well for 'non-writers' like bartenders, janitors, office workers, hairdressers and anyone who has given up on 'being a writer' but still wonders what it might be like to write. Open to ALL PEOPLE!
Lynda teaches a specific way of working she learned from her teacher, Marilyn Frasca, in the late 1970's and has used ever since. She says it will work for anyone who has any kind of curiosity about writing or remembering -- especially people who have always wanted to write but have no idea how to even begin.
BE ADVISED! IT'S GOING TO BE TWO DAYS OF INTENSE CONCENTRATION AND HARD WORK! It is not jive! It is for real! (It is also pretty fun too, but not necessarily in a social way!)
Can you dig that? If so, we can dig YOU! All you'll need is about 100 sheets of notebook paper, a three-ring binder (no other kind of paper set-up will work for this class) and a couple of your favorite pens. All students must figure out their own transportation and lodging. We'll tell you where the classroom is located and all other details when we confirm your reservation!
Come to Chicago! Come to Lynda's writing class! Class monitor Kelly Hogan describes the class as a way to "Blow your mind with..... your own mind!" GOOD! GOOD! GOOD! Yes you can! YOU CAN! Do! Please come!
Hey, what a great holiday gift idea! Many former students have sent their moms, dads, and/or grandparents to the class! It is an excellent mind-blow for anyone!
YES please pass this along to anyone that could use a "right on!" experience!
THANK YOU +++
Sincerely,
Betty Bong
Secretary, Writing the Unthinkable
LYNDA BARRY FAN SITE
http://www.marlysmagazine.com
LYNDA BARRY -- new books and back catalogue COMING SOON with most excellent DRAWN & QUARTERLY!
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D+Q at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, August 17-19
Updated August 3, 2007
With Special Guests: Joe Matt, Seth, Chester Brown, and Kevin Huizenga.
TCAF Kick-Off Events - Friday, August 17th:
@ Innis Town Hall
2 Sussex Avenue
Toronto, ON
(located within Innis College on the U of T's downtown campus, at the NW corner of St. George Street and Sussex Avenue, just south of Bloor. St. George subway).
Featuring the presentation of the 2007 Doug Wright Awards, AND Seth, Chester Brown, and Joe Matt reunited on stage as Joe returns to Toronto from Hollywood! Seth & Chester put the spotlight on Joe Matt in light of his latest graphic novel Spent
6:30 programming starts, signing with Joe Matt, Chester Brown, and Seth follows!
9:00 after party (details TBC)
Saturday, August 18th
festival hours 10AM - 7PM
Old Victoria College
93 Charles St. West
12:30 - 1:30 Seth (@ D+Q table)
1:30 - 2:30 Chester Brown (@ D+Q table)
3:00 - 4:00 Joe Matt, Chester Brown, & Seth signing in the Beguiling-sponsored signing room
2:30 - 4:30 Kevin Huizenga (@ D+Q table)
4:30 - 5:30 Joe Matt (@ D+Q table)
Sunday, August 19th
festival hours 10AM - 6PM
Old Victoria College
93 Charles St. West
11:30 - 12:30 Chester Brown (@ D+Q table)
1:00 - 2:00 Joe Matt, Chester Brown, & Seth signing in the Beguiling-sponsored signing room
12:30 - 2:30 Kevin Huizenga (@ D+Q table)
2:30 - 3:30 Joe Matt (@ D+Q table)
3:30 - 4:30 Seth (@ D+Q table)
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Lynda Barry workshop in Chicago: Writing the Unthinkable
Updated August 1, 2007
ANNOUNCING the next LYNDA BARRY workshop "WRITING the UNTHINKABLE" in CHICAGO.
This class has only 50 seats and there are only *8* left!
It is HAPPENING over LABOR DAY WEEKEND, Saturday and Sunday, September 1st and 2nd, 2007 -- that's the most foxy time of the year! Come on!
Do you wish you could WRITE? Do you wish you had a better MEMORY? Do you want to make STORIES but are too confused about how to even start? DO YOU WANT A SEAT IN THE TWO-DAY WRITING CLASS TAUGHT BY LYNDA BARRY? The schedule was specifically designed for night owls and sleepy heads -- check out the late start hours! NOON to 6pm!
THIS IS AN INTENSIVE WRITING CLASS -- it's not a social situation at all! Actually, you can be completely anonymous in this class! You don't have to be cool! Your clothes can be square! You don't have to read aloud or talk to anyone if you don't want to! You don't even have to make eye contact! And you don't have to be a writer to be part of it! In fact, this is a class that works especially well for 'non-writers' like bartenders, janitors, office workers, hairdressers and anyone who has given up on 'being a writer' but still wonders what it might be like to write. Open to ALL PEOPLE!
Lynda teaches a specific way of working she learned from her teacher, Marilyn Frasca, in the late 1970's and has used ever since. She says it will work for anyone who has any kind of curiosity about writing or remembering -- especially people who have always wanted to write but have no idea how to even begin. BE ADVISED! IT'S GOING TO BE TWO DAYS OF INTENSE CONCENTRATION AND HARD WORK! It is not jive! It is for real! (It is also pretty fun too, but not necessarily in a social way.)
Can you dig that? If so, we can dig YOU! All you'll need is about 100 sheets of notebook paper, a three-ring binder (no other kind of paper set-up will work for this class) and a couple of your favorite pens.
All students must figure out their own transportation and lodging. We'll tell you where the classroom is located and all other details when we confirm your reservation!
TUITION is $200.00!
To enroll, simply contact me, your secretary BETTY BONG, at fromthedeskofmarlys@yahoo.com -- and I will give you the very easy direct-to-Lynda check/money order payment instructions. This thwarts "The Man" and his fees and keeps it real! Yeah! Thwart The Man! Keep It Real!
Or if you need to enroll with a credit card via Paypal, that is cool too! Go to our eBay store.
BUT PLEASE NOTE: if you enroll via eBay WE MUST HAVE YOUR CURRENT ACTIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS!! We will need to contact you with class information, etc. This is very IMPORTANT. Otherwise it will be so very sad! Don't be sad!
Come to Chicago! Come to Lynda's writing class! Class monitor Kelly Hogan describes the class as a way to "Blow your mind with..... your own mind!" GOOD! GOOD! GOOD! Yes you can. YOU CAN! Do! Please come!
Hey, what a great Labor Day gift idea!
THANK YOU!
Sincerely,
Betty Bong
Secretary, Writing the Unthinkable
PS -- Big shout-out to all of our Madison, Wisconsin students from our last session! It was GREAT
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LYNDA BARRY FAN SITE
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D+Q at San Diego Comic-Con
Updated July 20, 2007
Miriam Katin, Joe Matt, Guy Delisle (making his first U.S. appearance!), and James Sturm are D+Q's guest artists at San Diego this year. They'll be on various panels and signing at our booth #1529. The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, July 26
1:00 - 3:00 Miriam Katin signing
3:00 - 5:00 Joe Matt signing
4:00 - 5:00 Room 3 "Spotlight on Guy Delisle." Moderated by Tom Spurgeon.
5:15 - 7:00 Guy Delisle signing
Friday, July 27
11:30 - 12:30 Room 3 "Spotlight on Joe Matt"
12:45 - 2:45 Joe Matt signing
1:30 - 2:30 Room 3 "Spotlight on Miriam Katin" Slide Show and moderated by Shaenon Garrity.
2:45 - 4:00 Miriam Katin signing
4:00 - 5:45 Guy Delisle signing
4:30 - 5:30 Room 4 "New Voices in Graphic Novels"
with Miriam Katin, Christian Slade, David Peterson, George O'Connor, Jamie Tanner, and Leland Myrick.
4:30 - 5:30 Room 24A "Center for Cartoon Studies"
with James Sturm and Tom Devlin
5:45 - 7:00 James Sturm signing
Saturday, July 28
11:00 - 1:00 James Sturm signing
11:30 - 12:30 Room 3 "Reality-Based Graphic Novels"
with Joe Matt, Guy Delisle, Miriam Katin, Rick Geary and Alison Bechdel.
1:00 - 3:00 Joe Matt signing
1:30 - 2:30 Room 4 "Great American Comic Strips"
with Drawn & Quarterly, Fantagraphics, IDW, and Classic Comics Press
3:00 - 5:00 Guy Delisle signing
5:00 - 7:00 Miriam Katin signing
Sunday, July 29
10:00 - 12:00 Miriam Katin signing
12:00 - 2:00 Joe Matt signing
2:00 - 4:00 Guy Delisle signing
 PLUS, the D+Q booth will have a ton of great convention deals as usual, and every purchase gets a FREE Shortcomings poster, in anticipation of Adrian Tomine's long-awaited graphic novel, coming in October. We'll have lots of postcards & Lynda Barry's Free Comic Book Day Activity Book as well, so come say hello to friendly D+Q-ers Jessica, Rebecca and Tom, and check out our new stuff, and the classics too.
DEBUT titles will include Berlin #13 by Jason Lutes, and James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems.
I'd post the address of the convention center, but just go to San Diego and follow the stormtroopers and men in tights, you can't miss it...Special thanks to Jackie Estrada, Sue Lord and Gary Sassaman for always being extremely helpful, supportive and professional to D+Q and our cartoonists.
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R. Sikoryak slide show in NYC
Updated July 6, 2007
R. Sikoryak will be presenting an all new cartoon slide show, written by Suzan-Lori Parks, as part of this event:
365 DAYS/365 PLAYS
Sunday, July 8 at 8:00pm, FREE
365 Days/365 Plays started when Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks committed to writing a play a day for a year. Dixon Place has been selected to produce a week's worth of world premiers, (and perform an excerpt of our week at the Public Theater on August 5th) Featuring 7 plays written by Suzan Lori-Parks and performed/danced/drawn/puppeteered/sung by Susana Cook, Michelle Matlock and Inner Princess, R. Sikoryak, David Michael Friend, Laura Peterson, and the DP Staff!!
Dixon Place
258 Bowery, 2nd Floor
between Houston & Prince
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JOE MATT on tour with his new graphic novel SPENT
Updated June 18, 2007
Q+A and signings with Joe Matt
LOS ANGELES:
Friday, June 15th, 7:30 pm
@ SKYLIGHT BOOKS, 1818 North Vermont Ave.
CHICAGO:
Saturday, June 16th, 7:00 pm
@ QUIMBY’S, 1854 W. North Ave.
Q+A led by cartoonist Ivan Brunetti
PHILADELPHIA:
Tuesday, June 19th, 7:00 pm
@ Big Jar Books, 55 North 2nd Street
NEW YORK CITY:
Saturday & Sunday, June 23rd & 24th @ The MoCCA Art Festival
Special Guest Event: "Spotlight on Joe Matt"
Sunday, June 24th, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
@ the MoCCA gallery, 594 Broadway, Suite 401
signing at the D+Q booth:
Puck Building, 293 Lafayette at Houston
Saturday, June 23rd, 2:30 - 4:30
Sunday, June 24th, 3:00 - 3:45 and 5:15 - 6:00
Festival open 11:00 am - 6:00 pm.
Admission is $8 each day / $10 weekend pass (weekend pass only $5 for MoCCA members)
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Adrian Tomine & D+Q at Book Expo America!
Updated May 22, 2007
D+Q Editor-in-Chief Chris Oliveros and designer/editor Tom Devlin will be holding down the booth at Book Expo America.
D+Q is in booth #3628, or in the Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Holtzbrink aisle which is always front and center at BEA.
Also, Optic Nerve cartoonist Adrian Tomine will be signing twice at the show: Friday, June 1st 2-4:00 PM at the D+Q booth 3628 and Saturday, June 2nd 2:30-3:00, Table 19, Autograph Area. He will be signing Shortcomings galleys, posters, and more.
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John Porcellino events in Boulder & Denver
Updated May 8, 2007
Boulder: Friday, May 25th, 2007, 5:30pm
Q+A and signing featuring King-Cat Classix
@ Barnes & Noble, Crossroads Commons
2915 Pearl Street
Denver: Tuesday, June 12th, 2007, 6:00pm
"Self Made" Guest Speaker series
Mario's Double Daughter's Salotto
1632 Market Street
303-623-3505
www.doubledaughters.com
www.myspace.com/selfmadedenver
"Join us each Tuesday, as we invite a member of Denver’s creative community to share their work, experience, and ideas in Downtown Denver’s most imaginative atmosphere. Come, be inspired, gain knowledge and build community while we discuss all aspects of building and maintaining a creative culture in Denver."
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Uninked in Phoenix:
Updated May 6, 2007
UnInked: Paintings, Sculptures and Graphic Works by Five Cartoonists
Five of the finest cartoonists currently working are also, not surprisingly, five of cartooning’s finest artists. While the original ink-on-paper drawings which compose literary graphic novels and comic strips are generally only one step in the arduous process of creating a visual book, they are not necessarily intended to be seen as finished works in and of themselves. This exhibit chooses instead to focus on those artists whose work intentionally already extends beyond the page: rarely-seen drawings, paintings, lithographs, and sculptures which develop the extensive narrative worlds and ideas which every cartoonist has spent years, and in some cases, lifetimes,developing. The prolific artists presented — Kim Deitch, Jerry
Moriarty, Gary Panter, Ron Regé, Jr. and Seth — have all devoted themselves to their imaginative work with an multifarious intensity at a time when a great deal of contemporary art mines its so-called visual “source material” from narrative popular culture but then chooses to blur or disregard its story content before enlarging it onto a gallery wall. By contrast, the work by these five artists — for whom storytelling is second nature — is unusually original,direct and full of life.
The exhibit runs from April 21st through August 19th, 2007 at the Phoenix Art Musuem, 1625 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona (602 257-1222). A 112 page full-color hardcover catalog edited and designed by the show’s curator,Chris Ware, picturing works from the exhibit as well as selected samples of each artists’ published work,will be available in mid-July from the museum’s store.
www.phxart.org
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Michel Rabagliati with Harvey Pekar at Moncton's Frye Festival
Updated April 11, 2007
Friday, April 27th
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
Roundtable
Authors discuss the topic: “The Graphic Novel Grows Up”
Moderator: Jean Fugère
With: Bernice Eisenstein, Dano LeBlanc, Harvey Pekar and Michel Rabagliati
Simultaneous translation - Admission: $10
Moncton City Hall, Council Chambers - 655 Main St.
Saturday, April 28th
Frye Jam, 8:00pm
Michel Rabagliati will be visiting L’École l’Odyssée, École Clément-Cormier and École Mathieu-Martin.
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Peter Thompson art show in Montreal
Updated April 11, 2007
Peter Thompson, James Kirkpatrick and Steve Debruyn:
"Stupid Fake Daddy"
Headquarters Gallery
Opening: May 5th
1649 rue Amherst
between Maisonneuve & Robin
Metro Berri-UQAM
514.678.2923
Mon-Wed: 12pm-6pm
Thurs-Fri: 12pm-8pm
Sat: 11am-6pm
Sunday: Closed
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Miriam Katin at the Philadelphia Book Festival
Updated April 11, 2007
Miriam Katin, cartoonist of We Are on Our Own will be at the Philadelphia Book Festival this year, participating in a panel discussion with Ben Katchor and Kim Deitch.
Sunday April 22nd at 3:00pm
Citibank Main Stage
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Colorado Events
Updated April 5, 2007
Featuring John Porcellino and his new comprehensive collection: KING-CAT CLASSIX
COLORADO SPRINGS:
Q+A, slide show and signing
Thursday, April 26th, 7:00 pm
@ Tutt Library, Colorado College
1021 N. Cascade Avenue
DENVER:
Q+A and signing
Tuesday, May 1st, 7:30 pm
@ Tattered Cover Book Store
2526 East Colfax Avenue
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Marguerite Abouet at the PEN Festival in NYC
Updated April 5, 2007
The writer behind Aya appears on multiple panels at this year's PEN Festival:
Wednesday, April 25th
"At Home in Europe"
Where: Hemmerdinger Hall at NYU: 100 Washington Square East
What time: 3–4:30 p.m.
With Marguerite Abouet, Geert Mak, Zafer Şenocak, Janne Teller, Ilija Trojanow; moderated by Jane Kramer of The New Yorker
Free and open to the public. No reservations.
Co-sponsored by the NYU Creative Writing Program
Over the last decade, Europe has undergone some of the most radical changes in its recent history. These writers take a look at the impact of multiculturalism, migration, and economic and other social shifts, and discuss their implications for the stability of individual countries and the creation of a broader European identity. Ilija Trojanow has undertaken a reverse migration of sorts, leaving Europe to settle in various places in sub-Saharan Africa and then chronicling many of these far-flung corners of the world. Geert Mak is a journalist, historian, and author of the forthcoming In Europe: A Journey Through the Twentieth Century. While working as a macroeconomist for the United Nations, Janne Teller lived in Dar-es-Salaam, Maputo, Brussels, and New York and much of her writing focuses on European and multicultural identity. Zafer Şenocak has written widely on the issues of diversity in Germany, the Turkish diaspora, and the short distances and large fears of a globalizing Europe. Marguerite Abouet left Abidjan, Ivory Coast at the age of 12 to study in France. Her graphic novel Aya details the promising, prosperous period of the 1970s in Ivory Coast.
Thursday, April 26th
"Conversation: Neil Gaiman & Marguerite Abouet, with Sean Wilsey"
Where: 37 Arts: 450 West 37th St.
What time: 6–7 p.m.
Tickets: $15/$10 PEN Members
Purchase tickets from Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.com or (212) 307-4100
Neil Gaiman has written novels, screenplays, children’s books, and comics (before they became known as graphic novels). His work has been widely praised, and his Sandman series is one of the most highly regarded collections in the world of comics. Marguerite Abouet was born in Ivory Coast in 1971 and now lives outside of Paris. Her graphic novel Aya chronicles growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Abidjan during a brief period of postcolonial calm. Sean Wilsey is an editor-at-large at McSweeney’s and author of the memoir Oh the Glory of It All. Together, they will discuss truth, imagination, and all things graphic.
Friday, April 27th
"Words Without Borders: Every Day in Africa"
Where: Instituto Cervantes New York: 211–215 East 49th St.
What time: 6–7:30 p.m.
With Marguerite Abouet, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Yasmina Khadra, Uzodinma Iweala; moderated by Dedi Felman
Free and open to the public. No reservations.
Co-sponsored by Instituto Cervantes New York and the Consulate General of Spain
Words Without Borders, the online magazine for international literature, is a partner in The Center for Literary Translation at Columbia University.
Americans’ exposure to Africa is mostly through press coverage focused on current events, with a bias toward the sensational and tragic. This discussion will offer a glimpse into the richness of the literary voices from Africa: these writers will talk about their work, the traditions they draw on, their styles and literary choices, and their tremendously diverse accomplishments.
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D+Q at APE
Updated April 5, 2007
Alternative Press Expo 2007
Saturday, April 21st 11:00AM - 7:00PM
Sunday, April 22nd 11:00AM - 6:00PM
CONCOURSE EXHIBITION CENTER
620 7th Street
San Francisco, CA
This year Kevin Huizenga is a special guest at APE! Check out his events and stop by the D+Q booth to meet him in person. Also, Anders Nilsen will be there Saturday only.
Saturday:
12:30 - 2:30 Anders Nilsen signing at the D+Q booth
2:30 - 4:30 Kevin Huizenga signing at the D+Q booth
5:00 - 5:55 Spotlight on Kevin Huizenga
Sunday:
12:30 - 1:40 Panel with Kevin Huizenga: "Graphic Novels Now"
2:00 - 4:00 Kevin Huizenga signing at the D+Q booth
NEW STUFF
John Porcellino's King-Cat Classix debuts at APE 2007! And don't miss Adrian Tomine's Optic Nerve #11
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