Dyke Beauty

Comics genius Jennifer Camper (see link lower right) writes that early in April she’s “presenting two events at NYU for their Queer Comics Series,” the first a lecture/slides/discussion on this coming Tuesday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. entitled, “Bad Girl Comix: A Tasty Sample of Camper’s Work.” The second event sounds every bit as tasty; it’s a drawing workshop called “Comix Fusion: Telling Stories With Words and Pictures,” taking place on Thursday, April 9 from 12-2:00 p.m. Both events are free, but JC would like you to email her to put your name on the list if you’re interested.  I’d go out on a limb here and say every urban queer girl should read Camper’s comics, because their defiant joy, huge attitude, and frequently spit-coffee-out-funny angles on lesbian life just lift the heart like nothing else. (Besides, some of her characters have great answers for those dudes who yell at you on the street.) Both events are in the Kimmel Center at 60 Washington Square South, on the corner of Thompson Street and LaGuardia Place. “Tasty” in 905, “Fusion” in 802.

If you plan to attend either or both of these events, please—do not do so because merely because Ms. Camper is extremely easy on a femme’s eyes,  has a killer smile and a voice you could listen to for days…seriously, do it for ART, for CULTURE.