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New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium – November 5, 2015

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[above] Illustration by Patrick Crotty

Comics on the Northern Edge of Europe with Tom Oldham, Patrick Crotty, Tommi Musturi, and David Schilter. Moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos.

Bill Kartalopoulos in conversation with Tom Oldham, Patrick Crotty, Tommi Musturi and David Schilter discussing the alternative small press comics in the UK, Sweden, Finland and Latvia.

Tom Oldham is a co-founder of Breakdown Press, a comics publisher based in London, UK. Breakdown Press is dedicated to publishing the very best in comics art, whether the cutting edge work of new cartoonists or undiscovered classics of the past.
Patrick Crotty is an artist and the official boss of the Swedish PEOW! studio. PEOW! is a publisher, shop and risograph studio based in Stockholm, publishing intergalactic comics from Sweden and abroad.
Tommi Musturi is an artist and co-founder of KUTIKUTI, a non-profit contemporary comics association and artist collective formed in Finland. KUTIKUTI are ca. forty members who make, teach and publish comics. They operate internationally with an aim to maintain and develop comics as an art form.
David Schilter is a co-editor of kuš!, a small press publisher from Riga. kuš! promotes alternative comics in Latvia and abroad. Next to publishing international anthologies and mini comics, they organize exhibitions workshops and other comic-related events.

Event initiated by Ben Katchor and David Schilter

WHEN

November 5, 2015 at 7pm

WHERE

A special meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposiumwill be held on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 at 7pm at Parsons The New School for Design, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). Free and open to the public. PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS HAPPENING ON THURSDAY!

Graphic Novelist Riad Sattouf, Lecture and Book Signing – 11/6

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Parsons School of Design’s Illustration BFA presents Riad Sattouf, a bestselling cartoonist and filmmaker who grew up in Syria and Libya and now lives in Paris, here in New York to discuss and sign copies of the new English release of The Arab of the Future. Books will be for sale at this event.

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November 6th in the University Center Room U L104 (63 Fifth Ave, lower level) at 1:30 pm.

The author of four comics series in France and a former weekly columnist for the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, Sattouf also directed the films The French Kissers and Jacky in Women’s Kingdom. The Arab of the Future, which has been published in fifteen languages, is his first work to appear in English.

Sattouf’s virtuoso graphic style captures both the immediacy of childhood and the fervor of political idealism, as Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France, Gaddafi’s Libya, and Assad’s Syria – but always under the roof of his father, a Syrian Pan-Arabist who drags his family along in his pursuit of grandiose dreams for the Arab nation.

The New York Times published a Sunday book review article on Satouf’s The Arab of the Future, which you can read here.

To see more of his published works, visit his personal site here.

 

Graphic Novelist Riad Sattouf Talk and Book Signing 11/6

Illustration Dept. Events

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Parsons School of Design’s Illustration BFA presents Riad Sattouf, a bestselling cartoonist and filmmaker who grew up in Syria and Libya and now lives in Paris, here in New York to discuss and sign copies of the new English release of The Arab of the Future. Books will be for sale at this event.

arab

November 6th in the University Center Room U L104 (63 Fifth Ave, lower level) at 1:30 pm.

The author of four comics series in France and a former weekly columnist for the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, Sattouf also directed the films The French Kissers and Jacky in Women’s Kingdom. The Arab of the Future, which has been published in fifteen languages, is his first work to appear in English.

Sattouf’s virtuoso graphic style captures both the immediacy of childhood and the fervor of political idealism, as Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France, Gaddafi’s Libya, and Assad’s Syria – but always under the roof of his father, a Syrian Pan-Arabist who drags his family along in his pursuit of grandiose dreams for the Arab nation.

The New York Times published a Sunday book review article on Satouf’s The Arab of the Future, which you can read here.

To see more of his published works, visit his personal site here.

 

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium – November 3, 2015

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Marvin Sackner
on this new book,
The Art of Typewriting

Join Marvin Sackner for a celebration of the publication of his new book, The Art of Typewriting (Thames and Hudson) co-authored with his late wife, Ruth. Marvin Sackner will describe the genesis of the project, the process of assembling the book and his wonderful discoveries within the realm of typewriter art.
The book presents over  600 examples of work produced by the world’s finest typewriter artists — from late 19th century ornamental works produced by secretaries to recent works of typewriter art — the book highlights the unique position of the typewritten document in the digital age.

Marvin Sackner is a Word Art collector based in Miami, Florida. Today the Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry, created over four decades with his wife Ruth Sackner, is the world’s largest collection of its kind, housing tens of thousands of pieces from hundreds of artists and writers from around the world.

WHEN

November 3, 2015 at 7pm

WHERE

The 133rd meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 at 7pm atParsons The New School for Design, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). Free and open to the public.

Special Guest Lecturer, Animator Ru Kuwahata 11/5

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Ru Kuwahata

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Parsons alum, Ru Kowahata will be returning to Parsons to share her experiences as an animator. As a part of the Tiny Inventions duo, Kowahata uses a unique system of 3D models that are integrated into digital animation. Her expertise in mixed media visuals has contributed to her successes in a multitude of film festival awards, publications and contracted work for an assortment of clientele.

Any and all students interested in pursuing a career in production, animation and storytelling are encouraged to join us for this incredible opportunity to get intel on the industry as an independent animator.

The lecture will be held on November 5th at 12 pm at 66 West 12th St., room 407

Next ChWerk: 10/27 Chill + Work with the ILLESTrators

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WHAT:

The ILLESTrators are a superstar set of Illustration Seniors who will host an hour to offer low-key critiques, peer-to-peer advice, mentorship, activities, etc.

HOW:

“ChWerk Time” is power hour of Chill + Work time.

WHY:

– To forge relationships and camaraderie amongst illustrators and enthusiasts

– To help students map out their experience on multiple levels: Illustration/AMT/Parsons/ New School/New York City/Globe/Profession

– To increase awareness of specific internal and external opportunities that exist for young illustrators.

– To increase the spirit of a “collective” and to get students in the mindset of working together and overcome the fear of sharing their work with others.

– To offer students a peer-drive space of mentorship to share the ideas embedded within their work, what it means to them, and how to translate that to a large audience.

ChWerk sessions are on Tuesdays/Wednesdays from 3–4pm

in the Glass Room Lobby (L101) of 2 West 13th St

(Next to the gallery)

Attend one of the following days!

October 21st

October 27th

November 3rd

November 11th

Invitation to Adrian Tomine – 92Y

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“Adrian Tomine has more ideas in twenty panels than novelists have in a lifetime,” wrote Zadie Smith.

The artist behind the comic-book series Optic Nerve, which he began self-publishing at the age of 16, is known for his New Yorker covers and the graphic novels 32 Stories, Sleepwalk and Summer Blonde. His new book, Killing and Dying, is a stunning showcase of the possibilities of the medium and a wry exploration of loss, creative ambition, identity and family dynamics.

Adrian Tomine will sign copies of Killing and Dying and his prints following the event. Books and prints will be available for purchase.

Purchase a ticket and be automatically entered to win a signed print (size 18’”x 24”) of his illustration “Missed Connection,” one of his most popular New Yorker covers!

Click here to purchase your tickets!

TWO NEW EVENTS for New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

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The following events have been added to the New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium. Keep an eye out for more updates in the near future about both events!

Nov. 5th at 7pm: Comics on the Northern Edge of Europe with Tom Oldham, Patrick Crotty, Tommi Musturi, David Schilter. Moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos.

Dec. 21 at 7pm: Peter Blegvad: DOPPELGÄNGER, on echoes, shadows, avatars and other singular doubles,
an illustrated talk.

Check below for all events and the recently added ones:

Invitation to “Red Rosa – A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg” – November 5 – Brooklyn

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RELEASE EVENT: RED ROSA
A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg – November 5 – Brooklyn, NY

Rosa Luxemburg is one of the foremost political thinkers of the 20th century. Her philosophy of socialism and democracy was present in every aspect of her life—her work as an economist and educator, her activism against war and socioeconomic injustice, her relationships with friends and lovers.

Red Rosa, a new graphic novel by Kate Evans, published by Verso Books in collaboration with the RLS–NYC, opens up Luxemburg’s intellectual world to a new audience, grounding her ideas in the realities of an inspirational and deeply affecting biography.

Join us at Verso Books on Thursday night, November 5, to celebrate the release of Red Rosa with a special event featuring Kate Evans and New York-based artist and writer Molly Crabapple. Evans will open the event with a presentation about the process of creating this graphic novel. She will then be joined by Crabapple for a dialogue about what it means to be a political feminist graphic artist in this day and age.

Please RSVP here.

The event will be followed by a reception with drinks and light snacks.

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium – October 27, 2015

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Matthew Sontheimer
on
Flat Conversation

Matthew Sontheimer will discuss his drawings: The role text and images play in his works, and his continued exploration of  “conversational drawings.”

Matthew Sontheimer received a BFA from Stephen F. Austin State University, in Nacogdoches, Texas, and an MFA from Montana State University, in Bozeman, Montana. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing in The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. His work is represented by the Talley Dunn Gallery, in Dallas, Texas, and the Devin Borden Gallery, in Houston Texas, and can be found in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York.

WHEN

October 27, 2015 at 7pm

WHERE

The 132nd meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 at 7pm atParsons The New School for Design, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). Free and open to the public.