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Art Spiegelman

I went to see Art Spiegelman speak. I wish I had more time to tell you about it, but in the meantime, because of his talk I am now aware of this:

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Did everyone else know and just not tell me?

P.S. Art Spiegelman is awesome.

P.P.S. So are my new thigh-high green-on-green striped kneesocks. They match my "Ceci n'est pas un pipe" t-shirt perfectly and I basically looked like a cartoon character today. (Appropriate, since I just drew four cartoons of myself because I'm an egomaniac.) I should have taken a picture.
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[identity profile] nom-de-grr.livejournal.com 2008-04-04 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Holy shit, Anne Frank found the Deathnote.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
First comment, and you've already won the post.

[identity profile] nom-de-grr.livejournal.com 2008-04-04 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think Astro Boy there is Anne's shinigami?
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
I think Astro Girl is. Check out her widow's peak—very Addam's Family.

[identity profile] seaya.livejournal.com 2008-04-04 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Forget if I mentioned, but Marjane Satrapi said that Art Spiegelman's "Maus" was the book that showed her that comics were more than for kids and put it in her mind to make a comic.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
He mentioned it, anyway. The two examples of modern great comics he brought up were that and Palestine.*

* And you could hear the audience get all weird at that moment, since it was a Hillel-sponsored event. Hee hee hee.

[identity profile] rantipole6.livejournal.com 2008-04-04 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'm jealous. Art id the bomb. Are you a Joe Sacco fan as well?
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
Of course I am.

[identity profile] kchew.livejournal.com 2008-04-04 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
(Big sigh of envy)

Please please please blog it for those of us who couldn't make it when you have time? Please?

(I just got my book club to agree to read Maus. I'm pleased.)
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
I'll do my best. Things that happen on Thursday nights are the least likely to get blogged, unfortunately, because of my schedule.

[identity profile] lzz.livejournal.com 2008-04-04 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Woo! I didn't know about that either!

Are you going to post the cartoons of yourself?!
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
I might. It would require some explanation of what the drawing is actually about.
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2008-04-04 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
I had no idea.

Also, green on green thigh highs!!! I don't suppose you'd like to send me a pair, it's not like we might accidentally wear them to the same event.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
They are these. I don't know if the company ships to Australia.
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2008-04-04 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. There are probably some in au, but not necessarily in my town.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
They should ship. If not, let me know, and I can put in an order the next time we do a mass order (a bunch of us do it to save on shipping costs) and then mail them to you.
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2008-04-04 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
That site is dangerous. I spent hundreds of imaginary dollars last night.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-05 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
That site is a problem for me.
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2008-04-05 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Hi, my name is [livejournal.com profile] ironed_orchid, and I am a sock addict."

[identity profile] faithhopetricks.livejournal.com 2008-04-04 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
....stares fixedly at cartoon!Anne, cannot think of a single thing to say

Uhh....well green-on-green thi-his do sound marvelous.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Next time I wear that outfit I'll take pictures.

[identity profile] jordansc.livejournal.com 2008-04-04 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Anne Frank... at the beach?
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2008-04-04 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Anne Frank, doin' some summer reading, with Astro Boy.

Life is strange.

re : Did everyone else know and just not tell me?

[identity profile] jewishlibrarian.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I sure as heck knew and bought a copy as part of a birthday present a year ago. As for your not knowing, that's not my fault. I did my best to tell the world about it --- and lots of other fine comix reading for Jews (& non-Jews who like reading about them) at my Jewish comics forum - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ jewishcomics/message/721 I also have a blog at http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com, which gets updated about as often as the forum (usually with the same content). Go there, bookmark it, and drop in once in a while. I don't have a lot of spare time to post, but I've got enough stuff to talk about to keep me busy blogging for at least the next month or so. I probably don't have to tell you that the latest Holocaust related comix-like work that is getting to market is Canadian-made Judenhass by none other than the infamous / famous (depending on if you care about his rantings) Dave Sim. I think it's fine to talk about Joe Sacco's Palestine, but the work of others who have portrayed Israel should not be neglected. There's been enough published during its 60-year history that someone could discuss it for 40 minutes - with Powerpoint slides. And that someone would be me. In Cleveland. In June. More info about that coming to the blog (shameless plug #2).
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