Tag: Richard McGuire
Here: the perfect comic becomes an imperfect film
A look at the history of Richard McGuire's Here....and the movie version from Robert Zemeckis
This One Summer wins Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize and some other award winners
Graphic novels have a lot more prizes than they once did, including literary awards that help validate the medium. Awards season is well upon us, and I've been way behind in noting some of the most important.
The New Yorker’s Cartoons of the Year is out, with Wheeler and Karasik
Although The Beat is a loyal New Yorker subscriber (it's the only thing that holds our attention whilst on the elliptical) just beause you're a subscriber does't mean you get the Cartoons of the Year special edition. However if our email is to be believed, this issue includes several new pieces that may necessitate a trip to the newsstand.
Comic Arts Brooklyn expands to two days in 2014
Gabe Fowler, the main man behind Comic Arts Brooklyn, the late fall comics arts fest that traditionally caps off New Yorks comics year, has announced the festival will expand to days in 2014. Taking place November 8-9, the show will see exhibits at the usual place at the Mt Carmel Church on Saturday and on Sunday a complete track of programming at the Wythe Hotel, which is also located in Williamsburg.
Announced guests this year include Roz Chast, Richard McGuire, Raymond Pettibon and Art Spiegelman, but as you can see from the above poster,more guests have been added including Michael DeForge, Lisa Hanawalt, Julie Doucet (!!!!), Josh Bayer, Charles Burns, Aisha Franz, Al Jaffee, Tim Lane, Benjamin Marra, Jim Rugg and Olivier Schwauwen.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/29/14: Pow! Bam! Mainstream media gets literary comics!
OKAY PEOPLE LISTEN UP, here are two links that show exactly HOW FAR comics have come as an artform; two pieces in the two biggest papers in the two biggest cities in the US which handle the subtleties of two comics beloved among comics insiders with intelligence and nuance.
To do tonight, NYC: Richard McGuire at the NYPL
AS noted this is actually NEXT WEEK but the exhibit opens tonight!
A 320 page version of Richard McGuire’s Here is coming this fall
Richard McGuire's Here is a comics story originally published in RAW Magazine that used the comics form to dizzying effect, jumping from the dawn of time to the end of time using one specific...
On the Scene: BCGF 2012: Ware, McGuire, and Spiegelman on Creating the Architecture of...
The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival this year was, by all accounts, pretty crowded and hot in the main building, but the governing factor was high attendance, and the discussion panels, held at The...
