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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Rand Holmes Exhibit
:: Posted by Bryan @ 1/24/2007 05:57:00 PM 
Underground comix historian Patrick Rosenkranz writes to remind us that an event celebrating the life and work of cartoonist Rand Holmes is being organized at his family's home and studio at False Bay, Lasqueti Island B.C. An open call has gone out for fans and friends to lend artwork to an exhibit of the thousands of pages of comics and paintings the Holmes family has stored away.
Holmes was an important member of the underground comix movement of the 1960s and 70s. He produced tons of comix for U.S., Canadian and European publishers but is perhaps best known for his character Harold Hedd. Holmes' Hitler's Cocaine featuring Harold Hedd was an early graphic novel.
Described by Rosenkranz in a recent Comics Journal article, Holmes was "the quintessential anarchist cartoonist" responsible for art that appeared in comics like Fog City Funnies and Death Rattle, and The Georgia Straight and Vancouver Sun underground papers, among many others. Holmes died of Hodgkin's lymphona in 2002.
The exhibit is planned for the fifth anniversary of his death:
St. Patrick's Day
Saturday, March 17, 2007
False Bay, Lasqueti Island
British Columbia
Ferry service is availiable from the mainland at Fench Creek from Vancouver Island.Labels: British Columbia, comics history, events, news, undergrounds, Vancouver
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