Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Free Comic Book Day at Beyond Comics - May 2nd

Saturday
May 2

Frederick

Matt Wagner

10am to 4pm

John K Snyder

12noon to 4pm

Mike Imboden

10am to 4pm

Rian Miller

10am to 4pm

ALSO: Meet Members of the

Star Wars:

Rebel Legion, 501st,

& Mandalorian Mercs

5632 Buckeystown Pike

Frederick, MD 21704

(301) 216-0007

Gaithersburg

Marc Hempel

10am to 4pm

Mark Wheatley

10am to 4pm

John Watkins Chow

10am to 4pm

ALSO: Meet Members of the

Star Wars:

Rebel Legion, 501st,

& Mandalorian Mercs

18749 B N. Frederick Rd

Gaithersburg, MD 20879

(301) 216-0007

Shepherdstown

11am to 4pm

Danielle Corsetto

Monica Gahllagher

Rafer Roberts

Eva Hopkins

Nicole Roberts

Melanie Judd

Steve Younkins

11am to 4pm

Lee Garvin

11:00am to 5:00pm

Creator of

Bad@$$ Zombie Killers

207 S. Princess Street

Shephedstown, WV 25443
(304) 870-4039

HUGE SALE!

Up to 25% OFF

Almost Everything!

Some exclusions - Discount does not apply on new arrivals!

Want More Free Comics?

Bring in a Non-Perishable Food Donation!

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Cartoonists will be at the Gaithersburg Book Festival

Gaithersburg Book Festival offers world-class authors in a small-town setting

By Ron Charles
Style Blog April 28 2015
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/04/28/gaithersburg-book-festival-offers-world-class-authors-in-a-small-town-setting/

Including Gene Yang and Pénélope Bagieu

Monday, April 27, 2015

Politics and Prose bookstore's summer comics classics

Scribbler's Cabal & Comics Jam (1561/1561T) »

Scribbler's Cabal and Comics Jam (1561/1561T)

At Politics & Prose on Connecticut Ave: August 3 – 7, 10 a.m. to noon
At Busboys and Poets in Takoma: August 10 – 12, 10 a.m. to noon

Price:

$105/$75 (10% off for members)

Scribbler's Cabal & Comics Jam is a read-aloud session and drawing free-for-all for ages 8 and up. Like a book club for comic fans, with more emphasis on fun than on analysis. It's less of a How to Draw class than a Why to Draw and How to Keep Enjoying It class, so kids should feel free to bring in their own drawings to share. We'll read and draw comics, discuss each other's work, make up our own characters, draw each other's characters, and have a blast.

Bring pencils or pens, paper, and a love of either comics or drawing—or both!

About the Instructor(s):

A graduate of the drama program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Dave Burbank has worked for the Takoma Park Maryland Library for over 15 years. An illustrator and comics enthusiast, he is the curator of the library's remarkable graphic novel collection (over 3,000 titles) having built it from scratch and read every panel. He teaches a yearly seminar on the History and Importance of Comics to students of the University of Maryland's graduate College of Library and Information Sciences; to Montgomery County Public School media specialists at their In-Service Learning Day; and to various area schools. He has appeared on a panel discussion on "Graphic Novels in Libraries" at the independent comics' premier convention The Small Press Expo (SPX 2011).

As an illustrator and writer he is the creator of the Takoma Park Library's SummerQuest interactive reading game, as well as stacks and stacks of pads full of half-finished comics and fascinating doodles. He keeps an occasional blog on issues relating to comics in libraries at comixtakoma.wordpress.com. A father of three, he lives in suburban Maryland.

Mini-Comics Workshop for Ages 5-7 (1564B/1564T) »

Mini-Comics Workshop for Ages 5-7 (1564T/1564B)

Busboys and Poets in Brookland: Wednesday, June 24, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Busboys and Poets in Takoma: Wednesday, June 17, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Price:

$40 (10% off for members)

Through the art of creating comics, kids can learn to think and communicate through this visual medium. We'll start with some cave-painting basics, and go from there to develop characters and environments, before eventually turning these exercises into our own mini-comic books.

Kids will also learn that there are various ways to tell stories, all with the goal of depicting their own visual narratives.

About the Instructor(s):

T.R. Logan is a Reuben Award nominated cartoonist, and has been a professional writer/artist for over 30 years, making a living from her words, as well as her pictures. She has been a regular storyteller at Storytalks (Gotham Comedy Club in NYC) for the last two years, and her personal stories have been published in chapter books from a variety of publishers, including the upcoming Dirty Diamonds, an All-Girl Comics Anthology, Her own book of cartoons, The Older I Get, The Less I Care, is available from Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Mini-Comics Workshop for Ages 8-10 (1565B/1565T) »

Mini-Comics Workshop for Ages 8-10 (1565B/1565T)

Busboys and Poets in Brookland: Monday, June 22, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Busboys and Poets in Takoma: Monday, June 15, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Price:

$40 (10% off for members)

Through making our own comics, we can learn to think within, and communicate through, the visual medium of comics, with the goal of telling our own (true or fantasy) stories. We'll start with some cave-painting basics, and go from there to develop characters and environments. By the end, the kids will be making their own mini-comic books!

The goal of this workshop is to teach the kids that there are various ways to tell stories, all with the goal of depicting their own visual narrative, where they decide the content, through editing and pictures.

About the Instructor(s):

Graphic Memoirs (1570) »

Four Fridays: July 17, 24, 31, August 7, 6 – 8 p.m.

Price:

$105 (10% off for members)

The medium of graphic novels is a great way to combine words and pictures to tell a story, and can bring a personal memoir to life.

The class will delve into the ways the graphic novel can be an advantageous medium for writers exploring difficult themes. For instance, Ellen Forney uses humor in her work Marbles to depict her struggles in identifying and coping with bipolar disorder, whereas Marjane Sartrapi relies on the visual aspect of the narrative to make the political more personal in Persepolis, which is a moving depiction of the Iranian revolution. Graphic novel basics will also be covered, as well as how to put your own stories down in a way which will capture your readers' imaginations.

Suggested Reading:
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
Marbles, Ellen Forney

About the Instructor(s):

T.R. Logan is a Reuben Award nominated cartoonist, and has been a professional writer/artist for over 30 years, making a living from her words, as well as her pictures. She has been a regular storyteller at Storytalks (Gotham Comedy Club in NYC) for the last two years, and her personal stories have been published in chapter books from a variety of publishers, including the upcoming Dirty Diamonds, an All-Girl Comics Anthology. Her own book of cartoons, The Older I Get, The Less I Care, is available from Andrews McMeel Publishing.

April 29-30: Jay Hosler at Politics and Prose and Takoma Park library

Jay Hosler - Last of the Sandwalkers

Wednesday, April 29, 10:30 a.m.

Entomologist Hosler’s action-packed graphic novel depicts the tale of Lucy, a curious and tenacious scientist, who happens to be a beetle. She leaves New Coleopolis, her urban home at the edge of a vast desert in the protective shade of a palm tree, to discover something new about the world. With a team of researchers, consisting of a firefly, a stag beetle, and a variety of kin at her side, Lucy’s quest is rendered in sweeping pen and ink illustrations and filled with information on the scientific method and its applications. Ages 10 – 14

5015 Connecticut Ave NW

Washington, D.C.DC20008

Graphic Novelist Jay Hosler Takoma Park Maryland Library

Thursday, Apr. 30, 7:30 p.m.

Graphic novelist Jay Hosler will present his newest book, "Last of the Sandwalkers," on Thursday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. Hosler, who teaches biology at Juniata College in Pennsylvania, is known for his unique blend of science and comics. Politics & Prose will be selling copies of Hosler's books, but the program is free and no purchase is required to attend.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Democracy IS 'Disorderly'!"

Democracy IS Disorderly!
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1700

This past week, at a Congressional Oversight (plantation masters) Committee meeting about to overturn a DC local law, my long-time BBF, comrade and DC freedom fighter Adam Eidinger was snatched from his seat by police, hustled out of the hall and placed under arrest. The charge is, for all intents and purposes, Giving A Dirty Look To A Politician -- not joining an organized disruption, or jumping up during the proceedings -- nothing conventionally "disorderly", but basically just being there, with his Phrygian Cap and throwing a quick side-eye at DC's new plantation overseer.

And so, it's in honor and solidarity that I present this portrait of Adam, on the occasion of this bizarre and disturbing arrest.

"House Republicans Descend To New Lows", Huffington Post Politics 04.23.15
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-frydl/gop-potentates-house-republicans_b_7119864.html

"Jason Chaffetz Will Be DC's New Boss In Congress", Washingtonian 11.19.14
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/politics/jason-chaffetz-will-be-dcs-new-boss-in-congress.php

Adam Eidinger on Twitter
https://twitter.com/aeidinger

___________________________________________________________
Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

That darn Toles

Letters to the Editor

A sketchy view of energy

Brendan Thomas, Bethesda

Washington Post April 25 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-sketchy-view-of-energy/2015/04/24/14aba94a-e76f-11e4-8581-633c536add4b_story.html

Tom Toles's

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Fantastic Forum Visit to Cartoon Art Museum

Fantastic Forum

Apr 24, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGBhL00h9o&feature=youtu.be

Special Correspondent Daphne O'Neal tours Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, CA. Founded in 1987 with an endowment from Peanuts creator Charles M. Schultz, the museum is only one in the western US devoted to the preservation and exhibition of cartoon art in all its forms. Boasting a permanent collection of 6,000 original works the museum also features a complete research/library facility. Cartoon Art Museum has been in existence for over 29 years and has produced over 100 exhibitions and 20 publications examining the diversity of cartoon art in comics, graphic novels, book illustration, animation and more.

Comic Riffs talks to Tom Tomorrow

Tom Tomorrow: What does it mean when a true outlier is a Pulitzer Prize finalist?

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 25 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/04/25/tom-tomorrow-what-does-it-mean-when-a-true-outlier-is-a-pulitzer-prize-finalist/

From Dan Perkins's 2015 Pulitzer Prize entry.

Friday, April 24, 2015

April 25: Creator Con in Silver Spring, Md.

Creator Con 2015 (2-8p.m. at James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring, Md.) will feature comics galleries, workshops, panels, video gaming, technology expo and more. Several local comics creators will exhibit in artist alley. Admission is $5 for students and $8 for adults.

April 25: Rodriguez at Fantom Comics

Local comics writer/editor Jason Rodriguez (Colonial Comics) runs another comics-making workshop Sat., April 25, at Fantom Comics at Dupont Circle at 4 p.m.

The Post on an educational comic Kickstarter

How comics helped one woman translate her chemistry thesis for the masses

By Sarah Larimer
Washington 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

44031 Ashburn Shopping Plaza #281

Ashburn, Virginia 20147

703-723-1925

Compleating Cul de Sac draft in hand - a new Richard Thompson book coming soon

A Team Cul de Sac fundraiser book is 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.

Ordering information will be available soon after our crack team of editors (Richard, Mike Rhode, Chris Sparks and Bono Mitchell) carefully scrutinize the book to decide which errors and mistakes we can let slip through.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Tony Millionaire sold in Target?

The cartoonist Tony Millionaire has something sold in Target? The scatological cartoonist just dropped by the Baltimore City Paper?

Indeed he does - he drew the inside boards of the Michael Roger 'Decomposition Book.' I don't think he drew the cover, but could easily be wrong.

I may have bought the last one at Skyline's Target today though.

June 23: Lynda Barry in Richmond

Tuesday, June 23
at 9:00am
Show Map
University of Richmond's Robins School of Business
1 Gateway Rd, Richmond, Virginia 23173
Find Tickets
Tickets Available
goo.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/

With all due respect to Roz, this is what happens when a group of people who know nothing about comics and graphic novels read the news and hear about an interesting singleton.

I quote:

"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."

However, Roz's book was ENTIRELY about being unable to change the world and see past today's limitations. The actual award citation is nice however, even if it's another celebration about how the mass of baby boomers are yet again different as they deal with their aging parents.

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/180282225404624

Local Eisner Award nominees

Several D.C.-area comics creators and writers are on the 2015 Eisner Award shortlist, including:

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

By Alyssa Rosenberg
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/

The Complete Cul de Sac nominated for Eisner Award

The Complete Cul de Sac is nominated for Eisner Award in Best Humor Publication.

Today: "Baddawi" by Leila Abdelrazaq at Georgetown

Today
at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Georgetown University - Walsh Building room 394

Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine welcome you to a presentation and conversation with Leila Abdelrazaq, author of her recent graphic novel, Baddawi.

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

Palestinian-American cartoonist Leila Abdelrazaq gave a book talk at Busboys & Poets on her new graphic novel, Baddawi. In Baddawi, she recounts the experiences of her Palestinian father in a Lebanese refugee camp. Here's a recording of the talk, and some photographs are at the end of this post.

The sponsoring Middle East Institute's website described the event as...

"Baddawi" A Graphic Novel by Palestinian Artist Leila Abdelrazaq

The Middle East Institute, in collaboration with Bus Boys and Poets, is pleased to host Leila Abdelrazaq for a presentation and discussion about her newly released graphic novel Baddawi. In this beautifully illustrated book, referred to as "the first book-length graphic work written/drawn in English by a Palestinian," Leila Abdelrazaq explores her father's childhood in the 1960s and '70s growing up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The story is told 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.

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.

Zeina Azzam (moderator) is executive director of The Jerusalem Fund. She has worked in the fields of education and Middle East affairs for over thirty years, largely at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, where she served as director of educational outreach. Her works have appeared in Al Jazeera English, Jadaliyya, Mizna, Calliope, and Social Education.

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.

Leila Abdelrazaq is about to speak on her Palestinian graphic novel Baddawi at Busboys and Poets on 14th St NW.

May 2: Juana Medina at Busboys and Poets Brookland

@ Busboys and Poets Brookland: Juana Medina - Smick

Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.

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

Busboys and Poets Brookland

625 Monroe St NE

WashingtonDC20017