I was lucky enough to be invited to this amazing event. I never, ever, thought I'd be able to see the legendary R. Crumb in person. We were about 10 rows away from him and the others.
Both he and Spiegelman discussed their current and past work, as well as their own major influences, controversial cartoons, and the history of underground comics. Spiegelman's wife helped with the visual presentation and keeping the two weirdos on topic. Spiegelman smoked on stage, which was funny, because you can't smoke anywhere in the building (unless you're a big shot cartoonist, I guess).
They took some questions after the talk, but I was a little too shy to ask Crumb my question directly, in front of the entire Bass Concert Hall. It was just such a pleasure to hear him speak.
It was a fun and fascinating event, and I'm thankful that I got the chance to go. These guys are ****ing incredible, and I still can't believe I got to see them.
I'm not sure if they have other stops on this tour (Crumb said there were only like, 5-6 official dates), but if you get the chance, I recommend you attend this. Crumb is incredibly reclusive (lives in France now) and you will probably never get a chance like this again. Plus he and Spiegelman and Mouly work well off of eachother, which promotes much more interesting discussion. GO SEE THEM!!!
Another huge event for me was the pre-performance lecture by Sam Hurt. I read all his Eyebeam books when I was a young child, since my Dad had enjoyed his work in the Daily Texan and picked up all the collected editions.
Hurt's style definitely influenced my own work (check out HAM ROD in the stupid drawing topic for one example), so I really wanted to meet him. The lecture he gave was about sequential art. Mostly stuff I already knew, but he made it interesting and concise. We also got to watch him draw.
After the lecture, I went up to him and introduced myself. I really just wanted to thank him for his work, since it was a big influence on my own work as a cartoonist. I told him how much I enjoyed his style and told him it was an honor to meet him. We talked for just a few minutes. He said "send me some of your work." I thought he was just being nice, so I said I would, thanked him and turned to go. As I was about to leave, he said "Amy... here you go" and and handed me his business card with all his contact info.
*head explodes*
Best Friday the 13th EVAR.
Both he and Spiegelman discussed their current and past work, as well as their own major influences, controversial cartoons, and the history of underground comics. Spiegelman's wife helped with the visual presentation and keeping the two weirdos on topic. Spiegelman smoked on stage, which was funny, because you can't smoke anywhere in the building (unless you're a big shot cartoonist, I guess).
They took some questions after the talk, but I was a little too shy to ask Crumb my question directly, in front of the entire Bass Concert Hall. It was just such a pleasure to hear him speak.
It was a fun and fascinating event, and I'm thankful that I got the chance to go. These guys are ****ing incredible, and I still can't believe I got to see them.
I'm not sure if they have other stops on this tour (Crumb said there were only like, 5-6 official dates), but if you get the chance, I recommend you attend this. Crumb is incredibly reclusive (lives in France now) and you will probably never get a chance like this again. Plus he and Spiegelman and Mouly work well off of eachother, which promotes much more interesting discussion. GO SEE THEM!!!
Another huge event for me was the pre-performance lecture by Sam Hurt. I read all his Eyebeam books when I was a young child, since my Dad had enjoyed his work in the Daily Texan and picked up all the collected editions.
Hurt's style definitely influenced my own work (check out HAM ROD in the stupid drawing topic for one example), so I really wanted to meet him. The lecture he gave was about sequential art. Mostly stuff I already knew, but he made it interesting and concise. We also got to watch him draw.
After the lecture, I went up to him and introduced myself. I really just wanted to thank him for his work, since it was a big influence on my own work as a cartoonist. I told him how much I enjoyed his style and told him it was an honor to meet him. We talked for just a few minutes. He said "send me some of your work." I thought he was just being nice, so I said I would, thanked him and turned to go. As I was about to leave, he said "Amy... here you go" and and handed me his business card with all his contact info.
*head explodes*
Best Friday the 13th EVAR.
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