Oct 29: Barry Blitt @ Poltics and Prose

Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 5 p.m.

 This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

Click here for more information.

5015 Connecticut Ave NW   Washington   DC    20008

Blitt (Hardcover)

By Barry Blitt

$40

9780399576669

Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now

Riverhead Books - October 24th, 2017

That darn Charlie Hebdo

Charlie Hebdo cover suggests Hurricane Harvey victims are neo-Nazis

By Amanda Erickson

Washington Post WorldViews blog August 31 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/08/31/cover-of-frances-charlie-hebdo-suggests-hurricane-harvey-victims-are-neo-nazis/

The Post reviews Gaiman's Neverwhere play

'Neverwhere' takes a dark fantasy tour through London's underworld [in print as A return trek into the sewers].

By Geoffrey Himes

Washington Post (September 1 2017): Weekend 18

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/theater-dance/neverwhere-takes-a-dark-fantasy-tour-through-londons-underworld/2017/08/31/3fc6169e-88ec-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html

Vanessa Bettencourt's new books and fall schedule

DC-Area Upcoming Events

Don't miss the chance to meet Vanessa Bettencourt and Jacob Falling, authors of Polly and the Black Ink and Heir of Scars at the following events. Get personalized signed copies of their books and learn from their tips!

 

9 September 2017
Book Signing

Hooray4Books
1555 King Street, Alexandria  VA

Book Signing Event. Meet the authors and get personalized signed copies of Polly
and Black Ink, a graphic novel 
written and illustrated by Vanessa Bettencourt
and Heir of Scars by Jacob Falling
illustrated by Vanessa Bettencourt.

       

16 -17 September 2017
Small Press Expo booth

Marriot North Bethesda
Hotel & Conference Center
Bethesda, Maryland

Polly and the Black Ink graphic novel - Volumes I to IV

Heir of Scars Book 1 with author Jacob Falling

       

23 September 2017
Fall Festival - How-to Fair

Beatley Central Library
5005 Duke St. Alexandria  VA

How-to Fall Fair at the Library.
Drawing live and teaching some drawing tips  
     

7 October 2017 
Drawing Live - Cartoon Portrait
Del Ray Art on the Avenue Festival Alexandria VA

 Cartoon Portrait Commissions to

raise money for the Public Library

Scoop Otakon interview with voice actor Sandy Fox

Otakon Interview: Sandy Fox

Scoop September 1 2017
http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=199105

Oct 13: Roz Chast @ Politics and Prose

Roz Chast - Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York

Friday, October 13, 2017 at 7 p.m.

 This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

Click here for more information.

5015 Connecticut Ave NW   Washington   DC    20008

Another article about Wuerker's Harvey cartoon

Did Politico Cartoon of Texas Rescue during Harvey Cross the Line?

by  Sydney Smith

iMediaEthics August 30, 2017

https://www.imediaethics.org/politico-cartoon-texas-rescue-harvey/

A Post blogger smacks at Politico's Matt Wuerker

Politico's tone-deaf, unhelpful cartoon about conservatives being rescued from Harvey by the government

By Aaron Blake
Washington Post  The Fix blog August 30 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/30/politicos-tone-deaf-unhelpful-cartoon-about-conservatives-being-rescued-from-harvey-by-the-government/

The (FAILING!)* Washington Examiner piled on our friend Matt Wuerker:

Politico cartoonist revels in Hurricane Harvey

by Becket Adams | Aug 30, 2017,
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politico-cartoonist-revels-in-hurricane-harvey/article/2632973

But then, Michael Cavna, also of the Post, responded:

How soon is too soon to politicize Hurricane Harvey? Charlie Hebdo and Politico may test your tastes.

By Michael Cavna
Washington PostComic Riffs blog August 31 2017
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/08/31/how-soon-is-too-soon-to-politicize-hurricane-harvey-these-cartoons-may-test-your-tastes/

*from Wikipedia:

From 2005 to mid-2013, the Examiner published a daily tabloid-sized newspaper, distributed free throughout the Washington, D.C. metro area, largely focused on local news and political commentary. The local newspaper ceased publication on June 14, 2013,** and its content began to focus exclusively on national politics, switching its print edition from a daily newspaper to a weekly magazine format.

**leaving the field to the Washington Post's Express tabloid.

Sept 1 - 7: Wonder Woman at Arlington Drafthouse

Arlington Drafthouse Movies

Restaurant/Bar Movie Theater - Arlington, VA

Movie theater with full service restaurant/bar and table side service. Upcoming movies below (click on link for specific show):

Wonder Woman

(Rated PG-13)(2hrs 21mins)
Before she was Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, Diana meets an American pilot (Chris Pine) who tells her about the massive conflict that's raging in the outside world. Convinced that she can stop the threat, Diana leaves her home for the first time. Fighting alongside men in a war to end all wars, she finally discovers her full powers and true destiny.

Friday 9/1/2017 3:15 PM - $8

Saturday 9/2/2017 3:00 PM - $8
Sunday 9/3/2017 7:00 PM - $10
Monday 9/4/2017 7:30 PM - $6.50
Tuesday 9/5/2017 7:45 PM - $6.50
Wednesday 9/6/2017 7:45 PM - $10
Thursday 9/7/2017 4:00 PM - $10

Fwd: SPX 2017 Announces Learn to Draw Comics Workshops

SPX 2017 - Signup Now to Learn to Draw from the Pros! SPX is pleased to announce a series of comic book making workshops, featuring hands-on instruction from some of the most talented makers of independent comics. The workshops will occur Saturday September 16 and Sunday September 17 at SPX 2017. Educator Frank Santoro and his Comics Workbook school will host the legendary Gilbert Hernandez, along with Alexis Ziritt and other masters of the form while they discuss their comic book making process and share their knowledge. Participants will have the opportunity to hone their storytelling and drawing skills – whether they are a beginner or expert. The complete schedule of Comics Workshop sessions can be found on the SPX web site. Sign up here for a session (or two) to Learn to Draw Comic from the Pros! Confirmation emails will be sent out Tuesday  September 12. All workshops will be held in the Glen Echo rooms downstairs at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, right across from the White Flint Metro stop on the Red Line. You must have an Attendee badge to participate. Admission to SPX 2017 is $15 Saturday, $10 Sunday and $20 both days. Admission gets you into the class, the Exhibitor Hall with over 680 creators selling the finest in indie comics, mini-comics, graphic novels, posters and other cool stuff. Walk-ins will be welcome, however, space permitting. Seating to all sessions are limited to 50 people. LOCATION: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center 5701 Marinelli Road Rockville, Maryland 20852 METRO STOP: White Flint Station on the Red Line

Barry & Joe Kickstarter featured on DCist

In Animated Sitcom, Barack Obama And Joe Biden's Bromance Saves The World

by Rachel Sadon

DCist Aug 29, 2017

http://dcist.com/2017/08/barack_obama_and_joe_bidens_bromanc.php

Ink Spill's posting of Warren Bernard's cartoon advertisements

Catching up again with Michael Maslin's blog...

Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 10: Otto Soglow

August 16, 2017
http://michaelmaslin.com/advertising-work-by-new-yorker-cartoonists-part-10-otto-soglow/

Advertising work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 11: Richard Decker

August 17, 2017
http://michaelmaslin.com/advertising-work-by-new-yorker-cartoonists-part-11-richard-decker/

Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 12: Gluyas Williams

August 20, 2017
http://michaelmaslin.com/advertising-work-by-new-yorker-cartoonists-part-12-gluyas-williams/

Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 13: The Rambler Campaign

August 26, 2017

http://michaelmaslin.com/advertising-work-by-new-yorker-cartoonists-part-13-the-rambler-campaign/

Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 14: Richard Taylor

August 27, 2017
http://michaelmaslin.com/advertising-work-by-new-yorker-cartoonists-part-14-richard-taylor/

A good month brings two Ryan Holmberg articles

Fukushima from Within

Ryan Holmberg

NYR Daily blog August 28, 2017

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/08/28/fukushima-from-within-ichi-f/

 

Kazuto Tatsuta's Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, translated into English by Stephen Paul, is published by Kodansha Comics.

PR: SPX Sponsors Lincoln Peirce, Ann Telnaes and Mike Lester at the National Book Festival

For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Email: warren@spxpo.com   Small Press Expo Sponsors Lincoln Peirce, Ann Telnaes and Mike Lester at the National Book Festival   Bethesda, Maryland; August 29, 2017  Media Release ­—  Small Press Expo (SPX) is proud to announce it is again a sponsor of the Library of Congress National Book Festival. As a part of this sponsorship, SPX is supporting Lincoln Peirce, Ann Telnaes and Mike Lester at the Library of Congress National Book Festival. The National Book Festival takes place Saturday, September 2, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Lincoln Peirce is a cartoonist and writer for the popular comic strip, Big Nate. It currently appears in over 400 newspapers, including The Washington Post, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He is also the author and illustrator of a best-selling series of Big Nate novels based on his comic strip. His books have been honored by the American Library Association, the Children's Book Council and the American Booksellers Association. Peirce's most recent book, that stars sixth-grade student Nate and his friends, is Big Nate: A Good Old-Fashioned Wedgie from Andrews McMeel. Lincoln Peirce will be signing his books from 5:00PM-6:00PM, and from 6:55PM - 7:30PM will be have a talk in the Graphic Novel Pavilion with Michael Cavna of the Washington Post. Ann Telnaes is an award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post who works in various mediums—animation, visual essays, live sketches and traditional print. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for her print cartoons and the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year for 2016. In 2004, she donated 81 of her original drawings to the Library of Congress, which then showed her work in a solo exhibition. Also in 2004, the Library of Congress and Pomegranate Press published her first book, a collection of her editorial cartoons titled Humor's Edge: Cartoons by Ann Telnaes. She is the current president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Mike Lester is an award-winning editorial cartoonist and illustrator whose work is syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group. His children's book A Is for Salad was a New York Times best-seller in 2000. In 2012, he created and launched the comic strip Mike du Jour. He has received the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben award for best book illustration four times, in 2000, 2006, 2008, and 2010, and the Reuben for best advertising illustration in 2004. He also received the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartoons in 2007 and 2010. Ann Telnaes and Mike Lester will be signing books from 4:30PM-5:30PM and from 5:55PM-6:30PM will be in a panel discussion with Michael Cavna.   The primary goal of this sponsorship is to bring creators from the indie comics community to the National Book Festival to provide greater exposure for them and their works to the diverse audience that attends this prestigious festival. As a partner with the Library's Center for the Book, Small Press Expo looks forward to help promoting their various literacy initiatives and events. More information about the National Book Festival can be found at http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/.

Comic Riffs profiles Catalyst Prime

Superheroes of color are few and far between. A new comic-book universe tries to fix that.

By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog August 25 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/08/25/superheroes-of-color-are-few-and-far-between-a-new-comic-book-universe-tries-to-fix-that/

STEAM comic book exhibit still on at AAAS

What's your science teacher doing in a comic book?

By Erin Blakemore
Washington Post August 19 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/whats-your-science-teacher-doing-in-a-comic-book/2017/08/18/5e99dc10-81c9-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html

Sequential Heart - Ben Hatke / Cartoonist of Mighty Jack and the Goblin King

Sean Edgar and Eric

Sequential Heart 
August 24, 2017
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/sequential-heart-ben-hatke-cartoonist-of-mighty-jack-and-the-goblin-king.html

Cartoonist, archer, gymnast and modern Peter Pan analogue Ben Hatke joins us for our latest episode. We chat about his upcoming graphic novel, Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, a thrilling update to the classic fantasy that also weaves larger pieces of his library together. Hatke also discusses the blurring of genre storytelling, how to properly draw archery and his growing stable of furry family members.

Aug 29: Walt Disney on WETA

Experience the Magical Legacy of Walt Disney with American Experience!

American Experience explores the complex life and enduring legacy of one of America's most influential storytellers, presenting rare footage from the Disney vaults and scenes from some of Disney's greatest films, as well as interviews with animators, artists and biographers. Part one follows the famed filmmaker from his early days creating Mickey Mouse through the making of Snow White, the first full-length animated film.   

American Experience airs Tuesday, August 29 at 8pm on TV 26 and WETA HD.

See all broadcast times →
Watch preview →

PR: Small Press Expo Announces Charles Forsman and Andrew Aydin as Special Guests

Small Press Expo is proud to announce additional Special Guests for SPX 2017. The festival takes place on Saturday & Sunday, September 16-17.

For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Email: warren@spxpo.com   Small Press Expo Announces Charles Forsman and Andrew Aydin as Special Guests for SPX 2017   Bethesda, Maryland; August 28, 2017   Media Release - Small Press Expo is proud to announce additional Special Guests for SPX 2017. The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 16-17, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center 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.   SPX 2017 is honored to have the following creators as Special Guests to this year's show: CHARLES FORSMAN grew up in Mechanicsburg, Pa. After dropping out of high school he went on to work and flail until finding a home at the Center for Cartoon Studies, from which he graduated in 2008. He is the author of the acclaimed, Ignatz Award-winning graphic novel, The End of the Fucking World, which has been adapted into a live-action miniseries that premieres on Netflix in early 2018. He runs a micro-publisher, Oily Comics, and continues to draw comic books in Massachusetts. ANDREW AYDIN serves as Digital Director & Policy Advisor to Congressman John Lewis in Washington, D.C., with whom he co-wrote the March series. While studying at Georgetown University in Washington, Andrew wrote his master's thesis on the history and impact of Martin Luther King & The Montgomery Story. As March has grown into a bona fide phenomenon, Andrew continues to publish and lecture about the history of comics in the civil rights movement — including giving talks at the headquarters of both Google and Apple. Saturday only. 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.smallpressexpo.com.

The Express on The Tick

'The Tick' knows how to balance goofiness and poignancy [in print as A caped comedian: 'The Tick' is a hero with a funny bone].

By Marc Silver
Express August 28 2017, p. 19
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2017/08/27/the-tick-knows-how-to-balance-goofiness-and-poignancy/

Arthur (Griffin Newman), left, and the Tick (Peter Serafinowicz)  (Amazon

VIP from Air California Magazine vol 2 no 11

Sometimes odd things get preserved in government archives. These November 1969  magazine pages were preserved in a scrapbook on Naval Hospital Oakland. The whole magazine is at https://archive.org/details/AirCaliforniaMagazine211



 


 

That Darn Toles, and Cavna on Kirby

A complex situation, succinctly captured [in print as Complexity captured succinctly].
Lois Ladd,
Washington Post (August 26 2017)
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-complex-situation-succinctly-captured/2017/08/25/c3223414-875c-11e7-96a7-d178cf3524eb_story.html

Mike Cavna tips his hat to Jack Kirby on his centennial -
http://www.gocomics.com/warped/2017/08/28

and local writer Jason Reynolds has his new book Patina (not his new Spider-Man novel) reviewed in the New York Times

Cavna chats with Chast

Roz Chast writes — and draws — a love letter to New York [in print as A Love letter from Roz Chast to New York]

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post (August 27 2017): Bookworld 12

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/roz-chast-writes--and-draws--a-love-letter-to-new-york/2017/08/25/3054459c-812f-11e7-ab27-1a21a8e006ab_story.html

Sept 2: Cartoonists at the National Book Festival

Speaking Time
Author
Signing Time

Children's Purple Stage

11:15 am-11:40 am

Dav Pilkey

noon-1:00 pm

1:35 pm-2:00 pm

Rachel Renee Russell

2:30 pm-3:30 pm

Graphic Novels

5:30 pm-6:00 pm
Gene Luen Yang
4:00 pm-5:00 pm

5:55 pm-6:30 pm
Ann Telnaes
4:30 pm-5:30 pm

5:55 pm-6:30 pm
Mike Lester
4:30 pm-5:30 pm

6:25 pm-7:00 pm
Roz Chast
4:30 pm-5:30 pm

6:55 pm-7:30 pm
Lincoln Peirce
5:00 pm-6:00 pm

Glen Weldon reviews The Tick

He's Big, He's Blue, And Now, He's Bingeable: 'The Tick' Returns

Glen Weldon
Morning Edition August 24, 2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/08/24/544475312/hes-big-hes-blue-and-now-hes-bingeable-the-tick-returns

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2017/08/20170824_me_hes_big_hes_blue_and_now_hes_bingeable_the_tick_returns.mp3
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=544475312

More from Scoop on Otakon in DC

A local animation voice actor is interviewed -

Otakon Interview: Jamie McGonnigal

Carrie Wood.

Scoop August 25 2017

http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=198885

Otakon in Photos, Part II

Otakon took over the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington, D.C., on August 11-13, 2017. Featuring massive concerts, plenty of panels, and more high-quality cosplay than we could keep track of, the convention's first year in the nations' capital was truly a sight to behold.

Below, take a look at our second half of photo coverage, with photographs taken by Gemstone Assistant Editor Carrie Wood. 

http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=198629

The Post grounds Leap cartoon

No great 'Leap!': Tale of an aspiring ballerina falls short by recent animated-fare standards [in print as No prima ballerina when in the company of other animated fare]

By Susan Wloszczyna

Washington Post August 25 2017

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/no-great-leap-tale-of-an-aspiring-ballerina-falls-short-by-recent-animated-fare-standards/2017/08/24/d9404aae-837b-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html

Aug. 26: Ha exhibits work in upcoming new book

Robin Ha on Saturday holds a gallery show at the Tiniest Gallery in D.C. featuring some pages ans sketches from her upcoming book Fly with Your Own Wings, A Memoir, which is scheduled to be published in late 2019. Per her Facebook event page: "Chronicling her expatriation from South Korea to Acclimating to life in the US, starting in the Alabama and ending up here in the local area. See it first at the #tiniestgallery's premiere art show. Come eat and view Robin's work with friends and activists. Korean snacks and drink's from her first cookbook, Cook Korean!"

Proceeds benefit the March for Racial Justice and half of book sales will go to the ACLU. Suggested entry donation is $10.

Learn more about Robin'a work:
http://robin.megaten.net/

 Art by Robin Ha

George Washington U magazine on Wonder Woman special effects creator

Science. Art. Magic.

Two-time Oscar winner Bill Westenhofer, MS '95, is responsible for the visual effects in some of Hollywood's biggest films of the past 20 years, including "Elf," "Life of Pi" and this summer's "Wonder Woman."

GW Magazine Summer 2017

//  By Matthew Stoss

http://magazine.gwu.edu/science-art-magic