The first annual Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival Saturday December 5th 2009 at 184 Metropolitan Ave Williamsburg, Brooklyn free admission Guest Artists: Gabrielle Bell R. O. Blechman Mat Brinkman Charles Burns Anya Davidson Kim Deitch C.F. Carlos Gonzales Ben Katchor Michael Kupperman Mark Newgarden Gary Panter Ron Regé, Jr. Peter Saul Dash Shaw R. Sikoryak Jillian Tamaki Matthew Thurber Adrian Tomine Lauren Weinstein

2009 exhibitors: Tunde Adebimpe Bodega Distribution Bries Closed Caption Comics Domitille Collardey Corraini Drawn and Quarterly Famous Class The Fart Party Forest Lisa Hanawalt House of Twelve Imaginary Product Important Comics Le Dernier Cri Brad Nack L. Nichols James McShane Nieves Mika Oshima Paping / Partyka Mike Reddy Retard Riot Jungyeon Roh David Sandlin Frank Santoro Secret Acres Soundscreen Design Spark Plug Comic Books Avi Spivak Leslie Stein Joshua Ray Stephens Adam Suerte Sundays Anthology Panayiotis Terzis James Turek Jack Turnbull Jon Vermilyea Tomi Um Uninhabitable Mansions Yeah Dude Comics

2009 PROGRAMMING:
Secret Project Robot
128 River St. and MetropolitanGARY PANTER & PETER SAUL
Two generations of painters, Gary Panter and Peter Saul, will discuss their shared history, image-making, narrative, and the joys and dilemmas of making difficult work. Moderated by Dan Nadel.

PANELS AND FRAMES: COMICS AND ANIMATION
Comics and animation operate very differently, yet retain deep historical and stylistic connections. R. O. Blechman, Kim Deitch, and Dash Shaw will discuss the relationship between the two forms with moderator Bill Kartalopoulos.

BEN KATCHOR
Ben Katchor has chronicled the pleasures of urban decay and other metropolitan phenomena in comics including Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer and The Jew of New York. Katchor will read performatively from his comics and discuss his work in this rare spotlight presentation.

FLATLANDS: COMICS ON THE PICTURE PLANE
Do comics need a third dimension? Lisa Hanawalt, Mark Newgarden, Ron Regé, Jr., and David Sandlin will consider the tension between comics’ illusionistic worlds and their status as images on a picture plane. Moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos.

LIVE COMICS DRAWING
In a one-of-a-kind comics drawing session, Frank Santoro will present Gabrielle Bell and R. Sikoryak with a rough page layout based on his principles of composition and design. These two artists will translate Santoro’s layout into two unique pages of comics, live, before your very eyes.

Also: An exhibition of 1950s original comic book art curated by Dan Nadel

Photos on Desert Island’s Flickr.