SPX 2015 Panel - SPX Spotlight on Bill Griffith
Channel: SmallPressExpo
Date: 2015-12-23

Bill Griffith, creator of the long-running daily comic strip Zippy the Pinhead, breaks new ground with his first long-form graphic novel, Invisible Ink from Fantagraphics.  Alternating between Bohemian Manhattan and suburban Levittown of the 1950’ and 60’s, as well as the present, Griffith tells the story of his mother’s long hidden affair with a man who was a cartoonist and crime novelist.  Comics journalist Chris Mautner discusses with Griffith his move to the graphic novel form and the story of how he pieced together the true picture of his mother’s life.