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Monday, July 16, 2012
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - July 16, 2012
Well, after you read the story of Xoc Pup above, get ready for a full graphic novel of the stories of a grown up great white shark! Matt Dembicki's Xoc is coming out soon! Join us on Saturday, July 28, at our College Park and Vienna stores for Matt signing copies of his new book.
July 23: The Rabbi's Cat animation
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Damn Cartoons - AAEC 2012 con website
Damn Cartoons - AAEC 2012 con
Washington DC
Sept. 14th & 15th, 2012
9am - 5pm
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Jack Morton Auditorium
Friday Night
Cartoon Death Match
Emceed by Todd Zuniga creator of
Literary Death Match
Mike Peters
Keith Knight
Jen Sorensen
Mark Fiore
Celebrity Judges TBD
Special Guests:
Francoise Mouly
Art Editor, The New Yorker
Steve Brodner
Tom Tomorrow
2012 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award
Presented to
Ali Ferzat ( Syria )
Aseem Trivedi ( India )
Washington DC
Sept. 14th & 15th, 2012
9am - 5pm
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Jack Morton Auditorium
Friday Night
Cartoon Death Match
Emceed by Todd Zuniga creator of
Literary Death Match
Mike Peters
Keith Knight
Jen Sorensen
Mark Fiore
Celebrity Judges TBD
Special Guests:
Francoise Mouly
Art Editor, The New Yorker
Steve Brodner
Tom Tomorrow
2012 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award
Presented to
Ali Ferzat ( Syria )
Aseem Trivedi ( India )
July 21: Batman Book signing with Marc Tyler Nobleman
Ever wonder how the Batman character was created? Bill the Boy Wonder: the Secret Co-Creator of Batman is the first book about the unsung man behind the Dark Knight. A struggling writer named Bill Finger was involved from the beginning, helping to invent Batman from concept to costume to character.
Join us as Marc Tyler Nobleman talks about the amazing Bill Finger and the creation of Batman, one of the most famous and beloved superheroes. Get your copy just in time to see the latest movie installment in theaters! Ages 8 and up. Saturday, July 21, 2012, 3:00 p.m., at Hooray For Books! 1555 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-548-4092, www.hooray4books.com
Friday, July 13, 2012
The Post reviews The Addams Family play
Peter Marks reviews the Kennedy Center's 'Addams Family' [in print as It's balky and it's rocky; it's altogether schlocky: Kennedy Center strikes up the brand in a lackluster 'Addams Family'
By Peter Marks,
Washington Post July 13 2012 p. C1, 7
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/peter-marks-reviews-the-kennedy-centers-addams-family/2012/07/12/gJQATfXmgW_story.html
Things Could Be Worse featured in Express
Things Could Be Worse is a webcomic by Benjamin Dewey that's featured in today's Express.
Also in the physical paper is a reprint of the Post's review of Ice Age 4 and a wire story on the new Batman movie.
A new ComicsDC logo courtesy of Michael Pohrer (MJ)
Michael "MJ" Pohrer (who's based in St. Louis, oddly enough) has kindly sent me another ComicsDC logo which I like a lot. He also done the African-American one for me you can see on the right.
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Michael Pohrer (MJ), Cartoonist / Illustrator
Grab a quick Laugh! Visit my TOONED IN© Blog
Grab a quick Laugh! Visit my TOONED IN© Blog
The Global Free Press' Editorial Cartoonist
ATTN: Editors and Publishers you can syndicate my cartoons to your readers!
Contact us at Cartoon Syndication MJ.
The St. Louis Gateway Arts
Creator of:
FIDDLESTIX©
The Nightmare Diaries©
Welcome To The Jungle©
Creator of:
FIDDLESTIX©
The Nightmare Diaries©
Welcome To The Jungle©
"A Cat in Paris" reviewed in Examiner
A film noir for small fry
Kelly Jane Torrance
The Washington Examiner July 13, 2012, p. 22
Steve and Kathy Artley's photographs of TCDS signing
Steve and Kathy Artley have photographs of the Team Cul de Sac signing at Politics and Prose online now. Steve is a political cartoonist who contributed to the book and auction.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Post remembers Doug Marlette
Doug Marlette, a friend remembered
By Kathleen Parker,
Washington Post July 11 2012. p. A17
Team Cul de Sac TONIGHT at Politics and Prose
Tonight at 7 pm in Washington DC's Politics and Prose, we'll have a gaggle of cartoonists from the book. The list includes:
Thompson, Richard
Sparks, Chris
Artley, Steven
Auger, Michael
Belefski, Carolyn
Cavna, Michael
Corsetto, Danielle
Dale, Barbara
Dunlap-Shohl, Peter
Galifianakis, Nick
Gallant, Shannon
Johnson, Kerry G.
King, Jamie
Lewis, Donna A.
Lunsford, Annie
Mitchell, Bono
Sutliff, Joe
Wuerker, Matt
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Truitt on Gene Simmons, Comic-Con, the Joker, Archie's Glee and others
Gene Simmons relaunches comic-book line at Comic-Con
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/Gene-Simmons-comic-book-universe/56107696/1?csp=34life
Comic-Con offers an impressive array of pop-culture stuff
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 8 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-08/San-Diego-Comic-Con-pop-culture-items/56097700/1
The Joker returns to haunt Batman this October
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/The-Joker-Batman-comic-book/56110176/1
Sidekicks past, present battle in 'Batman and Robin'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/Batman-and-Robin-comic-book-series/56115694/1
New 'Batman Incorporated' issue is 'one for the girls'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY 6/18/2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-18/Batman-Incorporated-comic-book-series/55667438/1
Archie, pals to find 'Glee' in crossover
By Matt Moore, Associated Press Jul 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/glee-joins-archie-comics/56107724/1
King Oblivion exudes evil in his 'Supervillain Handbook'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 6 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-06/King-Oblivion-Supervillain-Handbook/56059062/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/Gene-Simmons-comic-book-universe/56107696/1?csp=34life
Comic-Con offers an impressive array of pop-culture stuff
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 8 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-08/San-Diego-Comic-Con-pop-culture-items/56097700/1
The Joker returns to haunt Batman this October
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/The-Joker-Batman-comic-book/56110176/1
Sidekicks past, present battle in 'Batman and Robin'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/Batman-and-Robin-comic-book-series/56115694/1
New 'Batman Incorporated' issue is 'one for the girls'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY 6/18/2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-18/Batman-Incorporated-comic-book-series/55667438/1
Archie, pals to find 'Glee' in crossover
By Matt Moore, Associated Press Jul 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/glee-joins-archie-comics/56107724/1
King Oblivion exudes evil in his 'Supervillain Handbook'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 6 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-06/King-Oblivion-Supervillain-Handbook/56059062/1
Intervention 2012 details!
INITIAL GUESTS ANNOUNCED FOR INTERVENTION 2012
Noted Webcomics creators to grace Maryland's only "Internet Convention"; Founders mark convention's 3rd year of inspiring digital creators.
ROCKVILLE, MD — March 28, 2011 – The initial round of twenty-eight guests for the third annual event Intervention, Maryland's only "Internet Convention", have been announced – and, in keeping with the convention's focus, all of the guests are creators who have made a name for themselves by sharing their creations on the Internet.
Among the first announced guests are Rob Balder, creators of the webcomic Erfworld – picked as one of TIME Magazine's top 10 graphic novels of 2007 – Shaenon Garrity, creator of the award-winning Narbonic and Skinhorse webcomics, Matt Blum, Managing Editor of Wired.com's GeekDad blog, Girls With Slingshots creator Danielle Corsetto, Devil's Panties creator Jennie Breeden, Sluggy Freelance creator Pete Abrams (one of the forefathers of the webcomics movement), and T. Campbell and Phil Kahn, whose webcomic, Guilded Age, is shelved in comic book stores across the country.
These creators – and more still to be announced – will be present at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville in Rockville, MD, from September 21st through September 23rd, for a weekend celebration of cyber-culture, geek life, and the creative opportunities of the internet. The event's co-founder, Onezumi Hartstein, said, "[co-founder] James Harknell and I wanted to put together an event that would compliment the existing print-centric conventions – we wanted to showcase the creators who use the Internet as their primary publishing method. We felt that web creators needed their own space, We're giving them that with Intervention." After successful runs in 2010 and 2011, this year will mark Hartstein's third time organizing the event.
The convention also features panels, educational content, children's programming, board and video gaming, an extensive Artist Alley, Live Action Roleplaying, musical performances, and plenty of giveaways. As in past years, there will be a charity auction to benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an international non-profit digital advocacy group that helps to defend civil liberties in the digital space.
Tickets for Intervention 2012 can be bought at http://www.interventioncon.com for $35 for the full weekend (through June 30, 2012); standard pre-order prices will increase to $40 afterwards.
Sunday, July 08, 2012
The Post on Spider-Man actor and Addams Family composer
Andrew Garfield shapes a character web that suits his 'Spider-Man'
By John DeFore,
Washington Post July 8 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/andrew-garfield-shapes-a-character-web-that-suits-his-spider-man/2012/07/05/gJQAuVKtPW_story.html
Andrew Lippa, the musical force behind 'The Addams Family'
By Nelson Pressley,
Washington Post July 8 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/andrew-lippa-the-musical-force-behind-the-addams-family/2012/07/05/gJQAa1HmPW_story.html
By John DeFore,
Washington Post July 8 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/andrew-garfield-shapes-a-character-web-that-suits-his-spider-man/2012/07/05/gJQAuVKtPW_story.html
Andrew Lippa, the musical force behind 'The Addams Family'
By Nelson Pressley,
Washington Post July 8 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/andrew-lippa-the-musical-force-behind-the-addams-family/2012/07/05/gJQAa1HmPW_story.html
The Post on Oatmeal lawsuit
'THE OATMEAL' v. FUNNYJUNK LAWYER: Why Charles Carreon dropped his Indiegogo charity lawsuit
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 6 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-oatmeal-v-funnyjunk-lawyer-why-charles-carreon-dropped-his-indiegogo-charity-lawsuit/2012/07/06/gJQAND0pQW_blog.html#pagebreak
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 6 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-oatmeal-v-funnyjunk-lawyer-why-charles-carreon-dropped-his-indiegogo-charity-lawsuit/2012/07/06/gJQAND0pQW_blog.html#pagebreak
History of Invulnerability FINAL show and panel today
The Annual Arthur Tracy “The Street Singer” Endowment ProductionTHE HISTORY OF INVULNERABILITY
June 6 - July 8
Click for full calendar of performances
By David Bar Katz
Directed by Shirley Serotsky
Designed by Dan Covey, Robbie Hayes, Dre Moore, Matt Nielson, and Debra Kim Sivigny
Stage Managed by Roy Gross
Featuring David Deblinger, Conrad Feininger, Tim Getman, Brandon McCoy,David Raphaely, Jjana Valentiner, James Whalen, Alyssa Wilmoth and Noah Chiet
Behind every great superhero is a determined creator. In 1930s America, that creator was usually a young Jewish man with an active imagination. Katz’s play illuminates the story of Jerry Siegel—the brains behind Superman’s brawn—and the imagined struggle between the creative father and his uber-mensch son. Siegel wrestles to retain control of his famous comic book sensation as America is drawn into WWII. Recommended for ages 16 and up due to mature themes and brief, modest nudity
Sunday, July 8 at 5:15pm: Comics in the District: A Discussion with Local Creators
- Moderated by Mike Rhode (Coauthor of Comics Research Bibliography, Editor of Exhibition and Media Reviews of the International Journal of Comic Art, and a contributing writer for Hogan's Alley and for the Comics Journal)
- Carolyn Belefski (Founder of Curls Studio which creates and self-publishes original comics, designs and illustrations; including the comic strip Curls)
- Steve Conley (Award-winning designer, illustrator and cartoonist; writer and artist of Bloop Comic)
- Evan Keeling (Illustrator, Designer & Comic Book Artist, co-founder of the DC Conspiracy)
- Andrew Cohen (a small-press comic-book creator; www.howzitfunnies.blogspot.com)
- Matt Dembicki (editor and contributing writer/artist to DC Comics; co-founder of the D.C. Conspiracy, a comics creators collective)
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Marc Tyler Nobleman's Batman booksignings
Marc Tyler Nobleman at Big Planet Comics Bethesda, signing his new book on Batman writer Bill Finger.
From Marc:
My two upcoming signings in the area:
- 7/20/12 Barnes & Noble, Tysons Corner Mall, McLean, VA; signing, 2 p.m. (opening day of night The Dark Knight Rises!)
- 7/21/12 Hooray for Books, Alexandria, VA; signing, 3 p.m. ("Come in from the heat to the chill of the Batcave")
I will be posting more as they are booked. Just check top right of my blog every few days.
Thank you,
Marc Tyler Noblemanhttp://noblemania.blogspot.com/ - The stories behind the stories I writehttps://twitter.com/MarcTNobleman
Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman, illustrated by Ty Templeton, 7/1/12; a Junior Library Guild Selection
the book trailer: http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2012/05/bill-boy-wonder-book-trailer.html
Marc Tyler Noblemanhttp://noblemania.blogspot.com/ - The stories behind the stories I writehttps://twitter.com/MarcTNobleman
Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman, illustrated by Ty Templeton, 7/1/12; a Junior Library Guild Selection
the book trailer: http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2012/05/bill-boy-wonder-book-trailer.html
Matt Dembicki's 'Xoc' signings
From: Matt Dembicki
But, more importantly, on Saturday July 28 I'll have TWO Xoc signing at Big Planet Comics (College Park 11-1, and Vienna, 3-5)! In addition to the book, I'll have mini-comics (Xoc Pup, hopefully, as well as a Xoc sketchbooklet), Xoc posters courtesty of Big Planet, Xoc pins and Xoc shark teeth (actual-size scuptures of a great white tooth by my talented pal Brooke Allen, who did the cover to District Comics and illustrated the first story in that upcoming anthology).
I like metal bands, tag-team wrestlers and sweatiness, so I'll be at Comic-Con next week! I'm there with Oni Press to debut my graphic novel, Xoc: The Journey of a Great White (there's a 20-page preview at the link). If you know of someone going and interested in the book (preferably a sweaty, metal-head wrestler), the Oni booth is 1833, and I'll have signings on:
Thursday: 2-2:45
Friday: 1-2:45
Saturday: 1-2:45
But, more importantly, on Saturday July 28 I'll have TWO Xoc signing at Big Planet Comics (College Park 11-1, and Vienna, 3-5)! In addition to the book, I'll have mini-comics (Xoc Pup, hopefully, as well as a Xoc sketchbooklet), Xoc posters courtesty of Big Planet, Xoc pins and Xoc shark teeth (actual-size scuptures of a great white tooth by my talented pal Brooke Allen, who did the cover to District Comics and illustrated the first story in that upcoming anthology).
Friday, July 06, 2012
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - July 6, 2012
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July 7: Southern Maryland Comic-Con
July 7, 2012
10 am to 5 pm
$10 admission
Kids 10 and under get in free!
Tickets available at the door.
Capital Clubhouse
3033 Waldorf Market Place
Waldorf, MD 20603
Curls on Theater J's Superman play
She'll be speaking about comics, along with Steve Conley, Matt Dembiski and Andrew Cohen in a panel I moderate on Sunday July 8th.
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
City Paper's A Cat in Paris animated review
Le Chat Aarrgh
[online title: A Cat in Paris Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol: A slight (very slight!) animated confection].
By Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper June 29, 2012, p. 31
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42912/a-cat-in-paris-reviewed-a-slight-very-slight-animated/
[online title: A Cat in Paris Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol: A slight (very slight!) animated confection].
By Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper June 29, 2012, p. 31
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42912/a-cat-in-paris-reviewed-a-slight-very-slight-animated/
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Monkey See blog on Spider-Man movie
A Nerd Is Not A Geek: Two Spins On Spider-Man
by Linda Holmes
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog (July 3, 2012
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/07/03/156194584/a-nerd-is-not-a-geek-two-spins-on-spider-man
Garry Trudeau editorial on sexual assualt
Breaking the cycle of sexual assault in the military
By Garry Trudeau and Loree Sutton,
Washington Post July 1 2012, p. A19
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/breaking-the-cycle-of-sexual-assault-in-the-military/2012/06/29/gJQAK0wNCW_story.html
By Garry Trudeau and Loree Sutton,
Washington Post July 1 2012, p. A19
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/breaking-the-cycle-of-sexual-assault-in-the-military/2012/06/29/gJQAK0wNCW_story.html
Dark Knight movie interview in On Tap
Matthew Modine: Keep Your Mouth Shut
On Tap July 1, 2012 By , p. 12.
The Post on the new Spider-Man movie
Spinning a (too) familiar tale
By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post July 3, 2012
By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post July 3, 2012
The Express runs this review as well, and the Examiner runs the AP one.
Monday, July 02, 2012
PR: Swann Foundation Announces Awards for 2012-2013
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington DC 20540
July 2, 2012
Swann Foundation Announces Awards for 2012‑2013
The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, administered by the Library of Congress, is awarding fellowships to five applicants for the academic year 2012-2013. Recipients attend the University of Chicago; Duke, Harvard and Northwestern universities; and the University of Wisconsin.
Rhae Lynn Barnes, a doctoral candidate in history at Harvard University, was awarded the fellowship to support research on her dissertation, "Darkology: The History of Amateur Blackface Minstrelsy and the Making of Modern America, 1860-1965." A major part of her study consists of creating a bibliographic database of amateur minstrel show guides, which include cartoons of black life in America. As she catalogs these materials, she will analyze how the cartoons' themes and characters changed in relation to black freedom struggles.
Jill E. Bugajski, a doctoral candidate in art history at Northwestern University, will receive Swann support for research on her dissertation, "Red Dilemma: Totalitarian Spectacle and the Inception of the Cultural Cold War in American Art 1939-1949." Her project investigates graphic art and exhibitions in the United States in the context of America's shifting relationship with the Soviet Union during the 1940s.
Sadam H. Issa, a doctoral candidate in African languages and literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, was awarded a fellowship to support research for his dissertation, "Picturing History: Palestinian Political Cartoons, 1948 to 2009". His study will examine how political cartoons published in three Palestinian newspapers—Filastin (Palestine), al-Quds (Jerusalem) and al-Hayāt al-Jadīdah (The New Life)—visually narrate the history of Palestine from the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 to the Gaza War of 2009. He argues that this imagery will provide valuable insight into Palestinian history, especially in relation to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and can serve as a pictorial form of Palestinian national narrative.
Julia Langbein, a doctoral candidate in art history at the University of Chicago, will receive a fellowship to support research on her dissertation, "Salon Caricature in Paris, 1840-1881." Her study focuses on caricatures of paintings that were displayed in the Paris Salon, the annual or biennial state-sponsored display of high art. Langbein aims to shed light on a little-studied type of caricature and to re-assert the importance of this powerful graphic art form in the history of the Paris Salon in 19th-century French art.
Emilie Anne-Yvonne Luse, a doctoral candidate in art, art history and visual studies at Duke University, received a fellowship to pursue research for her dissertation, "Anti-Semitism and Anti-modernism in France: 1918-1940." She plans to investigate imagery commenting on abstraction and representation in conservative French interwar periodicals. Her project will explore how critiques of modern art and its markets functioned as a platform for anti-Semitism in France.
During the coming academic year, the five recipients will collectively conduct research at the Library largely in General Collections and in the Prints and Photographs, Rare Book and Special Collections, and African and Middle Eastern divisions.
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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The Post on animator Seth McFarlane's Ted and French animation
A buzz kill with a stuffed bear
By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post June 29, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/ted,1206337/critic-review.html
A French twist of felines, felons ["A Cat in Paris"]
By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post June 29, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/a-cat-in-paris-une-vie-de-chat,1217938/critic-review.html
By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post June 29, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/ted,1206337/critic-review.html
A French twist of felines, felons ["A Cat in Paris"]
By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post June 29, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/a-cat-in-paris-une-vie-de-chat,1217938/critic-review.html
Final Week of History of Invulnerability
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Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish WomenPR: SPX Announces Françoise Mouly and Adrian Tomine as Guests of Small Press Expo 2012
SPX Announces Françoise Mouly and Adrian Tomine as Guests of Small Press Expo 2012
For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard
E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com
Bethesda, Maryland; July 2, 2012 – Small Press Expo is pleased to announce Françoise Mouly and Adrian Tomine as honored guests of SPX 2012. Both Mouly and Tomine will be making their first SPX appearances this year and are in addition to the previously announced guests Chris Ware, Dan Clowes and Jamie & Gilbert Hernandez.
Mouly, art editor for The New Yorker since 1993, is the author of several books including collections of cover art from The New Yorker, and has edited the forthcoming 2012 edition of the prestigious The Best American Comics series. Mouly got her start in comics as the co-creator (with husband Art Spiegelman) of the groundbreaking and highly influential RAW series in 1980. Consciously designed as an art object, RAW was, throughout the eighties, the premier showcase of cutting-edge comic art and storytelling techniques. Many of the celebrated contributors to RAW, including Charles Burns, R. Crumb, Chris Ware, and Art Spiegelman have since gone on to grace the cover of The New Yorker with their artwork during Mouly's tenure as art director. Her successful Toon Book imprint takes her cartoon and illustration aesthetic into the world of children's books.
Writer/artist Adrian Tomine burst onto the comics scene in the mid-'90s with Optic Nerve, and his closely observed characterization and thoughtful storytelling quickly earned comparisons to the likes of Raymond Carver and nominations for the Eisner Award. In addition to volumes collecting his sketches and otherwise uncollected work, Tomine's critically acclaimed Optic Nerve stories have been collected into several handsome volumes. Though he is a generation removed from the "RAW generation," Tomine's distinctive artwork is of a piece with their sensibility, and has also gone on to grace the cover of The New Yorker on numerous occasions.
About SPX
Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. 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 SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which funds graphic novel purchases for public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, visit their website at http://www.cbldf.org.
SPX also supports the Small Press Expo Collection at the Library of Congress, which preserves the history of both the artistic output of the creators who come to SPX, as well as the art that SPX itself generates as part of its yearly festival. It the first program of its type by a major institution in the United States to preserve the works of the indie comics community.
SPX 2012 will be held Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.
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