Posted by NeilKleid on Wednesday, January 31 2007 at 4:47 pm
I just received the information for the panel, set to go live on the New York Comic-Con site today:
The Jewish Side of Comics
Sun., Feb. 25, 2007
4:00-5:00 PM
Room 1E04
Moderated by Steven M. Bergson of The Jewish Comics Blog
http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com
* Rabbi Simcha Weinstein (author of Up and Oy Vey : How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero) will be talking about Biblical archetypes of superheroes.
http://www.rabbisimcha.com
* Danny Fingeroth (author of the still-forthcoming Disguised as Clark Kent : Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero) will be talking about the Jewish writers of superhero stories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Fingeroth
*Josef Rubinstein will talk about two books he’s working on for Mahrwood Press :Balm in Gilead and Journeys : The Collected Edition.
http://www.myspace.com/joerubinstein
http://www.mahrwoodpress.com/
*Stan Mack will talk about a series of Jewish historical fiction graphic novels he’s working on.
http://www.stanmack.com/
*Neil Kleid will talk about the cartoon memoir about his Orthodox evelopmentally disabled younger brother, titled Migdal David, to be published by Seraphic Press.
http://www.rantcomics.com/
http://www.seraphicpress.com/
I’ll also be appearing at the Chemistry Set table in the Artist’s Alley along with many other ChemSetters throughout the weekend. A release will shortly follow with appearance/signing times. Stop by and say hello!
Category: Publicity
Posted by ChrisArrant on Wednesday, January 31 2007 at 11:34 am
Where’s the new page? ‘Fraid so, but your regularly scheduled installment of 1 Way Ticket this week has been delayed. Dan’s been burning the midnight oil as of late, and a last-minute paid gig came up that he couldn’t say no to. With our humblest apologies, we offer a sketch by Dan and some interesting tidbits on the comic.
There’s a meme going around with people listing their favorite webcomics, and our own 1 Way Ticket had been lucky enough to land on two lists from discerning comiclovers.
Cartoonist Dean Trippe (Butterfly) says:
I met Chris through the magic of the Newsarama boards and we’ve been pals ever since. I think his writing is dead-on, and is here complemented by Daniel’s expressive/fun drawing style and WICKED colors.
Adam Cadwell says:
I love the artwork on this comic by Daniel Warner. There’s only one word I can think of to describe it; fluid. Everything about it flows and fits perfectly, the swift linework, the offbeat compositions, the colour choices, the character design, everything. Even when its jagged and spiky its because it should be, there’s plenty of ingenious touches but they never dominate your attention. The pages where Sully leaps on stage with his new magical guitar and wows the audience are purely stunning and stand strong on their own. Warner’s device of how to represent singing and music is genius and I’m sure will be imitated by many. All of which can distract from the subtle pacing and mood creating by Arrant’s writing.
Thanks guys! And thank you for being patient with us — look forward to a new page in the 1 Way Ticket saga next Wednesday.
Category: 1 Way Ticket
Posted by JamesDougan on Tuesday, January 30 2007 at 2:03 am
Have you been to Roger Langridge’s site yet? Or his blog? How about buying some gorgeous and extremely reasonably-priced artwork and/or hilarious and beautifully-drawn books? Get with it, people!
Anyway…check out Page One here. This week: Oscar’s back, illustrating the perils of dog-sitting:
Warning: this could happen to you! Choose your family wisely!
Tune in next Tuesday, February 6 for The Emasculating Conclusion!!
Category: Vulture Gulch and Other Stories, Other Stories
Posted by JamesDougan on Tuesday, January 30 2007 at 1:14 am
Kind Readers,
For your consideration: this Wednesday, January 31, NEGATIVE BURN #8 will be available in finer comic shoppes everywhere! This lovely volume (pictured below) features the print debut of COME THE DAWN, with which you may be familiar from its debut right here on The Chemistry Set. Considering the care and love with which we have prepared this fable, we humbly submit that you head to your Local Comics Shoppe and present the proprietor of said Shoppe with $5.99, an amount for which he or she will gladly present you with a copy of said volume in return.
As a reminder why one might want to make this purchase, please see the image below.
Your humble purveyors of graphic literature,
Jim D. and Hyeondo P.
Category: Chemistry Set Announcements
Posted by Vito Delsante on Monday, January 29 2007 at 1:20 pm
Previously in STUCK
Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3
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I’m still without a computer at home, but we’re both doing our best to be uninterrupted for the duration of this chapter. Please come back again next week.
-Vito & Tom
Category: Stuck, Chapter 3
Posted by ChrisArrant on Saturday, January 27 2007 at 8:00 am
Chris Arrant here, writer of Wednesday’s 1 Way Ticket. ‘ve been a webcomic reader for awhile, but since becoming a webcomicker myself I have engorged myself with the buffet of great webcomics out there. In an effort to document the greatness, I tasked myself with making a list of the top 5. That top 5 grew into a top 6, and a top 7 and so forth… So here’s my favorite webcomics I read that I can think of off the top of my head. Check them out, and report back with what you think — and your favorite webcomics as well!
Multiplex - Gordon McAlpin illustrates the conversations and characters that go on inside a movie theatre. If it weren’t so true, it wouldn’t be so funny. The inter-office romance mixed with the snark movie nerd musings make this a strip up right up my alley.
No Pink Ponies - what McAlpin does for movie theatres, Remy “Eisu” Moktar does for comic books stores. But he does it with a twist with a decidely female owner who pines over a handsome young man at a neighboring comic book store. But far from a romantic comedy reeking of Meg Ryan, Eisu’s strip is permeated with old school comic book lore without getting meta and is a warm comic that every stated comic fan should readd.
Immortal - I’d be lying if I said this comic didn’t make my webcomic amibitions happen. It’s not that I didn’t think about it before, it’s just that Dean (and Act-i-Vate’s) work showed how print-minded comics folk could come to the internet medium without losing themselves in the process. From the tri-colored presentation to the one panel shots, the story and the dialogue (oh, the dialogue)… it really comes out as an unadultered take on a veteran cartoonist doing exactly what he wants to do, how he wants to do it.
Kelly - a sexual drug thriller? I think that’s what I’d call it. Reading Dan Goldman comics makes me sweat — it seems like it’s all in a heat-filled room and things are operating a little different. Goldman’s artwork is emboldened and unafraid, which is two good things to have.
Hebi No Hada - Rami’s doing the kind of comic that makes me jealous. His shaded lines hint at a sublime story, but as he draws you in with his delicate movements it escalates to a mute crescendo. I’m marveled by the story he created, but also the way in which he used the medium of comics to better tell the story.
Zdarskyverse - You know the guy in your friendsgroup known as “the funny one”. I imagine Zdarsky’s not like that — he’s some sort of stealth comedy ninja jumping out of the shadows and blinding you with hysterics. If I may be so bold, probably the best humor cartoonist around. They’re meant to be funny, right?
Butterfly - like I related to Dean recently, Butterfly is the comic that comic nerds want to give to their child relatives. It’s a perfect gateway drug introduction to superheroes. But it also works for the comics nerd himself, providing a layered and loving homage to the structure of the modern american superhero.
American Elf It proports to be a diary comic, but I’m not so sure. It doesn’t need to be. Regardless, it’s a great four panel burst that invites a pause each time a new one appears for me to let it soak in.
Category: Uncategorized
Posted by NeilKleid on Friday, January 26 2007 at 8:00 am
TODT HILL, Chapter Two, is being worked on as we speak - Kevin is drawing the first 5 pages while we move into the hearts of NIGHT’S PLUTONIAN SHORE illustrated by Mr. Jamesmith. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts at any time.
Catch up here.
TODT HILL returns in February.
Category: Late Night Block
Posted by ElizabethGenco on Thursday, January 25 2007 at 10:44 pm
Category: Scheherazade
Posted by StevenGoldman on Thursday, January 25 2007 at 8:29 am
Charon’s little vacation continues as we wrap up “Rosa.”
Rami, if you please…
See you next Thursday as we begin a new story…and Dom gets asked out on a very unexpected date!
Category: Styx Taxi
Posted by DanielWarner on Wednesday, January 24 2007 at 10:24 pm
It’s 9:30pm but it’s still damn Wednesday.
Category: 1 Way Ticket