Carol Tyler Book Launch at Shake It Records

Join acclaimed cartoonist Carol Tyler for a book launch and signing of her new graphic memoir, Fab4 Mania! The evening will feature a reading, signing, and some Beatles tribute performances!

Told in the voice of its 13-year-old author, Fab4 Mania is an illustrated facsimile of the diary that Carol Tyler kept throughout 1965. It recreates the exhilaration and excitement of Beatlemania at its height, culminating in her trip to Chicago on August 20th to see the Beatles in concert.

The Chicago Tribune is calling Fab4 Mania "a remarkable act of cultural reporting" and "among this year’s best books."

http://www.fantagraphics.com/fab4/

The event is at 7pm, June 29th.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/227271738004045/?active_tab=about

Illustrat6rs: 6 Perspectives

Lora Innes, pencil drawing in progress, 2017

The Art Academy of Cincinnati is pleased to present Illustrators: 6 Perspectives, an exhibition featuring work by six area women illustrators:
Aiko Ikegami
Lora Innes
Tara King
Evelyn Pence
Ursula Roma
Carol Tyler

These artists exemplify the amazing talent within the significant community of professional illustrators in the Greater Cincinnati area; the work included here ranges stylistically from the technically rendered, to graphic abstraction, to representational figurative art, and genres include children’s books, medical, editorial, advertising, educational, adult narrative, cover art, and personal work.

This exhibition runs from February 9 to March 9, 2018, with a public reception on Final Friday, February 23, from 5–8pm.

About the artists:

—Born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1966, Aiko Ikegami has loved painting and drawing since childhood. She studied under noted Japanese painter Kimie Tanaka, and went on to earn an Associate degree in childhood education from Aoyama Gakuin Women’s Junior College. In 1993, she came to the U.S., where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology at Arizona State University (1997), and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology at the University of Texas at Austin (2003). After working as a biomedical researcher, she decided to pursue her dream of writing and illustrating books; her first children’s book, Friends, was published in 2016 and received a 2017 CCBC Choices Award. Her second book, Seed Man, will be published by Sleeping Bear Press in April 2018. Ikegami aims to create illustrations that provide a sense of comfort, whimsy, and dreamlike surreality. She lives and works in Ohio and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators and the Ohio Art League.

—Comic book creator Lora Innes’s series The Dreamer examines America’s past through its present— quite literally. Since 2007, the webcomic has followed the adventures of a high school drama student named Bea Whaley who is transported back in time to 1776 every night when she falls asleep. Innes examines the Revolutionary War from the individual perspectives of the soldiers she writes about, including Nathan Hale, Dr. Joseph Warren, and Thomas Knowlton. She draws inspiration from primary sources as well as research into other American wars. The Dreamer connected her with the Nathan Hale School House, where she worked on a museum exhibit in the form of six oversized comic pages that brought to life the schoolmaster-turned-soldier’s time in New London. The Dreamer has been collected and published in three graphic novel volumes by IDW Publishing and received five nominations in the industry’s Harvey Awards. Innes also illustrated the Wynonna Earp comic book series that accompanied the release of the Syfy television show of the same name. She works primarily digitally when illustrating comic books, but uses cover art as an opportunity to return to her traditional roots. Innes graduated from the Columbus College of Art & Design in 2002.

—Tara Calahan King is an award-winning illustrator, muralist and designer. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio where she received her BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 1995. Recognized by the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and the School Library Journal, she is noted for her endearing characters and odd perspectives. Her work can be found in children's books, pediatric brochures, greeting cards, magazines, stationary products, libraries, hospitals, and other places and products. From 2012–2014, King was commissioned to design, paint and renovate two Indiana Public Libraries, where she also designed and painted five large interactive sculptures for children. She is a frequent presenter at schools and libraries, promoting art, literacy, and creativity; for her work in children’s book illustration and her excellence in children’s programming, she was commended a Kentucky Colonel by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and State Representative Susan Westrom in 2010. King’s book Enemy Pie, written by Derek Munson, has become a Reading Rainbow feature book and was narrated by the Emmy award-winning actor Ed Harris. Her recent work includes illustrating the Books by the Banks 2017 poster art, creating imagery of Cincinnati landmarks for Poeme stationary company of Cincinnati, and developing and illustrating new children’s book characters.

—Evelyn Pence came to Cincinnati from the Chicago area for an education in business marketing at Xavier University. Shortly after graduating in 1991, Pence saw an article about medical illustration in National Geographic that introduced her to her eventual profession. With the assistance of professors of art and biology at Northern Kentucky University, Xavier University, and University of Cincinnati, she went back to school to put together the prerequisites and portfolio required for acceptance into the University of Michigan, then only one of six accredited medical and biological illustration programs in North America. She started her career in Ann Arbor as an adjunct lecturer in anatomical sketching and by working for researchers on projects ranging from MRI Angiography protocols to presentations for DARPA to books on plastic surgery. Later she moved to Washington DC to work as a medical animator for a newly-formed medical education website. She found her way back to the Cincinnati area in 2000, and took a job at the University of Cincinnati Geology Department as a graphic and web designer. Missing medical illustration, Pence launched her own medical illustration business in 2003. Since then she has specialized in the field of instructive science and health information. With 15 years’ experience in academic publishing, focusing on higher education and professional healthcare education, her work can be found throughout many leading college publications, websites, professional education materials, and scientific, medical and technical journals. Recently published work can be found in Exploring Psychology in Modules (10th edition) by David Myers and Nathan DeWall (McMilllan), cover art for Nature Microbiology April 2016, and Cell Stem Cell. Currently she is very happy to be working locally with Cincinnati branding agencies, law firms and medical device manufacturers.

—Ursula Roma is an artist and illustrator living in Cincinnati, Ohio. She became an illustrator primarily to have a way to communicate her political views and those of her clients, and has spent the last 30 years as a freelance artist, trying to create a style that boldly and broadly communicates for social issues and causes. After earning a BFA in New York, she came to Cincinnati just as the AIDS epidemic was hitting the city and became very involved in helping to raise awareness about the disease and its causes—creating artwork for posters, brochures, and ultimately AIDS quilts dedicated to people that died. Committed to helping with social justice causes and political issues of our day, Roma has produced imagery regarding children’s health issues, prison populations, minority rights and issues of other displaced communities. She has created work for women’s health access groups, battered women’s shelters, Planned Parenthood, LGBT festivals, marches, and other events; her clients have included UC Center for Women’s Studies, Children’s Hospital, YWCA and many local women’s associations. In terms of process, Roma’s early work in clay and stained glass led not only to a desire to bring vibrant, boldly colorful expressions of emotion into her two-dimensional illustrations, but also to venture into three-dimensional and relief illustration. Her work continues to be informed by her experience with a variety of media and modes of working, including woodcut, scratchboard, cut paper, pen and ink, found-object sculpture, and digital processes.

—Carol Tyler is a master cartoonist and a pioneer of the “autobiographical” comics genre. Born in Chicago in 1951, she earned a BFA at Middle Tennessee State University (1978), and an MFA in Painting at Syracuse University (1983). She became interested in underground comics in the early 80s, had her first comic publication in Weirdo in 1987, and went on to become an influential figure in the world of underground comics, eventually publishing her first solo book, The Job Thing, in 1993. Tyler has been the recipient of numerous awards, such as the 2016 Cartoonist Studio Prize from Slate Book Review, and the Master Cartoonist Award from Cartoonist Crossroads Columbus. Her book Soldier’s Heart received eleven Eisner Award nominations in addition to two Harvey and two Ignatz Award nominations, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and won an Ohio Arts Council Excellence Award. Other books include Fab4 Mania, and Late Bloomer. These days, Tyler teaches comics at the University of Cincinnati, and works out of her "Ink Farm” in northern Kentucky, which offers an annual summer camp experience for cartoonists.


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Carol Tyler wins GOLD Award at the Society of Illustrators!

 Amazing comic artist Carol Tyler just won a Gold Metal at the Society of Illustrators for her Soldier's Heart graphic novel!

Here is a video of her recent show at DAAP.

CityBeat Feature on Carol Tyler and Gallery Show at University of Cincinnati

CityBeat did a cover feature on the super talented Carol Tyler. http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-34466-pages_and_perseverance.html

She also has a show opening at UC on Thursday the 28th.








From the site:

Carol Tyler: "Pages and Progress"
Jan 28th- March 10th

Award winning American cartoonist, painter, writer, educator and comedian Carol Tyler has garnered acclaim and notoriety from both her peers and the public for her vision and unabashed openness. Her illustrated autobiography Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father, A Daughter’s Memoir” (2015) describes the relationship she had with her father and how his PTSD shaped her childhood. The adverse affects of her upbringing results in a tale of truth, connection, and finally resolution. The recent release of the book and the tangible culmination of ten years of work come to fruition as we find Tyler exploring the next chapter of her creative endeavors. This exhibition serves as the purging of the past with fragments of past projects, objects from her past and her fathers work shop. In addition, we present a collection of artifacts from her life and studio practice, which provides a look into the mind and spirit that molds her vision of the world.
Artist Closing Reception: Thursday, March 10, from 5-7pm
For Info: please call 513.556.2839 or email daapgalleries@uc.edu

http://daap.uc.edu/galleries/meyers_gallery.html

Carol Tyler: Bridging Cultures Through Art Talks

 The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission (CHRC) has teamed up with Vice Mayor David Mann’s office to bring cultures and communities together through art talks. 

Our 1st, “Bridging Cultures Through Art” will take place Friday, February 27, 2015, 11am-12NOON, Room 115 in City Hall. 

The featured artist is cartoonist Carol Tyler. Ms. Tyler will give an overview of how the social fabric of Cincinnati informs her work. She will also take questions about using art as a tool to unify.

https://www.facebook.com/events/628764477224216

By the way, check out Carol's new Beatles blog. It will run through August, then it’ll be a book.

http://fab4mania.blogspot.com

Carol Tyler Lecture

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 7:00-8:00 pm, the Carnegie offers a rare opportunity to hear Cincinnati’s CAROL TYLER, noted cartoonist, give a free public presentation based on her graphic novel, You’ll Never Know.   Her talk will be of special interest to those in art, graphics,  writing,  comics,  and have relevancy for veterans,  families of veterans  and  health professionals concerned with PTSD.

 

Come early to view Carol Tyler’s installation, “Pages from the Graphic Novel, You’ll Never Know,” and the entire exhibit of which it is a part, With and Without: Challenges, in the Carnegie Gallery.  Then enjoy her special presentation in the Carnegie Theater.   Don’t miss this opportunity to hear this amazing and highly regarded cartoonist, artist and writer.           

 

Library Comicon

Panel Discussion Photo by Lisa Mauch

May 5th, the main Cincinnati Public Library Branch held a mini-comicon. It was a great event with a lot of great artists including Mike Maydak, Tim Fuller, David Michael Beck, Ken Hanson, Carol Tyler, Tony Moore, Chad King Taylor, Bruce Chrislip and many others.

We also ran into a lot of local illustrators in the audience (Woodrow Hinton III, C. F. Payne, David Hartz)

It was a great event! Hopefully they will do it again!

Bruce Chrislip and Carol Tyler

Comic Con at the Cincinnati Public Library May 5th

Public Library’s first Comic Con is May 5

Event includes panel discussion, free comic books, costumed characters, and awards ceremony
Comic book fans assemble! It’s time for the first Comic Con event Sunday, May 5, from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. in the atrium at the Main Library. The Library is joining forces with Arcadian Comics & Games and the Friends of the Public Library to present an afternoon filled with a comic book swap, booths, a comic book exhibit, a panel discussion with writers and illustrators, the Comic Con Drawing Contest award ceremony, the opportunity to take pictures with your favorite characters (Stormtroopers, Mandalorian Mercs, X-Men characters and more), and free comic books in celebration of Free Comic Book Day. Call 513-369-6900 or visit www.cincinnatilibrary.org/news/2013/comiccon.html.
Panel Discussion is at 1:30 p.m. in the Reading Garden Lounge

Moderator Jeff Suess — Local author: Animaniacs (No. 46), winner of the Strange New Worlds writing competition, short stories in Strange New Worlds IV, Mon Coeur Mort, and Torn Realities

David Michael Beck — Local illustrator: Star Wars, Jonah Hex, Justice League of America, etc.   
Chris Charlton — Owner of Assailant Comics and the writer of Binary Gray
Tim Fuller — Local illustrator: Hooha Comics, Twelve-Way with Cheese, and Zombie Marge web comic, a finalist for the 2012 S.P.A.C.E. award for best webcomic
Ken Henson — Local artist and a professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. His credits include Splendid-Lite and Splendid-Darke
Mike Maydak — Local illustrator: The Blackbeard Legacy and 1782: the Year of Blood
Tony Moore — Local illustrator: The Walking Dead, Deadpool, Battle Pope, etc.
Carol Tyler —Local artist, writer, and professor. She is the recipient of an Eisner award and her latest graphic novel, You’ll Never Know: Soldier’s Heart, made TIME.com’s “cosmic comics” list. Her credits include A Graphic Memoir, Drawn & Quarterly, Late Bloomer, You’ll Never Know, etc. Her comic strip Tomatoes appears in Cincinnati Magazine.
Brian Williams —Local creator and writer at Raven Hammer Comics. Credits include Lucius Hammer)


The Main Library is at 800 Vine St. Call 513-369-6900 or visit www.cincinnatilibrary.org.
FRIENDS’ SHOP: The Friends of the Public Library Shop will be open during Comic Con. Merchandise available includes graphic novels, superhero toys and games, and superhero-themed Mighty Wallets (pictured left).
Presenting partners: Friends of the Public Library, and Arcadian Comics & Games.

Illustrator News: Carol Tyler Gets Four Eisner Nominations!

Carol Tyler is up for 4 Eisner Awards! Great news! Congratulations!

Best Reality-Based Work

• Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, by Joseph Lambert (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney Hyperion)
• The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song, by Frank M. Young and David Lasky (Abrams ComicArts)
• A Chinese Life, by Li Kunwu and P. Ôtié (Self Made Hero)
• The Infinite Wait and Other Stories, by Julia Wertz (Koyama Press)
• Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me, by Ellen Forney (Gotham Books)
• You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart, by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—New

• Building Stories, by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
• Goliath, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
• The Hive, by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
• Unterzakhn, by Leela Corman (Schocken)
• You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart, by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics)

Best Writer/Artist

• Charles Burns, The Hive (Pantheon)
• Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics)
• Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics)
• Luke Pearson, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Everything We Miss (Nobrow)
• C. Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart (Fantagraphics)
• Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)

Best Lettering

• Paul Grist, Mudman (Image)
• Troy Little, Angora Napkin 2: Harvest of Revenge (IDW)
• Joseph Remnant, Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland (Zip Comics/Top Shelf)
• C. Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart (Fantagraphics)
• Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)

Buy the book here: http://www.fantagraphics.com/browse-shop/c.-tyler-2.html?orderby=product_cdate&DescOrderBy=DESC&keyword1=&keyword2=&vmcchk=1

Cincinnati Magazine Continued-Carol Tyler

I know there was discussion about Cincinnati Magazine using Cincinnati illustrators. The good news is that Carol Tyler is doing a monthly comic for them called Tomatoes.

Here is a blurb about it: http://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/editorsletter/story.aspx?ID=1841540

No images to link to, but check it out!

Illustrator News: Carol Tyler

Interview with Carol Tyler in The Comics Reporter.

Really interesting and in-depth about making a living as a cartoonist, being a female cartoonist, her books and graphic novels in general.

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_10_carol_tyler/

Link to her books: http://www.fantagraphics.com/browse-shop/you-ll-never-know-book-3-soldier-s-heart-4.html?vmcchk=1


Carol also teaches a class at University of Cincinnati on making comics and graphic novels.

University of Chicago Comics Show Webcast

Bummed you cannot go to the Comics Conference this weekend in Chicago? Yes, we ALL were... (Except for Brian... lucky sod...He BETTER take pictures...) Never fear! You can watch all the juicy goodness live online!

Join the conversation on Twitter @UChicagoArts #comicscon

Bookmark the webcast on UChicago Live: http://on.fb.me/uchicagolive

http://graycentercomicscon.uchicago.edu/

Comics: Philosophy & Practice Conference in Chicago May 18-20

 From the site:

 Alison Bechdel along with sixteen acclaimed and innovative cartoonists are coming to the University of Chicago.

May 18-20 2012 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

This conference is free and open to the public. 

http://graycenter.uchicago.edu/page/comics-philosophy-practice-conference-may-18-20-2012

Local illustrators Carol Tyler and Justin Green will be there as well as:

Alison Bechdel

Ivan Brunetti
Charles Burns
Hillary Chute
Dan Clowes
R. Crumb
Phoebe Gloeckner
Ben Katchor
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Françoise Mouly
Gary Panter
Joe Sacco
Seth
Art Spiegelman
Chris Ware

It is a GALAXY of amazing cartoonists and it is free! If anyone wants to carpool up there let me know. I would love to go to this!

Pictures from Books by the Banks



Carol Tyler and Sandy Plunkett 

 Books By the Banks was great this year. Lots of amazing illustrators and writers. I wish I had taken more pictures but traffic was pretty heavy all day.

Mary Kay Carson and I both have bat books and decorated our table on a total bat theme. We will be at Blue Manatee on the 23rd and Bat Fest the 30th, so this was a kick off of sorts.

Now if I can find an author for another elk book next year to share a table with...



Christina Wald and Mary Kay Carson-Photo By Tom Uhlman



John Maggard and the Poster He Illustrated

C.F. Payne and a little bit of Will Hillenbrand's Head

Books By the Banks: October 2nd

Great lineup this year and John Maggard did the poster! (I assume he is signing the poster at BBTB?)

Other illustrators include Loren Long (who is on a panel), C.F. Payne, Will Hillenbrand, Christina Wald, Carol Tyler, and many others. There are also a lot of great authors so check it out!

Check the link for the list of books, authors and illustrators. It is a great event and gets bigger every year.

Article about Comicon Featuring Carol Tyler

Great article featuring local comic artist Carol Tyler going to Comicon in San Diego by Lauren Bishop.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100720/ENT07/7200350/1025/ENT/Cincy-connects-With-Comic-Con

I look forward to reading the sequel to "You'll Never Know" debuting at the con called "Collateral Damage".

Of couse, Woody will be selling copies of "12-Way with Cheese" there as well.

Announcement: Graphic Novel Signing

Carol Tyler is signing her new graphic novel "You'll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man" at Shake It Records on Saturday June 13th from 5-7 PM.

Also, her father, 90 year old WWII veteran Chuck Tyler will also be there to sign copies of the book!

UPDATE: Publishers Weekly gave Carol a starred review for the book! Check it out!