Monday, November 9, 2009
Miami Book Fair
I'll have two strips in the Color of Comics exhibit at this weekend's Miami Book Fair, which seems to have taken rapidly to comics and graphic novels. Hear hear.
Does the Color of Comics Matter?
Friday, November 13, 6:30 p.m., Centre Gallery, Third Floor, Bldg. 1
Is there a need for race and multicultural representation in comics? Does the presence or absence of certain people in an entertainment medium affect the way they are perceived in the real world? Is “looking for a face like mine” relevant at a time when this nation has a black president?
These and other questions will be explored when artists featured in the Color of Comics art exhibit sit down with moderator and show curator Alex Simmons, writer for Archie Comics. Panelists include syndicated cartoonist Jerry Kraft, Mama’s Boyz; Ray Felix, Runaway Slave; Dawud Anyabwile, Brotherman; Fernando Ruiz, Archie Comics; and Anne Sibley O’Brien, The Legend of Hong Kil Dong.
posted by Joan at
11:20 PM ·
2 Comments:
Dear Ms. Hilty--
I saw your strips at the Miami Book Fair and I liked them so I wrote down your web address. Now I've read everything on your website. It's funny how things happen in a random universe, don't you think? Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that now there are six of us and we are all as cranky as spoiled toddlers on a ruined Christmas morning until we get our BG fix.
It's too bad you couldn't make the book fair--I have never seen so many homeless people in one place before as downtown Miami. But I suppose if you're going to be homless that is the place to be, as the weather's usually warm and people keep coming by to feed you.
Anyway, I like the characters that populate your universe and I like the way you draw, so I'll be back.
Auf wieder sehen,
Robert
Thanks, Robert! Absolutely thrilled to have picked up six fans at one sitting. Hope to get to the Book Fair next year, actually.