France has a number of cartoon festivals, and this January, I was invited to participate in the RIDEP (Rencontres Internationales du Dessin de Presse) at Carquefou, a small town southwest of Paris. It was a wonderful exhibition, and I was very fortunate to meet cartoonists from around the globe: Iran, Australia, Switzerland, Sweden, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Denmark, France and elsewhere. The exhibition this year focused on cartoonists who are women and thus I did the drawing above. It represents the six of us women who were invited to the press conference in Paris before the festival. We all are cartoonists, but strive to draw and write about women as well. More later…with photos!
In the fall of 2009, I traveled to St. Just, France for the Salon International du Dessins de Presse de d’Humor for the wonderful festival they hold every year. Many cartoonists from all over the world gathered for two weeks to view exhibits and spend time with each other. There was an exhibit of my book, Sex and Sensibility, showcasing the cartoons in the book. I am thrilled they wanted to do the exhibit. Here is the program. Photos in a post to the right, and soon I will create an archive of the photos.
In September, I attended the Women and Power weekend at Omega this weekend, featuring Gloria Steinem, Helen Thomas, Courtney Martin, Sarah Jones, Natalie Merchant, Pat Mitchell and others. I was so fortunate to share the stage with both Sarah Jones and Helen Thomas. Doesn’t get better than this.
I am working hard on my new book, due to be published in 2010 by Chronicle Books. It is semi-autobiographical, cartoons and graphic narratives. That’s all I will say right now, so you will just have to wait and see.
The Israeli Cartoon Museum recently hosted a major show of my work! It is thrilling, and I am very thankful to them. It was in conjunction with International Women’s Day. Article in Israeli paper, Maariv.
OUR CBS Profile
My husband, New Yorker cartoonist Michael Maslin, and I were interviewed for Better TV , and profiled by INSIDE/ OUT magazine and the Albany Times Union.
Our new book, Cartoon Marriage, was given a DailyBeast slide show
Radio interview on NPR’s WAMC
Interview with the two of us in the Poughkeepsie Journal
Interview with Liza appeared on Salon.com http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=99616
See some selections from the book in the button to your right: Cartoon Marriage….
One of our first reviews.
You can order it on the Random House website, Barnes and Nobel and Amazon or the Indie Booksellers site. It’s a collection of our cartoons with graphic narratives done by the two of us together. All on the topic of– yes– marriage (and ours, too).
Michael and I drew the cover together, an homage to George Herriman.
A grad student I met in San Francisco did a small documentary on the Cartoon Art Museum and me. It’s a nice little movie…check it out.
Check out my recently published book: A collection of cartoons by ten wonderful cartoonists who happen to be women. See some photos from the Launch Party held at The Museum of Sex in NYC on April 1st in my posts.
It is getting attention on the new site, wowowow.com See their books page!
Sex And Sensibility: Ten Women Examine the Lunacy of Modern Love in 200 Cartoons
Wonderful cartoons by 8 New Yorker cartoonists and 2 Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists–all about the battle of the sexes. The cartoonists not only contributed hilarious cartoons, but also very interesting essays on what it means to be a cartoonist, a woman, and how they feel about sex. The book is fun and political, and I had a great time editing it.
The women who contributed are: Roz Chast, Carolita Johnson, Ann Telnaes, Kim Warp, Julia Suits, Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Barbara Smaller, Victoria Roberts, Signe Wilkinson and myself.
Published by TWELVE, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing. There will be a booksingings and other events which will be listed here and on my Sex and Sensibility page of this website.
http://www.twelvebooks.com/content/books.asp
March 10th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Liza – Just wanted to let you know that I love the book!!
Warm Regards,
Ellen
Ellen S. Abramowitz
Chairman
Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art – MoCCA
594 Broadway
Phone: 212-254-3511 Fax:212-254-3590
New York, NY 10012
eabramowitz@moccany.org
http://www.moccany.org
March 11th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Thanks, Ellen! Hope all is well at Mocca, and thank you for commenting–you are the first. Best wishes, Liza
April 7th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Hi Liza,
I’m trying to find your round table talk on the web but it’s not there yet. Shucks. Can’t wait to see the book and buy it too. Hooray!
I hope you’ll sign it with a naked self portrait!
See you at the cello stand.
Ferris
June 28th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Just found my way here and can’t wait to read the book.
Blather From Brooklyn
September 19th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Liza, I was in a French immersion class with you for one evening. I did not stay for the duration of the weekend. I would love to have an opportunity to speak to you for five minutes. Please let me know if that is possible.
THANKS!
February 15th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Your cartoons are too funny!! With all the bad news in the world today, it’s good for all of us to have a good laugh and your book accomplishes that. Thank you.
February 15th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I saw your interview this morning on sunday morning. I wanted to show my family the cartoon about the cat paying the bills not the dog. I was looking on your website but have no idea where to find it. Can you email me how to find it so I can share it with them. I have been laughing all morning about that one
THANKS and GOD BLESS — Susan
April 20th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Hi Liza, I brought Dinosaurs Halloween to my great-niece who is 3 1/2 last weekend. She made me read it to her so many times we both had it memorized by the end of the weekend. It was such a nice way to spend time together. We even read your name and your dedication, “To my mother.” Would you be willing to autograph a book for my great-niece if I send one to you? Gale Maleskey
April 21st, 2009 at 9:42 am
Of Course! send me your email and I will send you my address.
Love to hear of the enjoyment of my books!! Thanks. Liza
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:41 am
drop by. nice blog.
July 30th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Hello Liza,
How do you do ?
You come to Saint-Just this years ?
I hoppe
Friendly
August 8th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Dear Friends,
We have been with you in the festival of Saint-Just-Le-Martel, “27é SALON ?NTERNAT?ONAL DE LA CAR?CATURE, DU DESS?N DE PRESSE ET D’HUMOUR DE SAINT-JUST-LE-MARTEL”.
We were and still are very excited to meet you and to be with you. We really liked all of you and you will have a place in our hearts. The days in Saint-Just-Le-Martel were very special for us , we will never forget . As the memory of these freat moments, we have made the site “http://sj-le-martel2008.blogspot.com/ “ . Although it is a quite new site , we recieved a lot of compliments and we hope You will like it, too.
Stay with peaceand love,
Best Regards,
Melisa & Sevdakar Çelik
http://sj-le-martel2008.blogspot.com/
(Sevdakar Çelik, Cartoonist , Turkey, Turquie )
August 8th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Dear Friends,
We have been with you in the festival of Saint-Just-Le-Martel, “27é SALON ?NTERNAT?ONAL DE LA CAR?CATURE, DU DESS?N DE PRESSE ET D’HUMOUR DE SAINT-JUST-LE-MARTEL”.
We were and still are very excited to meet you and to be with you. We really liked all of you and you will have a place in our hearts. The days in Saint-Just-Le-Martel were very special for us , we will never forget . As the memory of these freat moments, we have made the site “http://sj-le-martel2008.blogspot.com/ “ . Although it is a quite new site , we recieved a lot of compliments and we hope You will like it, too.
Stay with peaceand love,
Best Regards,
Melisa & Sevdakar Çelik
http://sj-le-martel2008.blogspot.com/
(Sevdakar Çelik, Cartoonist , Turkey, Turquie )
December 21st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
My wife is a weaver. She weaves scarves and was very taken with your “ways to wear scarves” picture. Is there anyway that I could get a copy suitable for framing?
thanks
–Daniel
December 26th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Daniel,
Thank you! So sorry I didn’t answer you sooner. I could send you a copy. Why don’t you send me an email via this site, and I will tell you the particulars.
Best, Liza