Remember that time you were like “oo look a comic book about mice” and then you were like “this shit’s not funny it’s about the Holocaust”? Whoops! Well, Art Spiegelman, the author of that comic book (Maus) will be making a rare public appearance tonight at the Corcoran Art Gallery.
Spiegelman is truly one of the greatest literary innovators ever. Through his comics, art and other ventures he has completely transformed our perception of what is beautiful, telling, and informative. If you’re still not convinced that he’s kind of amazing, he’s also one of only a handful of people to have had the honor (yes, honor) to have played himself on an episode of The Simpsons.
Tonight at 7PM in his lecture “Comix 101″ he will explore the history of comics and delve into why he feels that this medium in particular is the most effective way to communicate thoughts and emotion. The man rarely comes out of hibernation, and he’ll probably say something during his lecture that will make you go “ooooo” or “hmmm” at least 10 times, so it’s definitely worth going and learning a thing or two about art, comics, life, love and all the good stuff in between.  Cost is $20 for members, and $25 for the general public.
Photo courtesy of Nadja Spiegelman.
Comix 101, 7PM, $20-25. [Corcoran Gallery of Art]
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According to the map, the National Christmas Tree is still up? I thought you are supposed to take it down, by max, Old New Year or something? Well, if this is one of the new federal waste cost-cutting ideas, I can’t complain.
I saw Spiegelman speak at the Alternative Comics Expo in Baltimore in… 2002, I think? He’s just as cantankerous as you’d think, and you can’t get within ten feet of him without smelling cigarettes.
Well worth it to see him, if you get a shot. Ted Rall is great, too.
[re=307259]Bruno[/re]: The official rule is to take the tree down “on Epiphany [January 6] or whenever you get around to it.”
However, if that’s after the last day you can leave your tree out at the curb for recycling, then you’re kind of stuck. That probably happened here. Now they have to chop the tree up into pieces and leave no more than a can-full a week out for regular recycling. But it should all be gone by mid-July.
I actually did find copies of Maus and Maus II in the humor (i.e. Marvin) section of a B. Dalton’s a long while back. While looking for a book of Calvin Trillin essays that weren’t categorized as humor because they had no cartoons or fun facts you could read on the can. So the state of American humor and American cartooning have both improved since then, amazingly.
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