Marguerite and I are guests at the 2016 Flame Con, tabling and doing a panel mostly about 7 Miles a Second:
Flame Con 2016
Sat. August 20th 12pm – 8pm | Sun. August 21st 11am – 5pm
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
333 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
http://www.flamecon.org/

Talking 7 Miles a Second
Saturday, 6:00, room C
Pushing the limits of mainstream publishing, comics partners James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook have created several groundbreaking, queer-positive stories ranging from AIDS memoirs to wartime romances. Join us for a talk with James and Marguerite about their work and their lives.
James Romberger: 7 Miles a Second, Aaron & Ahmed, 2020 Visions
Marguerite Van Cook: 7 Miles a Second, The Late Child and Other Animals
Maggie Galvan (moderator): Archiving the ’80s: Feminism, Queer Theory & Visual Culture

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I contributed to the wonderful online Think of a City project, initiated by Alison Sampson RIBA and Ian MacEwan—my drawing incorporates some aspects of Philip K. Dick’s Valis, as well as a shantytown I saw last year in Marseille: http://thinkofacity.tumblr.com/

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Marguerite and I did a pinup of aerosol pioneer Phase 2 for Ed Piskor’s just-released Hip Hop Family Tree Volume 4. Fantagraphics Books: http://www.fantagraphics.com/hiphop4/

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I’ve detailed the influence of early comic strip greats Hal Foster and Milton Caniff on comic book genius Jack Kirby in an essay in the just-released Study Group Magazine #4: http://studygroupcomics.storenvy.com/collections/837229-anthologies/products/17482919-study-group-magazine-4-by-various

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I’ve drawn an illustration for Bob Levin’s upcoming The Schiz, a pitch-black comedy about where the four corners of the Law, Medicine, Art and Psychosis meet in ’80s San Francisco. Spruce Hills Books: http://www.theboblevin.com/tag/the-schiz/

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