ART ATTACK
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Art Spiegelman discusses his new September 11th-themed comic strip, "In the Shadow of No Towers," set to debut on September 6 in the German newspaper "Die Zeit." Traumatized by the events so close to his lower Manhattan home, Spiegelman tells Deutsche Welle, "I realized 'Spiegelman, you've been working on essays and a play but comics only get occassional attention from you. You are gonna to die and you spent the last years without doing comics at all.'" The DW reporter presumes that Spiegelman's new strip will not be published in America (Spiegelman: "I am too European for Americans"). However, today's New York Newsday reports that the strip will also begin running on the back page of the weekly Forward's September 6 issue, "[t]he first of eight monthly full-page installments." Reduced panel excerpts on DW's website reveal that the strip is composed in full color.
INFO: Deutsche Welle
INFO: Newsday
LINK: Die Zeit
LINK: The Forward
posted by Egon on Friday, September 06, 2002

CAMELOT 2003
The Popular Culture Association has issued a call for papers on the topic of "The Comics Get Medieval," to accompany a panel scheduled for the group's 33rd Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA from April 16 - 19 2003. From the CFP:

"Abstracts of 250 words maximum to be submitted to panel organizer by 15 September 2002 to mtorregrossa@att.net (please cc Arthurian Area co-chairs at e.sklar@wayne.edu AND D-Hoffman1@neiu.edu and Comics Area chair, Julie Ratliff at Kerisate@aol.com)

Snail mail to:

Michael Torregrossa
34 Second Street
Smithfield, RI 02917

Please send a copy of abstract (in duplicate) to:
Elizabeth Sklar
Area Co-Chair, Arthurian Legend
Department of English
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202"
INFO: Popular Culture Association
posted by Egon on Friday, September 06, 2002

DELCOURT'S "11TH DAY"
The Associated Press, apparently confused by the meaning of the word "publish," reports on a new French graphic novel about September 11th. "Le 11e Jour" tells children's book illustrator Sandrine Revel's true account of her experiences in New York City. The book is published by Delcourt in the traditional hardbound, 48 page graphic album format and was released to European bookstores on August 29th. Sample art is on display at Delcourt's website.
INFO: AP
INFO: Editions Delcourt
posted by Egon on Thursday, September 05, 2002

ICAFFEINATED
The lastest issue of the bi-annual International Journal of Comic Art (Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 2002) is now available and has been sent to subscribers. The issue, clocking in at 375 pages and featuring an interview with Joe Sacco, will be available at SPX/ICAF at the ICAF table in the main Expo hall. In other Festival-related news, the ICAF website has been updated with paper abstracts and a schedule of events. Last minute additions include a session with Los Bros Hernandez and an evening with Art Spiegelman. Bring the kids.
INFO: TCJ.com
INFO: International Comic Arts Festival
LINK: The International Journal of Comic Art
posted by Egon on Tuesday, September 03, 2002

THE! BEST! OF! TIME!
Lynda Barry's latest autobiographical graphic novel, "One Hundred Demons," is hailed as a breakthrough in the September 2 issue of Time Magazine. "One Hundred Demons deserves a place on the shelf with serious graphic novels like Art Spiegelman's Maus," writes Lev Grossman. Meanwhile, Time.comix columnist Andrew Arnold adds NBM's new hardcover edition of Dave McKean's "Cages" to his syllabus, admiring the book's tome-like qualities and calling it "required reading."
INFO: Time.com
INFO: Time.comix
posted by Egon on Tuesday, September 03, 2002