Chad Bilyeu's Megillah Sunday Funnies - exhibit and comics in Amsterdam

 Recently we interviewed Chad Bilyeu, a DC-expat in the Netherlands, and now just a few weeks later, he's introducing a new project:

This time I'm curating as opposed to writing. I decided it would be a great idea to bring back the full page, full color comics that were once the norm in the Sunday comic section. So, under the mighty Megillah umbrella, we have decided to bring back the Sunday comic section for the modern times.

Megillah Sunday Funnies invites a cast of 35 artists from around the world to create a full page, full color comic. The lineup is one that I am pretty proud of having amassed, as there will be some names that you probably have heard of alongside some incredible newcomers and underground folks.

This project is two-fold:

• Firstly, we are running an exhibit at the main library in Amsterdam, Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (OBA), from this Friday, March 3 until Friday, May 26. All 35 works have been expertly printed and framed and are available to see in the main expo hall of the OBA. In addition, these one-off prints can be purchased via a blind auction (limited to actual visitors who can pick up these framed works).

• Secondly, we have actually printed up 2000 copies of the Megillah Sunday Funnies on newsprint! Every comic on display at the exhibit is in this paper. There are two ways to get a physical copy of this complimentary newspaper, 1) visit the exhibit and pick up a free copy, or 2) get a free copy sent with any order from my storefront, Bistro Books. Once the 2000 physical editions are gone, they are gone forever; one run and then we're done.

Chad Bilyeu

Bistro Books

http://chadinamsterdam.nl 

https://linktr.ee/chadbilyeu

Bistro Books and Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam present:

Megillah Sunday Funnies

OBA Oosterdok • Oosterdokskade 148 • EXPO ruimte • Amsterdam

opening party: 1900 - 2100, Friday, March 3, 2023

closing party / auction: 1900 - 2100, Friday, May 26, 2023 

The Megillah Sunday Funnies exhibit will feature original, full-color comics inspired by classic full-page Sunday comic strips such as Gasoline Alley, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Popeye, and Krazy Kat. Chad “in Amsterdam” Bilyeu has curated an international array of 35 artists who have created new and original artwork in the same format as the renowned classics rendered in contemporary styles with a modern spirit. 

Audra Stang • Bernie Mireault • Boyane One • Chris Visions • Delicious Brains • Dido Drachman • Dotsy • EKS graphics • Eryc Why • Gary & Laura Dumm • Gees Voorhees • George Adegite • Gnartoons • James Corcoran • Jay Stephens • Jeroen Funke • John G • Joost Halbertsma • Lae Schäfer • Larie Cook • Michael Hacker • Michael Kennedy • Monica Gallagher • Peter van den Hoogen • Rachelle Meyer • Raeghan Buchanan • Remco Lee Polman • Renate Stuger & Sai Rodrigues • Rich Tommaso • Ryan Heshka • Samplerman • Schwantz • Sterric • The Unividuals • Typex

 

Catching up with Cavna

Michael's got a piece on the Post's new Sunday Funnies design. I agree with him that Doonesbury reads horizontally much better. This vertical thing may work fine for native Japanese readers* and people that read a LOT of manga, but for me it's distracting.

Another new post is on animation and the Academy Awards and he's got quotes from the makers of the movies that should be of interest. Of these, I've seen Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Ponyo, all of which I thought were excellent. Coraline rests on the DVD pile, but I've already read the book and listened to the audiobook so I wasn't in as much of a hurry as I normally would be.

I'm glad that Avatar is not being considered an animated film. I think a line is going to have to be drawn between movies that are intended to look animated and movies that are not, no matter how much computer-animation is backing both types.



*Feel free to insert any other cultural group of your choice.