For Immediate Release: April 29, 2010
Contact: Andrew Farago, (415) 227-8666, ext. 309
Images available upon request

May Cartoonist-in-Residence: Amy Martin
Cartoon Art Museum Event:  Saturday, May 29, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm
Free and open to the public

The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Amy Martin on Saturday, May 29th, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program.  Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk about cartooning and view Martin’s work.

Amy Martin is a cartoonist and painter from Chicago who now lives in San Francisco.  She has been self-publishing comic books since 2004, and has completed eleven books.  She is the creator of The Single Girls, Bachelor Girl, and the new Lil' Amy series.  The characters of The Single Girls are girls who mainly discuss their hang-ups, dates, and occasional moments of jubilation.   Her work deals in large part with women and the ways they treat each other, how they relations between them can be either friendly or full of conflicts.  Martin draws inspiration from her own life and friends, and creates witty comics that are adorable yet provocative.

Funny and lively, Martin’s work also draws attention to how this type of woman really isn’t represented in comics from the female  perspective.  Check out Amy’s Martin work on her website: http://amymartincomics.squarespace.com/

The Cartoon Art Museum regularly hosts professional cartoonist in its galleries as part of its Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum patrons see cartoonists at work on their latest projects and learn everything you ever wanted to know about cartoonists–but were afraid to ask.  Past featured Cartoonists-in-Residence include Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee), Keith Knight (K Chronicles, (th)ink), Paige Braddock (Jane’s World), Michael Jantze (The Norm) and Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules) among many others.

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