'Nightmare the Rat' is coming to the web

Cartoonist Rafer Roberts is taking his “Nightmare the Rat” cartoon from the pages of the Magic Bullet comics newspaper to the web, beginning Jan. 1. It will be updated weekly.

According to Roberts on the D.C. Conspiracy Tumblr, the first few weeks will reprint the strip up to date, and around mid-May the comic will start to publish a year’s worth of all new made-for-the-web content. ("It won’t be the larger 'Sunday' strips but a 'weekday' style adventure serial," he writes.) Roberts added that he will continue with the larger strips for Magic Bullet as well work on his comics series Plastic Farm.

Nightmare the Rat, courtesy of Rafer Roberts

Dec 10: Wolf Children Screening in Washington, DC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Wolf Children Screening in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC – NOV 25, 2013 

Japan comes to you DC Metropolitan area! Through Tugg.com, we have arranged a potential screening for the WashingtonDC area of the English Dub of Wolf Children by Funimation Entertainment. The latest movie from Mamoru Hosoda, director of Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Here's your chance to see this amazing movie on the big screen in your area.

BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW! http://www.tugg.com/events/6318

Tugg.com is an amazing company which makes movies available for people interested in arranging a screening of certain movies through their network of theaters throughout the US.  For this particular screening, the threshold minimum number of reserved tickets needed is 58 people.  If this number is reached by Dec 3^rd, 2013, the screening will officially take place.  You will only be charged for reserving a ticket if the event reaches its threshold number.f 58 people buy tickets, then we'll be able to see Wolf Children on the American movie screen! WE NEED 58 PEOPLE BY DECEMBER 3rd!

What if we don't reach 58 people? Good question. You are not automatically charged until the event site recognizes that we reach the threshold.

You're tickets will be sent to you by email!

PLEASE JOIN IN ON THE FUN! COME SEE WOLF CHILDREN!
YOU'RE WELCOME TO INVITE PEOPLE!

Location: AMC Loews Georgetown 14, 3111 K St NW, Washington, DC20007 (202) 342-6033

Date: Tues, Dec. 10^th 2013 at 7:30 pm

Reserve ticket price: $11.00 (Last day to reserve tickets: Dec 3^rd)

Contact: Sahvin Panichpong (sahvin.panichpong@yahoo.com)

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Black Friday at Game On! Comics

Promotion starts Nov 29, 2013 and ends Nov 29, 2013

Game On! Comics 310 Dominion RD NE, Vienna, VA, 22306 (703) 242-3838 | louis@gameoncomics.com | gameoncomics.com facebook | twitter 0988790162

Black Friday at Third Eye Comics

THANKSGIVING HOURS, BLACK FRIDAY & SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SPECIALS & MORE

And, as many of you probably already guessed -- we've got all sorts of big plans for this weekend. We've got huge plans for Black Friday & Small Business Saturday at both locations.

 

Click here for info on our BLACK FRIDAY events.

Click here for our Small Business Saturday events.

Comic Riffs covers Cartoons and Cocktails auction

Political Auction Committee: D.C. cartoon sale raises more than $20K

By Michael Cavna 

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 25 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/political-auction-committee-dc-cartoon-sale-raises-more-than-20k-see-al-frankens-donated-nixon-caricature/2013/11/25/5db3b39a-55cf-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_blog.html

Scouting for comics

Earlier this month, cartoonist Carolyn Belefski visited with several local fourth-grade Girl Scouts to discuss the career path of a cartoonist and to help the young ladies create their own comic story. Check out Carolyn’s writeup of the visit on her blog.

Photo courtesy of Carolyn Belefski

The Post's best graphic novels of 2013

The Best Books of 2013: Graphic novels that tantalize the eye [online
as 'Top 10 graphic novels of 2013']
By Michael Cavna,
Washington Post November 24 2013, p. E9
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/top-10-graphic-novels-of-2013/2013/11/21/314be21c-35b5-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html

Walt Disney's daughter's obituary runs in The Post

Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt Disney and inspiration for
Disneyland, dies at 79 [in print as 'Dianne Disney Miller, 79;
Daughter was an inspiration for Disneyland'].
By Associated Press,
Washington Post November 21 2013, p. B7
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/diane-disney-miller-daughter-of-walt-disney-and-inspiration-for-disneyland-dies-at-79/2013/11/19/12246fe4-517b-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html

Those darn comic strips

Save room for the comics.
Thomas M. Barrett, Tom Ede, Natalie McManus
Washington Post November 23 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/save-room-for-the-comics/2013/11/22/9c017aae-509a-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html

Loya in 'The People vs. George Lucas"

Local cartoonist/artist Steve Loya’s childhood "Star Wars" drawings appeared in the 2010 documentary "The People vs. George Lucas." Steve talks about it on Facebook and links back to some postings on his blog.

"I'm so glad my mom and grandmother cherished and held on to my art from my childhood,” Loya writes.

Courtesy of Steve Loya

January 14: Kevin "Kal" Kallaugher coming to DC

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, January 14 at noon - Kevin will be speaking in the Pickford Theater - an intimate location in the Library of Congress, on the 3rd floor of the Madison Building - at noon. Copies of Daggers Drawn will be available for sale. Kevin will be signing.

 

Sara W. Duke

Curator, Popular & Applied Graphic Art

Prints & Photographs Division

Library of Congress

101 Independence Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20540-4730

Last night's Cartoons and Cocktails auction

The annual Cartoons and Cocktails charity auction was last night. I bought some art, and was a B-list local celebrity auctioneer with A-List cartoonist Matt Wuerker.

More pictures are here.

You'll have to go to Ohio's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum to see a good collection of catalogs from previous years. I've given them the 2012 and 2013 catalogs which haven't been cataloged yet of course.

Joe Sacco (and others) at Politics and Prose

Joe Sacco did a nice talk about his new bookish-thing, The Great War, at Politics and Prose. The audience was far more World War 1 buffs than comics buffs, although cartoonists Art Hondros, Barbara Dale, and Michael Cavna were in the audience as well as journalist Peter Carlson and cartoon librarian Sara Duke.  Politics and Prose eventually gets the video online.

Here's some more pictures of Sacco's visit.

Here's video of some earlier P&P events that haven't been linked to yet:

MISSION IN A BOTTLE by Seth Goldman

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/mission-in-a-bottle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYfmPeM2xM

Seth Goldman spoke about his book, Mission in a Bottle, at Politics & Prose on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.

The Art & Style of Graphic Novels

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/the-art-and-style-of-graphic-novels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrC0HcKiWbo

The Art & Style of Graphic Novels panel discussion took place at Politics & Prose on Monday, September 16, 2013.

Join moderator Glen Weldon, author and a contributor to NPR’s pop culture blog and podcast, for the second P&P graphic novel panel with some of today’s most innovative artists. Discussing and demonstrating their work with Weldon are graphic novelists Laura Lee Gulledge, Rutu Modan, Matt Phelan, and Gene Yang.

MARCH, BOOK ONE by Congressman John Lewis

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/march-book-one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQU8rMufqLQ

John Lewis spoke about his book, March, Book One, at Politics & Prose on Sunday, September 08, 2013.

THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/ocean-end-of-lane-neil-gaiman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCHvTjAaEPk

Neil Gaiman spoke about his book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, at GW's Lisner Auditorium on Friday, June 21, 2013. In this video, Gaiman introduces the audience to his first novel in six years, to much excitement and applause.

GROWING UP WITH GRAPHICS Graphic Novel Panel

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/growing-graphics-graphic-novel-panel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEfsOo3x1ps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXEp0cKzOlM

The Growing Up With Graphics Graphic Novel panel took place at Politics & Prose on Thursday, April 25, 2013.

Prominent and award-winning graphic artists, authors, and editors Eleanor Davis, Nathan Hale, Andrés Vera Martínez, and Mark Siegel, will be here to discuss the significance of the genre for readers of all ages. Moderated by Michael Cavna, author of "Comic Riffs," a blog of The Washington Post.

Children's book author Mo Willems interviewed in The Post

Reposted because he's also a cartoonist...

Mo Willems brings 'Elephant & Piggie' to the Kennedy Center

By Stephanie Merry,

Washington Post November 22 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/theater-dance/mo-willems-brings-elephant-and-piggie-to-the-kennedy-center/2013/11/20/26c09236-5061-11e3-9fe0-fd2ca728e67c_story.html

Library of Congress collection featured on Bleeding Cool

Holding Steve Ditko's Original Art To Amazing Fantasy #15 In My Hands – The Library of Congress' EPIC Comics Collection

By David Dissanayake

 November 21, 2013

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/11/21/holding-steve-ditkos-original-art-to-amazing-fantasy-15-in-my-hands-the-library-of-congress-epic-comics-collection/

Rep. Lewis' March reviewed in Sunday's NY Times

Graphic Novels

By KEN TUCKER

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/books/review/graphic-novels.html

International Journal of Comic Art 15:2 table of contents

For sale now via http://www.ijoca.com

Richard Thompson interview from 2008 now in print

Richard Thompson Q&A at the 2008 Small Press Expo.

International Journal of Comic Art 15 (2; Fall): 94-116

You can find out how to order a copy at http://www.ijoca.com

Bmore Into Comics 2

The 2nd edition of Bmore Into Comics is set for Dec. 14 at Wind-Up Space in Baltimore from noon to 5 p.m. The show features local comics creators and their wares, with plenty of grown-up beverages.

Art by Melody Often

Local teaching group reviews District Comics

Book Review: New Comic Anthology Full of Shortcomings, Thin on Diversity

-- Reviewed by Katie Seitz, Teaching For Change Publications Advocate

http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/district-comics-full-of-shortcomings-thin-on-diversity

Bruce McCall featured in The Post over the weekend

David Letterman skewers fat cats in a new book co-authored with writer-artist Bruce McCall [in print as 'Lampooning with Letterman and McCall'].

By Frazier Moore / Associated Press,

Washington Post November 17 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/david-letterman-skewers-fat-cats-in-a-new-book-co-authored-with-writer-artist-bruce-mccall/2013/11/12/9289554a-4baa-11e3-bf60-c1ca136ae14a_story.html

Artley's zombie

Steve Artley kindly gave me a drawing at OSU's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum opening when I was looking forlornly at his caricature of Chris Sparks.This was done for the blood drive that Carolyn Belefski spearheaded a couple of weekends ago.

Steve will be auctioning off similar artwork tomorrow night at the Cartoons and Cocktails fundraiser.

Comic Riffs talks to Joe Sacco (appearing at Politics & Prose tonight)

BEST BOOKS OF 2013: Joe Sacco on his panoramic 'fascination' with 'The Great War'

By Michael Cavna 

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 20 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/best-books-of-2013-joe-sacco-on-his-panoramic-fascination-with-the-great-war/2013/11/20/69d08dac-5137-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_blog.html

Barbarian Books (circa 1992) on YouTube

Walking in a Wheaton Wonderland: Barbarian Books

Dave Nuttycombe 

 Jan 11, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6IhLFXTw-Q&feature=youtu.be

Thanks to Dale Rawlings for the tip.

Flugennock's new cartoon: "Obama's Katrina"

"Obama's Katrina"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1412

The recent implosion of healthcare.gov and the millions of people losing their health insurance despite Obama's promise (and we know what that's worth) have created a "perfect storm" of FAIL which is leading many to refer to Obamacare -- uh, sorry, the Affordable Care Act -- as "Obama's Katrina".

In the meantime Obamacare architect Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of Chicago mayor and Obama flunkie Rahm Emanuel, is telling anybody who'll listen that this pain parade is somehow the fault of Fox News. I'll grant you, Fox News is a veritable media cesspool responsible for pimping all manner of slimy skankiness, but anyone paying the remotest attention over the past month will tell you that Fox News didn't have anything to do with this FAIL festival.

While that business is going on, House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi is all over MSDNC... uh, MSNBC... swearing up and down that Democrats are totally in line behind Obamacare. Yeah, sure, Nancy, just keep telling yourself that. Perhaps in some weirded-out dreamscape of yours, Democrats are in lockstep behind Obama's corporate healthcare sweetheart deal, but out here in objective reality, buttloads of Democrats are running from Obamacare like it was a house on fire.

I can't pretend I'm not enjoying this.

"Obama Blunders Into His Own Katrina", Washington Times 11.17.13
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/17/second-term-blunders-give-obama-his-own-katrina/

"ObamaCare Architect Ezekiel Emanuel: Website Disaster Actually Fault of Fox News", Newsbusters 11.14.13
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2013/11/14/obamacare-architect-ezekiel-emanuel-website-disaster-actually-fau

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lssbAwu-OtE


(And btw, I'm sure many of you are wondering what a hardcore Leftie like myself is doing citing articles at conservative news sites. Well, I'll tell you... it's a goddamn' shame that I have to read the Washington Times and Newsbusters to get even half a clear idea of what the hell's going on, because MSNBC is full of nothing but pimping and shucking these days. Think of it this way: I'm reading that crap so you don't have to.)


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"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
 Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"

                                               --grateful dead.
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