Andy Laties roves around the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s 2009 festival, armed with a video recording device, using absurdist kvetching to torture people like Bob Sikoryak, Josh Moutray, Seth Tobocman, Doug Bratton, Karl Erickson, Robyn Chapman, Caitlin Plovnik and more.
Ana and the Calabash- now in full color! Click to read the comic at RosettaStoneComic.com
Ana and the Calabash is a fictional story based on real events in the Toledo district of southern Belize. To learn more about Maya land rights read our Manifesto.
Gonzo Comix visits The New York Comic-Con 2009, featuring Sabrina Jones, Jennifer Camper, Peter Kuper, Mike Diana, Mike Stoneroad, Angry Drunk Graphics, Shari Napier of comiconnect.com, and Rebecca Migdal.
Mouse over the bottom corner to view this video in high quality.
"Come down!" Papa shouted. Mama wrung her hands. But Ana knew she could not let the calabash tree die.
That’s right, there will be a performance of “Ana and the Calabash”, an inspiring story of the Mayas’ struggle to save their farms, tonight on WKCR 89.9 FM Columbia University Radio, NYC.
You can also hear it streaming live at:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/
The show will feature readings by Rebecca Migdal and Seth Tobocman, accompanied by Andy Laties on winds, Eric Blitz on drums and Steve Wishnia on guitar and bass.
Also, interviews with Seth and Rebecca about WW3 Illustrated and the current show at Exit Art in NYC.
Oy!
Will the corruption and greed never end? Isn’t there a special place in hell reserved for officials like Blagojevich and Madoff, who abuse their positions, and the trust placed in them by others, in order to enrich themselves beyond all reason?
Let us hope that the monster Mammon, pictured in the 8×8 foot mural below, will devour their souls, to be tormented forever, imprisoned in its dark and smelly maw.
***Monster Mammon lurks menacingly beneath Main Street in this mural by me, Rebecca Migdal (©2008) now on display at Exit Art, NYC.***
BTW you can see this painting, along with works by World War 3 artists Seth Tobocman, Peter Kuper and many of New York’s top politically engaged artists, at:
The Labyrinth Wall: From Mythology to Reality
December 14, 2008 - February 7, 2009
Exit Art
475 Tenth Ave, New York, NY 10018
The paintings were all created in situ on the walls of a labyrinth constructed inside the gallery!
Here’s a detail of my piece:
***Monster Mammon's tentacle drill is already breaking ground on Main Street!***
In other news, THE ICE HAS MELTED, and the various other strange phenomena that have been pursuing me, have finally stopped.
I hope.
***The trees genuflected to the Ice Queen, and those too stiff to bend, were struck down.***
There were visitations, messages from Space, and atmospheric anomalies last week. I’ll tell you the whole story…
I’ll be tabling with WW3 at the Big Apple Con tomorrow, Saturday 12:30- 7 and also on Sunday, probably 10-5.
Penn Plaza Pavilion
401 Seventh Avenue at 33rd St.
New York, N.Y., 10001-2062
for directions:
http://bigapplecon.com/location.htm
come by and say hi!
This wonderful video features art, photographs and animation documenting the draconian police state conditions in Oaxaca during the famous Teachers Strike. There’s great music and the gorgeously macabre imagery may give you chills-it does it for me.
Enjoy!
You are invited to GET MAD in “Happy Valley” this October -and dig the Fall Foliage on the way!
Come play in a fiery landscape of autumn colors, scenic canals and grand industrial antiques.
Please join us at a haunted extravaganza of spooky-cool art installations, performances and parties:
The Paper City Studios: First Annual Open Studios & Installation/Sculpture Event, all this coming weekend.
On Saturday, witness legendary comic artist and media activist Seth Tobocman's unique mixture of multimedia, live music and politics.
Featuring Seth Tobocman with ahh-some sounds courtesy of The IED’s. Opening act: The Yours Trulies*, with Rebecca reading comix, accompanied by Andy Laties, Eric Blitz and Steve Wishnia.
Busy all weekend? You’re in luck. Next week, you can hear a live radio broadcast on Valley Free Radio, or catch the complete show at Food For Thought Books. There’s even a stencil-making workshop for youth.
Don’t miss these fun-o-lishus events:
Paper City Studios: First Annual Open Studios & Installation/Sculpture Event
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- Friday, October 10 through Sunday Oct 12; 80 Race Street, Holyoke MA
>>> - RECEPTION Friday, October 10. 6-9 pm
>>> - Saturday October 11, 3pm: performance by
Seth Tobocman, with The IED’s, and The Yours Trulies*
>>> - Friday afternoon and evening, Saturday 12-9 PM and Sunday 12-5 PM:
Fabulous art, video and sound installations on view, throughout
Paper City Studios and Parsons Hall Project Space (next door)
BUT WAIT–here are more local appearances by Seth Tobocman, and The IED’s,
(opening with The Yours Trulies*), coming up!!!
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- Monday, October 13, 9-10 am; WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM, Valley Free Radio Northampton:
Live Radio Broadcast — spicy ear candy for hardworking folks!!!
- Tuesday, October 14, 5-8 PM; Food for Thought Books Collective, 106 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst
>>> - Youth stencil-making workshop 5-6 PM with Seth
>>> - Performance 7-8 pm, followed by a reception and book signing
READ ON for Detailed Information >>>>>
One morning, when Ana went to pick beans in her parent's milpa, she heard a loud noise...
Papa spoke politely to the driver of the bulldozer, asking him to please stop destroying their farm.
Introducing a new feature comic from Gonzo Comix. Ana and the Calabash was created by Rebecca Migdal for the Julian Cho Society of Toledo District, Belize.
The Lord of Xibalba chases Ana, trying to get back the magic Calabash Head.
Gonzos Andy and Rebecca are going on the road, as an opening act for Seth Tobocman’s “Disaster and Resistance” book tour. Music by Steve Wishnia and Eric Blitz of the IED’s, with Andy on winds. Art by Seth Tobocman and Rebecca Migdal, and video too! It’s going to be great! Here’s where you can catch the show in September:
Friday Sept. 26 7 pm
Wooden Shoe Books, 508 S. 5th St., Philadelphia
Saturday Sept 27, 3 pm
Baltimore Book Fair, Radical Book Fair Tent
Mount Vernon Place, 600 block of North Charles Street;
Monument Circle-West
Sunday Sept. 28, 6 pm
Chop Suey Books 1317 W. Cary St. Richmond, VA 23220