Sept 26: A Lecture on COMICS IN RUSSIA at Howard University

A comics friend of mine is in town giving a free lecture next Monday (which I won't be able to make it to unfortunately).


A Lecture on COMICS IN RUSSIA

How to Read Post-Soviet Children's Comics: Snegirov's Keshka

Prof. José Alaniz  (University of Washington, Seattle), author of Komiks: Comic Art in Russia (2010), will present an illustrated talk on the history of comic books in Russia, with an emphasis on the politics behind  the post-Soviet children's series Keshka by Andrei Snegirov.

WHERE: Howard University,
             Douglass 240
WHEN: Mon, Sept. 26
 10:10 a.m.

Stalin's favorite cartoonist finally dies, part 2

Here's a good obit that has more details - "Boris Yefimov, Sharp Russian Cartoonist Who Was Beloved by Stalin, Dies at 109," By DOUGLAS MARTIN, New York Times October 5, 2008

Stalin's favorite cartoonist finally dies

"Boris Yefimov, 108; Political Cartoonist," Washington Post Thursday, October 2, 2008; B07 is the wire story in the Post.