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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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Dylan is the industrious publisher behind Sparkplug Comics. Sparkplug is one of the more interesting DIY comix outfits. Dylan has been putting out some great comix by some of the more diverse and independent creators.

Dave joined us to discuss his latest projects, Glamourpuss and Judenhass. Both projects show Dave’s art style moving into an area of photo-realism, but thats about all the 2 projects have in common. Dave is also the man behind his selfpublished comic called Cerebus which ran for 300 issues. A massive unmet feat in comics.

Here it is folks, the guy you have all been waiting for. Joe Matt has been making some pretty hilarious comix for the last 20 years and is wealth of knowledge and hell of a chatty guy. He has four books available from one of my favorite publishers, Drawn and Quarterly, his most recent being Spent – a journey into his favorite past time/curse. This is part one of a two interview.