Friday, April 24, 2015
April 25: Rodriguez at Fantom Comics
The Post on an educational comic Kickstarter
How comics helped one woman translate her chemistry thesis for the masses
By Sarah LarimerWashington Post Speaking of Science blog April 21 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/21/how-comics-helped-one-woman-translate-her-chemistry-thesis-for-the-masses/
April 25: Comic Logic store grandopening in Ashburn, VA
GRAND OPENING SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH 2015 NOON
Compleating Cul de Sac draft in hand - a new Richard Thompson book coming soon
Including all the art that was left out of Eisner-award-nominated The Complete Cul de Sac, it's 150 pages of strips, interviews and sketches.
We're pleased to provide more Richard Thompson for your viewing pleasure while supporting Parkinson's disease research.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Tony Millionaire sold in Target?
I may have bought the last one at Skyline's Target today though.
June 23: Lynda Barry in Richmond
- at 9:00am
- University of Richmond's Robins School of Business1 Gateway Rd, Richmond, Virginia 23173
- Tickets Availablegoo.gl
Join us for Lynda Barry's keynote presentation about our innate creative ability to work with images and what the biological function of this thing we call the arts may be.
The first 50 registrants will receive a copy of Barry's most recent book Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor.
Open to the public, $15 admission. To register use the tickets available link above.
Co-sponsored by The Writer's Series and Cultural Affairs Committee of University of RIchmond.
Book sponsors are the UR graduate programs in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies and Curriculum & Instruction.
Roz Chast's new tax bracket noted by Comic Riffs
New Yorker's Roz Chast stunned by $250,000 Heinz Award for her 'uncompromising' work
By Michael Cavna Washington Post Comic Riffs April 23 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/04/23/new-yorkers-roz-chast-stunned-by-250000-heinz-award-for-uncompromising-work/
"These remarkable men and women come from different fields and diverse backgrounds, but they share a bedrock conviction in their ability and responsibility as individuals to make a transformative impact on the world and the lives of others," foundation chair Teresa Heinz says today in a statement, by way of announcing the news. "They offer an inspiring reminder that the most precious kind of change always comes from those who see past today's limitations to a world of new possibilities and discoveries."
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Dale Rawlings has a new Facebook page
Dale Rawlings - Illustrator/Graphic Designer/ Comic Book Maker
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dale-Rawlings-IllustratorGraphic-Designer-Comic-Book-Maker/180282225404624Local Eisner Award nominees
- Lumberjanes, art by Brooke Allen (Best New Series and Best Publication for Teens)
- The Complete Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson (Best New Humor Publication)
- Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of Winsor McCay, by Katherine Roeder (Best Scholarly/Academic Work)
- Former D.C. resident A. David Lewis also got a nom in the same category for American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife.
The Post considers Daredevil yet again
'Daredevil' and the fantasy of an easy fight against gentrification
Washington Post Act Four blog April 21 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/04/21/daredevil-and-the-fantasy-of-an-easy-fight-against-gentrification/
Today: "Baddawi" by Leila Abdelrazaq at Georgetown
- at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Georgetown University - Walsh Building room 394
Baddawi is a coming-of-age story about a young boy named Ahmad struggling to find his place in the world. Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the thousands of Palestinians who fled their homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel.
Leila Abdelrazaq is a Chicago-based Palestinian artist and organizer. She is a recent graduate of DePaul University where she double majored in Theatre Arts and Arabic Studies. During her time at DePaul, Leila served in her chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), helping to pass the DePaul Divest referendum. She is also a member of the National Students for Justice in Palestine Steering Committee. When not drawing comics, studying Arabic, or working with SJP, Leila enjoys carpentry, painting, breaking things, and making a mess. Her website is lalaleila.com and she tweets @lalalaleila.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Leila Abdelrazaq's talk at Busboys & Poets
The sponsoring Middle East Institute's website described the event as...
About the Book: Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the many thousands of refugee children born to Palestinians who fled their homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel. His dogged pursuit of education and opportunity echoes the journey of the Palestinian people, as they make the best of their circumstances while remaining steadfast in their determination to one day return to their homeland.
The event is free. No registration required.
Biographies:
Leila Abdelrazaq is a Chicago-based Palestinian artist and organizer. She is a recent graduate and majored in theatre arts and Arabic studies at DePaul University. During her time at DePaul, Leila served in her chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), helping to pass the DePaul Divest referendum. She is also a member of the National Students for Justice in Palestine steering committee. When not drawing comics, studying Arabic, or working with SJP, Leila enjoys carpentry, painting, breaking things, and making a mess. Her website is www.lalaleila.com and she tweets @lalalaleila.
Leila Abdelrazaq - map of family's home. |
Leila Abdelrazaq drew her father being a typical child in the refugee camp. |
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Leila Abdelrazaq uses shadows as a motif. |
Leila Abdelrazaq wants the book to reflect the Palestinian right of return and not as fulfilling an American dream. |
May 2: Juana Medina at Busboys and Poets Brookland
@ Busboys and Poets Brookland: Juana Medina - Smick
Local illustrator Juana Medina brings the titular happy-go-lucky dog of this picture book to life. All Smick really wants is a stick. Told through simple rhyming phrases, with a helping of repetition, this infectiously happy tale follows him on his sunny afternoon in the park. Medina's exuberant and bold multi-media illustrations will have young readers turning to Smick's story again and again. Ages 4-7
Comic Logic store opening article
Comic Logic to host grand opening in Ashburn April 25
Loudon Times, Apr. 21, 2015http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/comic_logic_to_host_grand_opening_in_ashburn_april_25898
More on Frank Cho drawing women
And Finally... Frank Cho Draws Wonder Woman
Posted April 16, 2015 by by Rich Johnston
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/16/and-finally-frank-cho-draws-wonder-woman/
Frank Cho Gives Wonder Woman Her Own Pose, Finally
Posted April 17, 2015 by by Rich Johnston
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/17/frank-cho-gives-wonder-woman-her-own-pose-finally/
Frank Cho Donates $1000 Sale Of Spider-Gwen Art To Domestic Violence Charity
Posted April 19, 2015 by by Rich Johnston
WJLA features Comic Logic store
WJLA 04/20/2015
http://www.wjla.com/video/2015/04/comic-logic-store-opens-in-ashburn-va-.html
Photos can be seen on Facebook.
Post's Health & Science section reviews a graphic novel
In graphic — and footnoted — terms, an alternative history of computers [in print as Lovelace and Babbage: A story about a computer in the 19th century].
online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/in-graphic--and-footnoted--terms-an-alternative-history-of-computers/2015/04/20/b048cc76-e1e7-11e4-905f-cc896d379a32_story.htmlAnother honor for Baltimore's KAL
Sun cartoonist KAL is a Pulitzer finalist
By Tim Smith The Baltimore Sun April 20 2015
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-kal-pulitzer-finalist-20150420-story.html
and earlier this year:
KAL wins Herblock award
Cartoonist ads in World War II's Look Magazine (Updated)
Updated 11/23/2017: The Aunt Jemima artist was Dudley Fisher, who did a regularly syndicated single-panel cartoon, “Right Around Home,” featuring multi-generational family members and neighbors in multiple brief conversational exchange against a usually large outdoor (say, neighborhood) setting. Speakers were usually paired; even a dog and cat, or two birds might be interlocutors. —Arthur Vergara
Not Jimmy Hatlo? 12/15/1942 |
Not Jimmy Hatlo? 4/6/1943 |
Paul Webb, drawing hillbillies, 4/6/1943 |
Keith Ward, 2/23/1943. Was Ward only an advertising cartoonist? |
R. Taylor, 2/23/1943 |
Otto Soglow, 2/23/1943 |
Rube Goldberg, 4/6/1943 |
Rube Goldberg, 2/23/1943 |
Richard Decker, 2/23/1943 |
Richard Decker, 12/15/1942 |
Briggs tobacco, but not by Clare Briggs, 4/6/1943 |
Briggs tobacco, but not by Clare Briggs, 2/23/1943 |
Review of William Steig's book, 2/23/1943 |
Monday, April 20, 2015
Comic Riffs talks to Pulitzer-winner Zyglis
Zyglis says cartooning win is 'surreal'
By Michael CavnaApril 20 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/04/20/2015-pulitzer-prizes-buffalo-news-adam-zyglis-wins-for-cartooning-honor/
Look's Cartoonist Series - Charles Addams, Hilda Terry and Fred Neher
This doesn't have much to do with comics in the DC area except that I bought 3 old Look Magazine issues at Arlington's library sale this weekend because they had articles on cartoonists. The magazines themselves are going to Michigan State U's Comic Art Collection later this week, but here's scans of the articles (with a bonus Rollin Kirby editorial) and some of the ads by cartoonists will be online later this week. Does anyone know how many of these profiles Look did? Or have scans of other ones to share?
Telnaes on Trudeau and Charlie Hebdo
Garry Trudeau's dangerous logic about Charlie Hebdo
By Ann Telnaes April 20 2015http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2015/04/20/garry-trudeaus-dangerous-logic-about-charlie-hebdo/
Sunday, April 19, 2015
May 12: Teresa Logan, aka The Laughing Redhead on stage
April 21: Leila Abdelrazaq at Busboys and Poets
Busboys and Poets and Middle East Institute welcomes author Leila Abdelrazaq
http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/event/busboys-and-poets-and-middle-east-institute-welcomes-author-leila-abdelraza
Busboys and Poets in collaboration with the Middle East Institute presents Palestinian American Chicago based author Leila Abdelrazaq with her new graphic novel Baddawi.
Baddawi is a coming-of-age story about a boy named Ahmad finding his place in the world. Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the thousands of Palestinians who fled their homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel.
In this visually arresting graphic novel, Leila Abdelrazaq explores her father's childhood in the 1960s and '70s from a boy's eye view as he witnesses the world crumbling around him and attempts to carry on, forging his own path in the midst of terrible uncertainty.
Leila Abdelrazaq is a Chicago-based Palestinian artist and organizer. She double majors in Theatre Arts and Arabic Studies at DePaul University, and is expected to graduate in 2015. During her time at DePaul, Leila served in her chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), helping to pass the DePaul Divest referendum. She is also a member of the National Students for Justice in Palestine Steering Committee. When not drawing comics, studying Arabic, or working with SJP, Leila enjoys carpentry, painting, breaking things, and making a mess. Her website is lalaleila.com and she tweets @lalalaleila.
Free and open to all!
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Supporting Mohammad Saba'aneh
Supporting Mohammad Saba'aneh
by Nik Kowsar and the Cartoonists Rights Network Internationalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK0W8ttxND0
So why did the pig with a banjo cross the road?
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Hillary sez: 'This Starts With You'"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1695
So, anyway, last Sunday afternoon, Adam, Ben and I were hanging around the DCCC office, passing one, knocking back a DC Brau and helping Adam write his op-ed for CNN -- and after that carnage was hosed off the floor, Adam decided to try to sign up on the Hillary Campaign Site for cheap lulz.
The headline on the masthead announced "This Starts With You", which was bad news right from the git-go. After being asked for our full name, address, phone number, zip code, email address, credit card information, Twitter handle, HIV status and blood type -- and dismissing half a dozen exhortations to send cash and sign up for an email list -- we took ourselves a semi-ironic click on the Terms Of Use and the Privacy Policy buried deep therein. Hilarity ensued.
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/privacy/
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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org
Friday, April 17, 2015
Make some Splotch Monsters at The Griffin Art Center
The Post on Presidential doodling
Presidential Doodles: What we see when we look closely at the hand of power.
By Michael Cavna
April 17 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/04/17/presidential-doodles-what-we-see-when-we-look-closely-at-the-hand-of-power/
Artisan Politics
By Bonnie Berkowitz and Samuel Granados
http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/lifestyle/magazine/doodles/
Bazooka Joe gag slides into Barney and Clyde
April 18: Alex de Campi and Carla Speed McNeil in Annapolis
The Post on Home's non-white protagonist
How 'Home' made a family's first trip to the movies special
Washington Post Act Four blog April 15 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/04/15/how-home-made-a-familys-first-trip-to-the-movies-special/
Lucy, left (voiced by Jennifer Lopez), and Tip (voiced by Rihanna) in "Home." (DreamWorks Animation/Associated Press)
NPR podcast reviews Daredevil
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Jason Rodriguez, with Colonial Comics, live in Philadelphia
First heading to Philly and Big Blue Marble Bookstore for a 4PM comics making workshop, then Locust Moon Comics for a 7PM signing. I won't be posting much here, maybe some photo albums and stuff, but you can follow the tour on the Colonial Comics FB page (that'll be the G-rated feed), twitter (https://twitter.com/JayRodriguez) or Instagram (https://instagram.com/thebombbag/) for the PG-13 feed, tumblr for the occasionally R-rated feed (http://thebombbag.tumblr.com/) and I won't have an X-rated feed but you may see Cotton Mather on Tinder in a town near you...