Events

I'd like to introduce the improved Events page! Now you can just go to our all purpose Events Page and see what's coming up! It's a little barebones now, but eventually it will have the week's events listed. You can also see the three upcoming events in the sidebar. (Sorry about that dingbat -- still trying to fix it.) As very observant readers may have noticed, I've been struggling with events for a while -- they were way too NYC-centric to be really useful, but this way, events can be quickly added and a database maintained. I'll still be doing some spotlight posts, as well, but this is, hopefully, a useful resource. So keep those events coming!

Bill K. interviews R. Sikoryak tonight at MoCCA with a special slideshow.As a bonus the mind-bogging NeoIntegrity show is still up and if you haven't seen it yet -- YOU MUST.

A few event photos from around. Christina Foxley, from The Strand bookstore sent us a few photos of the exhibit of the Strand Tote Bag design contest which was held the other night at SVA. Above, left to right: Toon Books Françoise Mouly, runner up Domitille Collardey, cartoonist and contest judge Art Spiegelman; another judge, R. Sikoryak; runner-up Tim Goldman and winner Zak Foster. We stopped by and ran into many cartoon types, including Sarah Glidden who told us about her next project after the upcoming How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, another comics-journalism piece, and it sounds pretty interesting. Collardey is what you call "an emerging cartoon star" and she's presently working on a graphic novel to be published in France.

We spend a lot of time talking about comics event here at The Beat, but here's one that managed to elude us completely: the Graphic Medicine Conference. Held in London, UK, it's was all about, well what it sounds like, as Daryl Cunningham explains:

A preview Heroes Con preview; a smashing comic book wedding; is a comic book really worth $3.99? Not when you have to get rid of hundreds of them; and my final thoughts on BEA.

Via PR, Green Brain Comics is organizing the Kids Read Comics event June 12 and 13th to promote comics for younger readers with two days of workshops and presentations at the local library.

Liza Minnelli at the SEX AND THE CITY 2 premiere the other night, apparently auditioning for the role of Krona in the Green Lantern...

 BookExpo America is kicking off today at the Javits Center with a day of panels and roundtables The exhibit floor opens tomorrow. Image Comics...

This weekend sees the Maine Comics Arts Festival in Portland, ME. In its second year the show has expanded to two days -- a day of FREE panels at the Portland Public Library this Saturday and then a exhibit on Sunday at the Ocean Gateway. There's also a comics art show on display at the Lewis Gallery at the Portland Public Library. Guest list is here, headlines by Brian Wood, Skottie Young and Jeff Lemire. The Portland Press HErald previews the show here and the organizer, Rick Lowell of Casablanca Comics.

Friday Night May 14 from 6-9pm The Final Cut: Wrap Party for The Sword hosted by the LUNA BROS. Saturday May 15 @ 1pm "Join the B.P.R.D"...

If you couldn't be at Stumptown, you could follow along via Twitter, or check out the Portland Mercury's photos, or Anna Faltermeier's, or...

Such a busy weekend! The indie comics tour continues in the Midwest with the SPACE Festival, held this year at a new location:Ramada Plaza...