PEKAR, DARCY: CARTOON TUNES
Ohio Beacon Journal columnist David Giffels chats briefly with Harvey Pekar about "When Love Goes Wrong," a jazz compilation including liner notes by Pekar, in the paper's February 9 edition. The CD is "a collection of melancholy jazz standards;" Pekar calls it "the musical boot to kick us when we're already down." Meanwhile, Bop Tart records announces the April release of a best-of Dame Darcy CD. "The CD has murder ballads, sea shanty's, and lots of Dame Darcy rarities, like the theme to Turn of the Century, and her work with Banjo Pete. The CD is epic, it spans from music that she recorded at age ten, and goes all the way to what she's working on now."
INFO: The Beacon Journal
INFO: Bop Tart Records
posted by Egon on Saturday, February 15, 2003

ICAF EXTENSION
The International Comic Arts Festival (ICAF) executive committe has extended its paper proposal deadline to March 14 in a statement issued by Academic Coordinator Charles Hatfield. ICAF is scheduled to take place September 4 - 6 on the Georgetown University campus. Further inquiries can be addressed to Hatfield via e-mail at charles.hatfield@csun.edu.
INFO: ICAF
posted by Egon on Thursday, February 13, 2003

THAT'S KANSAS CITY, MO
The Kansas City Comic Creators Network solicits entries for "Sequence," a juried exhibit of comics-related artwork scheduled to run May 9 through June 9 in four area galleries. Registration forms are available at the Sequence website; submissions are due April 10.
INFO: Sequence
posted by Egon on Wednesday, February 12, 2003

CLARK KENT: KOSHER?
Jules Feiffer and Ben Katchor will join a March 11 panel discussion called "Is Superman Jewish? Comics, Cartoons & Jewish Identity" at the 92nd Street Y. Also participating will be cartoonist/illustrator Nicole Hollander and critics Geoffrey O’Brien and Amei Wallach. The panel, first in a series on the arts and religion, promises an "exciting discussion of the historical and contemporary experience of Jewish cartoonists and comic strip creators and the relationship between their art and their Jewish identities." Tickets to the event cost $18.
INFO: 92nd Street Y
posted by Egon on Tuesday, February 11, 2003

46 LABORS OF GUSTAVE DORE
Coconino Classics' latest update debuts a series of sequential images by Gustave Doré. The website now features the first 12 of 46 plates in Doré's humorous 1847 series, "The Adventures of Hercules." Three more of Doré's sequential series await online publication following "Hercules'" eventual completion. The website's current update also includes new episodes of Terry and the Pirates and Krazy Kat.
INFO: Coconino Classics
posted by Egon on Tuesday, February 11, 2003

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ASTRO BOY
The Tokyo district of Takadanobaba is gearing up to celebrate the fictional birthday of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, the Mainichi Daily News reports. "In Tezuka's original 'Astro Boy' comic, the robot with 100,000 horsepower strength was created in Takadanobaba on April 7, 2003." Chimes at the district's railroad station will play the Astro Boy television series' theme song and a parade is planned to mark the occassion, among other celebratory and promotional events.
INFO: Mainichi Interactive
posted by Egon on Tuesday, February 11, 2003