2017-05-09 21:03
It's been a while since I've posted to this blog but I see that people still find posts on it, so here's a quick update on current projects. The most up to date info is usually on my website… Read More
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2016-02-12 22:12
On Reflection: the Art of
Margaret Harrison
Of late I've been neglecting this blog because I've been focused on writing projects and my other web-site Neurotic Raven.
I've recently… Read More
2014-10-16 19:39
On October 10th, Marc and I saw Wordless!, a presentation on wordless novels by Art Spiegelman in collaboration with jazz composer Phillip Johnston and a 6 man jazz band (including Johnson o… Read More
2014-10-03 01:19
Landmarks photography by Wendy Crittenden (color, top) and
Tom Griscom (B&W, below)
Dual Views: Labor Landmarks of San Francisco will be exhibited at SFSU from April 2, 2015 through m… Read More
2014-09-17 19:52
CI: TACB Cover
I contributed chapters on comics censorship and indie comics to this book, due to come out from Salem Press in November. It covers an impressive amount of territory and I'm l… Read More
2014-09-11 21:47
Just posted on Comics Alternative are 3 of my capsule reviews on Comics Unmasked: Art & Anarchy in the UK by Gravett & Dunning, Comic Book People: Photographs from the 1970's an… Read More
2014-09-09 03:39
We were thrilled to see this thoughtful and detailed review of Marc's new book, Comic Art, Creativity and the Law from UK Barrister Phillip Taylor MBE of Richmond Green Chambers.
Othe… Read More
2014-09-08 19:51
Carol Tyler, Ponder.
Cartoonist Carol Tyler has created a beautifully detailed art installation as her contribution to With or Without: Challenges, an art exhibition curated by Mary Heider… Read More
2014-09-07 02:00
As usual, the Comic Arts Conference, an academic conference within and in conjunction with San Diego Comic-Con International, offered a heaping platter of scholarly goodness. Several panels… Read More
2014-08-29 18:41
I speak with comics vet Steve Leialoha for Comics Alternative about Seduction of the Innocent (the band), Warlock, Howard the Duck, Fables and future plans. http://comicsalternative.com… Read More
2014-08-25 07:14
Yesterday I viewed Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism (at the CJM SF through 10/6) a show about how European Jewish emigres networked together around a core of design institutions… Read More
2014-08-21 23:13
Introductory video from Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK curated by Paul Gravett and John Harris Dunning, which just closed at the British Library. As usual, the catalog is the art… Read More
2014-08-13 22:12
San Diego Convention Center. The white tents are
protecting the hours
long line to get into Hall H from the blazing sun. Photo by Kim Munson.
Here's a quick round up of panels and othe… Read More
2014-08-11 21:28
Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson for the Comics Alternative blog. For 15 years, she has been researching the life and business affairs of her Grandf… Read More
2014-08-02 20:44
Trina Robbins discusses the fine points of a page by Grace Drayton
from her collection at the
Pretty in Ink exhibition, as
CAM executive director Summerlea Kashar looks on.
Last Night (7/31… Read More
2014-07-21 19:24
The Labor Archive and Research Center at the SFSU J. Paul Leonard Library has a display of the long out of print 1940 book White Collar: A Novel in Linocuts by Giacomo Patri (1898–1978… Read More
2014-07-21 02:43
Margaret Harrison. The Last Gaze. 2013 Northern Art Prize winner.
Over the summer, I've been pleased to spend several afternoons with Margaret Harrison, discussing her new work. Her latest… Read More
2014-05-27 00:52
"San Francisco needs a real comics conference." That’s what I was thinking as I struggled upstream through end of day traffic to the lovely and sprawling Stanford University campus in… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I am so glad I got over to the Presidio see Water to Paper, Paint to Sky: the Art of Tyrus Wong at the Disney Family Museum before it closed.
Wong had a fascinating career. Well, still has… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Interview with Margaret Harrison about her infamous Motifs Editions gallery show in 1971, and her installations "Women and Work" and "Homeworkers," which are currently on view at the Tate Br… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Chester D. Wilson, cover art
by Spain Rodriguez. 1989.
Back in the late 1980’s before South Beach was populated by AT&T Park, million dollar condos and fine eats, it was a light… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Yerba Buena Gallery Walk happened to coincide with the Alternative Press Expo (APE) this year. Had a great time catching up with everybody at APE, and only had time to catch 3 exhibits… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
SFCF grew out of a community effort after the loss of WonderCon & APE, leaving SF without any kind of large celebration of comics and graphic novels. Inspired by LitQuake and the Toronto… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I'm proud to post that the exhibition catalog for our San Francisco photography show is now available on Blurb as an e-book or print on demand. Tom Griscom and Wendy Crittenden's photos look… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Denis Kitchen by Peter Poplaski
I speak with Denis Kitchen about his return to publishing, new projects, art exhibitions, and trend-spotting at Comic-Con.
Kim Munson: Congrats on the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My husband Marc Greenberg & I were blown away when one of our favorite artists, Darick Robertson, told us that he featured Marc as the big bad super-villain Maxwell Vanderbilt of Big Dic… Read More
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