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polpette spaziali

April 1, 2016 craig Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins, Travel, Upcoming

Currently stationed at the beautiful Bastia BD festival in Corsica through Sunday the 3^rd.
Here’s updates for my POLPETTE SPAZIALI tour in Italy.

4^th of April, Monday: MILAN. 6pm, SUPERGULP.

5^th of April, Tuesday: BOLOGNA Children’s Book Fair.

6^th of April, Wednesday: BOLOGNA, 3pm signing at Accademia delle Belle Arti.

7^th of April, Thursday: RIMINI. 5pm presentation at Sala del Giudizio Museo della città
(in cooperation with MDL Festival).

8^th of April, Friday: TORINO. 9pm presentation at Circolo dei Lettori.
(An incredible experience for HABIBI tour.)

9^th of April, Saturday: MANTOVA. 4:30pm presentation at Sala degli stemmi
(in cooperation with Festivalletteratura di Mantova).

10^th of April, Sunday: LA SPEZIA. 6pm presentation at Spazio 32.

After that, Spain!

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(Photo of my collaborator, Edmond Baudoin, in Bastia)

dumplins paris to london

March 21, 2016 craig Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins, Travel, Upcoming

TONIGHT, March 21st, 6:30pm, in London, find me at the BRITISH LIBRARY (96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB) in conversation with Paul Gravett. A signing and presentation. Wednesday, starting at 5pm, a signing and “director’s commentary” at ORBITAL (8 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7J).

Merci to all who made it to my French events, including Lyon, Annecy, Grenoble, and Paris. Pictured, the bustle of Salon du Livre in Paris and the spring-time bliss of Annecy, overlaid with Zacchaeus fan art by soon-to-be-eleven-year-old Alanis (Lyon).

architectural spaces for dumplins

March 16, 2016 craig Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins, Travel

Danke schön to my German publisher Reprodukt (along with the organizers, performers, and moderators) for hosting amazing events in beautiful spaces, like the Library Luisenbad in Berlin.

germanydumplins Pictured above, young fans at Museum Angewandte Kunst – the Applied Arts museum designed by Richard Meier (known for the Getty in my current hometown LA). The museum was kind enough to host a daytime event for kids, and an evening lecture for adults. (Photo from Heiko Schmelz.) And then the impressive nine-story City Library in Stuttgart, where we did an evening lecture. Next stop, France!

gummi schlümpfe

March 13, 2016 craig Misc, Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins, Travel

One week into Euro tour, my schedule is packed but flowing smoothly. SOLD OUT at our first event for the Dutch edition in Leuven, Belgium. Gummi schlümpfe by candlelight and illuminated store poster in Berlin. Some tour events (especially Italy) are still evolving, so keep an eye here for updates.

dumplins euro tour

March 2, 2016 craig Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins, Travel

Thanks for your patience. Finally, here are the dates for my European book tour,
March 5th thru April 17th, 2016. Check in locally, as some details may evolve…

BELGIUM

9^th of March, Wednesday: LEUVEN. Het Besloten Land.
10^th of March, Thursday: ANTWERP. FNAC (17:00 to 18:30).

GERMANY

11^th of March, Friday: BERLIN. Library Luisenbad, 17:30.
12^th of March, Saturday: Comics und Graphics , 16:00 – 18:00.
14^th of March, Monday: FRANKFURT.
16-18:00 – Signing at store T3 Terminal Entertainment
20:00 Museum Angewandte Kunst (Applied Arts)
15^th of March, Tuesday: STUTTGART. Wittwer bookstore event.
20:00 Stuttgart city library.

FRANCE

17^th of March, Thursday: LYON. L’Experience bookshop.
18^th of March, Friday: ANNECY. Momies Folies bookshop.
19^TH of March, Saturday: GRENOBLE. Momies Folies bookshop.
20^th of March, Sunday: PARIS BOOK FAIR.

LONDON

21^st of March, Monday: LONDON, British Library, 18:30 – 20:00.
23^rd of March, Wednesday: Orbital Comics, 17:00 – 19:00.

CORSICA

30th of March to 4^th of April, CORSICA, France. BASTIA BD FESTIVAL.

ITALY

5^th thru 7^th of April, Tuesday – Thursday: BOLOGNA. Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
7^th of April, Thursday: – RIMINI – Mare di Libri Festival
8^th of April, Friday: – LA SPEZIA – Fondazione Carispezia.
9^th of April, Saturday: – MANTOVA – Festivaletteratura.
10^th of April, Sunday: TORINO, Italy. Circolo dei Lettori.

SPAIN

12^th of April, Tuesday: MADRID, Spain. Ciudadano Grant bookshop.
13^th of April, Wednesday: BILBAO, Spain.
14^th of April, Thursday: BARCELONA, Spain. Gigamesh bookshop.
15^th of April, Friday: Norma Comics.

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rad snow

February 27, 2016 craig Blankets, Carnet de Voyage, Friends, Misc, Sketchbook, Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins, Travel

This snow sculpture of Radcliffe perfectly merges SPACE DUMPLINS with BLANKETS and CARNET DE VOYAGE. The sculpting is courtesy my friends and translators, who hosted me at that chalet in Argientières in the French Alps in 2004. (Thank you, Laetitia, Frédéric, Anne-Julia, Walter, and kids!)

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In less than a week, I leave for a 6 week book tour in Europe. Details coming soon!

2016 prospects

January 1, 2016 craig Friends, Misc, Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins, Upcoming

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Dear Readers! Thanks again for supporting the debut of SPACE DUMPLINS! Not yet sure what projects are forecast for 2016… been tinkering with a sequel to DUMPLINS… gathered two months of travel drawings & notes with Edmond Baudoin… and scheming of collaborative animations with my little brother, Phil from BLANKETS! More soon! Hugs, Craig

fan art by ruben

December 8, 2015 craig Misc, Sketchbook, Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins

Thank you, Ruben Connolly (age eight), for sending your excellent SPACE DUMPLINS fan art!

tour mementos

November 9, 2015 craig Misc, Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins, Travel

More SPACE DUMPLINS tour dates soon. In the meantime, here’s a few mementos thus far:

Upper left, CHUNKY RICE tattoo and young cartoonists/art school students from Philly. Right, fan art by talented Italian illustrator Veronica Carratello. And finally, excerpts from a huge stack of thank you notes from students at Hoffman Elementary outside Chicago.

translating dumplins

November 2, 2015 craig Space Dumplings, Space Dumplins, Travel, Upcoming

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The first translated volume of DUMPLINS, Rizzoli’s POLPETTE SPAZIALI, debuted this past weekend at LUCCA Comics Festival in Italy. It’s 100 pages longer than the US edition, because of extra “making of” material.

Also, hot-off-the-press is Reprodukt’s gorgeous German edition of WELTRAUMKRÜMEL, in paperback and limited edition hardcover, meticulously hand-lettered, including the sound effects. And soon to be released is Casterman’s French edition of SPACE BOULETTES which will also debut in paperback and special edition hardcover. The latter has an acetate overlay cover, an in-depth interview, and extra pages of “making of” material.

In March & April of 2016, I’ll be in Europe to promote all of these along with Faber & Faber’s UK edition, and Astiberri’s Spanish edition of ALMÓNDIGAS DEL ESPACIO.

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