World War 3 Illustrated, Issue 39
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"Graphic Radicals": World War 3 Illustrated Show and Events In Victoria, BC
"Graphic Radicals"
Location:
Legacy Gallery
630 Yates Street, Victoria BC
Aug 11 to Oct 31, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday September 11 7:30 PM
Anarchist Festival and Bookfair
Friday, September 10th
HIP HOP / SPOKEN WORD NIGHT OF DISSENT
510 Fort Street, 2nd Floor
7:00 pm sharp (Suggested donation $5-$15)
World War 3 Illustrated artists Seth Tobocman, Rebecca Midgal and Kevin Pyle present visual and spoken word stories of protest and resistance. TESTAMENT, Blank Space & mONKEYwRENCH bring the heat with their Revolutionary Lyricism and Battle Style Beatboxing. While the Revolutionary Cyborg Wedding Band gets you up off your seat for a little electro hip hop, Chase & Zaccheaus Jackson ground you with their stories and slam poetry.
Saturday September 11th 2:30 – 3:20 pm
Graphic Radicals Panel Discussion Seth Tobocman, Rebecca Midgal, Kevin Pyle and Gord Hill with Allan Antliff Artists from the World War 3 Illustrated collective and Indigenous graphic artist Gord Hill will discuss the dynamics of community activism and artistic production. The panel is being organized as part of the Graphic Radicals exhibit at the Legacy Gallery in downtown Victoria. What role can art play in galvanizing a community? How do aesthetics figure in the communication of an anti-authoritarian outlook? Are there lessons to be learned from past artistic practices? Should radicals pay more attention to art? This workshop will provide a forum for reflection and debate.
Release party!
friday, february 26, 2010 8-11 pm
Location:
The SOHO Gallery for Digital Art
138 Sullivan St. NYC, NY 10012
Join us to celebrate the publication of the new issue with live performances by contributors, a digital gallery show on the theme of "What We Want", music and refreshments. Admission is free.
Latest reviews!
"There are a ton of reasons to love World War 3 Illustrated #39. It’s extremely left leaning, angry, funny and – best of all – top to bottom beautifully drawn, featuring everything from Kevin Pyle’s effectively saccharine tribute to the power of communication and sharing to Santiago Cohen’s brutal attack on attitudes toward immigrants. Essentially, it’s like every other issue of the magazine published in the last thirty years: a powerful document of its times and the frustrations faced by citizens of the world today. World War 3 Illustrated remains the preeminent political and social comics magazine in America today."
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"WW3 offers true creative freedom and a rare outlet for some inspired artists.... a splendid read."
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"Highly recommended to those with a brain, those with a heart, and those who want to enlighten both."
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Release party!
Thursday, April 30, 2009 7-9PM
at
MoCCA
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
594 Broadway, Suite 401 (Between Houston and Prince st.)
New York, NY 10012
Featuring multi-media presentation of art by:
PETER KUPER
MAC McGILL
SETH TOBOCMAN
PAULA HEWITT AMRAM
SABRINA JONES
ERIC DROOKER
KEVIN PYLE
CHUCK SPERRY
REBECCA MIGDAL
and many others
with an animated film by Onur Tukel
live music by
Eric Blitz, Steve Wishnia, Andy Laties, Breeze and others
Peter Kuper interview on Newsarama
Read "Peter Kuper on the Silence of World War 3" By Michael C. Lorah in the January 29th issue of Newsarama.
NEW ISSUE COMING THIS MARCH !
With all this talk about a picture being worth a thousand words and so much chatter in the news, but little being said, we've decided to make the next World War 3 illustrated our first wordless comics issue.
This will make it more international, beyond language barriers--sort of a tower of a Babel (minus the babble.)
COVER BY ERIC DROOKER
EDITED BY PETER KUPER AND KEVIN PYLE
A taste of what's to come:
"Bubel" by Sabrina Jones
"Steps of another man's house" by Onur Tukel, based on a song by David Yazbek
"Last Walk" by Peter Kuper
"Telling" by Kevin Pyle
Back cover by Mats!?
(art © to the respective artists)
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Peter Kuper and Fuente Ovejuna:
Day of the dead
World War 3 Illustrated Book release party
Friday December 14th, 7:30 pm
Times Up! space
49 E. Houston Street, NYC
http://times-up.org/
FREE ADMISSION
Multi-media performances by WW3 artists
- Slideshows of comics by FLY, MAC McGILL., CHRISTOPHER CARDINALE, REBECCA MIDGAL, SETH TOBOCMAN and PETER KUPER
- With music by the I.E.D.s
Peter Kuper in Oaxaca
Read Peter Kuper’s ongoing journal of his stay in Oaxaca, Mexico. The above illustration is from the update of November 26.
World War 3 Illustrated Book Party
Saturday, December 2, 7:00 pm
MOCCA, Museum of Comics & Cartoon Art
594 Broadway, Suite 401
(212) 254–3511
http://www.moccany.org
FREE ADMISSION
Multi-media performances by WW3 artists
- A puppetshow by Rebecca Migdal
- Slideshows of comics by Seth Tobocman, Christopher Cardinale, Fly, Mac McGill, and Tom Keough with music by Eric Blitz, Steve Wishnia and Zef Noise
Release Party Photos
Photos by Calvin Reid from the WW3 Issue 36 release party at Exit Art.
Release Party/Show Opening
Exit Art presents the release of the World War 3 Illustrated 25th Anniversary Issue.
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005
6–8 pm
475 10th Ave. (at 36th St.)
The release party will also be the opening of a show of original art from WW3 with many of the artists in attendance. The show will remain on display through Oct 27th. Gallery hours:
Tues–Thurs 10–6
Fri 10–8
Sat 12–8