Events

Towards the end of his life, witnessing the rise of the graphic novel as a format, Will Eisner commented on the fact that his books formed a subsection of the graphic novels display at...

I suspect this is going to be an epic night so get there early!  The Society of Illustrators invites you to attend the 
Opening Reception for
 The Art of Harvey Kurtzman Curated by Monte Beauchamp and...

(8) "Check-Marks" Opening at Open Space Gallery Running March 8th through April 15th Opening March 8th from 7 to 10pm Curated by Austin English Featuring works on paper by Nick Payne James Ulmer Leif Low-beer Jason T Miles Molly Colleen O’connell Wiley Guillot Becca Kacanda The...

On January 23rd, Columbia University Library acquired a double-bill of Golden Age related comics materials, including the research materials Larry Tye compiled to write his Superman biography, The High Flying History of America’s Most...

Feeling adventurous I journeyed out to an unfamiliar part of Bushwick last night for an opening night party for the new issue of World War 3 Illustrated. Founded in 1980, this comics magazine has been charting politics, struggle, and social causes around the world for more than 30 years. The latest issue's theme is "The Other," surely a propitious one. I've yet to read the whole issue but the parts presented last night were quite striking.

If you've ever seen Barry talk you know this is a one of a kind experience. She'll be signing books as well.

Last year, Marvel received a letter from the mother of a young fan, Anthony Smith, who had hearing difficulties, and had been told by doctors that he would require a hearing aid. The mother was...

...and then take a long, long time to finish them. Just kidding. This new buddy pictures in the making will tour four cities as part of the UcreateComics Big Break Tour, starting in NYC...

Miriam Katin is hitting the road with LETTING IT GO , her memoir about coming to terms with her son's move to Germany and her memories of the Holocaust.

If we didn't have a previous gig, we'd be all over this. $20 for a hand-bound limited edition of essential 90s artifacts? Hell YEAH. Find out where it all began!

Wow did we miss the boat on this. Two days in and we finally link to it. Shameful. On the other hand, it's a sign of comics ongoing academic respectability that a three day comics symposium featuring Nick Bertozzi, Josh Neufeld, Erin Polgreen and more could be taking place and there would be so much other comics stuff going on that it would only be the most serious of six or seven other top notch events. Anyway read all about it here, and there's still time to get in on the fun with tonight's keynote and tomorrows panels:

It's party time tonight. And people will be drinking up, we'd imagine.