Thanks to Metafilter I was introduced this week to two great sites involving art with kids that gave me more than a few laughs: Tiny Art Director – Bill Zeman documents the process of taking art direction from his four year old daughter. The book of their collaborations will be published in April by Chronicle [...]

Sunday is Kids Day at Comic-Con. If I were there this week (and time travel were possible), I might take my son to this event. How to Toon: Kids Cartooning Class Sunday, July 26th, 3:00-4:00— Joe Wos, a resident cartoonist of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and executive director of the ToonSeum in Pittsburgh, PA, [...]

I know what you’re thinking “What is a comic convention without a panel of comic book and movie creators goofing off for their fans?” Well, thanks to the Hero Initiative, here is a celebrity panel that you can attend in your underoos. Marvel Then and Now: A Night with Stan Lee and Joe QuesadaIn December [...]

If I were at Comic-Con this Saturday, this is the panel that I would attend: Quick Draw! Saturday, July 25th, 11:15-12:30 — We say it each and every year, but it’s true: Quick Draw is the most fun panel you can visit at Comic-Con. Mark Evanier puts Sergio Aragonés, Scott Shaw!, and this year’s guest [...]

Comic-Con is not your exclusive portal to comic books, movies, and memorabilia. There are museums, schools, and many other conventions devoted to the subject. As part of our Comic-Clone programming, Christine and I took a tour of Skirball Cultural Center’s exhibit “Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950.” Through never-before [...]

If I could make it to Comic-Con this Friday, this is the panel that I would attend: Spotlight on Mike Allred Friday, July 23rd, 10:00-11:00 – Comic-Con special guest Mike Allred (Madman) makes a rare San Diego Comic-Con appearance to discuss his entire body of work, from Dead Air to Madman, Red Rocket 7 to [...]

Did you know that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the San Diego Comic-Con? Well, if I were there this Thursday, this is the panel that I would attend: Secret Origins of Comic-Con Thursday, July 23rd, 11:00-12:30 — How did it all begin? Those who were there in 1969 (most of them teenagers at [...]

Every year for the past six years, my wife (snogging a Biskup monster above) has taken me to Comic-Con, the annual comic book convention in San Diego. This year though -because she is pregnant with our little superboy- we’ll be skipping it. The bad news is that I won’t be able to give you a [...]