Comic strip creator to speak

Submitted by Shelly Baumann
Phone: 907-474-7464
09/23/09

Jorge Cham, creator of the comic strip "Piled Higher and Deeper," will give a free public lecture Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

Cham’s presentation will offer a humorous look at the life of graduate students and will be followed by a book signing. Cham will also give a free workshop on cartooning Thursday, Oct. 1 at noon in the Bear Gallery at Pioneer Park.

The events are sponsored by the UAF Graduate School and the Arthur J. Schaible Memorial Cultural Enrichment Fund.

For more information, contact the UAF Graduate School at 907-474-7464.

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CONTACT: Shelly Baumann, UAF Graduate School coordinator, at 907-474-7464 or gradschool@uaf.edu. Marmian Grimes, UAF public information officer, at 907-474-7902 or via e-mail at marmian.grimes@alaska.edu.