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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
March 23: Game On! Comics hosts Aspen signing
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Awesome Con DC Newsletter - New Guest Announcements
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Cavna talks to Stephan Pastis on his new children's book series.
Comic Riffs on 2013 Herblock award winner
Weingarten supports boycotting Card's Superman in today's Chat
"Herblock Looks at 1963" Exhibition Opens March 30
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington DC 20540
February 26, 2013
Public contact: Sara Duke (202) 707-3630, sduk@loc.gov
"Herblock Looks at 1963" Exhibition Opens March 30
In 1963, during the third and final year of his presidency, John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) faced repeated opposition to legislative initiatives—the nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union, tax cuts to reduce economic stagnation, efforts to increase resources for schoolchildren and protection of the wilderness. Also in 1963, through the "March on Washington" on Aug. 28, the civil rights movement gained momentum.
Herblock, the award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post, addressed all these topics. His drawings will be on view in the exhibition "Herblock Looks at 1963: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons," opening Saturday, March 30, 2013, at the Library of Congress in the Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
The 10-cartoon exhibition, which runs through Sept. 14, 2013, is free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
The exhibition is located in the Herblock Gallery, part of the Graphic Arts Galleries, which celebrates the work of Herbert L. Block with rotating displays of 10 original drawings. The display changes every six months. A second set of drawings from 1963 will be placed on exhibition from Sept. 21, 2013 to March 22, 2014.
Cartoons on view will include "We Can't Burden Our Children with Deficit Spending," which Herblock created to challenge Congress not to cut funding for education, because the result would be ignorance, poverty and crime. Also on view will be "Reminds Me of That Crazy Idea of Henry Ford's That You Can Make More Selling at Lower Prices," which depicts legislators as old-fashioned businessmen out of step with the times. Herblock penned the drawing in response to Republican congressmen who challenged Kennedy to reduce spending rather than cut taxes to spur productivity.
Herblock actively promoted civil rights for African Americans during the 1960s. On Aug. 28, 1963, the cartoonist sat in the press tent as the crowd grew around him for the "March on Washington." His support is evident in the drawing "Conceived in Liberty and Dedicated to The Proposition That All Men Are Created Equal."
Herblock was a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He spent more than 55 years at the Washington Post, taking on political corruption wherever he saw it and championing the rights of "the little guy."
The Herb Block Foundation donated a collection of more than 14,000 original cartoon drawings and 50,000 rough sketches, as well as manuscripts, to the Library of Congress in 2002, and has generously continued to provide funds to support ongoing programming.
The Library has been collecting original cartoon art for more than 140 years. It is a major center for cartoon research with holdings of more than 100,000 original cartoon drawings and prints. These works, housed in the Prints and Photographs Division, span five centuries and range from 17th-century Dutch political prints to 21st-century contemporary comic strips.
The Prints and Photographs Division holds the largest-known collection of American political prints, the finest assemblage of British satirical prints outside Great Britain and holdings of original drawings by generations of America's best cartoonists and illustrators that are unequaled in breadth and depth. Extensive runs of rare satirical and comic journals from Europe and the United States represent another distinguishing facet. The Library acquired these materials through a variety of sources including artists' gifts, donations by private collectors, selective purchases and copyright registration.
For sample images from "Herblock Looks at 1963," contact Donna Urschel at (202) 707-1639.
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2/26/13
ISSN: 0731-3527
"The Gibson Girl's America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson" Exhibition Opens March 30
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington DC 20540
February 26, 2013
Public contact: Martha Kennedy (202) 707-9115, mkenn@loc.gov
"The Gibson Girl's America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson"
Exhibition Opens at Library of Congress on March 30
In the 1890s, illustrator Charles Dana Gibson created the "Gibson Girl," a vibrant, new feminine ideal—a young woman who pursued higher education, romance, marriage, physical well-being and individuality with unprecedented independence. Until World War I, the Gibson Girl set the standard for beauty, fashion and manners.
The Library of Congress announces a new exhibition, "The Gibson Girl's America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson," which opens Saturday, March 30 in the Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground level of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C., and runs through Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. The exhibition is free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
"The Gibson Girl's America" presents 24 works, primarily drawings. The exhibition highlights the rise of the Gibson Girl from the 1890s through the first two decades of the 20th century. It also illuminates how women's increasing presence in the public sphere contributed to the social fabric of turn-of-the-20th-century America.
The items on display trace the arc of the artist's career. Gibson (1867-1944) came of age when women's roles were expanding and social mobility was increasing. He trained at the Art Students League in New York City and also in Europe. The artist created satirical illustrations based on his observations of upper-middle-class life for such mainstream magazines as Life, Collier's Weekly, Harper's Weekly, Scribner's and Century.
Through creation and development of the Gibson Girl, the artist, an acclaimed master of pen-and-ink drawings, experienced unrivaled professional and popular success. Gibson's skills and prolific output meshed with the high-volume demand at the time for magazine illustrations. His bold style and virtuoso technique exerted enormous influence on his peers and succeeding generations of illustrators.
The exhibition will be organized into five sections: Creating an Ideal, The Gibson Girl as the "New Woman," Social Relations Between the Sexes, High Society Scenes and Political Cartoonist. The exhibition presents a selection of Gibson's lesser-known political images, spotlighting the concerns he addressed in his later work.
The items in the exhibition are drawn from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, which holds the premier public collection of original drawings by Gibson.
The Prints and Photographs Division also includes approximately 14.4 million photographs, drawings and prints from the 15th century to the present day. International in scope, these visual collections represent a uniquely rich array of human experience, knowledge, creativity and achievement, touching on almost every realm of endeavor: science, art, invention, government and political struggle, and the recording of history. For more information, visit www.loc.gov/rr/print/.
The Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and the largest library in the world, holds more than 155 million items in various languages, disciplines and formats. The Library serves the U.S. Congress and the nation both on-site in its reading rooms on Capitol Hill and through its award-winning website at www.loc.gov.
2/26/13
ISSN: 0731-3527
Dan Perkins, aka Tom Tomorrow, announced 2013 Herblock Prize Winner
Dan Perkins, aka Tom Tomorrow, announced 2013 Herblock Prize Winner
WASHINGTON, DC, February 25, 2013 – Dan Perkins, pen name Tom Tomorrow, was named the winner of the 2013 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning.
Perkins is the creator of the weekly political cartoon, This Modern World, which appears in approximately 80 papers, mostly altweeklies. He is the editor of the comics section he created in April 2011 on Daily Kos. His cartoons have been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, U.S. News & World Report and The Economist. He lives outside of New Haven, Connecticut with his wife and their son.
The prize is awarded annually by The Herb Block Foundation for "distinguished examples of editorial cartooning that exemplify the courageous independent standard set by Herblock." The winner receives a $15,000 after-tax cash prize and a sterling silver Tiffany trophy. Perkins will receive the prize April 25th in a ceremony held at the Library of Congress.
Jack Ohman, the editorial cartoonist for The Sacramento Bee, was named this year's finalist and will receive a $5,000 after-tax cash prize.
Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week" and senior correspondent for "The PBS Newshour," will deliver the annual Herblock Lecture at the awards ceremony. Previous speakers have included Ben Bradlee, then-Senator Barack Obama, Sandra Day O'Connor, Tom Brokaw, Tim Russert, Ted Koppel, George Stevens Jr., Jim Lehrer and Garry Trudeau.
Judges for this year's contest were Matt Bors, a nationally syndicated cartoonist in altweeklies and winner of the 2012 Herblock Prize; Jenny Robb, curator of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University; and Steve Brodner, satirical illustrator who has covered eight national political conventions for Esquire, The Progressive, The New Yorker and others.
The judges felt there were many strong portfolios in this year's contest, including several animated-only entries and other alternative multi-panel submissions.
Bors said Tom Tomorrow's portfolio included "hands down, some of the smartest political cartoons of the year." Subjects included "consistently hilarious takedowns of women-bashers, gun culture and the president's abuse of executive power."
"Tom Tomorrow is both fearless and funny, two qualities that make him a first-rate editorial cartoonist," Robb said. "He has developed a unique graphic style that perfectly suits his wry and clever assaults on politicians, political parties, and bad policies while also making his work instantly recognizable."
Brodner said, "Dan Perkins' output for the year was consistently strong, intelligent and witty. The work discussed the most important issues in a way extremely compelling and illuminating. The sequential political cartoon is a vivid and powerful form in his hands."
The judges also had strong praise for the work of Jack Ohman, the finalist.
Robb said, "In addition to producing strong traditional editorial cartoons, Jack Ohman has developed a unique and effective multi-panel strip that is part journalism, part memoir and part satire. He courageously used the format and his platform at The Oregonian to effect change in his local community and to focus attention on issues of both local and national importance." Brodner added that Ohman's work is "politically brave, formalistically daring and artistically free, while retaining great design and draftsmanship."
The Herb Block Foundation seeks to further the recognition and support of editorial cartooning.
Monday, February 25, 2013
PR: Biggest Comic Retailers Unite to Support a Great School in Southern Maryland
Event Organizer
ANS Sci-Fi & Comic Con104 Port Tobacco Road
La Plata, Maryland 20646
(202) 297-1461The ANS Sci-Fi & Comic Con is an ALL AGES fan and collectors event benefiting Archbishop Neale School on Saturday, May 11, 2013, from 10am to 3pm. For more information, visit www.anscomiccon.com
About Archbishop Neale School -
Archbishop Neale School is a Catholic elementary school in La Plata, Maryland that has been in continuous operation since 1927, with a two-track system for grades Pre-K through 8 and a curriculum centered on the Archdiocese of Washington graded course of study. We are fully accredited, and our teachers are certified by the State of Maryland in their specific areas. We serve Catholic students from over seven parishes and many non-Catholics as well. For over 80 years, parents have entrusted their children to ANS because they are assured of an excellent, Archdiocesan standards-based academic curriculum that encompasses Catholic faith and values delivered in a safe, caring environment. For more information, visit www.ArchbishopNealeSchool.org
Cartoonists Rights Network International Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award Nomination Deadline
Just wanted to let you know that there are just a few days left for anyone to make a nomination for the Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award.
The link for the announcement is: http://cartoonistsrights.org/recent_developments_article.php?id=83
Drew Rougier-Chapman
Cartoonists Rights Network International
Protecting your Free Speech, one cartoonist at a time.
P.O. Box 7272
Fairfax Station, VA 22039 USA
April 16: Ben Katchor
Ben Katchor
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
image The first cartoonist to receive a MacArthur Fellowship reveals the ways urban planning and architecture influence and reflect cultural values in his new graphic narrative, Hand-Drying in America.
Here are window-ledge pillows designed expressly for people-watching and a forest of artificial trees for sufferers of hay fever. The Brotherhood of Immaculate Consumption deals with the matter of products that outlive their owners; high-visibility construction vests are marketed to lonely people as a method of getting noticed.
A master at twisting mundane commodities into surreal objects of social significance, Katchor reveals a world similar to our own—lives are defined by possessions, consumerism is a kind of spirituality—but also slightly, fabulously askew. This surrealist handbook for the rebuilding of society in the twenty-first century ensures that you will never look at a building, a bar of soap, or an ATM the same way.
Admission:
Tickets are $12 or receive 2 FREE tickets with the purchase of the book through Sixth & I ($30). Tickets and books can be purchased online or by calling TicketFly (877.987.6487). There is a $1.50 fee per ticket for phone orders. Doors open at 6:00 pm
Friday, February 22, 2013
See KAL on WYPR, WJZ and MPT (for 11 more months)
Kal Kallaugher.
WYPR's The Signal (January 18).
online at http://www.wypr.org/podcast/11813-kal-kallaugher
Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher has been poking fun at political leaders since the days of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. As he marks 35 years as an editorial cartoonist, he joins us to talk about his favorite subjects, his new book, and the resilient art of the political cartoon.
Salkin, Jeff. 2013.
A colorful career drawn mostly in black ink.
Maryland Public Television's Direct Connection (January 28).
online at http://video.mpt.tv/video/2332142889
The video expires a year from the filming date.
Seth MacFarlane in today's Examiner
The article is also excerpted in the Express, which leaves out the animation question.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Truitt on Batman, Superman and JLA
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 18, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/02/18/justice-league-of-america-comic-book-series/1921207/
Orson Scott Card's Superman comic causes a furor: Fans and retailers call for boycotts due to the acclaimed writer's stance on gay issues.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 14, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/02/14/orson-scott-card-superman-comic-book/1918059/
'Batman/Superman' showcases meeting of DC Comics icons: Greg Pak and Jae Lee's upcoming series finds the two heroes at the beginning of their careers.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 21, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/02/21/batman-superman-comic-book-series/1935817/
Comic Riffs on the Reuben Award nominees
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 21 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/2013-reuben-award-finalists-creators-of-baby-blues-pearls-before-swine-and-pickles-nominated/2013/02/21/0f2ddbae-7c4c-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_blog.html#pagebreak
Weldon on homosexual characters in comic books
The Post reviews Lynda Barry's Freddie Stories
May 6: O'er Yonder, a D.C. library event
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Dean Haspiel, the Small Press Expo and minicomics in the Library of Congress
SPEAKER: Dean Haspiel, Warren Bernard
EVENT DATE: 09/14/2012
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5709
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/transcripts/2012/120914sgp1200.txt
FORMAT: Video + Captions
RUNNING TIME: 45 minutes
TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window)
DESCRIPTION:
A discussion by comics creator Dean Haspiel on the new Small Press Expo (SPX) collection of the Serial & Government Publications Division. The collection of mini-comics -- "small in size but impressive in cultural impact" -- will contain, among other worthy selections, past and future Ignatz Award nominated works.
Speaker Biography: Emmy award winner and Eisner Award nominee Dean Haspiel created BILLY DOGMA, illustrated for HBO's "Bored To Death," received a residency at Yaddo, was a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and teaches comic book storytelling (MoCCA & The Society of Illustrators). Haspiel has written and drawn many superhero and semi-autobiographical comix, including Spider-Man, Batman, X-men, The Fantastic Four, Godzilla, Mars Attacks, Creepy, American Splendor, Michael Chabon's The Escapist, and collaborations with Harvey Pekar (The Quitter), Jonathan Ames (The Alcoholic), Inverna Lockpez (Cuba: My Revolution), Tim Hall (The Last Mortician), Stan Lee, and Jonathan Lethem. Dean also helped pioneer personal webcomics with the invention of ACT-I-VATE, Next-Door Neighbor for SMITH Magazine, Street Code for Zuda/DC Digital, and was the editor of COMIX BLOCK for Cousin Corinne's REMINDER.
Speaker Biography: Warren Bernard is executive director of the Small Press Expo and editor, with Rick Marschall, of "Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising 1870s-1940s."