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Monday, April 18, 2016
April 29: Animezing - Fuse: Memoirs of a Huntress
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Q&A with Bill Campbell, publisher of Rosarium Publishing
Local indie publisher Rosarium Publishing is in the midst of an Indiegogo fundraising campaign for its upcoming line of books. Publisher Bill Campbell answers a few questions about his endeavor, which has drawn kudos from Publishers Weekly, the Library Journal and the Washington Post, to name a few.
You publish an interesting mix of books and flow
seamlessly in the prose and comics worlds. Has that always been so smooth? Do you find readers (or maybe distributors
and retailers) sometimes raise an eyebrow that you publish both types of books?
I would say that the general public doesn't really bat an
eye. You can oftentimes find somebody selling a novel at a comic book
convention. So, it's not so much that we have novels and anthologies there;
it's just that we have so many. I generally go to the more literary science
fiction conventions. Those folks are avid readers, so it's not too hard to
convince them to pick up new reading material. It never really hurts to be the
book people at a comics convention or the comics people at a book convention.
When you're both, you generally have something for everybody.
Well, retailers are hard, and I really understand what
they're going through. They have very limited space with which to make money.
Every cubic inch of their store has to bring in income, so they don't
necessarily want to take risks. The excuses sometimes, though. One time, I was
pitching The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria to a store,
and the manager said, “Oh, we don't get many Cubans in this store.” Ha!
Distribution's just hard for any small publisher. The entire
field is divvied up by a cartel of distributors who have cornered their
individual markets. I don't care what you publish. It's just rough dealing with
people who are never hungry and know they'll never be able to feed off the tiny
morsels you bring to the table—no matter how tasty.
Being an indie publisher with a drive such as yours is
obviously hard work. Can you briefly give a taste of what your recent travel
for Rosarium Publishing has entailed? What keeps you motivated?
Back in 2012, just before I started Rosarium and was pushing
my novel Koontown Killing Kaper, I did over 50 events in a year. I swore
I'd never do that again, but I still find myself doing 20 to 30. I'm still
trying to cut those down, but you're right, I do have drive. So, I sometimes
find myself in traveling frenzies. For example, this past month I was in
Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and the Hamptons. I'm doing something local in a
couple weeks (Creator Con), and then in May I'm off to Toronto (T-CAF), Philadelphia
(ECBACC), and Madison, WI (WisCon). I'm actually supposed to be in Chicago,
too, that month, but I think I'm going to skip that. I'm turning 46 on May Day!
What’s been the most difficult part in starting and
continuing Rosarium?
Beginnings are hard no matter who you are or what you're
trying to do. Usually, the biggest challenge is getting other people to take
you seriously. That was definitely ours. On the sff side, we've been really
fortunate. Our first anthology, Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and
Beyond eventually garnered a lot of attention, and our next two (Stories
for Chip and The SEA Is Ours) as well. We've been really
well-received within that community.
The comics side of things has been harder. We've talked
about this personally: It's because comics is a medium, not a genre, and it's
immense. So, it's been much harder finding reviewers who'd be interested in
what we do, etc.
And frankly, Diamond doesn't make it any easier with the
monopoly they have over comics shops. They don't seem particularly fond of what
we do. We've taken critically-acclaimed, award-winning comics to them, and
they've been like, “Nope! Not carrying them!” Because of that, the irony with
our comics is that you can find them in Barnes & Nobles and other bookstores,
you can find them in libraries, you can even find some of them being taught in
college classrooms, but you'd be hard-pressed to find them in a comic book
shop.
But what can you do? It's things like this that simply make
me work harder.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "#WitchHillary"
from the pen of Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist
"#WitchHillary"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1914
For a few weeks or so earlier this year, MSNBC was running a network promo with this clip of Hillary Clinton speaking, and it had to be the nastiest sounding stuff I'd heard her spew out in years. Hillary's voice sounded raspy, raw, shrieking like a pissed-off junior high school principal, a voice that could cut glass. You could tell she was trying to sound all forceful and dynamic and Presidential n'shit, but instead all I could think of was the Wicked Witch Of The West. With that raspy shrieky voice, all Hillary needed was a big pointy hat and a broom.
No doubt buttloads of old-skool 1970s feminist language cops will get on my case for comparing Hillary to the WWotW, but, hey... if the shoe fits, strap that motherf'r on.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Tom Toles goes home again
Tom Toles, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and Spectrum alum, speaks to newspaper's staff
Toles leads discussion in Spectrum office about journalism
XKCD to the White House
There's just a brief mention of Randall Munroe visiting the White House in this transcript.
The World Premiere of “Cul de Sac” the play (press release)
Encore Stage & Studio Proudly Presents the World Premiere of "Cul de Sac"
Arlington, VA – Encore Stage & Studio is delighted to present Cul de Sac, the world premiere play adaption based on the nationally syndicated Cul de Sac comic strip by Richard Thompson. Thompson and his comic strip won the 2010 Reuben Award, the highest honor given by the National Cartoonists Society. The play follows four-year-old Alice Otterloop and her older brother, Petey, as they learn about friendship and the importance of being yourself. When Alice decides to help Petey become more exciting she risks sending Petey further into his shell. With the help of their parents, teachers, and new and old friends the Otterloop children just might be able to learn something from each other. This production runs June 3 through 12 at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre (125 S. Old Glebe Rd. Arlington, VA 22204).
"He never wanted to be anything other than a cartoonist," says playwright Amy Thompson in describing her husband Richard Thompson. Richard, a long-time Arlington resident, had created thousands of illustrations and cartoons for dozens of magazines and newspapers before Cul de Sac debuted in The Washington Post Magazine in 2007. Thompson drew on incidents from his own childhood ("there's a lot of him in Petey, the withdrawn artist" says Amy), and the lives of his family, including two daughters, Emma and Charlotte. Everything from Charlotte's unbounded exuberance, to Emma's discovery that a manhole cover made a great stage, to the reluctant introduction of a guinea pig in their home was fodder for Thompson's re-imagined suburban Washington.
Thompson's Cul de Sac drew the attention of comic fans worldwide including some very famous fans. Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson was so impressed that he wrote the introduction to the first Cul de Sac collection.
"[The comic strip] is one of those rare visions that shows how surprising the ordinary world really is. Richard Thompson's wonderfully peculiar Otterloop family is closely observed with deep sympathy and rings absolutely true," stated Watterson, "I'm a huge fan."
Children's book author Mo Willems (Knuffle Bunny, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Elephant & Piggie series) wrote the introduction to the second collection. "If Cul de Sac isn't French for 'wonderfully loopily sincerely life-affirmingly stupendously hilarious' then there is something wrong with the French language," stated Willems.
Pixar director Pete Docter invited Thompson to collaborate on character development for his most recent film, Inside Out. "Cul de Sac is the funniest strip to appear in decades," writes Oscar-winner Docter, whose other films include Monsters, Inc. and Up. "It's full of great characters, well-observed truths that most of us have forgotten about, and is so beautifully and funnily drawn that it is an absolute joy to look at even if you can't read. (Of course, if you can't read, then you'd better stop right now.)"
In 2009 Thompson was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and began treatment. Thompson's friend Chris Sparks solicited other artists to contribute to a book collection, Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson's, to raise money for Parkinson's research through the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Encore Stage & Studio will hold a special fundraiser in the theatre lobby in to contribute to this effort.
On September 23, 2012, Cul de Sac ended its run of original strips, and Thompson retired. He kept up his Cul de Sac blog for some years afterward, but otherwise, published no new work. An offer was made to buy the rights to Cul de Sac and continue the strip with a new writer and artist, but Thompson declined. It seemed the world had seen the last of Alice, Petey, Madeline, and Peter Otterloop, as well as their friends Dill, Beni, Andre, Loris, Miss Bliss, and all the others.
Encore Stage & Studio, with efforts to build its performances highlighting local and original work, approached Amy Thompson about writing a play. Amy Thompson has worked for Encore as a drama teacher and director for some years, and has written several shorter works for summer camps and classes. Amy's Encore show credits include direction for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2013 and Much Ado about Nothing in 2015. She was eager to write a full-length play, and suggested that Cul de Sac would make a perfect choice for children's theatre. Over the years, Richard had turned down all requests by other writers to adapt the strip for the stage, while asking Amy why she didn't do it herself. Encore accepted, debuting Cul de Sac's for its early summer show of the 2015/2016 season.
We are excited to announce Chuck Leonard as director for this production. Production staff also includes Matthew Heap (Composer), Thomas Boudreaux (Technical Director), Amy Thompson, Kristen Jepperson and Marji Jepperson (Set Designer/Builder and Props), Debra Leonard (Costume Designer/Builder and Make-up Designer), Gary Hauptman (Lighting Designer), Caitlin Orzechowski (Assistant Lighting Designer), and Drew Moberley (Sound Engineer).
Performance Dates and Showtimes:
Fridays, June 3 and 10, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays, June 4 and 11, 2016 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Sundays, June 5 and 12, 2016 at 3 p.m.
Every effort has been made to preserve the look, feel, and heart of the original strip. Fans of the strip will recognize the Otterloop house, Mr. Otterloop's tiny red car, Dill's kiddie car, and Alice's manhole cover. Young audiences who have never seen the strip will recognize the world of some typical (but dramatic) preschoolers and third graders. And everyone, no matter his or her age, will get to experience what it's like to be a child. We recommend this production for ages 4 and older.
Tickets are $15 for Adults; $10 for Children, Students, Military and Seniors. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased at www.encorestage.org or by calling our box office at (703) 548-1154.
About Encore Stage & Studio
Encore Stage & Studio's 2016 season is sponsored by Fairlington Dental and
is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Arlington Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington Economic Development and the Arlington Commission for the Arts.
Richard Thompson & Bill Watterson in French?
Bill Watterson's conversation with Richard from The Art of Richard Thompson has been translated by Stephane Beaujean, a French Cul De Sac fan, and is apparently now available. Bonjour!
The rest of the magazine looks good too.
The Post on Disney's Jungle Book remake
'The Jungle Book' leaps off the screen — to dazzling effect [in print as Beauty and awe roar to life].
By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post April 15 2016, p. Weekend 30-31
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-jungle-book-leaps-off-the-screen--to-dazzling-effect/2016/04/14/9a1c5d36-00d7-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html
Washington Post April 15 2016, p. Weekend 30-31
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-jungle-book-leaps-off-the-screen--to-dazzling-effect/2016/04/14/9a1c5d36-00d7-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html
Big Planet Comics Washington is picked in 10 Best list
10 Best Comic Book Stores in the US
written by Michelle RaeApril 13, 2016
https://anotherspur.com/2016/04/13/10-best-comic-book-stores-in-the-us/
Don't try to find this comic book
A couple of weeks ago (April 3, 2016), the Washington Post published this illustration by Oliver Munday. The comic book is of particular interest to us.
Because it doesn't exist. I think it's a melange of existing comic books, but I can only place the logo and the word "Assemble" both of which (along with "mightiest heroes") come from an Avengers comic book, probably from the 1970s. Any crowdsourcing suggestions?
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Ridgway Award honor to Juana Medina
Juana didn't win the first price, but she was one of three honorable mention awards as noted below.
Established in 1993, the Ridgway Award is given each year to an author or illustrator in recognition of an outstanding debut in the world of children's picture books.
The award is given in memory of Marion Vannett Ridgway, a beloved artists' representative who worked in the New York City publishing community for more than forty years, and who extended generous support and encouragement especially to artists just making their way into children's book publishing.
Juana Medina
Illustrator of
Smick!
Every page of Smick! sustains a kind of joy. Medina masterfully captures doggy exuberance in her loosely scrawled thick black lines, and the contrast of her
drawing with collage elements like a stick or a flower petal bird creates a delightful visual surprise. Doreen Cronin’s rhyming text provides a terrific match for such energetic art.
Established in 1993, the Ridgway Award is given each year to an author or illustrator in recognition of an outstanding debut in the world of children's picture books.
The award is given in memory of Marion Vannett Ridgway, a beloved artists' representative who worked in the New York City publishing community for more than forty years, and who extended generous support and encouragement especially to artists just making their way into children's book publishing.
Juana Medina
Illustrator of
Smick!
Every page of Smick! sustains a kind of joy. Medina masterfully captures doggy exuberance in her loosely scrawled thick black lines, and the contrast of her
drawing with collage elements like a stick or a flower petal bird creates a delightful visual surprise. Doreen Cronin’s rhyming text provides a terrific match for such energetic art.
April 16: Cherry Blossom Anime at American Art Museum
April 16, 2016
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This screening is held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium. Watch the trailer. From the creators of Ghost in the Shell comes a wonderfully expressive and beautifully animated tale that combines bursts of whimsy and humor with deeply felt emotion. The last time Momo saw her father they had a fight; now, all she has left to remember him is an incomplete letter he wrote, penned with the words "Dear Momo" but nothing… |
Comic Riffs in the Express on Batman movies
Ben Affleck will star in and direct a solo Batman film, in his apparent master plan to rule DC's Gotham [in print as Affleck's plan to rule DC's Gotham,' Express (April 14, p. 46)
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 12 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/12/ben-affleck-will-star-in-and-direct-a-solo-batman-film-in-his-apparent-master-plan-to-rule-dcs-gotham/
Comic Riffs on black superheroes
Rise of the Black Superhero
By David Betancourt, Michael Cavna and Shelly Tan
Washington Post Comic Riffs April 14, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/entertainment/black-superheroes/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/entertainment/black-superheroes/
The lack of any Milestone characters (Static, etc) is a major omission in this list.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
2 Graphic Novels high on list of books to ban
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel and Habibi by Craig Thompson
The books Americans want removed from libraries [in print as Americans wanted these books removed from libraries in 2015].
The books Americans want removed from libraries [in print as Americans wanted these books removed from libraries in 2015].
Counting down 2015's 10 most challenged books
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/04/12/the-holy-bible-and-two-boys-kissing-the-10-most-challenged-books-of-2015/Comic Riffs talks to Mexican cartoonist Raúl Treviño
Cartel violence hit this artist's family. So he illustrated a comic book about it
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 13 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/13/scarred-by-cartels-mexican-artist-finds-healing-in-the-forthcoming-drug-war-comic-sombra/
The Post's obituary for caricaturist Vint Lawrence
Vint Lawrence, CIA officer who became a sharp-eyed caricaturist, dies at 76
John Kelly on Squirrel Girl
A modern Marvel: The latest hit comics character is the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
By John Kelly Columnist April 13 2016https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-modern-marvel-the-latest-hit-comics-character-is-the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl/2016/04/13/8c0198ac-00c2-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html
Comic Riffs talks Wonder Woman
Grant Morrison's new Wonder Woman: 'You don't give up sex just because you gave up men.'
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comics Riffs blog April 12 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/12/grant-morrisons-new-wonder-woman-you-dont-give-up-sex-just-because-you-gave-up-men/
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Comic Riffs talks to Alex Segura
With new book, Alex Segura cracks the case of balancing his lives in comics and mystery novels
Washington Post Comics Riffs blog April 12 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/12/with-new-book-alex-segura-cracks-the-case-of-balancing-his-lives-in-comics-and-mystery-novels/
Bloom County at National Book Festival this year
Berkeley Breathed's Facebook page is reporting he'll be in DC on September 24th.
Sewall-Belmont House, and apparently Nina Allender's cartoons, become National Monument
Today, the House, and presumably the cartoons, became a National Monument, under the Park Service.
Here's the Washington Post on it, and here's the White House, which says, "help preserve an extensive archival collection that documents the history, strategies, tactics and accomplishments of the movement to secure women's suffrage and equal rights in the United States and across the globe." so I guess the cartoons were transferred too.
The new Belmont-Paul Monument is well-worth visiting. I saw it with my daughter in 2012 and was quite impressed by it.
Tom King interviewed
From the CIA to Gotham: Meet The Real Life Spy Who's Now Writing "Batman"
Former CIA agent Tom King is mining his own experiences for the Dark Knight's war on crime.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Glen Weldon on Robin
A Brief History of Dick: Unpacking the gay subtext of Robin, the Boy Wonder.
By Glen WeldonApril 3 2016
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2016/04/the_history_of_the_gay_subtext_of_batman_and_robin.html
Saturday, April 09, 2016
That darn Argyle Sweater
We wouldn't trivialize cancer this way
Anne Atwood
Washington Post April 9 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-wouldnt-trivialize-cancer-this-way/2016/04/08/63c9ba98-fcdc-11e5-813a-90ab563f0dde_story.htmlFriday, April 08, 2016
Tom Toles LIVE on Facebook right now
I'll be here on Facebook live around 1:30 today. I'l do some sketching, answer questions, and maybe even take a sketching suggestion, if it isn't too hard. See you then! Tom
A Gareth Hinds interview, short on words but long on images
Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Gareth Hinds
Julie Danielson (a.k.a. Jules)
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast blog March 29th, 2016
The Post on ‘April and the Extraordinary World’
'April and the Extraordinary World' lives up to its title [in print as Animated steampunk tale isn't powered by Pixar, and that's great].
By Stephanie Merry Washington Post (April 8 2016): Weekend 32
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/april-and-the-extraordinary-world-lives-up-to-its-title/2016/04/07/3e888952-fb48-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/april-and-the-extraordinary-world-lives-up-to-its-title/2016/04/07/3e888952-fb48-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html
"April and the Extraordinary World" (Gkids)
Family Filmgoer reviews 'April and the Extraordinary World' and more
By Jane Horwitz
Washington Post (April 8 2016): Weekend 35
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/family-filmgoer-reviews-april-and-the-extraordinary-world-and-more/2016/04/07/b70f5c82-f6b3-11e5-8b23-538270a1ca31_story.html
Washington Post (April 8 2016): Weekend 35
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/family-filmgoer-reviews-april-and-the-extraordinary-world-and-more/2016/04/07/b70f5c82-f6b3-11e5-8b23-538270a1ca31_story.html
A scene from "April and the Extraordinary World." (Gkids)
Thursday, April 07, 2016
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Decision 2016"
"Decision 2016"
by Michael Flugennock
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1910
Y'know, if any of the shenanigans being reported in the US Presidential primaries -- especially in the Arizona Democratic contest -- were going on in any other country, the UN would be so totally up in their shit in a New York minute, man.
Check out this and more on Twitter at
@ElectionBoycott https://twitter.com/ElectionBoycott
and at #ArizonaElectionFraud https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ArizonaElectionFraud&src=tyah
Fantom Comics' fans named Best Of by City paper
Best Comic Book Fans
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/bestofdc/goodsandservices/2016/best-comic-book-fans
Fantom Comics
2010 P St. NW, (202) 241-6498
Website The Post on the new Black Panther comic
Ta-Nehisi Coates's new Black Panther comic provides a debut fit for a king
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs April 6 2016 [in print as Coates' first comic: Fit for a king, Express (April 7 2016): 40
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/06/ta-nehisi-coatess-new-black-panther-comic-provides-a-debut-fit-for-a-king/
Washington Post Comic Riffs April 6 2016 [in print as Coates' first comic: Fit for a king, Express (April 7 2016): 40
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/06/ta-nehisi-coatess-new-black-panther-comic-provides-a-debut-fit-for-a-king/
April 29-May 7: The Wakefield Players present The Addams Family in Arlington
A boy. A girl. Two families meeting for the first time. One dinner. One "normal" night. Secrets. Potions. True Love. What could possibly go wrong?
The Wakefield Players present The Addams Family, a musical comedy that will have you dying with laughter. Come see the show at 7:00 on April 29, 30, May 06 or 07. Tickets are $10 at the door. Wakefield High School. 1325 S. Dinwiddie St.
Library of Congress "World War I: American Artists View the Great War" Exhibition Opens May 7
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First in Series of Library Events to Mark World War I Centennial An exhibition showing how American artists galvanized public interest in World War I will open next month at the Library of Congress. "World War I: American Artists View the Great War" will open on Saturday, May 7 in the Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground floor of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. The exhibition is free and open to the public Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It will remain open for a year, closing on May 6, 2017. The exhibition is made possible by the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, and is the first in a series of events the Library is planning in connection with the centennial of the United States' entry into World War I. An online version of the exhibition will be available on the opening date at www.loc.gov/exhibits. Drawn from the Library's Prints and Photographs Collections, the exhibition will feature 25 fine prints, drawings, cartoons, posters and photographs. An additional 70 photographs will be shown in a monitor slide show. The works on display reflect the focus of wartime art on patriotic and propaganda messages—by government-supported as well as independent and commercial artists. In the fall, an exhibition rotation will occur and 27 new items will be placed on display. A total of 40 artists will be represented. Many of the artists featured in the exhibition worked for the federal government's Division of Pictorial Publicity, a unit of the Committee on Public Information. Led by Charles Dana Gibson, a preeminent illustrator, the division focused on promoting recruitment, bond drives, home-front service, troop support and camp libraries. Many images advocated for American involvement in the war and others encouraged hatred of the German enemy. In less than two years, the division's 300 artists produced more than 1,400 designs, including some 700 posters. Heeding the call from Gibson to "Draw 'til it hurts," hundreds of leading American artists created works about the Great War (1914–1918). Although the United States participated as a direct combatant in World War I from 1917 to 1918, the riveting posters, cartoons, fine art prints and drawings on display chronicle this massive international conflict from its onset through its aftermath. Among those who heeded the call were James Montgomery Flagg (best known for his portrayal of Uncle Sam), Wladyslaw Benda, George Bellows, Joseph Pennell and William Allen Rogers. In contrast, such artists as Maurice Becker, Kerr Eby and Samuel J. Woolf drew on their personal experiences to depict military scenes on the front lines as well as the traumatic treatment of conscientious objectors. Finally, cartoonists offered both scathing criticism and gentle humor, as shown in Bud Fisher's comic strip "Mutt and Jeff." Photography also provided essential communication during the First World War. The selected images detail the service of soldiers, nurses, journalists and factory workers from the home front to the trenches. American Red Cross photographs by Lewis Hine and others employ artful documentation to capture the challenges of recovery and rebuilding in Europe after the devastation of war. Katherine Blood and Sara Duke from the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress led the division's curatorial team. Betsy Nahum-Miller from the Library's Interpretive Programs Office is the exhibition director. The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division holds more than 15 million photographs, drawings and prints from the 15th century to the present day. International in scope, these visual collections represent a uniquely rich array of human experience, knowledge, creativity and achievement, touching on almost every realm of endeavor: science, art, invention, government and political struggle, and the recording of history. For more information, visit www.loc.gov/rr/print/. The Library of Congress, the largest library in the world, holds more than 162 million items in various languages, disciplines and formats. The Library serves the U.S. Congress and the nation both on-site in its reading rooms on Capitol Hill and through its website at www.loc.gov. With the most comprehensive collection of multi-format World War I holdings in the nation, the Library is a unique resource for primary source materials, education plans, public programs and on-site visitor experiences about The Great War, including exhibits, symposia and book talks. # # # PR16-65 |
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Howard U. alums talk Black Panther
A Conflicted Man: An Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates About Black Panther
The author's new project uses his journalistic sensibility to reinvent an established character.
April 4, 2016
https://newrepublic.com/article/132355/conflicted-man-interview-ta-nehisi-coates-black-panther
Wednesday, April 06, 2016
A look back at Stamaty's Washingtoon's tv show
It includes an interview.
Apr 6, 2016
http://dcist.com/2016/04/washingtons_forgotten_sitcoms_dcist.php
The Long-Forgotten Sitcom Washingtoon Has Some Uncomfortable Parallels To This Election
by Pat PaduaApr 6, 2016
http://dcist.com/2016/04/washingtons_forgotten_sitcoms_dcist.php
Comic Culture with Rafer Roberts
Comic Culture with Rafer Roberts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRwfe9-JsAc
A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong writer Rafer Roberts discusses Valiant Entertainment's series, the dynamics of characters, and art as therapy. Comic Culture is directed and crewed by students at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. I'm posting the video as producer/host and not as an official University publication.
The Post on Disney's future leadership
The 'tremendously complex' decision facing Disney's board [in print as Disney's CEO transition is a budding drama that needs more characters].
By Jena McGregor
Washington Post (April 6 2016): A12
Washington Post (April 6 2016): A12
The Express on Superman 2050
'Superman 2050′ tells a big story in a small space
By Kristen Page-Kirby March 31 2016https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2016/03/31/superman-2050-tells-a-big-story-in-a-small-space/
Shawn Martinbrough featured in The Post
On behalf of ComicsDC, I would like to apologize for our lack of coverage of Mr. Martinbrough. I was under the impression that he had moved to NYC years ago. I used to see him regularly at Arlington's Dreaming City comic book store, but that was a couple of decades ago. - Mike Rhode
Beyond Batman: Meet the artist fighting to change comics diversity [in print as An artist illustrates his independent spirit, 4/6/2016, p. C1-2]
By David Betancourt Washington Post Comic Riffs April 1 2016https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/01/artist-shawn-martinbrough-remains-focused-on-the-art-and-business-of-the-comic-book-industry/
DC-area cartoonists nominated for Reuben awards
The full list is here at http://www.reuben.org/2016/04/2015-ncs-silver-reuben-divisional-nominees/
but we single out two local cartoonists.
Juana Medina – Smick for Book Illustration
and
Ann Telnaes for Editorial Cartoons
Friday, April 01, 2016
Apr. 17: Charles Ross’ ONE MAN DARK KNIGHT: A BATMAN PARODY
Sun. Apr. 17: Charles Ross' ONE MAN DARK KNIGHT: A BATMAN PARODY -7:30pm- $35.00
Why so serious? From the madmen behind One Man Star Wars and One Man Lord of the Rings comes an irreverent parody and homage to the Dark Knight Trilogy. Two-faced super-nerd, Charles Ross, lovingly tears Christopher Nolan's masterpiece a new one in his new One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody. No costumes, no sets, no Batmobiles, Ross takes you on a one-hour comedic joyride, from Batman's origins to his epic battles against Gotham's super-villains. Hold onto your utility belt!
Written and Performed by Charles Ross
Directed by TJ Dawe
Al Jaffee passes Herblock in professional longevity, but what about Hirschfeld?
When I saw this story, I wondered about Herblock's career's length.
http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/34112/al-jaffee-sets-record-longest-career-comics-artist
Herb "Herblock" Block worked as an editorial cartoonist from 1929-2001, for 72 years. Jaffee definitely worked longer with over 73 months and counting.
However, I think Al Hirschfeld's tenure still beats Jaffee's. According to the Library of Congress, "In fact, Hirschfeld's first published caricature was for a Warner Brothers film in April 1925; his first theatrical drawing appeared in December 1926." Hirschfeld was still working for the New York Times when he died in January 2003. This would be either 77 years and 9 months (from the poster), or 78 years in newspapers, but either of them beat Jaffee's "record of 73 years and three months" unless one defines a comics artist as working only in comic books.
As He Celebrates 95th Birthday
by Milton Griepp on April 1, 2016 http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/34112/al-jaffee-sets-record-longest-career-comics-artist
Herb "Herblock" Block worked as an editorial cartoonist from 1929-2001, for 72 years. Jaffee definitely worked longer with over 73 months and counting.
However, I think Al Hirschfeld's tenure still beats Jaffee's. According to the Library of Congress, "In fact, Hirschfeld's first published caricature was for a Warner Brothers film in April 1925; his first theatrical drawing appeared in December 1926." Hirschfeld was still working for the New York Times when he died in January 2003. This would be either 77 years and 9 months (from the poster), or 78 years in newspapers, but either of them beat Jaffee's "record of 73 years and three months" unless one defines a comics artist as working only in comic books.
However Al Jaffee is still alive, so more power to him.
April 3: Victory Comics store event
Courtesy of Colin at http://www.conventionscene.com/2016/03/25/va-living-boy-signing/
David Gallaher and Steve Ellis, author and artist of The Only Living Boy, appear at Victory Comics on Sunday, April 3, 2016 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM! Steve will conduct a learn-to-draw workshop for all ages and both will be signing copies of their book.
Victory Comics
586 S Washington Street, Falls Church, VA 22046
(703) 241-9393
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