|
|
Events
( back )
Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes at Chicago's MCA
Updated May 7, 2013
This amazing exhibit travelled from the Oakland Museum off Art and will be at Chicago's MCA from June 29th through October 30th. Join Daniel Clowes and curator Susan Miller on June 29th for an in-depth conversation on his work.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Gilbert Hernandez goes on tour for MARBLE SEASON!
Updated April 18, 2013
Join beloved cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez (LOVE & ROCKETS) as he launches MARBLE SEASON, the first semiautobiographical story about his childhood in suburban California. Hernandez will present “From Funny Books to Graphic Novels”, a fascinating slide show tribute to the legacy of the comics he read as a kid. He'll talk about the silver age comics featured in MARBLE SEASON, which helped set the course for Gilbert, as well as his brothers Jaime and Mario, to become the legendary comics creator they are today. The presentation will be followed by a Q+A and signing, so don't miss your chance to get to know the man behind thirty years of alternative comics history.
Monday April 15th, 5:30 pm
101 Mattin Center, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Tuesday April 16th, 7 pm
Housing Works, 126 Crosby Ave.
New York, NY
Wednesday April 17th, 7 pm
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard O.
Montreal, Canada
Thursday April 18th, 7 pm
Quimby's, 1854 W. North Ave.
Chicago, IL
Sunday April 21st, 7:30 pm
Powell's City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside
Portland, OR
Wednesday April 24th, 7:30 pm
Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
Friday April 26th
Texas Library Association, Forth Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, TX
Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th
TCAF, Toronto Reference Library
Toronto, Canada
|
|
|
Lisa Hanawalt on tour for My Dirty Dumb Eyes!
Updated April 18, 2013
Lisa Hanawalt will be touring North America (and appearing at three festivals this spring & summer!) for her hilarious debut collection MY DIRTY DUMB EYES. Read a selection from MY DIRTY DUMB EYES here.
Sat May 11 and Sun May 12
TCAF, Toronto Reference Library
TORONTO
Monday May 13
Librairie D+Q, 211 Bernard O.
MONTREAL
Monday May 20
PowerHouse Arena, 37 Main St.
BROOKLYN
Wednesday May 29
Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave.
BERKELEY
Friday May 31
IPRC w/ Reading Frenzy
PORTLAND
Saturday June 1
Live Wire, Alberta Rose Theatre
PORTLAND
Monday June 3
Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave.
LOS ANGELES
Sat June 15 and Sun June 16
CAKE, 3656 N Halsted
CHICAGO
Thurs July 18 - Sun July 21
Comic-Con International
SAN DIEGO
|
|
|
|
| |
D+Q's Spring Festivals!
Updated March 28, 2013
Drawn & Quarterly will be in attendance at a handful of book festivals this spring. Find us at these shows:
NEW YORK: MoCCA Fest
Saturday April 6 and Sunday April 7
TORONTO: TCAF
Saturday May 11 and Sunday May 12
CHICAGO: CAKE
Saturday June 15 and Sunday June 16
|
|
|
D+Q at TCAF: Rutu Modan, Gilbert Hernandez, and Lisa Hanawalt!
Updated March 4, 2013
TCAF 2013 welcomes LISA HANAWALT, GILBERT HERNANDEZ, and RUTU MODAN
Drawn & Quarterly announces festival line-up and participating authors!
FEBRUARY 26—Today, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2013 teams with venerable Canadian publisher Drawn & Quarterly to welcome Lisa Hanawalt, Gilbert Hernandez, and Rutu Modan as Featured Guests of the festival. All three creators will attend TCAF 2013 in support of new works published by Drawn & Quarterly, and will be prominently featured in Festival programming taking place May 11-12 at Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street.
This trio of talented graphic novelists will join previously announced and mainstay Drawn & Quarterly cartoonists Marc Bell, Chester Brown, Seth, and Art Spiegelman as a part of the 2013 Festival, and a host of other cartoonists published by D&Q across their long history. Drawn & Quarterly’s exceptionally strong line-up will make appearances at the Drawn & Quarterly booth during TCAF’s main exhibition dates. They will also participate in various other programs, including displays of original art, panel discussions, interviews, and much more. Final programming details and schedules will be announced closer to the TCAF dates.
...
Biographies:
Lisa Hanawalt is a renowned self-publisher and illustrator living in Brooklyn, New York. Her comics work has won several Ignatz awards, and the Stumptown Award for Best Small Press Publication in 2011. Hanawalt’s illustration and comics clients include The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Hairpin, McSweeneys, Chronicle Books and Vanity Fair. She will debut her first major comics work, My Dirty Dumb Eyes, at TCAF 2013.
Gilbert Hernandez has been called “One of the greatest American storytellers,” by Junot Diaz. Alongside his brothers Jaime and Mario, Gilbert co-created and contributed to the acclaimed comic book series Love and Rockets, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2012. Gilbert has won numerous awards for his stories, including the Kirby Award, Inkpot Award, Harvey Award, and the 2009 United States Artists Literature Fellowship. Gilbert will be at TCAF 2013 to debut his semiautobiographical new work Marble Season, easily one of the most-anticipated and most-important books of 2013.
Rutu Modan is the author of the phenomenal graphic novel Exit Wounds, which received enormous critical acclaim and was cited as one of the best graphic novels in its year of release by Entertainment Weekly, Time, The Washington Post, Publisher’s Weekly, and New York Magazine amongst others. An accomplished illustrator, graphic novelist, and teacher of the medium, her work is highly regarded around the world. Rutu Modan will attend TCAF 2013 to debut her new graphic novel The Property, published by Drawn & Quarterly. TCAF would like to thank the Consulate General of Israel in Toronto for their support of this trip.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Art Spiegelman to attend TCAF and Printers Row 2013!
Updated March 4, 2013
Art Spiegelman will be attending two book festivals this spring to support his fall book CO-MIX: A RETROSPECTIVE OF COMICS, GRAPHICS, AND SCRAPS.
Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th
TCAF, Toronto Reference Library
Toronto, ON, Canada
Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th
Printers Row Lit Fest
Chicago, IL
|
|
|
Tom Gauld's UK dates for YOU'RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK
Updated March 4, 2013
Tom Gauld will be doing a limited UK tour for YOU'RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK, which is a hilarious, insightful collection of comics originally published in the Guardian, the UK's most prestigious newspaper. Read a preview of the book here, and find Tom in London, Edinburgh, and Bristol later this spring!
Wednesday April 24, 7-9 pm
Launch party and signing
Gosh Comics
1 Berwick St, London
Thursday April 25, 7 pm
Talk & Signing
Analogue Books
39 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh
Sunday May 5, 2-4 pm
Signing
Here Gallery & Bookshop
108 Stokes Croft, Bristol
|
|
|
|
| |
MIRIAM KATIN ON TOUR WITH Letting It Go: Boston, NYC, Ottawa, and Montreal!
Updated February 28, 2013
Miriam Katin will be going on tour in the Northeastern USA & Canada during March and April 2013 to support her new D+Q book, LETTING IT GO. Read a preview of this moving, hilarious memoir and then find Miriam in one of these cities:
BOSTON:
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St.
Tuesday March 19
NEW YORK CITY:
Book Culture, 536 West 112th St.
Thursday March 21
NEW YORK CITY:
MoCCA Arts Fest, The 69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Ave.
Saturday April 6 and Sunday April 7
OTTAWA:
Ottawa Writers Fest
Friday April 26
MONTREAL:
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival
Sunday April 28
|
|
|
GENEVIEVE CASTREE ON TOUR WITH SUSCEPTIBLE
Updated February 4, 2013
In February and March, Geneviève Castrée is hitting the road for her first full-length graphic novel, the beautifully wrought Susceptible. Read a preview of it here.
Find her in these cities:
Los Angeles on Friday February 15 at 7:30 pm
Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., 323-660-1175
Chicago on Saturday February 16 at 7 pm
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave., 773-342-0910
Toronto on Monday February 18 at 7 pm
The Beguiling, VENUE TBA, 416-533-9168
Montreal on Tuesday February 19 at 7 pm
Librairie D+Q, 211 Bernard O., 514-279-2224
Brooklyn on Wednesday February 20 at 7 pm
Desert Island, 540 Metropolitan Ave., 718-388-5087
Portland, OR on Thursday March 7 from 6 to 9 pm
Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St., 503-241-0227
Seattle on Saturday March 9 from 6 to 9 pm
Fantagraphics Bookstore, 1201 S. Vale St., 206-658-0110
|
|
|
|
| |
Adrian Tomine On Tour for NEW YORK DRAWINGS
Updated September 4, 2012
Bethesda SMALL PRESS EXPO Sat-Sun Sept 15-16
Brooklyn powerHOUSE Arena Thursday, Sept 20th, 7 PM
Brooklyn BOOK FEST Sunday Sept 23rd
Manhattan McNALLY JACKSON Tuesday, Oct 2nd, 7 PM
Providence AS 220 & ADA Wednesday, Oct 3rd, 8 PM
Cambridge HARVARD BOOKS Thursday Oct 4th, 7:00 PM
Berkeley PEGASUS BOOKS DOWNTOWN Friday Oct 12th, 7:30 PM
San Francisco APE at the CONCOURSE Saturday Oct 13th
Los Angeles SKYLIGHT BOOKS Sunday Oct 14th, 5:00 PM
Brooklyn COMICS& GRAPHICS FEST Saturday Nov 10th
Montreal UKRAINIAN FEDERATION Sunday Nov 11th 7:00 PM
Toronto BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA Monday Nov 12th 7:00 PM
|
|
|
Rookie Road Trip
Updated July 11, 2012
Rookie’s on a road trip! Starting in Brooklyn and ending in Los Angeles, Tavi Gevinson of the website Rookie and her intrepid team of girl heroes have trekked across the country in search of good ice cream, vintage dresses, and DIY fun. Catch her and the rest of the Rookie gang as they finish up their cross-country drive on the West Coast; click here for an itinerary.
Remaining dates:
JULY 10, 3 PM - PORTLAND, OR
Meet at 3 PM for donuts at Voodoo Doughnut! Then around 4 we’ll head to the Church of Elvis.
Voodoo Doughnut / 22 Southwest 3rd Avenue / Portland, OR 97205
/24 Hour Church of Elvis / 408 N.W. Couch Street / Portland, OR 97209
JULY 12, 4 PM - EUREKA, CA
Meet at Bon Boniere at 4 for ice cream, then around 5 we’ll head to Shipwreck for vintage shopping.
Bon Boniere / 215 F Street / Eureka, CA 95501
Shipwreck / 430 3rd Street / Eureka, CA 95501
JULY 14, 12 PM - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
We’ll meet at 12 at the Bi-Rite Creamery for stomach-filling treats, then we’ll take our treats to Dolores Park and hang there.
Bi-Rite Creamery / 3692 18th Street / San Francisco, CA 94117
Dolores Park / 566 Dolores Street / San Francisco, CA 94110
JULY 15, 1 PM - BIG SUR, CA
We’re gonna be cultured and stuff and probably get food nearby.
Henry Miller Memorial Library / 48603 California 1 / Big Sur, CA 93920
JULY 21-JULY 28 - LOS ANGELES, CA
Daily events begin at Space 15 Twenty on July 21st. Our final hurrah is on the 28th. Details coming next week!
Space 15 Twenty / 1520 N. Cahuenga Boulevard / Los Angeles, CA 90028
CHECK OUT ROOKIEMAG.COM!
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga in Chicago and St. Louis!
Updated June 7, 2012
Kevin Huizenga (GLORIANA) and Dan Zettwoch (BIRDSEYE BRISTOE) will be hitting the bookstores of Chicago and St Louis this month to promote their brand new D+Q titles.
Friday June 15th, 7pm
Quimbys, 1854 W. North Ave
Chicago
Brief slideshow and signing
Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17
CAKE, 1104 S Wabash
Columbia College's Ludington Building, Chicago
Friday June 22nd, 7 pm
Star Clipper, 6392 Delmar Blvd
St. Louis
Brief slideshow, signing, and refreshments to follow.
|
|
|
Guy Delisle & Tom Gauld at BD & Comics Passion
Updated May 10, 2012
Guy Delisle and Tom Gauld will be at BD & Comics Passion 2012 in London at the end of May! Buy tickets online now! Full schedule here.
FRIDAY MAY 25TH
Guy Delisle & Tom Gauld: A Drawing Duo
6:30pm-7:15pm / £8, conc. £6
Book Signing: Guy Delisle & Tom Gauld
7:30pm-9pm
SATURDAY MAY 26TH
Guy Delisle: “From Shenzhen to Jerusalem”
5pm-6pm / £8, conc. £6
Book Signing: Guy Delisle & Tom Gauld
6pm-7pm
Drawing Jam with Mesparrow: Tom Gauld
9pm-10pm / £8, conc. £6
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Tom Gauld & Matt Forsythe on tour in the US and Canada!
Updated April 3, 2012
Tom Gauld (GOLIATH) and Matt Forsythe (JINCHALO) will be hitting cities across the US and Canada in the coming weeks!
Friday April 27th, 8 pm
Desert Island, Brooklyn
Sat April 28th and Sun April 29th
MOCCA Festival, NYC
Monday April 30th, 7pm
Ada Books, Providence
**Wednesday May 2nd**
Librairie D+Q, Montreal
**solo event for Tom Gauld**
Sat May 5th & Sun May 6th
TCAF, Toronto
|
|
|
Guy Delisle touring North America for JERUSALEM: CHRONICLES FROM THE HOLY CITY
Updated March 7, 2012
We are pleased to announce Guy Delisle's first ever North American tour. At each stop, Guy will be presenting a slide show, conversing and signing. JERUSALEM: Chronicles From The Holy City will be in stores on Tuesday April 24th.
NYC Tuesday, April 24th 7PM Housing Works with Desert Island
BOSTON Wednesday, April 25th 7PM Harvard Bookstore (Cambridge)
WASHINGTON DC Thursday, April 26th DC 7:30PM Politics & Prose
LOS ANGELES Saturday, April 28th LA 5:30PM Skylight Books
IOWA CITY Monday, April 30th 7PM Prairie Lights
MINNEAPOLIS Tuesday, May 1st 7:30PM Magers & Quinn
CHICAGO Wednesday, May 2nd 7PM At the Oak Park Library with The Book Table
TORONTO Thursday, May 3rd 7PM Carlton Cinema with The Beguiling
TORONTO Saturday, May 5th & Sunday May 6th Toronto Comics Art Festival
|
|
|
|
| |
John P. on tour and at the Sequential Artists Workshop
Updated March 5, 2012
John P. is on the move again! He'll be doing a five day workshop at the Sequential Artists Workshop and hitting a few zinefests in the next two months!
March 5-9, 2012: SAW Workshop, Gainesville FL
5 Day Comix Workshop with John Porcellino
March 9-10: CHICAGO ZINE FEST
(Spit and a Half table will be manned by Jake Austen of Roctober Magazine)
March 14: Chapel Hill Comics, Chapel Hill NC
John P. slide show, booksigning, and Q+A; 5-7 PM
March 15: Duke University, Durham NC
John Porcellino lecture: Perkins Library, Rare Book Room; 7 PM
March 16: Atomic Books, Baltimore
Slide show and Q+A, with John Porcellino and Dina Kelberman; 7PM
March 23: Quimby's Books, Chicago
Sammy the Mouse Vol. 1 release party with Zak Sally, John Porcellino, and Dale Flattum
March 24: Johalla Projects, Chicago
Opening reception for "Physical Evidence," a three-person show of comics, printmaking, zines and more featuring Dale Flattum, John Porcellino, and Zak Sally
April 13-15, C2E2, Chicago IL
Tabling with good ol' Joe Chips!
April 21-22: SPACE, Columbus OH
Two full tables of awesome Spit and a Half merchandise
April 28: Midwest Zine Fest, Urbana IL
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Tom Gauld’s GOLIATH: London Book Launch
Updated February 15, 2012
Friday March 9th
Signing 6:30 PM
Launch 7 PM
Gosh Comics, 1 Berwick Street, London
There will be an exclusive Gosh! Bookplate Edition available.
http://www.goshlondon.com
|
|
|
Lynda Barry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Updated January 25, 2012
Lynda Barry is offering four(!) free(!) public(!) lectures about cartooning and writing as part of her spring 2012 artist residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A full schedule is included below.
* Wednesday, Feb. 15, 4:30-5:45 p.m.: Art Department Visiting Artist Series: "Seeing, Drawing, Writing, and Cooking through a Cartoonist's Eye" by cartoonist Ivan Brunetti with Barry. Special guest: Chris Ware. L160 Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Ave.
* Wednesday, Feb. 22, 4:30-5:45 p.m.: Art Department Visiting Artist Series: "The Blind Stare" by author Ryan Knighton with Barry. L160 Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Ave.
* Thursday, March 8, 7 p.m.: "The Friendship that Would Not Die: Lynda Barry on Matt Groening," Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Lecture Hall, 227 State St. Note: Free tickets are available at MMoCA's lobby desk beginning at noon on Friday, March 2. Tickets are limited to two per person; no telephone or Internet reservations, please. Museum hours are noon to 8 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
* Thursday, May 3, 7 p.m.: "Stay Awake" by writer Dan Chaon with Barry, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Lecture Hall, 227 State St. Note: Free tickets are available at MMoCA's lobby desk beginning at noon on Friday, April 27. Tickets are limited to two per person; no telephone or Internet reservations, please. Museum hours are noon to 8 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
For more information and the current schedule of events, see http://www.arts.wisc.edu/artsinstitute/IAR/barry/
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
John P. on tour! November and December dates!
Updated November 21, 2011
John P is touring again! Cleveland, Brooklyn, Providence, Waltham, and Cambridge!
Sat. Nov. 26
CLEVELAND, OH
Ghengis Con
http://thegenghiscon.com/
Saturday Dec. 3
BROOKLYN, NY
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
http://www.comicsandgraphicsfest.com/
Monday Dec. 5; 7 PM
PROVIDENCE, RI
Ada Books
http://ada-books.com/
Tuesday Dec. 6; 8 PM
WALTHAM, MA
Back Pages Books
http://www.backpagesbooks.com/
Wednesday Dec. 7; 6 PM
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Million Year Picnic
http://themillionyearpicnic.com/
Saturday Dec. 10
MILWAUKEE, WI
Milwaukee Zine Fest
http://milwaukeezinefest.org/
Plus! John P is scheduled to do a 5-day comics class at the Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, FL. It runs March 5-9, 2012. Register here:
http://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/classes/indexJP2012.html
|
|
|
Daniel Clowes & Seth on Tour in October!
Updated October 19, 2011
Daniel Clowes & Seth hit the road to sign books, shake hands and talk comics in Canada and the USA. Don't miss what will be the liveliest and hands down funniest tour this year!
San Francisco @ Alternative Press Expo
October 1 and 2nd
No Seth, With Adrian Tomine, It will be just as funny!
Oak Park IL @ Unity Temple with Book Table Thursday October 13th
Boston, MA @ Boston Book Festival
Saturday October 15th
New York, NY @ Housing Works with Desert Island
Tuesday October 18th
Montreal, QC @ Ukrainian Federation
Wednesday October 19th
Toronto, ON @ IFOA
Friday October 21st
Miami, FL @ Miami Book Fair
Saturday November 19
With Adrian Tomine!
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Seth exhibit at Adam Baumgold Gallery - Oct 12 to Nov 23!
Updated September 20, 2011
SETH
THE GREAT NORTHERN BROTHERHOOD OF CANADIAN CARTOONISTS
October 12 – November 23, 2011
Adam Baumgold Gallery presents an exhibition by Seth of work from his new book THE GREAT NORTHERN BROTHERHOOD OF CANADIAN CARTOONISTS that will premiere at the gallery. The exhibition will include the complete set of 100 drawings, paintings on paper, as well as related artifacts and ephemera.
In THE GREAT NORTHERN BROTHERHOOD OF CANADIAN CARTOONISTS, Seth offers a rich and varied study of Canadian cartoonists, both real and fictional. This group of drawings celebrates nearly every kind of cartoon – newspaper strips, nickel-backs, gags, comic books, political satire, accordion books, and graphic novels – but is bound together by his own carefully-crafted style. Seth uses bold black lines and gray ink washes, occasionally with watercolor, to create his dramatically lit scenes. As the title suggests, the series has a distinctly Canadian flavor; mounted police, igloos, dog-sleds, pine trees, bears, and British soldiers all make appearances.
The gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11:00 - 5:30 P.M. A preview of the exhibition can be viewed at www.adambaumgoldgallery.com.
60 EAST 66TH ST. NEW YORK, NY 10065
|
|
|
KATE BEATON'S FALL 2011 TOUR !!!
Updated September 8, 2011
BETHESDA Saturday Sept 10th & Sunday Sept 11th
http://www.spxpo.com/
Special Guest at SPX, in conversation with Roz Chast Sept 10th, 12PM
BROOKLYN Sunday Sept 18th
http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/BBF/Home
At Brooklyn Book Festival, 1PM
MANHATTAN Tuesday Sept 27th
http://www.housingworks.org/locations/detail/bookstore-cafe
http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/
At Housing Works with Desert Island, 7PM
SAN FRAN Saturday Oct 1st & Sunday Oct 2nd
http://www.comic-con.org/ape/index.php
At APE
BOSTON Saturday Oct 15th
http://www.bostonbookfest.org/bookfest/schedule_detail/schedule_kate_beaton/
At the Boston Book Festival, panel "Funny Ha-Ha: Comedy in Comics", 1PM
VANCOUVER Friday Oct 21st
http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/
At the Vancouver International Writers Festival, panel "Conversations with Bill", 10 AM
PORTLAND Saturday Oct 22nd
http://www.livewireradio.org/
During Live Wire at Alberta Rose Theater, 7PM
LOS ANGELES Sunday Oct 23rd
http://www.skylightbooks.com/
Signing at Skylight Books, 5PM
TORONTO Saturday Oct 29th & Oct 30th
http://www.readings.org/?q=ifoa
At the IFOA
MONTREAL Tuesday Nov 1st
http://211blog.drawnandquarterly.com/
At our very own Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 7PM
HALIFAX Wednesday Nov 2nd
http://www.strangeadventures.com/
At Strange Adventures, 7PM
|
|
|
|
| |
Anders Nilsen BIG QUESTIONS tour, East Coast Edition
Updated August 10, 2011
Anders Nilsen is on tour for BIG QUESTIONS! He'll be all over the Eastern United States and central Canada throughout August and September.
** Appearances with Marc Bell
*** Appearances with Marc Bell and Mark Connery
AUGUST EVENTS:
Saturday August 13th at 7 pm | Toronto, ON
The Beguiling
601 Markham St. (416) 533-9168
http://www.beguiling.com/index.php
Thursday August 18th at 7:30 pm | Minneapolis, MN
Magers and Quinn
3038 Hennepin Ave S. (612) 822-4611
http://www.magersandquinn.com/
Tuesday August 30th at 7 pm | Chicago, IL
Lula Cafe (books sold by Quimby's)
2537 N. Kedzie Blvd. (773) 489-9554
http://www.quimbys.com
SEPTEMBER EVENTS:
** Friday September 9th at 7 pm ** | Baltimore, MD
Atomic Books
3620 Falls Rd. (410) 662-4444
http://www.atomicbooks.com/
September 10th (11-7) and 11th (12-6) | Bethesda, MD
Small Press Expo (SPX) @ Bethesda North Marriott Convention Center
5701 Marinelli Rd.
http://www.spxpo.com/
** Tuesday September 13th ** | Pittsburgh, PA
The Copacetic Comics Company
3138 Dobson St, 3rd floor. (412) 251-5451
http://www.copaceticcomics.com/
** Wednesday September 14th ** | Philadelphia, PA
Brickbat Books
709 South Fourth St. (215) 592-1207
http://brickbatbooks.com/default.aspx
** Thursday September 15th ** | New York, NY
192 Books
192 Tenth Ave. (212) 255-4022
http://www.192books.com/
** Friday September 16th at 7 pm ** | Brooklyn, NY
Desert Island
540 Metropolitan Ave. (718) 388-5087
http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/
Sunday September 18th | Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Book Festival at the Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon St.
http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/BBF/Home
Monday September 19th | Providence, RI
Ada Books
717 Westminster St. (401) 432-6222
http://ada-books.com/
Wednesday September 21st | White River Junction, VT
The Center for Cartoon Studies
94 S. Main St. (802) 295-3319
www.cartoonstudies.org
Thursday September 22nd at 7 pm | Montreal, QC
Librairie Drawn and Quarterly
211 Bernard O. (514) 279-2224
http://211blog.drawnandquarterly.com/
*** Saturday September 24th *** | Toronto, ON
The Beguiling
601 Markham St. (416) 533-9168
http://www.beguiling.com/index.php
** Sunday September 25th ** | Toronto, ON
Word on the Street Book Festival
http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/
|
|
click here to read more
|
CHESTER BROWN ON TOUR! FOR PAYING FOR IT!
Updated April 27, 2011
TORONTO | SUNDAY MAY 1ST | 7:00 PM | GOODHANDY'S | BEGUILING | WITH SASHA
TORONTO | FRIDAY MAY 6TH | 7:00 PM | TPL REFERENCE | TCAF | WITH CHRIS WARE, ADRIAN TOMINE, & SETH
TORONTO | SAT MAY 7TH & SUN MAY 8TH | 12-4:00 PM | D+Q BOOTH | TCAF
CHICAGO | WED MAY 11TH | 7:30 PM | QUIMBY'S
NYC | THURSDAY MAY 12TH | 7:00 PM | THE STRAND | WITH TRACY QUAN & WFMU'S BEN WALKER
MONTREAL | SATURDAY, MAY 14TH | 7:00 PM | D+Q LIBRAIRIE
VANCOUVER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 18TH | 7:00 PM | VPL | WITH LUCKY'S
SEATTLE | THURSDAY, MAY 19TH | 7:00 PM | ELLIOTT BAY BOOKSTORE
|
|
|
|
| |
Pascal Girard and Joe Ollmann Tour Dates
Updated March 9, 2011
Meet up with these two fine Montreal artists in their home town or on the road in New York, Hamilton ***, Toronto and Vancouver!
Wednesday March 23, 7 PM | Montreal | D+Q Librairie
Sat & Sun April 9 & 10 | NYC | Mocca Festival
*** Wednesday April 13, 7 PM | Hamilton ON | Bryan Prince ***
Thursday April 14, 7 PM | Toronto | The Beguiling
Friday April 15, 7 PM | Vancouver | Lucky's
*** This event will be a solo launch for Joe Ollmann's Mid-Life
|
|
|
Lynda Barry's 2011 Events: Philly, Lancaster, Wellesley, Monterey, Miami, Bloomington, Rhinebeck!!!
Updated March 7, 2011
We're announcing all of Lynda's open to the public event for the next few months, with more to come! Check back often!
PHILLY | Thursday, March 17th | 7:30 PM
Free Library
LANCASTER PA | Sunday, March 20th | 2:00 PM
Dog Star Books
MONTEREY CA | April 6-11th
EG Conference
WELLESLEY MA | Friday, April 15th 7:30 PM
Newhouse Center at Wellesley College
With Alison Bechdel (Fun Home)
MIAMI FL | May 4-6th
Writers Institute, Florida Center for the Literary Arts
WORKSHOP!
BLOOMINGTON | June 4-7th
Indiana University Writers Conference
WORKSHOP!
RHINEBECK, NY | July 10-15th
Omega Institute
WORKSHOP!
|
|
|
|
| |
James Sturm at The John Hopkins University
Updated March 1, 2011
James Sturm will be presenting a slideshow on Monday March 7th at the Mattin Center's F. Ross Jones Building, on the Homewood campus of The John Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland. He'll be discussing “Cartooning, Internet Addiction, Religion and Starting a College.” The presentation will be followed by a book signing.
|
|
click here to read more
|
Marc Bell in a Mexico City show curated by Devendra Banhart
Updated February 9, 2011
We are pleased to announce that Marc Bell will be exhibiting in Mexico City.
“LA MIGRA!”
A Group Show curated by Devendra Banhart
VICE GALLERY
Mérida 109, esq. Alvaro Obregón Col. Roma, Mexico City.
Opening February 23rd
Zach Hill, Marc Bell, Eric Wareheim, Jerry Hsu, Beck, Melissa Shimkovitz, Kevin Long, Adam Green, David Tibet, Marilyn Manson, Fabrizio Moretti, Alia Shawkat, Nat Russell, Thomas Campbell, Travis Keller, Angeline Rivas, Keegan McHargue, Adam Tullie.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Adrian Tomine at the Strand, Wednesday February 9th
Updated January 6, 2011
Please join Adrian in his only event for his new book SCENES FROM AN IMPENDING MARRIAGE. Just in time for Valentines Day, Adrian shares his delightful token of love he created for his then fiancee about the absurdly funny trials and tribulations of being engaged and planning a wedding.
Wednesday, February 9th, 7:00 PM
The Strand, NYC
Broadway & 12th
|
|
click here to read more
|
KEVIN HUIZENGA WILD KINGDOM launches at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn, November 13th
Updated November 11, 2010
Kevin Huizenga at Bergen Street Comics
Please join us on Saturday, November 13th, as we host the Brooklyn Launch Event for Kevin Huizenga’s, “The Wild Kingdom.” The evening will start with a conversation between Kevin and Bergen Street Comics’ own Tucker Stone. Then, we will celebrate Kevin’s latest work of comic genius in the proper Bergen Street Comics style. As always, fun and bubbly refreshments will be served.
Bergen Street Comics
Saturday, November 13th, 8pm
470 Bergen Street
Between Flatbush & 5th Avenues
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
LYNDA BARRY on tour this fall!
Updated November 4, 2010
Lynda Barry goes on tour this fall to promote new amazing book PICTURE THIS: THE NEARSIGHTED MONKEY. Lynda will be in San Francisco, LA, Portland, Vancouver, Chicago and NYC. We will be adding events over the Fall and early into 2011. If you have never seen Lynda in person before, it may be one of the most exhilarating and inspirational experiences one can have at an author event. Get your tickets and preorder your books now!
11/15/10 CHICAGO SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
11/21/10 MIAMI BOOK FESTIVAL (with Vanessa Davis)
12/02/10 NYC 92nd STREET Y WITH MAIRA KALMAN (Holy @#&$%&*?)
12/04/10 BROOKLYN COMICS AND GRAPHICS FESTIVAL
|
|
click here to read more
|
A Long Way From HICKSVILLE with DYLAN HORROCK at the D&Q Library, October 27th
Updated October 21, 2010
A Long Way From Hicksville, with Dylan Horrocks
Wednesday, October 27th 7:00 PM
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Bookstore
211 Bernard West, Montreal, QC
Hicksville is a collection of short pieces first published as a book in 1998. It was named a "Book of the Year" by the Comics Journal and received nominations for two Ignatz Awards and a Harvey Award. Dylan Horrocks will present a retrospective on his work, examining his relationship with comics through a history of Hicksville . This is also a launch for the new and expanded edition of Hicksville published by Drawn and Quarterly in early 2010.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Sheila Heti and LEANNE SHAPTON in conversation at the D&Q Library, October 28th
Updated October 21, 2010
Sheila Heti and Leanne Shapton in conversation
Thursday, October 28th 7:00 PM
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Bookstore
211 Bernard West, Montreal, QC
Sheila Heti lives in Toronto, Canada, where she writes books and conducts interviews. She is the author of the story collection THE MIDDLE STORIES, the novel TICKNOR and she will be launching HOW SHOULD A PERSON BE?, a bold interrogation into the possibility of a beautiful life. A novel of many identities, it is an autobiography of the mind, a postmodern self-help book, and a (mostly) fictionalized portrait of the artist as a young woman -- of two such artists, in fact.
Leanne Shapton is an illustrator, author and publisher based in New York City. She published WAS SHE PRETTY? in November 2008 and IMPORTANT ARTIFACTS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORE DOOLAN AND HAROLD MORRIS INCLUDING BOOKS, STREET FASHION AND JEWELRY, in February 2009. She will be launching a book of paintings for Drawn and Quarterly called NATIVE TREES OF CANADA.
|
|
click here to read more
|
JAMES STURM in conversation with Chris Couch at The Yiddish Book Centre, October 24th
Updated October 21, 2010
AUTHOR'S TALK
James Sturm is the author of Market Day and cofounder of the Center for Cartoon Studies. Christopher Couch is a lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts.
Cost: $6/general admission; $3/student
Date: Sunday, October 24, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM
The Yiddish Book Center
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
LYNDA BARRY at the SCHOOL OF ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, November 15th
Updated October 21, 2010
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO BRINGS ACCLAIMED AUTHOR AND CARTOONIST LYNDA BARRY TO CHICAGO NOV. 15 FOR SPECIAL VISITING ARTIST PRESENTATION
Free Event presented in SAIC Columbus Auditorium
Barry to sign copies of her newest book, “Picture This” Following Presentation
Chicago, IL—The School of the Art Institute of Chicago brings Lynda Barry, the inimitable creator of “Ernie Pook’s Comeek,” to Chicago Monday, Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. as part of its ongoing Visiting Artist Program. At the event, Barry will do a slide show presentation, as well as discuss her influences, creative process, and career, before signing copies of her newest book, “Picture This,” which will be officially released by Drawn & Quarterly Nov. 9, 2010. The event is free and open to the public, and will be presented at the SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Drive. Reservations are not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
In the richly illustrated “Picture This,” Barry asks the questions “Why do we stop drawing?” and “Why do we start?” It features the return of Barry's most beloved character, Marlys, and introduces a new one, the Nearsighted Monkey. Guest water colorist Kevin Kawula contributed to the book. Copies of “Picture This” will be available for purchase at the event. ($30.95; credit cards only).
Barry is perhaps best known as one of the most successful non-mainstream American cartoonists, although she also works as a painter, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator, and teacher. In her works, Barry explores the depths of the inner and outer realms of creation and imagination, where play can be serious, monsters have purpose, and not knowing is an answer unto itself. Her cartoons were first published by the Chicago Reader, and went on to be syndicated widely for more than two decades before she stopped drawing them in 2008. She lived in Chicago for several years before returning to her native Wisconsin. Widely praised, her works include the bestselling and acclaimed “What It Is,” which received the Eisner Award for Best Reality Based Graphic Novel and the R.R. Donnelly Award for highest literary achievement by a Wisconsin author; and “The Good Times are Killing Me,” which was adapted into an off-Broadway musical.
Praising Barry’s “What It Is,” Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune wrote “In her new book, ‘What It Is’ (Drawn & Quarterly), Barry spins around and around and bumps into so many touchstones that you get dizzy right along with her. It's a heavenly hodgepodge of philosophical speculations, biographical musings, funny observations, pointed interrogations and poignant recollections, all wrapped up in the funky, colorful, eclectic artwork that has made the former Chicago resident famous.”
“Picture This” and “What It Is” are both based on Barry’s creative workshop "Writing the Unthinkable" which she teaches all over North America.
For more information about the SAIC’s Visiting Artist Program, visit www.saic.edu/vap or call 312.899.5185.
|
|
click here to read more
|
LEANNE SHAPTON of THE NATIVE TREES OF CANADA at the Monkeys Paw 10/30
Updated October 20, 2010
The author of WAS SHE PRETTY? and IMPORTANT ARTIFACTS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORE DOOLAN AND HAROLD MORRIS INCLUDING BOOKS, STREET FASHION & JEWELRY launches her new D+Q petit livre THE NATIVE TREES OF CANADA at the used book shop The Monkeys Paw, where she found the original 1917 government reference book of the same name that served as inspiration for her new book. Shapton distills each subject–leaves, pinecones, and seeds–into its simplest form, using vivid colors in lush ink and house paint.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 6:00-8:00 PM
Monkey's Paw Bookshop
1229 Dundas St West
With Jason Logan of FESTUS
|
|
|
|
| |
LYNDA BARRY of PICTURE THIS at the IFOA 10/29 & 10/30
Updated October 20, 2010
Painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator, activist and teacher, Lynda Barry returns to the IFOA for the Toronto launch of her new book PICTURE THIS, the creative how to draw companion to her D+Q bestseller WHAT IT IS.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 29TH, 8:00 PM
Fleck Dance Theater
READING: Barry, Bismuth, Laferrière, Martel
Lynda Barry, Nadine Bismuth, Dany Laferrière, and Yann Martel read from their latest works. James Grainger hosts.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30TH 5:00 PM
Studio Theater
Illustrator and bestselling author Lynda Barry reads from her new book, Picture This, and is interviewed by Peter Birkemoe.
|
|
click here to read more
|
DYLAN HORROCKS of HICKSVILLE at the IFOA 10/23 & 10/26
Updated October 20, 2010
HICKSVILLE cartoonist Dylan Horrocks visits Canada all the way from New Zealand with two events at the International festival of Authors.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23rd 3:00 PM
Brigantine Room
GRAPHIC DETAIL: Since 2005, the IFOA has showcased the work of cartoonists, illustrators and graphic novelists. At this event, artists Charles Burns, Dylan Horrocks and Seth share their latest works and participate in a round table discussion moderated by the CBC’s Bob Mackowycz.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26th 8:00 PM
Studio Theater
Myla Goldberg, Paul Harding, Dylan Horrocks, and Eshkol Nevo discuss the building blocks of novel writing at this round table discussion moderated by Siri Agrell.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
LA Weekly promotes LYNDA BARRY at Skylight Books, October 19th
Updated October 19, 2010
Lynda Barry
Tue., October 19, 7:30pm
Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Ave. L.A., CA 90027
How much do I love Lynda Barry? Enough that I once dressed up as her for my sixth-grade Admirable Women project, even though the mass of Harriet Tubmans and Helen Kellers shot puzzled glances at my clomping boots and lopsided glasses. I had already discarded the sterile characters from young-adult novels for Freddie, Arna and especially Marlys — the characters in Barry's continuing Ernie Pook's Comeek — who epitomized the geeky, bug-loving, notebook-filling agony of childhood. Her drawing style seemed a little messy at first, but it also looked like my favorite paintings in the Outside Art exhibitions my parents were always dragging me to, and her books are so lovely and so true. At Skylight Barry will discuss and sign her new book, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, a sequel to What It Is, which is kind of a cross between an illustrated memoir and a writing manual. You should be there.
|
|
click here to read more
|
Upcoming DENYS WORTMAN exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York
Updated October 5, 2010
Denys Wortman Rediscovered: Drawings for the World-Telegram and Sun, 1930-1953
Nov 19 through Mar 20
Denys Wortman Rediscovered: Drawings for the World-Telegram and Sun, 1930-1953 is an exhibition of original cartoon drawings made for the World-Telegram and Sun illustrating episodes of everyday life in New York City. Formally trained in art at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art under the tutelage of Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, Wortman was among a new generation of social realists who believed in the artistic possibilities of modern urban life as a creative subject. The benches at Union Square, the tenement rooftops on the Lower East Side, and the stifling garment industry sweatshops provided the backdrops for his drawings that, in combination with Wortman’s colorful characters, instill a sense of place that was distinctly “New York.”
Although Denys Wortman was a renowned artist during his lifetime, today his work is largely forgotten. This exhibition celebrates an artist who gave readers a daily glimpse into the causes and concerns of ordinary people during a tumultuous time in New York City’s history. His cartoons illustrate the complex social impact of the economic roller coaster that was the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression and the eventual recovery of the Post-War years. Wortman’s city is filled with working class men and women trying to survive and struggling to get ahead, facing the joys and fears of modern urban life.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Graphic Details exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum with panel discussion featuring VANESSA DAVIS
Updated September 29, 2010
GRAPHIC DETAILS: CONFESSIONAL COMICS BY JEWISH WOMEN
October 1, 2010-January 30, 2011
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
94105
While the history of women in comics is well-documented, and the Jewish contribution to the art form widely acknowledged, Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women will be the first museum exhibit to showcase the singular voices of female Jewish artists whose revealing diaristic and confessional work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades.
Some bare their bodies. Some expose their psyches. All are fearless about sex, romance, politics, body functions, experiences, emotions, and desires.
Please join the Cartoon Art Museum on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 7:00pm for a very special opportunity to meet and hear some of the artists from its latest exhibition, Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women. Several of the exhibition’s featured artists will discuss their comics and the exhibition’s transition from a newspaper article to a world-touring show. The discussion will be chaired by Dr Laurence Roth, Associate Professor of English at Jewish Susquehanna University. A booksigning will immediately follow the discussion.
Special guests include:
World Famous Herstorian Trina Robbins (The Brinkley Girls)
Comic Artist Sharon Rudahl (A Dangerous Woman)
Comic Artist Vanessa Davis (Make Me A Woman)
and Graphic Details Curators Michael Kaminer and Sarah Lightman
|
|
click here to read more
|
Giant Robot hosts group show featuring MARC BELL in San Francisco this fall
Updated September 29, 2010
Saturday, October 16 · 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Giant Robot San Francisco
437 East 9th Street
San Francisco, CA
Giant Robot is proud to host Removable Pants, a group art show featuring new work by Marc Bell, Jason Mclean, and Peter Thompson.
Marc Bell was born in London, Ontario and has befuddled and bemused his readers for over a decade. He is the author of Shrimpy and Paul and Friends and his work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Vice, and numerous forward-thinking comics anthologies (such as Kramers Ergot, and The Ganzfeld). In 2009, Montreal's Drawn & Quarterly published his most recent book, Hot Potatoe. When Bell isn't making arty cartoons, he makes cartoony (or folky) fine art and is represented by the Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York.
Also born in London, Ontario, Jason McLean first studied art at the H. B. Beal Art program, going on to graduate from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1997. His diverse practice has included drawing, sculpture, installation, sound performance, and mail art. Recently, after close to 20 years of developing his practice in Vancouver, McLean moved back to Toronto to pursue a larger range of artistic possibilities. "I do like to deface things," he says. "Some people think it's destructive, but I think I'm giving new life to old stuff, and who knows--down the road, someone else might draw over something I worked on, adding even another life to it."
Canadian doodling master Peter Thompson's angular, detailed, artfully constructed doodles have been compared to underground godfather R. Crumb and sometimes-collaborator Marc Bell for sheer dizzying inventiveness. Key examples of his works include abstract, surreal drawings of elephant characters that morph into human faces and oblique text (The Chronicles of Lucky Ello) and deconstructed treatments of Canadian haircuts (in collaboration with James Kirkpatrick).
For this show, Bell, McLean, and Thompson will be showing fresh solo work as well as brand-new collaborations.
An opening reception will take place on 6:30 - 10:00 PM on Saturday, October 16.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
SETH at the Canadian Writers in Person series March 15, 2011
Updated September 22, 2010
CanLit talent showcased in Canadian Writers in Person series
If you have literary aspirations, love meeting talented writers, or just want to soak up a unique cultural experience, don’t miss the opportunity to attend the Canadian Writers in Person reading series beginning tonight at York University.
Now in its 12th year, the series features 11 authors who will present their work, answer questions and sign books. The best news in this stormy economic climate is that the readings are free and open to the public. All readings take place at 7pm on select Tuesday evenings in 206 Accolade West Building.
Seth presenting George Sprott (1894 - 1975)
March 15,2011
Seth (Gregory Gallant) lives in Guelph, Ont. A graphic novelist, Seth is best-known for his comic strips and graphic novels, most recently George Sprott, which began as a serial cartoon in The New York Times magazine. Also a book designer, Seth has exhibited throughout the world in a variety of group and solo shows. Recently, he was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario, which showcased the first public display of his model city DOMINION. He is the author of three graphic novels: It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken (1996); Clyde Fans: Book One (2004); and Wimbledon Green (2005).
|
|
click here to read more
|
2010 Festival of Cartoon Art with spotlight on JAMES STURM
Updated September 21, 2010
Friday, October 15th from 3:15-4:00pm James Sturm will speak at an artist's spotlight at the tenth triennial Festival of Cartoon Art.
The Festival takes place at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH October 14-17, 2010. The Festival is a unique celebration of cartoons and comics featuring exhibitions, presentations by top creators, panel discussions, an academic pre-conference, and other special programs.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Vanessa Davis On the Road: NYC, LA, SF, Portland & Miami
Updated September 16, 2010
MAKE ME A WOMAN is in stores in October, complete with an author tour by Vanessa Davis. For those in attendance at Comic-con, have already witnessed Vanessa's charm and candor and a delightful slide show that she put together for the book. Vanessa is traveling to NYC, LA, SF, Portland and Miami, with more dates to be announced.
9/11 -9/12/10
Vanessa Davis at SPX
WED 10/06/10 NYC 7:00 PM
Tablet Magazine Presents Vanessa Davis with Majorie Ingall
The Strand Bookstore
WED 10/13/10 LA 7:30 PM
Vanessa Davis at Skylight Books
FRIDAY 10/15/10 SF 7:00 PM
Vanessa Davis at Needles & Pens
SAT 10/16/10 & SUN 10/17/10 SF
Vanessa Davis at APE
SAT 10/23/10 PDX 7:00 PM
Vanessa Davis at Reading Frenzy
11/14-21 MIAMI
Vanessa Davis at the Miami Book Festival
Exact Date To Be Announced.
|
|
click here to read more
|
CHRIS WARE ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY 20 exhibit at Adam Baumgold Gallery
Updated September 16, 2010
The ACME Novelty Library #20
September 16 - October 23, 2010
Adam Baumgold Gallery presents original drawings by Chris Ware from his new periodical The ACME Novelty Library 20, to premiere at the gallery from September 16 through October 23, 2010. The exhibition will feature the complete drawings for The ACME Novelty Library 20 (serialized in Zadie Smith's "The Book of Other People" and The Virginia Quarterly Review) which is also a contributing chapter to one of his ongoing graphic novels, "Rusty Brown." In addition, the exhibition will include a handful of drawings from proposed ill-fated (and sated) television projects, "The ACME Novelty Network," and "Quimby the Mouse," a short executed with animator John Kuramoto for "This American Life."
This installment of the "ACME Novelty Library" chronicles the life of Jordan Wellington Lint (b.1958) from cradle to grave, each year of Lint's life represented by a few representative seconds of consciousness per page. As he grows from child to sullen teen to angry young man to repressed upstanding citizen - and moves towards his inevitable end - Lint adapts to his own social advantages, personal mistakes and the lies he tells himself to somehow end up feeling pretty okay about things. Ware approximates Lint's inner life at every stage through a muddled stream of overlaid thoughts, personal symbols and mislaid memories, providing insight into the mind of a bemused father, ineffectual businessman and aspiring rock musician.
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.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Charles Burns and Chris Ware in conversation this November in Illinois
Updated September 16, 2010
Charles Burns and Chris Ware in conversation at Unity Temple
The Book Table hosts an evening with Charles Burns and Chris Ware in conversation to celebrate the publication of Ware’s newest book, Acme Novelty Library #20, and Burns’ newest book, X’ed Out.
This will be a ticketed event. ADMISSION $10.
Each ticket can be redeemed for $10 off the purchase of EITHER X’ed Out OR Acme Novelty Library #20 at the event OR buy both titles and get $15 off the total.
This event is co-sponsored by The Book Table, Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library and Midwest Media.
Unity Temple
875 Lake Street
Oak Park, Illinois 60301
Tue, 11/02/2010 - 7:30-9:30pm
|
|
click here to read more
|
R. SIKORYAK lectures at Observatory in Brooklyn, September 23rd
Updated September 1, 2010
Masterpiece Comics: Looking at Literature through Cartoons
An Illustrated Lecture with Cartoonist R. Sikoryak
Date: Thursday, September 23rd
Time: 8:00
Admission: $5
Cartoonist R. Sikoryak adapts classic literature using the styles and characters of American comics and animated cartoons. His stories have been collected in the 2009 book Masterpiece Comics (Drawn and Quarterly). In tonight’s illustrated slide show, Sikoryak will discuss the long history of adapting literature into cartoons (from the 1940’s “Classics illustrated” series to today’s “Manga Shakespeare”), read from his work, and detail his own intensive working process.Through the last century, many cartoonists have adapted a variety of classic novels and plays; their approaches range from the respectful to the hilarious to the revelatory. Sikoryak will demonstrate the wide range of visual styles and narrative strategies employed by cartoonists when they collaborate with a great author.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
John P. Book Tour!
Updated August 11, 2010
| 8/21 | Minneapolis Indie Expo | Minneapolis,MN | | 8/28-29 | Portland Zine Symposium | Portland, OR | | 8/30 | ZAPP/Hugo House | Seattle, WA | | 8/31 | Lucky's | Vancouver, BC | | 9/2 | Comic Relief | Berkeley, CA | | 9/3 | Cartoon Art Museum | San Francisco, CA | | 9/4-5 | San Francisco Zine Fest | San Francisco, CA | | 9/7 | Giant Robot LA | Los Angeles, CA | | 9/8 | Mt. Fuji | Joshua Tree, CA | | 9/11 | Astro Zombies | Albuquerque, NM | | 9/12 | True Believers | Santa Fe, NM | | 9/18 | Kilgore Books & Comics | Denver, CO |
|
|
|
|
| |
Kevin Huizenga Launches The Wild Kingdom, September 10th!
Updated August 11, 2010
|
|
|
R. Sikoryak in conversation with Bill Kartalopoulos at the MoCCA!
Updated July 9, 2010
The artist behind Masterpiece Comics will reveal his intensive working process to the curator of R. Sikoryak: How Classics and Cartoons Collide.
Thursday, July 15h, 7:00 PM
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA
594 Broadway, Suite 401
New York, NY 10012
|
|
|
click here to download the PDF (79.88 KB)
|
| |
Sonja Ahlers, Keith Jones and Seth Scriver's triple book release party, Desert Island, June 16
Updated June 4, 2010
|
|
|
Vanessa Davis Art show at SHQ
Updated June 3, 2010
|
|
|
|
| |
Dupuy & Berberian Art Exhibition!
Updated June 3, 2010
Arts factory (galerie Nomade) presente:
IMPOSSIBLE
Une exposition de
Charles Berberian
Phillipe Dupuy
et Joesph Ghosn
Vernissage le mardi 8 juin 2010 de 17h a 21h
exposition du 9 au 19 juin 2010
galerie OFR, 20 rue dupetit-thouars 75003 PARIS
|
|
click here to read more
|
Sonja Ahlers at the D+Q Librairie, Friday June 4th, 7:00 PM
Updated May 27, 2010
|
|
|
|
| |
Dan Clowes On Tour for WILSON
Updated April 20, 2010
Mere days after the book's release, Dan hits the road in support of it. 
| 05/03/10 | Wash DC | POLITICS & PROSE |
| 05/04/10 | Cambridge | BRATTLE THEATER & HARVARD BOOKSTORE |
| 05/05/10 | NYC | THE STRAND |
| 05/07/10-05/09/10 | Toronto | TCAF |
| 05/13/10 | San Francisco | THE BOOKSMITH |
| 05/14/10 | Los Angeles | SKYLIGHT BOOKS |
| 05/16/10 | Portland | POWELLS |
| 06/03/10 | Oakland | DIESEL |
| 06/12/10- 06/13/10 | Chicago | PRINTERS ROW & QUIMBY'S |
|
|
|
Marc Bell hitting the road for a European tour!
Updated March 23, 2010
|
|
|
|
| |
Guy Delisle in Montreal!
Updated December 16, 2009
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Guy Delisle is making the journey from France to Montreal! Join him this Thursday for his first event at the D+Q Librairie! Slideshow starts at 7:00pm, discussion afterwards.
|
|
|
Hot Potatoe & Dirty Dishes: Marc Bell & Amy Lockart On The Road
Updated November 17, 2009
Y'know, take off fans, Amy Lockhart and Marc Bell are traveling as far as ever a puffin flew, eh. They hit the 401 this week and travel down to Trawna, and then to London, and back to Montreal.
Friday, November 20th | MAGIC PONY GALLEY | Toronto | 7 PM
http://www.magic-pony.com/
Wednesday, November 25th | FOREST CITY GALLERY | London | 9 PM | Blackshire Pub
forestcitygallery.ca
Friday, November 27th | LIBRAIRIE D+Q | Montreal | 7 PM
In 2010, they'll go as far as the CPR will take them perhaps to Sackville, Halifax and St Johns...that's right people NOOFUNLAN! That's how much they love Canada, they are traveling to the Maritimes in the winter!
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Seth's Canadian Tour Continues! R.O. Blechman Joins him in Toronto This Saturday!!
Updated October 28, 2009
|
|
|
Saturday, October 24th! R.O. Blechman at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, New York!
Updated October 28, 2009
7:30 pm
Oblong Books & Music
6422 Montgomery Street
Rhinebeck, NY
|
|
|
|
| |
John Porcellino Book Tour!
Updated October 16, 2009
Tues. Sept. 22, 2009;
7 PM - Cincinnati OH
Shake It! Records
4156 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45223
(513) 591-0123
shakeitrecords.com
w/ Noah Van Sciver
(Please note: Map of My Heart will not be available at this event!)
Fri. Sept. 25, 2009; 7 PM - Baltimore MD
Atomic Books
3620 Falls Rd., Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 662-4444
www.atomicbooks.com www.atomicbooks.com
w/ Emily Flake, Peter Kuper, Liz Baillie, MK Reed, and Ken Dahl
(Please note: Map of My Heart will not be available at this event!)
Sat. Sept. 26 - Sun. Sept. 27, 2009 - Bethesda MD
SPX
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
www.spxpo.com www.spxpo.com
w/ Noah Van Sciver
(Please note: Map of My Heart will debut at this event!)
Tues. Sept. 29, 2009; 7-9 PM - Brooklyn, NY
Desert Island
540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 388-5087
www.desertislandbrooklyn.com
Weds. Sept. 30, 2009; 7PM - Somerville, MA
Hub Comics
19 Bow Street, Somerville, MA 02143
(617) 718-0987
www.hubcomics.com
Friday, October 2, 2009; 6:30pm - White River Junction,VT
Center for Cartoon Studies
94 S. Main St. (802) 295-3319
www.cartoonstudies.org
Tues. Oct. 6, 2009; 7PM - Montreal QC
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly
211 Rue Bernard Ouest, Montreal, QC H2T 2K5
(514) 279-2221
www.drawnandquarterly.com/211bernard
Weds. Oct. 7, 2009; 7 PM - Toronto, ON
The Beguiling
601 Markham Street, Toronto, ON, M6G 2L7
(416) 533-9168
www.beguiling.com
Fri. Oct. 9, 2009; 7-9 PM - Ann Arbor MI
Vault of Midnight
219 S Main St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 998-1413
www.vaultofmidnight.com
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music)
Sat. Oct. 10, 2009; Noon-2 PM - Dearborn MI
Green Brain
13210 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, MI 48126
(313) 582-9444
www.greenbrain.biz
Sat. Oct. 10, 2009; 7 PM - Cleveland OH
Visible Voice
1023 Kenilworth, Cleveland, OH 44113
(216) 961-0084
www.visiblevoicebooks.com
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music)
Mon. Oct. 12, 2009; 7PM - Columbus OH
Wholly Craft
3169 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43202
(614) 447-3445
www.whollycraft.net
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music)
Tues. Oct. 13, 2009; 6-9 PM - Bloomington IN
Boxcar Books
408 E. 6th St. Bloomington, IN 47408
(812) 339-8710
www.boxcarbooks.org
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music)
Weds. Oct. 14, 2009; 5-7 PM - St. Louis MO
Star Clipper
6392 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130
Phone: 314.725.9110
www.starclipper.com
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music)
Fri. Oct. 16, 2009; 7PM - Chicago IL
Quimby's
1854 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 342-0910
www.quimbys.com
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music)
Tues. Oct. 20, 2009; 12:15 PM - Palatine IL
Harper College
Building I, Rm. 115
1200 W. Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067
(847) 925-6000 x2389
www.harpercollege.edu
Open to the Public!
Wed. Oct 21, 2009; 7 PM - Madison WI
Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative
426 W. Gilman Street, Madison, WI 53703
(608)257-6050
www.rainbowbookstore.org
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music)
Fri. Oct. 23, 2009; 7PM - Iowa City IA
White Rabbit
109 S Linn St., Iowa City, IA 52240-1803
(319) 358-9557
www.whiterabbitgallery.com
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music)
Sat. Oct. 24, 2009; 5-7 PM - Minneapolis MN
Big Brain Comics (w/ Reception following at West Bank Social Club?)
1027 Washington Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 338-4390
www.bigbraincomics.com
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music), and Zak Sally
Fri. Oct. 30, 2009; 6-9 PM - Lawrence KS
Wonder Fair
803 Massachusetts St, Lawrence KS 66044
(406) 360-5875
www.wonderfair.com
w/ Patrick Porter (acoustic music)
|
|
|
R. Sikoryak on tour for Masterpiece Comics!
Updated October 13, 2009
10/11/09 PORTLAND Wordstock www.wordstockfestival.com
10/17 & 10/18 SAN FRANCISCO APE
www.comic-con.org/ape
10/24/09 BOSTON www.bostonbookfest.org
10/30 BROOKLYN http://rocketshipstore.blogspot.com
11/14 & 11/15 MIAMI Miami Book Fair
www.miamibookfair.com
|
|
|
|
| |
D+Q Warehouse Sale
Updated September 22, 2009
Help us clean out our warehouse! All prices for the next month are slashed by 40-50%. We are not joking!
Please note that all books at the D+Q Librairie in Montreal are on sale by 30% and can not be sold for the same prices as on the website.
|
|
|
D+Q at SPX!
Updated September 22, 2009
Bethesda Marriot North. Saturday Sept 26th & Sunday Sept 27th. On hand will be Publicity Coordinator Jessica Campbell and U.S. Envoy Alison Naturale. Kevin Huizenga, John Porcellino and R. Sikoryak will be signing books. We will be debuting MAP OF MY HEART by John Porcellino to celebrate King-Cat's 20th anniversary!
Here is our signing and event schedule!
Saturday, September 27th
11:00 am- convention opens
11:30-1:00pm- John P signing
1:00 pm- R. Sikoryak spotlight in White Flint Amphitheater
2:00 pm- John Porcellino w/ Zak Sally, White Flint Amphitheater
2:00-4:30pm- R. Sikoryak signing
3:30-5:30pm- John Porcellino signing
5:00-6:00pm- Kevin Huizenga signing
7:00 pm- convention closes
9:00 pm- Ignatz awards
Sunday, September 28th
12:00 pm- Convention opens
12:00-1:00 pm- R Sikoryak signing
1:00 pm-3:00 pm- John P signing
1:30 pm- Source Based Comic w/ R. Sikoryak, Kate Beaton, Paul Karasik, Ed Piskor
2:00pm-3:00 pm- Kevin Huizenga signing
3:00-5:00pm- R Sikoryak signing
4:30 pm- The Aesthetics of Mini-Comics w/ John Porcellino, Dan Zettwoch, Jason Miles, Dina Kelberman
6:00 pm- Convention closes
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
R. Sikoryak and R. O. Blechman at the Strand in NYC!
Updated September 22, 2009
The Strand and Drawn & Quarterly present... R. Sikoryak and R.O. Blechman
September 24 07:00PM
828 Broadway at 12th
NYC
Slideshows, Conversation and Signing
R.O. Blechman and R. Sikoryak are two multifaceted artists who have achieved international acclaim in the fields of animation, illustration and cartooning. Their literary comics have been featured in The New Yorker, RAW and Humbug, among others. Talking Lines collects a decade's worth of Blechman's comics, including The Juggler of Our Lady (1953), which was the first full-length graphic novel by a contemporary cartoonist. Sikoryak's Masterpiece Comics collects 20 years of his comic adaptations of the classics, culled from anthologies such as Drawn & Quarterly, RAW and Hotwire.
|
|
click here to read more
|
Marc Bell Tour
Updated September 11, 2009
| 10/15, 5-7pm | Adam Baumgold Gallery | New York, NY | | 10/17-18 | APE | San Francisco, CA | | 10/19, 7-10pm | Lucky's | Vancouver, BC | | 10/21, 8-10pm | Family | Los Angeles, CA | | 10/25, 5-7pm | Desert Island | Brooklyn, NY | | 11/20, 7-9pm | Magic Pony | Toronto, ON | | 11/27, 7-9pm | Librairie D+Q Bookstore | Montreal, QC |
|
|
|
|
| |
D+Q in Brooklyn! Rocketship on 9/12! BBF on 9/13!
Updated August 25, 2009
Drawn & Quarterly To Exhibit At The Brooklyn Book Fair on September 13th!
20th Anniversary Party at Brooklyn's Rocketship on September 12th!
Special Guests Include Guy Delisle, R. Sikoryak, R.O. Blechman, Adrian Tomine, Gabrielle Bell and Ron Rege Jr!
For the third year in a row, D+Q will be exhibiting at the Brooklyn Book Festival. The festival has kindly invited Guy Delisle (Burma Chronicles, Pyongyang, Shenzhen) to be a special guest on the festival's international stage, which will mark Delisle's first-ever NYC event. D+Q cartoonists in attendance will be R. Sikoryak (Masterpiece Comics), R. O. Blechman (Talking Lines), Adrian Tomine (Shortcomings), Gabrielle Bell (Cecil & Jordan In New York) and Ron Rege Jr. (Skibber Bee Bye, Against Pain). To celebrate such a momentous gathering of D+Q cartoonists as well as toast to the company's 20th Anniversary, please join us for cocktails at the Brooklyn purveyor of fine comics, Rocketship, on Saturday evening.
Saturday, September 12th, 7:00 PM
Rocketship 208 Smith Street Brooklyn, NY
http://rocketshipstore.blogspot.com/
Sunday, September 13th, 10:00AM-6:00 PM
Brooklyn Book Festival Borough Hall Brooklyn NY
http://www.visitbrooklyn.org/festival.html
11:00 AM Guy Delisle on the BBF's International Stage
11:00-12:00 PM Gabrielle Bell & Ron Rege Jr signing
12:00-2:00 PM Guy Delisle & Adrian Tomine signing
2:00-4:00 PM R. O. Blechman & R. Sikoryak signing
4:00-6:00 PM Guy Delisle & Gabrielle Bell signing
|
|
|
Lynda Barry at the City of Eugene Library
Updated August 4, 2009
Eugene Public Library
Phone:(541)-682-5450
Friday, August 7- 6:00pm
SLIDESHOW+TALK
Saturday, August 8 - 12:00-3:00 pm
"WRITING THE UNTHINKABLE" WORKSHOP
|
|
|
|
| |
Adrian Tomine and Seth Tour
Updated May 27, 2009
| 05/8-10 | TCAF | Toronto, ON | | 06/02, 6:00 | Brattle Theater | Cambridge, MA | | 06/04, 7:00 | The Strand | New York, NY | | 06/06-7 | MoCCA Fest | New York, NY | | 06/09 | Free Library | Philadelphia, PA | | 06/10, 7:00 | Quimbys | Chicago, IL | | 06/17, 7:30 | Skylight Books | Los Angeles, CA | | 06/18, 7:30 | Booksmith | San Francisco, CA |
|
|
|
Tatsumi Events!
Updated April 24, 2009
Pen World Voices Literary Festival NYC
Thursday, April 30th, 2009, 4:30 PM
Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Kathrin Röggla: Modern Day Salarymen
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 4:30 PM
Revolutionary Writers: Yoshihiro Tatsumi in Conversation with Adrian Tomine
Toronto Comics Arts Festival , Toronto
Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:00 PM
Harbourfront Reading Series with Adrian Tomine and Seth.
Saturday May 9th and Sunday May 10th
Various signings at the D+Q booth at the Toronto Comics Arts Festival.
|
|
|
|
| |
Lynda Barry Events!!!
Updated April 17, 2009
| 04/20, 5:30pm | Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, MD | | 04/30, 5:30pm | Manitowoc Public Library | Manitowoc, WI | | 05/06, 10:45am | Massachusetts Public Library | Bedford, MD | | 07/11-17 | Omega Institute | Rhinebeck, NY | | 08/07-8 | Eugene Public Library | Eugene, OR | | 10/08-9 | GVSU | Grand Valley, MI | | 11/05 | Chicago Humanities Festival | Chicago, IL |
|
|
|
Gabrielle Bell Tour
Updated April 16, 2009
| 03/27, 7pm | Desert Island | Brooklyn, NY | | 04/26 | Booksoup at LAT Book Fair | Los Angeles, CA | | 04/26, 7pm | Family | Los Angeles, CA | | 04/28, 7pm | Booksmith | San Francisco, CA | | 05/09-10 | TCAF | Toronto, ON | | 05/17 | Maine Comics Fest | Portland, ME | | 05/18 | Ada Books | Providence, RI | | 05/19 | The Strand | New York, NY | | 06/6-7 | MoCCA Fest | New York, NY |
|
|
|
|
Baloney Launch in Montreal, March 18th
Updated March 13, 2009
Pascal Blanchet at 211 Bernard
7:00 pm, Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
211 Bernard Ouest, Montreal
|
|
|
|
| |
Vancouver Pohadky Launch! Friday, March 20th!
Updated March 6, 2009
|
|
|
Ojingogo Launch at Lucky's Comics, Vancouver
Updated November 23, 2008
Join D+Q and Lucky's Comics in launching Matt Forsythe's Ojingogo this Saturday. Details are as follows:
Launch of Ojingogo by Matt Forsythe
5 pm, Saturday, November 22nd
Lucky's Comics
3972 Main St, Vancouver
(604) 875-9858
Hey, and while you're at it, check out this nod in the Vancouver Sun from earlier this week.
|
|
|
|
| |
Montreal Launch of Pohadky
Updated November 20, 2008
Join D+Q in launching Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek's Pohadky on Friday, November 28th. Details are as follows:
Launch of Pohadky by Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek
7 pm, Friday, November 28th
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly
211 Bernard Ouest, Montreal
(514) 279-2224
|
|
|
Upcoming events!!!
Updated September 30, 2008
| 09/18 | SF Booksmith | San Francisco, CA | Lynda Barry | | 09/20 | Strange Adventures | Halifax, NS | Matthew Forsythe | | 09/27 | The Central | Toronto, ON | Forsythe, Colek & Shewchuck | | 09/28 | Edmonton Library | Edmonton, AB | Pascal Blanchet | | 09/28 | Word on the Street | Toronto, ON | multiple | | 10/02 | Booksmith | Brookline, MA | Lynda Barry | | 10/03 | Politics & Prose | Washington, DC | Lynda Barry | | 10/04-5 | NYer Fest | New York, NY | Lynda Barry | | 10/04-5 | SPX | Bethesda, MA | Jason Lutes | | 10/04-5 | Puces Pop | Montreal, QC | |
|
|
|
|
| |
Chris Von Szombathy and Julie Morstad at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Updated August 6, 2008
Chris Von Szombathy, Julie Morstad and others
August 24th
11 am to 5pm
COMIX & STORIES
A day of alternative & small press comics zines, artwork & culture
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC
|
|
click here to read more
|
Doug Wright Awards, Friday August 8th
Updated August 6, 2008
Come out to the 2008 Doug Wright Awards this Friday night in Toronto. D+Q nominees include Julie Doucet (365 Days), Joe Matt (Spent), Laurence Hyde (Southern Cross), Julie Morstad (Milk Teeth) and Chris Von Szombathy (Fire Away).
Doug Wright Awards
August 8, 7:00 pm (doors @ 6:30)
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Lynda Barry in St Louis!
Updated July 7, 2008
Monday, August 25th 7:00PM - 8:30PM
St. Louis Public Library
Graphic novelist Lynda Barry will discuss and sign her new book, What It Is. How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or to remember. Each page of What It Is is a full-color collage that is not only a gentle guide to this process but an invigorating example of the ordinary being extraordinary. Lynda Barry has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator and teacher and found they are very much alike. She is the inimitable creator behind the syndicated strip Ernie Pook's Comeek featuring the incomparable Marlys and Freddy, as well as the books One! Hundred! Demons!, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!, Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel, and Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies!. Lynda studied at Evergreen State College, where she became good friends with Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Her work has been widely praised, and her book The Good Times are Killing Me--also adapted as an off-Broadway musical--won the Washington State Governor's Award. Lynda explores the depths of the inner and outer realms of creation and imagination, where play can be serious, monsters have purpose, and not knowing is an answer unto itself. Star Clipper Comics will provide books for sale.
|
|
click here to read more
|
D+Q At San Diego Comic-con Lynda! Adrian! Rutu!
Updated July 7, 2008
Don't miss D+Q at the San Diego Comic-con with 3 special guests! Adrian Tomine, Lynda Barry and Rutu Modan! Oh Yes!
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
LYNDA BARRY Events!!!
Updated May 6, 2008
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
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 |
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
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.
|
|
click here to read more
|
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!
|
|
|
|
| |
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.
|
|
click here to read more
|
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!
|
|
|
|
| |
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
|
|
click here to read more
|
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
|
|
|
|
| |
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.
|
|
click here to read more
|
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
|
|
|
|
| |
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!
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
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/
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
| |
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
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
| |
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.
|
|
click here to read more
|
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/
|
|
|
|
| |
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
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
| |
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
|
|
|
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/
|
|
|
|
| |
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!
|
|
|
| |
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)
|
|
|
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
+++
LYNDA BARRY FAN SITE
|
|
|
|
| |
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.
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
| |
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)
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
| |
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."
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
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.
|
|
click here to read more
|
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
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
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
|
|
click here to read more
|
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
|
|
|
|
| |
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.
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
| |
Adrian Tomine launches Optic Nerve #11
Updated March 29, 2007
OPTIC NERVE #11
by ADRIAN TOMINE
Drawn & Quarterly and Rocketship present:
a book launch and signing with Adrian Tomine
SATURDAY, MARCH 31st @ 8:00 PM
Rocketship, 208 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY
http://drawnandquarterly.com
http://rocketshipstore.blogspot.com
ABOUT OPTIC NERVE #11:
In this long-awaited conclusion to Adrian Tomine's three-part epic, the story leaps across the country, taking place entirely in New York. All of protagonist Ben Tanaka's worst (and most amusing) traits are brought to the fore as his obsessive quest reaches a fever pitch. His best friend, Alice Kim, finds herself at an unexpected crossroads in her life, forcing her to make several life-altering decisions. But whatever happened to Ben's girlfriend, Miko Hayashi? That and many other answers are revealed as our protagonists walk and talk their way through the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan, all delineated in Tomine's evocatively pristine style. Optic Nerve issues #9 to 11 are being collected into Tomine’s first long-form graphic novel, Shortcomings, due out in Fall 2007.
ABOUT ADRIAN TOMINE:
Adrian Tomine is the critically acclaimed cartoonist of the comic book series Optic Nerve; the graphic novels 32 Stories, Sleepwalk and Summer Blonde; and the art book Scrapbook. He is also an illustrator for the New Yorker, Esquire, and Rolling Stone, and his stories have appeared in The Best American Nonrequired Reading and An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Tomine lives in Brooklyn, NY.
|
|
|
Miriam Katin at NYCC This Weekend!
Updated February 22, 2007
We Are On Our Own's Miriam Katin will be on two top-notch panels this weekend at NYCC that make me wish I was going! She will also be signing at the MoCCA table before each panel.
SIGNINGS:
MoCCA Booth, Hall 3E Booth #774
Friday, February 23, 2007 3:30 - 5:30 PM
Sunday, February 25, 12:30 - 2:30 PM
PANELS:
Friday, February 23, 2007, 6:30 PM
"Mothers & Daughters: Female Graphic Novelists and the Family" is scheduled to take place in Room 1E15. With Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Megan Kelso and Alison Bechdel.
Sunday, February 25, 3:00 PM
"Living to Tell the Tale: Graphic Novel as Memoir" is scheduled to take place in Room 1E15.
Special thanks to MoCCA for hosting!
|
|
|
|
| |
Gabrielle Bell in NYC This Thursday, Feb 22!
Updated February 20, 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:
Gabrielle Bell
Dale Goodson
Patrick Hambrecht
John Mathias
Tim Kreider
Karen Sneider
Jim Torok
and R. S.
Thursday, February 22
8 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
Dixon Place
258 Bowery, 2nd Fl, between Houston & Prince
Tickets: $12 or TDF; $10 student/senior
Advance tickets & more info:
www.dixonplace.org
(212) 219-0736
|
|
click here to read more
|
Gabrielle Bell, Kevin Huizenga & Anders Nilsen West Coast Tour in February!
Updated January 4, 2007
Gabrielle Bell, Kevin Huizenga & Anders Nilsen West Coast Slide Show & Discussion Tour
WHO & WHAT:
Drawn & Quarterly cartoonists Gabrielle Bell (Lucky), Kevin Huizenga (Curses), and Anders Nilsen (Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow) will embark on a West Coast tour that takes them to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Portland and Seattle. The cartoonists will be presenting a slide show of their work, answering questions and signing their latest D+Q releases.
WHERE & WHEN:
LOS ANGELES February 8th 7 PM Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue
LOS ANGELES February 9th 8 PM Secret Headquarters, 3817 West Sunset Blvd, NOTE: Anders Nilsen Art Opening, no slide show or discussion
BERKELEY February 11th 3:00-5:00 PM Comic Relief, 2026 Shattuck Ave
SAN FRANCISCO February 13th 7 PM Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street
PORTLAND February 15th 7 PM Reading Frenzy, 921 SW Oak St
SEATTLE February 17th 6 PM Fantagraphics, 1201 S. Vale St.
|
|
|
|
| |
Gabrielle Bell in NYC at JHU!
Updated December 11, 2006
Don't miss Gabrielle Bell signing her latest graphic novel LUCKY in NYC at
Jim Hanley's Universe (4 West 33rd St) on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 from
6:00-8:00PM.
|
|
|
Gabrielle Bell, Kevin Huizenga & Anders Nilsen in St. Louis & Chicago!
Updated November 30, 2006
Don't miss Gabrielle Bell, Kevin Huizenga & Anders Nilsen in St. Louis at Star Clipper Comics on Wednesday, December 6th and in Chicago at Quimbys on Thursday December 7th!
http://starclipper.popshoponline.com/
http://quimbys.com/events.php
|
|
|
|
| |
Gabrielle Bell at Bryn Mawr!
Updated November 28, 2006
This Thursday, November 30th, Gabrielle Bell will be at Bryn Mawr's Center for Visual Culture and Department of History for their "New Frontiers in Cartooning and Graphic Novels: Jessica Abel, Alison Bechdel, Gabrielle Bell and Lauren Weinstein." The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in Thomas Great Hall at 8 p.m.
|
|
click here to read more
|
Steve Mumford Exhibit in Boston
Updated October 27, 2006
Baghdad and Beyond: Drawings by Steve Mumford
September 8—November 19 , 2006
Koppelman Gallery
Opening Reception: Friday, September 8, 6:00–8:30pm
Artist Talk and Reception: Thursday, November 2, 6:00pm
Co-sponsored by the Jonathan M. Tisch College for Citizenship and Public Service; the Institute for Global Leadership; and the Tufts University Office of Alumni Relations
During four trips to Iraq in 2003 and 2004, and with journalistic credentials from the website artnet.com, Steve Mumford traveled with army units to Baghdad and seven other cities in Iraq, producing drawings and written accounts that were posted on the site. “Baghdad Journal” is now also in book form, published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2005. In 2006, Mumford spent three days at Brooke Army Medical Center drawing portraits of disabled Iraqi War veterans. These drawings are featured in the July issue of Harper’s Magazine.
A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston with a BFA in 1986 (he completed their Fifth-Year Certificate Program in 1987 and has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York), and a Boston native, Mumford revives a great tradition of combat art characterized by Winslow Homer’s Civil War paintings. The instantaneous and documentary nature of photo-journalism that defines most of our visuals of Iraq is replaced by lingering lapses of time that expressively capture mood and atmosphere more than precise events. Mumford strives to maintain a camera-like objectivity about the politics of the war while providing an artist’s humanistic view of the individuals engaged in that war.
The Tufts University Art Gallery exhibition will feature 41 watercolor and sepia drawings from the “Baghdad Journal” series and 8 watercolors from Mumford’s trip to Brooke Army Medical Center. These will be exhibited for the first time together and for the first time in Boston.
Kids in Zafariniya, Baghdad, Oct, 2004, scramble for candy tossed by soldiers from the Washington National Guard. This was a regular ritual on every patrol in this sector, anticipated by the kids, and tolerated by their parents, watercolor, 11 x 15", courtesy of Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Tomine, Bell and Others in NYC 10/26!
Updated October 25, 2006
On Thursday, October 26th at 7PM, Adrian Tomine and Gabrielle Bell will be on a panel along with editor and cartoonist Ivan Brunetti and contributors to the Yale University Press book An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and Truse Stories. The panel takes places at the 92 St Y, 35 West 67th St in NYC.
|
|
click here to read more
|
D+Q to exhibit at SPX in Bethesda, MD October 13 & 14th!
Updated October 11, 2006
Drawn & Quarterly will be at this year's Small Press Expo this Friday, October 13th and Saturday the 14th, which please note, is in a brand new location at the Marriot Bethesda North in Bethesda, MD.
We will have the following new books on sale!
LUCKY by Gabrielle Bell
CURSES by Kevin Huizenga
MOOMIN by Tove Jansson
BIG QUESTIONS 9 and DON'T GO WHERE I CAN'T FOLLOW by Anders Nilsen
FALLEN ANGEL by Nicolas Robel
Previews of all books can be found at www.drawnandquarterly.com
Anders, Kevin and Gabrielle as well as Dan Zettwoch from D+Q SHOWCASE VOLUME
FOUR will be in attendance, here is our signing and programming schedule:
Friday, October 13th:
3:00 - 5:00 Kevin Huizenga & Dan Zettwoch signing
5:00 - 7:00 Gabrielle Bell & Anders Nilsen signing
Saturday, October 14th:
12:00 - 1:00 Dan Zettwoch signing
1:00 - 3:00 Gabrielle Bell & Anders Nilsen signing
3:30-4:30 A panel discussion with Anders, Kevin and Gabrielle "How to Draw
Thinking" from 3:30 to 4:30 on Saturday, in Brookside A. With moderator
Isaac Cates, they will discuss the pleasures and problems of making pictures
that think.
4:45 - 6:45 Kevin Huizenga signing
D+Q staffers Rebecca Rosen and Morgan Charles will be on hand to see that
all goes well at tables #C14-16.
Don't be shy! And stick around Saturday night for the Ignatz Awards where D+Q is up for several awards!
Peggy Burns
Drawn & Quarterly
Director, Marketing & Publicity
http://drawnandquarterly.com/blog/
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
Dupuy & Berberian in Toronto & Montreal!
Updated September 14, 2006
The famous cartooning team of Dupuy & Berberian will be making a special appearance at the IFOA in Toronto on Saturday, October, 21 and then will be in Montreal on Tuesday, October 24 for an event at the Casa Del Popolo.
|
|
|
Chester Brown on Tour in Canada!
Updated September 14, 2006
CHESTER BROWN TO TOUR CANADA
In October, Chester Brown will hit the road for a national tour of Canada to
promote the paperback edition of the critically acclaimed LOUIS RIEL: A
COMIC-STRIP BIOGRAPHY, complete with his legendary slide show of how he
conceived, wrote and drew the book. Do not miss him, as this will probably
the last time he will do the slide show!
Wednesday, October 11th – Winnipeg, MB – McNally-Robinson
Thursday, October 12th – Brandon, MB – Pennywise Books
Friday, October 13th – Saskatoon, SK – McNally-Robinson
Saturday, October 14th – Calgary, AB – Calgary Wordfest
Monday, October 16th – Edmonton, AB – Greenwood’s Bookshoppe
Tuesday, October 17th – Saturday, October 21 – Vancouver, BC – Vancouver
International Writers Festival (exact date TBA)
Sunday, October 22nd – Victoria, BC – Bolen Books
|
|
|
|
| |
Chester and Seth @ the Doug Wright Awards!
Updated September 14, 2006
The Doug Wright Awards are in Toronto on Thursday, September 14th at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, this artwork by Chester pretty much sums up why you should NOT miss the event! Also at the event, Seth will interview Chester on the release of his paperback edition of Louis Riel; A Comic-Strip Biography. There will be drinks, appetizers, and a party, do not miss!
|
|
click here to read more
|
Seth in Halifax at WOTS!
Updated September 14, 2006
Lucky Halifaxers will enjoy the esteemed company of our dear Seth, as their smart Word on the Street organizers have invited him to be a special guest at this year's festival on Sunday, September 24th.
He will be interviewed by one of our favorite retailers, Calum Johnston of Strange Adventures, on the mainstage from 4:00-5:00. Do not miss Seth's only East Coast event for the foreseeable future.
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
| |
TATSUMI & TOMINE in CALIFORNIA! 7/19-7/23!
Updated July 10, 2006
Yoshihiro Tatsumi will be making his only North American appearances for the foreseeable future next week in California, all of his appearances will be with Adrian Tomine. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunitiy to see the grandfather of alternative manga and creator of gekiga.
Wed. July 19, LOS ANGELES, 7:00 PM: "Hammer Conversations" between Adrian Tomine and Yoshihiro Tatsumi. The Hammer Museum at UCLA 10899 Wilshire Blvd More info here.
Fri. July 21-Sun. Jul 23: SAN DIEGO: Special Guest of the San Diego International Comic-con. Signing with Adrian Tomine at booth #1529. Spotlight Panel on Saturday at 2:30, Room Room 9 at the San Diego Convention Center. www.comic-con.org
|
|
click here to read more
|
D+Q at San Diego: Tatsumi, Tomine, Huizenga, Nilsen, Rege, Harkham, Sturm, Cendreda and Zettwoch!
Updated July 10, 2006
D+Q has its largest lineup ever of attending artists including Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Adrian Tomine, Kevin Huizenga, Anders Nilsen, Ron Rege Jr, Sammy Harkham, James Sturm, Dan Zettwoch and Martin Cendreda. We will have specials on most of stock including our new books! Attending from D+Q is Marketing & Publicity Director Peggy Burns, Production Designer Tom Devlin, Studio Coordinator Jamie Quail and Production Coordinator Rebecca Rosen
Here is our signing and event panel!
THURSDAY
3:00-5:00 ADRIAN TOMINE & SAMMY HARKHAM
5:00-7:00 KEVIN HUIZENGA & DAN ZETTWOCH
FRIDAY
10:00-11:00 MARTIN CENDREDA & DAN ZETTWOCH SHOWCASE SIGNING
12:00-2:00 ADRIAN TOMINE & JAMES STURM
2:00-4:00 KEVIN HUIZENGA & SAMMY HARKHAM
(2:30-3:30 GRAPHIC NOVEL PANEL w/ STURM & TATSUMI)
3:45-5:45: YOSHIHIRO TATSUMI & ADRIAN TOMINE
SATURDAY
10:00-11:00 MARTIN CENDREDA & DAN ZETTWOCH SHOWCASE SIGNING
11:00-1:00 ADRIAN TOMINE
11:00-2:00 RON REGE, JR
2:00-4:00 PM KEVIN HUIZENGA & ANDERS NILSEN
(2:30-4:00 SPOTLIGHT ON YOSHIHIRO TATSUMI WITH ADRIAN TOMINE PANEL)
(4:00-5:00 CCS Panel with JAMES STURM, TOM DEVLIN & KEVIN HUIZENGA)
4:15-6:15: YOSHIHIRO TATSUMI & ADRIAN TOMINE
SUNDAY
12:00-2:00 YOSHIHIRO TATSUMI & ADRIAN TOMINE
2:00-4:00 SAMMY HARKHAM & ANDERS NILSEN & KEVIN HUIZENGA
|
|
|
click here to read more
|
|
copyright ©2010 drawn & quarterly
|
|
