Tour Update: after Buffalo, Burlington!

October 18, 2017Uncategorizedart, book, comic, comic books, drawings, graphic, graphic memoir, poetry, project, sketches, vermont, writingFranky Frances Cannon

Dear followers of my book tour/ book life, there’s an exciting change in my book tour plans! I’m re-arranging a bit to participate in the POP CULTURE COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM in Burlington, alongside my heroes,

Alison Bechdel, Art Spiegelman, Joe Sacco !

I will be sharing my books and thoughts at the Day-Long Comic Arts Festival and Symposium on Saturday, October 21, 10am-6pm
at the Fleming Museum, University of Vermont
https://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/exhibition-room/

Upcoming events in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, New York

October 3, 2017UncategorizedFranky Frances Cannon

Catch me in Des Moines Oct 6th, BEAVERDALE BOOKS

Iowa City Oct. 7-15th, at the IOWA CITY BOOK FESTIVAL

Chicago Oct 16th, at VOLUMES BOOKCAFE

Cleveland, Ohio Oct 17th, at MACS BACKS BOOKS

Buffalo, NY, October 18th at 807 Niagara Street with Max Weiss and friends

(and MORE! Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Boston, Vermont…)

The BOOK TOUR BEGINS

September 26, 2017UncategorizedFranky Frances Cannon

THIS IS the first event of my book tour, to kick off the road trip. Fort Collins, this Friday!

book release party 2

This will be the second event in my cross-country road trip book tour, come out to Boulder if you’re in the area on Sunday, Oct 1rst!

Book release party

See my previous post for the rest of the dates and locations.

NEW BOOK! My graphic memoir has been published by Gold Wake Press, and I will be touring the states for your reading pleasure October 1rst.

August 7, 2017Uncategorizedart, book, book tour, franky frances cannon, gold wake press, graphic, graphic memoir, hybrid, illustrations, pen and ink, publication, writingFranky Frances Cannon

I have just published my second book, a graphic memoir titled “The Highs and Lows of Shapeshift Ma and Big-Little Frank,” through by Gold Wake Press, and the book will be hot off the presses in late September/ early October. I’m planning a book tour from Colorado all the way back East to Vermont.

GOLD WAKE PRESS

Here’s the book, with the tools of my trade: yes, flowers are tools too! I created of the artwork in the book with pen and ink, and I designed the cover with the help of Liza Cannon and Nick Courtright.

As a teaser, here is a brief description, and an illustration from the book:

Frances Cannon’s illustrations and prose dance in tandem in this dark fairytale of mental illness, adventure, and resilience. This graphic memoir traces the bumpy road-trip of an unusual mother and daughter duo. Shapeshift Ma displays the erratic behaviors of manic depression. She soars insatiable appetite for love, accomplishment, entertainment, and sex; and in times of emotional despair, she transforms into a wild mare. Her daughter, Big-Little Frank, steels herself against hardship by developing an alter ego—an old, wise grandmotherly self—but when she reaches adulthood, her more vulnerable animal core reveals itself as a bunny-child in need of comfort. Together, they travel around the country in an old junker car, fleeing from fire, divorce, and depression, seeking distraction in romance and art.

For more information about the book, and to pre-order, (book will be officially released October 1rst), here is Gold Wake’s website:

https://goldwake.com

TOUR DATES AND LOCATIONS

are still solidifying, but for now, here are the events that have already been booked and the towns that I will be passing through, between late September and the first half of October. Keep your eyes peeled for my announcements, and if you live in one of the following towns, come out to hear me read and buy a book. Also, if you have suggestions for venues for the dates later in my tour (East Coast, mostly), reach out!

Sept 29th, Fort Collins, Colorado, Reading and musical events at Wolverine Press Publick House, 7:30
October 1rst at 6pm at Trident Booksellers & Cafe in Boulder, Colorado
October 5th at 6:30 pm, reading at Beaverdale Books with Paul Brooke in Des Moines, Iowa
Oct. 14th I will be reading from and selling my books at the Book Fair as part of the Iowa City Book Festival, downtown on the Ped Mall in Iowa City, 10am-4pm
Oct 15th at the Iowa City Book Festival, I will be reading as part of the Day in the City of Literature on Sunday. Reading at Daydreams Comics with graphic novelist John Ira Thomas.
Oct 16, Reading at 6-7pm at Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago, IL
Oct 17, Reading time/place to be determined Philadelphia, PA
Oct 17, Reading time/place to be determined in Ohio
Oct 18, Reading time/place to be determined New York, NY
Oct 19, Reading time/place to be determined New Haven, CT
Oct 20, Reading time/place to be determined Amherst, MA
Book release at either New City Galerie or The Hive (or both!) in late November in Burlington, VT
November 19th, tune into Vermont Bon Mot radio program: live broadcast on WGDR 91.1 FM on Sunday evening from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Bon Mot streams world-wide on WGDR.ORG and is archived for two weeks of on-demand listening enjoyment. http://www.crowmilk.org/bonmot/
November 20th, catch my reading at the LIT CLUB at the LAMP SHOP, at 7pm in Burlington. See their Facebook page for information, https://www.facebook.com/lovepoetrylovelamps12N0W00SKI810/

Art and poetry in the healing process

August 3, 2017Uncategorizedactivism, art, frances cannon, franky frances cannon, healing, medicine, nature, poetry, t-shirtFranky Frances Cannon

My lovely neighbor Denise Casey asked if I would design an image to correspond with a very moving poem she wrote about her experience with Lyme, which as we in Vermont know is prevalent and disheartening. Let’s all be aware, and support Denise by buying a t-shirt! Here is what she says about the project,

“As some of you know, I had to leave my job in June because I needed to rest and heal from Lyme disease. The healing process is ongoing.

One of the difficulties of this disease is that so much of the struggle is invisible and done alone. I’ve heard many stories about people healing from all kinds of illnesses and struggles, and the main theme I hear is learning how to allow tenderness to be a source of guidance and trust. From these experiences, I wrote a poem and now I’m making a t-shirt in hopes that through connection and visibility we can remember a little bit more. And it’s been hard to earn money while still requiring the rest thats needed.

The front design was thoughtfully created by Franky Frances Cannon.
On the back of the t-shirt is an excerpt from the poem Fighting the Flight:

“…they,
like the moon,
and the waiting trees,
and the tightness in my back,
and the pressure in my head,
and the weight in my body,
are navigating me home
and I pray
that I stop fighting the flight,
stop seeing this tenderness
as less
and start seeing it
clearly
as more.”

T-shirts are available in Heathered Navy w/ white ink, Heathered Green w/ white ink and Heathered Grey w/ Navy ink. Sizes are Mens S-XL. T-shirts start at $25 including shipping.

DM me w/ shirt size, color and quantity and we’ll go from there. Thank you!”

#meetmaxvt #fightingtheflight #lymedisease

art for PRIDE and SOLSTICE

I must celebrate Pride, even though Burlington Vermont strangely delays their Pride festivities until September. National, International, Interstellar Pride oozes from my pores! And, happy solstice everybody.