SPACE Guy 13

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Brain Rot! @CMA

FCBD and SPACE are over but there's still comics in Columbus! ED Piskor's Brain Rot Exhibit is currently at the Columbus Museum of Art Until June 2.

Ed Piskor: Brain Rot presents original pen and ink drawings by Piskor which were used for comics publications. The exhibition includes more than thirty original pages from Hip Hop Family Tree, Piskor’s current project tracking the evolution of Hip Hop from its beginnings in the 1970s as a niche local subculture into the global phenomenon it quickly became. The first collected edition of Hip Hop Family Tree will be published by Fantagraphics this October. Ed Piskor began his comics career at age 21, drawing American Splendor strips written by underground comics legend Harvey Pekar. He has also published the graphic novel Wizzywig about the history of hacking and is currently publishing The Hip Hop Family Tree as a weekly comic at BoingBoing.net.

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Our Day 1 Photos and More Book Reviews

Our photos from SPACE 2013 Day 1 https://www.facebook.com/bob.corby#!/media/set/?set=a.10200357736638268.1073741827.1000482943&type=1

Also up are the photos from all the events on Friday April 12. https://www.facebook.com/bob.corby#!/media/set/?set=a.10200356835175732.1073741825.1000482943&type=3

More reviews of books from SPACE

Baumann, Suzanne – As Eavesdropped #4 http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21912

Crum, Kel – The Cornelia Collection http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21907

Roberts, Rafer; Frost, Sean; Strang-Frost, Wendi – Wild Women of the Kitty-Kat Galaxy! http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21900

Perez, Marcos – Sovereign State #1 http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21896

Ed – Rude Awakening #1 http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21889

Bliss, Pam – Moab http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21884

While I was looking for these I found two reviews of books from SPACE 2012 that were up just before this years show.

Mitchell, Brian John (editor) – SPACE Anthology 2012 http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21701

Corby, Bob (editor) – Oh, Comics! #20 http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21627

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Date Set for SPACE 2014!

SPACE (the Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo) is set for April 12 & 13, 2014, once again at The Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center!

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

SPACE Education Panel Video and More

The SPACE Education Panel Video is now up at UVN http://www.undergroundvideonetwork.com/
also an interview with SPACE Prize Minicomics winner Ryan Claytor.

We finally started uploading our approximate 300 photos up on Facebook with the Friday Events. More to come. SPACE 2013 Friday

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MIX 2013!

I recieved this e-mail fro Robert Loss about the upcoming MIX 2013:

Hello All,

I am pleased to officially announce the return of Mix: CCAD's Celebration of Comics, a symposium designed to bring together diverse academic and artistic perspectives in one event. I have attached the symposium's Call for Proposals, which features an expanded range of presentation formats and five suggested themes. I would be grateful if you might share the CFP and/or the link to our event page (see below) with your colleagues. Naturally, I hope you'll consider joining us for this exciting weekend, too.

Mix 2013

When: Friday September 27 and Saturday September 28

Keynote Guest: Jeff Smith (Bone, RASL) www.boneville.com

Keynote Event: Friday, September 27 at 7pm, Canzani Center Auditorium (free to the public)

Location: Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH

In conjunction with the symposium, CCAD will host a never-before-seen exhibit of Smith's original artwork from RASL. We will also hold a comics contest for undergraduate students.

Additionally, concurrent with Mix 2013, CCAD will exhibit the paintings of Gary Panter (Jimbo in Purgatory, Dal Tokyo).

Please visit our event page for updates about additional symposium programming and the student contest: http://www.ccad.edu/events-2013/mix

Best Regards,

Robert Loss

Visiting Full-Time Faculty

English Department

Mix ‘13 Programming Coordinator

Columbus College of Art and Design

60 Cleveland Ave., Columbus OH 43215

Friday, April 26, 2013

Even More SPACE Reports,Photos & Book Reviews

A Few Notes On Visiting New York's MoCCA Arts Fest 2013 And S.P.A.C.E. 2013 In Columbus by Tom Spurgeon at Comics Reporter
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/a_few_notes_on_visiting_new_york_mocca_festival_2013/

SPACE Recap by John Porcellino
http://johnporcellino.blogspot.com/2013/04/space-recap.html