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Mita Mahato, Jan. 28, 2025 at 7pm EST

The 411th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday,January 28, 2025 at 7 pm EST. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@gmail.com to register for this event. Free and open to the public.  Mita Mahato: Comics as Assemblage Mita Mahato discusses her new book Arctic Play and the hybrid aesthetics that inform her comics. ContinueContinue reading “Mita Mahato, Jan. 28, 2025 at 7pm EST”

Call to Artists/Illustrators for ‘Heartbeat of the Neighbourhood’ public engagement campaign / Deadline is Feb 7th

From an email to our West End neighbourhood listserve. West Neighbourhood house does great, important, needed work supporting people in our neighbourhood. Hello Neighbours! West Neighbourhood House (West NH) is looking for artists and/or illustrators to donate their work for the ‘Heartbeat of the Neighbourhood’ public engagement campaign. An honorarium of $3,500 will be awarded.ContinueContinue reading “Call to Artists/Illustrators for ‘Heartbeat of the Neighbourhood’ public engagement campaign / Deadline is Feb 7th”

Nick Stember, Jan. 21, 2025 at 3 pm ET

The 410th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 at 3 pm EDT. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@gmail.com to register for this event. Free and open to the public. Please note that this event begins at 3 pm EDT. Nick Stember presents The Fast and the Scurrilous: On comics and cartoonsContinueContinue reading “Nick Stember, Jan. 21, 2025 at 3 pm ET”

New York Comics & Picture Story Symposium Calendar of Events

From Ben Katchor’s New York Comics &  Picture Story Symposium Calendar of Events email newsletter. Visit the website here: nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/ By bkatchor on January 11, 2025 Most events are online. Please register by email, one week before the event, to comicssymposium@gmail.com. Most talks start at 7pm ET unless otherwise noted. The May 6th event is live at The New School.ContinueContinue reading “New York Comics & Picture Story Symposium Calendar of Events”

Grace Edquist writes on Moomin Creator Tove Jansson for Vogue

Thank you, Chris Burscough! From the Vouge website: Tove Jansson, Beloved Creator of the Moomins, Painted the World as She Wanted to See It In 1942, newly moved out of her family’s Helsinki apartment and living on her own, the Finnish artist Tove Jansson painted a self-portrait. She gave herself a cool confidence: steely gaze,ContinueContinue reading “Grace Edquist writes on Moomin Creator Tove Jansson for Vogue”