Hey All,
Don’t forget the Flickr group! So far we’ve got submissions from the Philippines, Spain, Australia, the U.S., and the Czech Republic. Include your name, location, and what you’re reading (if you’re so inclined) in the description.
Hey Twitter Folk, let’s Start the weekend off right by seeing if we can trend our hashtag:
#readcomicsinpublic
Meetup #10: San Diego, CA
Meetup #11: Kissimmee, FL
Meetup #12: Rockingham, VT
The city that gave us the guy who gave us a bunch of paintings of soup cans is the site of meetup #9. Check out the Facebook page for more info.
A bear, a moose, and a beaver walk into a library… We got a note from Jamie S. titled “Alaska on-board,” with this lovely little illustration attached. All comics fans in Fairbanks should meet up at the Noel Wien Public Library, between the hours of 10AM and 5PM. We’ll let you take it from there.
Here’s the Facebook invite.
Here’s a note from comics reader/Dilbert fan, Kentaro T. Pretty great!
I am interested in your saying, “I was too embarrassed to read comics in public”.
In Japan, comics (we call them “manga”, you know) are very popular, so adult people commonly read manga in public.
In the early 1970s, when the japanese college students began reading manga publicly, they were criticized by the previous generations.
But by that time, the kinds of manga had dramatically increased, and many mangas were eagerly accepted by the young people as their own bildungsroman, love stories, art forms, or even political assertions.Their manner of reading manga in public was popularized through 70s.
I remember the foreign people from US or Europian countries satirized us for Reading Comic in Public in 1980s.
We felt pity for them, oh, they didn’t know fertility of the world of manga! (Although we also loved Peanuts.)
But I thought it was a long time ago.
After all, The Dark Knight Returns was born about a quarter-century ago, you have The Alan Moore, and I also love Dilbert.
So I was surprised you still embarrassed to RCiP!Well, I hope your movement will change your world.
Your generation leads younger people to the world of RCiP.
Your English is great, Kentaro! I’m sure that half the people I speak with on a daily basis have no idea what “bildungsroman” means.
Forgive the quick posts–these things are coming fast and furious. If you’re a comics fan in Brisbane, boy have we got the Facebook event invite for you!
All right, it’s on, Beantown. Alexa D. says, “I’ll be the Bostonian to get off their ass and organize the RCIP meet-up for our fair and literate city.”
Instructions are as follows,
The meet-up will be on Boston Common at the Parkman Bandstand, starting at 2pm going till whenever you have to leave. I don’t know for sure if there’s anything else going on at the bandstand, but on the off-chance there is, the back-up meet-up spot is the Frog Pond.
This one’s not linked to a shop or a library or anything, just a group of fans, though members of the local comics creators collective, Boston Comics Roundtable are expected to attend.? Bring snacks and comics to share!
You heard the lady. Bring snacks! Probably not a cream pie–you guys are sick of those, right?
What’s the matter, is your love of sequential art not reason enough to read comics in public? Okay, twist our arms. Here’s another contest, this time brought to you by the lovely folks at Top Shelf Comics, who are offering up such terrific titles as Hey Princess, 120 Days, Undeleted Scenes, and Moving Pictures.
Entering is simple: Send an image of you reading comics in public to the address readcomicsinpublic@gmail.com with the subject line “Top Shelf!” Be creative! Top Shelf will chose the winner or winners and send the book or books along.
Due to shipping, only people with U.S. shipping addresses can apply. Good luck, and don’t forget to check out Top Shelf’s site.
Hey friends, what’s better than a dinosaur? How about a sterling silver dinosaur? Our pal Cristalle, from the wonderful craft blog, “I Like You As a Friend” wants to give the above bronto away to one lucky comics reader.
Want it? Send an image of yourself reading comics in public to our e-mail address (readcomicsinpublic@gmail.com) with the subject line: Dinosaur! (Exclamation mark is a must.) Be creative, and Cristalle will pick one luck winner. Dinosaur-themed photos are encouraged.
Due to shipping, we’re limiting entries to comics fans in the U.S. Good luck, and don’t forget to check out Cristalle’s site for crafty goodness.
