Mike Dawson Comics

One last reminder!

Sunday, August 22, 11AM-2PM
Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY, 11217
(718) 230-5600

Join me, Alex, and iFanboy’s Josh Flanagan for a live taping of our special anniversary 57th episode! We’ve been furiously brainstorming topic ideas and special treats, so please come out. There’ll be Mimosas, Juice Boxes, and Blue Sky Muffins. Dogs and kids are welcome, so expect the conversation on stage to get drowned out by the sound of my daughter yelling in the back of the store and pulling books off shelves the whole time!

OK, so who would win in a fight? Mike? Alex? Or, the Desert Panther, Tony Consiglio? The smart money is on Mike winning in a fight against both Alex and Tony, but they disagree. Listen to the new episode, as we make our cases. Comments Welcome!

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And a reminder, on August 22nd come join us as we record Episode 57 live in front of a studio audience!

August 22, 11AM-2PM
Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY, 11217
(718) 230-5600

Join Alex Robinson, Mike Dawson, and iFanboy’s Josh Flanagan, for Sunday morning brunch hilarity as they tape a live episode of The Ink Panther Show! podcast. There’ll be surprises and special guests galore. Come armed with questions!

Just returned from my trip to Angouleme yesterday, and wanted to post the bulk of my pics while it’s all still fresh in my mind. I am kind of a crappy photojournalist, and almost never take any pictures worth posting. I got very few pics of the festival itself, or any of the great art that I saw, or many of the people I met and spent time with. But, here’s the best of what I did manage to capture:

Alex Robinson and I signing books at the Rackham table.

“Velo!” is French for Bicycle.

A drawing from the Blutch exhibition.

I bought this little figurine of Nikita Khrushchev waving his shoe from a store in Paris.

Two days after Angouleme I took a train trip with Alex Robinson and Kazimir Strzepek to a great comic book store in Lyon called Experience. The owners treated us extremely well, treating us to a wonderful lunch, a tour of the city, and freedom to desecrate the ceilings of their store with our doodles. They have a lot of cartoonists already on the ceiling, but the only other Americans I spotted were Jeffrey Brown, Craig Thompson, Dash Shaw, and Keith Giffen, so I felt like I was in great company.

Kaz works on his doodle. My drawing of Ace-Face is visible at the top. I wrote my daughter’s name, Orli, on Ace-Face’s arm, but to my great shame, I misspelled it, Orly, which I am blaming on the proximity to the airport in France.

Alex’s pic near the entrance.

Here we are at lunch!

And here’s that same scene from the other direction. The man at the back is actually at the table next to us. His face turned an alarming shade of red as he drank his wine and ate his meat on his lunch-break. We were told this was a common look in France.

Seated next to the red-face man, towards us, is Cecile Mac Lennan, who does publicity work for Rackham, and took care of us a great deal of the time while we were there. She’s a delightful person, and a lot of fun to talk to. I am fascinated by the fact that her favorite TV show is The Wire (which I also love), since it’s a show that’s challenging enough to follow when English is your first language, let alone your second.

Me and Kaz in Lyon.

Me, Kaz, Alex, and our guide, Stephane. Stephane and Alex got into a heated debate about the value of the Pixar movie “Cars”.

Aliza is thrilled to finally be somewhere where there are no comics.

Kaz, Peter Kuper, Rackham publisher Latino Imparto, and Serge from Editions çà et là. This was from a signing back up in the Paris area.

And finally, one morning in Angouleme, I bought a bag of dates to eat, and someone took a picture of me holding them. I realize now that it kind of looks like I’m holding up a pair of testicles.

The final three pages in the MONDAY chapter of TROOP 142 are posted. Check them out.

This is nice timing, as I’m off to the Angouleme Festival in France next week. It’ll be good to have a little break, before I get back into it with the next chapter, TUESDAY.

If anyone is going to be at Angouleme, I will be signing every day at the Rackham booth. There are also some bookstores signings planned for Paris and Lyon the following week. My good friend Alex will be at each of those appearances too, so I imagine we’re going to have a pretty good time.

ACT-I-VATE is pleased to announce its first appearance at The Brooklyn Book Festival come Sunday, September 13th.

http://brooklynbookfestival.org/

“The ACT-I-VATE Renaissance”
3:00pm – 4:00pm
There is a comic book renaissance happening in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and members from both DEEP6 and XOXOs Studios, featuring Dean Haspiel, Mike Cavallaro, Tim Hamilton, Joe Infurnari, Simon Fraser, Molly Crabapple, and Mike Dawson [among others], will discuss the genesis of ACT-I-VATE, the premier webcomix collective, and sneak-peek their upcoming print anthology, THE ACT-I-VATE PRIMER. Moderated by Jeff Newelt, who will also announce two new members to ACT-I-VATE.com

Rocketship is proud to present CARTOON BROOKLYN V, a group art show with Mike Dawson (FREDDIE & ME, ACE-FACE), Ryan Dunlavey (ACTION PHILOSOPHERS, COMIC BOOK COMICS), and Sarah Glidden (HOW TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL IN 60 DAYS OR LESS).

The opening reception is this Friday, July 31st!

Rocketship is located in Brooklyn, in lovely Cobble Hill. To find the store, Walk down Smith Street until you are between Baltic and Butler. Or take the (F) or (G) to “Bergen Street”. From there, look for a vertical “Clover Club” Sign. Rocketship is underneath it.

Picking up from where last episode left off, we recorded the Cartoonist’s Brunch event from this past Sunday, with (L to R) John Kerschbaum, me, and Alex at Bergen Street Comics. I thought the afternoon was fantastic. I can’t get over how many people showed up. Thanks to everyone who did, I hope you enjoyed the conversation, and also took advantage of the complimentary mimosas and muffins. Sadly, I must report, I was not able to drink enough mimosas to cause me to black out, despite all my best efforts.

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One last reminder about this event at Bergen Street Comics, tomorrow from 12-3PM. I think the presentation will probably begin around 12:30 or so. Then, following the conversation, there’ll be mingling, mimosas, and muffins.

I think I’ve figured out how I can record this, so will hopefully be able to post it next week as a special Ink Panthers Show! episode. If any of you come prepared with questions, then you’ll make it onto the podcast!

Hope to see some of you there.

In this episode Alex and Mike are joined by the slinkiest Panther of all, John Kerschbaum! The cartoonist behind The Wiggly Reader and Petey & Pussy chats with us about the origins of The Ink Panthers Show, drinking until you blackout, and the Fourth of July. Comments welcome!

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And a reminder to any New Yorkers out there to consider joining Alex, John, and I at our “Cartoonist’s Brunch”, this Sunday at Bergen Street Comics, for what will basically be a live Ink Panthers Show.