If you're wondering what to wear for Halloween, that means it's time to scuff up your kicks for The Big Talk, The Party, and Illustration Week. Here's the lineup, perfectly scaled to your iPhone. 

Tuesday, November 3

Sketch Night at the Society

6:30 - 9:30 pm

Society of illustrators, 128 East 63 Street

Models will be nude with an occasional accessory. Live music featuring the half tones. Cash bar and food. Get info

NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium

7:00 pm
Parsons the New School, 2 west 13th street, Bark Room

Join Marvin Sackner and Ruth Sackner for a celebration of the publication of their new book, The art of Typewriting (Thames and Hudson). Free and open to the public. Get info

The panel of artists for POW: Illustration that Kills!, left to right: Steve "Hartfield" Brodner; Francis "Kollwitz" Jetter; Peter "Grosz" Kuper; Thomas "Goya" Woodruff. © Steve Brodner; courtesy the artist.

POW: Illustration that Kills!

6:30pm

SVA, 209 E. 23rd Street, 3rd floor amphitheater

Peter Kuper, Frances Jetter, Thomas Woodruff and Steve Brodner present the best of illustration that carries the biggest punch. Free to attend. Get info

James McMullan: Leaving China

Society of Illustrators, 128 east 63 street

Artwork from James McMullan's memoir Leaving China on view. Get info

 

Wednesday, November 4

 

AI-AP's Big Talk Symposium

1:00-5:00 pm

SVA Theater, 333 west 23rd street, between 8-9th avenues

AP31, AI34 jurors - and special guest speakers - in a series of panels. Includes the presentation of the Latin American “Los Diez” winners, and a screening of the international Motion Art Awards 4 winners. Get info

Also check out our BIG TALK event in Los Angeles on Nov. 10th. Get info and register here!

 

Locust Moon’s Prometheus Eternal

6:30 - 8:00pm

Society of illustrators, 128 east 63 street

Locust Moon publisher Josh O’Neill will discuss the book and collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He will be joined by special guests. Get info

 

Forgotten Caricaturists Remembered

6:30-8:30pm

SVA Theatre, 333 w 23rd street

Join illustrators Drew Friedman and Stephen Kroninger for a talk and visual presentation profiling a dozen once legendary caricaturists who are now largely forgotten. Free event open to the public. Get info

Right: The Party at Angel Orensanz Foundation, 2013. Photo: Frank Rocco, courtesy AI-AP.

 

Thursday, November 5

 

The Party

AI-AP’s premiere event 

7:00-11:00 pm
Angel Orensanz Foundation, 172 Norfolk Street.

Celebrating AP31, AI34, Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración 4 “Los Diez”, and the International Motion Art Awards 4 winners. Get info

NY Comics & Picture-Story Symposium: Comics on the Northern Edge of Europe

7:00pm

Parsons the New School, 2 west 13th street, in the Bark Room

Bill Kartalopoulos in conversation with Tom Oldham, Patrick Crotty, Tommi Musturi and David Schilter discussing the alternative small press comics in the UK, Sweden, Finland and Latvia. Get info
 

Book launch event: Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg

7:00pm

Verso Books, 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn

A presentation by author and artist Kate Evans, followed by a conversation with Molly Crabapple about what it means to be a political feminist graphic artists. Get info

 

Friday, November 6

 

Seth: Nothing Lasts

Opening reception, 6-8 pm

Adam Baumgold Gallery, 60 East 66th Street. Get Info

 

SI and SPD toast the final evening of Batman Black and White: The Sketch Covers

6:00 - 10:00pm

Society of Illustrators, 128 east 63 street

No cover charge, cash bar. Get info

 
Panels from Nothing Lasts by Seth, courtesy Drawn&Quarterly. 

Saturday, November 7

Lecture series: Invisible Ink by Bill Griffith

1:00 - 3:00pm

Society of Illustrators, 128 east 63 street

The renowned underground cartoonist and creator of the Zippy Newspaper Strip has written and drawn his first long-form graphic story — a 200-page memoir that poignantly recounts his mother’s secret life in the 1950s and ’60s. Get info

 

Brunch at the Society

11:00 - 3:00 pm

Society of Illustrators, 128 east 63 street

Join the Society before Bill Griffith's lecture for an elegant brunch buffet complete with savory and sweet selections prepared by executive chef q. Enjoy our banana brulee french toast or amazing omelettes while surrounded by work from the exhibit Jim McMullan: Leaving China. Get info

 

Comic Arts Brooklyn

With special guest: Daniel Clowes and 100 exhibiting artists

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Gymnasium, 12 havemeyer st., brooklyn. Get info

Indie-comic fest. 
Book sales and signings November 7th.  
Talks and interviews November 8th at 80 Wythe Ave.  Presented by Desert Island Books. Free to attend. Get info

 

Also of Interest

 

November 4-8

The IFPDA Print Fair

Park Avenue Armory, 67th and Park. Get info

 

November 5-8

Editions/Artists' Books Fair

The Tunnel, 269 11th Avenue. Get info

 

Friday, November 6, 7 pm

Explosive Coming-of-Age Graphic Novels

with Phoebe Gloeckner, Francoise Mouly, and Riad Sattouf

The Albertine, 972 Fifth Avenue. Get info

CORRECTION
In yesterday's post, the curator of Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts, at the Morgan Library & Museum, was incorrectly identified. The curator is John Bidwell. Colin B. Bailey is the director of the Morgan.