DC – MetaMaus Lecture

Art Spiegelman appears on Monday, March 26, 2012 from 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

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MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus
Monday, March 26, 7:30 pm
$20; $15 Member/Student with ID/Senior
$50 VIP Premium Ticket*

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Winner of the 2011 National Jewish Book Award

Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman reenters Maus, the unforgettable biography of his father’s life during and after the Holocaust. Spiegelman delves into the book that consumed him for 13 years to discuss his survivor parents, the oxymoron of picturing life in a death camp, racist imagery and his beloved medium of comics. MetaMaus brilliantly deconstructs one of the most important works of art and literature of the 20th century, while providing insight into Spiegelman’s creative process.

Art Spiegelman is an award-winning author and illustrator of more than 10 books, most notably Maus, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. His comics are best known for their shifting graphic styles, formal complexity and often controversial content. His work has been published in numerous periodicals, including The New Yorker, where he was a staff artist and writer from 1993-2003.

“Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? Spiegelman answers intelligently, articulately, and with a high degree of psychological and aesthetic penetration.” Booklist, starred review

“Richly rewarding…The book also serves as a master class on the making and reading of comics…The last frame encapsulates in one single moment the artfulness behind the tale we’ve just read, and the uneasy combination of filial pride and anger that flowed through Maus and flows through Metamaus as well.” The New York Times Book Review

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Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

DCJCC
1529 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036

CA – Big Bang Theory Star Signing

Mayim Bialik signs at Barnes & Noble on Tuesday March 13, 2012 at 7:00 PM.

About this Author
Mayim Bialik is perhaps best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the early-1990s NBC television sitcom Blossom, and she currently stars on the top-rated comedy The Big Bang Theory. Bialik earned a B.S. from UCLA in 2000 in Neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA in 2007. She designed a Neuroscience curriculum for homeschoolers in Southern California, where she also teaches biology, chemistry, and piano to middle and high school students.

Barnes & Noble
1201 3rd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
310-260-9110

NYC – Silent Bob Signs

Kevin Smith signs at Barnes & Noble on Wednesday March 21, 2012 at 7:00 PM.

About this Author
Kevin Smith sold his comic book collection to fund the movie Clerks, and after it became a huge cult hit he was able to buy them back. One of the most successful and critically acclaimed independent film-makers of recent years, Smith was the producer of the Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting and has also written and directed Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl and Clerks II. He is an actor, having appeared in the new Die Hard movie and the Friends spin-off, Joey, among others.

Barnes & Noble - Union Square
33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810

CA – How to be Death Launch Party

Amber Benson signs at Mysterious Galaxy on February 28th at 7:30pm.

Press Release:

Join Mysterious Galaxy in celebrating the return of Amber Benson and Calliope Reaper-Jones, at the launch party for How to be Death.  In her fourth outing, Death’s daughter Callie has evolved into Death proper, as the new president of Death, Inc. With the “help” of her family, and the incredibly powerful tome, How to be Death (A Fully Annotated Guide), she should have no problem assuming her new role, right? Amber will also discuss her latest film and television projects.

This is a numbered event. Numbers for the signing line are available with purchase of How to be Death from Mysterious Galaxy, on sale beginning February 28.

If you are planning to attend the event, please do not place your order through the web site as all such orders are handled after the event. Instead, please call the store and purchase the book over the phone on or after the on-sale date.

Mysterious Galaxy
2810 Artesia Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA 90278
310.542.6000

NYC – Fairest Signing

Artist Phil Jimenez signs at Midtown Comics Downtown on Thursday March 8, 2012 from 6-7pm to celebrate the release of of the newest Fables spinoff Fairest. Don’t miss it!

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Midtown Comics
64 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038

CA – Abe Sapien Signs

Actor/mime Doug Jones, signs his latest project the new book Mime Own Book on Saturday February 11, 2012 at 7:00 PM. Doug will be joined by photographer Eric Curtis and authors Adam Mock and Scott Perry.

Barnes & Noble
The Promenade, 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd Suite 1340, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
818-704-3850

CA – Peanuts Signing

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Celebrate the release of the new Peanuts comic book series Saturday, February 25th at 1pm with how-to-draw Peanuts workshops, a panel discussion, and comic book signing with its creators including Paige Braddock (Jane’s World), Shane Houghton (Reed Gunther), Matt Whitlock (Family Guy), Lex Fajardo (Kid Beowulf), Vicki Scott (Peanuts illustrator), and Justin Thompson (MythTickle). Programs are free with the price of Museum admission. Comic book creators will give an illustrated, behind-the-scenes look at the process and show how new Peanuts stories and artwork are being developed. The presentation will be followed by a comic book signing and workshops on how to draw your own Peanuts characters with artists Matt Whitlock and Vicki Scott.

In January BOOM! Studios and Peanuts Worldwide, LLC kicked off this ongoing comic book series with original stories seen for the first time alongside classic Peanuts Sunday strips. The Peanuts Sunday strips were written and drawn by Charles M. Schulz with additional stories by Vicki Scott, Shane Houghton, and Matt Whitlock.

Charles M. Schulz Museum
2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

VA – Girls with Slingshots Signing

Danielle Corsetto signs on March 2, 2012 from 4-6pm!

Roanoke Library
706 Jefferson Street, Roanoke, VA 24011

CA – Hollywood Legend Signs

Meet Ernest Borgnine when he visits to sign copies of his memoir on Saturday February 11, 2012 at 2:00 PM. For more than 50 years, Ernest Borgnine — “Ernie” to his friends — has been a respected and talented actor — and a living legend. Meet this Academy Award winner today!

Barnes & Noble – The Grove at Farmers Market
189 Grove Drive Suite K 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-525-0270

NYC – Johnny Wander Book Club

Ananth Panagariya and Yuko Ota appear at Midtown Comics on Friday, February 24, 2012 from 6:30pm until 9:30pm

Press Release:

It’s the Midtown Comics Book Club! Join us for our monthly Graphic Novel book club at our Downtown store.

This month’s book will be Johnny Wander Vol. 1, and creators Ananth Panagariya & Yuko Ota will be there to discuss the book with the club! If that’s not enough to entice, free coffee will be served.

Don’t have the book yet? Save 25% off cover price at any of our three stores (in-store only). Just mention the Midtown Comics Book Club at the cash register!

The Book Club will meet on Friday February 24th at 6:30PM at Midtown Comics Downtown.

SEATS ARE VERY LIMITED!   See you there!

Johnny Wander is a webcomic written by Ananth Panagariya and illustrated by Yuko Ota. It is published bi-weekly.[1] The comic generally focuses on slice of life stories involving Ananth, Yuko, and their friends and family following graduation from college. However, the comic occasionally encompasses unrelated fantasy storylines. The name is meant to evoke the creator’s desire to use the comic to “wander” through whatever topics interest them at the moment.

The webcomic has been generally well-received, with reviewers calling it as a humorous and sweet comic that invites new readers to continue reading. The artwork has also been praised for its depth and quality. The first physical book collection “Johnny Wander Vol. 1: Don’t Burn the House Down” was published in 2010.

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Midtown Comics
64 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038

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