Here’s an event you will not want to miss! Charles Burns & Chris Ware will be giving a Book Tour Lecture at the TOWN HALL SEATTLE in Washington on Monday, October 22nd, 2012 from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. The focus will be on their two latest Graphic Novels published by Pantheon Books, Burns’ THE HIVE and Ware’s BUILDING STORIES. As a side-story it’s important to note that Chip Kidd was scheduled for this event but because of some recent events will be unable to appear.
Tickets are $5 at www.townhallseattle.org or 888/377-4510 and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Admission may be used toward the purchase of any book by Ware or Burns. Town Hall members receive priority seating. Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue.
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PHOTOS - Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, and Charles Burns at Harvard Bookstore on Oct. 11th
October 17th, 2012
Bradalmanac, over at the Flickr website, just posted some very excellent photos he shot at the Charles Burns, Chip Kidd, & Chris Ware event at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA on October 11th, 2012. This was in connection to the Harvard Book Store and to see more pics please CLICK HERE!
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New CHARLES BURNS Interview at Phawker.com ( The HIVE, Pantheon Books )
October 15th, 2012
Last night I read this very excellent article over at the PHAWKER.COM website and then I knew I had to share it here. They just did an exclusive interview with Charles Burns & it’s very clever, very well-done. The best part of the conversation is about his life & Graphic Arts career but they also get a little bit into talking about THE HIVE, his latest Graphic Novel published by Pantheon Books. The book is out now and there has been a lot of buzz. We wanna thank PHAWKER for their excellent coverage. You can check out their article by clicking RIGHT HERE!
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A BIG-HUGE THANKS goes out to Francoise Mouly over at THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE Website. She writes a very excellent Book Reader’s Blog there named PAGE-TURNER & she just posted a great story all about Chris Ware, Charles Burns, & Chip Kidd all appearing this week at the Strand Bookstore in New York City. They were all there sort of representing Pantheon Books. The big buzz was Chris Ware’s “Building Stories” Graphic Novel and Charles Burns was promoting his new book, “The Hive”. If you visit the Page-Turner site you’ll get to see an excellent Slideshow filled with fun photos & some really great quotes from these three talented Gentlemen ( Yes, I use the word, “Gentlemen”, lightly… Ha Ha! ). But seriously, it’s a great article so please check it out, just CLICK HERE!
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The HARVARD BOOK STORE is thrilled to welcome graphic novelists CHARLES BURNS and CHRIS WARE and writer and graphic designer CHIP KIDD for a panel discussion on graphic novels.
The authors will also discuss Charles Burns’s new book, The Hive, and Chris Ware’s new book, Building Stories.
The event takes place Thursday, October 11th, 2012 at 6:00 PM at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tickets are $5.00 and on sale now. For more information, CLICK HERE!
"The Hive is a tour-de-force of psychedelic storytelling, an astonishing piece of graphic literature that combines strange characters, even stranger situations and locales, and multi-leveled narratives in a way you have never seen before on the page. Burns' work is utterly unique, and he has no fear about experimenting and trying to engage the reader in new ways. Perhaps his greatest gift is finding a way to make you find empathy for people and things that you would normally find off-putting or disgusting. Burns is one of the few talents who stands above the medium, and deservedly so. Easily one of the finest works you'll see this year." -Comics Waiting Room
“Chris Ware’s Building Stories is the rarest kind of brilliance; it is simultaneously heartbreaking, hilarious, shockingly intimate and deeply insightful. There isn’t a graphic artist alive or dead who has used the form this wonderfully to convey the passage of time, loneliness, longing, frustration or bliss. It is the reader’s choice where and how to begin this monumental work-the only regret you will have in starting it is knowing that it will end.” -J.J. Abrams
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STRAND BOOKS (NYC) Oct 10th - Chris Ware and Charles Burns Talk Shop With Chip Kidd
October 6th, 2012
If you're a fan of the graphic novel, then this is your night! Chris Ware, author of Acme Novelty and Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth joins writer Charles Burns, creator of Black Hole, to discuss their latest work with esteemed author, editor and graphic designer Chip Kidd. Ware's new novel, Building Stories and Burn's new book, The Hive, will be talked about, but so will everything from the process of writing a graphic novel to the popularity of this genre- and if that wasn't enough, slides will be shown to illustrate the talk.
This book signing & lecture event takes place at STRAND BOOKS, which is in New York City, NY. The date is October 10th, 2012 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The event will be located in the Strand’s 2nd floor Art Department at 828 Broadway at 12th Street. Admission into the event requires the purchase of a copy of “Building Stories”, “The Hive”, or a $10 Strand Gift Card. All options admit one person. Please note that payment is required for all online event orders at the time of checkout. For more information, CLICK HERE!
Whoops, almost forgot to mention this important news!
If you are unable to attend this event you can still pre-order signed copies of both books. Just click the link up above for details.
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FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA Oct 9th Book Signing - Chris Ware, Charles Burns, & Chip Kidd
October 4th, 2012
If you happen to love Graphic Novels, Books, Chris Ware, Charles Burns, or Chip Kidd then please be sure to visit the FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA on October 9th for a Lecture Series & Book Signing. The main focus of the event will be 2 brand-new Graphic Novels published by Pantheon Book, “Building Stories” by Chris Ware and “The Hive” by Charles Burns. Admission to the event is FREE so there’s absolutely NO excuse NOT to go, ha! That date/time again is Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 at 7:30PM. For more info: Please CLICK HERE!
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Blog Reporter Matt Staggs of SUVUDU showed up at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con and did a really great interview with Chip Kidd. They talked about two new releases from Pantheon Books: THE HIVE by Charles Burns and BUILDING STORIES by Chris Ware. They also touched a little bit on Chip Kidd & Dave Taylor’s new DC Comics’ Graphic Novel, BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN. Then, the amazing part, he mentioned this website! OK, the new books are way more important but I was happy about the site getting a little bit of hype, ha ha! ( Thanks to Matt Staggs for sharing the Video ).
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THE HIVE will be the next new book by Charles Burns & published by Pantheon. It is the second book of an on-going Trilogy Series with “X-ed Out” being the first installment. If you read that book then you will remember the main character named Doug.
Much has happened since we last saw Doug, the Tintin-like hero from X’ed Out. Confessing his past to an unidentified woman, Doug struggles to recall the mysterious incident that left his life shattered, an incident that may have involved his disturbed and now-absent girlfriend, Sarah, and her menacing ex-boyfriend. Doug warily seeks answers in a nightmarish alternate world that is a distorted mirror of our own, where he is a lowly employee that carts supplies around the Hive.
THE HIVE has a release date set for October 9th, 2012. So, Please look for it then at your favorite Book Store. Charles Burns will also be making many public appearances to speak about the book. Here are a list of events:
10/9: Philadelphia/Free Library
10/10: NYC/Strand
10/11: Boston/Harvard Bookstore at the Brattle Theater
10/17: Seattle/Fantagraphics
10/23: SF/SFJCC
10/24: Seattle/Town Hall
10/27: Boston Book Festival
11/10: Brooklyn Comic Art Festival
11/11: Montreal
11/12: Toronto
11/17: Miami Book Fair
Wait, There’s More! Oh yeah, the main reason for this post was to share an excellent review that appears in the very latest issue of Publisher’s Weekly Magazine that just hit newsstands on July 2nd, 2012. So please be sure to keep an eye out for that new issue.
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PANTHEON BOOKS will be setting-up this year at the San Diego Comic Con in booth # 1515. The event dates are July 12th-15th, 2012. Chip Kidd will be there every day at noon to greet people and sign books or whatever you might bring. I mean, Chip will literally sign anything, FREE!! This year the main two books that Pantheon is really excited about are BUILDING STORIES
by Chris Ware and THE HIVE
by Charles Burns. Last week we posted an excellent “Chris Ware” Video Interview where he discusses his brand-new Graphic Novel. You can check that out by clicking HERE. Also, if you need ANY information about the SDCC Event then please click HERE too. Hope to see you there!! Oh yeah, one last thing, down below is a map of the Convention Center to give you an idea of where the booth is. This crazy event is HUGE!
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