Events

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.

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.




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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!

This sounds like an awesome event! It takes place at the downtown Midtown, 64 Fulton Street, corner Gold Street.

A beautiful Peter Kuper poster and the guest list have been announced for this year's MoCCA fest.

A new poster for S.P.A.C.E., the Columbus indie comics show, has just been released. It's by Tom Williams of drawrobot fame.

Via PR, this week marks the opening of the "Will Eisner’s New York: From The Spirit to the Modern Graphic Novel" show at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in NYC; in conjunction with this show of Eisner art, the museum will present a concurrent "In the Spirit of Will Eisner" show with Eisner-influenced pieces by many luminaries.

Sorry this is so late but Comic Book Club, the weekly talk show hosted by Alex Zalben, Justin Tyler, and Pete LePage is back at a NEW venue that is super nice. Best of all, the shows are now FREE. Tonight's lineup of guests includes Marvel editors Jordan White, Daniel Ketchum, Sebastian Girner, and Jody LeHeup.

The Dutch Ale House in Saugerties, NY will showcase the original works of legendary Marvel artist Joe Sinnott for the next two months.

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I haven't written adequately about the "Cartoon Polymaths" show currently up at Parsons, the NYC art school that teaches design and illustration. It is a concise but museum-level show about cartooning and cartoonists that really sets a new standard for how these subjects can be covered. Aside from showing movies and puppets and small Marischal-designed houses, it also has its own NEON SIGN. Wow. Curator Bill Kartalopoulos really outdid himself and got Parsons' taleted design crew on board with a fantastic installation. Anyway, if you haven't gone yet, tonight is the night to see a talk with pioneering artist Richard McGuire, who was multi-media before it was in fashion. Deets below.