The Future of Journalism Is . . . Comics?
Presenters
- Matt Bors
Cartoonist
Matt Bors is a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist and the comics journalism editor for www.cartoonmovement.com, a publishing platform for international editorial cartoons and comics journalism.
Based in Portland, Ore., his work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Village Voice, Boston Phoenix, The Daily Beast, and dozens of other print and web publications. In August 2010, he traveled unembedded through Afghanistan to draw comics. He also regularly contributes local cartoons to The Oregonian.
His first graphic novel, War Is Boring, is a collaboration with journalist David Axe and was published in 2010 by New American Library.
- Susie Cagle
Editorial cartoonist, graphic journalist
Susie is a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist and graphic journalist, as well as a regular-words writer and blogger. She contributes to the SF Appeal and Cartoon Movement, and has also worked with AOL, the Awl, the Rumpus, McSweeney’s, the Bay Citizen, Campus Progress, the SF Public Press, and many others. She is currently working on her first graphic novel for Microcosm Publishing, Nine Gallons, about food justice activism in San Francisco.
Susie has a master’s in magazine journalism from Columbia, and lives in Oakland, Calif. She posts regularly at thisiswhatconcernsme.com.
- Sarah Jaffe
Grit TV
Sarah Jaffe is the Web manager and senior writer for Grit TV with Laura Flanders, an independent journalist, and pop culture critic. When not covering labor and economic issues, she can be found writing about rock'n'roll and comic books. Her work has been published in The Nation, Bitch, The American Prospect, Billboard, AlterNet, and many more. You can follow her rantings and ravings on Twitter at @seasonothebitch and find her work at http://ohyouprettythings.net.
- Erin Polgreen
Associate Director, The Media Consortium
Erin Polgreen is the associate director of The Media Consortium. She manages the Consortium’s MediaWires project, which features top content on the economy, immigration, healthcare, and the environment from Media Consortium members via blogs, SoNet engagement strategies, and headline widgets. As the staff representative on TMC’s membership committee, Erin also oversees membership engagement and recruitment for the Media Consortium.
From 2005-2007, Erin was the associate publisher for In These Times, where she managed advertising, marketing, event planning, and other outreach initiatives. Prior to working at In These Times, Erin served with City Year Chicago, an Americorps program, where she co-led a team of literacy tutors at an elementary school on the West Side of Chicago.
Erin has written about media, politics, comic books and Feminism for Attackerman, In These Times, Campus Progress and Care2, among other publications. She is an active member of Chicago’s cycling community, and is a founding organizer of the Chicago Chapter of Hacks/Hackers.
- Ronald Wimberly
Artist
Dπ, a comic-book, graphic-mixologist in the split traditions of Moebius and Kuniyoshi, is not uncomfortable talking about himself in the third person. He’s lent his particular brand of graphic deviance to Ecko, DKNY, Arte Tv and more. He most recently opened Benetton’s Flagship Shinjuku branch with an installation piece midway between performance and sequential art. Dπ’s first graphic novel, Prince of Cats, will be released by Vertigo in 2011.
His alter ego, Ronald Wimberly, has been scribble-scrabbling professionally for six years, as well as hustling comics. His latest is the critically acclaimed biographic novel of MF GRIMM, Sentences. Ronald Wimberly is currently working on a graphic novel adaptation of "Something Wicked this Way Comes" and a graphic novel collaboration with Jessica Abel for the French publisher, Dargaud.
Video
Audio
- When
- Saturday, April 9, 9:00am - 10:30am
- Where
- Waterfront 3
map (pdf) - Track
- Media Makers, Culture and the Arts
Comics are used in a variety of ways. They have the ability to create worlds on a page; they cost less than a film or TV crew; and they blend storytelling with images seamlessly in a way that even the best photographs can't do. This session explores what we can do with comics to make journalism that is immersive, informative and engaging. We'll talk to artists, journalists and writers who have used comics to effectively tell complicated stories. We’ll also discuss how creative nonfiction can have an impact on policies to create a better world. Who knows … maybe we’ll even create our own comics journalism, right here. Bring pencils and paper!
