PR: Beyond Comics 5 DAY SALE!

Wednesday - Sunday November 10th to 14th GRAPHIC NOVEL SALE! Buy 1 Get 10% OFF Buy 2 Get 20% OFF Buy 3 or More Get 25% OFF (Use cash for 3 or more and get 30% OFF) Excludes new arrivals (last two weeks). Excludes Walking Dead. Not redeemable for subscriptions, special orders, or on hold items. All books must be purchased...we will not hold any books. Please Note, some items are not available at all store locations. For more information please speak with any store representative. Some items may also be allocated by the manufacturer and may not be available. Beyond Comics does not guarantee items being in stock; however we will do our best to keep them available. Email: Gaithersburg John Shine Mgr or Frederick Jon Cohen Mgr Gaithersburg Store 536 North Frederick Ave Gaithersburg, MD (301) 216-0007 Hours: M,Tu 11-8; W-Sat 10-9; Sun 12-6 Frederick Store 5632 Route 85 Frederick, MD (301) 668-8202 Hours: M,Tu 10-8; W-Sat 10-9; Sun 12-6

TCJ.com reviewer uses my Wertham City Paper article

It's always nice to see that one's writing hasn't completely gone into the void.

The Horror! The Horror!

Posted by Kent Worcester on November 9th, 2010

Kent reviews the latest coffee table slab from Abrams ComicArts.

http://www.tcj.com/review/the-horror-the-horror-2/

Rosenberg on Robinson auction

Scott A. Rosenberg, former DC-area reporter on comics, has a New York story - on Jerry Robinson's art auction

Comic art auction could break records
AMNY Urbanite blog November 9 2010

Post on Walking Dead tv

'Walking Dead,' alive with ratings and spin
By Lisa de Moraes
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 9, 2010; C05

 

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat With Nick Galifianakis

Posted by Mike Rhode on Nov. 9, 2010

 

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2010/11/09/meet-a-local-cartoonist-a-chat-with-nick-galifianakis/

That darn Toles! (continued)

This time a blog called the Oregon Catalyst doesn't like Tom Toles' cartoon.

Death of USNWR lets Spurgeon dig up Richard Thompson's comics history

Tom Spurgeon looks at the end of US News & World Report through a peculiarly comics lens - he gets Richard Thompson to comment on his time working for them -

USN&WR Ending Its Print Iteration.
Comics Reporter (November 8 2010).

If you're not reading The Comics Reporter, you should be. It's one of three comics blogs I read every day.

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Jamie Noguchi

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Jamie Noguchi
by Mike Rhode on Nov. 8, 2010
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2010/11/08/meet-a-local-cartoonist-a-chat-with-jamie-noguchi/

 

Nov 17: In Between the Panels reminder

Now with pictures!

In Between the Panels: DC's Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene

http://www.wnba-books.org/wash/events.php#graphicnovel

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Busboys & Poets, 5th & K Streets, Washington, DC
Cost: FREE and open to the public!

The Women's National Book Association, DC Chapter will sponsor a panel discussion on the DC graphic novel scene. The panel for the event, to be held at Busboys & Poets 5th & K Streets, Washington, DC, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., will include Carolyn Belefski, Molly Lawless, Matt Dembicki, and Mike Rhode. The event is free and open to the public.

Carolyn Belefski is the mastermind behind the web comic Curls. She is also one of the creators of several other comic books: Kid Roxy, Black Magic Tales, and The Legettes, and an indefatigable (nightly) poster to her blog, Sketch Before Sleep. Her work has appeared in USA WEEKEND Magazine, The Commonwealth Times, Virginia Living Magazine, Magic Bullet, CROQ Zine, and The Pulse on COMICON.com. Ms. Belefski is a nominee for the Kim Yale Award for Most Talented Newcomer for 2010.

Matt Dembicki is a DC-based cartoonist whose work includes the award-winning nature parable Mr. Big, The Great White Shark Story, Xoc, and The Brewmaster's Castle, about legendary DC brewer Christian Heurich. His latest anthology, Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection, has received rave reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal and has been nominated as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. In addition to his own work, Dembicki also hosts kids' workshops in the DC area and beyond on making comic books.

Molly Lawless, a Boston native, moved to the DC area in 2005. She has self-published mini comics as well as a compilation, Infandum! Ad Infinitum. She is currently working on a full-length graphic novel for McFarland Publishing titled Hit by Pitch. She is an avid blogger and includes stories about her family in her daily posts.

Mike Rhode, panel moderator, is co-author of the comics research bibliography, editor of Exhibition and Media Reviews for the International Journal of Comic Art, and a contributing writer for Hogan's Alley. In 2008, he was named Best (Comics) Art Blogger by the Washington City Paper for his Comics DC blog. Rhode edited Harvey Pekar: Conversations, a book of interviews with the late underground comic book writer and author of American Splendor published by the University Press of Mississippi. He has written for the Comics Journal and was selected as an RFK Journalism Awards judge for the editorial cartoon division of Comics Journal in 2009 and 2010. Rhode currently writes about comics for the City Paper.

This event is FREE and open to the public!

Nov 9 and 11th: Nick Galifianakis signs his new book

Nick writes in,
Though the book doesn't officially come out until November 23, advance copies will be available at my book signing on November 11, Thursday, 7 pm at the Falls Church Art Space. The link is below:

http://www.fallschurcharts.org/

For those of you that happen to be traipsing around DC two night
before, I'll be at the National press Club Book Fair:

http://press.org/bookfair

Richard Thompson on Barney Google

Here's the introduction to the Barney Google reprint book that Richard Thompson did.

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2010/11/barney-google-and-aesthetics-of-bigfoot.html

Truitt on She-Hulk, Incognito

'She-Hulks': It ain't easy being a green goddess
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY 10/21/2010
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2010-10-21-She-Hulks_N.htm

'Incognito' powered by pulp ethos
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 6 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2010-11-06-incognito_N.htm

How Ann Telnaes does it (modern edition)

Ann Telnaes: From sketch to animation
November 4 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/11/04/VI2010110405529.html

Barney and Clyde channels Doonesbury

The Weingartens and Clark strip Barney and Clyde is channeling 1971 Doonesbury yesterday and today. That's Marvelous Mark Slackmeyer before he became an NPR host. Gene W, a friend of Trudeau's, is undoubtedly paying tribute to the 40th anniversary celebration of the strip - which is still one of the absolute best running.

Post on Megamind and My Dog Tulip

Mwahahaha: Plenty of laughs, evil or otherwise
By Michael O'Sullivan
Friday, November 5, 2010

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/megamind,1158922/critic-review.html

 

It's a fetching story. So sit, stay
By Michael O'Sullivan
Friday, November 5, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/my-dog-tulip,1168130/critic-review.html

Express compares Megamind to Paradise Lost

Now this is my kind of film reviewer -

 

Mega-Milton: 'Megamind,' In Theaters
 By Kristen Page-Kirby
Express November 5, 2010
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2010/11/megamind-review.php

 

New website links for local creators

As I'm getting ready for some new City Paper interviews, here's some links to local creators sites.

Molly Lawless' Hooray For Mollywood blog: http://tyrnyx.wordpress.com/ Come meet Molly at Busboys and Poets on November 17th.

Editorial cartoonist Clay Jones' Toon Talk blog: http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/toontalk/

Cartoonist Jamie Noguchi's Yellow Peril comic strip at http://ypcomic.com and blog at http://angryzenmaster.com

Truitt on Batman, Inc.

'Batman and Robin' brings a 'game-changer' for Bruce Wayne
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 3 2010

Intervention con putting panel videos online

Panel Video: We Are The Intervention
http://interventioncon.com/2010/10/21/panel-video-we-are-the-intervention/
As part of our ongoing effort to place our panel content from the 2010 Intervention event online you can now view the following panel entitled "We Are The Intervention" which was hosted by Harknell and Onezumi, the Co-con chairs for the 2010 event.

Description: Why did Intervention happen? What motivated Harknell and Onezumi to create and get this con going? Come talk to the Co-Con Chairs of Intervention and find out directly from the founders the whats and whys of the con, and where it's going in the future.
Panelists: Harknell, Onezumi

Intervention Panel Video: Duel In The Somme Launch Event
http://interventioncon.com/2010/10/23/intervention-panel-video-duel-in-the-somme-launch-event/
This video is of the Panel "A Duel in the Somme: Official Launch" which happened at Intervention 2010.

A Duel in the Somme is a 24-page standalone comic book co-written by Rob Balder (Erfworld, PartiallyClips) and Ben Bova (six-time Hugo winning SF author and editor), and illustrated by Bill Holbrook (Kevin & Kell, Safe Havens, On the Fastrack). The worldwide debut of the printed book happens here! Rob and Bill will be present to talk about the story behind the project, sign copies and answer questions.


Intervention Panel Video: Cell Shading And Other Advanced Photoshop Techniques
http://interventioncon.com/2010/11/01/intervention-panel-video-cell-shading-and-other-advanced-photoshop-techniques/
The next Intervention 2010 panel video we have available for view is "Cel Shading And Other Advanced Photoshop Techniques".

Description: Hawk, the artist for the comic Applegeeks, will be demonstrating some of the techniques he uses in Photoshop to create his comic and other digital output. Cel shading and comic composition are two of the major areas covered in this panel.

Panelists: Hawk


Intervention Panel Video: Digital Versus Traditional Art
http://interventioncon.com/2010/10/27/intervention-panel-video-digital-versus-traditional-art/
The following panel occurred at Intervention 2010 and was entitled "Digital Vs. Traditional: The Pros And Cons Of Each"

Description: Some artists love digital. Some artists love pen and ink. Digital art gives you more flexibility, but traditional gives you the ability to sell originals at conventions. Come and listen to a FRIENDLY discussion about the pros and cons of each.

Panelists: Chris Flick, Ben McCormick, Ryan Thompson, Danny Valentini

Gutterbrawl - a new blog on the comics industry from the small press POV

Matt Rhodes (no relation) (also see my City Paper interview) just shot me the following note about a new blog he's started -

Gutterbrawl.org was created by Adam Knave and R.M. Rhodes as a place to discuss the state of the comics industry (especially the so-called Indirect Market of independant comics creators). After several weeks of laying out the issues, we've turned the corner and are making the suggestion that we, the Indirect Market, should create a common marketing platform. This week's post makes the case for what form that platform should take, but it will only work if we can get a large number of people talking about it and - ultimately - participating.

http://www.gutterbrawl.org/?p=19

We welcome thoughts and opinions about this topic and hope to start the conversation.



Class of '63
Oceanus Procellarum Book Two
the new webcomic
by R. M. Rhodes
http://oletheros.com

Weldon on Lynd Ward

Lynd Ward's 'Woodcuts' Tell Novels Without Words by Glen Weldon, National Public Radio's Books We Like (November 1, 2010)

And in other NPR reviews, I liked these stories a lot as they appeared on the NY Times website:

In Hard Times, The Tenacious 'Pursuit Of Happiness' by Heller McAlpin
National Public Radio's Books We Like (November 2):

And The Pursuit Of Happiness
By Maira Kalman
Hardcover, 480 pages
Penguin Press HC
List price: $29.95

Zach Galifianakas recommends his cousin Nick's book

http://www.hulu.com/watch/190621/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-wed-nov-3-2010?c=863%3A954

Nate Beeler on Fox News

We still like him anyway. In fact, he's the reason I pick up the Examiner every day.

Yet another Megamind interview

These are popping up all over the web, although this is the first I've seen in a DC paper.

 

It Isn't Easy Being Blue: Will Ferrell on Voicing 'Megamind' [in print: Will Ferrell Is Kinda Blue]
Written by Express contributor Roxana Hadadi
Express (November 4 2010): E9
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2010/11/will-ferrell-megamind-dreamworks.php

 

Express on 'Naughty' Simpsons

Naughty Treehouse: 'Simpsons' Halloween Episode Gets Gratuitous
Written by Express contributor Marc Silver
Express  November 4, 2010
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2010/11/simpsons-treehouse-of-horror.php

 

Weldon on Flash vs The Flash; Caro on Hatfield's Alternative Comics

Your Handy Field Guide to the Spandex Set, Volume I: Space Guy or Speedster?
by Glen Weldon
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog November 3, 2010
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/11/02/131022221/your-handy-field-guide-to-the-spandex-set-volume-the-first-space-guy-or-speedster


Blog Versus Professor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb is Authentic, Too
Posted by Caro
Hooded Utilitarian November 3 2010
http://www.tcj.com/hoodedutilitarian/2010/11/blog-versus-professor-aline-kominsky-crumb-is-authentic-too/

Small Press Expo Announces Dates for SPX 2011 and 2nd Annual Small Press Expo Animation Showcase

Small Press Expo Announces Dates for SPX 2011 and 2nd Annual Small Press Expo Animation Showcase

For Immediate Release                              Contact: Warren Bernard

                                                                          E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com

Bethesda, Maryland, November 3, 2010 - Small Press Expo, t

he preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce that 

SPX 2011 will be held

 Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 11AM to 7PM, and Sunday September 11, 2011 from 

noon-6PM

. Admission will be $10 for a single day and $15 for both days. 

Applications for Exhibitor tables can be submitted as of January 1, 2011 via our website at

 

http://www.spxpo.com. Early bird table prices will be $300 until February 28, 2011, after March 1, 2011 they will be $370.

We are also pleased to announce the return of the Small Press Expo Animation Showcase, which features the best in juried animation. Call for submissions will run from January 1, 2011 to May 1, 2011.

Stay tuned for more details on SPX 2011.

SPX is a registered 501(c)3 which brings together more than 300 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. 

As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), protecting the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals.  For more information on the CBLDF, go to their website at http://www.cbldf.org/.  

Roger Langridge's The Shadow sketch

A late holdover from SPX 2010 - this great sketch Roger Langridge did for me. I just figured out how to use my new scanner/printer/copier/changing table.

PR: Fantom Comics Launches New Website: SubcultureForTheCultured.com

It's Halloween, and Fantom Comics is officially celebrating our 5th anniversary by launching a brand new website:   http://subcultureforthecultured.com/   This is the site that puts comic books at the center of the entertainment universe, and will provide our followers with all of the comic-related things that we at Fantom Comics are excited about ourselves.   The launch of the new site is timed to coincide with Halloween 2010, which brings something that we are very excited about: Tonight's premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC TV. At 10:00 PM tonight we will have the opportunity to experience the first true adaptation of a comic book to a TV series in recent memory - and possibly ever! We've been following this book since it was first published in 2003, and have been selling the monthly issues as well as the trade paperback collections like hotcakes since we opened Fantom Comics in 2005. Subculture for the Cultured is honoring this historic event by featuring 2 new columns dedicated to The Walking Dead. These columns are designed to enhance your appreciation of a series that is sure to be another hit for AMC. Could we see our first Eisner winner become an Emmy winner? Tune in or at least hit the record button on your DVR to find out.   Subculture for the Cultured  also provides an ongoing column for The Comics Journeyman, an imaginary-yet-well-traveled comic book character who will serve as the de facto host of Subculture for the Cultured. Check out The Comics Journeyman's post on the historical significance of tonight's The Walking Dead premiere, as well as a design contest inviting any artistically inclined folks to submit designs for exactly what The Comics Journeyman will look like. For a character who is as colorful as all of the comic books he has read in his life, the dude needs a visual representation....   We hope you like what you find at SubcultureForTheCultured.com and return often. To ensure that you don't miss anything, be sure to add each column to your RSS feed by subscribing to posts, or follow each column by using the Google Friend Connect link which can also be used to link in your Twitter account.   And as always, please share this email with your friends by forwarding or clicking the "Share This" link above. The more people we can connect with through our email list, the better.   Happy Zombie Watching!   Fantom Comics Union Station - 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002 | 202-216-9478 www.fantomcomics.com

In Between the Panels: DC’s Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene

In Between the Panels: DC's Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene

http://www.wnba-books.org/wash/events.php#graphicnovel

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Busboys & Poets, 5th & K Streets, Washington, DC
Cost: FREE and open to the public!

The Women's National Book Association, DC Chapter will sponsor a panel discussion on the DC graphic novel scene. The panel for the event, to be held at Busboys & Poets in Mt. Vernon, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., will include Carolyn Belefski, Molly Lawless, Matt Dembicki, and Mike Rhode. The event is free and open to the public.

Carolyn Belefski is the mastermind behind the web comic Curls. She is also one of the creators of several other comic books: Kid Roxy, Black Magic Tales, and The Legettes, and an indefatigable (nightly) poster to her blog, Sketch Before Sleep. Her work has appeared in USA WEEKEND Magazine, The Commonwealth Times, Virginia Living Magazine, Magic Bullet, CROQ Zine, and The Pulse on COMICON.com. Ms. Belefski is a nominee for the Kim Yale Award for Most Talented Newcomer for 2010.

Matt Dembicki is a DC-based cartoonist whose work includes the award-winning nature parable Mr. Big, The Great White Shark Story, Xoc, and The Brewmaster's Castle, about legendary DC brewer Christian Heurich. His latest anthology, Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection, has received rave reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal and has been nominated as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. In addition to his own work, Dembicki also hosts kids' workshops in the DC area and beyond on making comic books.

Molly Lawless, a Boston native, moved to the DC area in 2005. She has self-published mini comics as well as a compilation, Infandum! Ad Infinitum. She is currently working on a full-length graphic novel for McFarland Publishing titled Hit by Pitch. She is an avid blogger and includes stories about her family in her daily posts.

Mike Rhode, panel moderator, is co-author of the comics research bibliography, editor of Exhibition and Media Reviews for the International Journal of Comic Art, and a contributing writer for Hogan's Alley. In 2008, he was named Best (Comics) Art Blogger by the Washington City Paper for his Comics DC blog. Rhode edited Harvey Pekar: Conversations, a book of interviews with the late underground comic book writer and author of American Splendor published by the University Press of Mississippi. He has written for the Comics Journal and was selected as an RFK Journalism Awards judge for the editorial cartoon division of Comics Journal in 2009 and 2010. Rhode currently writes about comics for the City Paper.

This event is FREE and open to the public!

Jim Dougan's "SAM & LILAH" webcomic updated

Jim DouganNovember 1, 2010 at 6:43pm Subject: SAM & LILAH: The Conclusion of Chapter 3! It's the conclusion of Chapter 3! http://www.facebook.com/l/06500yrQ6t7CdAgQ7JcYTEdfFgw;www.activatecomix.com/42-3-35.comic In case you were wondering, it's right after this where the story from the ACT-I-VATE PRIMER takes place. What? You mean you haven't read the PRIMER? What are you waiting for? Pick up a copy at your local comic shop, or here: http://www.facebook.com/l/065003nD3_w_CO3wlnXtsDr-iqw;www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600105289 If you're a little behind, get caught up here: Chapter 1: http://www.facebook.com/l/06500qXajBF284yvfLWXvcxhx7Q;www.activatecomix.com/42-1-1.comic Chapter 2: http://www.facebook.com/l/06500waiWvCRTE0rVYSnTPHvWKg;www.activatecomix.com/42-2-1.comic Chapter 3: http://www.facebook.com/l/06500zfzmMFivCf53IUYOarCMJw;www.activatecomix.com/42-3-1.comic We'll be back later this month with the beginning of CHAPTER FOUR!! In the meantime, here's where to go for all the OTHER great comix at ACT-I-VATE: http://www.facebook.com/l/06500VGvBgc_-CyfVtEthKDaiIg;www.activatecomix.com

News from KAL

Kal writes in:

I have finally posted some pics and info from my recent cartoon-related trip to Russia. I also wanted to mention the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco has now made the official announcement of the open of my show later this week. ( http://cartoonart.org/2010/11/drawn-from-the-economist-the-editorial-art-of-kal/) I will at a reception at the Museum November 12.

Many thanks!

Best

Kal

Kevin Kallaugher

kal@kaltoons.com

www.Kaltoons.com

New Luna Brothers interview online

Just a couple of days ago, I had a short interview with the Luna Brothers. Now one of the big comics sites has a longer one:

SWORD's Final Cut: The Luna Brothers & Their HC
By Chris Arrant, Newsarama 01 November 2010

Nov 11: Galifianakis returns to Falls Church

Well, actually he lives there. But on Nov 11th, he won't be hiding in his studio.

Cartoonist Nick Galafianakis at ArtSpace
By FALLS CHURCH TIMES STAFF
November 2, 2010

Fredericksburg's editorial cartoonist Clay Jones blogging on election

The Daily Cartoonist noted that Fredericksburg's editorial cartoonist Clay Jones is blogging on tonight on the election

Nov 3: Orson Scott Card chat at Washington Post

Nov 3 at 1 pm, Orson Scott Card will chat at the Washington Post website, but you can submit questions now. Card wrote Iron Man, among other titles.

Marvel recently (Oct 28) put out a press release about Card's return to writing comics:

Marvel & Orson Scott Card Bring FORMIC WARS To Life!

New York Times best-selling author Orson Scott Card revolutionized science-fiction with Ender's Game and now returns to write the most requested sci-fi story in the world with Marvel Entertainment in February's Formic Wars #1 (of 7). Selling millions of copies worldwide, Ender's Game is one of the most popular science fiction epics of all time, with fans begging for Card to tell the origins of this universe! Now Orson Scott Card himself, teaming with co-writer Aaron Johnston and rising star artist Giancarlo Caracuzzo, returns to write the prequel in graphic fiction format. Long before Ender Wiggin fought the Third Formic War, humans battled the Formics on our own turf. Twice. Outgunned and unprepared, the human race stands on the brink of total annihilation.

"I've been so happy with Marvel's comic-book adaptation of Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Ender in Exile and Speaker of the Dead that I wanted my long-imagined story of the Formic Wars to appear first in this wonderfully visualized form," said Orson Scott Card, "With a whole new set of characters, putting together a ragtag fleet of improvised and adapted spacecraft to take on an alien invader, I think these are some of the best, most inspiring stories in the Ender's Game future history, and through the work of Marvel's great team of writers and artists, my tales are coming to life with a power and reality I never could have managed on my own."

This action-packed prequel to Ender's Game answers the questions fans have been asking while delivering a jaw-dropping story perfect for new  readers.

"There are few writers as prolific and popular as Orson Scott Card," said David Gabriel, SVP Sales & Circulation, Marvel Entertainment. "We're extremely thrilled to bring Formic Wars to life for the first time in any medium and even more excited to have Orson Scott Card at the helm. If you're a fan of the Ender's books, or just a fan of classic sci-fi, you won't want to miss this series."

The most requested sci-fi action-thriller of the century is now here-you can't afford to miss Formic Wars #1, hitting comic shops in February 2011.

Plus, don't miss the graphic fiction adaptations of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, now available in hardcover collections at comic shops and book stores nationwide!

For more on Orson Scott Card and Ender's Game, please visit www.hatrack.com and www.marvel.com

Cul de Sac picks up another paper

Comics page offers something new today*
Mansfield News Journal November 1, 2010

*i.e. a fine, fine strip produced here in America, and not outsourced to North Korea.

Nov 17: In Between the Panels: DC's Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene

Matt Dembicki, Carolyn Belefski and Molly Lawless will talk about comics, moderated by me. 

 

In Between the Panels: DC's Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene
Wednesday, November 17 at 6:00pm
Location: Busboys & Poets, 5th & K Streets location

Reasons to pick up the Oct 28th Onion

The paper's still on the stands and has a cartoon by 'Kelly' (ie Ward Sutton) criticizing Bil Keane for licensing a Family Circus movie, an interview with Frank Darabont on the Walking Dead tv show, and an interview with Brendon Small of the animated Metalocalypse.

Post recommends 22-year-old out-of-print Dracula comic book

In the field of news you can't use, the Post recommended Scarlet in Gaslight a comic series published 22 years ago by a minor publisher, as a Dracula story you should read. I beg to disagree.

Fiore's GU appearance covered again

From Pink Slip to Pulitzer: Mark Fiore
October 28, 2010 | by G'town Gravyboat
By  KATIE KINDELAN
http://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/pink-slip-pulitzer-mark-fiore

Linda Holmes teases Simpsons interview on NPR

Right here.

Parade Magazine in Sunday's Post features Peanuts article

It's online too.

Lessons From The Great Pumpkin
Eric Konigsberg
Parade October 31, 2010

'The Millions' recommends Cul de Sac

If You Don’t Read “Cul de Sac,” You Really Probably Should
By Jacob Lambert
The Millions October 30, 2010

Oct 31: Beyond Comics Walking Dead Premiere Party

order="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> B E Y O N D      C O M I C S Event Update Don't miss the coolest Party of the Year! Walking Dead Premiere Party Sunday October 31st 9:30 to 11:30 at WOW Frederick 5100 Buckeystown Pike Frederick, MD Directions: Visit Our Facebook Info Website Here. Check us out on Facebook    Halloween Discounts Come Buy Either  IN YOUR COSTUME store get 30% OFF any Graphic Novel Bring in a foodbank donation between now and November 6, 2010 and get 20% OFF a graphic novel. (Excludes on hold items and new arrivals. One item per person per day.) Sunday Oct 31st Walking Dead Television Premiere Event Sunday October 31 9:30 to 11:30 WOW Frederick 5100 Buckeystown Pike #174 Frederick, MD Click for Details! Second Commercial This is the Second Version of the Zombie Commercial Email Contacts Gaithersburg John Shine   Frederick Mike Imboden Jon Cohen INFO Facebook Website eBay Store New Items Added 7/1/10 Sign up for our eBay Newsletter Amazon Store Twitter Newsletter Signup Details Zombie Contest Give Aways Special Menu Walking Dead Premeier 10:00 - 11:30 Admission: Canned Goods for the Foodbank DIrections: From I-270 Exit Buckeystown Pike (Route 85) West Pass Crestwood Blvd Pass Mimi's Cafe Take next right into shopping Center Please Note, some items are not available at all store locations. For more information please speak with any store representative. Some items may also be allocated by the manufacturer and may not be available. Beyond Comics does not guarantee items being in stock; however we will do our best to keep them available. Email: Gaithersburg John Shine Mgr or Frederick Mike Imboden Mgr Gaithersburg Store 536 North Frederick Ave Gaithersburg, MD (301) 216-0007 Hours: M,Tu 11-8; W-Sat 10-9; Sun 12-6 Frederick Store 5632 Route 85 Frederick, MD (301) 668-8202 Hours: M,Tu 10-8; W-Sat 10-9; Sun 12-6

New book reviews posted at Wash City Paper

A little bit of a Halloween theme here -

International Ink: Pirates, Ghosts, and Wookies, Oh My!

 by Mike Rhode on Oct. 29, 2010

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2010/10/29/international-ink-pirates-ghosts-and-wookies-oh-my/ 

Express on Walking Dead and Tamara Drewe

Picking Zombie Brains: John Bernthal, Star of 'The Walking Dead,' Hometown Boy
By Jennifer Barger
Express October 29, 2010

Beyond Drawn: 'Tamara Drewe', in Theaters [published as 'Tactful Transition'].
By Kristen Page-Kirby
Express October 29, 2010

Mark Fiore's GU appearance

Given that this event was sponsored by the Journalism department, I'm a little surprised this article isn't credited - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Satires Politics (October 28, 2010). Fiore was a good speaker, and showed about 5 of his cartoons.

Nov 2: Super-Art Fight at American University's Katzen

November 2 sees a Super-Art Fight at American University's Katzen Museum at 8 pm featuring Jami “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi, Garth Graham and Chris “Impact” Impink.

Post reviews Victory Comics in Falls Church

Falls Church neighborhood guide
Justin Rude, David Malitz and Fritz Hahn
Washington Post October 29, 2010

Here's a direct link to the part on Victory Comics. As an aside, across the street from Victory Comics, on the Maple Ave side, is the Galifianakis exhibit which is open on weekends.


The Post also reviews Howl and Eric Drooker did some animation for the movie.

Beeler tops Cartoons & Cocktails auction updated

Steve Artley went to Cartoons & Cocktails last night and tells us, "Nate Beeler stole the show with one of his toons auctioning for 2100 buckeroos. That is a record for the C&C event. Actually, yours truly held the record for a few years at $1750, but am happy to pass the baton to the next generation of political renderers."

Nate says the cartoon that sold is his September 1st one, pictured above. You can see all his cartoons at the Washington Examiner site, which even though I'm a friend of his and opposed to the Examiner's political stance, I must say are excellent.

Carolyn Belefski's DC Counter Culture Festival report

Carolyn Belefski's DC Counter Culture Festival report is online now and includes a Super-Art Fight.

Weingarten on Doonesbury

Mr. Butts: Gene Weingarten on the character that could have killed Doonesbury but didn't.
By Gene Weingarten
Oct. 27, 2010

Slate has a bunch more articles, including one by Brian Walker previewing his new Doonesbury art book and a long interview with Trudeau.

More on stunningly insensitive* UMD Diamondback cartoon

The cartoon in question, with the cartoonist's explanation of said cartoon -
Editorial cartoon: Oct. 26
By Morgan Noonan
Published: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 00:10

-the editor's rationale -
From the Editor: An answer
By Marissa Lang
Diamondback Wednesday, October 27, 2010

-the on-campus reporting of it buried in the sports news -
Notebook: Arnett switches to offensive line; DeSouza is ‘well’
Friedgen slams cartoon at presser
By Kate Yanchulis
Diamondback October 27, 2010

-The Sun on it-

Friedgen calls cartoon about DeSouza 'insensitive'
Maryland student newspaper runs drawing poking fun at offensive tackle who broke both legs after car hit him while he was riding a motor scooter
By Jeff Barker, The Baltimore Sun October 26, 2010


*that's satirical, in case you weren't sure.

Weldon on yet another Superman reboot

On 'Hipster Superman' And Other Wildly, Weirdly Successful Press Releases
by Glen Weldon
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog October 27, 2010

American Vampire interview at Comic Riffs

The 'Riffs Interview: 'American Vampire's' SCOTT SNYDER on vampires, Vertigo & collaborator Stephen King
By Michael Cavna 
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 28, 2010.

Oct 28: Nick Galifianakis opens his exhibit in Falls Church today

Nick Galifianakis, the illustrator of Carolyn Hax's Washington Post advice column, opens his exhibit in Falls Church at ArtSpace in East Falls Church this Thursday, Oct. 28th, at 7pm.
See http://fallschurchtimes.com/24713/thursday-1028-cartoonist-nick-galifianakis-at-artspace/

Zombies turned away at Lincoln Memorial says Post

AMC's stunt to promote the Walking Dead tv show seems to have worked.

You've got your article -

The TV Column: The zombie apocalypse is upon us -- sort of
By Lisa de Moraes
Washington Post October 27, 2010; C06

-your video-

Zombies invade D.C.
Washington, D.C. was overrun by zombies on Tuesday morning as part of a promotional stunt by AMC for its new TV show, "The Walking Dead," which premieres on Halloween night. (Madeline Marshall/The Washington Post)

and your photos -

Zombies take over the morning commute
A group of zombie-clad actors descended on the streets of Washington this morning to give a scare to unsuspecting passersby and to help promote AMC's new series, "The Walking Dead."
Astrid Riecken-For The Washington Post

PR: Fantom Comics' 1st Annual Halloween Parade And Walking Dead Viewing Party

We've thought about it and thought about it, and at the end of the day we can't figure out why not to do it. So you've read it here first: YOU are invited to Fantom Comic's first annual Halloween parade at Union Station. Come as your favorite... whatever!  All costumes are welcome, the brighter and more outrageous the better. (Just not Sarah Palin, that's sooooooo 2008.) Halloween is on a Sunday this year, and most of the parties we're hearing about in this town are going to be on Saturday night, meaning there is a black hole sized void for things to do to celebrate Halloween the proper way - on Halloween and we're doing it right!   Comics giveaways for trick-or-treaters! And candy. Candy! Candy! Candy! Sweet, sweet CANDY! Plus, Halloween also brings the television premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC TV, the first comic-book-turned-mainstream(ish)-TV-series that we can remember for quite some time. Possibly ever! Join us after the parade for a group viewing of The Walking Dead.   And for those of you who can't make it to the nighttime events, we will be hosting trick-or-treating and costume judging all day long. Store hours are noon 'til the 8:30 PM parade begins. Check out our website for the full details ( http://www.fantomcomics.com/home/blog/untitledpost). Hope to see you there! Fantom Comics Union Station - 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002 | 202-216-9478 www.fantomcomics.com

Oct 28: KAL on Kojo at 1 pm

Kevin 'KAL' Kallagher, Baltimore's crack editorial cartoonist, will be on the Kojo Nnamdi Show at 1 pm discussing political satire. I believe he also will be appearing at Cartoons & Cocktails tomorrow evening. I'm now thinking I really should have accepted that invitation to go....

TCJ.com on Cul de Sac

Shaenon Garrity reviews the first Cul de Sac Treasury. Spoiler warning: She likes it. She compares it to "the giant tubeworms that flourish around the hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor..."

Mark Fiore interviewed by Comics Riffs

Michael Cavna got an interview with Mark Fiore up before his talk at Georgetown University tonight. I attended the talk and enjoyed it. I'll try to post some highlights tomorrow before Fiore attends the Cartoons & Cocktails auction, where as you'd expect, if you attend you can bid on editorial cartoons. Mark's also got some DVD collections of his animation for sale, if you ask him.

Luna Brothers interview online now

Meet Two Local Cartoonists: A Chat with the Luna Brothers

Posted by Mike Rhode on Oct. 27, 2010

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2010/10/27/meet-two-local-cartoonists-a-chat-with-the-luna-brothers/

David Hagen's donations to Cartoons & Cocktails

Tomorrow night is Cartoons & Cocktails, the editorial cartoon fundraising auction. My buddy David Hagen's donated two cartoons.

Zombies in DC yesterday

Apparently zombies were shambling around the city yesterday - the
Express has a photo on page 2 of one at the Gallery Place metro stop.

The paper also has an online article about the tv series -

Zombieland: 'The Walking Dead,' Series Premiere
Written by Express contributor Stephen M. Deusner
October 27, 2010
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2010/10/walking-dead-amc-series-premiere.php

UMD's Diamondback editorial cartoon offends football team

Maryland football team says scooter cartoon was in poor taste
By Eric Prisbell
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 26, 2010; 5:31 PM

Comic book writers at Borders

Orson Scott Card
Pathfinder

November 23, 2010 7:30 PM

Baileys Crossroads - Borders
5871 Crossroads Center Way
Baileys Crossroads, VA 22041

A powerful secret. A dangerous path. Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.

Brad Meltzer
The Inner Circle

January 12, 2011 7:30 PM

Baileys Crossroads - Borders
5871 Crossroads Center Way
Baileys Crossroads, VA 22041

There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work in the National Archives, I find those stories for a living. So says Beecher White, a young archivist who spends his days working with the most important documents of the U.S. government.

Leo Cullum remembered at Comic Riffs

In Memoriam: New Yorker cartoonist LEO CULLUM's warm and witty legacy
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 26, 2010

Nov 9: Nick Galifianakis at National Press Club

Nick Galifianakis at National Press Club book fair from 5:30-8:30 on November 9th.

Tom Toles' blog reprinted in today's print Post

There's a small bit 'The all of a presidency' reprinted from Tom Toles blog in today's Post.

Fiore at GU article on Patch

Mark Fiore Learns to Speak Pulitzer
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, Mark Fiore, aims to start a conversation through his work. He visits Georgetown University Oct. 27 for "Political Satire: Serious Implications for Today's Politics,"at an event open to the public.
By Katie Kindelan  October 25, 2010
http://georgetown.patch.com/articles/mark-fiore-learns-to-speak-pulitzer