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Tuesday, January 06, 2015
New blog: Upcoming Week at Fantom Comics
Jon McNaught in the Post
Monday, January 05, 2015
So who was Bill Talburt? [UPDATED]
Sara Duke, ace Library of Congress curator and author of a biographical dictionary ComicsDC put online, tells us:
In addition to being Dan Perkin's (Tom Tomorrow's) grandfather-in-law:
Here is an example of Sunstroke! an editorial cartoon that was put into production as a World War II propaganda poster.
A fanzine called Cartoonews #15 reprinted an 8-page Scripps-Howard article on him. A copy is in Michigan State's Comic Art Collection and they're mailing me a copy of the article.
Ryan Holmberg on early Tezuka frictions
The Fukui Ei'ichi Incident and the Prehistory of Komaga-Gekiga
BY Ryan Holmberg Jan 5, 2015http://www.tcj.com/the-fukui-eiichi-incident-and-the-prehistory-of-komaga-gekiga/
January 6: Ripley: Believe It or Not: American Experience on tv
Ripley: Believe It or Not: American Experience
Robert Ripley's obsession with the odd made him one of the richest men in America. Over three decades his "Believe It or Not" franchise grew into an entertainment empire, and the eccentric, globetrotting playboy became a national celebrity. Watch an in-depth profile on American Experience.
Ripley: Believe It or Not: American Experience airs Tuesday, January 6 at 9pm on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD.
Tue., January 6, 2015
9:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Ripley: Believe It or Not
A profile of Leroy Robert Ripley (1890-1949), aka Robert L. Ripley, the man behind the famed "Believe It or Not!" franchise, which began as a comic strip before expanding into radio, film and TV.
Tue., January 6, 2015
9:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Ripley: Believe It or Not
A profile of Leroy Robert Ripley (1890-1949), aka Robert L. Ripley, the man behind the famed "Believe It or Not!" franchise, which began as a comic strip before expanding into radio, film and TV.
Wed., January 7, 2015
7:00 am
(60 minutes)
Ripley: Believe It or Not
A profile of Leroy Robert Ripley (1890-1949), aka Robert L. Ripley, the man behind the famed "Believe It or Not!" franchise, which began as a comic strip before expanding into radio, film and TV.
Wed., January 7, 2015
8:00 am
(60 minutes)
Tupperware
"Modern dishes for modern living" (and they "burped," no less), sold by women at "home parties." This slice of 1950s Americana is recalled in "Tupperware!" "The era and the product were made for each other," says one of the Tupperware "ladies" who are interviewed throughout the hour. Husbands are interviewed too because Tupperware was oftentimes a family affair, with the men working behind the scenes. The man in charge: Earl Tupper, who invented the sealable plastic containers. But a woman, Brow
Wed., January 7, 2015
10:00 am
(60 minutes)
Ripley: Believe It or Not
A profile of Leroy Robert Ripley (1890-1949), aka Robert L. Ripley, the man behind the famed "Believe It or Not!" franchise, which began as a comic strip before expanding into radio, film and TV.
- See more at: http://www.weta.org/tv/program/american-experience-0#sthash.VPX7Grkf.dpufSunday, January 04, 2015
Rawlings' cartoon for ALEA award
That darn Doonesbury
The Post lost sight of the audience [online as A subject not fit for the comics pages]
Debbie Shelton, Manassas
Friday, January 02, 2015
Robot 6 checks in with Rafer Roberts and Carla Speed McNeil...
Creators weigh in on 2014 and 2015 (Part 1) [Al Ewing, Alison Sampson, Christopher Golden, Corinna Bechko, Enrica Jang, Jane Irwin, Jen Van Meter, Judith Stephens, Matthew Petz, Rafer Roberts, Ross Campbell, Seth Kushner,].
by Tim O'Shea | December 31, 2014 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/12/creators-weigh-in-on-2014-and-2015-part-1/
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/12/creators-weigh-in-on-2014-and-2015-part-1/2/
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/12/creators-weigh-in-on-2014-and-2015-part-1/3/
Creators weigh in on 2014 and 2015 (Part 4) [G. Willow Wilson, Tom Spurgeon, Paul Maybury, Chris Roberson, Carla Speed McNeil, Claire Connelly, Patrick Dean, Michael Allred, Amy Chu, Jamie S. Rich, David Lopez and Jeff Loveness].
by Tim O'Shea | January 1, 2015
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/01/creators-weigh-in-on-2014-and-2015-part-4/
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/01/creators-weigh-in-on-2014-and-2015-part-4/2/
Richard Thompson is another positive on Tom Spurgeon's year-end roundup
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/50_comics_positives_for_2014_richard_thompson_had_two_giant_books_out/
Jan 17 in Richmond: Leading Illustrator's Poe Art Surveyed in Major Exhibit
1914-16 E. Main St.
Richmond, VA 23223
Phone 804-648-5523
Fax 804-648-8729
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Jan 3: Shoff Promotions Comic Book & Sports Card Show
Comic Book & Sports Card Show together again SATURDAY JANUARY 3 10am-3pm at our new added location- the Annandale Fire House Hall 7128 Columbia Pike Annandale Virginia 22003
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Jan. 20: Kidd, Ishii and Kolbeins at Fantom Comics
From the Facebook event post: "Big, burly, lascivious, and soft around the edges: welcome to the hyper-masculine world of Japanese gay manga. Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It is the first English-language anthology of its kind: an in-depth introduction to nine of the most exciting comic artists making work for a gay male audience in Japan. Jiraiya, Seizoh Ebisubashi and Kazuhide Ichikawa are three of the irresistibly seductive, internationally renowned artists featured in Massive, as well as Gengoroh Tagame, the subject of The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga."
Art Hondros in Michigan State University's Comic Art Collection
THE YEAR IN CARTOONS: Looking at 2014 through the prism of Cavna’s editorial cartoons
THE YEAR IN CARTOONS: Looking at 2014 through the prism of Cavna's editorial cartoons
By Michael CavnaWashington Post Comic Riffs blog December 31, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/12/31/the-year-in-cartoons-looking-at-2014-through-the-prism-of-cavnas-editorial-cartoons/
A couple or three old bits for the New Year
In 1939, Charles Howard collected original cartoons from Washington newspaper cartoonists Clifford Berryman, H.M. Talbert and Gene Elderman. I have no idea why the Art Institute of Chicago has a 4-page finding aid to them on its website. Nor do I know who Talbert is.
Elderman, courtesy of GU |
Cartoon and comics deaths in 2014
Deaths in 2014 included underground comix publisher and first comic book store owner Gary Arlington, Tony Auth, Dick Ayers, comics journalist Bill Baker, British car cartoonist Jim Bamber, Charles Barsotti, caricaturist Garrett Bender, underground comix store owner Stanley Bobrof, Brumsic Brandon, Jr., Prism Comics' David Paul Brown, Cambodian cartoonist Ung Bun Heang, Isabelle "Barbara" Hall Fiske Calhoun (aka Barbara Hall), Hamlet Campagna (aka Hal Camp), "Oyster Stew" cartoonist Michael Carpenter, François Cavanna - cofounder of Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo, animation voice actor Christine Josephine Cavanaugh, Brazilian comics artist André Coelho, Scottish comic book store owner Neil Craig, Robert's ex-wife Dana Crumb, Blondie cartoonist Frank Cummings, comic book artist Jeremy Dale, editorial cartoonist Bill Dunn, Joseph Escourido, Socialist Worker cartoonist Phil Evans, Al Feldstein, Paul Flannery, San Antonio Express-News cartoonist Leo Garza, Stan Goldberg, El Chapulin Colorado Mexican television superhero Roberto 'Chespirito' Gómez Bolaños, Dandy cartoonist Charles Grigg, comic strip cartoonist Max Gwin, gag cartoonist David Harbaugh, Archie Andrews radio voice and tv voice actor Bob Hastings, comic book writer C.J. Henderson, New Zealand cartoonist David Henshaw, cartoonist turned children's book author Eric Hill, PS Magazine editor Don Hubbard, Etta Hulme, Egyptian cartoonist Mostafa Hussein, comics publisher Larry Ivie, store owner Brian Jacoby, gag and comic strip cartoonist Alexander Ralston "Bud" Jones, Jr. , Pinocchio voice actor Dick Jones, animation voice Casey Kasem, editorial cartoonist Jon B Kennedy, Fred Kida, "Super" Duper cartoonist Bill Kresse, editorial cartoonist Dan Lynch, comics historian and Little Orphan Annie writer Jay Maeder, Stroker McGurk cartoonist Tom Medley, British comic book writer Steve Moore, Esquire cartoonist Babette Beinfield Newburger, minicomics cartoonist Catherine Peach, Graphic Nature cartoonist Larry Pendleton, manga and anime researcher Timothy Perper, gag cartoonist Jeff Pert, Source Comics and Games store owner Dominic "Nick Post" Postiglione, animator Arthur Rankin, small press cartoonist Chris Reilly, editorial cartoonist Mike Ritter, Vijay Narain "Vins" Seth, Pran Sharma, Joe Shuster Awards volunteer Debra Jane Shelly, Greek cartoonist Ilias Skoulas, animator Michael Sporn, Bhob Stewart, animator Robert Taylor, Dungeons & Dragons cartoonist David A. Trampier, Disney biographer Bob Thomas, Morrie Turner, Viz book designer Courtney Utt, Morris Weiss, British pocket cartoonist Frank Whitford, Aladdin voice actor Robin Williams, sports cartoonist Amadee Wohlschlaeger, collector Art Wood, Bermudan editorial cartoonist Peter Woolcock, political cartoonist George Edward Zeleski.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Happy New Year! from ComicsDC
"Never again!" / Frank A. Nankivell, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
1908 doesn't seem so far away, does it.
Happy New Year!
1909, but change the reservation cards slightly and run it again, Sam.
A Memorial to a Cartoonist Friend: a guest post by Kevin 'Kal' Kallaugher
For three decades he lampooned with great dexterity, the foibles of the Bermudian political class. It was a sad shock to all when we learned last month that Peter had been hit by a car as he was delivering his weekly (and last) cartoon to the Royal Gazette newspaper.
This past summer I had the great honor of getting to know Peter during a 3-month sojourn as Artist-in-Residence at the Masterworks art Museum in Bermuda. Peter, then 88, was a sprite and engaging man with a robust curiosity and a boyish passion for the cartoon arts. We would chat for hours about the benefits of certain pen nibs and the magic of a peer's brushstrokes.
We also talked about the celebrated past and the challenging future of our profession, sharing an enormous sense of gratitude that we both managed, somehow, to eke out livings as cartoonists.
Peter would always note that cartoonists from big market countries like the USA and the UK had it very easy. Try being a cartoonist on an island, he would tell me.
He had to tread very carefully on the subject of the day because there would be a chance he might run into the very same subject (or her cousin) in the supermarket on Saturday or church on Sunday.
As I studied Peter's work, I realized how right he was. Bermuda is a beautiful and fascinating place to visit. Yet as a resident, you get a very different perspective on the island. What at first seems like a vacation paradise soon becomes a small village surrounded by a wall of water. In addition, Bermuda is one of the most densely populated jurisdictions on the planet…If peace is to be kept, everyone must find a way to coexist in a civilized fashion. Boisterous satirical criticism may not always be welcome.
As you can imagine, this is not the natural habitat for your typical editorial cartoonist. But Peter was not your typical cartoonist. He understood the tolerance level of his audience. He opted to employ the needle rather that the hatchet in his work. Over the course of thirty years he knew an artfully aimed needle in the nether regions would certainly get his target's attention.
For Peter Woolcock, a colleague whose needle was mightier than the sword.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Feb 4: George O'Connor signing - Olympians
- at 5:00pm - 8:00pm in EST
- Big Planet Comics of College Park7315 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
The newest book in the Olympians series is Ares: Bringer of War. In Ares, the myth continues in the tenth year of the fabled Trojan War where two infamous gods of war go to battle. The spotlight is thrown on Ares, god of war, and primarily focuses on his battle with the clever and powerful Athena. As the battle culminates and the gods try to one-up each other to win, the human death toll mounts. Who will win this epic clash of power? And how many will have to die first?
Olympians website: http://www.olympiansrule.com/
Jan 18: John Reilly signing - Herald: Lovecraft & Tesla
- at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Big Planet Comics of Vienna426 Maple Ave E, Vienna, Virginia 22180
When Nikola Tesla's fiancée, Amelia Earhart, steals a dangerous prototype engine for a trans-Atlantic flight, Tesla seeks out the interdimensional expertise of H.P. Lovecraft to save her. Lovecraft, however, has problems of his own as he investigates the identity of Cthulhu's Herald.
Herald facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeraldComic
Herald twitter: https://twitter.com/HeraldComic
Former DC writer on Egyptian cartooning
Jonathan Guyer
The Art of Dissent
Brown Alumni Magazine January/February 2015
Monday, December 29, 2014
12/31: SHIELD comic launch at Third Eye Comics
Join us New Year's Eve for our SHIELD #1 Launch Party!
Click here for full details!
Comic Riffs on Doonesbury
'Doonesbury' and the U-Va. campus-rape strip: Garry Trudeau says that Rolling Stone's 'flaws' didn't change point of yesterday's comic
By Michael CavnaWashington Post Comic Riffs blog December 29 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/12/29/doonesbury-and-the-u-va-campus-rape-strip-garry-trudeau-says-that-rolling-stones-flaws-didnt-change-point-of-yesterdays-comic/
Comic Riffs on Stan Lee
STAN LEE'S BIRTHDAY: As the comics legend turns 92 today, here are our 20 Favorite Stan Lee Quotes…
By Michael CavnaWashington Post Comic Riffs blog December 28 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/12/28/stan-lees-birthday-as-the-comics-legend-turns-92-today-here-are-our-20-favorite-stan-lee-quotes/
Herblock on C-Span2 Book TV
Herblock: A Political Cartoonist - History, Cartoons, Civil Rights, McCarthyism, Nixon (1993)
Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October 13, 1909 -- October 7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentary on national domestic and foreign policy from a liberal perspective
SCAD student cartoonists from our area
Randy T says these young women are in comics upcoming from BOOM!
Jenna Ayoub
www.minnienslug.comKristina Ness
kristinaness.comSunday, December 28, 2014
Washington Times on Little Nemo
by Michael Taube for Washington Times, Thursday, Dec 25, 2014
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/25/book-review-the-complete-little-nemo/>
Friday, December 26, 2014
The Year in Cartoons in today's Post
Toles' Year should appear in a few days.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
The Post has a wire story on religion and cartoons
Despite death threats, cartoonists challenge religious hatred and censorship online
Washington Post.com (December 24 2014)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/despite-death-threats-cartoonists-challenge-religious-hatred-and-censorship-online/2014/12/24/f12f747c-8ba4-11e4-ace9-47de1af4c3eb_story.html
Comic Riffs suggests you contribute to Norm Breyfogle's health costs
12 DAYS OF GRATITUDE: #6. The gift of comics generosity–from crowd-funded films to helping the ailing Batman artist Norm Breyfogle
By Michael Cavna and David BetancourtWashington Post Comic Riffs blog December 24 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/12/24/12-days-of-gratitude-6-the-gift-of-comics-generosity-from-crowd-funded-films-to-helping-the-ailing-batman-artist-norm-breyfogle/
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Michael Dooley recommends The Complete Cul de Sac
7 Outstanding Comics and Cartoon Books of 2014
By: Michael Dooley | December 23, 2014http://www.printmag.com/imprint/7-comics-and-cartoon-books/
Post's columnist decries Disney's making an honest dollar on Frozen dolls
Doll world's new royalty could cost parents a fortune
By Courtland MilloyWashington Post.com December 23 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/doll-worlds-new-royalty-could-cost-parents-a-fortune/2014/12/23/da0c4854-8a02-11e4-9e8d-0c687bc18da4_story.html
Monday, December 22, 2014
Jan 9: The Art of Richard Thompson at Politics and Prose
Nick Galifianakis, Gene Weingarten,and David Apatoff - The Art of Richard Thompson
Named the Outstanding Cartoonist of 2010 by the National Cartoonists Society, Richard Thompson is best known for his syndicated series, Cul de Sac. But his work encompasses much more, and in this colorful career retrospective, six of his peers present the different facets of Thompson's art. Join Galifianakis, Washington Post cartoonist and author of If You Loved Me, You'd Think This Was Cute, Weingarten, Pulitzer-winning journalist who writes The Washington Post's "Below the Beltway" column, and Apatoff, an illustration scholar whose recent work includes a biography of illustrator Robert Fawcett. They will be interviewed by Michael Cavna, writer, artist, and lapsed cartoonist now producing The Washington Post's "Comic Riffs." (Andrews McMeel)
Jan 26: Roz Chast at Washington DCJCC
Monday, January 26
7:30 pm
Famed New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast does such a comical, fluent job of conveying the things that keep her up at night that many readers are convinced she is somehow mapping their own inner lives. Her latest book, which tackles the subject of growing up in Brooklyn as an only child and of her efforts, decades later, to help her parents navigate the jagged shoals of old age, is by turns grim and absurd, deeply poignant and laugh-out-loud funny.
John Gallagher's shopping mall Christmas comic
John's Holiday Comic... (from his Facebook post)
This was created for Westfield Shopping Malls, from a few years ago-- super fun! Thanks to Debbie Young for giving me a chance to do this, and the 2 sequel books right after it... http://www.skydogcomics.com/pdf/westie.pdf
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Donna Lewis profiles herself on GoComics
Meet Your Creator: Donna Lewis (Reply All, Reply All Lite)
by Donna LewisGoComics on December 20, 2014
http://blogs.gocomics.com/2014/12/meet-your-creator-donna-lewis-reply-all-reply-all-lite-.html
At the end, Donna buries the news that her first book will be out in February.
African-American artist began career as a cartoonist
Artist's paintings of Amistad slave mutiny tell of African triumph over slavery
By Michael E. RuaneWashington Post December 21 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/artists-paintings-of-amistad-slave-mutiny-tell-of-african-triumph-over-slavery/2014/12/20/cba33942-7fc8-11e4-9f38-95a187e4c1f7_story.html
Artist Hale Woodruff's murals are featured at the National Museum of American History.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "The Fire This Time"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1629
Finally. Why didn't this happen sooner? Happy New Year, everybody.
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SPX 2014 Panel - Charles Burns Q+A
SPX 2014 Panel - Charles Burns Q+A
Charles Burns is among the world's most distinguished cartoonists whose work first gained notice in the pages of RAW Magazine in the 1980s. His meticulously drawn early stories reflected upon and transformed the tropes of historical genre comics. Burns then spent ten years drawing his graphic novel masterpiece Black Hole, which dissolved literal horror into the true horror of everyday life. His latest work, Sugar Skull, which concludes the serialized narrative in his new trilogy of full color comics albums debuted at SPX 2014. Burns discusses his work in a spotlight session moderated by Alvin Buenaventura.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Bill Brown's 2015 Citizen Bill calendar on sale now
As Bill says, "You gotta have a calendar, anyway, right?"
Monkey See reviews new Annie movie
A Different 'Annie,' But Still A Good Kid
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2014/12/19/370932001/a-different-annie-but-still-a-good-kid
Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis star in the latest incarnation of the musical Annie.
Latest Little Orphan Annie movie reviewed in The Post
'Annie' movie review: An uneven remake that promises not to be timeless
Washington Post December 19 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/annie-movie-review-an-uneven-remake-that-promises-not-to-be-timeless/2014/12/18/512c2f4e-846d-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html
'Stick Girl' animation covered on Post's site
Sandra Oh moves from 'Grey's' to producing the new animated film 'Window Horses'
By Soraya Nadia McDonaldWashington Post's Morning Mix blog December 19 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/19/sandra-oh-moves-from-greys-to-producing-with-the-new-the-animated-film-window-horses/