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Two Months, Two Events: Mouly, Als, Spiegelman

Filed under: On the Spot Tagged: Art Spiegelman, books, comics, events, Francoise Mouly, Hilton Als, theater

Martin Schneider writes:

Who was it who said that comic books have recently become Hollywood's R&D department? (It may have been "Everyone.") The remarkable Françoise Mouly has decided—rightly—that the medium can also serve a similar function for children's books, so (as Emily reported in PRINT) she has started an imprint called TOON Books, which puts out comix-inspired books for our youngest readers. (Her true aim may well be to propagate an entire generation of Los Bros Hernandez addicts.) She has enlisted the talents of Dean Haspiel, Jay Lynch, Eleanor Davis, and her husband, Art Spiegelman, to create the books, all of whom will be appearing twelve noon, Saturday, September 6, for a "Special Saturday Storytime" at McNally Jackson Books (note the new name) at 52 Prince Street. (Collectors: leave your Sharpies at home! Nobody present will be signing souvenirs. It's for the kids, you know.)

And if we've now whetted your appetite for events without immediate opportunity for gratification, you can always check out the round table with New Yorker drama critic Hilton Als and Richard Foreman, guiding spirit of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, at Solas (232 E. 9th St.) this Thursday night at 7:30pm. The event is free, as such affairs in summer ought to be.

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Interview: Designer Eleanor Grosch (for Print)
Review: Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life by Linda H. Davis (for Newsday)
Review: The King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game by Paul Hoffman (for Newsday)
Review: Does The New Republic's recent redesign mean a change of tune? (for Print)
Proposal: A more attractive MetroCard (for A Brief Message)
Interview: James Surowiecki on what's next for the wisdom of crowds (for Assignment Zero)
Report: Eustace Tilley spruces up for The New Yorker's website redesign (for Print)
Feature: Muslim immigration iconography in the Netherlands (for Print)
Review: books about various New Yorker cartoonists by Liza Donnelly and Iain Topliss (for Newsday)
Profile: screenwriter and novelist Joe Keenan (for Newsday)
Review: The Complete New Yorker (for Print)

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