The charming Galit Seliktar will be signing copies of her highly praised FARM 54, written with her brother, Gilad, at the Fanfare / Potent Mon booth at 4:00 & 7:00 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
275 North Eighth St. at Havemeyer St.
Saturday, December 3, free, 12 noon – 9:00
www.comicsandgraphicsfest.com
The third annual Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival returns today to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburgh, featuring an impressive lineup of guests, exhibitors, and special events from 12 noon to 9:00. Admission is free to see such industry favorites as Chip Kidd, David Mazzuchelli, Adrian Tomine, John Porcellino, Sam Henderson, Mark Newgarden, Lisa Hanawalt, Kim Deitch, Brian Ralph, Gary Panter, Dash Shaw, and MAD’s Jack Davis, along with such exhibitors as Acti-i-vate, Drawn & Quarterly, Fanfare / Potent Mon, Fantagraphics, the Jack Kirby Museum, Rabid Rabbit, Top Shelf, and dozens of others. Programming highlights include a Q&A with Davis at 1:30, a “Gestural Aesthetics” panel at 2:30 with Austin English, Dunja Jankovic, and Frank Santoro, moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos (who, with Desert Island and PictureBox, created the festival), “Chip Kidd and David Mazzuchelli: Comics by Design” at 3:30, also moderated by Kartalopoulos, “Phoebe Gloeckner: A Life and Other Stories” at 5:00 with Gloeckner and Nicole Rudick, “The Language in Comics” at 6:00 with Porcellino, Gabrielle Bell, and David Sandlin, moderated by Myla Goldberg, and “C.F. and Brian Ralph in Conversation” at 7:00, moderated by Tom Spurgeon. In conjunction with the festival, a film series continues through Sunday at the Spectacle Theater on South Third St., with the Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation showcase at 7:30 and The Idea (Berthold Bartosch, 1932) and The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926), with live music by Chips and Salsa, at 9:30 ($5 per screening, $8 for both). In addition, “Pictures and Performance: A Melodrama,” consisting of multimedia works by Kartalopoulos, Ben Katchor, Shana Moulton, R. Sikoryak, and others, will take place at the Brick Theater at 3:00 on Sunday (free admission).