Compleating Cul de Sac raises $220 for Team Cul de Sac

After deducting the initial production expenses for 3 proof drafts, and the cost of an ad in Magic Bullet #11, the publication of Compleating Cul de Sac has raised $220 for the 2nd quarter of 2015 for Parkinson's research.

Here's more information on the book:

The Complete Cul de Sac isn't.

Complete, that is. Compiling it while ill, Richard accidentally left out some strips. Others were purposely left out, either because he had redrawn them for syndication, or they were too tied to the Washington, D.C. origins of the strip to make sense for a worldwide audience, or he "just felt some were not funny." Over 100 are not in The Complete CDS.

But if you're a cartoon completist, or just want a little bit more CDS, we understand and we're here for you. We've collected the lost water-colored Washington Post Magazine strips, the early inchoate musings about what the strip should be, the promotional material, the sketches for fans, and finally some fugitive Team Cul de Sac charity art by Art Spiegelman, KAL, Patrick McDonnell, Eric Shansby, Nate Beeler and others.

With Richard's blessing, or at least active acquiescence, any money the book makes will go to Team Cul de Sac to fight Parkinson's disease.

And if more art surfaces, we'll do a second edition.

Compleating Cul de Sac
by Richard Thompson, Michael Rhode and Chris Sparks
Asheville, NC: Team Cul de Sac & Arlington, VA: ComicsDC, 2015.


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Review pdfs available to media upon request

The Post reviews the new Walking Dead tv show

'Fear the Walking Dead': Not much gore, but an outbreak (sort of) explained [in print as When the walking dead took their first baby steps].

By Hank Stuever
Washington Post August 23 2015,p. E1, 10
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/fear-the-walking-dead-not-much-gore-but-an-outbreak-sort-of-explained/2015/08/19/fb386376-42b4-11e5-846d-02792f854297_story.html

Alycia Debnam Carey and Frank Dillane star in "Fear the Walking Dead." (Frank Ockenfels /AMC)

That darn Zits

Letters to the Editor

A dangerous message in a lighthearted comic strip [in print as 'Zits' sens a poor message on smoking].

Thomas V. Berry, Alexandria

Washington Post August 22 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-dangerous-message-in-a-lighthearted-comic-strip/2015/08/21/69279824-45d6-11e5-9f53-d1e3ddfd0cda_story.html

The Post reviews Gibran animated film

Review: 'Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet' animates a literary classic [in print as Gibran's words of inspiration now spark a work of animation]

By Sandie Angulo Chen
Washington Post August 21 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/review-kahlil-gibrans-the-prophet-animates-a-literary-classic/2015/08/19/8d0b5994-4507-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html

Mustafa (voiced by Liam Neeson) shares his stories with Almitra (Quvenzhané Wallis), the precocious daughter of his housekeeper, in the animated "Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet." (GKIDS/Participant Media)

'Jesus 2016': the webcomic

Local cartoonist Dale Rawlings has launched his weekly webcomic "Jesus 2016," which will follow the presidential campaign of Jesus Christ. Read the first installment.

A panel from the first installment of "Jesus 2016."

The Post on the life and death of our local Batman

Route 29 Batman is killed after his Batmobile breaks down in Maryland [in print as Superhero to ailing kids is killed in highway crash].

By Michael S. Rosenwald and John Woodrow Cox
Washington Post (August 18 2015): A1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/route-29-batman-is-killed-after-his-car-breaks-down-along-a-maryland-highway/2015/08/17/13f0e9b2-44e3-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html

The world knew him as the Route 29 Batman. His sons knew him as LBR, their superhero dad [in print as 'A Superhuman Mensch']

By John Woodrow Cox and Michael S. Rosenwald
Washington Post (August 19 2015): B1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/hundreds-expected-to-mourn-lenny-robinson-the-route-29-batman-at-synagogue-outside-baltimore/2015/08/19/5ea1d03a-45f5-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html

The Post reviews Phoebe Gloeckner movie

Review: 'Diary of a Teenage Girl' is funny, forthright and daringly frank [in print as Tackling coming-of-age tale with artistry and daring].

By Ann Hornaday August 14 2015

http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/review-diary-of-a-teenage-girl-is-funny-forthright-and-daringly-frank/2015/08/13/76a5c66e-4041-11e5-bfe3-ff1d8549bfd2_story.html

'The Diary of a Teenage Girl' star Bel Powley on how her movie gets young sexuality right

By Lori McCue
Express August 13 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/08/13/the-diary-of-a-teenage-girl-star-bel-powley-on-how-her-movie-gets-young-sexuality-right/

PR: SPX 2015 Announces International Guests Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks and Brecht Vandenbroucke

It's been ages since Dylan Horrocks has been to an SPX...

For Immediate Release  Contact: Warren Bernard   Email: warren@spxpo.com   Small Press Expo Announces International Guests Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks and Brecht Vandenbroucke    Bethesda, Maryland; August 20, 2015   Media Release ­— SPX is pleased to announce international creators, Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks and Brecht Vandenbroucke as guests at SPX 2015. This is in addition to the previously announced guests Kate Beaton, Luke Pearson, Noelle Stevenson, Michael DeForge, Gemma Correll, Noah Van Sciver, Matt Bors, Lilli Carré, Theo Ellsworth, C. Spike Trotman, Jennifer Hayden, Stuart Immonen, Scott McCloud, Bill Griffith, Kathryn Immonen, Derf, Jessica Abel (Sat. Only) and Ted Rall. Additional international guests appearing at SPX 2015 will be announced next week.   SPX 2015 is honored to have the very first United States appearance of critically acclaimed, Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters. This year saw the release of the final volume of his well reviewed planet hopping space epic, Aama Vol. 4: You Will Be Glorious, My Daughter, published by SelfMadeHero. Peeters has been nominated five times in the Best Book category at Angoulême and has done a number of posters and other illustration work in Europe. Peeters lives with his wife and daughter in Geneva, Switzerland.   Dylan Horrocks is returning to Small Press Expo for the first time in over a decade. Horrocks began his diverse career with the publication of Pickle, which ran from 1993-97 published by Black Eye Press. Pickle included the serialization of Hicksville, a groundbreaking story that was collected into a graphic novel that won plaudits from reviewers around the globe. Horrocks has had international success in alternative and mainstream comics with books like Atlas from Drawn & Quarterly, and as writer for DC Comics and Vertigo. In 2014, Fantagraphics published Sam Zabel and his Magic Pen to wide critical and fan acclaim. Horrocks is an Eisner Award winner and in 2006 he was appointed University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand Literary Fellow. Horrocks currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife and sons.   Brecht Vandenbroucke is a Belgian cartoonist and illustrator. His debut graphic novel, White Cube, took the Angouleme International Comics Festival by storm in 2013. Vandenbroucke's distinctive painted panels and brightly colored spreads intermingle pop culture influences and commentary on the fine art world, offering an absurdist view of the institutions of that world. White Cube has been published in Belgium, Finland, Norway, Spain, Germany, France, and in English by Drawn & Quarterly. Since graduating from art school a few years ago, he has worked for numerous periodicals, including the New York Times, and has participated in group shows all over the world. Vandenbroucke lives in Antwerp, Belgium. SPX 2015 takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 19-20, and will have over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables and 22 programming slots to entertain, enlighten and introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics.  Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.   The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which funds graphic novel purchases for public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, visit their website at http://www.cbldf.org. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.   Copyright © 2015 Small Press Expo, All rights reserved. You are on the Combined Master Exhibitor List for Small Press Expo to whom this e-mail is directed. Our mailing address is: Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824 Add us to your address book

PR: Final Chance to see Garfield: The Musical with Cattitude!

Laugh along with us for the final shows this weekend!       Save 20% on tickets and fees with a 2015-2016 Flexpass (and save on all the other 2015-2016 Shows) Sat August 22, 2015 11AM Purchase Tickets Sat August 22, 2015 2PM Purchase Tickets Sat August 22, 2015 4:30PM Purchase Tickets Sun August 23, 2015 11AM Purchase Tickets Sun August 23, 2015 2PM Purchase Tickets Sun August 23, 2015 4:30PM Purchase Tickets FOLLOW US 7300 MacArthur Boulevard Glen Echo, MD 20812 301.634,2270 boxoffice@adventuretheatre-mtc.org

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Adventure Theatre MTC - 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, MD, 20812, (301) 634-2270
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PR: Announcing the 2015 Ignatz Award Nominations

I'm a bit under the weather so we're getting this up later than other sources.

2015 Ignatz Award NOminees For Immediate Release Contact: Eden Miller Email: spxignatz@gmail.com Bethesda, Maryland; August 18, 2015 Media Release ­— The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce the 2015 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz, named after George Herriman's brick-wielding mouse from his long running comic strip Krazy Kat, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz Awards are a festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry. The nominees for the ballot were determined by a panel of five of the best of today's comic artists, Lamar Abrams, Cara Bean, Robyn Chapman, Sophie Goldstein and Corrine Mucha, with the votes cast for the awards by the attendees during SPX. The Ignatz Awards will be presented at the gala Ignatz Awards ceremony held on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 9:30 P.M. Additional information on the nominees and previews (as available) can be found at www.spxpo.com/spx-2015-ignatz-nominees. Once again we want to thank our our friends at comiXology for sponsoring the Ignatz Awards. Information on comiXology and their self-publishing portal Submit can be found at https://submit.comixology.com. The 2015 Ignatz Award Nominees   Outstanding Artist Emily Carroll - Through The Woods Ed Luce - Wuvable Oaf Roman Muradov - (In a Sense) Lost and Found Jillian Tamaki - SuperMutant Magic Academy Noah Van Sciver - Saint Cole  Outstanding Anthology or Collection Drawn and Quarterly, 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda An Entity Observes All Things by Box Brown How To Be Happy by Eleanor Davis Pope Hats #4 by Ethan Rilly SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki Outstanding Graphic Novel Beauty by Kerascoët and Hubert The Oven by Sophie Goldstein Rav by Mickey Zacchilli Saint Cole by Noah Van Sciver Wendy by Walter Scott Outstanding Story Doctors by Dash Shaw "Me As a Baby" from Lose #6 by Michael DeForge "Nature Lessons" from The Late Child and Other Animals by Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger "Sex Coven" from Frontier #7 by Jillian Tamaki Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness by Kris Mukai Promising New Talent M. Dean - K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971) Sophia Foster-Dimino - Sphincter; Sex Fantasy Dakota McFadzean - Don't Get Eaten by Anything Jane Mai - Soft Gina Wynbrandt - Big Pussy Outstanding Series Dumb by Georgia Webber Frontier edited by Ryan Sands March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly Sex Fantasy by Sophia Foster-Dimino Outstanding Comic Borb by Jason Little The Nature of Nature by Disa Wallander The Oven by Sophie Goldstein Pope Hats #4 by Ethan Rilly Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness by Kris Mukai Outstanding Minicomic Devil's Slice of Life by Patrick Crotty Epoxy 5 by John Pham King Cat #75 by John Porcellino Sex Fantasy #4 by Sophia Foster-Dimino Whalen: A Reckoning by Audry Outstanding Online Comic The Bloody Footprint by Lilli Carre Carriers by Lauren Weinstein Mom Body by Rebecca Roher O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti Witchy by Ariel Ries   SPX will be held Saturday, September 19 from 11AM to 7PM and Sunday, September 20, noon-6PM at The North Bethesda Marriott Convention Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Admission is $15 for Saturday, $10 for Sunday and $20 for both days.   For further information on the Ignatz Awards, the nominees or to request an interview, please contact Ignatz Awards coordinator, Eden Miller, at spxignatz@gmail.com or SPX executive director, Warren Bernard at warren@spxpo.com.  For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com. Once again we want to thank our our friends at comiXology for sponsoring the Ignatz Awards. Information on comiXology and their self-publishing portal Submit can be found at https://submit.comixology.com. This year's image of Ignatz, as seen above, was created by 2014 Promising New Talent Winner Cathy G. Johnson.

Sink/Swim Comic Creator Expo: Oct. 17

Sink/Swim Press holds its second annual Comic Creator Expo Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Gallery 5 in Richmond, Va. “Check out everything that RVA's best creators are working on, enjoy good music, cold beers, and great art. The expo is FREE and open to the public. We'll post a list of creators in a couple weeks,” according to its Facebook event page.

New format for 'Hey, Look! Comics!'

Local comics/comics art reviewer Alex Lupp relaunches 'Hey, Look! Comics' as a podcast rather than a column/blog. The reboot starts with guest Esther Kim, manager of Fantom Comics.

The Post on superhero movies financials

The biggest superhero movie flops and successes of all time

By Ana Swanson and Shelly Tan
Washington Post Wonkblog August 14 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/08/14/the-biggest-superhero-movie-flops-and-successes-of-all-time/

Aug 28: Animezing: Grave of the Fireflies

| © 1988 Akiyuki Nosaka / Shinchosha, All Rights Reserved | 1988 | 89 min | | Not Rated | Directed by Isao Takahata | In Japanese with English subtitles | Hello!   Interested in more great Japan-related events in the Washington DC area? Check out our upcoming area events page, updated three times a week, for a list of the latest events in the region. Follow us at:   Grave of the Fireflies is a deeply personal and emotionally powerful animated film about the devastating effects of war. Told in a flashback through the memory of a young soldier, the film accounts the desperate attempts he and his little sister make to survive the final months of World War II. This achingly somber anti-war movie is one of Studio Ghibli's most profoundly beautiful and haunting works. Written and directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies is considered a masterpiece and a landmark in animation. Roger Ebert called it "an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation. It belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made."   Winner of Animation Jury & Rights of the Child Award (Chicago International Children's Festival 1994), Special Award (Blue Ribbon Awards 1989). Please note that this film contains some thematic elements. Recommended ages: 12 and up. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee guests a seat. In the event of a cancellation, please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp . The Japan Information and Culture Center 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 100 Washington DC, 20036

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

Aug 29: Kevin Panetta & Paulina Ganucheau signing - Zodiac Starforce

• Kevin Panetta & Paulina Ganucheau signing - Zodiac Starforce

  Saturday, August 29 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm

• Show Map Big Planet Comics of Vienna 426 Maple Ave E, Vienna, Virginia 22180

Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome our hometown heroes, Kevin Panetta and Paulina Ganucheau, for 2 signings for their new Dark Horse Comics series, Zodiac Starforce!

We will have an EXCLUSIVE Big Planet Comics variant of issue #1 for sale, as well as a limited edition print of the cover!

Zodiac Starforce is an elite group of teenage girls with magical powers have sworn to protect our planet against dark creatures... as long as they can get out of class!

These high-school girls aren't just combating math tests. They're also battling monsters! But when an evil force infects leader Emma, she must work with her team to save herself—and the world—from the evil Diana and her mean-girl minions!

You can see a preview of Zodiac Starforce for free at Dark Horse's website:
https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/28-942?page=0

Kevin's twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinpanetta
Paulina's twitter: https://twitter.com/PlinaGanucheau

Zodiac Starforce's website: http://zodiacstarforce.com/

We will also be having a second signing at 4 pm at our Big Planet Comics of College Park store! https://www.facebook.com/events/723632117782468/

Cartoons! Closing Reception tonight

https://www.facebook.com/events/954661744601670/ for details but it's in the cafe below Politics and Prose.

Cartoonists Rights Network presents 2015 award to Iranian cartoonist

Jailed Iranian Artist Atena Farghadani Recipient of CRNI's 2015 Courage in Cartooning Award

http://cartoonistsrights.org/jailed-iranian-artist-atena-farghadani-recipient-of-crnis-2015-courage-in-cartooning-award/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "#BernBabyBern"

"#BernBabyBern"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1763

What the hell kind of rank-ass politician goes on and on about "revolution" while voting to continue funding Israeli barbarity in Palestine? And what kind of politician talks big talk about "revolution" while knocking himself out to get a base in his home state for a fighter jet whose development ran into trillions of dollars, and already has a reputation for being one of the biggest pain-in-the-ass fighters the Air Force ever had? And what kind of politician can't shut up about a "revolution" while running as a Democrat, for Christ's sake?

"Feel The Bern", my ass.

Comic Riffs talks to Teresa Roberts Logan

One year after Robin Williams's death: A D.C. humorist illuminates mental illness

By Michael Cavna August 11 2015
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/08/11/one-year-after-robin-williamss-death-a-d-c-humorist-illuminates-mental-illness/

Aug 14-16: Intervention con in Rockville

http://interventioncon.com/aboutcontact/about/

August 14-16, 2015
Hilton Washington DC/Rockville
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852

From Friday 12pm to Sunday 4pm

There's cartoonists attending.