"From Panels to Frames: Comic Art in Museums"

I'm happy to announce that I will be editing a collection of essays, comics, reviews, and other materials about comic art in museums for the University Press of Mississippi. My UPM editor, Vijay Shah said "Museums, exhibitions, and exhibition catalogs have played a great part in the development of comics scholarship. By bringing this "low art" into the presence of "high art," a good deal has been learned about both. This matter has hardly been studied at all, and a good many people involved in it have been overlooked or forgotten."

Cover art illustration by Will Eisner. Originally created for the Museum of Cartoon Art.

Cover art illustration by Will Eisner. Originally created for the Museum of Cartoon Art.

So far, contributors include: Brian Walker, Dr. Thomas Inge, Benoit Crucifix, Jaqueline Berndt, Michael Dooley, Charles Hatfield, Diana Green, Trina Robbins, Karen Green Jonah Kinigstein, Denis Kitchen, Leslie Jones, Kenneth Baker, John Lent, and Mark Badger. Interviews with artists Gary Panter, Art Spiegelman, and Carol Tyler will be included. More to come.

If all goes as planned, publication is expected spring 2018. Thanks to Brian Walker, Denis Kitchen and Carl Gropper for allowing me to use this perfect Will Eisner illustration for my cover.

Margaret Harrison Book at mima (UK)

Margaret Harrison. The Last Gaze. Oil on Canvas. 2013.

On Reflection: the Art of Margaret Harrison is now being sold in support of Margaret's retrospective exhibition at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima) in the UK.

The book is also available on AmazonBarnes & Noble,  and to wholesale booksellers on Ingram  (ISBN: Hardback: 9780996314503 | Softcover: 9780996314510). The book is an art historical analysis of the life and work of the British activist artist Margaret Harrison which includes an overview of trends & techniques in her work, her continuing use of the Captain America character, and in depth discussions about her prize-winning painting The Last Gaze, her family background & activism. Pages of exclusive photos! Scroll down to learn about Margaret's installation piece Common Reflections.

Dual Views - SF Labor Landmarks at SFSU

Dual Views: Labor Landmarks of San Francisco, a project featuring the landscape photography of Wendy Crittenden & Tom Griscom, was on view at the SFSU library gallery 3/19 - 8/7 2015. The exhibition catalog is still available on Blurb & iTunes. Our related feature on Places JournalThe Fight for San Francisco, was selected by CityLab as one of the best articles about urban space of the week. Several SFSU classes viewed the exhibit, and we appreciate everyone's support. We'd like to thank Catherine Powell, Director of LARC and Nancy Arms Simon, SFSU's installer, for making the show look great. 

We are actively looking for other venues to host this exhibit, please contact Kim if you know of a gallery that would be a good match.