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A Conversation Robert Crumb and Art Speigelman

Presented by University of Texas at Austin at Texas Performing Arts- Bass Concert Hall

November 13, 2009

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In a rare one-night only event, three of the most influential comic artists of the last forty years come together to discuss their careers, comic books, cover designs and culture.

In the 1960s Robert Crumb was at the forefront of a revolution in American alternative comic arts. Considered a grandmaster of his artform, he penned well-known characters and series including Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, Joe Blow and Keep on Truckin’.Art Spiegelman is an award-winning American comic artist who is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel memoir, Maus, a treatise on the Holocaust.  Mouly was born in Paris and is highly regarded for her work with RAW, a showcase publication for cutting edge, mature comic art. She has also served as the arts editor of The New Yorker since 1993.

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    Texas Performing Arts- Bass Concert Hall

    2350 Robert Dedman
    Austin, TX 78712

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    Tickets: $52/38/26/10(students)

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    November 13, 2009

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    8pm

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    • Event Name: A Conversation Robert Crumb and Art Speigelman
      "Memorable lines: Crumb & Spiegelman"
      Review posted by: Nicole Beckley from Austin, TX, Nov 18, 2009
      

      More than mid-way through Friday evening in Bass Concert Hall, Francoise Mouly, the New Yorker’s deft art editor, flashed a cartoon panel onto the screen behind her which bore the sentence,... Expand

      More than mid-way through Friday evening in Bass Concert Hall, Francoise Mouly, the New Yorker’s deft art editor, flashed a cartoon panel onto the screen behind her which bore the sentence, “And remember: it’s only lines on paper, folks!!” For Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman, the comic artists sitting to either side of Mouly, it would seem this line couldn’t be further from the truth. For these icons of icon-making, who touched on censorship, alienation, and the illustrating of religious texts during the evening, comics were much more than just “lines on paper.” Opening the presentation, which felt more like an intimate after-dinner conversation among friends, Mouly noted that the posters advertising the event had promised a “helluva time.” Looking to Crumb, dressed in a suit and tan sandals with black socks, and Spiegelman, who gently chain-smoked through the evening, she said, “I hope you two can live up to that.” The bar was set high; they rose to meet it. Collapse

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    • Event Name: A Conversation Robert Crumb and Art Speigelman
      "Memorable lines: Crumb & Spiegelman"
      Review posted by: Nicole Beckley from Austin, TX, Nov 18, 2009
      

      More than mid-way through Friday evening in Bass Concert Hall, Francoise Mouly, the New Yorker’s deft art editor, flashed a cartoon panel onto the screen behind her which bore the sentence,... Expand

      More than mid-way through Friday evening in Bass Concert Hall, Francoise Mouly, the New Yorker’s deft art editor, flashed a cartoon panel onto the screen behind her which bore the sentence, “And remember: it’s only lines on paper, folks!!” For Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman, the comic artists sitting to either side of Mouly, it would seem this line couldn’t be further from the truth. For these icons of icon-making, who touched on censorship, alienation, and the illustrating of religious texts during the evening, comics were much more than just “lines on paper.” Opening the presentation, which felt more like an intimate after-dinner conversation among friends, Mouly noted that the posters advertising the event had promised a “helluva time.” Looking to Crumb, dressed in a suit and tan sandals with black socks, and Spiegelman, who gently chain-smoked through the evening, she said, “I hope you two can live up to that.” The bar was set high; they rose to meet it. Collapse

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