Tom Lynch

Three of the top youngsters of the graphic-novel world are together at Quimby's this Saturday night, brought to you by Drawn and Quarterly, Fantagraphics and the Center for Cartoon Studies. Los Angeles man Sammy Harkham's "Poor Sailor" strip earned him deserved recognition, and he found it both re-published--it was originally in "Kramers Ergot 4"--in "The Best American Nonrequired Reading" of 2004 and in multiple different languages. Once picked by the Comics Journal as "Minimalism Cartoonist of the Year," Kevin Huizenga, whose "Glenn Games" won him an Ignatz award, discusses his recent work, "Or Else." My personal favorite of the three, Anders Nilsen, author of "The Ballad of the Two-Headed Boy" and the "Big Questions" series, presents his recent Drawn and Quarterly effort, "Dogs and Water," a beautiful, sad and minimalist adventure tale.

Harkham, Huizenga and Nilsen discuss their work February 25 at Quimby's, 1854 West North, (773)342-0910, at 7pm. Free.

(2006-02-21)

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