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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

My Copy—and Others—of The Super Hero's Journey by Patrick McDonnell

At the Princeton Children's Book Festival on October 7, Mutts comic strip artist Patrick McDonnell signed copies of his new Marvel Comics memoir The Super Hero's Journey (New York: Abrams Comic Arts, 2023).

https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/super-heros-journey_9781419769108/

Before adding a drawing to the book, he asked me for my favorite Marvel character. I replied truthfully, "The Sub-Mariner." What else could it be?

Three weeks later I attended an event at the Princeton Public Library where McDonnell was joined in conversation by Gil Roth, the podcaster behind the Virtual Memories Show. The subject, of course, was The Super Hero's Journey.

https://princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/9228913

McDonnell announced that some four-hundred "Make Mine Marvel Arts" buttons with his own superhero art had been manufactured as a book promotion. Some were given away at the library event with the purchase of a book.

Here is a copy of The Superhero's Journey with a credible drawing of the Incredible Hulk.

And here's another copy with a drawing of the mischievous Loki from the Thor comic book:

Note: Gil Roth's earlier conversation with Patrick McDonnell on the subject of The Super Hero's Journey may be heard on the Virtual Memories Show episode #556 here.

Patrick McDonnell is very generous to his fans at signings and he clearly has a ball drawing all the characters in the Marvel Universe in his distinctive style. I will be happy to add many more personalized book drawings to this blog page if readers would care to send me photos or scans of their own treasured copies. There must already be hundreds out there.

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Sunday, May 27, 2018

MoCCA Fest 2018: Roz Chast

Cartoonist Roz Chast has been contributing to the New Yorker since 1978. She was a guest of honor at this year's MoCCA Arts Festival. Some eleven pieces of her original art were on display at Metropolitan West. She was interviewed live in front of a very appreciative audience by Gil Roth for his Virtual Memories Show podcast. On Sunday she participated in a panel session. My final acquisition at MoCCA Fest 2018 was a copy of Ms. Chast's What I Hate: From A to Z (2011) which she signed and inscribed to me at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund table. My work is done here.

Roz Chast
What I Hate: From A to Z
New York: Bloomsbury, 2011

Personalized by Roz Chast

Roz Chast

What I Hate

Pre-Existing Conditions
Roz Chast
Original art
The New Yorker, December 9, 2013

Pre-Existing Conditions
Roz Chast
The New Yorker, December 9, 2013

Yenta Theatre Presents: Waiting for Godot
Roz Chast
Original art
The New Yorker, November 28, 2016

Yenta Theatre Presents: Waiting for Godot
Roz Chast
The New Yorker, November 28, 2016

Ode to Hamantashan
Roz Chast
Original art

The Houseplant Cemetery
Roz Chast
Original art
The New Yorker, December 19, 2016

The Houseplant Cemetery
Roz Chast
The New Yorker, December 19, 2016

Roz Chast in conversation with Gil Roth
April 7, 2018

The Virtual Memories Show #268

Roz Chast Live

Note: Hamantaschen are pastries made for the Jewish holiday of Purim. Was Ode to Hamantashan ever published and, if so, where?

This week's posts have been devoted to the books and animation art I obtained at MoCCA Fest 2018. I had a great time but I feel I should have bought more.

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Roz Chast

Gil Roth

The MoCCA Arts Festival

Signed Books

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Attempted Bloggery's Ode to an Index

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

New Books Signed by Michael Tisserand and Patrick McDonnell

Call me an old-timer if you like. I've now been living in the Princeton area long enough to have missed public appearances by Mutts comics creator Patrick McDonnell twice. To make matters worse, this time it was a joint appearance at Labyrinth Books with Michael Tisserand, author of the acclaimed Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White. Fortunately, I was still able to pick up a couple of signed books a few days later at the bookstore, but it just isn't the same thing as being there. Under the bylaws of the town, should I miss a third appearance of Mr. McDonnell, I will need to move out of the municipality and surrender my blog to the Town Clerk.