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Showing posts with label UPCOMING EVENT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UPCOMING EVENT. Show all posts
Monday, November 03, 2014
Nov 22: Nightmare The Rat Signing with Rafer Roberts and John Shine
Friday, October 31, 2014
The Post reviews ‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’
Not a Disney princess story
[in print in the Express as "A fairy tale made for grown ups"; 'The Tale of the Princess Kaguya' movie review]
By Michael O'SullivanWashington Post October 31, 2014, p. EZ 34 and Express, p. 22
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya-movie-review/2014/10/29/bd63986c-5e1d-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html
Chloƫ Grace Moretz gives voice to the title character in the dubbed version of the animated "The Tale of Princess Kaguya." (Hatake Jimusho/GKids)
Monday, September 29, 2014
Oct 21: Art Spiegelman's Wordless at GWU
Art Spiegelman's WORDLESS! with music by Phillip Johnston
Presented by GW Lisner as part of the Washington DCJCC's Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival
Presented by GW Lisner as part of the Washington DCJCC's Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 8:00pm
Tickets: $35, $40, $45
Art Spiegelman and Phillip Johnston unite in WORDLESS! -- a new and stimulating hybrid of slides, talk and musical performance. With original music by Phillip Johnston and live narration and text by Art Spiegelman, this live performance delves into Art's premise around comics, their history, and their capacity for images to go right to the brain as wordless messages. Experience the art of comics as Spiegelman probes further into the nature and possibilities of his medium.
15% discount for Students/Alumni/Faculty/Staff with GWID and Seniors/Military with ID at the Lisner Box Office.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
8/30: Cartoonists at the National Book Festival
Cartoonists' schedules at the National Book Festival
10:00 am-10:30 am | Jeffrey Brown | 11:00 am-noon |
11:20 am-11:50 am | Dav Pilkey | 12:30 pm-1:30 pm |
12:45 pm-1:30 pm | Andrew Aydin | 2:00 pm-3:00 pm |
12:45 pm-1:30 pm | Rep. John Lewis | 2:00 pm-3:00 pm |
2:00 pm-2:30 pm | Brian Biggs | 3:00 pm-4:00 pm |
2:40 pm-3:10 pm | Bob Staake | 3:30 pm-4:30 pm |
4:40 pm-5:10 pm | Jules Feiffer | 3:30 pm-4:30 pm |
4:40 pm-5:10 pm | Gene Luen Yang | 3:30 pm-4:30 pm |
Graphic Novels Super Session
Time | Author | Signing |
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6:00 pm-6:35 pm | Raina Telgemeier | 7:00 pm-8:00 pm |
6:45 pm-7:20 pm | Bryan Lee O'Malley | 8:00 pm-9:00 pm |
7:30 pm-8:05 pm | Vivek Tiwary | 8:30 pm-9:30 pm |
7:30 pm-8:05 pm | Kyle Baker | 8:30 pm-9:30 pm |
8:15 pm-8:50 pm | Liza Donnelly | 9:00 pm-10:00 pm |
9:00 pm-9:45 pm | Jeff Smith | 7:30 pm-8:30 pm |
There will be a raffle during the Graphic Novel super session in the evening. Jeff Smith and Vivek Tiwary have donated signed items, with promises from some of the others. You must be present to win.
Friday, July 18, 2014
August 14: Civil War veterans Swann Lecture at Library of Congress
Free and Open to the Public
Empty Sleeves and Bloody Shirts: Disabled Civil War Veterans and Presidential Campaigns, 1864-1880
An Illustrated Lecture by Erin Corrales-Diaz
Swann Foundation Fellow, 2013-2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014, at 12 noon
In West Dining Room, Madison Building, 6th Floor
Sponsored by the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon
and the Prints & Photographs Division
Request ADA accommodation five days in advance at 202.707.6362 or ADA@loc.gov; for additional information
Contact Martha Kennedy at mkenn@loc.gov or 202.707-9115
Friday, July 11, 2014
2014 National Book Festival comics guests
Comic bookers who will be guests at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival on Aug. 30 include: Bryan Lee O'Malley, Jeff Smith, Raina Telegemeier, Gene Luen Yang, Jeffrey Brown, Jules Feiffer, Kyle Baker, Brian Biggs, Andrew Aydin and Rep. John Lewis.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
The Post reviews The Lion King play
'The Lion King,' exuberant as ever, takes pride of place at the Kennedy Center [in print as Lion King: A Sensory Feast].
Nia Holloway as Nala in "The Lion King," playing at Kennedy Center. (Joan Marcus)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-lion-king-roars-at-the-kennedy-center/2014/06/22/730324ae-fa27-11e3-8176-f2c941cf35f1_story.html
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
May 7: Becky Cloonan & Shaun Simon Signing - Killjoys & By Chance Or Providence
Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome Becky Cloonan and Shaun Simon for a signing of the collection of their series, The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and Becky's self-published collection, By Chance Or Providence!
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is a scifi adventure where the Killjoys lost their lives battling against a controlling megacorp, and now their followers carry on the fight.
By Chance or Providence is a compilation of Becky's self-published minicomics of fantastic adventures of magic and horror!
Becky's website: http://beckycloonan.tumblr.com/
Shaun's website: http://shaun-simon.tumblr.com/
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is a scifi adventure where the Killjoys lost their lives battling against a controlling megacorp, and now their followers carry on the fight.
By Chance or Providence is a compilation of Becky's self-published minicomics of fantastic adventures of magic and horror!
Becky's website: http://beckycloonan.tumblr.com/
Shaun's website: http://shaun-simon.tumblr.com/
Friday, May 02, 2014
May 3: Shrek the Musical
....is brought to you by the students at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington. The last show on May 3rd will have an evening performance at 7pm. Ticket prices for Shrek: $7 in advance and $10 at the door.
I saw this tonight, and it was really a lot of fun. The kids did a great job! It's the perfect way to end your Free Comic Book Day!
Free Comic Book Day pre-planning
1. Here's my City Paper bit with some recommendations.
In preparation for the "Cartoonists Draw Blood" blood drive we are putting on with the American Red Cross later in the month (May 31 at Seekers Church near Takoma Metro), several of the contributing artists will be making appearances at local comic stores to promote and encourage people to sign up to donate blood.
Visit these fine creators on May 3 for FCBD:
Joe Carabeo and Carolyn Belefski at Big Planet Comics
426 Maple Avenue E., Vienna, VA
NOON to 2PM
Joe Carabeo and Carolyn Belefski at Big Planet Comics
426 Maple Avenue E., Vienna, VA
NOON to 2PM
Teresa Roberts Logan at Big Planet Comics
1520 U Street, NW, Washington, DC
1PM to 3PM
1520 U Street, NW, Washington, DC
1PM to 3PM
Joe Sutliff at Big Planet Comics
4849 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda, MD
1PM to 3PM
4849 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda, MD
1PM to 3PM
Troy-Jeffrey Allen and Matt Rawson at Fantom Comics
50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC
50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC
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Beyond Comics,18749 B North Frederick Rd, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879 says
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Of
course...Free comics! Get additional comics with a non-perishable food
donation. Meet comic artists Rafer Roberts, Carl Yonder and John
Watkins-Chow!
Monday, April 28, 2014
May 1: March book one authors at local school
from Andrew Aydin's website.
Location
The event will be held at the St. Augustine Catholic School, located at 1421 V Street NW, Washington DC 2009.
Time
The event will start at 630p and end at 830p on Thursday May 1st, 2014. Doors will open at 6p.
Target audience
The event is designed for teenagers and young adults. However, the event is open to all, and parents, teachers, and mentors are welcome to come with their children, students, and mentees.
Books
"March: Book One" will be available for sale at the event.
Food
Light refreshments will be provided.
Public Transit
The St. Augustine Catholic School is on V Street NW between 14th St NW and 15th St NW. Nearby bus stops are on 14th and U Sts (52, 54, Circulator) as well 16th and V Sts (S2, S4). The nearest metro station is the U Street station (Yellow/Green lines) at 13th and U Sts NW.
Parking
There is limited free public parking available at the Gingras Center located next to the school, at 1419 V Street NW Washington DC. Street parking is also available, and is free after 6:30 pm.
April 30: Steadman bio movie preview
http://flyingdogbrewery.com/ai1ec_event/good-reason-dc-screening/?instance_id=
WHEN:
April 30, 2014 @ 7:00 pm
WHERE:
E Street Cinema
E Street Cinema
555 11th Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20004
USA
Washington, DC 20004
USA
COST:
$8
May 1-3: Shrek the Musical
....brought to you by the students at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington. Each show will have an evening performance at 7pm.
Here's the link to order tickets in advance.
Monday, April 14, 2014
PR: X-Men Burlesque Comes to Washington DC
The Cyn Factory Presents: Burl-X-Men
Have you always known that you are different? Feel lost among a society that hates and fears you? Afraid to let anyone know who you really are?
Come to Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted, where you will learn to understand and control your powers to strip to the betterment of mankind.
Featured professors:
Mary Cyn
Fem Appeal
Lefty Lucy
Charles Stunning
Sarah Tops
Mr. Tops
TWO Chances to matriculate:
7pm for mutants 18+ (doors 6:30)
10pm for mutants 21+ (doors 9:30)
There will be a costume contest so be proud and dress like the mutant you are.
Also, Mary Cyn will be teaching a special nerdlesque class before the show. Space is limited so reserve early!
Come to Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted, where you will learn to understand and control your powers to strip to the betterment of mankind.
Featured professors:
Mary Cyn
Fem Appeal
Lefty Lucy
Charles Stunning
Sarah Tops
Mr. Tops
TWO Chances to matriculate:
7pm for mutants 18+ (doors 6:30)
10pm for mutants 21+ (doors 9:30)
There will be a costume contest so be proud and dress like the mutant you are.
Also, Mary Cyn will be teaching a special nerdlesque class before the show. Space is limited so reserve early!
https://www.facebook.com/events/644912175574612/
Venue Info:
Bier Baron is located at 1523 22nd Street NW
Washington DC 20037.
Tickets $12
http://burl-x-men.brownpapertickets.com/
Venue Info:
Bier Baron is located at 1523 22nd Street NW
Washington DC 20037.
Tickets $12
http://burl-x-men.brownpapertickets.com/
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Bob Mankoff asks, "How About Wednesday - Is Wednesday Good For You?"
Robert Mankoff is the New Yorker's cartoon editor and a very smart man. He'll be at Politics and Prose on Wednesday, April 2, at 7 pm to discuss his new book, How About Never - Is Never Good for You? My Life In Cartoons (Henry Holt, $32.50).
The book is a breezy, extremely well-illustrated autobiography / history of New Yorker cartooning / treatise on gag cartooning that is a quick, but worthwhile read. The style is one that Mankoff perfected on his From the Desk of Bob Mankoff blog: short, pithy, humorous essays well illustrated by cartoons. By this point, in 20 years of being the cartoon editor, he's selected over 14,000 for the magazine, many of which aren't by him. That's actually a sample of the type of humor in the book by the way.
My suspicion is that parts of this book actually appeared there first, which in no way undermines its value. The introduction is actually useful for anyone who picks up the book and is unfamiliar with Mankoff's role in cartooning. He then begins with a superficial look at his early interest in cartooning, relating that to the currently-fashionable theory that Jews produced much of the 20th century's comic art.* And honestly, that is all we really need about his teenage years, and the book picks up steam when he writes about attempting to break into Lee Lorenz's cartoonist stable. His discussion of the need for a distinctive style, and developing his pointillist version, is quite interesting. Mankoff's look at the first cartoons by him, Jack Zeigler, Michael Maslin, Roz Chast and Mick Stevens is clever, and his discussion of the changing nature of New Yorker cartoons is a must-read.
A chapter looks at how he began the Cartoon Bank, an electronic database / syndication service for cartoons the New Yorker rejected, sold that to the magazine which expanded it, and indexed and digitized all the cartoons the magazine had ever run. The way the magazine handled this before was a scrapbook for each cartoonist with clippings pasted in them. One can easily see the possibilities that having a computer-searchable catalog opened up for licensing and reprint books.
Perhaps a little too much space is devoted to the Seinfeld episode which focussed on the New Yorker's cartoon choices, but Mankoff uses that as a stepping off place to write about the nature of cartoon humor. As I said, he's a very smart man. Mankoff also looks at the joys and difficulties of developing his own stable of newer cartoonists, how and why cartoons are selected, editor-in-chief David Remnick's role in the final selection, the cartoon contest is the magazine's back pages, and closes with a look at the newest cartoonists to join the magazine.
Overall, if one is interested in either gag cartooning, the New Yorker, or the nature of humor, this is a must-have book.
*Not that there's anything wrong with that, to quote another comedic Jew, Jerry Seinfeld.
The book is a breezy, extremely well-illustrated autobiography / history of New Yorker cartooning / treatise on gag cartooning that is a quick, but worthwhile read. The style is one that Mankoff perfected on his From the Desk of Bob Mankoff blog: short, pithy, humorous essays well illustrated by cartoons. By this point, in 20 years of being the cartoon editor, he's selected over 14,000 for the magazine, many of which aren't by him. That's actually a sample of the type of humor in the book by the way.
My suspicion is that parts of this book actually appeared there first, which in no way undermines its value. The introduction is actually useful for anyone who picks up the book and is unfamiliar with Mankoff's role in cartooning. He then begins with a superficial look at his early interest in cartooning, relating that to the currently-fashionable theory that Jews produced much of the 20th century's comic art.* And honestly, that is all we really need about his teenage years, and the book picks up steam when he writes about attempting to break into Lee Lorenz's cartoonist stable. His discussion of the need for a distinctive style, and developing his pointillist version, is quite interesting. Mankoff's look at the first cartoons by him, Jack Zeigler, Michael Maslin, Roz Chast and Mick Stevens is clever, and his discussion of the changing nature of New Yorker cartoons is a must-read.
A chapter looks at how he began the Cartoon Bank, an electronic database / syndication service for cartoons the New Yorker rejected, sold that to the magazine which expanded it, and indexed and digitized all the cartoons the magazine had ever run. The way the magazine handled this before was a scrapbook for each cartoonist with clippings pasted in them. One can easily see the possibilities that having a computer-searchable catalog opened up for licensing and reprint books.
Perhaps a little too much space is devoted to the Seinfeld episode which focussed on the New Yorker's cartoon choices, but Mankoff uses that as a stepping off place to write about the nature of cartoon humor. As I said, he's a very smart man. Mankoff also looks at the joys and difficulties of developing his own stable of newer cartoonists, how and why cartoons are selected, editor-in-chief David Remnick's role in the final selection, the cartoon contest is the magazine's back pages, and closes with a look at the newest cartoonists to join the magazine.
Overall, if one is interested in either gag cartooning, the New Yorker, or the nature of humor, this is a must-have book.
*Not that there's anything wrong with that, to quote another comedic Jew, Jerry Seinfeld.
Game On! Comics Graphic Novel Trade-In Day this Saturday
Got some old Graphic Novels sitting around?
Trade them in for store credit!
Do you have old graphic novels sitting around unread, and you want to clear up some space for new collections?
Bring your used graphic novels in this Saturday, April 5, from Noon-4pm, for our new Trade-In Day!
We will give you store credit based on the resale value and condition of your books that you can use immediately, or in the future, on any store product (even books in your subscription box)!
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We will be exchanging store credit for your used trades!
Here is how it works:
Value of your graphic novel
$1-$20 = $5 store credit token
$21-$40= $10 store credit tokens
$41-$60= $15 store credit tokens
$61-$80= $20 store credit tokens
$81-$100= $25 store credit tokens
That's it! Just bring them in and trade!
*We do reserve the right to decline graphic novels based on condition, popularity, and current stock.
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