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Cheers to Jeff and Vijaya!
The Tesla crater on the far side of the moon and planetoid 2244 Tesla are named in tribute of the inventor. Also the SI unit for measuring magnetic flux density or magnetic induction was named after him (symbol T).
(Image courtesy of Wired.com)
Checking out a galley copy of Jeff’s new children’s picture book, “Finders Keepers” at CXC! #cxc #cxc18 #cxc2018 #comics #books #graphicnovels #bonecomics #cartoonbooks #jeffsmith #graphix
CXC Comics Expo at the Columbus Metropolitan Library!
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CXC Comics Expo at the Columbus Metropolitan Library!
#cxc #cxc18 #cxc2018 #comics #books #graphicnovels #bonecomics #cartoonbooks #jeffsmith
Charles Vess, Jeff and Liniers – CXC 2018
More CXC highlights! Jeff’s Spotlight Panel featuring a presentation on Smileys Dream Book!
More highlights from CXC 2018! Jim Woodring and his giant pen with Jeff joining in on the fun!
RASL Book One is now available through the Boneville store! Get yours today at boneville.com
CXC 2018 Emerging Talent Award Winner – Keren Katz! Congratulations!
John Porcellino, winner of CXC 2018’s Transformative Work Award! Presented by Jenny Robb, Tom Spurgeon and Jeff Smith at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. Congrats!!
Jeff hanging out with Charles Vess at one of his presentations at CXC!
Last
weekend at CXC-Comics Crossroads was a blast. Here’s a picture of Jeff
Smith and myself after one of my presentations. He and his wife Vijaya
are largely responsible for establishing the entire amazing event.
Thanks for having me! (The photo is by Samuel Maronie).
CXC 2018 is a wrap – and ended with a bang! Jeff was given a Master Cartoonist award as well as a City Council Resolution of Expression, celebrating his contributions to the CXC Festival in its 4 year run. We are very honored by the surprise!
Final Day for CXC 2018. Come join us!
Jeff’s Schedule for Sunday 9/30
Show
Hours 1pm-5pm
1:30pm-2:20pm: CXC Kids Day Spotlight on Kazu Kibuishi with
Jeff Smith; Columbus Metro Library Auditorium
2:30pm-3:20pm: CXC Kids Day Spotlight on Liniers with Jeff Smith;
Columbus Metro Library Auditorium
3:30pm-4:20pm: CXC Kids Day Signapalooza; Columbus Metro
Library Main Lobby
CXC Day 1
CXC is jammed packed with art-y goodness all week! Among the
many wonderful events going on, here’s where you can find Jeff today:
Saturday 9/29 Show
Hours 11am-5pm
11am-11:50am: Jim Woodring and his Giant Pen (Jeff will be
joining in with Jim on the fun); Columbus Metro Library Auditorium
12pm-12:50pm: Spotlight Panel; Columbus Metro Library
Auditorium
1pm-2pm: Signing at Cartoon Books booth; Columbus Metro
Library 2nd floor (Carnegie Room/comics expo)
3pm-3:20pm: Emerging Talent Prize Announcement; Columbus
Metro Library 2nd floor (Carnegie Room/comics expo)
Today at 4pm: CXC 2018 Keynote Speech: Jim Woodring
Wexner Center for the Arts (Film/Video Theater)
CXC 2018 Special Guest Jim Woodring is a giant of 20th and 21st Century
comics art. He is best known for his beautiful,
psychologically-insightful comics starring his everyman character Frank.
Woodring joins CXC Executive Director Tom Spurgeon in a discussion of
his latest, Poochytown, and his remarkable and inspiring story of
becoming one of the world’s great cartoonists.
Signing to follow.
Today 12pm-450pm: SOL-CON K-12 Workshops
Hale Hall (MLK Jr. Room)
Detailed schedule here: http://cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/schedule
*happening now!*
An Artist At Work: Charles Vess
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (Will Eisner Seminar Room)
CXC 2018 Special Guest Charles Vess is equally skilled as a
comics-maker and as an illustrator, with a special emphasis on fantasy.
The powerful artist has agree to sit down and do a focused program on
how he’s made art over the entirety of his career, with the idea that
this will be included in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
archives in perpetuity.
This is a
once-in-a-lifetime chance for fans of beautiful visual art, and Vess
himself could not be more cherished by his peers and readers.
Guiding the conversation will be CXC Executive Director Tom Spurgeon.
Full title: “Radical Praxis In
Comics: Comics Practices As A Way Of Life And Community,” Ronald Wimberly
and a hand-selected group of artists from communities in Oakland and Columbus
will talk the intersection of comics and life.
In Wimberly’s words: ““How are comics the aesthetic product of a healthy
community? Can comics produce healthy community? How do artists differentiate
between comics as occupation and existential practice, and how can comics be a
part of a meaningful life?”
Stepping into the programming spotlight at CXC 2018 is our great
favorite, the superstar Katie Skelly, on this year’s release of The
Agency! This time out, it’s writer Matt Fraction tossing her questions!
Come
see two of comics’ brightest, funniest and most articulate makers in
beautiful room 3A at CML’s Main Library (96 S Grant)! This is going to
be one amazing conversation!
A friendly reminder the Humble
Bundle for Banned Books week will be active through next Wednesday! We are thrilled to partner with Humble Bundle
for Banned Books Week, by including Bone Volume 1 in their bundle. The
charities for this years promotion are the CBLDF and NCAC.
Space Jam screening and post film conversation with animators from Character Builders L to R: Rafael Rosado Jim Kammerud Dan Root and Ron Price
Fox28 visited Jeff’s studio recently to talk about the BONE series ahead of the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Festival!
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