MoCCA programming announced
Programming maven Brian Heater has posted the 2011 MoCCA panel lineup. There will be TWO tracks of programming this year, with lots of spotlights -- Al Jaffee, Jerry Robinson, Gahan Wilson, Dash Shaw, Peter Bagge, Pizza Island, Will Eisner -- a Carousel, an animation panel, and looks at most every genre of contemporary indie/alt comix. It's in some kind of table, so we can't reproduce it here, but check it out.
More Crumb photos
From Edel Rodriguez, some nice photos of last week's R. Crumb art opening at the Society of Illustrators.
R. Crumb exhibit: When Crabapple met Crumb
Friday night's opening fro the R. Crumb exhibit at the Society of Illustrators in NYC, was -- no surprise -- jammed to the rafters with the who's who of the local scene. The man himself was on the premises but the notoriously shy cartoonist sat with Aline at a back table where only a few came to pay homage.
To do: R. Crumb at the Society of Illustrators
Tonight is the opening for a, R. Crumb show that has several associated events. Info inside!
To do tonight: Elephantmen signing w/ Richard Starkings
Richard Starkings is the creator of Image Comics' hit series Elephantmen. Born and raised in England, Starkings worked for five years at Marvel UK's London offices as editor, designer and occasional writer of Zoids, The Real Ghostbusters, Transformers and the Doctor Who comic strips featuring the Seventh Doctor. Although he lettered Batman: The Killing Joke with a pen, Richard is perhaps best known for his digital lettering work on Battle Chasers, Danger Girl, Batman: The Long Halloween and Generation X with his award-winning COMICRAFT design studio, which he founded in 1992. Starkings also co-authored the best-selling books Comic Book Lettering The Comicraft Way and Tim Sale: Black And White.
The Strand announces STRANDICON comics afternoon
It's billed as the world's largest book store, with 18 MILES of books, but The Strand -- New York City's legendary used book store -- is increasingly comics friendly and on Friday, April 8th, they'll make it official with Strandicon, a full afternoon of talks by such greats as Ben Katchor, Ben Katchor, Brecht Evans, Joe Ollmann, Jillian Tamaki, Pascal Girard, R. Sikoryak, Dash Shaw, capped off by a panel on the past and future of The Comics Journal, which is worth the trip all by itself.
To do tonight: Carousel at Parsons
The events surrounding Cartoon Polymaths end with a bang with an outing for the comics slideshow series, Carousel. Someone go and report!
Chester Brown hits the road in May
As the PR points out, Chester Brown isn't a recluse but he doesn't leave his home city of Toronto too much, so catching him on the road this year in support of PAYING FOR IT is a must. More dates to be announced, but the current schedule calls for Toronto, Chicago, NYC, Montreal, Vancouver and Seattle.
Tonight to do: Jacob Ciocci/Paper Rad at Cartoon Polymaths
Another great event in the Cartoon Polymaths exhibit:
Video artist, performer, visual artist, and musician Jacob Ciocci is featured in the Cartoon Polymaths exhibit as a member of the collaborative art group Paper Rad. Ciocci has also collaborated with Peter Burr of the music and video duo Hooliganship, who regularly curate tours and DVD releases featuring new independent animated shorts under the Cartune Xprez banner. Burr displays a specially curated selection of recent animated shorts, and Ciocci shows and discusses his recent video work.
Emerald City Comic-Con party poop!
The Emerald City Comic-Con kicks off today and it sounds like a rockin' good time! We're GREEN with envy over everyone who gets to go. Lots of outside events too!
To do tonight: Legal Comics with Van Lente and Dunlavey at Midtown Downtown store
This sounds like an awesome event! It takes place at the downtown Midtown, 64 Fulton Street, corner Gold Street.
