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Shelf Life 2: A Big Day for Small Press

Admission is free.

Shelf Life 2 will bring together independent publishers, writers, artists and designers for a unique, vital and historically charged event that will push the boundaries of popular culture. What is the role of independent publishers? What is the impact and potential benefit of digital media for today’s small publishers? Who will control what we read and see? To address these and many other questions, the event will feature dynamic speakers including Chip Kidd, a publishing-design veteran with a career spanning 25 years. Described as a “rock-star” book designer, he has created innovative, award-winning book and comic designs, and his work has taken the comic and graphic-novel industry to new levels. Gary Panter is an artist and cartoonist who works in painting, design, comics and commercial imagery. He is a publisher, the artist of the Jimbo comic series, an Emmy Award winner for Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and a musician. Byron Coley is a music critic who wrote for Forced Exposure, NY Rocker, Boston Rock and Take It! magazine. One of the first writers to extensively document indie rock, Coley was a contributing writer to SPIN in the 1980s and ’90s, and currently writes for Wire and Arthur.

Additionally, a series of hands-on DIY workshops will be led by writers and artists in zine publishing, e-publications, blogging and bookbinding, including Amir Fallah, artist and creator of Beautiful-Decay magazine; artist and critic Doug Harvey; and publisher Bruce Caen.

Throughout the day, independent publishers, artists and designers will showcase their wares at a festive bazaar. The bazaar will include free food and a DJ.

Organized by Ewa Wojciak and Haven Lin-Kirk (Fine Arts).

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu

Location: May Ormerod Harris Hall, Quinn Wing & Fisher Gallery (HAR) - USC Gin D. Wong Auditorium, Harris Hall 101

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Daria Yudacufski