Monday, June 03, 2019
Tariff Man returns in The Post
The Post's obituary of former cartoonist ER Kinstler
Everett Raymond Kinstler, portrait artist of presidents and celebrities, dies at 92 [in print as Everett Raymond Kinstler, 92; Renowned portrait artist captured many presidents and elite celebrities]
Disney flea market finds from this weekend
Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse bootlegs advertise something in Spanish |
I imagine this is a Sunday Mickey comic strip on what's probably a placemat. |
BD is Coming to DC! Bande Dessinée at #ALAAC19
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Sunday, June 02, 2019
June Events at Fantom Comics - PRIDE Month
Friday, May 31, 2019
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "White House Immolation"
"White House Immolation"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2733
In a tragic revival of an old protest tradition, a man set himself on fire near the White House this week.
And yes, this somehow put me in mind of the Democratic Party's insistence on trying to foist Joe Biden onto progressive voters – which, of course, would be their biggest debacle since the 2016 debacle, and a true "hold my beer" moment for the Democrats.
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"Man Sets Himself On Fire Outside White House" RT, 05.29.19
https://www.rt.com/usa/460574-man-fire-immolation-white-house/
"America Shouldn't Tolerate 'Biden Being Biden'", TIME, 02.18.15
http://time.com/3713264/joe-biden-stephanie-carter-shoulder-rub/
"Joe Biden is Damned by His Own 'Harassment' Standard", KC Johnson,
New York Post, 04.02.19
https://nypost.com/2019/04/02/joe-biden-is-damned-by-his-own-harassment-standard/
"Joe Biden's Role in '90s Crime Law Could Haunt Any Presidential Bid",
New York Times, 08.21.15
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/us/politics/joe-bidens-role-in-90s-crime-law-could-haunt-any-presidential-bid.html
"Re-watching Joe Biden's disastrous Anita Hill hearing: A sexual harassment inquisition", Washington Post, 09.18.18
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/11/24/rewatching-joe-bidens-disastrous-anita-hill-hearing-a-sexual-harassment-inquistion/?noredirect=on
"Exclusive Poll: Biden's Iraq War Vote Already A Liability in 2020 Campaign", Politico, 05.15.19
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/15/joe-biden-iraq-war-vote-1322914
Cavna on Stan Lee's last days and Burton's first Batman
As Stan Lee's ex-caregiver is arrested, last year's videos provide an illuminating lens on his elder-abuse case
How Tim Burton's 'Batman' radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago
June 23: French Comics Kiss Better: A French Comics Creators Showcase
French Comics Kiss Better: A French Comics Creators Showcase
- Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 5:30 PM – 7 PM
- Fantom Comics2010 P St NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, District of Columbia 20036
This panel offers a rare opportunity to meet French and European artists on tour, who represent the contemporary bande dessinée (BD) scene. French comics are familiar American bestsellers, from Tintin to Persepolis to Valerian, but fans can discover the diversity in genres—from steampunk fantasy to crime fiction to graphic biography and historical fiction—and vibrant/sophisticated art styles from the next generation of creators who are "big in France." This ultra-cool panel will be followed by a comics party with drinks available for purchase!
Featuring 2019 Eisner-Award nominee Wilfrid Lupano (Sea of Love and Curtain Call); Typex (Andy: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol); Julia Billet (Catherine's War); and Karim Friha (Rise of the Zelphire). Moderated by Brigid Alverson
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Library of Congress blog features plum political cartoons
Summer Search: A Plum Assignment
Weldon on Gaiman's Good Omens
GLEN WELDON
May 30, 2019
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/30/726327660/good-omens-serves-up-a-cozy-strangely-heartwarming-apocalypse
RVA magazine's new comics column
ASH GRIFFITH | MAY 28, 2019
HTTPS://RVAMAG.COM/ART/ZINES-BOOKS/RVA-COMICS-X-CHANGE-ISSUE-20.HTML
The Post's Ron Charles on Dr. Seuss
How Dr. Seuss's 'Oh, the Places You'll Go' became a graduation-gift cliche [in print as Oh, let's not go there, Class of '19]
by Ron Charles Washington Post May 30 2019, p. C1, 3 https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/how-dr-seusss-oh-the-places-youll-go-became-a-graduation-gift-cliche/2019/05/29/c584fe8e-8021-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.htmlTom King interview and news
By RUSS BURLINGAME - May 23, 2019
https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/05/22/tom-king-on-heroes-in-crisis-the-fan-reaction-and-more/
and...
Tom King Co-Writing 'New Gods' Film With Ava DuVernay for Warner Bros. PicturesMary Anne Butler
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05/29/tom-king-co-writing-new-gods-with-ava-duvernay/
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
PR: Two Sarah Boxer books published in June
International Psychoanalytic Books ipbooks.net BOOK NEWS
Press Inquiries Tamar Schwartz psypsa@aol.com 917-547-8054
For Immediate Release:
Publication Date: June 8, 2019
A NEW EDITION OF SARAH BOXER'S FREUDIAN FUNNY
IN THE FLOYD ARCHIVES: A Psycho-Bestiary
AND ITS BRAND NEW POST-FREUDIAN SEQUEL
MOTHER MAY I? A Post-Floydian Folly
WILL BE PUBLISHED TOGETHER IN JUNE BY IP BOOKS
PRAISE FOR MOTHER MAY I?
Hilarious and terrifying … smart and silly. The constant barrage of puns is brilliant. OMG! Me Little and Little Hans are brilliant, hilarious characters. … Such darkness and such lightness, so edifying and so absurd!
-- Alison Bechdel
A kooky and witty illustrated tale that's full of intelligence and educational value. -- Kirkus Reviews
Having adored The Floyd Archives, I can't say enough how thrilling it is to see the bestiary ride again, into the forests of Klein and Winnicott-the-Pooh… sorry… the atmosphere of free-association is infectious.
-- Jonathan Lethem
PRAISE FOR IN THE FLOYD ARCHIVES
If Freud had a bad dream, it would probably be Floyd ... A wildly clever collection in which little animals stand in for Sigmund Freud's most famous cases and for the doctor himself. -- Jenny Lyn Bader, New York Times
Boxer belongs to the line of erudite, intellectual cartooning exemplified by Jules Feiffer, David Levine and Edward Gorey … Funny and disturbing at the same time. -- Jeet Heer, The Comics Journal
… hysterically off-kilter… -- Kirkus Reviews
As the story unfolded, it got funnier and funnier, and funnier and funnier. Suddenly it was very painful. -- David Levine
What is the In the Floyd Archives?
In the Floyd Archives (ISBN 978-1-949093-18-6, 160 pp. $17.95) is a graphic novel, drawn and written by Sarah Boxer, lightly based on Freud's famous case histories – the Wolf Man, the Rat Man, Dora and Little Hans. The psychoanalyst, Dr. Floyd, is a bird. His patients are troubled mammals: Wolfman is a passive-aggressive wolf with identity issues, Rat Ma'am, an obsessive-compulsive rat, Lambskin a deflated lamb, and Bunnyman a paranoid rabbit. In the Floyd Archives, a comic with footnotes leading back to the Freudian sources, is for aficionados of Freud but also for those who love a wildly inventive comic with a deep and disturbing undercurrent.
What is Mother May I?
Mother May I? (ISBN 978-1-949093-17-9, 188 pp. $17.95) is the sequel to the comic In the Floyd Archives. In this hilarious and terrifying riff on the works and lives of the child psychoanalysts Melanie Klein and D.W. Winnicott, Dr. Floyd's abandoned patients take a turn with Melanin Klein, a small black sheep who adores talking about ta-tas and widdlers. Klein is joined by her three little kids – Melittle Klein, a bitter kitten, Little Hans, a rambunctious bunny, and Squiggle Piggle, a pig whose tail creates expressive pictures when pulled. Mother May I?, a comic with footnotes, is for those who wonder whatever happened to psychoanalysis after Freud was gone, for those still working out things with their mothers, and for those who appreciate a comic romp with a dark edge.
Who is Sarah Boxer?
Sarah Boxer, writer, cartoonist, critic, is a contributing writer for The Atlantic, and a critic who writes for The New York Review of Books, The L.A. Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, The Comics Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Photograph, and Artforum. She published her first cartoon in a local Colorado newspaper at age 12. For many years she worked at The New York Times as an editor, critic, and reporter. Boxer's essay on George Herriman's Krazy Kat, "The Cat in the Hat," was featured in Best American Comics Criticism. Her essay "Why Are All the Cartoon Mothers Dead?" was anthologized in Rereading America. Her piece "The Exemplary Narcissism of Snoopy," will appear this year in The Peanuts Papers. Born in Denver, Boxer lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, son, and two cats. There she is at work on a series of tragic-comics, including, Hamlet: Prince of Pigs (part of which appeared on the NYR Daily website) and Anchovius Caesar: The Decomposition of a Romaine Salad.