NYU-SCPS To Hold Panel Discussion:
"More Than Comic Books"

Comic Book Historian Peter Sanderson Moderates Event Hosted by Continuing Education Programs in Writing and Speech, March 6

As lovers of comic books grow up, they do not face the end of their animated interests, but rather the allure of genre: the graphic novel. In this panel discussion, two leading authors and commentators, Jonathon Ames and Jessica Abel of the graphic novel world will join Moderator Peter Sanderson—the noted comic book historian and adjunct professor at NYU-SCPS— in a discussion of the graphic novel and non-novels.

What:   “More than Comic Books: Graphic Novels and Non-Novels” Panel Discussion

When:    7-9 p.m. Friday, March 6

Where:   KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th Street (near Second Avenue)

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please email christopher.james@nyu.edu or call 212.998.6876.

About the Panelists
Jonathon Ames: coauthor, The Alcoholic; author, Wake Up, Sir! Ames holds degrees from Princeton and Colombia in Fine Arts and Fiction, and has been a visiting faculty member at Columbia University and The New School.

Jessica Abel: author, La Perdida; co-author, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures. Abel began self-publishing her own comic series “Artbabe” in 1992, beginning a prolific career in comic and graphic novels. Abel teaches at the School of Visual Arts.