Cartoonist Charles Burns will present 8mm silent short versions of films from his collection of inspirations. Discover the terrors within I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, two 1957 classics from the genre at the heart of Burns’ most recent graphic novel, Final Cut (Pantheon Books, 2024). Each short has a run time of twelve minutes, and the screening will be preceded by a slideshow introduction.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with the screening starting at 8 p.m, followed by a Q & A with Dan Nadel.

This event is the finale to Bubbles Con, a free comics symposium hosted by Brian Baynes happening at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library on June 6 and 7. For the full schedule go to: www.bubblescon.com
Tickets for this event will be released on May 1.

About the Artists:

Charles Burns is a cartoonist and author of Black Hole, Last Look, and most recently Final Cut. Since his early work with Art Spigelman’s RAW Magazine, he’s continued to push the medium to new heights with his own brand of horror, coming-of-age and humor.

Dan Nadel is the curator-at-large for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, author of Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life, and founder of PictureBox. Nadel has curated exhibitions for galleries and museums internationally, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Brian Baynes is the publisher of Bubbles, a comics fanzine based in Richmond Virginia. Bubbles Con is his attempt to bring the fanzine to life and build community within comics. He also co-organizes Richmond Zine Fest.