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"I make things up and write them down," is the way Neil Gaiman describes his varied art. His popular and acclaimed works, including Coraline, The Sandman, American Gods (television adaption coming in 2017), and The Graveyard Book have reached audiences of all ages and made Gaiman one of the most celebrated writers of our time. In this live event, "An Evening with Neil Gaiman," he will tell stories and read stories, answer questions, and in his own words "amaze, befuddle and generally delight. It will be fun and odd and not like any other evening with Neil Gaiman."
http://fairfaxlibraryfoundation.org/2017/04/26/library-comic-con/ Fairfax County Public Library is presenting their first Library Comic Con on Saturday, May 13 from 10am – 2:30pm at Chantilly High School! This may be the only Comic Con you'll find for FREE and it's family friendly!
From the library's website: "Geek out" at our celebration of comic books, science fiction, fantasy, TV, movies and more, featuring Gene Luen Yang, author of the Secret Coders and Avatar: The Last Airbender series (Mr. Yang speaks at 10:30). Books available for sale and signing. Workshops, artists, vendors, prizes, food trucks and cosplay. Family-friendly costumes encouraged. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Chantilly Regional Library. Kids, teens and adults. No registration necessary. Chantilly High School, 4201 Stringfellow Rd., Chantilly.
Comic Con Schedule – May 13
10:00 – Doors open (Use Main Entrance, Door #1)
10-2:30 – Vendors, Artists' Alley
10-1:00 – Cosplay Central and Superhero Training Camp 10:30 – Keynote Speaker: Gene Luen Yang
11:15 – Author signing begins (limit 2 books per person)
11:45 – Choose from Panel Discussion or Workshop (see details below!)
12-2:30 – Gaming/Chill Zone
12:30 – Lunch, Author signing continues
1:00 – Choose from Nerd Jeopardy or Workshop (see details below!) 2:00 – Cosplay Contest! *Food trucks will be on site starting at 11am
Is young Kurt Russell in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' the best de-aging of an actor ever? [in print as In 'Guardians,' the young Russell is a CGI marvel, May 6, p. C1, 4]
Amanda Frazier will probably be our last Artomatic interview since the show closes tomorrow. She's a librarian who's lately been painting pieces taken from a single panel of an older comic book.
What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
I wouldn’t have thought of myself as someone doing comic work until receiving this, but perhaps because I think that has a lot to do with feeling like comic artists are more likely the actual creators of content, whereas I’m sorta more reproducing, sometimes throwing in my own spin and drawing attention to it?
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
Acrylic on canvas, but I don’t do the Ben-Day dots like Lichtenstein so everything is solid.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
I’m going to play coy on the when but the where is Fairfax, VA.
Why are you in Washington now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?
Not in Washington, though I often wish I was, but I live in Northern Virginia.
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
None. I’ve been making art of some sort since I could grasp a crayon. In my 8th grade art class I was making quirky things to entertain my friends, or myself but I could tell that it wasn’t considered “real” or “serious” art so I abandoned it.
Who are your influences?
Obviously pop artists like Lichtenstein and Warhol influence me. Growing up I was drawn to their bold, flat colors and I enjoyed the attention they brought to everyday things. For my teen years-early 20’s, I worked in collage and spent hours cutting up old magazines, advertisements, comics, and photographs; delighting in placing them in out of context and sometimes inappropriate situations. I felt like I was creating art, but also playing. Eventually I switched over to mainly painting, but never lost my appreciation for comic book artwork.
If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?
Well, I don’t have a career related to art so perhaps I would go back and tell my teen self not to give up, that there is plenty of room in the art world for the stuff I create. Maybe find a way to blend my current job (librarian) with something creative.
What work are you best-known for?
I don’t know about “known,” but most pieces are related to pop culture.
What work are you most proud of?
Anything that I can create that also speaks to someone else.
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
I’ve always wanted to incorporate music. Or a background loop of farting noises.
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
Originally I got back into art to distract me from the writer’s block I was suffering from with my creative writing.
What do you think will be the future of your field?
I’m curious to see how the increased use of 3D printing will shape and be shaped by the art world.
What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Awesome Con, Intervention, or others? Any comments about attending them?
I’ve attended SPX a few times and last year Awesome Con. They’re fun and most excellent for people watching.
What's your favorite thing about DC?
There is an endless supply of new and exciting things to do or see.
What monument or museum do you like to take visitors to?
I love the Renwick, Portrait Gallery, and Hirshhorn.
How about a favorite local restaurant?
Not in DC but out in the hinterland I’ve been having a long-term love affair with Kumo Sushi in Herndon.
Do you have a website or blog?
I used to have one, but because I’d go through periods of inactivity, updating it seemed like a chore. Then I went to Meet the Artist night last weekend and felt neglectful for not having any web presence so I went home and put stuff up on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artbyoldskoolgeek/
My etsy shop is http://www.etsy.com/shop/oldskoolgeek/
The animation of "My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea" isn't any more sophisticated than what could be found doodled on a notebook, but the comedy has an ocean's worth of cleverness and nihilism. (Gkids)
'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2': Bigger, better — and more touching — than the original [in print as A sequel that's bigger, better, more touching].
From left, Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Nebula (Karen Gillan), Star-Lord/Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Drax (Dave Bautista) and Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) reprise their roles in Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2." It's more expansive, more beautiful, funnier and nuttier than the first film — and it features another great soundtrack. (Film Frame/Marvel Studios)
David Boswell FUN WITH REID FLEMING WORLD'S TOUGHEST MILKMAN [SIGNED]Forestville, California: Eclipse Books, 1991. Limited Edition. Number 3 of 300 copies, signed by author on limitations page. The inspiration for Boswell's truculent milkman includes a real-life childhood bully and influences as wide-ranging as film directors Josef von Sternberg and Luis Buñuel, composer Hector Berlioz, comedians Buster Keaton and W.C. Fields, humorist Robert Benchley, and early Hollywood and European cinema stars. A unique character optioned in the 1980s for a film as yet unproduced. Hardcover with dust jacket. 173 pages. 9-315-1272780 $100
Local comics stores will be handing out comics. There's over 50 possible selections although no one store will be carrying everything most likely. Remember that the comics aren't free to the store, so try to buy something while you're there.
For the better part of a year and a half, Liberals have been screeching about how Sanders wasn't "a real Democrat", saying he was "damaging" the Democrats and that he and his supporters should leave the party -- and after a year and a half of bullying, public insults, blame-shifting, gaslighting and other abuse, most progressive Democrats and other Left constituencies are thinking that ditching the Democratic Party sounds like a helluvan idea.
Needless to say these days, Liberals aren't getting the reaction they're hoping for from the Left on that point and, of course, the Liberals are having kind of a hard time getting their heads around it. Seems that finally, Liberal Democrats and the Left have reached common ground – just not in the way Liberals wanted.
Gene Luen Yang will be a featured guest at the Fairfax Library Comic Con May 13 from 10 am to 2:30 pm. It will be held at Chantilly High School, 4201 Stringfellow Rd., Chantilly, Va.
“‘Geek out’ at our celebration of comic books, science fiction, fantasy, TV, movies and more,” according to the promotion at the library system’s website.
There will be books will be for sale and signing, as well as workshops, artists, vendors, prizes, food trucks and cosplay.
Starz's stylish 'American Gods' is long on concept, but short on momentum [in print as Starz's 'American Gods' is visually reverent, but its pace may be a problem].
By Hank Stuever Washington Post April 28 2017, p. C1, 3
