THE SQUIB!
The Newsletter of the Cartoonist Roundtable (formerly known as the Cartoonist Alliance)
September 6, 2007
No. 9, Vol VI
Hi, Everybody!
Margo and Chari here. This denotes the first newsletter under the new "order," graciously handed down to us by Denise. Considering she'd been on the job for several years now, we definitely have some big shoes to fill!
ATTENTION: The Squib will now be dispersed at the address CartoonistRoundtable@gmail.com . Please direct any questions or comments yonder. Thanks!
ALSO: The Squib now has a blog. Accidentally deleted a newsletter? Want to check out a back issue? Have nary a fear!
The URL is: http://squibnewsletter.blogspot.com/
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NEXT MEETING: Monday, Sept. 17th:
7:00 pm
(6:30 pm set up, nosh, shmooze)
Q&A with Gary Panter
A fluid, ubiquitous artist, who has been in the comic field for 30 years, and is also well-versed in the fine and commercial art worlds. He broke into the mainstream with his set designs for the TV show "Peewee's Playhouse," and nearly single-handedly began a national underground style.
More on his work here: http://www.garypanter.com
Feel free to bring in noshes or beverages if you love eating as much as we do.
We are at:
MoCCA (Museum of Comics and Cartooning Art)
594 Broadway, Suite 401, NYC
Between Houston and Prince St.
http://www.moccany.org/index.html
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Last month, Nina Kester, President of SVA's Cartoon Allies, a student-run cartoonists' advocacy organization, hosted a lovely evening of real-deal comic jamming. There was much socializing to be had as the participants drew panel after panel of some pretty fantastic, crazy stuff. Amazing what some Sharpies, some paper and some mingling can do.
HEAD'S UP! What's in store at the Roundtable?
Monday, Oct. 15th: Jerry Craft - The creator of Mama's Boyz, a strip that has been syndicated since 1995. He is set to release his second compilation, "Mama's Boyz: Home Schoolin'," this fall. His work's aim is to shed light on the positive aspects of African-American life.
Monday, Nov. 19th: Leela Corman & Tom Hart - Spend a fabulous couple of hours with a fabulous cartooning couple! She's an illustrator, cartoonist, bellydancer, and painter who has illustrated books on subjects from sex for the very busy to the history of skirts, with clients including Simon & Shuster, The New York Times, YM, and WNET/THIRTEEN. He's the creator of Hutch Owen graphic novels and comic strips, critically acclaimed by The Comics Journal, Time.com, Publishers Weekly and the Library Journal, as well as a fantastic teacher at the good ol' School of Visual Arts.
Monday, December 17th: The Annual Super-Fab Cartoonist Roundtable Potluck Party!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Harvey Awards Dinner Tickets Available! Guests, Dinner, Gift Bag Exclusives Featured!
For the second year in a row, Kyle Baker will be hosting the Harvey Awards; Kyle will also have a table at the Baltimore Con September 8 & 9.The Harvey Awards dinner and presentation ceremony will be held on Saturday, September 8th, at the Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards. Tickets are now available for the event, which will begin at 7:00pm with a cocktail hour,tTo be followed at 8:00pm with dinner and the awards ceremony.
The Harveys, named after the legendary MAD founding editor and master storyteller Harvey Kurtzman, recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only industry awards both nominated by and selected by the full body of comic book professionals.
Tickets are available by calling Cards, Comics & Collectibles in Reisterstown, Maryland at (410) 526 7410. Major Credit Cards will be accepted for payment. The two-day convention tickets may be purchased through Ticketmaster, accessible from www.comicon.com/baltimore.
For more information about The Harvey Awards,
visit www.harveyawards.org.
For more information about the Baltimore Comic-Con, visit
www.comicon.com/baltimore.
For additional directions to the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards, visit
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwiih-baltimore-marriott-inner-harbor-at-camden-yards
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Yuricon announces their 2007 "Yurisai" event!
Newark, NJ – Yuricon, a celebration of lesbian stories in Japanese animation and comics ("Yuri,") is pleased to announce our 2007 "Yurisai" event being held in Newark, NJ. Join us at the Gateway Hilton on September 29, 2007 to meet artists from ALC Publishing – the only company in the world to publish 100% Yuri. Japanese artist Rica Takashima, and "Yuri Monogatari" artists Althea Keaton, Jessie B, and Sergio Aviles. We'll also be joined by "Shoujoai ni Bouken" illustrator Kelli Nicely!
Take some time to read comics at the world's largest library of Lesbian-themed Japanese comics! Our Yuri Manga and Doujinshi Library will include items of historical interest, including the oldest Yuri manga, and many books that have never been seen before in America.
Enjoy popular Yuri anime, and learn how to draw, write and more from professionals who excel in the field."Yurisai" details, event policies FAQs are online on the Yuricon 07 Page: http://www.yuricon.org/events/07index.html
At the door registration will be $30. Registration will open at 9AM in the Lower Lobby of the Newark Gateway Hilton.Don't miss the only 100% Yuri day of 2007!
For more information on Yuricon, or the "Yurisai" event, please visit our website at
http://www.yuricon.org or email us at
yuricon@hotmail.com
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Recurring GAG/Children's Book events
Graphic Artists Guild (GAG) Children's Book Circle of Illustrators (CBIC) Time/Date: 1st Thursday of every month,
6:30 PM
Location: 32 Broadway, Suite #1114, NYC 10004
(subject to change, contact Clovia Ng in advance)
Contact: Chair: Clovia Ng CBCI@cngraphics.com
Co-Chair: Michelle Gengaro mtgengaro@aol.com
Co-Chair: Lisa Lavoie lisalavoie@earthlink.net
New School University Writing for Children Forum: 66 W. 12th St., Rm.510
Admission: $5; free to students, New School faculty, staff, and alumni w/ID
Tickets: The New School Box Office, 66 W. 12th
St., main floor, M-F,
1-7p.m.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Metro New York Tuesday Professional Series Meetings are usually on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from October to May. Check calendar as dates may change:
http://home.nyc.rr.com/scbwimetrony/
Location: The Anthroposophical Society, New York Branch, 138 West 15th Street (between 6th Ave. & 7th Ave.)
Doors open at 6:45pm. Meetings run from 7-9pm.
$12 for SCBWI members, $15 for nonmembers. Payment is accepted at the door
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And last but not least - sent to us by R. Sikorak and HAPPENING TOMORROW (September 6th):
The Arteries Group presents the *"Comics Thinktank"* panel with postmodern stylist R. Sikorak, artist/critic Calvin Reid, DC/Vertigo head Karen Berger, Harvard fellow Dr. Hillary Chute; special tentative guests: comics master Gene Colan and EC critic/historian John Benson. Moderator: James Romberger.
6:30-8:00pm on September 6th at Rapture Cafe, 200 Avenue A (between 12thand 13th Streets).
The purpose of the panel is to hash out some of the potentials of comics as art and literature. Comics' status in the Art World has been improving but there are still nostalgic and "High-Low" attitudes that seem to preclude objective curation and criticism. The current positive critical attention paid comics and graphic novels is often misguided, in that literary reviewers tend to analyze the text, but without understanding the relative value of the art in storytelling. Still, if graphic novels are going to be the savior of the book trade as has been claimed, we had better have more literate comics.
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And remember: Cartoonists are wonderful.
~Margo Dabaie and Chari Pere
The new wave of Cartoonist Roundtable Co-Chairs --
makin' a splash at a computer screen near you!
