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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - June 15, 2012
Photos from Team Cul de Sac booksigning
Last weekend was the first Team Cul de Sac booksigning at One More Page in Arlington. Here's a list of the online pictures that I know of:
Steve Artley - http://artleytoonsonline.blogspot.com/2012/06/2012-chris-sparks-next-team-cul-de-sac.html
Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo - http://www.curls-studio.com/curls/?p=1676 and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150940960942381.439013.50763422380&type=3
Bruce Guthrie - http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2012_06_10G_Team_CDS
Mike Rhode - http://www.flickr.com/photos/42072348@N00/sets/72157630100095288/ - I'm also going to add the cartoons that didn't make it into the book to this group now.
Steve Artley - http://artleytoonsonline.blogspot.com/2012/06/2012-chris-sparks-next-team-cul-de-sac.html
Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo - http://www.curls-studio.com/curls/?p=1676 and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150940960942381.439013.50763422380&type=3
Bruce Guthrie - http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2012_06_10G_Team_CDS
Mike Rhode - http://www.flickr.com/photos/42072348@N00/sets/72157630100095288/ - I'm also going to add the cartoons that didn't make it into the book to this group now.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Post reviews Whedonverse book
'Buffy' scholarship writ large: 'Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion: the TV Series, the Movies, the Comic Books and More'
By Laurent Cartayrade, Washington Post June 17 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/joss-whedon-the-complete-companion-the-tv-series-the-movies-the-comic-books-and-more/2012/06/15/gJQANKdweV_story.html
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Post on “The History of Invulnerability"
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... too much irony in Jerry Siegel bio-drama [print title: Kryptonite-caliber drama at Theater J]
By Celia Wren,
Washington Post June 14 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its--too-much-irony-in-jerry-siegel-bio-drama/2012/06/13/gJQAvTpqaV_story.html
By Celia Wren,
Washington Post June 14 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its--too-much-irony-in-jerry-siegel-bio-drama/2012/06/13/gJQAvTpqaV_story.html
Dark Horse's plans for Finder: Talisman
Dark Horse Plans Two Hardcover Editions of Carla Speed McNeil's 'Finder: Talisman'
by Calvin Reid
May 15, 2012
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/51960-dark-horse-plans-two-hardcover-editions-of-carla-speed-mcneil-s--finder-talisman--.html
by Calvin Reid
May 15, 2012
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/51960-dark-horse-plans-two-hardcover-editions-of-carla-speed-mcneil-s--finder-talisman--.html
Truitt on Hoax Hunters
'Hoax Hunters' gets real with monsters and urban legends
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 13 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-13/Hoax-Hunters-comic-book-series/55584046/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 13 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-13/Hoax-Hunters-comic-book-series/55584046/1
Meet Writer Scott M. Baker at Beyond Comics
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OT: Comic books in Naval Hospital Beaufort's gift shop, circa 1954
This picture came across my desk at work today - A man in a wheelchair with his leg in a cast examines the magazine and comic book selection at Naval Hospital Beaufort's gift shop, circa 1954. Photograph courtesy of Regena Kowitz, Public Affairs Officer/Customer Relations Officer, Naval Hospital Beaufort, South Carolina. US Navy BUMED Office of Medical History 12-0064-07.
The comics that I can recognize are Betty and Veronica, The Spirit, Tip Top (featuring Peanuts), Red Ryder, Rin Tin Tin, Tarzan, Donald Duck, Love ?, Love Romances? Mighty ? - a lot of Dell books there.
3 comic art articles in today's Express
Arthur's' Admirers
by Marc Silver Posted on June 14, 2012 , p. 17
http://www.expressnightout.com/2012/06/arthurs-admirers/
by Marc Silver Posted on June 14, 2012 , p. 17
http://www.expressnightout.com/2012/06/arthurs-admirers/
on the children's animated show. Also in print:
Page-Kirby, Kristen. 2012.
Superconductor: Carolyn Violi keeps the music flwoing for Disney's touring production of 'Beauty and the Beast.'
Express (June 14): E6
Elber, Lynn / Associated Press. 2012.
What the 'Doc' Ordered: An animated series offers a positive role model for minorities [Doc McStuffins].
Express (June 14): 21
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Comic Riffs talks to Steve Kelley
STEVE KELLEY PINK-SLIPPED: Veteran political cartoonist is among today's Times-Picayune layoffs
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 12 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/steve-kelley-pink-slipped-veteran-political-cartoonist-is-among-todays-times-picayune-layoffs/2012/06/12/gJQAuxcbYV_blog.html#pagebreak
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 12 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/steve-kelley-pink-slipped-veteran-political-cartoonist-is-among-todays-times-picayune-layoffs/2012/06/12/gJQAuxcbYV_blog.html#pagebreak
Team Cul de Sac July 11th booksigning Facebook page
It'll be at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. Check out this Facebook page if you'd like more info.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Truitt on The Massive
Wood crafts a 'Massive' book of environmental collapse
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 11 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-11/The-Massive-comic-book-series/55524760/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 11 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-11/The-Massive-comic-book-series/55524760/1
Comic Riffs interviews Ed Stein
Why Denver's ED STEIN is quitting the political-cartoon business: 'The passion was gone'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 12 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/why-denvers-ed-stein-is-quitting-the-political-cartoon-business-the-passion-was-gone/2012/06/12/gJQAVgD4WV_blog.html
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 12 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/why-denvers-ed-stein-is-quitting-the-political-cartoon-business-the-passion-was-gone/2012/06/12/gJQAVgD4WV_blog.html
Bruce Guthrie's Team Cul de Sac Book Launch pictures
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Beauty and the Beast theater review
'Beauty and the Beast': The inner Beast [in print as The beauty of the Beast].
Emily Cary
Washington Examiner June 12 2012 p. 21
Politics and Prose's instant publishing machine
This article features the local bookstore, and although it doesn't have any comics content, there's no reason you can't print your own graphic novels there.
Monday, June 11, 2012
OT: Chris Schweizer
One of the cartoonists I really like is Chris Schweizer (who also contributed to the Team Cul de Sac project), and there's a long interview with him at:
CR Sunday Interview: Chris Schweizer.
Tom Spurgeon
Comics Reporter (June 10): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_chris_schweizer/
Team Cul de Sac auction wrapup
Here's a couple of stories on the end of the auction.
Team Cul de Sac auction raises $47k; Watterson painting sold for $13k
by Alan Gardner
June 11, 2012
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/06/11/team-cul-de-sac-auction-raises-47k-watterson-painting-sold-for-13k/
TEAM 'CUL DE SAC' AUCTION: Rare Watterson painting sells for $13K
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 11 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/team-cul-de-sac-auction-rare-watterson-painting-sells-for-13k/2012/06/11/gJQAtn9dTV_blog.html#pagebreak
Team Cul de Sac auction raises $47k; Watterson painting sold for $13k
by Alan Gardner
June 11, 2012
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/06/11/team-cul-de-sac-auction-raises-47k-watterson-painting-sold-for-13k/
TEAM 'CUL DE SAC' AUCTION: Rare Watterson painting sells for $13K
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 11 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/team-cul-de-sac-auction-rare-watterson-painting-sells-for-13k/2012/06/11/gJQAtn9dTV_blog.html#pagebreak
Sunday, June 10, 2012
City Paper on Wooly Mammoth's Simpsons play
When society crumbles, we'll still have The Simpsons [in print as Rolling in "D'Oh", p. 44]
By Chris Klimek • June 8, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42806/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play-when-society-crumbles-well/
By Chris Klimek • June 8, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42806/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play-when-society-crumbles-well/
Friday, June 08, 2012
Team Cul de Sac auction almost over
Just two days left for original art from the Team Cul de Sac auction!
Sure, by telling you about this, I'm losing more and more of my bids, but it's FOR A GOOD CAUSE!
Sure, by telling you about this, I'm losing more and more of my bids, but it's FOR A GOOD CAUSE!
History of Invulnerability play opens, Beauty and the Beast Returns
Ticket info is here. The Post's Sorry, Lois, this story is all on deep background is in today's paper.
'Beauty and the Beast' gets a budget-friendly makeover reviews the play based on a cartoon.
And Madagascar 3 is reviewed at A big top curtain call of the wild.
Madagascar 3 voice actor article in today's Express
Page-Kirby, Kristen. 2012.
The Man Behind Melman: Schwimmer adds life to the giraffe in the third 'Madagascar.'
Express (June 8): 27
online at http://www.expressnightout.com/
June 9: Manga Day at Library of Congress
From Martha Kennedy:
Manga in Japanese will be on display in the Library of Congress's Asian Division (LJ-150, Jefferson Bldg) on Sat. June 9, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Visitors can come and go during the time frame. Mari Nakahara, who co-curated the Sakura exhibition in the Graphic Arts Galleries, is organizing this event.
Manga in Japanese will be on display in the Library of Congress's Asian Division (LJ-150, Jefferson Bldg) on Sat. June 9, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Visitors can come and go during the time frame. Mari Nakahara, who co-curated the Sakura exhibition in the Graphic Arts Galleries, is organizing this event.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Comic Riffs interviews Darwyn Cooke on Befofe Watchmen
WATCHING DARWYN COOKE: Writer-artist respects the dissenters — but 'Before Watchmen' was too challenging to pass up
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 7 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/watching-darwyn-cooke-writer-artist-respects-the-dissenters--but-before-watchmen-was-too-challenging-to-pass-up/2012/06/07/gJQAdt04JV_blog.html#pagebreak
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 7 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/watching-darwyn-cooke-writer-artist-respects-the-dissenters--but-before-watchmen-was-too-challenging-to-pass-up/2012/06/07/gJQAdt04JV_blog.html#pagebreak
Truitt on Harvest
A.J. Lieberman brings a fresh 'Harvest' to Image Comics
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 7 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-07/Harvest-comic-book-series/55444716/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 7 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-07/Harvest-comic-book-series/55444716/1
Bob Staake interview
He illustrates the Post's Style Invitational contest every week -
Bob Staake: Illustrator and looker
Boston Globe June 03, 2012
http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-03/arts/31910140_1_books-illustrator-claire-huchet-bishop
Bob Staake: Illustrator and looker
Boston Globe June 03, 2012
http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-03/arts/31910140_1_books-illustrator-claire-huchet-bishop
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - June 7, 2012
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Nick Abadzis, creator of Hugo Tate, will be appearing at our Bethesda store for a signing on Saturday, June 9. Nick is also creator of Laika, and did the excellent series of 
Express on Wooly Mammoth's Simpsons play
The Survival of 'The Simpsons'
A new play imagines a postapocalyptic world where TV becomes myth
By Fiona Zublin
Express June 07, 2012
June 9: Nick Abadzis at Big Planet Comics Bethesda
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Tom Toles playing at the Rhodeside Grill on Saturday 6/9 9PM -No Cover
From: pat kehs
I play bass in two different bands and they both are playing at the Rhodeside Grill in Arlington this Saturday, June 9th starting at 9 PM. This is a free show!
BoxCartel is my all alt country and rock band. We play mostly original songs and our set will start at 9PM in the downstairs bar. BoxCartel played at the Glover Park Day festival this past saturday and put some of the songs up on YouTube. You can check out our sound by going to this link: http://www.youtube.com/user/BoxCartel?feature=mhe
Lethal Bark is an all original indie rock band featuring Washington Post's editorial cartoonist Tom Toles on drums and lead vocals. Lethal Bark will play around 10:30 PM. For more info go to: www.lethalbark.com
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1836 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
Truitt on Dark Avengers
'Dark Avengers' is next step of wild 'Thunderbolts' legacy
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 5 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-05/Dark-Avengers-comic-book-series/55403504/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 5 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-05/Dark-Avengers-comic-book-series/55403504/1
"Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women" opens in Washington DC
From: Sarah Lightman
"Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women", the show I am co-curating, is continuing to tour.
"Graphic Details" will be opening at the Anne Loeb Bronfman Gallery, Washington JCC, 1529 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20036
from 7 June, until 2 September 2012.
Featuring original work by 18 of the most influential creators, Graphic Details showcases work of all- stars from the pioneering Wimmen's Comix and Twisted Sisters artists of the 1970s and 1980s to the superstars of the new generation. Many of the cartoons in Graphic Details have never been displayed in public until now. The artists, who hail from the U.S., Canada, Israel and the UK include: Vanessa Davis; Bernice Eisenstein; Sarah Glidden; Miriam Katin; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Miss Lasko-Gross; Sarah Lazarovic; Miriam Libicki; Sarah Lightman; Diane Noomin; Corinne Pearlman; Trina Robbins; Racheli Rotner; Sharon Rudahl; Laurie Sandell; Ariel Schrag; Lauren Weinstein; and Ilana Zeffren.
This well-reviewed and often-startling exhibition provides the first in-depth look at a vibrant and prolific niche of graphic storytelling – Jewish women's autobiographical comics. While the influential role of Jews in cartooning has long been acknowledged, the role of Jewish women in shaping the medium is still largely unexplored. This exhibition of original drawings, full comic books and graphic novels presents the powerful work of artists whose intimate and complex work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades.
Sophisticated yet raw, nakedly diaristic storytelling is what makes these comics so compelling. By turns funny, outrageous, poignant and embarrassingly intimate, the works reflect each artist's individual journeys refracted through a distinctively Jewish lens in a pop-culture art form. Some bare their bodies. Some expose their psyches. All are fearless about experiences, emotions, desires, romance and politics. For a taste of the works on display you can see a series of short films featuring the uproarious performances and commentaries by Sarah Glidden, Miriam Katin, Miss Lasko-Gross, Laurie Sandell, Ariel Schrag, and Lauren Weinstein created by Zachary Levine, Curator at Yeshiva University Museum, here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC21866CEEBBB5B99
Graphic Details has been touring since 2010. Previous sites include The Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco (2010), The Gladstone Hotel with The Koffler Centre for The Arts, Toronto (2011), and most recently Yeshiva University Museum, New York (2011-12) where we held a one day conference "Talking About Jewish Women and Comics."
This well-reviewed and often-startling exhibition provides the first in-depth look at a vibrant and prolific niche of graphic storytelling – Jewish women's autobiographical comics. While the influential role of Jews in cartooning has long been acknowledged, the role of Jewish women in shaping the medium is still largely unexplored. This exhibition of original drawings, full comic books and graphic novels presents the powerful work of artists whose intimate and complex work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades.
Sophisticated yet raw, nakedly diaristic storytelling is what makes these comics so compelling. By turns funny, outrageous, poignant and embarrassingly intimate, the works reflect each artist's individual journeys refracted through a distinctively Jewish lens in a pop-culture art form. Some bare their bodies. Some expose their psyches. All are fearless about experiences, emotions, desires, romance and politics. For a taste of the works on display you can see a series of short films featuring the uproarious performances and commentaries by Sarah Glidden, Miriam Katin, Miss Lasko-Gross, Laurie Sandell, Ariel Schrag, and Lauren Weinstein created by Zachary Levine, Curator at Yeshiva University Museum, here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC21866CEEBBB5B99
Graphic Details has been touring since 2010. Previous sites include The Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco (2010), The Gladstone Hotel with The Koffler Centre for The Arts, Toronto (2011), and most recently Yeshiva University Museum, New York (2011-12) where we held a one day conference "Talking About Jewish Women and Comics."
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Post likes Simpsonian play
In 'Mr. Burns,' civilization may fade, but Bart Simpson is forever
By Peter Marks, Washington Post June 4 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/in-mr-burns-civilization-may-fade-but-bart-simpson-is-forever/2012/06/04/gJQAEDCOEV_story.html
3rd Eye Comics sees Avengers bump, Truitt on Before Watchmen and gay Green Lantern
Md. comic book stores see increasing requests for Marvel Comics due to 'The Avengers'
SHANTEE WOODARDS The Capital of Annapolis
Columbus IN Republic June 05, 2012
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3cdec079ca71444f94bdebf401ff245b/MD--Comic-Books-
'Watchmen' prequels stir a debate
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 4 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-05/Before-Watchmen-prequel-series/55386328/1
'Before Watchmen': Darwyn Cooke spends time with 'Minutemen'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 4 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-04/Before-Watchmen-Minutemen-comic-book-series/55380956/
Green Lantern may be seen in a new light
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 1 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/usaedition/2012-06-01-comics-story-on-gay-character_st_u.htm
SHANTEE WOODARDS The Capital of Annapolis
Columbus IN Republic June 05, 2012
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3cdec079ca71444f94bdebf401ff245b/MD--Comic-Books-
'Watchmen' prequels stir a debate
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 4 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-05/Before-Watchmen-prequel-series/55386328/1
'Before Watchmen': Darwyn Cooke spends time with 'Minutemen'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 4 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-04/Before-Watchmen-Minutemen-comic-book-series/55380956/
Green Lantern may be seen in a new light
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 1 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/usaedition/2012-06-01-comics-story-on-gay-character_st_u.htm
Rex Zombie Killer value stamps
Monday, June 04, 2012
Cartoonists at Artomatic photographs
Cartoonists at Artomatic photos in my Flickr account. Exhibitors include David Hagen, Ben Claassen, Michael Auger (not pictured), Annie Lunsford, Karon Flage (photos by the former Small Press Expo/SPX head), illustrator Bono Mitchell and collagist Grace Yost. Bon vivant editorial cartoonist Steve Artley is in the pictures too. Hagen, ARtley, Auger, Lunsford and Mitchell all contributed to the Team Cul de Sac anthology which goes on sale tomorrow.
David Hagen. I'm now wondering how to get the drywall off the pillar.
And here's two shots of Russ Kick from his Graphic Canon booksigning at Big Planet Comics Bethesda:
David Hagen. I'm now wondering how to get the drywall off the pillar.
And here's two shots of Russ Kick from his Graphic Canon booksigning at Big Planet Comics Bethesda:
June 7: Team Cul de Sac booksigning
Sunday, June 10, from 5 - 7 pm. Details here.
Here's the list of cartoonists whom are expected:
Here's the list of cartoonists whom are expected:
Thompson, Richard
Sparks, Chris
Belefski, Carolyn
Boris, Daniel
Cavna, Michael
Dale, Barbara -
Dembecki, Matt
Gallant, Shannon
Hagen, David
Johnson, Kerry G
Lewis, Donna A.
Lunsford, Annie
Mitchell, Bono
Sutliff, JoeKAL Cartooning at The Baltimore Sun
From: kevin Kallaugher
Recently The Baltimore Sun celebrated its 175th anniversary. The newspaper asked me to create a cartoon reflecting on that achievement. I choose to create something that celebrated the proud tradition of editorial cartooning at The Sun over the decades. Despite the odds, I am hoping the tradition carries on for another 100 years. You can see the cartoon here:
http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/
Recently The Baltimore Sun celebrated its 175th anniversary. The newspaper asked me to create a cartoon reflecting on that achievement. I choose to create something that celebrated the proud tradition of editorial cartooning at The Sun over the decades. Despite the odds, I am hoping the tradition carries on for another 100 years. You can see the cartoon here:
http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/
Best
Kal
Michael J. Fox on Team Cul de Sac...
Says Michael J. Fox today (with the book due to drop tomorrow):
"With this amazing collection, Chris [Sparks] is raising significant dollars and awareness for Parkinson's — while proving comedy can speed a cure. We're grateful to have both Chris and Richard on our team."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/team-cul-de-sac-book-lands-cartoonists-draw-the-line-at-parkinsons-arrives-tuesday-amid-auction/2012/06/04/gJQAG8KcDV_blog.html#pagebreak
Michael Cavna
Style Section & "Comic Riffs"
The Washington Post
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Sunday, June 03, 2012
Wooly Mammoth Theater morphing The Simpsons
'The Simpsons' as a Text for the Ages
By ERIC GRODE
New York Times June 3 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/theater/mr-burns-morphs-the-simpsons-at-woolly-mammoth.html
By ERIC GRODE
New York Times June 3 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/theater/mr-burns-morphs-the-simpsons-at-woolly-mammoth.html
Remember Tom the Dancing Bug from the Wash Post?
If you fondly remember Reuben Bolling's strip Tom the Dancing Bug from the Wash Post's Weekend section (back when it was part of the reason to read that section) you can directly subscribe to suport the strip. Putting my money where my mouth is, I did so over the weekend.
One slim week left for Team Cul de Sac art auction
You can buy original art from great cartoonists and illustrators and raise funds for Team Cul de Sac's Parkinsons disease campaign at http://comics.ha.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=510As enthusiastically recommended by editorial cartoonist Steve Artley
Post reviews new Bechdel book
'Are You My Mother?,' a comic drama by Alison Bechdel
By Joanna Scutts,
Washington Post June 3 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/are-you-my-mother-a-comic-drama-by-alison-bechdel/2012/05/31/gJQAPr9W7U_story.html
By Joanna Scutts,
Washington Post June 3 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/are-you-my-mother-a-comic-drama-by-alison-bechdel/2012/05/31/gJQAPr9W7U_story.html
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Kal Appearance and Exhibition in Frederick TONIGHT
From: Kevin Kallaugher
I wanted to let you know I have an exhibition opening In Frederick tonight. It is part of the Frederick Arts festival and I will be there 5-7pm tonight greeting visitors hopefully with a glass of wine in my hand. There are 40 cartoons on display at the Cultural Arts Center at 15 Market st, Frederick.
I wanted to let you know I have an exhibition opening In Frederick tonight. It is part of the Frederick Arts festival and I will be there 5-7pm tonight greeting visitors hopefully with a glass of wine in my hand. There are 40 cartoons on display at the Cultural Arts Center at 15 Market st, Frederick.
Friday, June 01, 2012
NPR's Kids book club on Wimpy Kid
June Kids' Book Club Pick: 'Diary Of A Wimpy Kid'
by Michele Norris
May 31, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/31/153920909/june-kids-book-club-pick-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid
by Michele Norris
May 31, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/31/153920909/june-kids-book-club-pick-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid
Comic Riffs on Herman's Jim Unger
RIP JIM UNGER: Cartoonists remember the trailblazing talent of 'Herman's' brilliant creator
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 1 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/rip-jim-unger-cartoonists-remember-the-trailblazing-talent-of-hermans-brilliant-creator/2012/06/01/gJQACuFr5U_blog.html#pagebreak
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 1 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/rip-jim-unger-cartoonists-remember-the-trailblazing-talent-of-hermans-brilliant-creator/2012/06/01/gJQACuFr5U_blog.html#pagebreak
Herblock's Jen Sorenson on health care
Jen Sorenson was the runner-up for this year's Herblock Award, so we'll use that to link to her 4 page journalistic cartoon -
An Open Letter To The Supreme Court About Health Insurance, By Jen Sorensen
Kaiser Health News May 31, 2012
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Cartoons/2012/June/Open-Letter-To-Supreme-Court-Cartoon.aspx
An Open Letter To The Supreme Court About Health Insurance, By Jen Sorensen
Kaiser Health News May 31, 2012
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Cartoons/2012/June/Open-Letter-To-Supreme-Court-Cartoon.aspx
Comicsgirl's new feature on The DC Area Comics Scene
Eden's rolling up the local week in review at her blog feature The DC Area Comics Scene as of May, and it's a handy summary. I admire her for doing this.
Sat June 2: Graphic Canon editor at Big Planet Comics
Russ Kick is signing on Saturday!
The summer of signings continues at Big Planet! Thanks to everyone who came out to meet Jerry Gaylord at College Park last Saturday. This Saturday we have Russ Kick, editor of the just released anthology, The Graphic Canon volume 1, appearing at our Bethesda store!Comicsgirl reviewer extraordinaire Eden talked to Russ Kick. Here's the interview:
http://www.comicsgirl.com/2012/06/01/five-questions-with-russ-kick-editor-of-the-graphic-canon/
June 2 - Russ Kick SigningRuss Kick, editor of the anthology The Graphic Canon, will be appearing at our Bethesda store for a signing on Saturday, June 2. Publisher's Weekly called The Graphic Canon "the graphic publishing literary event of the year". It is a collection of classic literature interpreted as comics by such greats as R. Crumb, Will Eisner, Molly Crabapple, and lots more, over 130 in total!
This first volume (of an eventual 3) is subtitled From The Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons, covering literature through the 1700s. The Odyssey, Beowulf, Lysistrata, The Book of the Dead, The Canterbury Tales, London Journal, and more.
1 pm-3 pmBig Planet Comics of Bethesda
4849 Cordell Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-654-6856
joel@bigplanetcomics.com
and here's more information on the project:
An Ambitious Project to Turn the Literary Canon Into Comics; From Shakespeare to Milton to Nabokov, the world's most enduring books are being tackled by famed graphic novelists in a three-volume set.
By Steven Heller
May 31 2012, http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/05/an-ambitious-project-to-turn-the-literary-canon-into-comics/257908/
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