San Diego Comic Con!
Attending San Diego Comic-Con as a member of the press Senior Reporter for KungFuMagazine.com – it’s a Level-Up for me. A welcome indicator of my trajectory with-in the Comics Industry.
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Art in Society: its cost, price & value
While federal statistics have produced reliable counts of artists in the U.S. over the years, there is a commonly held belief that their categories are inadequate in capturing the nature of art’s place in society; it’s costs and value. In this Deep-Dive I’ll be looking shifts in our population and the ways artists’ work has changed over the past decade or so.
Art: Granted or Taken for Granted?
My recent time on the path of full-time-art has been one of great change; not just in terms of personal career, but perhaps the nature of art’s place in society; it’s costs and value.
Orange-Washing Oompah-Loompas: Race and Roald Dahl.
To this day Roal Dahl’s most famous work, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory not only has major labor relation problem with their Oompa-Loompas. The colonialist metaphor for slavery remains in their dark chocolate center despite the orange-face.
WHY YOU SHOULD READ: Fantagraphics’ SEE YOU AT SAN DIEGO
It’s been many years since I’ve made the journey to San Diego Comic-con. But now, thanks to Fantagraphics that journey can be made through time, to the very origins of this history making event. SEE YOU AT SAN DIEGO: AN ORAL HISTORY OF COMIC-CON, FANDOM, AND THE TRIUMPH OF GEEK CULTURE, is a comprehensive chronicle of the rise of fandom and pop culture nostalgia throughout the past century. Featuring behind-the-scenes tale by everyone from Sergio Aragonés to the RZA.