From Downthetubes.net, February 26, “NCSFest, A Major New US Comics Festival, Announces Full Guest Line-up” — a new comics festival, way out west. Among the contributing New Yorker cartoonists attending: Pat Byrnes, Jason Chatfield, Mort Gerberg, and Lars Kenseth. Also attending, New Yorker cover artists Daniel Clowes and Liniers. Link here to the Fest’s site. _________________________ Profile of Interest: New
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Resist! #2 Arrives July 4th With An Abundance of New Yorker Contributors
The second issue of Resist!, a free “political comics zine of mostly female artists” (a “Man Cave” section is included) edited by Nadja Spiegelman and The New Yorker‘s art editor, Francoise Mouly, will be distributed this coming July 4th in comic book stores and out on the streets by volunteers (approximately 60,000 copies of the first Resist! were distributed
Read moreBooks of Interest: A Harvey Kurtzman Biography & A Box of Clowes
Looking forward to this forthcoming biography of the late great Harvey Kurtzman. Due May 2nd from Fantagraphics. While you’re waiting for the biography to be released you might want to check out Mr. Kurtzman’s autobiography, My Life As A Cartoonist (Aladdin; First Minstrel Books, 1988) _________________________________________________________________________________ Also coming from
Read moreDaniel Clowes Q&A; Signing: Adrian Tomine’s Optic Nerve
From The National Endowment for the Arts Magazine, “From Pages to Museum Walls: The Life and Times of Daniel Clowes” — an interview. and… From conventionscene.com, July 24, 2013, “NYC – Optic Nerve Signing” — Adrian Tomine signs his latest in the series.
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