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.
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
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Hagen paintings at Cafe Nola
Clifford Berryman on Ghosts of DC blog
D.C. Lacks National Representation … Still
This print is still appropriate today … sadly. We found this in the awesome collection provided by the DC Public Library. If you...Monday, December 01, 2014
The Post on Frozen, again
Parents beware: this round of "Frozen"-mania won't end after the holidays. Idina Menzel says a sequel is in the works. [in print as A 'Frozen' sequel? Our blood runs cold, December 1, 2014]
By Jessica Contrera November 30 2014
RIP Brumsic Brandon, Jr.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Dec. 14: Keatinge, Duca at Big Planet
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Dec. 3: Meet the Author Night
Dec. 14: Bmore into Comics #5
Friday, November 28, 2014
Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year Series ends its 42 Year Run
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Amy and Richard Thompson's first Thanksgiving, and a toe
Apatoff on Thompson, day 4
THE ART OF RICHARD THOMPSON, day 4
http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-art-of-richard-thompson-day-4.html
Nov 29: Rashin Kheiriyeh, children’s book author, illustrator, and animator
5 p.m. - 7 p.m. | Rashin Kheiriyeh, children's book author, illustrator, and animator Politics & Prose is excited to join the Small Business Saturday festivities again this year. A great way to support local businesses in our community right as the holiday season gets into full swing, we hope you can join us and "Shop Small" on Saturday, November 29. We have a great lineup of authors who've answered the Indies First challenge and will be moonlighting as booksellers—joining our own fantastic staff—in support of the day. Come by and have one of the following writers rummage the shelves to recommend the perfect book for you or a great gift for a loved one of any age. |
Post blog on St Louis arches cartoons
Cartoonist says his divided-arch cartoon about Ferguson was 'very obvious,' 'almost too easy'
By Erik WempleWashington Post's Erik Wemple blog November 26 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/11/26/st-louis-cartoonist-says-his-divided-arch-cartoon-about-ferguson-was-very-obvious-almost-too-easy/
Thankful: Recent additions to the ComicsDC bookshelf
Benbow, Hannah. 2013.
Munch Munch Crunch Crunch: Healthy Words From A to Z.
Washington, DC: Hannamations
Churn, Todd and Hannah Benbow. 2014.
Zoey Goes To The Beach.
Washington, DC: Todd Churn and Hannah Benbow
Apatoff, David, Nick Galifianakis, Mike Rhode, Chris Sparks, and Bill Watterson. 2014.
The Art of Richard Thompson.
Kansas City: Andrews McMeel
The Third Annual Ameriprint The You-Gotta-Be-Kidding, Is-This-For-Real? Off-The-Wall 1994 Wall Calendar.
Vienna, VA: Ameriprint
Pages of made-up holidays by local Washington-DC area illustrators including Richard Thompson.
Weingarten, Gene and Eric Shansby (ill). 2014.
Me and Dog.
New York: Simon and Schuster
Nilsen, Anna, Richard Sala (ill) and Betsy France. 2008.
Gallery Ghost: Find the ghost who paints the most!
Palo Alto, CA: Birdcage Press
Works of art from the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Stossel, Sage. 2013.
On The Loose In Washington, D.C.: A Find-the-Animals Book.
Carlisle, MA: Commonwealth Editions
Mullins, Linda. 2002.
The Teddy Bear Men: Theodore Roosevelt & Clifford Berryman, 2nd Edition.
Grantsville, MD: Hobby House Press
Berryman, Florence Seville and Clifford Berryman (ill). 1925.
Early American Bookplates.
University Press of Sewanee Tennessee