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October 27th, 2007 – Festival of Cartoon Art-Day 2!

by on Oct.27, 2007, under Cartooning, Other Travels, What\'s New?

2007-1027-1-foca-grothschut.jpg The second day of the Festival of Cartoon Art started with a panel about the graphic novel. The panel was made up of Gary Groth, Diane Schutz and Mark Siegel. The moderator was the Carton Research library’s incredible Lucy Caswell. My drawing of Lucy is pretty lousy. Especially since she greatly resembles my Aunt Nickie.The panel was very insightful. It was also interesting hearing from the experts of not only the status of the graphic novel, but of how cartooning and authors may fit into it all.
Frank Stack spoke of his early days in the underground comics movement in the ’60s and ’70s. We spoke later about all kinds of issues. This guy is a genius and terrific to talk to. He mentioned he hasn’t been much involved in cartoonist group doings. I encouraged him to hang out with us cartoonists. I hope he does, I’d like to continue the conversations. 2007-1027-2-foca-frankstack.jpg
2007-1027-3-foca-raybilling.jpg The creator of the comic strip Curtis gave the best talk of all at the Festival. Ray Billingsly gave a lively and sincere talk of his life and his strip. He was terrific and should be doing the lecture circuit.
2007-1027-4-foca-mikepeters.jpg Mike Peters spoke through an hour like Dale Earnhardt Jr on the track with Jeff Gordon on his tail. The big difference being that Peters didn’t need gas and his tires rotated halfway through the hour.
Nick Anderson spoke of his editorial cartoons and his internet endeavors. He is really blazing trails in many areas of cartooning. 2007-1027-6-foca-nickanders.jpg
2007-1027-7-foca-paulpope.jpg Paul Pope was the next speaker. He’s got his hands in many pies. This was the most iritating talk given. He dropped so many names that I thought he might be reciting a phone book.
Alison Bechdel spoke of her graphic novel and comic strip. 2007-1027-8-foca-allisonbec.jpg


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