Making Waves Cruise Programming

Friday, April 14^th

2:00-3:00

Goodnight, Funnyman: The Death of Comedy In Comics

Mon. April 10
Tues. April 11
Fri. April 14
Satur. April 15
Speakers

Moderator: Eric Reynolds

Panelists: Dan Clowes, Evan Dorkin, Chris Ware, and Judd Winick

Where have all the laughs gone? Our panelists talk about their own work and the place of humor in it, while offering some suggestions for why comedy and satire occupies such a slim segment of today’s comic book market.

3:30-4:30

Comics Colloquium: Jeff Smith

The creator of Bone presents a study of symbolism and acting in comics, tracing the evolution of cartooning and the development of a comics vocabulary through the twentieth century.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was founded in 1986 as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of First Amendment rights for members of the comics community. Donations and inquiries should be directed to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

For additional information, call 413-268-7776 or e-mail the CBLDF staff.

271 Madison Avenue, Suite 1400
New York, NY 10016
800-99-CBLDF
info@cbldf.org