Monday, July 18, 2011
July 20: Dan Wasserman speaks on political cartoons at Smithsonian
Wednesday, July 20 - 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
With the stroke of a pen, great political cartoonists bring clarity to political chaos. Over the centuries, they have used brevity to capture burning issues of their day—from war to civil rights. In the 19th century, Thomas Nast created the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party. Washington Post cartoonist Herblock signaled Nixon’s tarnished image by giving him a thug-like beard.
Sharing drawings from his 30 years in the profession and examples from his predecessors, Boston Globe cartoonist Dan Wasserman, whose work is syndicated in 40 newspapers, discusses the history of the craft from the days of Benjamin Franklin to the Obama years. He also gives you the chance to write a caption for one of his political cartoons. The winner receives a signed copy of the cartoon.
$35 Member
$32 Senior Member
$45 Gen. Admission
LOCATION:
S. Dillon Ripley Center
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
Metro: Smithsonian Mall Exit (Blue/Orange)
Quick Tix Code: 1H0-764
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Truitt on Locke & Key and Graphic Elvis
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 15 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-07-15-Clockworks-begins-the-end-of-Locke-amp-Key-comic_n.htm
'Graphic Elvis' illustrates The King's love of comics
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 17 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-07-17-graphic-elvis-presley_n.htm
Post likes new Pooh movie
By Sandie Angulo Chen
Washington Post July 15, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/winnie-the-pooh,1104787/critic-review.html
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Comic Riffs' Rango interview
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs Blog July 15 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/as-a-creative-renaissance-man-writer-director-james-ward-byrkit-brings-rango-and-pirates-film-to-your-screen/2011/05/26/gIQAhPlKGI_blog.html
Friday, July 15, 2011
Winnie the Pooh reviews run in today's free papers
Lemire, Christy / Associated Press. 2011.
'Winnie the Pooh' delights on every level without 3-D or CG.
Washington Examiner (July 15): 22
Chen, Sandy Angulo / Washington Post. 2011.
As Sweet as Honey: A children's classic gets a fitting update in 'Winnie the Pooh'.
Washington Express (July 15): 33
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Truitt on Witchblade
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 13 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-07-13-Witchblade-comic-taps-new-writer-for-its-resident-superheroine_n.htm
Team Cul de Sac fanzine and prints now available to order online
August 10: Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier in Arlington
· Wed, August 10, 6:30 pm: Special visit from the acclaimed authors/illustrators of Astronaut Academy (Dave Roman) and Smile (Raina Telgemeier)
One More Page | 2200 N. Westmoreland Street | #101 | Arlington | VA | 22213
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Monkey See blog on graphic novels and Winnie the Pooh
Will Christopher Robin Ever Grow Up?
by Andrew Lapin
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog (July 13 2011):
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/07/13/137816699/will-christopher-robin-ever-grow-up
Mahendra Singh, former local cartoonist, profiled at length by Comics Journal
BY Sean Michael Robinson Jul 12, 2011
http://www.tcj.com/carroll-cross-contour-and-the-demi-fecund-ram-an-interview-with-mahendra-singh/
PR: Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon Announces Fellowships
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington DC 20540
July 13, 2011
Swann Foundation Announces Fellowships for 2011-2012
The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, administered by the Library of Congress, announces fellowship awards to four applicants for the 2011-2012 academic year: Lara Saguisag, Margaret Samu, Masha Kowell and Jeremy Stoll.
The award winners will use the Library’s collections to explore the following topics: child characters in early American comic strips; Russian caricature as a form of art criticism; political satire in Soviet posters; and the recent use of comic-book format by artists in India.
Due to an unusually large number of strong applications, the foundation's advisory board did not award a single fellowship this year but instead decided to support four applicants’ projects with smaller awards.
Lara Saguisag, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Childhood Studies, Rutgers University, will conduct research for her dissertation “Drawing the Lines of Innocence: Representations of Childhood in Early American Comic Strips, 1896-1920.” Focusing on “kid strips,” or comic strips that featured child protagonists, she will investigate why the child became a popular subject in early American comics. She will analyze how these works at once reflected and shaped contemporary beliefs and anxieties about childhood. She will study original drawings by such creators as Rudolph Dirks, Lyonel Feininger, Winsor McCay and R.F. Outcault, whose works are well represented in the cartoon collections of the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division.
Margaret Samu, a lecturer in the Education Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will work on her postdoctoral research project titled “Russian Caricature and Art Criticism 1850-1910.” Caricature in Russian periodicals became a significant outlet for voicing opinions on the state of the art world during the turbulent period of artistic and social reforms that Samu’s study covers. She will draw on the Library’s strong holdings of Russian satirical and political periodicals in her study, the first to address caricatures on art, in contrast with most work in the field, which has focused on political caricature.
Masha Kowell, a doctoral candidate in the History of Art Department at the University of Pennsylvania, will conduct research for her dissertation “Agit-plakat: Political Posters of the Thaw (1956-1967).” Her project focuses on Soviet political satire produced by the publishing house Agit-plakat. As an official player in the process of de-Stalinization, this publisher facilitated the transformation of caricature into a vehicle for previously forbidden stylistic diversity and formal experimentation. The Library’s holdings of the Soviet humor magazine Krokodil and many Soviet posters will provide the main basis for Kowell’s comparative and contextual study of Agit-plakat iconography.
Jeremy Stoll, a Ph.D. candidate in Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, will pursue research for his dissertation “Drawing Down the Nation: Reviving Folklore and Social Justice Through Comics in India.” Stoll will explore how contemporary Indian artists combine regional folklore with comic-book format to produce visual narratives that convey to mass audiences the urgency of social change arising from industrialization and globalization. He will study examples of recently published Indian comic books and the American roots of these works in the Library’s extensive comic-book collections.
New York advertising executive Erwin Swann (1906‑1973) established the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon in 1967. An avid collector, Swann assembled a large group of original drawings by over 500 artists, spanning two centuries, which his estate bequeathed to the Library of Congress in the 1970s. Swann's original purpose was to build a collection of original drawings by significant creators of humorous and satiric art and to encourage the study of original cartoon and caricature drawings as works of art. The foundation=s support of research and academic publication is carried out in part through a program of fellowships.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Heroes Con panel on classic comic strips now online
HeroesCon 2011: Taking over the Property-The Comic Strips
Dollar Bin podcast July 7, 2011
http://www.thedollarbin.net/shows/heroescon-2011-taking-over-the-property-the-comic-strips.html
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.thedollarbin.net/storage/shows/audio/Discussion-Taking-Over-the-Property-Comic-Strips.mp3
The Comic Strips—As always, this is another great year for the classic comic strips at HeroesCon. How do you follow a cartooning legend and take those already established characters and work to make them your own? Mike Rhode will ask veteran cartoonists Jim Scancarelli (Gasoline Alley), Marcus Hamilton (Dennis the Menace), Alex Saviuk (Spider-man) and we will be joined by welcome veteran newbie: Joe Staton (Dick Tracy)
Runtime 1 hour 05 minutes 47 seconds
Comic Riffs on Womanthology
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (July 12 2011)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-woman-behind-womanthology-renae-de-liz-sees-inspiration-blossom-for-female-artists/2011/07/11/gIQARTobAI_blog.html
Monday, July 11, 2011
Truitt on Flashpoint
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 5 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-07-05-Midpoint-of-Flashpoint-comic-focuses-on-heroic-relationships_n.htm
USA Today on Xenoholics and Marvel's Alonso
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 11 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-07-11-Love-of-aliens-quirky-mystery-spawn-new-comic-series-Xenoholics_n.htm
Meet Axel Alonso, the main man at Marvel Comics
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 11 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-07-11-axel-alonso-marvel-comics_n.htm
Comic Riffs interviews Stephen Hess on political cartoons
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 11 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/fresh-off-press-club-award-author-insists-that-the-american-political-cartoon-still-matters/2011/07/08/gIQAOS0t8H_blog.html
Winnie the Pooh animation in today's Express
Brandon Graham on Carla McNeil
Supervillain blog 07/02/2011 by sean witzke
http://supervillain.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/emma-peel-sessions-62-brandon-graham-interview/
and here's the pull quote:
I feel like her work shows how big comics can be. She does such a great example of what I was talking about earlier with clear enough storytelling over dense complex backgrounds.
Recently I got to do a panel with her at a con and took her calling me babe the way other dudes would take home an Eisner.
Friday, July 08, 2011
PR: Comic Book Diner relaunches Kickstarter campaign
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Thursday, July 07, 2011
USA Today on Savage Dragons' bin Laden
By Brian Truitt
USA Today July 6 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-07-06-Osama-bin-Laden-returns-in-Savage-Dragon-comic-series_n.htm
PR: Small Press Expo announces Pizza Island as guests for SPX 2011, with Kate Beaton, Sarah Glidden, Lisa Hanawalt, Domitille Collardey, Julia Wertz and Meredith Gran
Small Press Expo Announces Pizza Island as guests for SPX 2011, with Kate Beaton, Sarah Glidden, Lisa Hanawalt, Domitille Collardey, Julia Wertz and Meredith Gran
For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard
E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com
These guests are in addition to the previously announced cartoonists Roz Chast, Craig Thompson, Jim Woodring, Chester Brown, Johnny Ryan, Jim Rugg, Jay Stephens, Matthew Thurber, Ann Telnaes, and Diane Noomin.
Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant is one of the most popular web comics, receiving over 500,000 unique hits a month. This fall it will be celebrated in a collection published by Drawn and Quarterly. Visit her site at http://www.harkavagrant.com.
Sarah Glidden is the creator of the well-reviewed How To Understand Israel In 60 Days Or Less, published by Vertigo Books. She is now working as a citizen journalist touring Syria for the Common Language Project to study the Iraqi refugee problem, posting her cartoon commentaries from this trip at http://www.cartoonmovement.com/comic/10. Visit her web site at http://www.smallnoises.com.
Lisa Hanawalt is a cartoonist and illustrator whose work was published in The New York Times, Vice Magazine, McSweeneys, The Believer and Glamour. In 2009, her mini-comic Stay Away From Other People won an Ignatz Award, and she followed that up in 2010 with I Want You #1 winning the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic. Her web site is http://lisahanawalt.com.
Julia Wertz has had two volumes of her popular web comic series Fart Party published by Atomic Books. Her latest book is Drinking at the Movies from Three Rivers Press, which details her migration from San Francisco to New York City. Julia's web site is http://www.juliawertz.com.
Meredith Gran is the author of Octopus Pie: There Are No Stars In Brooklyn, which was published by Villard Books, a Random House subsidiary. A compilation of her web comic, you can see new episodes regularly at http://www.octopuspie.com.
Domitille Collardey is a cartoonist and illustrator, having worked for a number of French magazines as well as McSweeneys. She is currently working on another comic book for Editions Delcourt.
For detailed information about all of our announced guests, visit the SPX web site at www.spxpo.com.
SPX culminates with the presentation of the Ignatz Awards for outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning on Saturday night, September 10 at 9PM. The event is open to the public. The Ignatz is the first Festival Prize in the US comic book industry, voted on by SPX attendees.
SPX is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit that 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 well as a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.
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.
The hours for SPX 2011 are 11am–7pm Saturday, September 10, and 12–6pm Sunday, September 11. Admission is $10 for a single day or $15 for the weekend.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
OT: Local artist Rob Liberace profiled
Cars 2 animator from PG County
'CARS 2' animator Bob Moyer embodies Pixar 2.0: The Next Generation [in print as 'Local color was his inspiration', p. C2].
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (July 6, 2011): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/cars-2-animator-bob-moyer-embodies-pixar-20-the-next-generation/2011/06/27/gIQAJXve0H_blog.html
Cul de Sac nominated for Harvey Award
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Abadzis's 'Laika' graphic novel gets new endings for Big Planet Comics
Big Planet Comics says "To help us celebrate our 25th anniversary, Nick Abadzis is going to be posting alternative endings to Big-Planet-favorite graphic novel Laika on our web page!"
Wow, this is totally cool, if ahistorical. Abadzis has a note about why he's doing this, under the first imaginary happy ending for the Russian space dog.
And Big Planet has a podcast? Since June? Who knew?
Californian cartoonist Monte Wolverton a "Beltway cartoonist?"
By Mary Ann Albright, Columbian Staff Reporter
Saturday, July 2, 2011
http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/jul/02/cartoonist-drawn-to-sharp-views/
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Cul de Sac might be Chris Schweitzer's favorite comic strip
Chris Schweizer - Cartoonist Survey #231
by David Paccia
June 27, 2011
http://david-wasting-paper.blogspot.com/2011/06/chris-schweizer-cartoonist-survey-231.html
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Print available from Bill Day, 2010 RFK award winner
Post on Spider-Man musical
By Sarah Kaufman
Washington Post July 3 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/in-unraveling-choreography-broadways-spider-man-loses-superpowers/2011/06/27/AG5AY4tH_story.html
Friday, July 01, 2011
PR: Cards Comics and Collectibles Independence Day Sale
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July 2: Magic The Gathering Tournament Saturday at Beyond Comics
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Comic Riffs on the closure of United Media syndicate
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 1 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/rip-united-media-a-century-old-syndicate-closes-its-historic-doors/2011/07/01/AGThVctH_blog.html
Thursday, June 30, 2011
A lesson drawn from Jim Hunt's interview
By Richard Horgan
Fishbowl LA blog June 29, 2011
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/jim-hunt-fox-sports-craigslist-patriot-ledger_b32498
July 13: Disney animation panel at Press Club
Panelists Include Chelsea Kane, Kyle Massey, Alyson Stoner, Jack McBrayer, Maulik Pancholy, Bobby Gaylor and Justin Roiland --
BURBANK, Calif., June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Disney Television Animation is slated to present the Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated series "Phineas and Ferb," and hit innovative comedy series "Fish Hooks" at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 (7:00 – 9:00 p.m., ET/PT). This presentation marks the National Press Club's first-ever animation panel. ....
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/disney-television-animation-set-for-national-press-clubs-first-ever-animation-panel-featuring-hit-disney-channel-series-phineas-and-ferb-and-fish-hooks-124700723.html
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Virginia Film Festival calls for animation submissions
Va. Film Festival calls for submissions from area filmmakers
University of Virginia Jun. 29, 2011
http://www.newsleader.com/article/20110629/NEWS01/110629001/Va-Film-Festival-calls-submissions-from-area-filmmakers
Glen Weldon rounds up comics news
Funnybook Round-Up: Of Lawsuits, Ladies And Also, For Some Reason, 'Burn Notice'
by Glen Weldon
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog (June 29, 2011)
The odder your comic book idea, the more press you get
By Jason Ukman
Washington Post Checkpoint Washington blog June 29 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/comic-book-version-of-bin-laden-raid-to-be-released/2011/06/28/AGMnK4pH_blog.html
On reflection, to make myself clear, let me note that I don't think there's anything wrong with a sequential art account of bin Laden's assassination - I'm just kvetching about the amount of pre-publication press something like this gets. And now I'm adding to it, of course.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Annapolis cartoonist Jim Hunt profiled
Lane Lambert
Patriot Ledger June 28, 2011
http://www.patriotledger.com/archive/x1305079067/From-Braintree-High-a-cartoonist-was-born
"Today, he's a nationally known cartoonist, whose work has appeared everywhere from Fox Sports' Major League Baseball broadcasts to HBO and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. His editorial cartoons have been included in national collections seven years in a row. Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis has a caricature Hunt drew of him."
Matt Dembicki's photos from the American Library Association
Monday, June 27, 2011
Glen Burnie comic shop closes
Local comics shop is shutting down
By THERESA WINSLOW, Staff Writer
The Capital 06/26/11
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/lif/2011/06/26-08/The-Empyre-strikes-out.html
Cul de Sac picks up paper, replacing 9 Chickweed Lane
Everett, WA Herald June 27 2011
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110627/BLOG08/706279915
Comic Riffs on NY Times cartoonist McFadden
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comics Riffs blog June 26 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/new-york-times-debut-thrilled-alt-cartoonist-brian-mcfadden-on-landing-the-papers-first-sunday-review-slot/2011/06/27/AGCmWFnH_blog.html#pagebreak
Comic Riffs on Gene Colan's death
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs June 27 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/rip-gene-colan-stan-lee-joins-those-memorializng-the-legendary-artist-updated/2011/06/24/AGif8cnH_blog.html#pagebreak
For the record, the Post ran part of a wire story obit today.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Truitt on Spider-Man, the Thing and Li'l Depressed Boy
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 21 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-06-21-Ultimate-Spider-Man-meets-his-ultimate-fate_n.htm
The Thing turns truly monstrous in 'Fear Itself'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 20 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-06-20-The-Thing-is-truly-monstrous-in-Fear-Itself_n.htm
'Li'l Depressed Boy' finds success in a lovable loner
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-06-21-Lil-Depressed-Boy-finds-success-with-a-lovable-loner_n.htm
NY Times editorializes in favor of Jack Kirby
Marvel Superheroes and the Fathers of Invention
By BRENT STAPLES
June 26, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/opinion/sunday/26observer.html
Saturday, June 25, 2011
PR: Intervention con on September 16-18
Event brings creators and fans together for weekend of learning and fun
ROCKVILLE, MD, June 14, 2011: Intervention, taking place at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville in Rockville, MD, from September 16-18, 2011, is an indie creator and geek culture convention for the Internet generation. One part conference, one part fandom event, Intervention aims to provide both creators and fans a venue to learn, appreciate, and celebrate the opportunities technology provides.
"James [Harknell] and I wanted to put together an event that would complement the existing print-centric conventions – we wanted to showcase the creators who use the Internet as their primary publishing method," says convention founder Onezumi Hartstein. "I went to conventions for years to promote my webcomic, and was always treated well, but felt that web creators needed their own space. We're giving them that with Intervention." After a very successful first run in 2010, this year will mark Hartstein's second time organizing the event.
Over thirty guests are currently scheduled to attend, bringing three days of panels and educational workshops. Fans of all stripes are also encouraged to submit their own cutting-edge programming, showcase their own works, and schedule their own meetups at the event. A special track of children's programming will be overseen by Matt Blum, managing editor of the GeekDad blog on Wired.com.
Sponsored by Think Geek (http://www.thinkgeek.com), Wacom (http://www.wacom.com), Foam Brain Games (http://www.foambrain.com), 4Imprint (http://www.4imprint.com), Squishable (http://www.squishable.com), and Toy Vault (http://www.toyvault.com), the convention will also feature video and board gaming, an extensive Artist Alley, live action roleplay (LARP), musical performances, a Steampunk-themed dance, and plenty of giveaways. A charity auction will benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation (http://www.eff.org), a civil liberties group that aims to defend freedom on the Internet.
Tickets for Intervention can be bought at http://www.interventioncon.com for $35 for the full weekend (through June 30, 2011). Tickets bought at the door will cost $45, with single-day rates available. More information about guests and events can be found at http://www.interventioncon.com.
Annapolis cartoonist Jim Orton dies
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Dick Tracy at Nat'l Museum of American History
It's a book in Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn - http://www.si.edu/Exhibitions/Details/Paper-Engineering-Fold-Pull-Pop--Turn-896
There were some neat books in this show as you'd expect, including a Dick Tracy pop-up. A Terry and the Pirates book is shown in the free brochure.There's a blog too.
PR: $1 Comic Book Sale at Beyond Comics
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Larry Rodman's Gene Colan interview reprinted online
Here's a piece he did a decade ago, reprinted due to Gene Colan's death this week -
The Gene Colan Interview
BY TCJ.com Jun 24, 2011
From The Comics Journal #231 (March 2001). Conducted by Larry Rodman.
http://www.tcj.com/the-gene-colan-interview/
Comic Riffs interviews Neil Gaiman
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 24 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/neil-gaimans-twitter-vision-author-plans-to-write-about-twitter-in-new-american-gods-2/2011/06/24/AGgs8PjH_blog.html
Leesburg, VA man outs himself as a furry
PITTSBURGH | Fri Jun 24, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/24/us-convention-furries-idUSTRE75N5JA20110624
Attendee Karl Jorgensen, of Leesburg, Virginia, said being a furry was rooted in his longtime appreciation for Looney Tunes and Warner Bros. cartoons. "I'm interested in animation," he said. "The playfulness ... I mean, who doesn't like watching cartoons, right?"
Uh-huh. And then perhaps dress up as Pepe LePew?
Truitt interviews Transformer voice actor
Brian Truitt
USA Weekend's Who's News blog June 24th, 2011
http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2011/06/as-optimus-prime-peter-cullen-brings-humanity-to-transformers-franchise/
PBS Newshour on Gladstone and Neufeld's The Influencing Machine
Jeffrey Brown
PBS Newshour's Art Beat blog June 24, 2011
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2011/06/conversation-brooke-gladstones-the-influencing-machine.html
PRI's The World on State Dept's disinviting Palestinian cartoonist Majed Badra
Lisa Mullins
PRI's The World 23 June, 2011
http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/palestinian-cartoonist-majed-badra-accused-of-anti-semitism4565.html
http://media.theworld.org/audio/062220113.mp3
Monkey See blog on Cars 2
by Linda Holmes
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog June 24, 2011
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/06/24/137346135/cars-2-unfortunately-its-just-about-cars