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chicagohumanities.org - 10/21/2009
Funny Situation of Alternative Comix
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ABOUT Jules Feiffer Jules Feiffer is a syndicated comic strip cartoonist and author. The author of the play Little Murders and the screenplay for Carnal Knowledge , he won an Oscar for his short animation Munro . Feiffer’s cartoons, which have been collected into nineteen books and ran for ...

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THE BEAT:  11/7 To Do — and how — this weekend: Groening, Barry, Ware, Feiffer

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Feiffer & Ware at Chicago Humanities Festival Nov. 7
FLOG! Entries — ... And from 4:30-6:00, Feiffer and Ware appear on a panel titled "The Not-So-Funny Situation of Alternative Comix" alongside Lynda Barry, Matt Groening and moderator Michael Miner of The Chicago Reader: More info here. ...

Nov. 3, 2009: The death of an innocent child
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal — ... November 5 (Chicago, IL): Matt Groening and Lynda Barry will talk shop onstage at the UIC Forum on Roosevelt Road, from 7-8PM. Tickets are $15. Details here. ...

Nov. 4, 2009: Super Satan
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal — ... November 5 (Chicago, IL): Matt Groening and Lynda Barry will talk shop onstage at the UIC Forum on Roosevelt Road, from 7-8PM. Tickets are $15. Details here. ...

Nov. 5, 2009: Carrying it over
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal — ... November 5 (Chicago, IL): Matt Groening and Lynda Barry will talk shop onstage at the UIC Forum on Roosevelt Road, from 7-8PM. Tickets are $15. Details here. ...

11/7 To Do — and how — this weekend: Groening, Barry, Ware, Feiffer
THE BEAT — ... The Chicago Humanities Festival this weekend presents the pen-ultimate panel, entitled “The Not-So-Funny Situation of Alternative Comix” and featuring Matt Groening, Lynda Barry, Jules Feiffer, and Chris Ware. Tickets are $5. ...

Nov. 6, 2009: How nice for you
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal — ... November 7 (Chicago, IL): Matt Groening, Lynda Barry, Jules Feiffer and Chris Ware will discuss the state of alt-comics onstage at the Francis W Parker School on Clark Street, from 4:30-6PM. Admission is $5. Details here. ...

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