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This Saturday, May 5, is the annual Free Comic Book Day! As always, all of our stores are participating, so stop by and get some free comics! It's also a great time to bring your friends or children in too! We have been receiving our free comic books over the last few weeks, and there are a LOT this year. Avengers, DC New 52, Simpsons, Mega Man, a HARDCOVER from Archaia, Serenity, Star Wars, Yo Gabba Gabba, Adventure Time, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Spider-Man, and more! You can see the full list of free comics at 
Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday! Bring your friends, we have a lot of great comics to give away this year! To see the complete list, go to 
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - May 3, 2012
Wash Post on Stan Lee and Avengers movie
'The Avengers' to 'Spider-Man': Nearing 90, Marvel mastermind STAN LEE shoots from the still-hip (about Whedon, Kirby and RDJ)
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 3 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-avengers-to-spider-man-nearing-90-marvel-mastermind-stan-lee-shoots-from-the-still-hip-about-whedon-kirby-and-rdj/2012/05/03/gIQADiKDzT_blog.html#pagebreak
and what I assume is tomorrow's print review -
Essay: 'Avengers' proves actors still matter
By Ann Hornaday, May 3, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/essay-avengers-proves-actors-still-matter/2012/05/03/gIQA3nwQzT_story.html
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 3 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-avengers-to-spider-man-nearing-90-marvel-mastermind-stan-lee-shoots-from-the-still-hip-about-whedon-kirby-and-rdj/2012/05/03/gIQADiKDzT_blog.html#pagebreak
and what I assume is tomorrow's print review -
Essay: 'Avengers' proves actors still matter
By Ann Hornaday, May 3, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/essay-avengers-proves-actors-still-matter/2012/05/03/gIQA3nwQzT_story.html
Persepolis cartoon screening overreaction in Tunisia profiled in Post
Tunisian court case exposes rift over free speech in new democracy
By Marc Fisher,
Washington Post May 3 2012, p. A1, 9
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tunisian-court-case-exposes-rift-over-free-speech-in-new-democracy/2012/05/02/gIQAj4cexT_story.html
This story had hit the wires months ago, but now there's this good followup article.
By Marc Fisher,
Washington Post May 3 2012, p. A1, 9
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tunisian-court-case-exposes-rift-over-free-speech-in-new-democracy/2012/05/02/gIQAj4cexT_story.html
This story had hit the wires months ago, but now there's this good followup article.
Express on Avengers characters
Meet the Unsung Avengers: Black Widow and Hawkeye never got their own movies. They clearly should!
By Kristen Page-Kirby
Express May 3, 2012 p. E8
online at http://www.expressnightout.com/2012/05/meet-the-unsung-avengers/
May5: "Cinco de Sandra" featuring Sandra Beasley, Dean Haspiel, Jim Dougan + Much More!
CINCO DE SANDRA: A CELEBRATION OF COMIX, STORYTELLING, AND MUSIC
TRIP CITY Blog: http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/05/cinco-de-sandra/
On Saturday, May 5, 2012, @8pm sharp, an all-star lineup of DC and NYC storytellers will come together to blow your mind with live performances of poetry, comix, and stories at the Hillyer Art Space in Dupont Circle. Venues represented include Trip City, Act-i-vate, and Barrelhouse. And after that? We'll get the music spinning.
CINCO DE SANDRA's lineup of performers includes:
Sandra Beasley (author of DON'T KILL THE BIRTHDAY GIRL, I WAS THE JUKEBOX)
Dean Haspiel (Emmy winner for BORED TO DEATH title sequence, artist of THE ALCOHOLIC w/Jonathan Ames and THE QUITTER w/Harvey Pekar, creator of BILLY DOGMA)
Molly Lawless (cartoonist of HIT BY PITCH, FROG & OWL)
Jim Dougan (comics writer, SAM & LILAH, CRAZY PAPERS, others at ACTIVATEcomix)
Jennifer Tress (DC-based storyteller, author of YOU'RE NOT PRETTY ENOUGH)
Natalie E. Illum (Spoken word poet, mothertongue organizer)
Tony Mancus (BARRELHOUSE contributor and co-editor of Flying Guillotine Press)
Plus, the whole shebang will be hosted by man-about-town Brandon Wetherbee (YOU, ME, THEM, EVERYBODY) and featuring the sweet sounds of DJ P-Vo (Hometown Sounds DC). We will have a merch table. We will have beer and non-beer. We will have a helluva lotta hijinks. And, in case you were wondering, we will have a birthday girl on hand: Sandra Beasley.
Be there, or be…
...Just be there.
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/255811644513842/TRIP CITY Blog: http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/05/cinco-de-sandra/
PSA: Honoring Our Veterans of Post 24
This Public Service Announcement is from cartoonist Steve Artley who has been working on this program.
The project was established to preserve oral history of members of American Legion Post 24 in Alexandria, VA through a series of documentaries. A fundraiser is being held at the Post this Saturday (May 5) to help underwrite this ongoing project by filmmaker John Napolitano, USMC. If you are in the Alexandria area, stop in on Saturday 5:00 to 8:00 for the launch party and screening of the first installment. We'll have food, beverage specials, and raffles. Meet the filmmaker. Meet the first interviewees, including Bill MacNamara who published Stars & Stripes during WWII. On the video he tells of getting out the first issue in Normandy shortly after the D-Day invasion. Come on in for good food, fascinating conversation, and honorable history.
JOIN US AT THE AMERICAN LEGION THIS SATURDAY FOR A FUNDRAISER AND SCREENING OF "Heroes of Post 24." This is the first in an on-going series of video documentaries preserving the oral history of our veterans.
If you can't make the event, stop down to Market Square for the Farmers Market in Old Town Alexandria earlier in the day. Fellow Sons of the American Legion member Russ Crager and I will be manning the "Heroes of Post 24" booth from 8:30 to 11:00 AM. We'll be collecting donations, selling event tickets, and acquainting the public with our projects.
SEE YOU THERE!
Graphic design, art and creative direction services provided by Steve Artley of Artley Design, Inc.
Signage and collateral materials produced by Russ Crager of Mobile Signz in Alexandria.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
On the 12th Day of Interviews...
...ComicsDC gave to me -- a sense of a job finally completed, and better knowledge of a lot of local webcartoonists and animators. Please check out any you might have missed.
"Meet a Local Cartoonist: Michael Webster," ComicsDC blog (May 2, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/05/meet-local-cartoonist-michael-webster.html
"Meet a Local Cartoonist: Jason Axtell," ComicsDC blog (May 1, 2012):
"Meet a Local Animator: Neil Dittbenner," ComicsDC blog (April 30, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/04/meet-local-animator-neil-dittbenner.html
"Meet a Local Animator: Todd Churn," ComicsDC blog (April 29, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/04/meet-local-animator-todd-churn.html
"Meet a Local Cartoonist: Chris Mararac," ComicsDC blog (April 28, 2012):
"Meet a Local Cartoonist: Monica H. or "MonMon"," ComicsDC blog (April 27, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/04/meet-local-cartoonist-monica-h-or.html
"Meet a Local Cartoonist: Gregory Uchrin," ComicsDC blog (April 26, 2012):
"Cartoonist Guy Delisle on His Year in Israel and Creating Jerusalem: Chronicles From the Holy City," Apr. 25, 2012, http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/04/25/meet-a-visiting-cartoonist-a-chat-with-guy-delisle/
"Meet a Local Cartoonist: Garth Graham," ComicsDC blog (April 25, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/04/meet-local-cartoonist-garth-graham.html
"Meet Two Local Cartoonists: Mike Isenberg and Oliver Mertz, writers of "First Law Of Mad Science"," (April 24, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/04/meet-two-local-cartoonists-mike.html
"Meet a Semi-Local Cartoonist: Chris Otto," ComicsDC blog (April 23, 2012):
"Meet a Formerly Local Cartoonist: T Campbell," ComicsDC blog (April 22, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/04/meet-formerly-local-cartoonist-t.html
"Joel Pollack on moving Big Planet Comics' Bethesda store," ComicsDC blog (April 22, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/04/joel-pollack-on-moving-big-planet.html
"Meet a Local Children's Book Creator: K. Michael Crawford," ComicsDC blog (April 21, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/04/meet-local-childrens-book-creator-k.html
"Meet a Local Cartoonist: Michael Munshaw," ComicsDC blog (April 20, 2012): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2012/04/meet-local-cartoonist-michael-munshaw.html
May 4: Alison Bechdel at Politics and Prose
Alison Bechdel - Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
May 4 2012 7:00 pm
In her acclaimed graphic memoir, Fun Home, Bechdel focused on her father, his secret life, and his death. Now she turns to her talented, emotionally repressed mother, exploring the family psychology and the tentative mother-daughter truce the two achieved via D.W. Winnicott , Dr. Seuss, and Bechdel’s own vivid memories.
5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, District Of Columbia
I'm planning on being there - Fun Home was a great book.
May 4 2012 7:00 pm
In her acclaimed graphic memoir, Fun Home, Bechdel focused on her father, his secret life, and his death. Now she turns to her talented, emotionally repressed mother, exploring the family psychology and the tentative mother-daughter truce the two achieved via D.W. Winnicott , Dr. Seuss, and Bechdel’s own vivid memories.
5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, District Of Columbia
I'm planning on being there - Fun Home was a great book.
“The Life & Times of Tim” article in today's Express
Life's Too Short
By Rudi Greenberg
Express May 2, 2012, p. 15
http://www.expressnightout.com/2012/05/lifes-too-short/
Meet a Local Cartoonist: Michael Webster
Michael Webster makes old-school comic books under the banner of 'New Future Comics.' While they'd be categorized as minicomics due to his distribution method, he does full-size comics and then self-distributes them to local newstands. Which is how Robert Crumb got started after all. I don't think he'd mind if I quoted from the e-mail he sent introducing himself after I bought a comic and tried to track him down - "I am the artist whose comic book, Hero Patrol, you purchased at the One Stop News stand at 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. You can check out more of my work at News World located on K Street by the Farragut North subway entrance. The books you will find there are Kasper the Prince of Power, The Undercover Unit and of course Hero Patrol. I also have two novels out, Lime Life and The Story of a Man Called Adam which are also located at News World." Webster answered my usual questions a month ago.
Mike Rhode: What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
Michael Webster: I basically do action comics that are based around the DC area.
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
I do traditional pen and ink but sometimes I use the computer to tweek my work or add color.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
Born in the 60's and I am a proud Washingtonian
Why are you in Washington now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?
I live in Maryland and work in the District of Columbia.
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
I am a self-taught artist but influenced by many of the comic book illustrators.
Who are your influences?
One of my biggest influences was John Byrne.If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?
I would have been more aggressive and focused in pursuing my goal.
What work are you best-known for?
My artwork and my novel Lime Life.
What work are you most proud of?
All.
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
One of my biggest dreams is to write a screenplay or see one of my comics come to life on the big screen.
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
I just stop for a moment, get something to eat or exercise until an idea comes.
What do you think will be the future of your field?
It is an expanding field and will always be around.
What's your favorite thing about DC?The opportunities you can gain as a struggling artist or writer and it's my hometown.
Least favorite?
Nothing. There are problems everywhere.
What monument or museum do you take most out-of-town guests to?
Smithsonian.
Favorite restaurant for same?
Georgia Brown's.
Do you have a website or blog?
Not as of yet, I am working on it. But I do have a Facebook page.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
PR: Carla Speed McNeil Wins LA Book Prize!
CARLA SPEED MCNEIL WINS LA BOOK PRIZE!
MAY 1, MILWAUKIE, OR—Finder: Voice continues to be one of the most talked about books of 2011, and word of its story and artwork has spread far and wide. So far, in fact, that Carla Speed McNeil has been awarded the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Graphic Novel category for Finder: Voice!
Praise for Carla Speed McNeil's Finder:
"I love Carla Speed McNeil's Finder, and I imagine the reason I love it is the same reason it doesn't get more attention in the comics press: it's simultaneously straightforward and labyrinthine, genre-based and uncategorizable . . . For me, and for other readers who have gotten pulled into McNeil's weird and woolly far-future world, Finder is one of those comics."—The Comics Journal
"It's been entirely too long since we were able to experience Carla Speed McNeil's unique brand of sociological science fiction with its emphasis on character, class and culture. Once again McNeil immerses you in her meticulously detailed world and you're immediately caught up in a beautifully drawn and deftly written story."—ICv2
"You'll keep turning the pages in Voice to put the pieces of the puzzle together and to see what Grosvenor does next. It is an intricate tale, and Carla Speed McNeil is a master storyteller—with her words and art."—ScienceFiction.com
"McNeil conveys more emotion and depth through the slick line of a raised eyebrow than most can with an entire book, played out in a world that is unquestionably familiar and unshakably alien."—Bleeding Cool
"McNeil excels at tying her many character and story elements together and anchoring them in the same increasingly familiar universe, making her fictional world, its inhabitants and their issues and experiences all the more real to the invested, gratified reader."—No Flying No Tights
Awards and nominations:
Unshelved Book Club's Book of the Month, February 2012—Unshelved
#1 on Comics Worth Reading's Best Graphic Novels of 2011—Comics Worth Reading
#2 on Comics Bulletin's Top 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2011—Comics Bulletin
#4 on Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2011, Comics—Publishers Weekly
#4 on ComicsAlliance's 11 Best Comics of 2011—ComicsAlliance
#29 on Comic Book Resources' Top 100 Comics of 2011—Comic Book Resources]
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Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent such as Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties such as The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton's Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world's leading publishers of both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.
June 8: Ocean cartooning with Jim Toomey, at Natural History Museum
World Ocean Day
When - Friday, June 8, 2012, 1 – 5pm
Categories - Celebrations, Demonstrations, Kids & Families, Lectures & Discussions, Workshops
Co-sponsor - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Coastal America
Venue - Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Location - Throughout the museum
Cost -Free
Related Exhibition - The Sant Ocean Hall
Join us for an afternoon of activities in celebration of World Ocean Day:
1:00-5:00 PM: Experts discuss our ocean planet and ocean careers
(Ocean Hall, 1st floor)
2:00-2:30 PM: Ocean cartooning with Jim Toomey, creator of Sherman's Lagoon
(Ocean Explorer Theater, Ocean Hall, 1st floor)
2:30-3:30 PM: Create a mural with cartoonist Jim Toomey (Ground-Floor Gallery)
2:30-3:30 PM: 2012 Coastal America Student Ocean Art Contest:
view the winning artwork and meet the artists (Ground-Floor Gallery)
3:30-4:00 PM: Watch a series of short films on Marine Protected Areas
and meet the producers (Baird Auditorium)
4:00-5:00 PM: Panel discussion with renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle
and Youth Ocean Leaders (Baird Auditorium, Ground Floor)
(Info courtesy of David Hagen)
Today: Comics in GW service learning course
From: Phillip Troutman
Mike, this is totally last minute, and I apologize! But my students are presenting their final comic books--the ones they created for the service learning project with Safe Shores DC at the GW Marvin Center, in two sessions:
12:25-12:50 (Room 301, 307, 308, 311): Poster Session (all 3 comics will be laid out for viewing)
1:00-1:45 (room 307), two students will reflect on the process.
The initial story is at http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/learningresearch/aserioususeforcomicbooks
Mike, this is totally last minute, and I apologize! But my students are presenting their final comic books--the ones they created for the service learning project with Safe Shores DC at the GW Marvin Center, in two sessions:
12:25-12:50 (Room 301, 307, 308, 311): Poster Session (all 3 comics will be laid out for viewing)
1:00-1:45 (room 307), two students will reflect on the process.
The initial story is at http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/learningresearch/aserioususeforcomicbooks
Meet a Local Cartoonist: Jason Axtell
I met Jason Axtell at the Big Planet Comics launch party for Magic Bullet #4. Axtell had just finished coloring Matt Dembicki's Mr. Big story for its reissue this summer, and Matt made a point of introducing us. I'm glad he did as Jason's put quite a bit of thought into answering my usual questions. I personally look forward to catching him at a con so I can buy a set of his comics, as seen on the right...
Mike Rhode: What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
Jason Axtell: I'm
generally all over the place. It's whatever I am feeling at the moment.
I wouldn't call myself a traditional comic artist by any means, and by
traditional I mean the kind of thing you would see in DC/Marvel or
anything mainstream. I'm trained as an illustrator and heavily
influenced by a number of styles and forms of art and try to incorporate
my wide range of influences into my work.
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
I do enjoy the pen and ink, or more appropriately, brush and ink. I've always leaned towards anything that resembles painting.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
1978. Jersey, originally.
Why are you in the Washington sphere now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?
I
moved here after spending nine years in the south, primarily Savannah,
Georgia. After a failed relationship, a layoff and my general distaste
for the southern "hospitality" I decided I had enough and needed to get
out of there. When the Art Institute of Washington
(in Arlington and Sterling) hired me on as a full-time instructor three
years ago, that was all I needed to hightail it out of the south.
Though I still like to visit some friends down there, I don't regret
leaving it. The DC area is more to my liking. I live in the
Vienna/Oakton area.What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
I earned a BFA in Illustration from VCU and an MFA in Sequential Art from SCAD. Neither really focused on 'cartooning.' VCU trained me in traditional as well as digital media, and mainly as an illustrator. But since I started out trying to be a cartoonist and comic artist, a carry-over from my high school days, much of my early work yielded a mix of both cartoony and painterly aspects. SCAD trained me as a visual story-teller, allowing me the chance to hone my illustration techniques while also applying them to a comic format.
Who are your influences?
Too many. Primarily my Uncle Dick (not a joke) and my good friend Ben Phillips. I've known both since about the age of 6 or 7. For years I didn't know much about my Uncle except that he was a teacher and a painter. He taught at University of Memphis for 30+ years. When I was young he gave my parents a few of his paintings, which my parents proudly framed and hung in our dining room. Every night I would look at them and try to decipher them. He was an abstract artist that experimented with line, color and shape, frequently going through different phases and evolutions in his art. My favorites as a kid dealt with his attempt at capturing the effect of light and color in water. It wasn't until I was older and in the midst of earning my MFA that I began to delve a little deeper into what he was all about. Other people in my family have demonstrated terrific artistic and creative talents but for some reason I'm the one that pursued it to the similar lengths that he did. It wasn't until the last few years of his life that I really tried to figure out where he was coming from as an artist. It took a few visits and recommendations (Kandinsky, Rothko, Matisse and Guston) before I became aware of how he saw the world and what he was trying to do with his art. It was a profound discovery and a tremendous influence that I would not have made had it not been for him.
Ben
Phillips lived across the street from me when we were kids. From the
start he had this way about him, this means to influence his beliefs and
ideas on me that at times could be frustrating but also illuminating.
We shared many of the same likes and dislikes, primarily in music and
movies. If it hadn't been for him I might never have really picked up a
comic in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I was always curious.
Superman, the 1978 film, was and still is one of my all time favorites
but every time I picked up a Superman comic it would lose me. Ben
introduced me to what comics were really all about and through him I was
able to appreciate just what it took to make them. In high school we
were part of a comic collective in which we would have meetings, share
feedback and drink lots of Dr. Perky (Food Lion's answer to Dr. Pepper).
It was there that I learned that I had no idea what I was doing and
what I wanted to do...not just with art, but with my life. I met all
these interesting and very influential people but didn't know what I
wanted. I followed my instincts and joined Ben for art school at VCU and
SCAD, probably because I didn't know what else I was going to do. I
succeeding greatly at both schools and with my education under my belt I
finally felt like I had direction. That being said, with art, I'm
always discovering that I don't know enough. It's enough to keep me
looking and searching for anything new or interesting. For me, art is a
never ending progression of discovery and experiment. I wouldn't have
found that without Ben or my Uncle.
For a more simple answer to my influences:
Edgar Degas
Frank Frazetta
Egon Schiele
Maxfield Parrish
Phil Hale
Jules Feiffer
Norman Rockwell
David Lapham
Juan Jose Guarnido
Sam Keith
Alan Moore
and likely many many more.
Expand my boundaries a bit outside of the 2D art. It appears that 3D art, software and graphics are the thing which pits me with the Neanderthals of the art world.
Not
sure. I worked on the Family Guy comic but you wouldn't know me from
the billion other artists that worked on that book. My first
publication, "The Strange Fungus in Mr. Winslow" always catches people's
eyes at cons (almost literally - the cover was billed by my late friend
Jeremy Mullins, "The best cover EVER!"). "Reasons I Should Not Be On A
Talk Show" is another con favorite. My last real publication (before
this summer's colorized version of Matt Dembicki's "Mr. Big") is a comic
strip called "Strays 'N Gates."What work are you most proud of?
A portrait of my Uncle Dick I completed after his death. You can see it on my web site in the "Illustration" section.
Also,
every comic I've produced has always taken me a step forward. "Strange
Fungus..." was my first book, fully painted and written by myself and
that took me 2 years to complete. "Strays 'N Gates" was the first time I
had to really hunker down and bust out one strip per week. The fact I
did that for eleven months without missing one was a huge feat. "Mr.
Big" was my first graphic novel, and it had a deadline to top, and I
made that deadline beautifully.
Every so often I think about how much fun it would be to create my own interpretation of Ghostbusters and MegaMan. There's so many crappy manga versions of MM out there that I feel it, like much of the comics universe, needs a facelift. And while I have a few of my own stories on the backburner I, for some reason, have a really clear image of TC Boyle's Drop City in my mind. Done in the right style and format, I think that would be a great book!
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
Get out of the house. Get some fresh air. Watch a movie. Get some sleep. Bejeweled. Or just draw something else.
What do you think will be the future of your field?
Hard
to tell. It's already changed so much since I went to school that I
feel obsolete in so many ways. I'd like to think the digital revolution
that we are still experiencing won't kill off the old fashioned book,
that people will still paint and draw with pencils and brushes. That
there will still be room for doing something that doesn't involve a
computer. But then again, I've spent the last week almost completely
glued to my computer for various purposes, so my hopes are dwindling.
What's your favorite thing about DC?
The museums and extensive list of restaurants and places to visit. I didn't get that in Savannah. Here, it seems that there's always somewhere we've never heard of that peaks my interest.
Least favorite?
The f*ck*ng traffic. What else?
What monument or museum do you take most out-of-town guests to?
As much as I love the National Gallery of Art and National Portrait Gallery, I always seem to take friends and family to the Natural History Museum instead. I don't mind. It is quite fun there.
Hard
to tell. It's already changed so much since I went to school that I
feel obsolete in so many ways. I'd like to think the digital revolution
that we are still experiencing won't kill off the old fashioned book,
that people will still paint and draw with pencils and brushes. That
there will still be room for doing something that doesn't involve a
computer. But then again, I've spent the last week almost completely
glued to my computer for various purposes, so my hopes are dwindling.The museums and extensive list of restaurants and places to visit. I didn't get that in Savannah. Here, it seems that there's always somewhere we've never heard of that peaks my interest.
The f*ck*ng traffic. What else?
As much as I love the National Gallery of Art and National Portrait Gallery, I always seem to take friends and family to the Natural History Museum instead. I don't mind. It is quite fun there.
Do you really want another list? It's probably start with Tara Thai or The Melting Pot.
jasoneaxtell.com -I update it with a lot of my experimental figure work but occasionally you'll see some comic or illustration work as well.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Matt Wuerker's Pulitzer party
Matt's wife Sara hosted a party for him this past weekend, and Joe Sutliff made Matt a crown fit for a Pulitzer-prize winner... that's a golden inkpen on top.
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