Saturday, July 31, 2010
DC Anime Club Press Release - August 7th event
DC Anime Club in association with It’s Gosu invites all Anime and Video Game Enthusiast to our event video game tournaments and anime on Saturday August 7, 2010 2pm-5pm at the Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Library 901 G St NW Washington, DC 20001 in Room A5 on the A Level of the Library.
The event will include activities such as Super Street Fighter IV Tournament for Playstation 3, Yugioh Tournament for duelist, Anime Swap Meet for anime enthusiast to trade anime related items, learn how to create your own costumes based on your favorite Japanese Animated/Comic Book characters at Cosplay (costume play) corner,
free style Video Gaming where attendees are encouraged to bring their own video games, systems and even televisions.
There is a $5 entry fee for the Super Street Fighter IV Tournament while all other
activities are free and open to the public.
Age rang for this event is 13 and up.
For more information please visit the DC Anime Club website at http://dcanimeclub.org or call 202 262 2083.
PR: Top Cow Brings Top Talent to the 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con!
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Baltimore Biz Journal on Otakon
by Rachel Bernstein
Baltimore Business Journal July 30 2010
Baltimore Sun on Otakon
Where fashion meets fantasy
Otakon -- annual celebration of Asian pop culture -- inspires creativity with costumes
3:36 p.m. EDT, July 29, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Zadzooks on Batman's Red Hood and The Losers
Zadzooks: Batman: Under the Red Hood, The Losers, Clash of the Titans
Blue over Batman's 'Red Hood'
By Joseph Szadkowski - The Washington Times July 28, 2010
Greg's recommendations popped up this week too -
Bennett's Best: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and Welcome to Tranquility
By Greg Bennett, Special to Zadzooks
Monday, July 26, 2010
Otakon 2010 in Baltimore this weekend
And here's how they describe it:
About Otakon
Otakon is the convention of the otaku generation: by fans, for fans; and we're back for our 17th year in 2010!
Join thousands of your fellow fans as we descend on Baltimore to celebrate all anime, manga, and all facets of Asian pop culture!
Ever since 1999, we've taken over a sizable chunk of Baltimore's Inner Harbor for a 3-day festival celebrating the pop culture that's brought us everything from Astroboy to Yu-Gi-Oh, from the Seven Samurai to Spirited Away.
PR: TOKYOPOP Tour @ Otakon
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Xavier Xerses on Ken Dahl
Weldon on Scott Pilgrim movie and Comic-Con
by Glen Weldon
July 27, 2010
The 2nd Annual Monkey See Comic-Con Post-Mortem
by Glen Weldon
July 28, 2010
Weingarten on Callahan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 28, 2010; C01
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Comic Riffs interviews Breen, memorializes Callahan
By Michael Cavna | July 27, 2010
A CARTOONIST'S TRIBUTE: Let us not forget the unflinching wit of John Callahan
By Michael Cavna | July 27, 2010
Speed Racer animation voice obituary in Post
Fernandez voiced the main character of 'Speed Racer' and adapted the concept from the Japanese anime children's series in the 1960s.
By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
July 25, 2010
That darn Beeler
From readers: Outrage felt over cartoon
Washington Examiner July 27, 2010
Re: "The Prophet Palin," cartoon, July 23
I did not expect such an expression of treason-like appeasement in your newspaper. According to this cartoon, we should agree to erect a monument for murderers in the place of their crime at our own home.
Why not build an O.J. Simpson statue in the front yard of Nicole Simpson's house, or a statue of Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma City? Or Hitler's statue in Auschwitz?
It is not Sarah Palin who is a "religious intolerance bomb," but those Islamic jihadists who murdered Americans by the thousands. Now they want to have their temple at the scene of the crime as a symbol of their coming conquest and rule. It's horrific.
Margaret Young
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Bennett's Best on Zadzooks
By Greg Bennett, Special to Zadzooks
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
True Blood comic mention in Post
Also in the Style section is a strange Cul de Sac comic on evolution.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
PR: Sun, Aug 1-Capicons Comic Con in Tysons
Sunday, August 1, 2010
10 am - 3 pm
Admission: $2--Kids FREE!
$1 of each paid admission
...will be donated to The Hero Initiative
Open to the public from 10 am - 3 pm. Buy, sell & trade: Gold, Silver,
Bronze Age comics; Indie & Modern comics, Publishers & Creators, TV &
Movie Collectibles. Non-sport cards; Videos & DVDs; Horror/Sci-Fi;
figures, toys; Star Wars & Star Trek memorabilia; original artwork,
posters and other comic-related collectibles.
Special Guest Artist: Josh C. Lyman!
Also Featuring:
• Cover Artist and Inker Tim Dzon (Marvel Comics Presents, Avengers West
Coast, Hawkeye, etc.)
• Artist Tom Arvis, Sureshot Comics
• Fabulous Door Prizes!
• 50+ Dealer Tables!
More Artists TBA--stay tuned!
.................
2010 Capicons Shows
Sunday, Oct. 3 - With Special Guest Carolyn Belefski
BOOK NOW! info@capicons.com
Sunday, Dec. 5
****** Coming Soon--2011 Capicons Dates! *******
See you there!
Jeff, Laura & Ed at Capicons
www.capicons.com
Harvey Pekar reminiscence by a long-time coworker
A day in the working life of VA file clerk and 'American Splendor' creator Harvey Pekar
Friday, July 23, 2010
At some point I'll try to list all of the interviews that popped up after Harvey's death, but hadn't been included in Harvey Pekar: Conversations.
Washington Post on Comics-Con
Comic-Con in San Diego makes a heroic effort to party hearty
By Jen Chaney
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 24, 2010; C05
and five more stories on their Comic Riffs blog
COMIC-CON 2010: Legend STAN LEE talks 'geek power,' new movies -- & why he was embarrassed to be a comic-book writer
By Michael Cavna | July 23, 2010
COMIC-CON 2010: 'iCarly's' JERRY TRAINOR goes 'b-i-g' to voice the new cartoon 'T.U.F.F. Puppy'
By Michael Cavna | July 24, 2010
COMIC-CON 2010 Interviews: MAD magazine artists 'excited' about TV show for a new generation
By Michael Cavna | July 24, 2010
COMIC-CON 2010: 'Opus's' BERKELEY BREATHED talks pigs, penguins & the thrill of adapting 'Pete & Pickles' for animation
By Michael Cavna | July 23, 2010
COMIC-CON 2010: Rising OLIVIA MUNN has already inherited the geeks. Will she now inherit the Earth?
By Michael Cavna | July 23, 2010
Comics on the Rack, Quick Picks for Comics Due 07-28-10
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Comic Riffs interviews Keith Knight and Dan DiDio
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 22, 2010
COMIC-CON 2010: DC's DAN DiDIO talks Superman, Wonder Woman & why he loves fan interaction
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 22, 2010
'South Park' would-be censorer arrested
By Lisa de Moraes
Washington Post July 22, 2010
Disneyland inspired local golf course
By Gregg MacDonald
Fairfax County Times
Thursday, July 22, 2010; VA17
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Scott Pilgrim bandwagon token post
Riffs on Comic-con's overgrowth
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 21, 2010
I think Cavna's gone home for the madness as he says he'll be posting on the Con frequently.
Weldon's book reviews and recommendations
Richmond's free weekly comic strip issue
I'd appreciate getting a copy if anyone would pick me up one.
SpongeBob begins appearing in oil protests
Signs of the times: Oil-spill victims on Grand Isle post protest [SpongeBob SquarePants].
By Ylan Q. Mui
Washington Post July 20, 2010; C10
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Truitt on Scott Pilgrim
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 20 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Iranian cartoonist interviewed at Comic Riffs
Q&A: Muslim cartoonist offers her thoughts on depicting Muhammad
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post's Comic Riffs blog July 19, 2010
Comics and Stamps Have a Longer History than You’d Expect
Comics and Stamps Have a Longer History than You'd Expect
Comics on the Rack, Quick Picks for Comics Due 07-21-10
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Truitt on Spider-Man and Revolver
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2010-07-16-asm638_ST_N.htm
'Revolver' spins a tale of two realities
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2010-07-15-revolver15-ST_N.htm
Truitt in today's USA Weekend on San Diego Comic-Con
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Intervention webcomic con update
Kathleen Parker continues to editorialize on Islam and cartoons
By Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Sunday, July 18, 2010; A19
Truitt on Walking Dead, again
Brian Truitt
July 16th, 2010
http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2010/07/the-walking-dead-shambles-into-comic-con-courtesy-of-robert-kirkman/
Newport News Daily Press on Olivia Walch
Olivia Walch beat out 500 people to win newspaper contest that will allow her to have a comic strip in the paper.
By Tyra M. Vaughn
Newport News Daily Press July 16, 2010
Conductor's obituary mentions Hungarian comic strip
By Anne Midgette
Washington Post July 16, 2010; B07
The article notes that Leos Janacek's music which Mackerras championed, "includ[ed] one adaptation of a newspaper comic strip, "The Cunning Little Vixen"".
Jeff Smith, Brad Meltzer and Jules Feiffer at National Book Festival
NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
101 INDEPENDENCE AVE. S.E.
WASHINGTON, DC 20540
July 15, 2010
10th Annual National Book Festival to Headline Follett, Glass, Kostova / The President and Mrs. Obama Will Serve as Honorary Chairs
The stellar lineup for the 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will include international best-selling author Ken Follett; Rae Armantrout, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for poetry; National Book Award winner Julia Glass; Pat Mora, one of the nation's most beloved writers for children; and Elizabeth Kostova, author of the worldwide sensations "The Historian" and "The Swan Thieves." They will be among more than 70 authors now slated to appear at the event on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. The event, free and open to the public, will run from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. between 3rd and 7th streets on the National Mall.
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, the First Lady, will be honorary chairs of the event.
In observance of its 10th anniversary – "A Decade of Words and Wonder" – the festival will feature several special events during the week preceding the festival day.
The 2010 National Book Festival poster, by renowned illustrator Peter Ferguson, can be downloaded from the festival website at www.loc.gov/bookfest.
Authors and illustrators scheduled to participate in the National Book Festival will make their presentations in the Children, Teens & Children, Fiction & Mystery, Poetry & Prose, History & Biography and Contemporary Life pavilions.
• Children: Mary Brigid Barrett, Timothy Basil Ering, Jules Feiffer, Mem Fox, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Norton Juster, Pat Mora, Marilyn Nelson, Linda Sue Park, Jerry Pinkney, James Ransome, Judith Viorst and Rosemary Wells
• Teens & Children: M.T. Anderson, Michael Buckley, Suzanne Collins, Margarita Engle, Peter Ferguson, Phillip M. Hoose, Brad Meltzer, Katherine Paterson, Jane Smiley, Jeff Smith and Rebecca Stead
• Fiction & Mystery: Isabel Allende, Ken Follett, Diana Gabaldon, Julia Glass, Martha Grimes, Elizabeth Kostova, Anchee Min, Karin Slaughter, Scott Spencer, Peter Straub and Scott Turow
• Poetry & Prose: Elizabeth Alexander, Rae Armantrout, Jonathan Franzen, Gail Godwin, Allegra Goodman, Chang-rae Lee, Thomas Mallon, Orhan Pamuk, Jane Smiley and Natasha Trethewey
• History & Biography: Adele Logan Alexander, Timothy Egan, Jules Feiffer, Wil Haygood, David E. Hoffman, Richard Holmes, James McGrath Morris, Nell Irvin Painter, David Remnick, Steven V. Roberts, Stacy Schiff, Evan Thomas and Gordon S. Wood
• Contemporary Life: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Gurcharan Das, Ree Drummond, Bruce Feiler, Jonathan Safran Foer, Spike Mendelsohn, Michele Norris, Richard Rhodes, Henry Petroski, Craig Robinson, Anita Silvey, Harold Varmus and Edward O. Wilson.
Festival-goers can meet and hear firsthand from their favorite authors, get books signed, have photos taken with PBS storybook characters and participate in a variety of learning activities.
The 2010 National Book Festival is made possible through the generous support of Co-Chairman, National Book Festival Board David M. Rubenstein; Charter Sponsors Target and The Washington Post; Patrons, AT&T, Institute of Museum and Library Services, The James Madison Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and PBS KIDS Raising Readers; Contributors, Borders, Digital Bookmobile powered by OverDrive, Penguin Group (USA), ReadAloud.org, Scholastic Inc., and the Library of Congress Federal Credit Union; and Friends The Hay-Adams and National Endowment for the Humanities. Thanks also to C-SPAN2's Book TV and The Junior League of Washington.
The Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, is the world's preeminent reservoir of knowledge, providing unparalleled collections and integrated resources to Congress and the American people. Many of the Library's rich resources and treasures may be accessed through the Library's website, www.loc.gov, and via interactive exhibitions on myLOC.gov.
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Post reviews Fringe's Superheroes Who Are Super
By Fiona Zublin
Washington Post July 15, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
G. Willow Wilson on Draw Muhammad Day at Post blog
by G. Willow Wilson
Washington Post's On Faith blog July 15, 2010.
Haven't read it yet, myself.
Olivia Walch's paper on her win
By Ian Brickey
College of William and Mary's The Flat Hat July 15, 2010
America's Next Great Cartoonist winner profiled in Post
Va. student Olivia Walch named 'America's Next Great Cartoonist' in Post contest
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 15, 2010; 1:51 PM
published as And the winner is... Young Va. woman tops comic contest with triumphant 'Quest' July 16, 2010
This article is a profile of Olivia Walch -
Young 'America's Next Great Cartoonist' winner honed craft at Va. college paper
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 15, 2010; 1:15 PM
in print as And the winner is... Science major delights in rendering a most rewarding sideline, July 16, 2010
And this is a video 'chat' with her in an annoying format -
Live video discussion with Olivia Walch, the winner of the Post's 'America's Next Great Cartoonist' contest
Thursday, July 15, 2010
PR: Wash Post Announces Winner of Cartoonist Contest!
After some 500 entries and 4,000 first-round votes, The Washington Post today announces the winner of America's Next Great Cartoonist Contest.
Olivia Walch, 20, of Fairfax Station, Va. is the contest winner, impressing the judges with her "Imogen Quest" cartoon and winning over readers. She emerges as America's Next Great Cartoonist after our panelists picked 10 finalists, celebrity judges critiqued entries, then thousands of readers voted in two rounds of challenges to choose the winner. As winner, Walch receives $1,000 and a shot at syndication.
Of Walch's work, Judge Jerry Scott said, "Olivia's panel is really current and smart. Her ideas are fresh and funny, and the drawings are consistent and likable." Gene Weingarten was impressed with her jokes. Richard Thompson also reviewed her work and wrote, "This Sunday is ingenious and funny, and pushes metahumor about as far as it can go."
Walch is studying math and biophysics at The College of William and Mary and is a cartoonist for the student newspaper, 'The Flat Hat.' To read more about the winner, go here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071502123.html
To check out her work for the contest: http://views.washingtonpost.com/cartoonist/contestants/OliviaW/2010/07/imogen_quest_winner.html
For more about The Washington Post's contest: http://views.washingtonpost.com/cartoonist/
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Kal, speaking in Baltimore July 15, and his new exhibits
America's Next Great Cartoonist local paper feature
Willowbrook cartoonist needs your vote
Staten Island Advance July 13, 2010
Harvey Pekar on Australian radio
American Splendour's Harvey Pekar dies
Thea Dikeos reported this story on Wednesday, July 14, 2010
ABC News' PM
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2953704.htm
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201007/20100714-pm11-splendour.mp3
I'm going to keep mulling over that spontaneous Steinbeck comparison as I think there's something to it. When I mentioned Hemingway and Steinbeck, I initially meant Pekar was a quintessentially American writer, but I think he might have some real thematic links to Steinbeck.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Washington Post on Harvey Pekar
Harvey Pekar dead: American Splendor comic writer was 70
By Terence McArdle
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 13, 2010; B05
Comments from other cartoonists -
A PEKAR TRIBUTE: Collaborators & colleagues remember 'sweet, curmudgeonly' Harvey
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 13, 2010.
And the NY Times -
Harvey Pekar, ‘American Splendor’ Creator, Dies at 70
By WILLIAM GRIMES
July 13, 2010
Finally, Tom Spurgeon's putting together a compilation page of Internet links.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Cul de Sac and Act-I-Vate up for Harvey Awards
More on Harvey Pekar
I'm sure tributes and obituaries will be popping up all over this week. I know the Washington Post print edition should have one tomorrow. Today Comic Riffs did two posts on Harvey -
Remembering Harvey Pekar, legendary bard of the 'underground' comic book
By Michael Cavna, July 12, 2010
Michael got my first impressions for this article, almost immediately after I heard the news while on vacation -
Harvey Pekar book editor recalls a 'kind and diffident' man
By Michael Cavna, July 12, 2010.
A longer piece, quoting liberally from a 2005 interview I did with Harvey, should appear on the City Paper's website tomorrow.
Harvey Pekar's passing
I've just heard that Harvey Pekar passed away during the night. Some years ago I was asked to fill in and interview Harvey at SPX. I reluctantly agreed, and went home and brushed up on his career. Day 1 went well, so I did the second session the next day with Harvey and his collaborators Josh Neufeld, Ed Piskor and Dean Haspiel. These two interviews became the genesis of my edited book of interviews, Harvey Pekar: Conversations. Harvey gave me his permission to use anything he had done, but he didn't have a file of interviews to make my life much easier. I got the occasional thrill of picking up the phone and hearing him saying, "Hey Mike, it's Harvey Pekar" as though his gruff voice wasn't immediately recognizable. The book came out about a year later, and Harvey and I stayed loosely in touch. I always found him to be kind and approachable, not a curmudgeon, and will miss our infrequent talks and any new stories from him. Through the force of his intellect and willpower, Harvey made himself a part of the American experience and we've lost something with his death.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Batwoman: Elegy reviewed in Examiner
Bennett's Best on Zadzooks
Bennett's Best: Justice League of America and Wonder Woman
By Greg Bennett, Special to Zadzooks Sunday, July 4, 2010.
Bennett's Best: Batman: The Odyssey, Scarlet and more
By Greg Bennett, Special to Zadzooks Friday, July 9, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Trickster interview at Graphic Novel Reporter
-- Danica Davidson
Graphic Novel Reporter July 2010
Shore Leave 32 con includes comics writers
Comics on the Rack, Quick Picks for Comics Due 07-14-10
America's Next Great Cartoonist contestant Walch featured in college newsblog
William and Mary News & Events July 9, 2010
July 10: Matt Dembicki at Hooray for Kids bookstore REPOST
Hooray for Kids
An Independent Children's Bookstore
1555 King St. Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Ph. 703-548-4092 Fax 703-548-4094
Hours M-Sat. 10-6 Sun 11-4
Friday, July 09, 2010
PR: Tickets On Sale, Hotel Discounts Available for the 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con!
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