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https://www.redistrictedcomics.com/grafitti-masters
Street graffiti is like a fingerprint unique to every city. The style and words tell a story about a city's past, present and future. Washington, D.C., has a rich history of graffiti and the artists who spray paint their messages to the masses. Here's a look at where the city's graffiti scene came from, how it changed and where it's going.
from https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-069/?loclr=eaue
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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that the Library will host a series of pop-up displays in its Thomas Jefferson Building to showcase a wider variety of its vast collections.
The pop-ups will feature items related to current events or connect with something happening locally.
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The second is Library of Awesome, featuring items from the Library's comic- book collections June 14-17 in conjunction with Awesome-Con, Washington's annual convention of comics, cosplay and pop culture. The Library of Awesome is made possible by gifts to the Library of Congress Fund.
Both pop-ups will be held in the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street, S.E. Both events are free and open to the public. Additional details, including hours and special presentations, will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Here's my latest sketch of the Shadow by Pittsburgh's Wayno, a birthday gift from my daughter.
Director Dash Shaw pays homage to various films, TV shows, and videogames, including The Poseidon Adventure in his feature debut.
The film builds off the success of the first Guardians of the Galaxy, while adding emotional depth to its characters.
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.
The Reelist is a column featuring Kristen Page-Kirby's musings on movies.
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
For much of comics history, women characters were introduced as plot devices for leading male characters with disheartening regularity. A new wave of superheroines is entering the comic universe, leading the fight for justice and dispelling traditional stereotypes in fiction and beyond. Speakers include Carolyn Cocca, author of Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation; Ariell Johnson, owner of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, Philadelphia; Gabby Rivera, author of Marvel's AMERICA series and the novel Juliet Takes a Breath; and Ashley Woods, illustrator, graphic novelist, and artist for the Stranger Comics series NIOBE: She is Life.
