Friday, January 16, 2015

Jan 21: Animezing: The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Banner
Animezing Series
Presented by the JICC, Embassy of Japan

Never miss an event! Find us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Friday, January 30, 6:30 p.m.
Our Location:
JICC, Embassy of Japan
1150 18th St, NW
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20036


Driving directions




©Makoto Shinkai / CoMix Wave Films. | 2004 | 91 min | Not Rated | In Japanese with English subtitles | Directed by Makoto Shinkai  
The first feature-length work from acclaimed animated-film director Makoto Shinkai.

In an alternate timeline, Japan is divided after World War II.  The northern island, Hokkaido, has been annexed by the "Union", while Honshu and the other southern islands are under "Alliance" control. Looming over the landscape in the Tsugaru Strait, which divides the two zones, is the "Tower" -- a gigantic structure with a mysterious purpose.

Hiroki, Takuya, and Sayuri, two young boys and a girl, are fascinated with the Tower which is visible from where they live. The three middle school students make a pact to build an aircraft that can fly to the Tower and uncover its secrets. Their project is abandoned with the sudden disappearance of Sayuri.

Years later, Hiroki and Takuya learn of Sayuri's whereabouts and decide to revive the scrapped plane and try to save her. What they do not realize is that Sayuri is intimately connected with the Tower and thus the struggle between the Union and the Alliance.

Awarded Best Animated Film at the 59th Mainichi Film Awards
Register Now!
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee guests a seat.

Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp in the event of cancellation.

Doors open at 6:00 pm. No admission or re-entry after 7:00 pm.



JICC, Embassy of Japan | 1150 18th St., NW | Suite 100 | Washington | DC | 20036

'March' to the White House tonight

'MARCH: BOOK TWO': Rep. John Lewis will bring early copy of his civil-rights graphic memoir to tonight's White House 'Selma' screening [+ANIMATION]

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs January 16 2015

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/16/march-book-two-rep-john-lewis-will-bring-early-copy-of-his-civil-rights-graphic-memoir-to-tonights-white-house-selma-screening-animation/

Meet BATMAN / WYTCHES writer SCOTT SNYDER tomorrow at Third Eye Annapolis


at THIRD EYE ANNAPOLIS
Click here for event info on FACEBOOK.
First 50 In Line Receive a FREE Special Gift!
Signing from 11AM-1PM

Postcast: Cartoonists react to Paris attack


In this week’s podcast, It’s All Journalism producer Michael O’Connell (a local radio journalist who is also a comics arts fan) interviews Jen Sorensen, Erin Polgreen and Michael Cavna on their reactions to the Charlie Hebdo attack and how the media — and the cartooning community in particular — responded.

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Nate Powell's March vol. 2 schedule

Cartoonists Rights Network International on Charlie Hebdo

CRNI statement on the Charlie Hebdo attack

Dr. Robert Russell

Executive Director
Cartoonists Rights Network International
director@cartoonistsrights.org


http://cartoonistsrights.org/crni-statement-on-the-charlie-hebdo-attack/

Matt Wuerker on Charlie Hebdo


The Cartoonists vs. The Fundamentalists

This isn't the first time they've tangled. It even happened in America.

By

January 13, 2015

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/cartoonists-vs-fundamentalists-114224_full.html#.VLhd6XuWpNt

And here's another cartoon by Matt on the Charlie Hebdo massacre: http://www.politico.com/wuerker/2015/01/january-2015/002129-030355.html

Bill Brown's Citizen Bill cartoon on Charlie Hebdo massacre is online

CITIZEN BILL: What would the prophet do?

By William Brown

Takoma Park / Silver Spring Voice January 15, 2015 ·http://tpssvoice.com/2015/01/15/citizen-bill-prophet/


Comic Riffs on animation Oscars

ACADEMY AWARDS: It's not just the 'LEGO' snub. How the whole 2015 Animation Feature Oscars race is 'deja-view' all over again.

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 15 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/15/academy-awards-its-not-just-the-lego-snub-how-the-whole-2015-animation-feature-oscars-race-is-deja-view-all-over-again/

The Post's latest on Charlie Hebdo

In France, debate sharpens over free speech [online as 'In France, a growing debate over why some speech is protected and some isn't']

By Anthony Faiola and Griff Witte
Washington Post (January 15 2015)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/parisians-line-for-blocks-for-new-charlie-hebdo-authorities-detain-comedian/2015/01/14/5a25ad74-9bc8-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html

Protests alarm Iranian official [online as 'Iranian foreign minister voices concern about anti-Muslim protests in Europe']


Paris's other casualty [online as Paris response further strains relationship between Muslims, West] 

By Yasmine Bahrani

The writer is a professor of journalism at American University in Dubai.


Letters to the Editor: Not all tragedies are treated equally
L. Reed Kingsley, Washington
Letters to the Editor: France's free-expression hypocrisy

Rajdeep Singh, Washington

Washington Post (January 14 2015)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/frances-free-expression-hypocrisy/2015/01/13/5c144f74-9aaa-11e4-86a3-1b56f64925f6_story.html





More on Charlie Hebdo's new issue in DC

You can try to get one of 300 copies in the US:

Here's Where You'll Be Able to Buy Charlie Hebdo in Washington
Copies of the French satirical magazine are on their way to Washington, but in very limited supply. By Benjamin Freed
Washingtonian's Capital Comment blog January 14 2015
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/media/heres-where-youll-be-able-to-buy-charlie-hebdo-in-washington.php

or you can admire a digital printout of the cover:

Newseum puts Charlie Hebdo on display

but for God/Allah's sake, don't buy it on ebay. With 5 million copies printed, this will be worthless at this time next year. If you don't believe me, go buy a Death of Superman special bagged comic for a nickel - unless someone forces you to take five copies for free.

Charlie Hebdo sells out, already on eBay for $117K

  14 Jan 2015  ETCNBC.com
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102336521

Politics & Prose selects McGuire's Here as staff pick

Cover to Cover


Cover to Cover is a quarterly P&P staff pick, the book we have all been reading and recommend, cover to cover.

(Click on the link above to read what they say about it)

Jan 21: March vol. 2 at National Press Club

Lewis and Aydin to Discuss 2nd Volume in Graphic Novel Trilogy "March" on Jan. 21

January 8, 2015 | By Nicole Hoffman
http://www.press.org/news-multimedia/news/lewis-and-aydin-discuss-2nd-volume-graphic-novel-trilogy-march-jan-21

$10 admission for a fundraiser.

Ben Claassen's Charlie Hebdo cartoon

Ben Claassen's weekly comic strip Dirtfarm is a Charlie Hebdo cartoon. It doesn't appear to be online, but it's in the hard copy of the Washington City Paper for January 16, 2015. Titled R.I.P., the first panel shows the Charlie Hebdo staff in heaven meeting Jesus and then the next two panels show the artist's hand actually drawing the cartoon figure of Jesus.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Charlie Hebdo not immigrating to DC apparently

Good Luck Finding The Latest Charlie Hebdo Issue In D.C.

DCist January 14 2015

http://dcist.com/2015/01/good_luck_finding_charlie_hebdo_in.php

DCist has PDF of new Charlie Hebdo

Good Luck Finding The Latest Charlie Hebdo Issue In D.C.

DCist
DCist called more than a dozen local bookstores and news stands, and none of those who answered their phones are stocking the issue. But it looks like DCist has posted the issue on its site (scroll to the bottom of this link). Below is one page from the PDF.

Comic Riffs talks Mad and Star Wars

THE STATE OF SATIRE: MAD editor John Ficarra on finding humor in an era of Ebola, ISIS and Charlie Hebdo

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 14 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/14/the-state-of-satire-mad-editor-john-ficarra-on-finding-humor-in-an-era-of-ebola-isis-and-charlie-hebdo/


TODAY'S STAR WARS DEBUT: As writer Jason Aaron steers new series, million-selling comic is a Force to be reckoned with

By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 14 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/14/todays-star-wars-debut-as-writer-jason-aaron-steers-new-series-million-selling-comic-is-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/

Carla Speed McNeil's views on Wonder Woman

 

"I am fond of hidden agendas:" Carla Speed McNeil on Wonder Woman

by Noah Berlatsky

January 13, 2015

http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/01/i-am-fond-of-hidden-agendas-carla-speed-mcneil-on-wonder-woman/

Caro on Charlie Hebdo

A local critic weighs in:

Outside Charlie Hebdo

by Caro

Hooded Utilitarian (January 13, 2015): http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/01/outside-charlie-hebdo/


The Post on the French ambassador's role in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre

In Charlie Hebdo tragedy, the French ambassador finds his place in Washington [in print as Finding his diplomatic core].

By Roxanne Roberts

Washington Post January 14 2015, p. C1, 6

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/in-charlie-hebdo-tragedy-the-french-ambassador-finds-his-place-in-washington/2015/01/13/a0159388-9b52-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html

Local cartoonist Juana Medina's new book...

Journalists Under Attack program at Newseum online now

  • Journalists Under Attack
    January 11, 2015
  • http://www.newseum.org/podcasts/inside-media/
  • http://traffic.libsyn.com/insidemedia/IM_20150111.mp3

  • In the wake of the attack on the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, U.S. director of Reporters Without Borders, Delphine Halgand, joins the Newseum and Nikahang Kowsar, a member of the board of directors of Cartoonists Rights Network International, for a timely discussion about free expression and the dangers journalists face worldwide.

  • Ann Telnaes on the Charlie Hebdo massacre

    The Post on Charlie Hebdo's return

    French Muslim community argues: We are not Charlie [online as French Muslims feel deeply torn by viral 'I am Charlie' slogan]

    By Anthony Faiola

    Washington Post January 14 2015

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/they-are-not-charlie/2015/01/13/7c9d6998-9aae-11e4-86a3-1b56f64925f6_story.html

     

    New cartoon of Muhammad stokes outrage and defiance [online as Charlie Hebdo's new Muhammad cartoon sparks fears of more violence in France]

    By Griff Witte

    Washington Post January 14 2015, p. A1, 8

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/france-widens-probe-into-terror-cell-as-mourners-gather-in-paris-and-jerusalem/2015/01/13/31bc087e-9b14-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html

     

    Latest Charlie Hebdo issue hits newsstands

    By Nick Kirkpatrick

    Morning Mix blog January 14 2015

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/14/latest-charlie-hebdo-issue-hits-newsstands/

    The Laughing Redhead is also Charlie

    Tuesday, January 13, 2015

    Former Washington Examiner cartoonist Nate Beeler's Charlie Hebdo cartoons

    Comic Riffs shows Charlie Hebdo cover, Post congratulates itself in print

    Charlie Hebdo reveals first cover since attack: A 'prophet Muhammad' caricature, crying behind the sign, 'Je suis Charlie'

    By Michael Cavna
    Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 12 2015
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/12/charlie-hebdo-reveals-next-cover-a-cartoon-of-prophet-muhammad-behind-the-sign-je-suis-charlie/


    Charlie's latest cover becomes a first for Post [online as Washington Post carries new Charlie Hebdo cover depicting prophet Muhammad]

    By Paul Farhi
    Washington Post January 13 2014, p. C1-2

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/washington-post-carries-new-charlie-hebdo-cover-depicting-prophet-muhammad/2015/01/12/e4fce506-9ac0-11e4-96cc-e858eba91ced_story.html


    The cartoonist Luz illustrated the next cover of Charlie Hebdo. (AFP)


    #Nous vomir dans votre direction générale!

    Posted by Steve Artley

    Like something out of a Monty Python skit, surviving Charlie Hebdo cartoonist, Bernard Holtrop, who was not in the office at the time of the attack because he “doesn’t like going to meetings,” says all the global support sickens him. “We vomit on all these people who suddenly say they are our friends.” Link: Charlie Hebdo cartoonist scoffs at supporters [NY Daily News].

    Monday, January 12, 2015

    March book 2 interview on Diamond Bookshelf

    Jan 26: Roz Chast at DCJCC on 16th St. NW

    Roz Chast: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
    Monday, January 26
    7:30 pm  
    Priority seating and signing available 

    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. Bid on a signed, original drawing by Roz! 

    Charlie Hebdo support in DC

    National Press Club To Honor Victims of Charlie Hebdo Attack

    Matt Cohen

    DCist (Jan 12, 2015)

    http://dcist.com/2015/01/national_press_club_to_honor_victim.php

     

    Photos: Hundreds March In Support Of Charlie Hebdo

    Matt Cohen

    DCist (January 12, 2015)

    http://dcist.com/2015/01/photos_hundreds_rally_in_support_of.php#photo-1

    Capital Business to end, Mike Shapiro to lose gig?


    This email arrived in my inbox today:

    Capital BusinessThe last issue of Capital Business will publish on Monday, January 26, 2015. Beginning February 1 Capital Business stories will move into The Washington Post throughout the week.

    Much of the content of Capital Business will be able to be found in the Sunday and Monday issues of The Washington Post. In addition, we will continue to publish stories on The Washington Post web site.

    A few years ago, the Post dumped its daily business section, and seemed to move resources to this free tabloid. I've only gotten it for about six months, but Mike Shapiro has been doing a gag cartoon illustrating the Career Coach column.  I don't know if he'll be still doing it for the Post proper.

    Here's a 2012 example that Google turned up:

    That darn Frank and Ernest

    Letters to the Editor: Michelangelo's David is no 'lawn gnome'

    Christopher Jones, Falls Church

    Washington Post January 10 2015

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michelangelos-david-is-no-lawn-gnome/2015/01/09/80a933ca-9066-11e4-a66f-0ca5037a597d_story.html

    Post's Petri editorial on Charlie Hebdo

    Catching up from the weekend, I am....

    Charlie Hebdo and the true power of the pen

    By Alexandra Petri

    Washington Post ComPost blog (January 7 2015; in print January 10): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/01/07/charlie-hebdo-and-the-true-power-of-the-pen/


    June 19: Tangent Artists at Capital Con



    http://www.capitalcon.org/guests/

    Webcomic Guest: Tangent Artists

    Long ago… a team of talented professional writers and artists tried to invent a machine that would translate imagination into vivid brightly animated images on a TV screen. Having no knowledge of neurophysics, complex machinery or even simple fractions, this plan was sadly abandoned in 2007.  

    Instead the company endeavored to provide high-quality web comics to the world once a week, and this goal was met with far greater success. Thus was the creation of three comic series: The macabre comedy, "Skeleton Crew," the celebration of nerd life, "Donuts for Looking," and the Swords & Sorcery & Sarcasm series, "CRIT!"


    Monica Marier : Does script pencils, ink, and color for both Donuts for Looking and Skeleton Crew. She also does script and pencils for CRIT. She's a published Fantasy author with Hunt Press.  David Joria: Does script for Skeleton Crew, Donuts for Looking, and CRIT.  Rachael Hixon: Does story, ink, and color for CRIT. She also is in charge of in-house printing for Tangent Artists comics and books. You can view new comics every week at the Tangent Artists site:  http://www.tangentartists.com/




    Charlie Hebdo letters to the editor of Washington Post

    Religion News Service article in The Post on Charlie Hebdo

    Charlie Hebdo attack isn't about images, free speech [online as Why the Charlie Hebdo attack is not about images or free speech (COMMENTARY)]

    By Hussein Rashid | Religion News Service

    Washington Post January 10 2015

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/why-the-charlie-hebdo-attack-is-not-about-images-or-free-speech-commentary/2015/01/08/3b058c10-9778-11e4-8385-866293322c2f_story.html

    A Post editorial on French free speech

    The biggest threat to French free speech isn't terrorism. It's the French.

    [online as The biggest threat to French free speech isn't terrorism. It's the government.

    The murders at Charlie Hebdo, while tragic, aren't the problem.]

     By Jonathan Turley

    Washington Post January 11 2015

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-it-means-to-stand-with-charlie-hebdo/2015/01/08/ab416214-96e8-11e4-aabd-d0b93ff613d5_story.html

     

    Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University.

    Jeff Danziger editorial in today's Post

    Lights, camera, Vermont! Why should New Hampshire have all the primary fun? [online as 'It's time for Vermont to get in on New Hampshire's primary spoils'].


    (Danziger)

    Jeff Danziger is a syndicated political cartoonist with the Rutland Herald and the Montpelier Times Argus.

    A Charlie Hebdo rally in DC happened yesterday

    Thousands Of People March In Washington In Remembrance Of Paris Terror Attacks

      Huffington Post 01/11/2015
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/11/paris-march-washington-charlie_n_6452462.html

    Dale Rawlings on Charlie Hebdo and freedom of speech

    A guest post by cartoonist Dale Rawlings.

    I've been seeing some serious hand wringing from people over the Charlie Hebdo story decrying the content of the cartoons. Usually it goes along the lines of "No one deserves to die over cartoons but they're borderline racist" or "They're just so damned offensive" or "It's not even good satire. They're so juvenile and have no sophistication" etc... The trouble with supporting freedom of speech is that to TRULY be a supporter of freedom of expression is to stand in solidarity of those expressions that aren't so nice and easy to defend. It's really easy to stand in support of that speech you agree with -but far harder to defend something you don't personally like, disagree with, or just find to be ugly. But this is what it means to be an advocate of freedom of speech. Do you honestly think the ACLU liked what the Klan stands for or has to say when they defended their rights to free speech? THIS is the price we pay for freedom of speech.

    When those rights of expression come under threat of violence then standing up in solidarity for that freedom of expression becomes not only essential, but mandatory. If you waver those extremists will take that as a sign of weakness and embolden them to take similar measures to squelch speech that offends them.

    I have even seen some people laughably suggest in this debate that criticizing religion or religious figures should be exempt from protection so as not to offend someone's religious beliefs where anything similar happens in the future. Think about that for a minute. That would protect the Westboro Baptist Church, Al Sharpton, and the Church of Scientology from being ridiculed and satirized and that is a losing scenario for everyone. If your beliefs can't stand up to ridicule and you feel they need special protection from that ridicule, then maybe your faith in your belief system just isn't as strong as you think.

    Je suis Charlie

    Discuss.

    Mike Jenkins' Christmas caricature of my wife's oldest friend

    Last year, we were having a meal with my wife's best friend Myra and the topic of the cartoonists I know came up. Myra mentioned that she'd like a cartoon of herself, drawn by Bill Watterson. I assured her THAT wasn't happening, but the seed was planted. I turned to the talented Arlington caricaturist Mike Jenkins. Mike draws a daily cartoon on his daughter's lunch bag so I asked him to use that style for a Christmas present.

    Here's the result:




    Here's Myra and her husband, proudly showing off the cartoon:



    No religious insults were rendered in the course of this cartoon.

    Jan 24: The Art of Richard Thompson event in Burbank, CA

    The Art of Richard Thompson

    • Show Title:
      The Art of Richard Thompson
    • Artist:
      Richard Thompson
    • Date and Time:
      January 24th, 2015
      1:00pm-4:00pm
    • Type:
      Presentation, Book Signing, Interview, Meet & Greet.
    • Author:
      Nick Galifianakis
    • 847 Hollywood Way Suite 100
      Burbank, CA 91505

    CLICK HERE! to join us for this very special book launch event. Pre-order your book, meet the author and get it signed and receive a limited edition complimentary Richard Thompson print.

    Just want to Buy The Book: CLICK HERE

    "The Cartoonist's Cartoonist". Join us January 24th, from 1:00pm-4:00pm for a special presentation, meet and greet, and book signing with the author of "The Art of Richard Thompson", Nick Galifianakis, as he talks about his friend and genius cartoonist,  Richard Thompson.

    Schedule:
    12:30 – 1:00pm Networking
    1:00 – 2:00 Presentation by Nick Galifianakis
    2:00 – 2:30 Lunch Break Networking
    2:30 – 3:00 Screen Documentary
    3:00 – 3:30 Interview by Charles Solomon
    3:30 –            Book Signing

    Richard Thompson is a genius illustrator and cartoonist most known for his comic strip Cul de Sac and the illustrated poem "Make the Pie Higher".  He has received numerous awards for his illustrations including National Cartoonists Society's Magazine and Book Illustration Award, the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society, and many others Thompson's illustrations have appeared in U.S. News & World Report, The New Yorker, Air & Space/Smithsonian, National Geographic and The Atlantic Monthly, and other notable publications.

    "Very few cartoonists do so much, so well. Richard is a wonderful writer and one of the rare ones who can write truly unique, hilarious characters. He's drawn incisive caricatures, lavish illustrations, and one of the most beautiful comic strips I've ever seen. And just when you think it couldn't be better, sometimes he paints the stuff. Richard has the extra-deluxe, jumbo-size skill set. It's an inspiring body of work." ~Bill Watterson

    Nick Galifianakis is an award winning American cartoonist and artist. Since 1997, he has drawn the cartoons for the nationally syndicated advice column, Tell Me About It, for the Washington Post and illustrated the book "Tell Me About It: Lying, Sulking, Getting Fat… and 56 Other Things NOT to Do While Looking for Love". He's also illustrated a number of books and was nominated by the National Cartoonists Society for the 2006 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in the Newspaper Illustration category and in 2012 won the Reuben Award for Advertising Illustration. In 2010, he published the book, "If You Loved Me, You'd Think This Was Cute: Uncomfortably True Cartoons About You."

    "Indeed, among those who "know," it has long been considered a crime, even a sin, that a book featuring the breathtaking range of Richard Thompson's work has not existed before now. That inexcusable absence is due mostly to the fact that Richard's talent is in direct proportion to his stubborn unwillingness to self-promote. Quietly creating in the pre-dawn hours against a soundtrack of classical music in a tiny studio, while consuming food of decidedly negligible substance (usually from a bag or Styrofoam box), contented to measure himself artistically only against himself, has always meant more to Richard than publicly shouting, "Look at me!" ~Nick Galifianakis

    NOTE: This event will repeat at the CTN animation eXpo this Nov 20-22, 2015.

    Cavna turns to Comic Riffs full time

    Michael Cavna of the Washington Post has given up his editing duties in the Style section to blog fulltime at Comic Riffs. Read his thoughts on the movie.

    Saturday, January 10, 2015

    AAEC Issues Statement on Charlie Hebdo Massacre

    The Association of American Association of Editorial Cartoonists has issued a statement addressing the attacks in Paris on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine that killed twelve people, including four cartoonists.

    The gruesome attack on the newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France today reminds us that freedom of expression in cartooning is not a given in many parts of the world. Charlie Hebdo was also attacked in 2011, and continued to publish. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists condemns this revolting act of violence, and stands with the international cartooning community in mourning the loss of twelve people, including several police officers who were executed.
    President Hollande has called this an act of terrorism, and whether it was the work of those merely inspired by ISIS or those given direct orders doesn’t matter. Cartoonists and journalists around the world should be permitted to express themselves freely without fear of reprisal. These types of attacks only serve to illustrate how important the free spirit of cartoon commentary is, and how cartoonists make a difference in helping to expose hypocrisy.
    Furthermore, newspapers should not avoid publishing material from the magazine that allegedly incited the incident. More freedom of expression and not less demonstrates courage in the face of attacks. Shrinking from a newspaper’s watchdog role only encourages more terror.
    The AAEC board and membership expresses its sincere condolences to the innocent victims at this tragic moment, and calls for international solidarity with the cause of cartooning and freedom of artistic expression.

    Friday, January 09, 2015

    The Art of Richard Thompson at Politics and Prose

    Politics and Prose had a good turnout for a discussion of The Art of Richard Thompson book. They video'd the talk, but until they put it online you can go to https://archive.org/details/PP150109ArtOfRichardThompson for unofficial audio. Here's official Richard Thompson photographer Bruce Guthrie's take.

    They have about 20 signed (but not by Richard who was too sick to appear) books for sale.

    Michael Cavna, P&P owner, Nick Galifianakis

    Moderator Michael Cavna

    Co-writer David Apatoff (in blue) with his wife the author Nell Minnow

    Gene Weingarten realizing he's going to have to talk



    Britt Conley, who massaged and color-corrected all the scans

    Gene Weingarten recounting his stalking of Bill Watterson

    Nick G thanking everyone who worked on the book

    New 2015 link for contributing to Team Cul de Sac

    Team Cul de Sac raises money to research Parkinson's disease in Richard Thompson's name.

    Pixar likes the art of Richard Thompson

    The Art of Richard Thompson: Why Pixar filmmaker Pete Docter ("Up") tapped the "Cul de Sac" creator's gifts

    By Michael Cavna
    Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 9 2015
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/09/the-art-of-richard-thompson-why-pixar-filmmaker-pete-docter-up-tapped-the-cul-de-sac-creators-gifts/

    Arlington’s 13-Year-Old Web Cartoonist profiled at the City Paper

    Arlington's 13-Year-Old Web Cartoonist and His Talking Ice Pop

     by
    Washington City Paper's Arts Desk blog Jan. 8, 2015
    http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2015/01/08/arlingtons-13-year-old-web-cartoonist-and-his-talking-ice-pop/

    Frank Cho launches a new comic book

    Cartoonist Dawn Griffin retires her webcomic (corrected)

    As a she is a Team Cul de Sac contributor, I will note Dawn Griffin's announcement today about her Zorphert & Fred webcomic:

    So, Here's That Big Announcement

    by Dawn Griffin on 2015/01/09
    http://zfcomics.com/blog/so-heres-that-big-announcement/
    Z&F_finale

    Comic Riffs talks to the New Yorker on Charlie Hebdo

    BENEATH THE COVERS: The personal story behind The New Yorker's Charlie Hebdo cover ('Solidarité')

    By Michael Cavna
    Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 9 2015
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/09/beneath-the-covers-the-personal-story-behind-the-new-yorkers-charlie-hebdo-cover-solidarite/

    KAL On Tragic Charlie Hebdo Magazine Attack In Paris


    Charlie Hebdo

    We turn to yesterday's tragic shooting at the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 people dead. With: Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine of London and The Baltimore Sun and winner of the 2014 Thomas Nast Award for cartooning on international affairs. KAL's recently published retrospective is titled Daggers Drawn: 35 Years of Kal Cartoons in The Economist.

    The Post's continuing obsession with Frozen

    The psychology of why little kids are completely obsessed with 'Frozen'

    The movie perfectly captures what it's like to be in preschool.

    By Maryam Kia-Keating and Yalda T. Uhls
    Washington Post's PostEverything blog January 6 2015
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/01/06/why-little-girls-are-so-completely-obsessed-with-frozen/


    Hatke and McNeil interviewed at LA Times

    Exclusive: Ben Hatke's 'Little Robot' cover revealed

    – Noelene Clark

    Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex Blog Jan. 08, 2015
    http://herocomplex.latimes.com/books/exclusive-ben-hatkes-little-robot-cover-revealed/#/1


    Alex de Campi, Carla Speed McNeil show 'No Mercy' at Image Comics

    Tonight: The Art of Richard Thompson at Politics & Prose

    Nick Galifianakis, Gene Weingarten, and David Apatoff - The Art of Richard Thompson

    Jan 9 2015 7:00 pm

    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)

    $35.00
    ISBN-13: 9781449447953
    Availability: On Our Shelves Now
    Published: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 11/2014
    5015 Connecticut Ave NW
    Washington
    District Of Columbia

    Thursday, January 08, 2015

    AAEC president Ohman on Washington Journal

    Cartoonists' Reaction to the Paris Terror Attack

    C-Span's Washington Journal January 8, 2015

    http://www.c-span.org/video/?323591-6/washington-journal-jack-ohman-cartoonists-reaction-paris-terror-attack

    Jack Ohman, president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, spoke by phone about cartoonists' response to the shooting at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people died. He also discussed the possible implications for freedom of expression.