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ATHENÆUM AUTHORS SERIES: Vanity Fair’s CULLEN MURPHY

January 11, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

$15 - $20

In his most recent book, CULLEN MURPHY, author of God’s Jury and Are We Rome?, editor-at-large at Vanity Fair and former managing editor of The Atlantic Monthly— tells a personal story, about his own relationship with his father, the talented artist behind the popular comic strips Prince Valiant and Big Ben Blot. Sharing never-before-seen photographs, cartoons, drawings, Murphy’s Cartoon County gives us a glimpse into a very special community– and into an America that used to be.

Details

Date:
January 11, 2018
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost:
$15 - $20
Event Category:
Website:
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/events/4992/cartoon-county-my-father-and-his-friends-golden-age-make-believe

Venue

Boston Athenæum
10 ½ Beacon Street
Boston, MA United States
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Phone:
857-210-6973

Did You Know?

Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.