NYC Comic Conventions / Talks / Special Events

Sounds interesting! I'm too lazy to make it all the way out to Brooklyn though

I need more nerd friends to do this stuff with.
What if i get you a sammich?

a tempting offer, but i probably couldn't get there in time after work anyway on that day (I checked and it's a nearly 2 hour trip for me down there)
i'll come to one of these someday

hokay

http://frenchcomicsassociation.com/

he Comics Framed Festival Returns to New York City

October 3rd – 9th 2017

A week-long festival, day-to-night around the New York Comic Con

Celebrating the Franco-Belgian comics tradition and boundary-breaking storytelling

Featuring: Pénélope Bagieu, Brüno, Mathieu Lauffray, Patricia Lyfoung, Fabien Nury, Alexis Sentenac, El Torres, Valérie Vernay, and Zep

Daily: Visit us at Booth #1669 at NYCC—meet the creators, pick up free prints and fancy swag!

Nightly: Discover the beauty of bande dessinée at innovative and interactive events across the city—screenings, panels, art parties, and more!

Scroll right (hit that little arrow) on web banners for a day-to-day schedule

At MOCCA in NYC (46 and 11 ave) on Sunday April 7, lots of exciting talks!
https://www.societyillustrators.org/events/mocca-2019-sunday

Garamond Room / 12:00 pm
Liana Finck in Conversation with Gabrielle Bell
Liana Finck’s cartoons and comics appear regularly in The New Yorker and other venues. Her latest book is the graphic memoir Passing For Human. Additionally, her daily outpouring of witty, observant cartoons on Instagram has earned her hundreds of thousands of loyal readers online. Finck will appear in conversation with cartoonist Gabrielle Bell, with whom she regularly meets to draw, for a wide ranging conversation in which the two artists will interview each other about their work. Bell’s most recent books are Everything is Flammable and a new, updated edition of her short story collection Cecil and Jordan in New York.

Garamond Room / 3:00 pm
Bill Sienkiewicz in Conversation with Klaus Janson
Bill Sienkiewicz is an Eisner-winning, Emmy-nominated artist best known for revamping the style of comic and graphic novel illustration from 1980 onward, with his groundbreaking run on New Mutants, his fully painted work on comics including Elektra: Assassin and his acclaimed graphic novel Stray Toasters. He will be joined for a special conversation with artist Klaus Janson, a distinctive stylist and storyteller whose own career path has intertwined with Sienkiewicz’s. Moderated by Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University.

Helvetica Room / 3:00 pm
Comics and the Teaching Artist
Historically a self-taught discipline, comics are now taught in classes, programs, and dedicated institutions. How do teaching artists construct syllabi and curricula? What have they learned as artists that they can teach? And how does their teaching affect their own work? Comics scholar Tahneer Oksman (Marymount Manhattan College) will discuss this and more with Ivan Brunetti (Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice and Comics: Easy as ABC!), Sequential Arts Workshop (SAW) founder Tom Hart (Rosalie Lightning), and Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) founder James Sturm (Off Season).

also, this talk last night with Bill Griffith about Schlitzie the Pinhead was fascinating; bought the book and read it this morning. Excellent, excellent stuff!
https://nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/2019/03/13/bill-griffith-march-26-2019-at-7pm/

A good friend of mine is giving a (really interesting!) lecture on comic book printing and colouring in NYC on the 2nd April:

https://events.newschool.edu/event/new_york_comics_picture-story_symposium_featuring_guy_lawley

Yeah, I wish I wasn't already booked that night; the history of Ben Day dots is right up my alley.

https://www.societyillustrators.org/shop/buy-tickets/2900

The Society is pleased to celebrate the release of The Book of Weirdo, a massive retrospective of Robert Crumb's 1980's magazine WEIRDO, published by Last Gasp and written by Jon B. Cooke. Please join us for a panel discussion by fellow WEIRDO contributor Drew Friedman and the author, alongside special guests WEIRDO contributors Kim Deitch, Glenn Head, Mark Newgarden. A book signing will follow.

The Book of Weirdo is an exhaustive retrospective -- called a "great book" by Robert Crumb -- on Weirdo magazine, Crumb's irreverent 1980s humor comics anthology, and the featuring a comprehensive history, interviews with Crumb and the other two Weirdo editors, Peter Bagge, and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, as well as publisher Ron Turner. Also included are over 130 testimonials by Weirdo contributors and sidebars on all sorts of Weirdo-related aspects of that era, as much a history of the alternative comics of that time as it is the tale of a single magazine. Crumb added that The Book of Weirdo was "a monumental statement on American culture and life in that dismal decade of Reagan, AIDS, widespread cocaine abuse, and the rise of the Yuppies, the 1980s."

The Book of Weirdo, 288 pages, black-&-white, hard cover, published by Last Gasp of San Francisco, $39.95. Cover art by Drew Friedman. Friedman will be available for signings following the panel.

Tickets:
$15 Non-members | $10 Members | $7 Students/ seniors (Undergrad with valid ID)
The price of admission also gets you a large, signed poster of The Book of WEIRDO cover.

About the Speakers

Jon B. Cooke is the five-time consecutive Eisner Award winner for his former magazine, Comic Book Artist, as well as writer and producer of the full-length feature film documentary Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist(2007). Currently editor of Comic Book Creator magazine (published by TwoMorrows), Cooke is author of The Book of Weirdo, published by Last Gasp. He is also co-editor of Kirby100, The Warren Companion, Swampmen: Muck Monsters of the Comics, and the forthcoming 25th anniversary book, The World of TwoMorrows. Plans are underway for a book celebrating the 50th anniversary of Last Gasp coming in 2020. A Rhode Island resident, Cooke toils by day as a graphic designer.and lives in Southern Rhode Island with his wife, Beth, two dogs (Dilly and Roxy), a cat named Noodle, and two of his three sons as they get their acts together.

Award-winning artist Drew Friedman’s comics and illustrations have appeared in RAW, Weirdo, Heavy Metal, National Lampoon, SPY, MAD, Time, the New Yorker, the New York Times, the New York Observer and many other publications, as well as on numerous book covers. In his New York Times book review of Old Jewish Comedians, Steven Heller wrote: “A festival of drawing virtuosity and fabulous craggy faces. Drew Friedman might very well be the Vermeer of the Borscht Belt.” The Society of Illustrators hosted a two-floor main gallery showing of all of Friedman’s Old Jewish Comedians drawings in 2014. Filmmaker Kevin Dougherty is preparing a documentary, “Vermeer of the Borscht Belt” covering Friedman’s career.

Friedman’s upcoming book is titled “All The Presidents” and will be released by Fantagraphics in the fall. A major exhibition of Friedman’s illustrations depicting all the presidents will be held at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Art & Museum at Ohio State University in fall 2019.

Drew Friedman and his wife Kathy Bidus live in rural PA with their rescue beagle Gunther.

Are you in NYC? Please join the Jack Kirby Museum at 6:30pm Wednesday August 28th on Delancey Street just east of the corner of Essex St. (near Richie’s and Fabco Shoes) Lower East Side for a walking tour including a visit to Jack’s birthplace, a guerrilla street theater reading of his autobiographical story Street Code near where he grew up, trivia questions (with prizes), and ending with a mixer at a local haunt (TBD!)

This is a free, non-ticketed event. Donations welcome! Show up and celebrate with us!

Well this could be a disaster but hey:
http://www.theaterlabnyc.com/events/ditko/

i'm a lazy coward who won't see that, but you do this and report!

https://www.societyillustrators.org/shop/buy-tickets/3169

Tripwire's editor-in-chief Joel Meadows has spent the last three decades covering the best in comics and genre, and Masters Of Comics is a book that takes a look at the studios and work practices of the world's finest comic artists and illustrators. This talk and signing will feature a selection of the artists featured in the book including Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire, Eight), Bill Sienkiewicz (Legion TV show, Elektra Assassin), Yuko Shimuzu (The Unwritten, New York Times) and Walter Simonson (Ragnarok, Thor, Manhunter), Dan Panosian (cover artist 100 Bullets, The Punisher), and Dave Johnson (artist, X-Men, Logan) talking about their working practices and their studios.

Masters Of Comics is a lavish paperback published by Insight Editions which also includes artists like Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets, Moonshine), Frank Quitely (All-Star Superman, Batman & Robin, Jupiter's Children), Sean Phillips (Criminal, Kill Or Be Killed), Posy Simmonds (Tamara Drewe, Gemma Bovery), Michael Kaluta (The Shadow, Books Of Magic) and many more. Introduction by TV writer and producer Mark Verheiden (Daredevil, Ash vs Evil Dead, Swamp Thing).

That's October 5 btw

https://www.murmrr.com/e/chris-ware-lynda-barry-71848419557
Tonight!

Did you go? I was booked

couldn't get my gal out Both legends of course.

Who is doing Comic Arts Brooklyn this year? This Saturday November 2 11 to 7 at Pratt Institute
https://comicartsbrooklyn.com/
Chris Ware talking with Mouly and Spiegelman; Aline Kominsky interview, Charles Burns and Gary Panter interview, Kim Dietch talk

Me of course

cool, as i have a fucked up arm i may drop my treasures off at your table if that's cool.

We can arrange a treasure hole of some kind

So here's my CAB haul:

- New work from one of my favorite contemporary cartoonist, AT Pratt. AT qualifies as something of a genius outsider artist for my money; his primary work is a series of intricately hand-cut diorama/pop-up books that prominently feature pop culture icons both contemporary (he has something of a thing for the Star Wars "porgs") and of his own making (a Nintendo Kirby-meets-Pillsbury Doughboy character named Bompi). He call many of these works his "Little Brothers" and he had a new one of him being (spoiler: mistakenly) taken to hell by the Griever Cleaver. His other main metier is designing socks and then making comic to accompany the socks. AT is one of the oddest and most loveable faces at any convention and I will always buy anything he is selling.
https://atpratt.net/
- Got a copy of Kim Deitch's new book Reincarnation Stories signed by him. Long long longtime fan (I put him up with Barks and Eisner in a personal pantheon); he and his wife were gregarious. When asked what he's reading that he recommends, he suggested Tim Lane and Harold Gray.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/kim-deitch-spins-his-yarns
- An issue of "Boutique Mag" from Neoglyphic Media, mostly Marc Bell. The editor was friendly, mannered and enthusiastic and i would likely have bought something more substantial but everything is so expensive in this world! Was particularly taken by "An Unknown Power" but I am not the guy who can manage $50 for an art pamphlet, no matter how intriguing.
https://www.neoglyphicmedia.com/product/an-unknown-power/
- Zines from Karen Sneider and Sarah Glidden who were sharing a table with Lauren Weinstein; both books fun reads and beautifully drawn
https://www.instagram.com/metromonster/
http://sarahglidden.com/
- From Beehive Books, a companion zine to the monster Harrison Cady book they just published (and that I bought and loved): the reprint of the first part of a Cady and Carolyn Wells serialized poetry amble called "The Happy Chaps"... apparently a con original as it's not for sale anywhere! No one at their table to discuss with.
http://www.beehivebooks.net/shop/madness-in-crowds-the-teeming-mind-of-harrison-cady
Coincidentally, I also got the second (labeled "#4") issue of their excellent LAAB broadsheet by Ryan Wimberley in the mail yesterday; he was on hand with copies. Looking forward to digging in as this looks even bigger and better than the previous and very impressive "#0"
http://www.beehivebooks.net/shop/laab-4
- "Blind"a book by Evan Cohen that I got primarily for my gal; she's a fan. I like his work quite a bit as well but she vibes on the slow transition panel stuff more than i do.
http://www.evanmcohen.com/
- A super gorgeous $5 print from Gary Leib of the happiest turkey you ever did see; I should've bought ten of these and given them out as Thanksgiving gifts.
http://i.imgur.com/YNdxJwH.jpg
- Kate LaCour's Vivisectionary, her debut Fanta book, previously on Study Group online. I've been a big fan of her indie work for a few years; super happy to see her succeeding on a larger scale. I prefer her more semi-narrative stuff tbh but this "book as diorama" idea is a nice realization of her medical illustration style grand guignol body horror surreality.
http://www.fantagraphics.com/vivisectionary/
- Paul Kirchener's new one Hieronymus & Bosch from French publisher Tanibus. It's a series of beautifully rendered mostly wordless single page/ mostly six panel gag cartoons about a schlub and his toy duck in hell. It's wonderful.
https://www.adultswim.com/comics/hieronymus-bosch-paul-kirchner
- Got a stack of mini-kuš books at five bucks a pop from Kevin Hooyman, Marlene Krause, Jesse Jacobs, Samplerman and Hironori Kikuchi. I probably should've just bought one of everything they had but stopped myself.
http://www.komikss.lv/books/mini-kus/
- a book from Estella Vega's great accordion book series about the Paleozoic era, the first book in her new Triassic series and her short sci-fi book Alien Encounters. She's something of a savant and I'd love to see her get a bigger audience, say in the Heavy Metal world. I still need to buy the last two of her Paleozoic books to finish my collection.
http://estrellavega.com/
- intricate ballpoint insects in micro format from illustrator Allison Conway; love her style.
https://www.allistrations.com/
- a stack of free newspapers from Nolan Pelletier, a commercial illustrator making interesting 70's rococo images somewhere between golden books, ephemeral kitsch and Charley Harper. The newspapers were spectacular objects and mostly in service of selling notepads and greeting cards. I bought a sticker as i felt obliged. Really nice work!
http://nolannolannolan.com/
- a compilation of the Rough Ones webcomic
http://roughonescomic.com/comic/cover/
- the real find of the fest was Lale Westvind's second volume of GRIP which really blew me away; i read it straight through like three times immediately. The color is incredibly but it's the kinetic, remarkably clear intention of the cartooning that makes it feel like something genuinely new and sort of life altering. Absolutely devastating work and worth hunting down at any cost.
http://www.tcj.com/reviews/grip-vol-1/
http://www.perfectly-acceptable.com/item/grip-2/images/detail1-big.jpg

You can buy Grip 2 for $35 here.
https://www.perfectly-acceptable.com/item/grip-2/

Westvind says these guys are gonna do a single volume collection in February which i will definitely get
https://13millonesdenaves.com/

thanks for the recap ulysses, lots of interesting stuff here

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https://publictheater.org/productions/season/1920/public-forum/civic-salons/february-civic-salon/

CIVIC SALON: SUPER/POWER
Featuring Angélique Roché

With great power comes great responsibility. But when it comes to making change in the real world, how can we unlock our own unique abilities to shape the future? Assemble with journalist, cultural critic, and self-described “professional nerd” Angélique Roché (SyFy Wire, Marvel, and more) as we take inspiration from the world of sci-fi and fantasy to uncover our own unique super powers.

Join Public Forum for our free monthly gatherings where we come together in the spirit of community to nurture our minds and our bodies. Each month will feature a different theme driven by artists, musicians, poets, activists, and civic organizers who are using their voices to create change in their communities. Break bread with your neighbor, raise your voice in song, and leave inspired.

https://societyillustrators.org/event/teachingcomics/

A slideshow presentation and discussion on non-fiction comics as a teaching tool, featuring cartoonists working in the fields of science, politics, art and more. This event is part of Will Eisner Week, and Eisner’s own educational and instructional comics are the inspiration for this panel. With Malaka Gharib, Scott McCloud, Whit Taylor, and Kriota Willberg, moderated by R. Sikoryak.

Free with registration.

interesting! if i'm not already collapsed in bed i may give it a shot

https://www.moccafest.org/comicandcartoonartweek
Some very good virtual events in here including stuff with Derf and Simon Hanselmann and Ben Katchor and the Hernandez Bros with Adrian Tomine

"- the real find of the fest was Lale Westvind's second volume of GRIP which really blew me away; i read it straight through like three times immediately. The color is incredibly but it's the kinetic, remarkably clear intention of the cartooning that makes it feel like something genuinely new and sort of life altering. Absolutely devastating work and worth hunting down at any cost."

I just picked this up myself (the currently available vol. 1 & 2 collection) and it is indeed mind blowing.