Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Art Spiegelman: Still Movin' with Comix
Words: Christopher Irving
Pictures: Seth Kushner
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
King Con '10: Talking with Kyle and Pimpin' Dean
Seth and I also got to show off Graphic NYC Presents Dean Haspiel: The Early Years
, the substantial tome o' Dino's life, career, and earlier comics work. Unfortunately, we didn't have copies to sell for the show, but be sure to track it down at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn, or at Midtown Comics or Forbidden Planet in Manhattan. And, last but not least, Dean premiered the motion comic version of Billy Dogma's Sex Planet adventure! Check it out:
Friday, November 5, 2010
UPDATE: Kyle Baker and Graphic NYC at King Con
The Graphic NYC Presents Kyle Baker panel at King Con (details below) has been rescheduled from 12:30 to 2:30. We'll see you there!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
GNYC Presents Dean Haspiel: The Early Years is out!
It has been about four years in the making, but Graphic NYC Presents Dean Haspiel: The Early Years is now out! The paperback-bound literary scion of Dino's comix and Christopher's essays (along with photography by Seth and Ryan Roman, respectively) is a substantial 240-page black and white book (with an 8-page color section) for a cent under 20 clams! Anything and everything you needed to know about Dean...and then some, this book works for the Dean-oholic or the new convert.
Still not convinced? Check out our eight-page preview.
Our first book is now available in finer comics shops, book shops and online
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Come see us at King Con II!
We’re not sure what we liked most about King Con last year: the community vibe of a small convention, or the fact that some of our favorite people were guests. We’ll be there again this year, just in time to celebrate the release of Graphic NYC Presents Dean Haspiel. Christopher will moderate two panels and Seth will be doing a live comics reading, so be sure to drop in and say hi:
The Death of Print, Thursday at 7: Panelists Stuart Moore (comics writer and novelist), Brian Heater (The Daily Cross Hatch), photojournalist Chip East, Sarah Jaffe (www.ohyouprettythings.net), and Brooklyn journalist Norman Oder (Atlantic Yards Report) join forces to discuss where the print medium is headed, with the looming threat or salvation of the online world and digital distribution.
Live Comics Reading and King Con Kickoff Party, Friday night: Experience a live comix reading with Dean Haspiel, Paul Pope, Jen Ferguson, Jeff Newelt, Seth, Joan Hilty, and Joe Infurnari. Platters will be spun by DJ Pulphope (Pope) and DJ CrossHatch (Brian Heater), with live performances by Americans UK (the band of GNYC pal Jef Burandt) and Charles Soule.
Graphic NYC Presents Kyle Baker, Saturday at 12:30: The madcap cartoonist behind everything from the dramatic biography Nat Turner to Why I Hate Saturn to the most recent Deadpool MAX takes the hot seat for this live profile of his life and career. This panel will serve as the basis for GNYC’s upcoming panel on Kyle!
There’s more going on from Thursday at Sunday, with guests that include Chris Claremont, Paul Pope, Becky Cloonan, Fred Van Lente, Dean Haspiel, Brian Wood, and more! We’ll see you there.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Horror! The Horror!: A Graphically Speaking Review
Words: Christopher Irving
Every once in a while, a book about comic books comes out that raises the bar—be it conceptually, narratively, or from a writing perspective—The Horror, The Horror: Comic Books The Government Didn’t Want You to See
cranks it up a notch. While completely accessible and effective in its own right, The Horror! reads as a companion to David Hajdu’s comics censorship manifesto The Ten Cent Plague, often citing that book. But where The Horror excels is in the packaging of the 200+ page paperback volume: Jim Trombetta’s essays, staggered between stories, establish a social and historical context for different aspects of the horror comics. It’s more than just the KeFauver hearings that he covers, as horrifying facts about American brutality during the Second World and Korean Wars serve to make the uber-violence of the reprinted comics seem tame in comparison.
cranks it up a notch. While completely accessible and effective in its own right, The Horror! reads as a companion to David Hajdu’s comics censorship manifesto The Ten Cent Plague, often citing that book. But where The Horror excels is in the packaging of the 200+ page paperback volume: Jim Trombetta’s essays, staggered between stories, establish a social and historical context for different aspects of the horror comics. It’s more than just the KeFauver hearings that he covers, as horrifying facts about American brutality during the Second World and Korean Wars serve to make the uber-violence of the reprinted comics seem tame in comparison.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
CulturePOP Photocomix on Dean Haspiel
In CulturePOP: Photocomix Profiles of Real-Life Characters, our own Seth Kushner has been profiling fascinating subjects in his own unique fumetti-fied way and this week he tackles a profile on Cartoonist, Emmy winner, ACT-I-VATE founder and subject of our new book, Dean Haspiel.
A version the photocomic, The Angel was originally created for the book, Graphic NYC Presents Dean Haspiel: The Early Years, which is available in shops this week or at Amazon
. An interesting note about Seth's profile on Dean is that it's actually written by Dean himself. The text for The Angel was originally written for a two-page strip Dean created for Overflow Magazine. He provided Seth with his very personal words from the strip to use in creating the photocomix profile, creating a unique collaboration.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Undeleted Scenes: A Graphically Speaking Review
Words by Jared Gniewek
Jeffrey Brown is the type of artist I respond to. A study in contrasts, he draws with a seemingly crude and raw style of art; a style of art which belies a sophistication and confidence. His rendering is pen heavy with thick black ink. Taken out of context, an individual panel may seem primitive but when juxtaposed within a narrative it becomes apparent that his choices serve the work and represent a distinct style which, while not for everyone, is as vital and unique as the best voices in comics.
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