The legendary and incredibly vibrant and funny Trina Robbins came to Gainesville this weekend, along with Megan Kelso, creator of Queen of the Black, Black, Artichoke Tales, and Watergate Sue for the 2013 comics conference focusing on women in comics. Leela also was an invited guest. Leela and Trina at … Continue reading
UF Comics Conference Come join us for the Tenth Annual UF Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, “A Comic of Her Own: Women Writing, Reading, and Embodying Through Comics” to be held on March 15-17, 2013. Guest speakers include award-winning herstorian, artist and writer Trina Robbins (Ain’t Me, Babe; A … Continue reading
Leela Corman’s Unterzakhn is now a Spanish-language book and a French-edition, from Ca et La, here And a couple glowing French reviews: http://www.myboox.fr/actualite/bd-nos-cinq-coups-de-coeur-de-la-rentree-ac-17499.html http://culturopoing.com/Livres/Leela+Corman+Dessous+-5071
Leela Corman will be at UF tomorrow evening, speaking about Unterzakhn! 6:15 at Smathers Library. http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2012/06/04/authorsuf-leela-corman/
While Leela tours, signing book after book, the reviews keep coming: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/10/dont-ask-just-buy-it-april-11-2012/ http://www.amazon.com/review/R3FXDAO1A1MTY
“Corman produces an exceptional portrayal, deserving of much laudatory praise and acclaim, of immigrant and Jewish life on par with the works of Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman.” —SFSite.com “Corman has an ear for dialogue and a loose, curvilinear brush-line that makes reading her work a pleasure.” —The Boston … Continue reading
We are celebrating Leela Corman and her new book, Unterzakhn this Friday from 7-10 pm at SAW. Come to SAW (18 SE 5th Ave at Main Street behind the CMC and Citizen’s Co-Op) from 7-10 for a chance to see this brand new book and see a small retrospective of … Continue reading
News and info cut and pasted from our monthly newsletter: News from SAW The Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, Florida has been teaching students, hosting visiting artists and promoting comics to our widening local and global community. Here’s some of what we’ve been up to this past month, as well … Continue reading
Unterzakhn by Leela Corman A mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel of immigrant life on New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century, as seen through the eyes of twin sisters whose lives take radically and tragically different paths. For six-year-old Esther and Fanya, the teeming streets of … Continue reading
Just a reminder to catch Leela Corman’s radio show, Ecstasy to Frenzy, this and every Monday on Grow Radio from 3 to 5 pm. Here’s the link: http://www.growradio.org/show.php?name=Ecstasy+To+Frenzy You can listen to previous shows as well as listen live to the stream.