San Diego Comic Fest. October 19-21, 2012. Town and Country Resort and Convention Center. Joyce Farmer, one of the first woman underground artists, will sit down with her friend, Mary Fleener (also a noted artist), and discuss her career, her upcoming plans and, most all, Special Exits, her "graphic memoir" based upon her own experience caring for her father and stepmother in their final years. To quote Booklist's starred review, Special Exits is "in effect an autobiographical graphic novel though with the names of family and friends changed ... Emotional and physical crises are depicted naturalistically, never hyped up to tug the heartstrings or extort pity, and the parents' personalities are convincingly and lovingly evoked ... Farmer's contribution is primarily a work of art, moving and beautiful." Or as Robert Crumb wrote, "One of the best long-narrative comics I've ever read, right up there with Maus...I actually found myself moved to tears." Special Exits won the 2011 National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Best Graphic Novel. Room: Crescent. [ Ссылка ]
