In celebration of the ongoing, career-spanning exhibit of his work going on at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City, Kim Deitch will host a special “Cartoon Movie Night” at the Museum this Thursday at 7 p.m.
Deitch will show a number of rarely-seen animated cartoons from the 1920s and 30s during the event, and as a special Halloween treat, will also display for one night only selected specimens from his and his wife’s extensive collection of antique toy cats. Anyone who’s read Alias the Cat (or, really, any of Deitch’s work) should be well aware of how large these types of early 20th-century American pop culture play into the artist’s work.
Then, on Thursday, Nov. 13, Deitch will return to the museum for an extensive Q&A session with exhibit curator Bill Kartalopoulos. During this event, Deitch will show examples of his recent work and also preview some of his upcoming projects.
Both events are free to the public. You can read the full press release after the jump.
Legendary Cartoonist Kim Deitch to Headline Two Public Events at MoCCA
•                Cartoon Movie Night with Kim Deitch: Thursday, October 30, 7:00 pm
•                Kim Deitch Q & A: Thursday, November 13, 7:00 pm
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) is pleased to announce
that legendary underground cartoonist and graphic novelist Kim Deitch
will make two special appearances at the museum in association with
MoCCA’s current exhibit, Kim Deitch: A Retrospective.
On October 30, Kim Deitch will host a Cartoon Movie Night featuring
rarely seen animated cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s hand-picked for
the occasion from Deitch’s own personal collection. This period of
animation inspired Deitch’s signature character Waldo the Cat and is
the subject of his acclaimed graphic novel The Boulevard of Broken
Dreams, which is featured in the exhibit. As a special Halloween
treat, MoCCA will also display for one night only selected specimens
from Deitch and spouse Pam Butler’s extensive collection of antique
toy cats. The blurring of fact, fiction and autobiography in Deitch’s
work is a major focus of Kim Deitch: A Retrospective, and this display
will present a rare opportunity to see the historical artifacts that
motivate the fictional narrative in Deitch’s graphic novel Alias the
Cat.
On November 13, Kim Deitch will appear at MoCCA for a Q & A session
with exhibit curator Bill Kartalopoulos. In a unique and wide-ranging
conversation, the two will discuss Deitch’s work and career to date.
Deitch will present examples of recent work and will also preview
images from his current works in progress.
Both events are free and open to the public, and run as part of a
regularly scheduled series of “MoCCA Thursdays” events at the Museum.
Kim Deitch’s career spans the entire post-war history of avant-garde
comics, from the underground to the literary mainstream. As an early
contributor to the East Village Other, Deitch was a charter member of
the underground comix scene that exploded with the 1968 publication of
Robert Crumb’s Zap #1. Forty years later, he stands alongside Crumb,
Bill Griffith, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and Art Spiegelman as one the
most notable and prolific artists to emerge from that milieu. Kim
Deitch: A Retrospective features ninety-seven pieces spanning the
artist’s entire career, including comics originals, preparatory
sketches, prints, and animation cel set-ups.
The exhibit runs through December 5, 2008.
MoCCA is located at 594 Broadway, Suite 401 (between Houston & Prince)
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212 254-3511
MoCCA is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 12 – 5 pm
Suggested Donation during museum hours: $5
For more information please visit: http://www.moccany.org
