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Art Spiegelman and Phillip Johnston On Comics And Jazz

AFP

Art Spiegelman has been called the father of the graphic novel, though it's a title he resists. And composer Phillip Johnston has been a fixture in the New York underground music scene since the 1980s. The friends and collaborators teamed up on a performance (coming to Kansas City October 19, 2014) that, according to Johnston, is like a high school class slideshow lecture on LSD. 

Guests:

  • Art Spiegelman, comic book memoirist
  • Phillip Johnston, composer and musician
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