From Abrams ComicsArt
July 27, 2011
Craig Yoe & Patrick McDonnell discuss Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman at The Strand, NYC on August 4
WHO:
Craig Yoe with Patrick McDonnell
Bios listed below
WHAT:
Slideshow and conversation on Craig Yoe’s new book, Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman: A Celebration (Abrams ComicArts; August 2011). This unique collection of rare, unpublished art, essays, memorabilia, and biography—the majority reprinted here for the first time—highlights the career of the first genius of comics, George Herriman, and his iconic creations, Krazy Kat & Ignatz Mouse.
WHEN:
Thursday, August 4 at 7PM
WHERE:
The Strand
828 Broadway (at 12th St.)
NYC, 10003
http://www.strandbooks.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/event.show/ID/3e5d0df9-1bf5-4d52-871e-043270039e36
Take the N, R, Q, W, 4, 5, 6, or L to Union Square.
Walk two blocks south to 12th street.
ABOUT YOE & MCDONNELL:
Craig Yoe
Craig Yoe (www.yoebooks.com) runs the New York design firm YOE! Studio with Clizia Gussoni. Eisner Award winner Yoe has been called the “Indiana Jones of comics” by Vice magazine and a “twisted archivist of the ridiculous and the sublime.” Publishers Weekly called his work “brilliant.” Yoe is the author of more than thirty books, including The Art of Mickey Mouse and Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster. He lives in upstate New York.
Patrick McDonnell
Cartoonist and author Patrick McDonnell is the creator of the award-winning MUTTS comic strip. Syndicated in 1994, MUTTS now appears in over 700 print newspapers worldwide, and has its home on the web at muttscomics.com.
His first book was Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman published by Abrams.
McDonnell has received numerous awards for his art (including the NCS Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year) and international recognition for his promotion of animal protection. He has over 20 books in print including The New York Times bestsellers The Gift of Nothing, Hug Time and Me … Jane.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman: A Celebration*
http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Krazy_Kat_and_the_Art_of_George_Herriman-9780810995949.html
By Craig Yoe
With an appreciation by Bill Watterson
Abrams ComicArts / August 2011
U.S. $29.95 / Can. $35.95
ISBN 978-0-8109-9594-9
Hardcover with tip-on plate
176 pages / 9" x 12 ¼"
200 color illustrations
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