From The Beat, May 21, 2012 “Comics G-17 summit report from Chicago” (content includes references to: Robert Crumb, Chris Ware, Francoise Mouly, Daniel Clowes, Seth, Art Spiegelman, Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Ivan Brunetti, among others) From mikelynchcartoons.blogspot, May 21, 2012, “Report: Maine Comics Arts Festival May 20, 2012” (content includes references to John Klossner, Kate Beaton, and Bill Woodman)
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Felipe Galindo (Feggo): exhibit, a new collection, and more
From goodnewsplanet.com, May 18, 2012, “Felipe Galindo – Feggo Art Exhibit and Book Release” From futuromediagroup.org, May 18, 2012, “Know Your Pro: Sketching Feggo” — audio content
Read moreCharles Addams’ hometown gallery; Once in a lifetime(?) gathering of Comix cartoonists
From NJ.com, May 16, 2012, “It really is a scream: Charles Addams gallery opens at Westfield theater” From The Chicago Tribune, May 16, 2012, “Unlikely gathering of Comix legends comes together at U. of C.” (among those gathering: R. Crumb, Lynda Barry, Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Ivan Brunetti, Ben Katchor, Daniel Clowes)
Read moreThe New Yorker & Mad Men, Mad Men & The New Yorker; John Updike’s boyhood home a museum?
New Yorker readers who turned to the magazine’s last page a few weeks ago (the issue of May 7) no doubt noticed the Cartoon Caption Contest cartoon by Liza Donnelly was influenced by the iconic silhouette Mad Men image of Don Draper, as seen from behind, with his arm extended out along the back of a chair, cigarette in hand.
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