<div><b>“As I know well from my own field, true <i>vitality</i> consists of stuff that’s further off the radar of general acclaim. The influx of raw arrivals. The deep cuts.” —Jonathan Lethem, from the Introduction</b><br>  <br><i>Featuring </i>Gabrielle Bell, Mat Brinkman, Roz Chast, Anya Davidson, Eleanor Davis, Jules Feiffer, Blaise Larmee, Raymond Pettibon, Ed Piskor, Joe Sacco, Esther Pearl Watson, and others.<br><br> JONATHAN LETHEM is the author of nine novels, including <i>Motherless Brooklyn,</i> <i>The Fortress of Solitude,</i> <i>Gun, with Occasional Music,</i> and most recently <i>Dissident Gardens.</i><br><br> BILL KARTALOPOULOS is a Brooklyn-based comics critic, educator, curator, and editor. He teaches comics history at the School of Visual Arts. More information may be found at on-panel.com.</div>
JONATHAN LETHEM is the author of nine novels, including Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, and Gun, with Occasional Music. Dissident Gardens is his most recent novel.
BILL KARTALOPOULOS is the publisher/editor of Rebus Books and the programming coordinator for SPX: The Small Press Expo. He was a cofounder and the programming director for the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. He is a member of the Executive Committee for the International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF), a contributing editor for Print Magazine, and has worked as an assistant to Art Spiegelman for several years. He lives and works in Brooklyn.