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Identity
and Imagination
A Reading and Discussion Series in America's Libraries Jan.
23 - March 26, 2008
Wednesdays • 7:00-8:30
p.m. • Lakeland Library (3rd floor, C-Building)
Call 440-525-7066 to register for one, or all five sessions.
FREE
& OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!!
Join
us at the Lakeland Community College Library for a
reading and discussion series for a reading and discussion
series like no other! Led by Dr. Patrick McLaughlin,
founder of Lakeland’s annual Comics Symposium,
this series will feature lively discussion of five
books relating to the theme Modern Marvels: Jewish
Adventures in the Graphic Novel. This series includes
work by renowned local author Harvey Pekar and Pulitzer
Prize winner Art Spiegelman. Attend whether you are
interested in the graphic novel form, Jewish history
and culture, or good literature with universal themes. |
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January
23
A Contract With God
Will Eisner
(1978)
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February
6
The Complete Maus
Art Spiegelman
(1996)
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February
20
Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer
Ben Katchor
(1996)
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March
12
The Quitter
Harvey Pekar
(2006)
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March
26
The Rabbi's Cat
Joann Sfar
(2005)
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 Lakeland Library is pleased to announce that Harvey
Pekar will be making a guest appearance at the reading and discussion
series, Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel. The
program, featuring a discussion of his autobiographical work,
The Quitter, will be held on Wednesday,
March 12, 2008, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Lakeland Library (3rd Flr., C-Building).
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Harvey Pekar has been changing the American comics scene since
1976 with his American Splendor series. Pekar's comics feature
stories drawn by several artists such as R. Crumb, Joe Zabel, G.
Budgett, Gary Dumm, and now Dean Haspiel with The Quitter. Pekar
bills his books as coming "from off the streets of Cleveland" and
that's the kind of stories readers get--no bombast in either tag
lines or narratives, no romanticizing of either sex or violence,
according to Lambiek.net.
For a more detailed biography, see the attachment. If you would
like more information about the program or the series, please call
(440) 525-7066 or email thyland@lakelandcc.edu. |
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