I am a comic author and filmmaker, so my creation spreads across a few spectrums. The comics I've written span several art styles, but our current project employs a fun and unique blend of hand-drawn elements superimposed over still photography.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Meet a local comics writer: A chat with Jaron Johnson
I am a comic author and filmmaker, so my creation spreads across a few spectrums. The comics I've written span several art styles, but our current project employs a fun and unique blend of hand-drawn elements superimposed over still photography.
June 11: New exhibit by Michael Webster
May 21: Cartoonists at Gaithersburg Book Festival
Cece Bell and Aaron Reynolds
Location: Willa Cather Pavilion
Children's
Start Time: 11:15 am
Author(s): Cece Bell
Aaron Reynolds
Cece Bell
Cece Bell is the author-illustrator of the Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor Book, "Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover." She is also the creator of the Newbery Honor–winning graphic novel, "El Deafo," and "The Sock Monkey" picture books, among other works for children. Cece Bell lives in an old church in Virginia and works in a new-ish barn right next door. She has worked as a freelance illustrator for all kinds of nutty projects, but is now a full-time author and illustrator. Cece enjoys moments of hilarity with her husband, Tom, along with three three lady dogs and two youngsters. Twitter: @CeceBellBooks
Graphic Arts Panel
Location: Willa Cather Pavilion
Children's
Start Time: 1:15 pm
Author(s): Dave Roman
John Patrick Green
Alexis Frederick-Frost
Dave Roman
Dave Roman is the author/illustrator of the "Astronaut Academy" series (winner of Maryland's Black-Eyed Susan Book Award) and writer of the graphic novels "Teen Boat! Race for Boatlantis" and "Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery." He has contributed stories to "Comics Squad: Recess!," "Explorer: The Mystery Boxes," "Nursery Rhyme Comics" and "Goosebumps Graphix: Slappy's Tales of Horror." Roman is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, has worked as an editor at Nickelodeon Magazine and lives in Astoria, NY. His latest project is the all-ages webcomic, "Starbunny, Inc." Facebook Twitter: @yaytime
John Patrick Green
John Patrick Green grew up on Long Island and has worked in New York City since graduating from the School of Visual Arts with a degree in graphic design. His latest project is "Hippopotamister," his first graphic novel as writer and artist. John is the artist and co-creator of the series Jax Epoch, and the comics "Quicken Forbidden" and "Teen Boat!," both with writer Dave Roman. He was the comics consultant for Disney Adventures magazine and has also worked on comics for DC Comics, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks and Scholastic Graphix. He lives in Brooklyn with zero cats and way too many LEGOs. Facebook Twitter: @JohnGreenArt
Alexis Frederick-Frost
Alexis Frederick-Frost is co-author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed Adventures in Cartooning series of graphic novels and picture books. A combination how-to book and an exciting adventure story, "Adventures in Cartooning" was one of Booklist's Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2010 and has received many awards. Alexis also wrote and illustrated the monthly comic Kit and Clay published in The Phoenix Magazine in the United Kingdom. His illustrations have appeared online and in a variety of publications including Nickelodeon Magazine, The Adventure Time comic and others. A graduate from the inaugural class of the Center for Cartoon Studies, Alexis currently lives with his wife in Maryland. Twitter: @afrederickfrost
Kevin Kallaugher: Daggers Drawn
Location: Rachel Carson Pavilion
Non-Fiction
Start Time: 3:15 pm
Author(s): Kevin Kallaugher (KAL)
Kevin Kallaugher (KAL)
Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) is the international award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Economist and The Baltimore Sun. In a distinguished career than spans 38 years, KAL has created over 8000 cartoons and 140 magazine covers. His resumé includes six collections of his published work, exhibitions in a dozen countries, awards and honors in seven. In 2015, KAL was awarded Cartoon of the Year in Europe, The Herblock Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons said of Kevin "Commanding a masterful style, Kallaugher stands among the premier caricaturists of the (twentieth) century."
Gareth Hinds: Samurai Rising
Location: Ogden Nash Pavilion
Young Adult
Start Time: 4:15 pm
Author(s): Gareth Hinds
Gareth Hinds
Gareth Hinds is the creator of critically-acclaimed graphic novel adaptations of literary classics, including "Beowulf," "King Lear," "The Merchant of Venice," "The Odyssey," "Romeo & Juliet" and "Macbeth." His latest illustration project is the action-packed nonfiction book "Samurai Rising," written by Pamela Turner, which has received four starred reviews. Gareth is a recipient of the Boston Public Library's "Literary Lights for Children" award. His books are used in English classrooms across the country, and his illustrations have appeared in the Society of Illustrators, the New York Historical Society, and over a dozen published video games. Gareth lives in Takoma Park, MD. Blog: Hindsight Twitter: @garethhinds Facebook: Gareth Hinds Tumblr: Gareth's Tumbler Pinterest Gareth Hinds
Great Comics for Kids
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: Children's Village Workshops Tent
Class Size: 20
Audience: Elementary-Middle School
Description
Can't stop reading graphic novels? Good! Come check out some outstanding recently published graphic novels. Learn about our state's graphic novel book award. Explore the different elements found on a page of a comic. Create a one page comic of your own with help from special guest Dave Roman!
Comic Riffs on the new New Yorker cover
The New Yorker's art director sheds light on the magazine's new augmented-reality cover
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 10 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/05/10/the-new-yorkers-art-director-sheds-light-on-the-magazines-new-augmented-reality-cover/
Interviews with KAL and Maris Wicks
April 21, 2016
by Megan Wessell, A Bookish Affair
http://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/qa-noted-cartoonist-kal/Free Comic Book Day: 'Science Comics' creator leads an inviting dive into deep marine wonders
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 7 2016
Monday, May 09, 2016
Frank Cho interview online
Talking To Frank Cho, Man Of Outrage, About Attracting Women
Posted May 3, 2016 by Rich Johnston
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/05/03/talking-to-frank-cho-man-of-outrage-about-attracting-women-comics-entertainment-wonder-woman/Gareth Hinds book reviewed in NY Times
'Samurai Rising,' by Pamela S. Turner
By SARAH MILLER
A version of this review appears in print on May 8, 2016, on page BR32 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Slash and Burn.
SAMURAI RISING
The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
By Pamela S. Turner
Illustrated by Gareth Hinds
236 pp. Charlesbridge. $16.95. (Middle grade; ages 10 and up)
NPR on Civil War, and black superheroes
2016: Age Of The On-Screen Black Superhero
Eric Deggans
Weekend Edition Saturday May 7, 2016
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/07/477089249/2016-age-of-the-on-screen-black-superhero
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=477089249
'Captain America: Civil War' Is The Mightiest Marvel Movie
Chris Klimek
NPR.org May 6, 2016
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/06/476490464/captain-america-civil-war-is-the-mightiest-marvel-movie
Comic Riffs continues to talk to Civil War directors
How 'Captain America' is just one piece of Disney's plan to reinvent entertainment
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 9 2016
Comic Riffs talks to Gene Yang
Exclusive: Gene Luen Yang to publish his first nonfiction graphic novel ever ('Dragon Hoops') in 2018
Joe Procopio on Small Press Expo in 2000
Procopio, Joseph . 2000.
online at http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2016/05/joe-procopio-on-small-press-expo-in-2000.html
Comic Riffs talks to Civil War directors
'Captain America: Civil War' directors reveal how their movie flexes these political meanings
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 8 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/05/08/captain-america-civil-war-directors-explain-the-movies-political-meaning/
DC Conspiracy in 'Gift Shop' show at Transformer
By beginning at the most accessible point of entry for most elite art spaces - Gift Shop explores the sociocultural context of the museum gift shop environment - wherein the sacred and the mundane, the Mona Lisa and the coffee cup, become one. As ‘fine art’, increasingly isolates itself from the general public, drawing repulsion from the air of pretension necessary to maintain its integrity - Gift Shop serves as a gateway to support exceptional fine art by adapting the language of mass marketing, branding and cheap affordable commodification.”
:::::Gift Shop Artists include:::::
Amber Eve Anderson
Amy Hughes Braden
Wilson Butterworth
James Cole
Meagan Coleman
Kaliq Crosby
Stephen Crouch
Adrienne Gaither
Felippe Goncavles
Myles Loftin
joseph orzal
Georgie Payne
Justin Poppe
PLAKOOKEE
Bonner Sale
Alex Von Bergen
Meena Yi
The DC Conspiracy.
Sunday, May 08, 2016
Screenprint poster for Artshow 15: Comix
That darn Hagar, Toles and Flashbacks
This cartoon really was horrible [in print as This comic really was horrible]
Mary Ann Ryan, Adamstown
Washington Post May 7 2016, p. A15
Letters to the Editor
He carried the reins in his teeth [Flashbacks].
Marshall Dearden,
Washington Post May 7 2016, p. A15
The Trump criticism hasn't worked
Victor E. Schwartz, Alexandria
Washington Post May 7 2016, p. A15
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trump-criticism-hasnt-worked/2016/05/06/70ab321e-1159-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.htmlSaturday, May 07, 2016
Reminder Free Comic Book Day starts at 10 am today
Joel Pollack
BIG PLANET COMICS
4849 Cordell Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814
Friday, May 06, 2016
Jok Church of Beakman & Jax has died
Jok Church, of Beakman and Jax cartoon strip for kids, dies at 67.
By Steve Rubenstein
SFGate.com (May 5): http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Jok-Church-Beakman-and-Jax-cartoon-strip-for-7396400.php
This is only tangentially-related, as Mr. Church is survived by his brother Jim here in Washington, DC.
Tobin, Suzanne. 2003. Comics: Meet the Artist With Jok Church, Cartoonist, 'You Can With Beakman and Jax'. Washingtonpost.com (May 30): http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/03/r_style_cartoon053003.htm
Tobin, Suzanne. 2006. Comics: Meet the Artist - Jok Church, Cartoonist, 'You Can with Beakman and Jax'. Washingtonpost.com (June 30): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/06/20/DI2006062000567.html
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Weed War Is Race War"
"Weed War is Race War"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1939
The initial decision to criminalize marijuana in 1937 wasn't based on a study of the science and biology of addiction or pharmacology, but purely on politics and racism. Harry Anslinger, Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics -- precursor to today's DEA -- was a notorious racist and liar who based his opinions on marijuana on pure, raw racist stereotypes and who believed that marijuana was a sure gateway to violence, sedition and social discontent. It was Anslinger's inflammatory lies which led to the passage of state marijuana laws as a component of Jim Crow and stoked the hype for propaganda films such as Marihuana: The Devil's Weed and Reefer Madness.
As a follow-up to their wildly epic April 2nd event and their historic meeting with White House representives from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, DCMJ -- the people who brought you legal weed in DC -- are throwing a sequel to April 2 on May 20, the one-month anniversary of 4/20, to highlight the fact that Obama is late on descheduling cannabis, and to remind folks of the racism behind the 1937 marijuana ban which is still a major component of the War On Drugs.
Monkey See blog on comic books and Captain America: Civil War
Captain America, Aaron Burr, And The Politics Of Killing Your Friends
NPR's Monkey See blog May 5, 2016
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2016/05/05/476739552/captain-america-aaron-burr-and-the-politics-of-killing-your-friends
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Comics, More Comics, Free Comics And Keanu
Pop Culture Happy Hour
May 6, 2016
http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2016/05/20160505_pchh_ep294.mp3
Ryan Homberg's latest manga article
Nuclear Literati: Nakashima Kiyoshi's Furusato Goes to Hell
BY Ryan Holmberg May 6, 2016http://www.tcj.com/nuclear-literati-nakashima-kiyoshis-furusato-goes-to-hell/
Glen Weldon's guide to FCBD
Free Comic Book Day 2016: Even Archie Has Something New To Say
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2016/05/06/476460021/free-comic-book-day-2016-even-archie-has-something-new-to-say
New Marc Rosenthal book on Trump in today's Post
Michael Ian Black says his Trump kids' book was inspired by Hillary Clinton [in print as Seuss-style Trmp tale is more for Mom and Dad].
By Nora Krug
Washington Post May 6 2016, p. C6.
May 7: John Gallagher at Fair Oaks Mall for FCBD
The Express on Captain America: Civil War
The real fight behind 'Captain America: Civil War' [in print as The rush to 'War'" So, what are we fighting about?]
Express May 6 2016, p. 17
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2016/05/06/the-real-fight-behind-captain-america-civil-war/
Excellent Ted White interview in Falls Church News-Press
Falls Church News-Press (May 5); 24, 30
The Post reviews the new Captain America movie
'Captain America: Civil War' proves — yet again — Marvel's chops on the big screen [online as Super unstoppable forces: Marvel's cinematic universe grows more powerful as the Avengers expand, get angry and do battle].
Washington Post May 5 2016, p. Weekend 22-23
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/captain-america-civil-war-proves--yet-again--marvels-chops-on-the-big-screen/2016/05/03/831c2ffa-113d-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df_story.html
Thursday, May 05, 2016
Comics events at Petworth Library in May
Rosarium: Fully funded
Free Comic Book Day - Saturday, May 7th at Beyond Comics
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David Hagen returns to Civitans Flea Market this Saturday!
DISCLAIMER: ComicsDC's Mike Rhode provided the paintings to Hagen for free, and is not making any money from his reuse of them (but is enjoying it).
Alliance Française de Washington cartooning contest extended to May 20
The Alliance Française de Washington is launching its first "Bubble Factory" festival – "La Fabrique à Bulles" – dedicated to graphic arts. The festival will encourage and promote the emergence of new talents in this contest for graphic artists.
– One for teenagers: From 12 years old to 16 years old.
– One for Adults: More than 16 years old.
Free Comic Book Day: Fantom Comics flash mob on Dupont Circle
Fantom Comics to Hold 'Civil War' Flash Mob in Dupont Circle
by Tim Regan — May 3, 2016
Wednesday, May 04, 2016
New Shadow artwork commission by Rob Ullman
PR: Sitcomics to premiere at Awesome Con
My name's Darin Henry and I'm a longtime TV writer (Seinfeld, Futurama & a dozen others) and this year I've also started my own comic book publishing company called Sitcomics. The basic idea behind Sitcomics is to take popular comic book subgenres such as vampires, zombies and superheroes, and give them a sitcom twist. I'm launching three new print titles at Awesome-Con next month.
Local Cartoonist Tour by Paul Merklein
Do you like to draw? Do you want to be a cartoonist?
See local cartoonist Paul Merklein this month at libraries in DC, Maryland
and Virginia.
Merklein is touring libraries in May thru August, drawing cartoons, super
heroes and people right from the audience! Who will he draw next?
Merklein lives in Silver Spring MD, and tours Libraries, Schools and Comic
Cons. His cartoons appear in publications and online.
See Merklein's Tour Dates here... http://greatbigfaces.blogspot.com
See his cartoon "Dabney and Dad" at DabneyandDad.com
See his cartoon "Take Five" at TakeFiveCartoons.com
Ben Hatke video online now
Video: Nobody Likes A Goblin Cartoonist Ben Hatke Breathes Fire, Is More Interesting Than the Rest of Humanity
Iranian cartoonist freed from jail
Cartoonist Atena Farghadani, sentenced for satirizing government as animals, is freed in Iran
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 4 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/05/04/cartoonist-atena-farghadani-sentenced-for-satirizing-government-as-animals-is-freed-in-iran/
May 7: FCBD at Fantom Comics
Saturday at 10 AM - 9 PM
It's that time of year again, Fantomites!
Free Comic Book Day 2015 was one of our biggest FCBDs ever, and we're gonna make this year's event EVEN BIGGER!
We're giving away 6,000 books composed of 50 made-for-FCBD comics!
Special guests JOE KEATINGE and LEILA DEL DUCA, the creative team behind one of our favorite comics, SHUTTER, will be here for your signing and hanging out pleasure.
At 7pm we'll be opening up the bar and serving drinks as we play FANTOM FEUD, a comic book version of Family Feud. Come to watch, participate, have some drinks and hang out.
Keep watching this event for updates as we get closer to the big day!
Interested in being a volunteer? Contact us at fantomhq@fantomcomics.com for details on how you can help!