Deitch is working on his autobiography, which sounds fascinating, and he was reading from it. It was fascinating, and video will be available from the LOC soon, so here's some photos in the meantime. At theend is the Deitch exhibit set up at his talk, followed by the current periodicals exhibit on 9-11 with the DC Comics and Spiegelman books.
The following is a guest post by Julie Seigel, a Reference Librarian in the Serial and Government Publications Division.
Attention comics fans everywhere: Mark your calendars! On Friday, September 11, 12–1 pm, cartoonist and storyteller Kim Deitch will act as your tour guide as you travel into the world of underground comics. The Eisner and Inkpot Award-winning cartoonist will draw from his six-decades-long career; Deitch has authored and illustrated several books, including his latest “How i Make Comics,” a graphic memoir on his creative process and collaboration with partner Pam Butler. Deitch’s work has also previously appeared in The East Village Other, LA Weekly, Heavy Metal, and RAW, amongst other publications.
Following the talk there will be a Q&A. Additionally, Deitch will preview an unpublished work alongside a small exhibit of comics and graphic materials from the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room and the Prints and Photographs Reading Room.An assortment of Kim Deitch’s books. Photo by Julie Seigel.
Event details
Where: James Madison Building, West Dining Room (LM-621)
When: Friday, September 11, 12–1 pm EDT
This event is free and open to the public, no registration is needed. For additional information view the Library’s event calendar.
The event heralds the arrival of Small Press Expo (SPX); an annual comics and graphic arts festival established in 1994 that celebrates artists, writers, publishers (and enthusiasts!) in independent comics. The festival recognizes outstanding work in comics and cartooning with the Ignatz Awards, named for George Herriman’s comic strip character Krazy Kat.
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Lost City Books is an excellent bookstore run by Politics and Prose graphic novel programmer alumni Adam Waterreus and a really pleasant staff. I was there this weekend dropping off a large part of my Dad's paperback collection (mysteries, suspense, Mickey Spillane, and signed Dick Francis hardcovers) to see if they're interested in it. While my wife browsed the books, I checked out the comics offerings which are pictured below.
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| A Kim Deitch collection at $100. Is it rare? |
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| In Adam's picks we can see David Small's recent graphic novel. Adam brought him to the store to speak. |
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| Mattie Lubachansky's Boys Weekend is a staff pick (pro tip - Fantom might have signed copies still) |
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| The Bubbles fanzine out of Richmond - a surprise to find. |
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| An engaged customer |
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| Bumper stickers! |
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| Burn's Big Baby, Caza's Arkadi for $100, Chaykin's Black Kiss collection. |
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| Society is Nix old strip reprints from Pete Maresca. |
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| A Ghibli book I didn't know about |
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| Windsor-Smith's Weapon X and Clowes' Monica were shelved up high |
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| X of Swords in a display case. I don't know why it was. |
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| P. Craig Russell in a display case I understand. |
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| 14 volumes of gay comic Meatmen for $500 |
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| Not comics, but she writes them as Ursula Vernon. |
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| The rest of the photos are of the actual graphic novel section |
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| The entire graphic novel section in one photo. |
And there's a lot of interesting-looking restaurants in the same block.
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| Corcoran Gallery's press release, page 1 |
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| Front cover to the catalog with art by Bhob. |
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| Exhibit opening ticket. |
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| Newspaper clipping with Skip Williamson art |
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| Article from the New York Post. |
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| Fragment of a Washington Post article |
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| Partial Washington Post article from May 21, 1969. |
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| Partial Washington Star article from June 1, 1969 |
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| Article from an unknown New York city magazine. |
