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There are a whole bunch of interesting events coming up in New York City this week and next:

Kim Deitch interviewed by Bill Kartalopoulos at MOCCA tonight at 7 PM. Free! 594 Broadway, Suite 401. More info.

Also tonight: Launch party for All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page (by Jerelle Kraus) at 7 PM at the Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway. Jerelle Kraus website.

Saturday, November 15: Opening party for the MF Gallery Toy Show from 7 to 11 PM at Live Fast NYC, 57 Clinton St. (Rivington & Stanton). Free beer! Handmade toys start as low as $20! Watch video!

Tuesday, November 18: Art Directing and Illustrating panel with Nicolas Blechman (New York Times Book Review) and Max Bode (The New Yorker). 6:30 PM at The Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd St. $10 members, $15 non-members. To RSVP.

Wednesday, November 19: David Mazzucchelli interviews European comic book artists at The School of Visual Arts at 6:30 PM. Free! Artists: David B., Nicolas de Crecy, Isabel Kreitz, Igort, Max, Jaroslav Rudis, Jaromir 99. This event is part of a celebration of the publication of the book Graphic Novels From Europe. Info on all related events here.

Also November 19: New York Stereoscopic Society 3D Comics Night. 7 PM at Haft Auditorium, Fashion Institute of Technology (Enter C Building Lobby on 27th street between 7th and 8th Avenues). Featuring Michael Kupperman, Kim Deitch, R. Sikoryak, Jason Little, Mick Andreano, Jerry Marks, and Joe Pedoto. Sponsored by Nickelodeon Magazine. Free! More here.

Thursday, November 20: ASIFA EAST Used Animation Auction (please note: no dealers!) at 7 PM. Hosted, as usual, by the always entertaining Tom Warburton. Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway.

Thursday, November 20 (6 PM) and Saturday, November 22 (3 PM): Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley, screenings at MOMA.

INSANITY! LET’S CLONE OURSELVES!!! [Read more…]

Today is the last day to catch Brad Benedict’s Side Show exhibit at Wal Art (1639 South La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles). Includes animation peeps like Chris Reccardi, Dave Wasson, Ric Heitzman, and Everett Peck. La La Landers have about an hour to run over. Otherwise, see the artwork online. (Artwork above by Wasson.)

“Game Over” (Art of the Gamer Generation) is a group show that runs through October 29th at Giant Robot in San Francisco (622 Shrader Street). (Artwork above by Justin “Scrappers” Morrison.)

And…the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City just announced two upcoming Kim Deitch events:

Cartoon Movie Night (October 30, 7 pm)
Kim Deitch will host a Cartoon Movie Night featuring rarely seen animated cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s hand-picked for the occasion from Deitch’s own personal collection. MoCCA will also display for one night only selected specimens from Deitch and spouse Pam Butler’s extensive collection of antique toy cats.

Deitch Q & A (November 13, 7 pm)
Q & A session with Deitch and exhibit curator Bill Kartalopoulos. Deitch will present examples of recent work and will also preview images from his current works in progress.

Also at MOCCA, a one-day only preview of Heritage Auction Galleries’ November 2008 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction, to be more specific…

MAD Contemporary Art Treasures: The Most Classic Original Art from MAD Magazine (October 29, 10-5)

More info after the jump… [Read more…]

Here’s some of the loot I got from the great Mocca Art Festival this year in NYC.

First off, here’s the cover to the mini I printed up to hand out to people. I guess I was inspired by Stephen Levinson’s gun-toting, wise ass Skunk, Prikk. The comic was called, Box Assassin Hitman: Box of Danger!!!
People seemed delighted to be given a free mini about a cardboard robot who can transform into a box and is a deadly hitman assassin. [Read more…]