April 15: Gilbert Hernandez This Monday in Baltimore for Free!!

Gilbert Hernadez Monday 5:30PM at Johns Hopkins!! Cartoonist and graphic novelist Gilbert Hernandez will present a slide talk for free on his work on Monday, April 15 at The Johns Hopkins University. Hernandez' talk, "From Funnybooks to Graphic Novels," will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the F. Ross Jones Building, Mattin Center, on the Homewood campus at 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. A book-signing will follow. In 1981, along with his brothers Jaime and Mario, Hernandez created "Love and Rockets," a landmark, award-winning comic book series informed by the L.A. hardcore punk rock scene. The long-running series' DIY ethic and compelling, multiracial female characters earned it a well-deserved spot in the pantheon of alternative comix. Love and Rockets also spawned the "Palomar" stories, Hernandez' magic realist magnum opus. Set in a fictional Central American border town, the vivid, diverse characters of "Heartbreak Soup" and "Human Diastrophism" prompted The New York Times to declare Hernandez "one of the great craftsmen of American comics." Hernandez' current graphic novel, "Marble Season," is a semi-autobiographical work set in a 1960s California suburb against the golden age of the American dream and the silver age of comics. It's a subtle, deft rumination on the redemptive and timeless power of storytelling and world-building in childhood. Hernandez, 56, lives in Las Vegas with his wife and daughter. To download images of Hernandez' work, go to: http://www.jhu.edu/~artwork/. "From Funnybooks to Graphic Novels" is co-sponsored by Homewood Art Workshops and Homewood Arts Programs. Visitor parking on campus is available in the South Garage, 3101 Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore, Md. 21211. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call 410-516-6705. Johns Hopkins University news releases can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news Information on automatic E-mail delivery of science and medical news releases is available at the same address.  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2013 Small Press Expo, All rights reserved. We got your e-mail from either last years SPX signup list or you gave it to us online via our web site. Thanks a ton!!! Rest assured SPX will not sell, share, disclose, rent or in any way allow a 3rd party access to our e-mail list. We hate when people do that to us, and we sure ain't gonna do that to you. Our mailing address is: Small Press Expo P.O. Box 17123 Arlington, Virginia 22216 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences