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Listen to Art Spiegelman talk about Philip Guston. Original work can be seen at the Vancouver Art Gallery in the Krazy Exhibition.

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Fresh in time for a new book coming out this summer, Art Spiegelman stresses the importance of Jerry Moriarty as a preeminent artist. Original pages and paintings by Jerry, can be seen at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Krazy Exhibition.

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Art Spiegelman explores the wonderment of Chris Ware’s Thanksgiving New Yorker covers. You can check out the originial pages as a part of the Krazy show at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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Art Spiegelman discusses his own work during a tour of the Krazy Show at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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Art Spiegelman discussing a couple of underground greats, Kim Deitch and Justin Green, as can be seen at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Krazy Exhibition.

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Here is Art Spiegelman discussing the work of George Herriman as can be seen at the Vancouver Art Gallery in the Krazy show.

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Art Spiegelman gushes about his admiration for the strip Corpse on the Imjin by Harvey Kurtzman as part of the Krazy show at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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Here is Art Spiegelman discussing some pages from Seth’s George Sprott story, as part of the Krazy Art Show.

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Today was I got to go see the Krazy show in action at the Vancouver Art Gallery. As a member of the press, I got to go on a tour of the Comics section with special guide Art Spiegelman. As a bonus for you folks, I recorded the tour. So please enjoy the following posts that will cover a look at the art of George Herriman, Harvey Kurtzman, Jerry Moriarty, Seth, Chris Ware, Philip Guston, his own work, Kim Deitch and more.

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This has got to be one of the most exciting things the Vancouver comics scene has seen in quite some time. Opening this weekend at the Vancouver Art Gallery, is the Krazy Exhibition. For those that don’t know, the Vancouver Art Gallery is a very prestigous space and a show of this magnitude is a big deal. The focus of the Krazy show is on the art of Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga, Anime, Cartoons, Video Games and Visual Art. It is an odd assortment of pop culture enitites, but some how, curator Bruce Grenville, has managed to pull together a stellar looking show. The show will include work by –

Graphic Novels and Comics folk – Milt Gross, Art Spiegelman, Phillip Guston, Kim Deitch, Dan Clowes, Chester Brown, Alison Bechdel, Shaun Tan, George Herriman, Harvey Kurtzman, Jerry Moriarty, Justin Green, Lynda Barry, Kevin Huizenga, Seth and Chris Ware.

Manga – Hisashi Eguchi, Mamoru Nagano, Taiyou Matsumoto, akashi Okazaki, Junko Mizuno, Moyoco Anno, Yuichi Yokayama, and Hitoshi Odajima.

Anime – Katsuhiro Otomo, Mamoru Oshii, Itano Ichiro, Masaaki Yuasa, Makoto Shinkai, Kon Satoshi, and Yoko Kanno.

Cartoons – Winsor McCay, Lotte Reiniger, Ben Sharpsteen, Robert Cannon, Marv Newland, Nick Park, John Lasseter and Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick.

Video Games – Iwatani Toru, Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meier, id Software, Shigeru Miyamoto, Rock Star Games and Will Wright.

In the Visual Art section – Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Marcel Broodthaers, Raymond Pettibon, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parenno, et al, Cao Fei, Chiho Aoshima, Mr. and Christian Marclay.

Keep an eye for events throughout the summer to do with the Krazy show, including Fuse, Krazy Talk(including an Art Spiegelman lecture on May 15), a small press comic convention in the Gallery and much much more. Oh yeah, I am doing an Animation Event with Kim Deitch at the end of the summer there as well.

As a bonus for this weeks show, I featured music by comix folk, including tracks by Robert Crumb, Gary Panter and Fox Hollow(featuring a whole bunch of Fantagraphics folks).

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