To do, 2/29 Toronto: Amazing Mysteries Launch at the Beguiling
Author Blake Bell discusses his book on Bill Everett at the Beguiling. More info.
To do: Tom Gauld on tour
With his gorgeous GOLIATH out from D&Q, Tom Gauld is embarking on a two-continent tour. UK dates are above; here's his US schedule.
To do, NYC: Crimestoppers with Kupperman, Beaton, Conover, Segal, Conover, Hastings, etc
Comedy and comics at the Lucca Lounge. FREE. More info
SPX '12 adds Hernandez Brothers; exhibit space sells out
This year's SPX Expo has just announced the addition of Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez to this year's show, joining previously announced Daniel Clowes and Chris Ware that means these four pillars of cartooning will be united on the East Coast for the first time since...well, maybe ever. YIKES!
Meet the vets and Stan Lee at the March NY Comic Book Marketplace
The next Mike Carbo's New York Comic Book Marketplace, which is sometimes called the Big Apple Con but isn't any more, will be held March 31 at the usual place (Penn Pavilion), and in addition to Stan Lee, you can meet a variety of old-time comics vets:
Tonight to do, NYC: Tamaki, Hanawalt, Davis at Society of Illustrators
Tonight, Jillian Tamaki, Lisa Hanawalt, and Eleanor Davis will be showing and discussing their work. Since their work is mostly amazing, that should be interesting. Davis is making a rare appeance in NYC—that's her cover for the Study Group anthology above.
To do tonight, Dumbo: Under the Moons of Mars launch
Artist Mike Cavallaro writes to alert us to an event tonight, the book launch for UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS, a new anthology of short stories inspired by the Edgar Rice Burroughs mythos by writers including Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, Garth Nix, and more, as well as a foreward by Tamora Pierce and introduction and header notes by John Joseph Adams. Oh, and illustrations by Cavallaro, Charles Vess, Michael W. Kaluta, Molly Crabapple, and more.
TO DO, SEATTLE: 12 Beers of the Apocalypse
In Seattle, the Elysian Brewing Company is debutingthe next beer in their 12 Beers of the Apocalypse program, with labels by Charles Burns, for that "craft beer that gives me the creeps" feeling.
This weekend: Face 2 Face in NYC
We may have just thrown out the bones of the Christmas Tree, but it's not too early to go a'conning again. It's the return of the church con this weekend in NYC as Big City Dare2Draw, a homegrown organization that puts on life drawing classes for every level of artist, is putting on a show at a midtown church. The guest list is led by Neal Adams, and we expect he'll fit right into any pulpit they find for him. More info here. And here's a video of Dean Haspiel talking about the show.
To do tonight, Staten Island: Comic Book Jones anniversary party
The Comic Book Jones crew really know how to put on a show, so if you're near by, stop by.
