Two years ago, Gary Panter was featured alongside Charles Schulz, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, R. Crumb, Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman and others in the touring museum exhibition ยMasters of American Comics.ย Lofty company, but the Oklahoma-born Panter earned it; heยs one of the few American graphic artists for whom the term ยcomic books,ย while perfectly valid, just doesnยt quite seem to do the work justice. Perhaps best known for his punk-rock protagonist Jimbo (who does a Dante turn in Panterยs 2006 book Jimboยs Inferno), Panter also designed the cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppersย first album, won three Emmys as lead set designer on Pee Weeยs Playhouse and won the 2000 Chrysler Design award.
Panter will be autographing copies of his brand-new, two-volume career retrospective slipcase set (one volume contains more than 700 of Panterยs paintings, drawings, posters and sculptures, while the other contains never-before-seen work from his sketchbooks). After the signing, Panter will narrate a slideshow of some of his most famous images. 6 p.m. signing, 8 p.m. slideshow. Domy Books, 1709 West-heimer. For information, call 713-523-3669 or visit www.domystore.com. Free.
Fri., June 13, 6-8 p.m., 2008
This article appears in Jun 12-18, 2008.
