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MARRIED TO COMICS is a rare glimpse into the life and art of two giants of autobiographical comics, who are also married to one another. Laying their personal lives bare in comics, including the intimate details of their troubled marriage, Justin Green and Carol Tyler pioneered and set the bar for one of comics' most important genres. In 1972, during the height of the Underground Comix movement in San Francisco, Green changes the course of comics with his magnum opus, "Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary," about growing up Catholic with OCD. As one of the earliest examples of an autobiographical comic, it immediately influences Art Spiegelman and Robert Crumb to create their own autobiographical work, inspiring thousands more. After reading "Binky," Tyler is drawn to San Francisco and to Green, sparking a romance and marriage. For years Tyler works to distinguish herself in comics and get out of her husband's shadow. But when their marriage is put to the ultimate test, they separate and Tyler forges a path to her own comic masterpiece, "Soldier's Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father: A Daughter's Memoir." But can the marriage survive their troubled past? MARRIED TO COMICS is a riveting documentary that is a testament to the power of autobiographical comics and the resilience of love. DIR John Kinhart. U.S., 2023, color, 121 min. NOT RATED

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About Carol Tyler
Carol Tyler is a painter, educator, comedian and 11-time Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist. She has received multiple honors for her work, including The Center for Cartoon Studies/Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize and the Ohio Arts Council Excellence Award, and she was declared a Master Cartoonist at the 2016 Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Festival at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. Tyler's autobiographical stories reflect her struggles as an artist, worker, wife and mother. The legendary cartoonist Robert Crumb describes her work as having "the extremely rare quality of genuine, authentic heart. Hers are the only comics that ever brought me to the verge of tears."

Presented in partnership with the Small Press Expo
The Small Press Expo (SPX) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit created in 1994 to promote artists and publishers who produce independent comics. The SPX Expo takes place September 9 and 10 at the Bethesda North Marriott in Rockville, and provides a forum for artists, writers and publishers of comic art in its various forms to present to the public comic art not accessible through normal commercial channels. For more info, visit www.smallpressexpo.com