"Coming soon, we'll have a Fantastic Four exhibit with significant contributions from Tom Morehouse and a Captain America presentation by Mark Badger.

The Kirby Museum's long-term plans include a major travelling retrospective in 2007, a documentary, and more. "

"On September 15, 2005, AT 6:30 P.M., Chipp Kidd will host a panel discussion for those interested in the graphic novel. Kidd is a novelist, a world famous book designer, and an editor of Pantheon Graphic Novels. Panelists include Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer-Prize winning creator of Maus, Kim Deitch, creator of The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Jessica Abel, creator of Artbabe and La Perdida comics series, and PJ Mark, agent at Collins McCormick Literary Agency.

The event will be held at 826 NYC, 372 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Tickets are $50, reservations can be made by calling 718.499.9884."

"Byrne puts us in a bit of a quandary, therefore. Namely, how to separate the man from the artist? There is absolutely no doubt that he is a great talent who has helped produce some of the most dynamic and exciting comics ever published in the mainstream. Byrne's drawing style is instantly recognizable, often with large panels of granite-jawed titans engaged in epic battles. Visually, Byrne treads a fine line between realism and bombast - a perfect match for the superhero soap operas he specialises in."

"Open house at Zola (782 N. High Street) Thursday, Sept. 1 6pm - close

Three DJ's, art by Angie Needels, Vmann, and Tom Kelly

and the real draw: $5 Belvedere Martinis

Hope to see you,"

"We just acquired the rights to - and you'll be the first to know - 'Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser,' (by Fritz Leiber) which fantasy fans will know. He's been out of print for some time," Richardson said."

"Cravan is credited as being one of the founders of the Dadaist art movement. Basically, he was against the rich owning all of the art and wanted to create art that couldn't be owned...he was Oscar Wilde's nephew; he was thrown out of Germany; he was a stoker (someone who shoveled coal) on a steamship that he jumped in Australia; he became friends with Trotsky when Trotsky was raising money for the revolution; and he had a side business as a forger of Picasso and other famous artists of the day. He also created one of the most famous critical art magazines of his day that created great outrage."

"Angelina Jolie has been set to star in "Beowulf," the performance-capture adaptation to be directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steve Bing's Shangri-La Entertainment.

Jolie will play the queen of darkness, who tempts the Viking as he makes his way in the quest to become king. She joins Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Brendan Gleeson and Robin Wright Penn in the pic, which will feature filmed perfs transferred to performance capture. Zemeckis used the process in "The Polar Express" as well as "Monster House," a film set for release next summer.

"Beowulf" was scripted by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman, with Zemeckis and his ImageMovers partners Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke producing and Martin Shafer and the writers exec producing. "

"According to the ECFR paper published simultaneously this week in the International Journal Of Science and the adolescent magazine God's Word For Teens!, there are many phenomena that cannot be explained by secular gravity alone, including such mysteries as how angels fly, how Jesus ascended into Heaven, and how Satan fell when cast out of Paradise."

"In 2040, Russia is ruled by an insane, drug-addicted former-science fiction writer. The Third Chechen War ended a decade ago, when Russia used its nuclear arsenal, and the sentry posts on the border haven't seen a living soul emerge from the wasteland since. Globalisation failed in 2024. Flying saucers are running rampant, kidnapping people and even the mummified body of Lenin from his Red Square mausoleum. A woman meditates in an abandoned apartment building in the flooded city of Kyzyl, seeking enlightenment.

And life would be just fine if the President hadn't just asked the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church to canonise Genghis Khan. "

"In order to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, cadets from the class of 2006 must study Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel "Persepolis," a coming-of-age tale set during the Iranian revolution. It's a wise choice for the syllabus, not only because it is such a compelling read but because the simple black-and-white frames of Satrapi's family saga will likely give the cadets a better understanding of Iran than any academic text, newspaper report or strategy paper ever could. "Persepolis" shows Iranians not as banner-waving fanatics or higab-covered shadows, but as individuals—funny, fraught and often fearful of the strange, powerful forces unfolding around them."

"In the United States, sales of graphic novels have leaped from $75 million in 2001 to $207 million in 2004."

"RM: What was your favorite comic book when you were growing up?

DC: Mad magazine. Not necessarily the comic books, but those little paperbacks. I have all 78 of those."

"Canstruction® combines the competitive spirit of a design/build competition with a unique way to help feed hungry people. Competing teams, lead by architects and engineers, showcase their talents by designing giant sculptures made entirely out of canned foods. At the close of the exhibitions all of the food used in the structures is donated to local food banks for distribution to pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, elderly and day care centers."

"Shit..this is one wordy post!! Where are the pictures? - tmcclurg"