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Sita Sings the Blues reception with Nina Paley, The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes award-winning cartoonist and animator Nina Paley for an opening reception celebrating her exhibition Before Sita Sang The Blues: Spotlight on Nina Paley on Thursday, July 29 from 7:00-9:00pm. This retrospective will feature a selection of Paley’s syndicated comic strips, illustrations, and a series of prints, paintings and behind-the-scenes materials from Paley’s film Sita Sings the Blues. Please visit our website for more information about our upcoming fundraiser screening of Sita Sings the Blues at San Francisco’s Delancey Street Theater on Tuesday, July 20.
on Thursday, 29 July 2010 07:00 PM

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See Here Studios presents 3D Storybook: The Wrong Side of the Bed 3D!, See Here Studios presents author readings of its best-selling iPad children's book app, "3D Storybook-The Wrong Side of the Bed 3D!" in the San Francisco Bay Area this summer. A live reading will be held at the Cartoon Art Museum on Saturday, July 31 from 2:00-4:00pm. This reading is open to the public and free 3D glasses will be provided to the audience.

These live readings continue the tradition of children's book authors connecting directly with their readership of parents and children. "3D Storybook-The Wrong Side of the Bed 3D!" author-illustrator Wallace E. Keller has been involved in reading programs since the beginning of his career as a writer and illustrator of children's books. As a member of the New York School Volunteer Program, Keller visited schools throughout New York City where he performed readings, followed by question-and-answer sessions about the writing and illustration process. "To meet your audience on such a personal level is rare gift," Keller explains, "and as much as I enjoy reading the stories, I also enjoy sharing the creative process. I believe it's of great value for children to see how a story begins, from a drawing or a line of text, and how it evolves into a finished book, in print or as an e-book."

Play-Well Senior Manager Steve Halford describes his organization's interest in hosting an iPad book reading: "Play-Well is very excited to be involved in showcasing one of the innovative ways in which technology is being used to enhance storytelling. This reading and demonstration will be both entertaining in its own right and offer inspiration to all of us looking for new and exciting ways to teach, entertain, and inform."

The app "3D Storybook - The Wrong Side of the Bed 3D!" is the first, and thus far only, 3D children's book app for Apple's iPad device. Viewable in either standard 2D or dimensional 3D with the use of red/cyan 3D glasses, the app has ranked among the Top 10 iPad paid book apps in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Germany.

For the live digital book readings, the app will be projected in 3D onto a large screen, with Keller providing live narration. He will also show the original book concepts and discuss the process of converting the print book into an interactive 3D e-book.

See Here Studios LLC is an app development company specializing in inspiring entertainment for kids. The company was founded by two professional artists, Wallace E. Keller and Valerie Mih, with over 35 years combined experience in the children's book and animation industries. The studio plans to release three new 3D children's book apps by the end of the summer. Copyright (C) 2010 See Here Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. on Saturday, 31 July 2010 02:00 PM
@ Cartoon Art Museum, SF
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Jamal Igle at Dewys,
JAMAL IGLE, Saturday, August 7th, from 1:00 to 3:00pm

The popular artist on the SUPERGIRL series and the man who destroyed New Krypton in SUPERMAN: WAR OF THE SUPERMEN #1 comes to Dewey’s Comic City next month! Jamal Igle has worked his way up the ranks in the comic industry starting as an intern at D.C. Comics which lead to an exclusive DC contract and a very successful penciling career. Before his current highly acclaimed work on SUPERGIRL, Jamal’s detailed pencils have graced such books such Firestorm The Nuclear Man, Nightwing, Countdown: The Search for Ray Palmer and others. But perhaps Jamal’s most impressive achievement has been his work on the Supergirl character where he redefined and re-focused the image of the character making her one of the most popular heroes in the DC Universe!


on Saturday, 07 August 2010 01:00 PM

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Ryan Claytor at Dwey's Comics, RYAN CLAYTOR, Monday, August 9th, from 5:30 to 7:30
Dewey’s Loves Independent Creators! Ryan Claytor is the publisher / creator / writer / artist of the independently published autobiographical series AND THEN ONE DAY! Ryan is a terrific writer and artist and this series is one that clearly deserves more recognition. He is on a tour of east coast comic stores and libraries and we're excited that he was able to fit us in on his journey!
on Monday, 09 August 2010 05:30 PM

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Nicole Hollander at CAM, The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes Nicole Hollander, creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip Sylvia for a special presentation and booksigning on Thursday, August 19, from 7:00-9:00pm.

Since drawing her first Sylvia strip in 1979, the nationally syndicated cartoonist Nicole Hollander has channeled her acerbic wit and razor-sharp sensibilities through the incomparable and irascible Sylvia, a Chicago original whose hilarious commentary on American life has won over millions of loyal readers.

THE SYLVIA CHRONICLES presents Sylvia’s singular take on contemporary politics, from the early days of Reagan to the latter days of Palin. Along the way, she takes on subjects as varied as the hazards of allowing death row convicts a last smoke, an imaginary exchange with Donald Rumsfeld’s younger brother, and the dangers of texting while driving an SUV and reaching across the seat for a Snickers bar—recording not only the most memorable and outrageous events of the past three decades but also the often overlooked absurdities of our daily lives.

Charting thirty years of fashion, food, sexual mores, and political hypocrisy, THE SYLVIA CHRONICLES is nothing less than a funhouse mirror of our times. on Thursday, 19 August 2010 07:00 PM

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