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Jules Feiffer at BU

Portrait of an Artist: The Life and Work of Edward Sorel
Sunday, March 19
3:00 pm
BU at 771 Commonwealth Avenue, Howard Gotlieb Memorial Gallery, 1st Floor, Boston
FREE
Speaker: Jules Feiffer

The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University is proud to open “Portrait of an Artist: the Life and Work of Edward Sorel”, a retrospective exhibition devoted to the career of the celebrated cartoonist, satirist, author and illustrator. In addition to his more than 40 covers for the “The New Yorker”, Sorel’s art has appeared on the covers of “The Atlantic”, “Harper’s”, “Fortune”, “Forbes”, “The Nation”, “Esquire”, “American Heritage”, “The New York Times Magazine” and “Vanity Fair”. He has illustrated numerous children’s books, three of which he also wrote. “Unauthorized Portraits” (Knopf 1997) is the most recent of several collections of his work. His latest book, “Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: the Great American Sex Scandal of 1936”, was published in 2016 to critical acclaim. In 2001, the Art Directors Club of New York elected Sorel to their Hall of Fame; he is first cartoonist since John Held, Jr., to be so honored. Sorel’s papers are part of the holdings of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.

The opening will feature remarks by Sorel’s colleague, the satirist, cartoonist and author Jules Feiffer, best known for his 42-year career as an editorial cartoonist for The Village Voice. Sorel will sign copies of his books at the event; selected titles, including “Mary Astor’s Purple Diary”, will be available for purchase.

Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 1 March 2017

ADVENTURE TIME #62
ALL TIME COMICS CRIME DESTROYER #1
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #25 DEADPOOL TIL DEATH DO US MI

AMERICA #1 | Preview (W) Gabby Rivera (A) Joe Quinones
At last! Everyone’s favorite no-nonsense powerhouse, America Chavez, gets her own series!

Written by critically-acclaimed YA novelist Gabby Rivera (Juliet Takes A Breath) and drawn by all-star artist Joe Quinones (HOWARD THE DUCK), Marvel Comics’ brand new AMERICA series shines a solo spotlight on the high-octane and hard-hitting adventures of the one and only America Chavez!
America has always been uncontestably awesome, and as the newly appointed leader of the Ultimates, she’s now officially claimed her place as the preeminent butt-kicker of the Marvel Universe! But while leading a team of heroes and punching out big bads is great and all, it doesn’t really leave much time for self-discovery… So what’s a super-powered teenager do when she’s looking for a little fulfillment? She goes to college!
She just has to stop an interdimensional monster or two first, plus shut down a pesky alien cult that’s begun worshipping her exploits!
Rated T+

ANIMOSITY TP VOL 01 (MR)
AQUAMAN #18
ATTACK ON TITAN LOST GIRLS GN VOL 02
AVENGERS #5
BALLER FETT T-SHIRT XL
BALTIMORE THE RED KINGDOM #2
BATMAN #18
BIG NATE WHATS A LITTLE NOOGIE BETWEEN FRIENDS TP
BRAVE CHEF BRIANNA #1
BULLSEYE #2 (OF 5)
CEREBUS IN HELL #2
CHAMPIONS #6
CINEFEX #151
CINEMA PURGATORIO #8 (MR)
CLONE CONSPIRACY OMEGA
COMPLETE TALES FROM THE CON TP
CORTO MALTESE GN IN SIBERIA
CYBORG #10
DAVE STEVENS ROCKETEER ARTISAN ED TP DIRECT MARKET EXCLUSIVE
DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #23
DEADPOOL #28
DEATH OF HAWKMAN #6 (OF 6)
DEATH OF X TP
DOCTOR STRANGE #18
DOCTOR WHO 11TH YEAR THREE #3
DOCTOR WHO 9TH #10
EVERAFTER FROM THE PAGES OF FABLES #7 (MR)

EXTREMITY #1 | Preview
(W) Daniel Warren Johnson (A/CA) Daniel Warren Johnson SERIES PREMIERE!
Thea dreams. Not of a better life, but of revenge on the clan that ruined her family. With ferocious battles between man, machines, and monsters ahead…who knows where her quest for vengeance will take her? Creator DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON (Space Mullet) and colorist MIKE SPICER present a bold new vision, where the beauty and imagination of Studio Ghibli meet the intensity of Mad Max, in this all-new Skybound Original.

FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 58
FAITH (ONGOING) #9
FALL AND RISE OF CAPTAIN ATOM #3 (OF 6)
FILMFAX #147
FLASH GORDON KINGS CROSS #5 (OF 5)
GIANT DAYS #24
GLITTERBOMB TP VOL 01 RED CARPET (MR)
GOLD DIGGER #239
GOLDIE VANCE #10
GREEN ARROW #18
GREEN HORNET REIGN OF DEMON #4 (OF 4)
GREEN LANTERNS #18
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #3
HARLEY QUINN #15
HAWKEYE #4
IMAGE PLUS #11 (WALKING DEAD HERES NEGAN PT 11)
INJUSTICE GROUND ZERO #7
INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #15 (MR)
JAMES BOND #1
JUDGE DREDD ANNUAL #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE #16

KARNAK TP FLAW IN ALL THINGS | Preview
(W) Warren Ellis (A) Gerardo Zaffino, Antonio Fuso, Roland Boschi (CA) David Aja

“My curse is that I see the flaw in all things. Systems. Philosophies. Structures. People. Everything. Never forget who I am.” He is Karnak of the Inhumans, and you will know his name. And when Phil Coulson seeks him out to consult on a S.H.I.E.L.D. case with Inhuman implications, what Karnak finds will terrify you. Can even he go it alone against an entire warehouse full of enemy agents? And when a death cult abducts an Inhuman child and installs him as its messiah, will Magister Karnak of the Tower of Wisdom rescue the boy…or join the cult and help bring on the apocalypse? Karnak is the calm amid the storm, and he has the fate of humanity in his lethal hands. Will he save it, or end it? Collecting KARNAK #1-6.

KID BEOWULF AMP ED GN VOL 02 SONG OF ROLAND
LUCIFER TP VOL 02 FATHER LUCIFER (MR)
LUMBERJANES GOTHAM ACADEMY TP
MARVEL PREVIEWS #20 MARCH 2017
MIDNIGHTER AND APOLLO #6 (OF 6)
MONSTERS UNLEASHED #4 (OF 5)
MOON KNIGHT #12
MOTOR GIRL #4
MY LITTLE PONY ANNUAL 2017 #1
NAILBITER #30 (MR)
NEIL GAIMANS MR HERO TP VOL 02
NEW AVENGERS BY BENDIS COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 03
NIGHTWING #16
ONCE AND FUTURE QUEEN #1
PAPER GIRLS #12
POP MARVEL CLASSIC LUKE CAGE PX VINYL FIGURE (Offered Again)
POP MARVEL IRON FIST PX VIN FIG
PREVIEWS #342 MARCH 2017
RAT QUEENS #1 CVR A GIENI (MR)

RIVERDALE ONE SHOT | Preview
(W) Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (A/CA) Alitha Martinez

Learn the secrets and hidden tales from the summer before the eternal love-triangle begins in this special issue, which features four short stories focusing on the major players and events in the Riverdale series. You dare not miss this special commemorative issue in advance of the upcoming ongoing Riverdale series, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Afterlife with Archie, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and the writers of the CW’s Riverdale series, with stunning art by Alitha Martinez (Black Panther: Worlds of Wakanda)!

ROYAL CITY #1 (MR)
SAVAGE DRAGON #221 (MR)
SCIENCE COMICS BATS SC GN
SHADE THE CHANGING GIRL #6 (MR)
SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 115 KEEPERS GOLD & FORGOTTEN GOLD
SHANG-CHI MASTER OF KUNG FU OMNIBUS HC VOL 03
SILK #18
SPIDER-MAN 2099 #21
STAR WARS #29
STUFF OF LEGEND CALL TO ARMS #1
SUPER POWERS #5 (OF 6)
SUPERMAN #18
TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE HC
THINK TANK VOL 5 #1
TITANS TP VOL 01 THE RETURN OF WALLY WEST (REBIRTH)
TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1.MU
UNCLE SCROOGE HIMALAYAN HIDEOUT TP
UNSTOPPABLE WASP #3
WALKING DEAD #165 (MR)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 27 WHISPERER WAR (MR)
WAYWARD TP VOL 04 THREADS & PORTENTS (MR)
WOODS #30
X-FILES (2016) #11
X-FILES DEVIATIONS 2017

Shortages

SAVAGE THINGS #1 (OF 8) (MR)
UNHOLY #2 (MR)

Thank you!
Million Year Picnic
99 MT Auburn ST downstairs
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-6763
https://www.themillionyearpicnic.com

Miyazakiworld: Researching Popular Culture and the Uses of Enchantment

Miyazakiworld: Researching Popular Culture and the Uses of Enchantment
Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2017, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
Harvard, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

SPEAKER(S): Susan Napier, Professor of Japanese Studies, Department of International Literary and Cultural Studies, Tufts University

Moderated by Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations

Free and open to the public

http://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/event/susan-napier-tufts-university-miyazakiworld-popular-culture-and-uses-enchantment

Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Shortages

BIG NATE WHATS A LITTLE NOOGIE BETWEEN FRIENDS TP
DISNEY PIXAR CARS #1
EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #19 IVX
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #51 SUBSCRIPTION VAR

Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 22 February 2017

ACG COLL WORKS FORBIDDEN WORLDS HC VOL 12
ACTION COMICS #974
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS TP VOL 01
ALEX TOTH BRAVO FOR ADVENTURE ARTIST ED HC
ALIENS VS PREDATOR LIFE AND DEATH #3
ALL NEW X-MEN TP VOL 03 INEVITABLE HELL HATH SO MUCH FURY
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #24 CC
ANNE HAPPY GN VOL 04 UNHAPPY GO LUCKY
ASTRO CITY #41
AUTUMNLANDS TP VOL 02 WOODLAND CREATURES (MR)
AVENGERS #4.1
BATGIRL #8
BATMAN 66 MEETS WONDER WOMAN 77 #2 (OF 6)
BATMAN BEYOND #5
BEAUTY #12 (MR)
BLACK PANTHER #11
BLACK ROAD #7 (MR)
BLUE BEETLE #6
BRITANNIA TP
CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS #12
CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC ACCELERATOR GN VOL 05
CHAMPIONS #1.MU
CLEAN ROOM #16 (MR)
COMICS REVUE PRESENTS FEB 2017
CROSSED PLUS 100 TP VOL 03 (MR)
DAREDEVIL BACK IN BLACK TP VOL 03 DARK ART
DC SUPER POWERS BATMAN JUMBO Action Figure
DEADPOOL BACK IN BLACK TP
DEADPOOL THE DUCK #4 (OF 5)
DEATHSTROKE #13
DESCENDER #19 (MR)
DETECTIVE COMICS #951
DIVINITY III STALINVERSE #3
DOCTOR STRANGE PREM HC VOL 03 BLOOD IN AETHER
DOCTOR WHO 3RD #5 (OF 5)
DRIFTER #17 (MR)
EC ARCHIVES VALOR HC
ELEKTRA #1
FEW #2 (MR)
FIX #8 (MR)
FLASH #17
FOGGY NOTIONS (MR)
FROSTBITE #6 (OF 6) (MR)
FUTURE QUEST #10
GFT VAN HELSING VS THE MUMMY OF AMUN RA #2 (OF 5)
GHOST RIDER #4
GREAT LAKES AVENGERS #5
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #15
HARBINGER RENEGADE #4
HEATHEN #1
HELLBLAZER #7
HILO GN VOL 03 GREAT BIG BOOM
HULK #3
INFAMOUS IRON MAN #5
INUYASHIKI GN VOL 06 (MR)
IVX #5 (OF 6)
JAMES BOND HC VOL 02 EIDOLON
JAY DISBROW MONSTER INVASION HC
JIM HENSON POWER OF DARK CRYSTAL #1 (OF 12)
JUGHEAD #13
JUGHEAD TP VOL 02
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1
KAMANDI CHALLENGE #2 (OF 12)
KONI WAVES TEAM UP GN
LAKE OF FIRE TP (MR)
LEGENDS OF TOMORROW FIRESTORM Action Figure
LETTER 44 #30
LITTLE NEMO BY WINSOR MCCAY LIFE OF IMAGINATIVE GENIUS HC
LOOSE ENDS #2 (OF 4) (MR)
MAD MAGAZINE #544
MARK RYDEN PINXIT HC UPDATED ED
MASKED #4 (OF 4)
MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL #2
MISTRY PI TP VOL 01
MONSTRESS #10 (MR)
MONTHLY GIRLS NOZAKI KUN GN VOL 06
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #16
MOSAIC #5
MY LITTLE PONY ANNUAL 2017 #1
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #51
OCCUPY AVENGERS #4
OCTOBER FACTION DEADLY SEASON #5
OLD GUARD #1 (MR)
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #25 (MR)
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA TP VOL 04 (MR)
OVER GARDEN WALL ONGOING #11
PATHFINDER WORLDSCAPE #5 (OF 6)
PENNY DREADFUL TP
PIX TP VOL 01 ONE WEIRDEST WEEKEND
PRE CODE CLASSICS WEIRD ADVENTURES THRILLERS HC VOL 01
REVIVAL #47 (MR)
RICK & MORTY LIL POOPY SUPERSTAR TP VOL 01
ROCKET RACCOON #3
SCARLET WITCH #15
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #23
SERENITY NO POWER IN THE VERSE #5 (OF 6)
SERPIERI COLLECTION HC VOL 04 (OF 4) (A)
SHAFT IMITATION OF LIFE TP (MR)
SHE WOLF #6 (MR)
SHUTTER #27 (MR)
SKEPTICS #4 (MR)
SKYDOLL DECADE GN (Offered Again)
SLAM #4
SNOTGIRL TP VOL 01 GREEN HAIR DONT CARE
SOLO #5
SOUTHERN NIGHTGOWN #4
SPANIEL RAGE GN
SPIDER-GWEN #17
SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #14
SPIDER-WOMAN #16
STAR TREK GREEN LANTERN VOL 2 #3
STARSTRUCK OLD PROLDIERS NEVER DIE #1 (OF 6)
STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #21 (MR)
SUICIDE SQUAD #12
SUN BAKERY #1
SUPERGIRL BEING SUPER #2 (OF 4)
SURGEON X #6 (MR)
TANK GIRL GOLD #4 (OF 4) (MR)
TEEN TITANS #5
THANOS #4
THUNDERBOLTS #10
TOKYO GHOUL GN VOL 11
UNCANNY AVENGERS #20
VINTAGE ROMANCE COMIC BOOK COVERS COLORING BOOK TP
VISITOR HOW AND WHY HE STAYED #1 (OF 5)
WONDER WOMAN #17
WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 01 THE LIES (REBIRTH)

Thank you!
Million Year Picnic
99 MT Auburn ST downstairs
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-6763
https://www.themillionyearpicnic.com

Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Shortages

BIG NATE WHATS A LITTLE NOOGIE BETWEEN FRIENDS TP
DISNEY PIXAR CARS #1
EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #19 IVX
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #51 SUBSCRIPTION VAR

Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 22 February 2017

ACG COLL WORKS FORBIDDEN WORLDS HC VOL 12
ACTION COMICS #974
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS TP VOL 01
ALEX TOTH BRAVO FOR ADVENTURE ARTIST ED HC
ALIENS VS PREDATOR LIFE AND DEATH #3
ALL NEW X-MEN TP VOL 03 INEVITABLE HELL HATH SO MUCH FURY
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #24 CC
ANNE HAPPY GN VOL 04 UNHAPPY GO LUCKY
ASTRO CITY #41
AUTUMNLANDS TP VOL 02 WOODLAND CREATURES (MR)
AVENGERS #4.1
BATGIRL #8
BATMAN 66 MEETS WONDER WOMAN 77 #2 (OF 6)
BATMAN BEYOND #5
BEAUTY #12 (MR)
BLACK PANTHER #11
BLACK ROAD #7 (MR)
BLUE BEETLE #6
BRITANNIA TP
CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS #12
CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC ACCELERATOR GN VOL 05
CHAMPIONS #1.MU
CLEAN ROOM #16 (MR)
COMICS REVUE PRESENTS FEB 2017
CROSSED PLUS 100 TP VOL 03 (MR)
DAREDEVIL BACK IN BLACK TP VOL 03 DARK ART
DC SUPER POWERS BATMAN JUMBO Action Figure
DEADPOOL BACK IN BLACK TP
DEADPOOL THE DUCK #4 (OF 5)
DEATHSTROKE #13
DESCENDER #19 (MR)
DETECTIVE COMICS #951
DIVINITY III STALINVERSE #3
DOCTOR STRANGE PREM HC VOL 03 BLOOD IN AETHER
DOCTOR WHO 3RD #5 (OF 5)
DRIFTER #17 (MR)
EC ARCHIVES VALOR HC
ELEKTRA #1
FEW #2 (MR)
FIX #8 (MR)
FLASH #17
FOGGY NOTIONS (MR)
FROSTBITE #6 (OF 6) (MR)
FUTURE QUEST #10
GFT VAN HELSING VS THE MUMMY OF AMUN RA #2 (OF 5)
GHOST RIDER #4
GREAT LAKES AVENGERS #5
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #15
HARBINGER RENEGADE #4
HEATHEN #1
HELLBLAZER #7
HILO GN VOL 03 GREAT BIG BOOM
HULK #3
INFAMOUS IRON MAN #5
INUYASHIKI GN VOL 06 (MR)
IVX #5 (OF 6)
JAMES BOND HC VOL 02 EIDOLON
JAY DISBROW MONSTER INVASION HC
JIM HENSON POWER OF DARK CRYSTAL #1 (OF 12)
JUGHEAD #13
JUGHEAD TP VOL 02
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1
KAMANDI CHALLENGE #2 (OF 12)
KONI WAVES TEAM UP GN
LAKE OF FIRE TP (MR)
LEGENDS OF TOMORROW FIRESTORM Action Figure
LETTER 44 #30
LITTLE NEMO BY WINSOR MCCAY LIFE OF IMAGINATIVE GENIUS HC
LOOSE ENDS #2 (OF 4) (MR)
MAD MAGAZINE #544
MARK RYDEN PINXIT HC UPDATED ED
MASKED #4 (OF 4)
MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL #2
MISTRY PI TP VOL 01
MONSTRESS #10 (MR)
MONTHLY GIRLS NOZAKI KUN GN VOL 06
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #16
MOSAIC #5
MY LITTLE PONY ANNUAL 2017 #1
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #51
OCCUPY AVENGERS #4
OCTOBER FACTION DEADLY SEASON #5
OLD GUARD #1 (MR)
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #25 (MR)
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA TP VOL 04 (MR)
OVER GARDEN WALL ONGOING #11
PATHFINDER WORLDSCAPE #5 (OF 6)
PENNY DREADFUL TP
PIX TP VOL 01 ONE WEIRDEST WEEKEND
PRE CODE CLASSICS WEIRD ADVENTURES THRILLERS HC VOL 01
REVIVAL #47 (MR)
RICK & MORTY LIL POOPY SUPERSTAR TP VOL 01
ROCKET RACCOON #3
SCARLET WITCH #15
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #23
SERENITY NO POWER IN THE VERSE #5 (OF 6)
SERPIERI COLLECTION HC VOL 04 (OF 4) (A)
SHAFT IMITATION OF LIFE TP (MR)
SHE WOLF #6 (MR)
SHUTTER #27 (MR)
SKEPTICS #4 (MR)
SKYDOLL DECADE GN (Offered Again)
SLAM #4
SNOTGIRL TP VOL 01 GREEN HAIR DONT CARE
SOLO #5
SOUTHERN NIGHTGOWN #4
SPANIEL RAGE GN
SPIDER-GWEN #17
SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #14
SPIDER-WOMAN #16
STAR TREK GREEN LANTERN VOL 2 #3
STARSTRUCK OLD PROLDIERS NEVER DIE #1 (OF 6)
STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #21 (MR)
SUICIDE SQUAD #12
SUN BAKERY #1
SUPERGIRL BEING SUPER #2 (OF 4)
SURGEON X #6 (MR)
TANK GIRL GOLD #4 (OF 4) (MR)
TEEN TITANS #5
THANOS #4
THUNDERBOLTS #10
TOKYO GHOUL GN VOL 11
UNCANNY AVENGERS #20
VINTAGE ROMANCE COMIC BOOK COVERS COLORING BOOK TP
VISITOR HOW AND WHY HE STAYED #1 (OF 5)
WONDER WOMAN #17
WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 01 THE LIES (REBIRTH)

Thank you!
Million Year Picnic
99 MT Auburn ST downstairs
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-6763
https://www.themillionyearpicnic.com