SPX TV commercial
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There is apparently a TV commercial for this year's SPX (Small Press Expo) running on local Washington TV stations. And here it is!
To Do 9/16, BKNY: Brooklyn Book Festival
MEANWHILE on the East Coast, people are also celebrating literacy at the Brooklyn Book Festival -- and comics will not be kicked off the litaracy train, oh no!
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Superborough: Brooklyn’s Indelible Stamp...
Panter talks Masters
Speaking of the Masters show, the New York Sun has a guided preview with Gary Panter:
Mr. Panter's presence in such an exhibit is a sign of the times.It's hard to pinpoint the...
Tom is down and he had a scoop — UPDATE
Fellow blogger THE COMICS REPORTER is down today, as Tom Spurgeon has been posting on several message boards. He also reports that
...Art Spiegelman withdrew his work from the half of the Masters of American...
Ennis makes rare appearance with Lloyd
That's at Jim Hanley's Universe this afternoon, 4 West 33rd St.. across the the cartoon museum-less Empire State Building.
Holocaust ‘toon exhibit flops in Tehran
Over in Iran, where cartoons aren't just a passtime, they're a matter of life and death, an exhibit of cartoons making sport of The Holocaust has been a "flop" according to the Independent. Apparently...
Editorial Freelancers Assoc. gets BEATen.
The Beat will be speaking tonight at the EFA on Editing for the Web. We'll be joined by Alex Koppelman of Smith Mag, Salon, the Huffington Post, etc. The talkathon will be...
Video: Comic Foundry interviews Scott McCloud
Beat pal Tim Leong has a video interview with Scott McCloud at his Rocketship appearance.
Also, check out this month's edition of Comic Foundry itself, which sports interviewws with Ed Brubaker and Brian Vaughan, as...
Grace Reading Series returns with cartooners
The Grace Reading Series, a monthly multi media mix focusing on women writers, returns with a series of readings by cartoonists. The series kicks off October 4 at Mo Pitkins in NYC with Megan...
TO DO, SF 9/20: Yang and Pien at Isotope
Celebrate the release of AMERICAN BORN CHINESE:
China Books, First Second Books, & the IsotopeLaunch What Might be the Best Book of 2006Pardon us while we gush, but if you've seen the advance reviews you'll...
