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Things To Do In New York This Week If You Like Comics

Published Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:00:00 -0500

Monday, June 30th

The ninetieth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, June 30, 2014 at 7 pm at Columbia University, Butler Library, room 523. The event is free and open to the public. Presentations will be by Alexander Rothman and Lior Zaltzman with moderator Karen Green.

Alexander Rothman, on a "A History of Comics Poetry".
He says: "It's now widely accepted that comics can be "art" or "literature," but what about "poetry"? What would it look like to make poems in comics' visual language? This is a great moment to ask that question. It's been just over a century since Krazy Kat's lyrically weird debut, exactly 50 years since Joe Brainard joined New York School Poets to produce a seminal anthology that was equal parts comics and poetry—and for the first time, there's a literary journal dedicated to the hybrid form": http://www.inkbrick.com

Lior Zaltzman on "Comix Are Hard: My Comic School "Failures" (and Little Triumphs)". She says: "I'll be talking about my experiences getting a BFA in cartooning and how different teachers and experiences have influenced the way I draw stories and my approaches to storytelling, leading to my different approaches to comics post-school, asking myself, and others, whether studying comics for four years is indeed a good idea": http://www.liorzaltzman.com

Sunday, June 29th through Friday, July 4th

Escape Pod Comics at 203 Main Street in Huntington, Long Island, New York, will be holding a "Let Freedom Ring" sale with "Collections, Graphic Novel and Trade Paperbacks at 50, 60 and 75 percent off", and back issues at Fifteen issues for $10 as well as recent back issues ($1 off as always): buy 2 get 1 free.

Friday, July 4th

You can tune in on MNN to watch the second airing of the Dare2Draw TV series pilot based on the New York phenomenon Dare2Draw where cartoonists compete to show off their skills. The show airs from 4-5PM here. It's a cartoonists' "Independence Day".

Saturday, July 5th

Midtown Comics will be hosting a special screening and fan Pier Party of The Avengers on Saturday, July 5th from 7:30PM onwards at South Street Seaport in New York. They say: "In celebration of 4th of July and the fireworks coming back to the East River, the South Street Seaport and Midtown Comics will be hosting a special screening of The Avengers on Saturday, July 5th! Cosplayers and Superhero fans assemble at the South Street Seaport before the open air viewing of The Avengers. Fans IN COSTUME will enjoy drink specials from the Ambrose Beer Garden and can enter to win prizes from Midtown Comics and the South Street Seaport. Midtown Comics will also be on-site handing out free promotional goodies, as well as FCBD comics! Those in costume can enter to win gift cards, rare variants, and more! Hope to see you there! Raffle will be held around 7:30PM. Movie starts at 8:00PM!".

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