This month's issue is loaded with variety, from a flurry of new books arriving on the scene to year-end student art exhibitions, and more. The world of narrative art gets a couple of significant boosts through the exhibition of a group of Roy Lichtenstein's "Girl" paintings, at the Gagosian Gallery - and a special exhibition of Norman Rockwell's preparatory drawings for his iconic Saturday Evening Post covers at New York's Park Avenue Bank. Please check links for details.

NEW YORK, NY
Theo Boettger: Dirty Tricks
Priska Juschka Fine Art
May 1 - June 7, 2008
Opening reception: May 1, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Young Emerging Artists, featuring work by Fumiko Toda, Alex Callender, Pansum Chang, Kara Daving, Jun Eun Park, Justin Wood and Sona Yeghiazaryan among others
Lana Santorelli Gallery
May 1 - June 21, 2008
Opening reception: May 1, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Global Warming: Parsons BFA Illustration Thesis Exhibition
Chelsea Art Museum
May 7 - May 10, 2008
Opening reception: May 7, 6:00 - 8:00pm

Three woodcuts by Gert & Uwe Tobias, all Untitled, 2008. Courtesy of Team Gallery.

Gert & Uwe Tobias: Der osten im norden des westens
Team Gallery
May 8 - June 14, 2008
Opening reception: May 8, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Which Way to the Beach: Work by Regina Heinlein and Bilderklub artists
Ogilvy & Mather at Worldwide Plaza, rsvp: agent@cwc-i.com
May 8, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

No Greater Solitude: Paintings, drawings and installations by Jonathan Hartshlorn and Joyce Kim
Thierry Goldberg Projects
May 9 - June 8, 2008
Opening reception: May 9, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Joseph Buzzell: Flowers of Flesh and Blood
Little Cakes Gallery
May 9 - June 1, 2008

Roy Lichtenstein: Girls
Gagosian Gallery
May 12 - June 28, 2008

MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Thesis Projects, featuring work by 21 students, and curated by Gary Panter, chair of the graduate illustration program at the School of Visual Arts
Visual Arts Gallery
Through May 17, 2008
Opening reception: May 13, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Tim Biskup: The Artist in You
Titi Freak: Vida Apaixonada
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
May 17 - June 14, 2008
Opening reception: May 17, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Book signing for Thanking the Monkey, with art by Anthony Freda, Sue Coe and others
The Yard at the Soho Grand Hotel
May 18, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

2008 Annual Student Competition Awards
The Society of Illustrators
Through May 16, 2008
Norman Rockwell in Black and White: Original drawings for Saturday Evening Post covers from the Norman Rockwell Museum
The Gallery at the Park Avenue Bank
Through June 11, 2008

APAK: Worlds of Wonder
Giant Robot NY
May 17 - June 18, 2008
Opening reception: May 17, 6:30 - 10:00 pm

Anthony Pontius
31 Grand
Through May 24, 2008

Two by Antistrot, courtesy of Sara Tecchia Roma New York.

Antistrot | What We Do is Secret
Sara Tecchia Roma New York
Through May 31, 2008

Supernatural, featuring work by Martin Basher, Jane Benson and Ben Grasso
Thierry Goldberg Projects
Through May 4, 2008

BROOKLYN, New York, NY
Eddie Martinez and Chuck Webster launch their eponymous 2-volume hardcover set
Picture Box Departmental Store
May 7, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Fellow Travelers: New work by Justin Fines, Dan Funderburgh and Kevin DeVine
Riviera Gallery
May 8 - May 31, 2008
Opening reception: May 8, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

Ken Kagami: Drawings for Snoopee, the Zine
Journal Gallery
Through May 9, 2008

Elise Ferguson and Arnold Kemp
Envoy Gallery
Through June 7, 2008

Patrick Whalen: Chairs
Art 101
Through April 13, 2008

The Threat of Chance, featuring work by Josh MacPhee, Billy Mode, Chris Stain and The Polaroid Kidd
Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn
May 2 - June 1, 2008
Opening reception: May 2, 7:00 pm

Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturday
The June installment features a rich cultural mix that melds traditional and modern influences from Bali, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Benin, Ghana, South Africa, and America. The evening begins at 6:00 pm and includes gallery talks, hands-on jewelry making, music, films, a dance party and more.
June 7, free admission from 6:00 - 11:00 pm. For information, please visit the website.

WOODSTOCK, NY
Laura Levine: Tweet Suite | Birds of North America
Varga Gallery
May 22 - June 4, 2008
Opening reception: May 24, 6:00 - 9:00; musical performance by Ida and special guest Michael Hurley

Three by Gary Panter from Daydream Trap: Sketchbook and ephemera in the artist's studio; Daydream Trap, 2008; Climate, 2001, all courtesy of the artist.

RIDGFIELD, CT
Gary Panter: Daydream Trap
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Through August 31, 2008

STOCKBRIDGE, MA
Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist. Special screening of the film by Andrew D. Cooke and Jon B. Cooke, which includes interviews with Art Spigelman, Jules Feiffer, Michael Chabon and the late Kurt Vonnegut, among others.
The Norman Rockwell Museum
May 17, 2:00 pm. Free with museum admission; for reservations: 413.298.4100, ext. 260

LOS ANGELES, CA
Deedee Cheriel and Louise Bonnet: 
New Works
Subliminal Projects
May 17 - June 13, 2008

Opening Reception: May 17, 8:00 - 11:00 pm

Eric Haze: Nov York City
ALIFE LA
May 17 - June 17, 2008
Opening reception: May 17, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

Every Now and Then, featuring new work by ThaÑ—s Beltrame, Jonathan Edelhuber, Josh Heilaman, Chad Mount aka tribalbot, and Mehgan Trice
Carmichael Gallery
May 24 - June 15, 2008
Opening reception: May 24, 8:00 pm - midnight

Scott Harrison: Undigested Kernel
La Luz de Jesus
Through June 1, 2008

Killing Time, featuring new work by Matt Furie and Albert Reyes
Giant Robot 2
May 17 - June 18, 2008
Opening reception: May 17, 6:30 - 10:00 pm

Menace & Charm: The Nostalgia of Childhood
Black Maria Gallery
Through May 24, 2008, 2008

CULVER CITY, CA
In Gallery I: Scott Musgrove
In Gallery II Elizabeth McGrath
Billy Shire Fine Arts
May 10 - June 4, 2008
Opening reception: May 10, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA
Book launch party for The Heartbreak Diet by Thorina Rose
Café du Soleil: rsvp thorina@thorinarose.com
May 6, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Alfred's Nose: Book signing with author/illustrator Vivienne Flesher
May 10, 1:00 - 3:00 pm at George
May 24, 10:30 am at Books Inc.

Group Sects, featuring work by Aaron Brown, Kevin Hooyman, Katy Horan, Matt Leines, Monkmus, Garrett Morin, Jeana Sohn, Daniel St. George, Gary Taxali, Pryor Praczukowski, French and Josie Morway
Giant Robot SF
Through May 14, 2008

Lacey an Roberts: The Master's Tools (Decay Goes Both Ways)
Little Tree Gallery
May 3 - May 31, 2008
Opening reception: May 3, 6:00 - 9:00pm

TORONTO, ON
Oh No! Oh Ho! Figure Release and Signing with Gary Taxali
Magic Pony Contemporary Artshop and Gallery
May 8th, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Exhibition: May 8 - 11, 2008