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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.
 
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Featured artist

R. Sikoryak

           Featured product

Masterpiece Comics




  James Sturm in Conversation with Steve Stern, August 18th, NYC

Updated August 11, 2010


8/18, 7 PMCongregation Rodeph SholomNY, NY

click here to download the PDF (958.45 KB)


          



John P. Book Tour!

Updated August 11, 2010


8/21Minneapolis Indie ExpoMinneapolis,MN
8/28-29Portland Zine SymposiumPortland, OR
8/30ZAPP/Hugo HouseSeattle, WA
8/31Lucky'sVancouver, BC
9/2Comic ReliefBerkeley, CA
9/3Cartoon Art MuseumSan Francisco, CA
9/4-5San Francisco Zine FestSan Francisco, CA
9/7Giant Robot LALos Angeles, CA
9/8Mt. FujiJoshua Tree, CA
9/11Astro ZombiesAlbuquerque, NM
9/12True BelieversSanta Fe, NM
9/18Kilgore Books & ComicsDenver, CO

 

Featured artist

John Porcellino

           Featured products

Perfect Example
King-Cat Classix
Map of My Heart




  Kevin Huizenga Launches The Wild Kingdom, September 10th!

Updated August 11, 2010


09/10Bergen Street ComicsBrooklyn, NY


Featured artist

Kevin Huizenga

           Featured product

Wild Kingdom




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)


Featured artist

R. Sikoryak

           Featured product

Masterpiece Comics




  Sonja Ahlers, Keith Jones and Seth Scriver's triple book release party, Desert Island, June 16

Updated June 4, 2010


06/16Desert IslandBrooklyn, NY



Featured artists

Keith Jones
Seth Scriver
Sonja Ahlers

           Featured products

Stooge Pile
Catland Empire
The Selves




Vanessa Davis Art show at SHQ

Updated June 3, 2010


06/04Secret HeadquartersLos Angeles, CA


 

Featured artist

Vanessa Davis

           Featured product

Make Me A Woman




  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


Featured artist

Dupuy & Berberian

          



Sonja Ahlers at the D+Q Librairie, Friday June 4th, 7:00 PM

Updated May 27, 2010



 

Featured artist

Sonja Ahlers

           Featured product

The Selves




  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.













05/03/10Wash DCPOLITICS & PROSE
05/04/10CambridgeBRATTLE THEATER & HARVARD BOOKSTORE
05/05/10NYCTHE STRAND
05/07/10-05/09/10 TorontoTCAF
05/13/10San FranciscoTHE BOOKSMITH
05/14/10Los AngelesSKYLIGHT BOOKS
05/16/10PortlandPOWELLS
06/03/10OaklandDIESEL
06/12/10- 06/13/10ChicagoPRINTERS ROW & QUIMBY'S


Featured artist

Daniel Clowes

           Featured product

Wilson




Marc Bell hitting the road for a European tour!

Updated March 23, 2010


4/2LambiekAmsterdam, NL
4/8BD SpiritParis, FR
4/10Escale Du LivreBordeaux, FR


 

Featured artists

Marc Bell
Amy Lockhart

          



  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.

Featured artist

Guy Delisle

           Featured products

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (hardcover)
Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China
Burma Chronicles




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


Featured artists

Marc Bell
Amy Lockhart

           Featured product

Dirty Dishes




  Seth's Canadian Tour Continues! R.O. Blechman Joins him in Toronto This Saturday!!

Updated October 28, 2009


10/31Authors at Harbourfront CentreToronto, ON
11/03Librairie D+Q BookstoreMontreal, QC


Featured artists

Seth
R.O. Blechman

          



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


10/24Oblong Books & MusicRhinebeck, NY

 

Featured artist

R.O. Blechman

           Featured product

Talking Lines




  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)

Featured artist

John Porcellino

           Featured product

Map of My Heart




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
 

Featured artist

R. Sikoryak

          



  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


Featured artists

Kevin Huizenga
John Porcellino
R. Sikoryak

           Featured products

Curses
Map of My Heart




  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


Featured artists

R.O. Blechman
R. Sikoryak

           Featured product

Talking Lines




Marc Bell Tour

Updated September 11, 2009


10/15, 5-7pmAdam Baumgold GalleryNew York, NY
10/17-18APESan Francisco, CA
10/19, 7-10pmLucky'sVancouver, BC
10/21, 8-10pmFamilyLos Angeles, CA
10/25, 5-7pmDesert IslandBrooklyn, NY
11/20, 7-9pmMagic PonyToronto, ON
11/27, 7-9pmLibrairie D+Q BookstoreMontreal, QC




 

Featured artist

Marc Bell

          



  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

Featured artists

R.O. Blechman
Guy Delisle
R. Sikoryak

           Featured products

Burma Chronicles
Masterpiece Comics
Talking Lines




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




 

Featured artist

Lynda Barry

          



  Adrian Tomine and Seth Tour

Updated May 27, 2009


05/8-10TCAFToronto, ON
06/02, 6:00Brattle TheaterCambridge, MA
06/04, 7:00The StrandNew York, NY
06/06-7MoCCA FestNew York, NY
06/09Free LibraryPhiladelphia, PA
06/10, 7:00QuimbysChicago, IL
06/17, 7:30Skylight BooksLos Angeles, CA
06/18, 7:30BooksmithSan Francisco, CA


Featured artists

Seth
Adrian Tomine

          



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.

 

Featured artist

Yoshihiro Tatsumi

          



  Lynda Barry Events!!!

Updated April 17, 2009


04/20, 5:30pmJohns HopkinsBaltimore, MD
04/30, 5:30pmManitowoc Public LibraryManitowoc, WI
05/06, 10:45amMassachusetts Public LibraryBedford, MD
07/11-17Omega InstituteRhinebeck, NY
08/07-8Eugene Public LibraryEugene, OR
10/08-9GVSUGrand Valley, MI
11/05Chicago Humanities FestivalChicago, IL


Featured artist

Lynda Barry

           Featured product

What It Is




Gabrielle Bell Tour

Updated April 16, 2009


03/27, 7pmDesert IslandBrooklyn, NY
04/26Booksoup at LAT Book FairLos Angeles, CA
04/26, 7pmFamilyLos Angeles, CA
04/28, 7pmBooksmithSan Francisco, CA
05/09-10TCAFToronto, ON
05/17Maine Comics FestPortland, ME
05/18Ada BooksProvidence, RI
05/19The StrandNew York, NY
06/6-7MoCCA FestNew York, NY

 

Featured artist

Gabrielle Bell

           Featured product

Cecil and Jordan in New York: Stories by Gabrielle Bell




  Life Drawing featuring Marc Bell

Updated March 26, 2009



click here to read more


Featured artist

Marc Bell

          



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
 

Featured artist

Pascal Blanchet

           Featured product

Baloney




  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.
 

Featured artist

Matt Forsythe

           Featured product

Ojingogo




  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



Featured artist

Colek & Shewchuk

           Featured product

Pohadky




Upcoming events!!!

Updated September 30, 2008






09/18SF BooksmithSan Francisco, CALynda Barry
09/20Strange AdventuresHalifax, NSMatthew Forsythe
09/27The CentralToronto, ONForsythe, Colek & Shewchuck
09/28Edmonton LibraryEdmonton, ABPascal Blanchet
09/28Word on the StreetToronto, ONmultiple
10/02BooksmithBrookline, MALynda Barry
10/03Politics & ProseWashington, DCLynda Barry
10/04-5NYer FestNew York, NYLynda Barry
10/04-5SPXBethesda, MAJason Lutes
10/04-5Puces PopMontreal, QC

 

Featured artists

Lynda Barry
Matt Forsythe
Colek & Shewchuk

           Featured products

What It Is
Pohadky
Ojingogo




  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


Featured artists

Julie Morstad
Chris von Szombathy

           Featured products

Milk Teeth
Fire Away




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


Featured artists

Julie Doucet
Joe Matt
Laurence Hyde

           Featured products

Southern Cross
Spent
365 Days: A Diary by Julie Doucet




  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


Featured artist

Lynda Barry

           Featured product

What It Is




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


Featured artists

Adrian Tomine
Rutu Modan
Lynda Barry

           Featured products

Exit Wounds
Shortcomings
What It Is




  LYNDA BARRY Events!!!

Updated May 6, 2008




06/4The StrandNew York, NY
06/5Free Library of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA
06/6NYU Cantor CenterNew York, NY
06/7-8MoCCA FestNew York, NY
06/12HideoutChicago, IL
07/24-27Comic-ConSan Diego, CA


Featured artist

Lynda Barry

           Featured product

What It Is




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




05/17-16Philly Book FestivalPhiladelphia, PA
05/31Puces Pop SpringMontreal, QC
06/07-08MoCCA FestNew York, NY
06/07-08Printers RowChicago, IL
07/12-13Pomme-PommeMontreal, QC
07/24-27Comic-Con San DiegoSan Diego, CA
09/14Brooklyn Book FestBrooklyn, NY
09/28Word on the StreetToronto, ON
10/04-05Puces PopMontreal, QC
10/04-05SPXBethesda, MD
10/23-26New York Art Book FairNew York, NY
11/01-02APESan Francisco, CA
11/29-30ExpoZineMontreal, 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


Featured artist

Joe Matt

           Featured product

Spent




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


Featured artist

Rutu Modan

           Featured product

Exit Wounds




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!
 

Featured artist

Lynda Barry

           Featured product

What It Is




  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


Featured artist

Adrian Tomine

           Featured products

Summer Blonde (PB)
Sleepwalk and Other Stories
Shortcomings




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
 

Featured artist

Chris von Szombathy

           Featured product

Fire Away




  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


Featured artists

Dupuy & Berberian
Philippe Dupuy

           Featured products

Get a Life
Maybe Later
Haunted




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

 

Featured artist

Michel Rabagliati

           Featured products

Paul Has a Summer Job
Paul Moves Out
Paul Goes Fishing




  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!

Featured artist

Lynda Barry

           Featured product

What It Is




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


Featured artist

Chris Ware

           Featured products

ACME Novelty Library #18
ACME Novelty Datebook: Volume Two, 1995-2002
ACME Novelty Library #18.5




  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/

Featured artist

Lynda Barry

          



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
 

Featured artist

R. Sikoryak

          



  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




Featured artist

Adrian Tomine

           Featured products

Summer Blonde (PB)
Optic Nerve #11
Shortcomings




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


 

Featured artist

James Sturm

           Featured product

James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems




  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


Featured artist

Joe Sacco

           Featured products

The Fixer
War's End: Profiles from Bosnia 1995-96




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/
 

Featured artist

James Sturm

           Featured product

James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems




  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


Featured artist

John Porcellino

           Featured products

Perfect Example
King-Cat Classix




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
 

Featured artist

Rutu Modan

           Featured product

Exit Wounds




  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

Featured artist

James Sturm

           Featured product

James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems




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/

 

Featured artist

Miriam Katin

           Featured product

We Are On Our Own




  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!

Featured artist

Lynda Barry

          



SHORTCOMINGS book launch and tour

Updated September 28, 2007



 
click here to read more


Featured artist

Adrian Tomine

           Featured products

Summer Blonde (PB)
Optic Nerve #11
Shortcomings




  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)


Featured artists

Chester Brown
Seth
Joe Matt

           Featured product

Spent




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

 

Featured artist

Lynda Barry

          



  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.

Featured artists

Joe Matt
Guy Delisle
Miriam Katin

           Featured products

James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems
Berlin #13




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
 

Featured artist

R. Sikoryak

          



  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)

Featured artist

Joe Matt

           Featured product

Spent




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.
 

Featured artist

Adrian Tomine

           Featured products

Summer Blonde (PB)
Shortcomings




  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."

Featured artist

John Porcellino

           Featured product

King-Cat Classix




Uninked in Phoenix:

Updated May 6, 2007


UnInked: Paintings, Sculptures and Graphic Works by Five Cartoonists

Five of the finest cartoonists currently working are also, not surprisingly, five of cartooning’s finest artists. While the original ink-on-paper drawings which compose literary graphic novels and comic strips are generally only one step in the arduous process of creating a visual book, they are not necessarily intended to be seen as finished works in and of themselves. This exhibit chooses instead to focus on those artists whose work intentionally already extends beyond the page: rarely-seen drawings, paintings, lithographs, and sculptures which develop the extensive narrative worlds and ideas which every cartoonist has spent years, and in some cases, lifetimes,developing. The prolific artists presented — Kim Deitch, Jerry
Moriarty, Gary Panter, Ron Regé, Jr. and Seth — have all devoted themselves to their imaginative work with an multifarious intensity at a time when a great deal of contemporary art mines its so-called visual “source material” from narrative popular culture but then chooses to blur or disregard its story content before enlarging it onto a gallery wall. By contrast, the work by these five artists — for whom storytelling is second nature — is unusually original,direct and full of life.

The exhibit runs from April 21st through August 19th, 2007 at the Phoenix Art Musuem, 1625 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona (602 257-1222). A 112 page full-color hardcover catalog edited and designed by the show’s curator,Chris Ware, picturing works from the exhibit as well as selected samples of each artists’ published work,will be available in mid-July from the museum’s store.

www.phxart.org
 
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Featured artists

Seth
Gary Panter
Ron Reg�, Jr.

           Featured products

Satiroplastic
Wimbledon Green
The Awake Field




  Michel Rabagliati with Harvey Pekar at Moncton's Frye Festival

Updated April 11, 2007


Friday, April 27th
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm

Roundtable
Authors discuss the topic: “The Graphic Novel Grows Up”
Moderator: Jean Fugère
With: Bernice Eisenstein, Dano LeBlanc, Harvey Pekar and Michel Rabagliati

Simultaneous translation - Admission: $10

Moncton City Hall, Council Chambers - 655 Main St.

Saturday, April 28th
Frye Jam, 8:00pm

Michel Rabagliati will be visiting L’École l’Odyssée, École Clément-Cormier and École Mathieu-Martin.
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Featured artist

Michel Rabagliati

           Featured products

Paul Has a Summer Job
Paul in the Country
Paul Moves Out




Peter Thompson art show in Montreal

Updated April 11, 2007


Peter Thompson, James Kirkpatrick and Steve Debruyn:

"Stupid Fake Daddy"
Headquarters Gallery
Opening: May 5th


1649 rue Amherst
between Maisonneuve & Robin
Metro Berri-UQAM
514.678.2923

Mon-Wed: 12pm-6pm
Thurs-Fri: 12pm-8pm
Sat: 11am-6pm
Sunday: Closed
 
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Featured artist

Peter Thompson

           Featured product

The Chronicles of Lucky Ello




  Miriam Katin at the Philadelphia Book Festival

Updated April 11, 2007


Miriam Katin, cartoonist of We Are on Our Own will be at the Philadelphia Book Festival this year, participating in a panel discussion with Ben Katchor and Kim Deitch.

Sunday April 22nd at 3:00pm
Citibank Main Stage

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Featured artist

Miriam Katin

           Featured product

We Are On Our Own




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
 

Featured artist

John Porcellino

           Featured product

King-Cat Classix




  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.

Featured artist

Abouet & Oubrerie

           Featured product

Aya




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
 

Featured artists

Kevin Huizenga
Anders Nilsen
John Porcellino

           Featured products

Curses
King-Cat Classix
Big Questions #9: The Lost and Found




  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.

Featured artist

Adrian Tomine

           Featured product

Optic Nerve #11




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!
 

Featured artist

Miriam Katin

           Featured product

We Are On Our Own




  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



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Featured artist

Gabrielle Bell

           Featured product

Lucky (hardcover)




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.

 

Featured artists

Kevin Huizenga
Anders Nilsen
Gabrielle Bell

           Featured products

Curses
Lucky (hardcover)
Don't Go Where I Can't Follow




  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.



Featured artist

Gabrielle Bell

           Featured product

Lucky (hardcover)




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
 

Featured artists

Kevin Huizenga
Anders Nilsen
Gabrielle Bell

           Featured products

Curses
Lucky (hardcover)
Don't Go Where I Can't Follow




  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.

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Featured artist

Gabrielle Bell

           Featured products

Lucky (hardcover)
Drawn & Quarterly Showcase: Book Four




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


 
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Featured artist

Steve Mumford

          



  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.

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Featured artists

Adrian Tomine
Gabrielle Bell

           Featured products

Summer Blonde (PB)
Optic Nerve #10
Lucky (hardcover)




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/




 
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Featured artists

Kevin Huizenga
Anders Nilsen
Gabrielle Bell

           Featured products

Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Book One
Curses
Lucky (hardcover)




  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.

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Dupuy & Berberian

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Get a Life
Maybe Later




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
 

Featured artist

Chester Brown

           Featured product

Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography softcover




  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!

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Featured artists

Chester Brown
Seth

           Featured products

Wimbledon Green
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography softcover




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.
 
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Featured artist

Seth

           Featured products

Clyde Fans; Book One
Wimbledon Green




  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
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Featured artists

Adrian Tomine
Yoshihiro Tatsumi

           Featured products

The Push Man & Other Stories
Optic Nerve #10
Abandon The Old In Tokyo




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

 
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Featured artists

Adrian Tomine
Yoshihiro Tatsumi

          




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