IAF Salon #2: Comics

[ellenkushner]

I am thoroughly enjoying our Cyrano discussion, and intend to continue it - what well-furnished brains you all have!

Speaking of which, the Interstitial Arts Foundation (of which I am a proud co-founder, and current Vice President) has just posted another Online Salon, inviting folks to join in a discussion (moderated by Kris McDermott a.k.a. krismcd59 - yes, even she who created that hilarious Masque for the Wiscon opening ceremonies!) from now through Saturday, Dec. 15th.

The theme this time?

Comics online! Specifically "The Chemistry Set" – a collaborative product of some hot new comic book artist/writers - including Steven Goldman, Elizabeth Genco and others, who cheerfully admit, Sometimes we get beautiful synthesis. Sometimes we get explosions.

How could we not go for it, when Phillipine artist Andrew Drilon, in his "Mang Tomas the Story Hunter", has a panel where the Hero mutters, "INTERSTITIAL FICTION – KISS MY GUN!"

So head your brains on over to this month's Interstitial Salon (for this week only! hurry hurry hurry) to discuss comics, pop culture, the future, fusion, multiculturalism, and . . . well . . . playing in the Interstices of recognized genres. As always.

And tell your friends.

Comments

[burgundy.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to have time to really get into it until Thursday at least, but Steve Goldman's a good friend of mine and I love Styx Taxi, so I'll definitely be checking in on this later in the week.

Do the writers and artists at The Chemistry Set know about this?

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Yay - having you in the discussion would be *fabulous*!

Kris got in touch with the ChemSet folks ahead of time - but it might be salutory to give them a poke today to let them know it's Underway - esp. Andrew D., for whom there is already a question on the Board. If you have contact info & poking time, could you?

[burgundy.livejournal.com]

I can poke Steve - but since he is presumably under the same end-of-semester deadlines as I am, he might or might not have time himself for further poking. We'll see.

[sneakymonkey.livejournal.com]

hey Ellen! Elizabeth gave us all a good poke about it, and I see Andrew's already started posting. I'll jump in in the next day or so, but feel free to throw questions my way in advance, and I'll happily answer them as soon as I can join in!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Just checked in - I love what you guys are saying up there! I hope there are many replies, and even more happy lurkers.

Don't forget you can join IAF and get your links up on our Friends page at
http://www.interstitialarts.org/join_us.html
!
We'd love to have you deeper in our sticky web of, well, stickyness. Interstitially. (What are those places in between the webthreads, again...?)