A Great Book and A Great Opportunity

By Mark Kaufman
I didn’t do anything the entire long weekend except to sit in my yard and read several books I picked up at the Fantagraphics store last week. A particularly riveting read was the book The Comics Journal Library Vol. 4: Drawing the Line, edited by Gary Groth. Groth interviews Jules Feiffer, Ed Sorel, David Levine and Ralph Steadman, each one a giant of editorial cartooning, caricature and political art. If you want to read really insightful interviews about being an artist, cartoonist, and writer and a history of American and British comics and publishing, the creative process, trade secrets, influences and the artists’ thoughts on a wide range of subjects, I can’t recommend a better book. It is a great series, I also started reading one featuring Harvey Kurtzman. Also, a great opportunity at 8 a.m. EST tomorrow to get in on an interview with Jules Feiffer, who will be on live at Mr. Media Interviews, where you can listen and call in. Go here for more info on the interview.