Tulane SoPA Media + Design Presents Chip Kidd! Friday, March 4, 2022 at 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM (Central Standard Time) Join Tulane SoPA Media + Design for a night with Chip Kidd! Internationally renowned artist, designer, author and book designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd is coming to New Orleans! We invite you for an unforgettable evening with Chip Kidd on Tulane’s campus March 4, 2022. Doors open at 6:00 pm for book sales and a mixer with light bites […]
A wave of book-banning is washing over America, and Art Spiegelman is its latest target. His acclaimed graphic novel about the Holocaust, “Maus,” was recently banned by a Tennessee school board. The reason cited by the board is content that includes nudity, profanity and violence — this in reference to a book about a concentration camp. Spiegelman wrote the book about his parents, both Auschwitz survivors. In these two recent interviews he tells what the book-banning trend could mean […]
Canadian artist Anita Kunz talks about the inspiration behind her brand new art book, ORIGINAL SISTERS: PORTRAITS OF TENACITY AND COURAGE (Pantheon). This new addition to the Pantheon Graphic Library is Anita’s tribute to some of the most outstanding women in history. She recently made this appearance on THE SOCIAL.
The graphic novel, MAUS: A SURVIVOR’S TALE, which portrays the horrors of The Holocaust, has been banned by a Tennessee school board by unanimous vote from the eighth grade curriculum. Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning artist and creator of the esteemed work has made some recent media appearances to show support for his book which he feels has been wrongfully banned.
OUR COLORS, a New PANTHEON Graphic Novel by GENGOROH TAGAME. Translated by Anne Ishii Part of the Pantheon Graphic Library Category: Graphic Novels & Manga Hardcover: $32.50 Release Date: May 24, 2022 ISBN # 9781524748562 OUR COLORS is a mesmerizing coming-of-age and coming-out graphic novel by the genius writer-artist of the breakout hit MY BROTHER’S HUSBAND! Set in contemporary suburban Japan, OUR COLORS is the story of Sora Itoda, a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synesthetic hues […]
Taylor Talks Comics Book Review: Marvel’s FANTASTIC FOUR No 1 PANEL BY PANEL (Abrams Comic Arts)by Chip Kidd & Geoff Spear Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear took the famous issue of Fantastic Four No.1, photographed it, and presented it here in this beautiful art book a panel a page at a time. A must have for any Fantastic Four fan or serious comic book history fan! Follow Taylor Talks Comics: Twitter: @TMTalksComics Instagram: @TaylorTalksComics
In this encore of an episode of Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast from 2020, Gilbert and Frank are joined by writer-producer Craig Schulz (“The Peanuts Movie”) and author-archivist Chip Kidd (“Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz”) for an in-depth look at the origin and legacy of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and the enduring genius of the man behind it. Also, Snoopy crushes on Peggy Fleming, Linus makes prime time history, Barney Google inspires a lifelong nickname and Craig […]
Introducing the Pantone Color of the Year 2022, PANTONE 17-3938 “VERY PERI, a dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a vivifying violet red undertone blends the faithfulness and constancy of blue with the energy and excitement of red. A new Pantone color whose dynamic novel presence encourages personal inventiveness and creativity, PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri, the happiest and warmest of all the blue hues, introduces an empowering mix of newness. We are living in transformative times. As we emerge from […]
ABOUT “A HUNDRED LOVERS, POEMS”: This is a new book by Richie Hofmann that will be coming out on February 8th, 2022. It’s an erotic journal in poems, from a rising star in the American poetry scene, author of the highly acclaimed debut collection “Second Empire”. “A Hundred Lovers” is a catalog of encounters, sublime, steamy, and frank. Inspired by French autofiction, the poems feel both sharp and diaristic; their lyrical, intimate world brings us everyday scenes imbued […]
3 Readers will win a Haruki Murakami t-Shirt, Hat, and a Copy of his New Book, “MURAKAMI T: THE T-SHIRTS I LOVE”! To celebrate the release of Haruki Murakami’s new book, “Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love”, Penguin Random House has teamed-up with a catalog company called OUT OF PRINT to have a special contest. This company makes very excellent T-Shirts, Hats, Socks & other items that share the Love of Reading & Books! For THIS CONTEST they […]