UNDERGROUND COMIX LEGEND KIM DEITCH TEACHES MASTER CLASS AT MoCCA, MONDAY JUNE 28, 6:30 PM

New York (June 12, 2010) - The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA - is proud to announce the next Master Class offering from its Education Department, organized and headed by Senior Vice-President of Education, DANNY FINGEROTH.

MASTER CLASS IN COMICS ART AND STORYTELLING
with KIM DEITCH
Monday, June 28, 6:30-8:30 pm
Admission $40 | $35 for MoCCA Members

Underground comix legend KIM DEITCH will hold a master class session
in comics art and storytelling. Kim will condense the most important
things he knows about making comics into highly-concentrated (and
entertaining!) lecture form.

Kim will also impart some key secrets, secrets easily mastered that transformed him from being lazy, hedonistic and unfocused into a more positive, goal-oriented human being. He will also show you a certain attitude about the idea of making art; how an artistic life can be more than a way to make a living; that it can also be a way to make a genuinely valid contribution to the world we live in.

Q & A to follow.

KIM DEITCH has a reserved place at the first table of underground
cartoonists. The son of UPA and Terrytoons animator Gene Deitch, Kim
was born in 1944 and grew up around the animation business. He began
doing comic strips for the East Village Other in 1967, introducing two
of his more famous characters, Waldo the Cat and Uncle Ed, the India
Rubber Man. In 1969 he succeeded Vaughn Bodé as editor of Gothic Blimp
Works, the Other's underground comics tabloid. During this period he
married fellow cartoonist Trina Robbins and had a daughter, Casey. The
Mishkin Saga was named one of the Top 30 best English-language comics
of the 20th Century by The Comics Journal, and the first issue of The Stuff of Dreams received the Eisner Award for Best Single Issue in 2003. Deitch remains a true cartoonists' cartoonist, adored by his peers as much as anyone in the history of the medium. His latest book is THE SEARCH FOR SMILIN' ED, published by Fantagraphics.

[More MoCCA Master Class sessions to be announced soon!]


On view at MoCCA

NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition
extended through August 29, 2010

R. Sikoryak: How Classics and Cartoons Collide
June 15 through August 29, 2010


Upcoming Events at MoCCA

Thursday, June 17, 7 PM
To Teach: The Journey, in Comics
William Ayers and Ryan Alexander-Tanner in conversation with Calvin Reed
Admission: $5 | Free for MoCCA Members

Thursday July 22, 7 PM
Typographic Comics
with James Pannafino
Admission: $5 | Free for MoCCA Members


Education at MoCCA

HOW TO WRITE ANIMATION
Instructor: ANNE D. BERNSTEIN
6 sessions, TUESDAYS June 22 & 29; July 13, 20, 27; August 3
6:30-9:00 pm
$385 tuition | $360 for MoCCA members

HOW TO WRITE COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Instructor: DANNY FINGEROTH
6 sessions, WEDNESDAYS June 23 & 30; July 14, 21, 28; August 4
6:30-9:00 pm
$385 tuition | $360 for MoCCA members

All events held at MoCCA unless otherwise indicated

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
594 Broadway, Suite 401
New York, NY 10012

For more information and to register, call 212-254-3511 or go to www.moccany.org.


The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts education organization dedicated to the preservation, study and display of all forms of comic and cartoon art. The museum promotes greater understanding and appreciation of the artistic, cultural and historical significance of comic and cartoon art through a variety of events, exhibitions, and educational programs. The museum is located at 594 Broadway (between Houston and Prince Streets) in New York City. MoCCA is open to the public Tuesdays through Sundays from 12:00-5:00 pm. Suggested donation to the museum is $5 but free for MoCCA Members as well as for children 12 and under (when accompanied by a paying adult). For more information about the museum and MoCCA events, exhibitions and programs, visit the museum's Website (www.moccany.org).