Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Super stockings
Comic Riffs talks to Clay Bennett about his Berryman award
Chattanooga's Clay Bennett is 'thrilled' to win the 2014 Berryman Award for editorial cartooning
By Michael CavnaWashington Post Comic Riffs blog December 15 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/12/15/chattanoogas-clay-bennett-wins-2014-berryman-award-for-editorial-cartooning/
The Post reviews American Cornball
The things we used to think were funny ['American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny,' by Christopher Miller]
By Elizabeth McCrackenWashington Post December 16 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/american-cornball-a-laffopedic-guide-to-the-formerly-funny-by-christopher-miller/2014/12/15/582c92f2-7d6a-11e4-b821-503cc7efed9e_story.html
Monday, December 15, 2014
Art Hondros demonstrating on Capitol Hill
Updated - here's more pictures of Art's anti-gun violence protest.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Art Hondros demonstrating as Human comic book, Monday 12/15 by the Capitol
It's been two years since the events in Newtown. I plan to behave, so I don't imagine being arrested."
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By John LentBiographical Sketches of Cartoonists & Illustrators in the Swann Collection of the Library of Congress
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Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "DC Voted 'Yes', Dammit!"
"DC Voted 'Yes', Dammit!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1622
Y'know that old joke about how if voting could really change things, it would be illegal? Well, check out the shit that's going down right here in DC. Go on, take a good, long, steamy LOOK.
The Democrats -- yeah, the same Democrats who bitched about having an election stolen nearly 15 years ago, and who are still bitching today -- were ready to bargain away the franchise for residents of the District Of Columbia just so they could get a budget authorized to keep the goddamn' government from shutting down.
One more time... the DEMOCRATIC PARTY on Capitol Hill was willing to turn their backs on their duty to the Constitution and REFUSE TO UPHOLD THE RESULTS OF A FREE ELECTION in order to get their goddamn' budget passed...
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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Weingarten on Shansby's new book
Publish and perish
By Gene Weingarten ColumnistWashington Post Magazine December 14 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-publish-and-perish/2014/11/25/1a439c52-7193-11e4-ad12-3734c461eab6_story.html
Science fiction/comics class at Eaton ES
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Cromnibus Island"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1618
Just sit right back, and you'll hear a tale -- a tale of a fateful bill...
Remember when Obummer said he backed DC on marijuana decriminalization? Me, neither.
Yesterday, Obummer stated that he disapproved of Congressional meddling in DC's ballot initiative to legalize marijuana, but that he wouldn't veto the "CRomnibus" budget bill.
You got that? He's willing to let Congress overturn a free election in the Capital of the United States if it'll get his goddamn' budget passed. He says he opposes interference with Initiative 71, but HE WON'T UPHOLD THE ELECTION.
Let that sink in for a minute.
Still standing with Hillary?
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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org
City Paper article on Brooke Allen also in print
Meet the Local Illustrator of Lumberjanes, a Feminist, Fast-Growing Summer Camp Comic
by Tim Regan on Dec. 11, 2014http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2014/12/11/meet-the-local-illustrator-of-lumberjanes-a-feminist-fast-growing-summer-camp-comic/
Friday, December 12, 2014
New Republic's DC-based journalist talks Danish Islam cartoons
Lansdowne's Laughing Ogre store closes
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Brooke Allen featured on City Paper blog
Meet the Local Illustrator of Lumberjanes, a Feminist, Fast-Growing Summer Camp Comic
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Q&A with Rosarium publisher Bill Campbell
Rosarium Publishing is a relatively new publisher in Washington, D.C., that delivers mostly science-fiction stories in array of formats. Its hallmark is diversity, both among its talent and content. So far, Rosarium has focused on anthologies and short novels, but publisher Bill Campbell has picked up several comics for its catalogue. Below, we chat with Bill about Rosarium, its current books and what’s in store to come in 2015.
Comic Riffs on Shadow Hero and Teen Titans
TEEN TITANS: Despite awe, Jeff Lemire couldn't pass up writing for his 'gateway' comic characters
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog December 9 2014
'THE SHADOW HERO': Author Gene Luen Yang admits research error through new comic
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog December 9 2014
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
New medical comic by local resident
You may have to sign up for Academia to be able to see this.
https://www.academia.edu/9640020/My_quest_for_health
An autobiographical memoir of an episode in the health history of Michael Sappol, brought to life by artist/medical-illustrator Shelley Wall.
Dec. 11, 12: Signing, Reading and Rapping at Fantom Comics
PW podcast with Lewis on his new book
Here's a summary of American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion from the publisher's website:
Just as often as superheroes journey into the afterlife, they also return from it. Their surprising immortality has created its own set of storytelling rules and expectations; it also has come to influence their secular readership in new interreligious investigations of narrative character and personal selfhood. Unlocking a new and overdue model for reading comic books, this unique volume explores religious interpretations of popular comic book superheroes such as the Green Lantern and the Hulk. A. David Lewis argues that the superhero subgenre offers a hermeneutic for those interested in integrating mutiplicity into religious practices and considerations of the afterlife.
A. David Lewis holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Boston University, USA. He is the co-editor of Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels and Digital Death: Mortality and Beyond in the Online Age. He is also a graphic novelist and founding member of Sacred & Sequential.
Animation historian Charles Solomon reviews The Art of Richard Thompson
BOOK REVIEW: "The Art of Richard Thompson"
By Charles Solomon | Animation Scoop December 9, 2014
Monday, December 08, 2014
"Joe Keatinge & Leila Del Duca signing - Shutter" was canceled by Big Planet Comics
Big Planet Comics canceled the event "Joe Keatinge & Leila Del Duca signing - Shutter".
Sunday, December 07, 2014
SMUDGE 2015 exhibitor application opens
Art of Richard Thompson booksigning photos by Bruce Guthrie...
Saturday, December 06, 2014
Art of Richard Thompson book launch -- Arlington Central Library recording
Tonight: Ladies' Night at Fantom Comics
"Come help us celebrate all the strong women who are in our lives and comics and who inspire us to be the amazing fans and creators that make up the FANTOM FORCE! Please, as always, bring snacks and drinks to share! Also, we'll be celebrating quite a few ladies' birthdays, so look out for cupcakes and celebratory snacks!"
TODAY: Art of Richard Thompson at Arlington's Central library
Friday, December 05, 2014
Print reviews The Art of Richard Thompson book
The Art of Richard Thompson
By: Steven Brower | December 5, 2014http://www.printmag.com/design-inspiration/the-art-of-richard-thompson/
At least one Clifford Berryman cartoon should be in NYC
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services' Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML)
http://library.columbia.edu/news/libraries/2014/2014-12-4_RBML_Acquires_Dennis_Ryan_Editorial_Cartoon_Collection.html
Columbia University Li
Thursday, December 04, 2014
Richard Thompson featured in local paper
Richard Thompson's Work Featured in Documentary, Book
By Liz Lizama
Falls Church News-Press December 4, 2014http://fcnp.com/2014/12/04/richard-thompsons-work-featured-in-documentary-book/
Comic Riffs talks to Darrin Bell
DARRIN BELL: From Ferguson to New York cases, 'Candorville' cartoonist draws deeply from the personal [Q&A]
By Michael CavnaWashington Post Comic Riffs blog December 4 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/12/04/darrin-bell-from-ferguson-to-new-york-cases-cartoonist-draws-deeply-from-the-personal-qa/
Jules Feiffer's book Kill My Mother makes Politics & Prose's top 10
The incomparable Jules Feiffer has produced his first noir graphic novel, Kill My Mother, that pays tribute to the crime fiction and newspaper adventures strips he loved as a teenager. The book's settings—in the Depression era and such locales as Bay City and Hollywood—are classic, as are many of the characters and plot twists. But Feiffer has his own fun with the traditional genre.
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
'Terrible: Tsar Ivan IV' online
NPR’s Book Concierge comics recommendations
NPR's Book Concierge
Our Guide To 2014's Great Reads
by Nicole Cohen, David Eads, Rose Friedman, Becky Lettenberger, Petra Mayer, Beth Novey and Christina Rees – Published December 3, 2014
http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2014/#/tag/comics-and-graphic-novels
Gary Groth recalls his "drive into Georgetown (in Washington, DC) ..."
[to] buy [underground] comics at wholesale rates from a head shop." And from those humble beginnings, the mighty Fantagraphics empire arose.
Crafting a Complete Zap
BY Dan Nadel Dec 3, 2014
http://www.tcj.com/gary-groth-on-zap/Short cuts on The Art of Richard Thompson film, if not the book
Noel Murray December 03, 2014
Short Cuts: "The Art Of Richard Thompson," a documentary about one of this era's best cartoonists
http://thedissolve.com/news/4138-short-cuts-the-art-of-richard-thompson-a-documenta/
Brumsic Brandon obituary from NY Times
By PAUL VITELLO
DEC. 2, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/arts/design/brumsic-brandon-jr-creator-of-luther-comic-strip-dies-at-87.html
"Mr. Brandon's gently satirical comic strip, syndicated from 1968 to 1986, chronicled the exploits of Luther, a wide-eyed African-American third grader, and his friends in a ghetto neighborhood not unlike the Benning Road section of northeast Washington, where Mr. Brandon grew up."
John Cuneo appreciates Richard Thompson
by John Cuneo
Drawger blog December 2, 2014
http://drawger.com/johncuneo/?section=articles&article_id=15145