TIME FOR HARVEY KURTZMAN
Richard Corliss turns in a lengthy apprecation of Harvey Kurtzman for Time Magazine's website. Corliss details the various stages of Kurtzman's career, including quotes from relevant individuals culled from a variety of sources.
INFO: Time Magazine
posted by Egon on Saturday, May 08, 2004

JEAN SCHULZ ON PEANUTS
The New York Times profiles Jean Schulz upon the debut of Fantagraphics' "Complete Peanuts" book series. "You feel a little disloyal," Schulz tells the paper, referring to Charles Schulz's refusal to reprint his early work. "A little bit. He didn't want to do this." She further says: "There's nothing like seeing his work in its entirety, day after day, the little changes."
INFO: The New York Times
posted by Egon on Saturday, May 08, 2004

EYE ON JOHNNY R.
Guy Leshinski talks to Johnny Ryan for "The Panelist," his regular comics column in Toronto's weekly Eye Magazine. "There's a lot of effort in writing shit jokes," Ryan says. "More than you think. It's like chess. You have to out-think the audience."
INFO: The Eye
posted by Egon on Saturday, May 08, 2004

CRUMB IN CARNEGIE'S "INTERNATIONAL"
Robert Crumb is among 38 artists chosen to appear in the 2004 Carnegie International show at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art. The 54th biennial edition of the International will feature more than 200 pieces and runs October 9, 2004 through March 20, 2005. "The 2004 Carnegie International will be organized into a narrative that will unfold through groupings of artists with shared affinities," according to a press release carried by the museum website. "The show will incorporate small monographic exhibitions of new and lesser-known work by three important older artists that will serve as touchstones, including new sculpture and drawings by Lee Bontecou, a series of sculptures and artists' books by Mangelos, and a small retrospective of drawings, strips, and notebooks by Robert Crumb." [Correction: Museum location, mistakenly identified as Philadelphia, was corrected on June 2, 2004.]
INFO: Carnegie Museum of Art
posted by Egon on Tuesday, May 04, 2004

THE NEW YORKER AND THE TIMES
The New York Times profiles younger cartoonists currently contributing gag panels to the New Yorker, speaking with cartoon editor Robert Mankoff and with several cartoonists. ""Everybody understands that if this field is not to die, new people have to be brought in," Mankoff told the paper. "There's no getting around it. It needs new blood."
INFO: The New York Times
posted by Egon on Tuesday, May 04, 2004

PALOOKAVILLE CALLING
Seth appeared on CBC Radio's "Richardson's Roundup" to discuss "Clyde Fans: Book One" and "Bannock, Beans and Black Tea." The April 29 episode has been archived online as a streaming audio file.
INFO: CBC Radio
posted by Egon on Tuesday, May 04, 2004