Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Blue Wave"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock:

"Blue Wave"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2449

From all the howling in the MSM these days, you'd think they were expecting not just a "Blue Wave", but a "Blue Tsunami" -- except the numbers say they'll be lucky to get a "Blue Ripple", and in Texas right now it's looking more like a "Blue Tidepool", pitting a bland corporate-looking white-boy Democrat against an incumbent whose head is sculpted entirely of suet pudding.

This on top of the fact that on social media, the Democratic Party politburo, trolls and fangirls are going with the formula that worked so well for them last time:

• Run a bland, donor class-approved corporate Centrist.
• Threaten and shame Left voters.
• Gaslight, insult, and lie to Left voters.
• Bully and smear Left electoral challengers.
• Hope the GOP candidate is revealed to be a pedophile.

Cowabunga, dudes.

Fine Books blog on Drawn to Purpose exhibit

"Drawn to Purpose" Book Launch at the Library of Congress Tackles Gender Bias in Art

By Jennifer Howard on March 16, 2018

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2018/03/drawn-to-purpose-book-launch-at-the-library-of-congress-tackles-gender-bias-in-art.phtml

April 7: 'Not Too High, Not Too Low' panel discussion

The panel discussion on April 7 (2-4 p.m.) will feature some of the artists from the gallery exhibition "Not Too High, Not Too Low" Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, Md. This event is free an open to the public.

Per the Facebook event page: "Engage and learn more from the women behind not too high, not too low! Curator Amy Lokoff is joined by artists Jessica Agüero, Toni Lane, Anna Sellheim, and Lenora Yerkes from not too high, not too low for an intimate conversation about their work in the show, artistic influences, diversity in comics, and DC's zine scene. Bring your questions and curiosity!"

Contributing artists to the exhibit.

Awesome Con photos at Brightest Young Things

https://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/awesome-con-2018-photos

New non-comics children's book from Marc Tyler Nobleman

Fairy Spell: How Two Girls Convinced the World That Fairies Are Real



Published by Clarion and luminously illustrated by Eliza Wheeler, it's out 4/24/18—but the biggest way one can support an upcoming book is by pre-ordering it. Why? See the P.S.

Also, ordering now will ensure it arrives in time to prepare for fairy-finding season. Let's say that's May.

Options:

• independent bookstore near you
• Amazon
• magic spell (offline/DIY)

P.S. Pre-sales...

• indicate a book's potential, which may encourage retailers to increase order quantities
• count toward first week sales, which improves the chances a book makes a bestseller list
• boost visibility, which may trigger sales via other ways (word of mouth, hand-selling by booksellers, press coverage, etc.)

April 7: Fantom Comics -Writers Workshop & Isola Signing with Brenden Fletcher

Saturday, April 7 (3:00pm – 10:00pm) – Writers Workshop & Isola Signing with Brenden Fletcher – Motor Crush. Gotham Academy. Batgirl. Black Canary. Power Rangers: Pink. Attack on Titan. Assassin's Creed. Brenden Fletcher's writing has something for everyone, and with his brand-new series, Isola, he's taking on the world of high fantasy with a story 20 years in the making! Come chat with us and Brenden as we learn more about our new favorite comic! Refreshments will be served!

Retrofit / Big Planet Comics publishing Kickstarter

2018 Kickstarter launched! Posted by Retrofit Comics (Creator)

Hi again everyone, We just wanted to let you know our NEW Kickstarter for our 2018 lineup has just launched! We are publishing 12 graphic novels this year, and we hope you will continue to support us! We're really excited about all of these, please check out the new page for images and descriptions. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/retrofitcomics/retrofit-comics-2018-12-new-graphic-novels

PR: DC Zinefest 2018: Digital registration opens Friday, April 6th

Dear zinesters,

We're excited to announce the start of our digital registration on Friday, April 6 at 12pm EDT. Visit our website at dczinefest.com to register for a table to represent your zines. Demand for tables is high, so don't delay!

DC Zinefest 2018 will take place on Saturday, July 21st 2018 at a new location: Art Enables in Northeast DC.

We are once again offering a grant to help elevate the voices of people that are often marginalized in the zine community:

• people of color
• people with disabilities
• people who identify as LGBTQIA+
• people who earn low incomes

Each grant gets you $50 and a quarter table at the fest. Grant applications are included as part of the online registration. If you've already applied through mail-in, don't worry! We'll ask you about your interest when we get in touch about tabling information. In an effort to make sure that as many people hear about this grant as possible, grant submissions will remain open even after all other tables are full. If more people are interested than there are grants available, awarding of grants will be decided by a lottery.

Please contact us with any comments or questions. Thanks!

- Your DC Zinefest organizers

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DC Zinefest

dczinefest@gmail.com

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Zinefest 2018 = Saturday, July 21st

Comics writer Mike Cowgill has a short story online

Hedge Apple Magazine

Today's featured piece is Michael Cowgill's adorable short story, "This Girl" about an all-female Beatles tribute band.
http://hedgeapplemagazine.com/?p=1828

From the Artleytoons Vault

From the Vault of Artleytoons

This cartoon, "Reagan’s Leaky Leaks" from 1986 addressed an aggressive U.S.G. disinformation campaign directed toward Libyian strong-arm leader Moammar Kadafi. The campaign released false statements and purposely crafted fake leaks to the American Press designed to destabilize the Lybian regime. The operation was devised to provoke Kadafi into careless acts of terrorism, thus justifying U.S. military strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi. Once the real story was leaked to W.P. reporter Bob Woodward, the Administration scrambled to identify the person(s) responsible for disclosing the classified Op. In the end, no Administration heads rolled and President Reagan — known to be a bit too loose-lipped whenever he went off script — managed to keep his Teflon coating intact. (click on images for larger view).

See more recent work by Steve Artley at Artleytoons

Click on image for larger view

Library of Congress exhibit on women cartoonists featuring in Chicago Tribune

Back to the drawing table? Women have been there all along, says the book/exhibit 'Drawn to Purpose'

Darcel Rockett
Chicago Tribune March 30 2018
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-drawn-to-purpose-20180327-story.html

Martha Kennedy, author of 'Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists' (Library of Congress photo)

Staake does the Simpsons in The Post

Style Invitational Week 1273: Come to our aid(e) — restocking the Cabinet [in print as Har heads; winning bank headlines]

Tell us who (or what!) would be a better hire in a federal job; plus winning 'bank heads'

By Pat Myers
Washington Post April 1 2018
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/style-invitational-week-1273-come-to-our-aide--restocking-the-cabinet/2018/03/29/d9127156-316d-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html

He'd probably give a better "60 Minutes" interview, too. (Bob Staake for The Washington Post, with apologies to Matt Groening and "The Simpsons" )

That darn Pastis

Letters to the Editor

Opinion

This 'Pearls Before Swine' speaks for a lot of parents and teachers [in print as This comic spoke for a lot of parents]

Joseph Maniscalco, Bluffton, S.C.

Washington Post March 31 201, p. A13

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-pearls-before-swine-speaks-for-a-lot-of-parents-and-teachers/2018/03/29/c8408170-322a-11e8-b6bd-0084a1666987_story.html

National Archives blogs on Clifford Berryman

Play Ball!

National Archives Pieces of History blog March 29, 2018 by  jessie kratz
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/03/29/play-ball/

President Theodore Roosevelt dodges "amendments" to the proposed Hepburn Rate Act, by Clifford Berryman, 5/12/1906. (National Archives Identifier 306091)

...and, for the record, the Cosmos Club in DC has 10 original Berryman cartoons in its billiards room that I didn't know about before.

Awesome Con Sunday photos

I popped back in for a couple of hours today and saw some local cartoonists I'd missed on Friday, met and was upsold by Neal Adams, saw Bruce Guthrie taking photos, and enjoyed more of the Con that I don't usually go to like the children's section.

Here's more local people...

Joe Sergi whose done a law history book - The Law for Comic Book Creators - that I'm looking forward to reading. Watch for an interview with him coming soon.

Jared Smith of Big Planet Comics; I can always find something in their cheap graphic novels.

Marc Hempel, Sandman artist who lives around Baltimore.

Mark Wheatley of Insight Studios. We're going to have an interview with him about his book illustration work.

Arsia Rozegar who's illustrating a Persian epic now.

And some pictures for fun.

Wonder Woman and Batman cosplayers in mail. They clanked.

Starlord and Gamora cosplayers taking a break.

A signing line at the DC Comics booth.

Awesome Con Friday photos

I had a good time walking around the Con yesterday, talking to local cartoonists and a few visiting ones. I did an interview with Andrew Looney of Looney Labs, a College Park-based game maker who has licensed comic properties and hires artists to illustrate his Fluxx card games. That'll appear in a few days.

I also quite enjoyed the science side and talked to people from NASA, the Smithsonian and National Geographic, and would recommend that as well.

We have a new correspondent who does live sketching at local events and we should see some work from him as he's attending today.

David Betancourt of the Washington Post interviewed Paul Levitz and Dan Jurgens about Superman at the Library of Congress on Thursday night.

Paul Levitz and Dan Jurgens at the Library of Congress on Thursday night.

Andrew Looney of Looney Labs with Doctor Who Fluxx game.

Cuddles and Rage with their new minicomic Snuggle Bites.

Carolyn Belefski of Curls Studio shows her new Sad Fish project, while Joe Carabeo looks on.

Michael Cho, comic book cover artist, is from Canada.

SL Gallant's new comic is the Six Million Dollar Man meeting GI Joe.

Local cartoonist Rafer Roberts has been writing for Valiant, but is about to launch a new comic, Modern Fantasy, from Dark Horse. It's in Previews now.

John Gallagher's kid-friendly Sky Dog Comics.

ComicsDC author Matt Dembicki showing artwork from his ReDistricted webcomic project.

March's Andrew Aydin also has X-Files comics for sale. He's working with Congressman Lewis on more stories.

Keith Giffen did my absolute favorite run on Legion of Superheroes. I was able to buy a piece of original art of his Ambush Bug character a few stalls away.

Colleen Doran has a wide variety of her work for sale, including Sandman comics.

Joe Harris is visiting from NY, and Andrew Aydin recommends his work. Rockstars is his creator-owned book that's just been collected.

Sean Causeley and Julian Lytle are tabling together and both have new books out.

Local cartoonist and illustrator Jason Axtell.

Local cartoonist Bill McKay does a lot of cover art.

Local cartoonist Evan Keeling works for the Smithsonian and also makes a lot of minicomics for them. These are free, and totally cool.

Not from Brazil at Awesome Con

We arrived at Awesome Con right now and we'll have three days of fun signing and talking about our books. Because we'll be behind a table for 3 days, stop by and tell us what fun things there are to do around us  T_____T Also. Show us your cosplay costume. Find us here: For those who can't attend  I will be running a sale on lots of items after the show, so pay attention you don't want to miss out : D

Superman panel at Library of Congress just started

Washington Post's David Betancourt interviews Paul Levitz and Dan Jurgens about Superman at the Library of Congress before Awesome Con.

April 12: Animezing!: The Red Turtle

Enjoy a free Japanese animated film at the JICC!

ANIMEZING!: THE RED TURTLE Thursday, April 12 | 6:30 PM "A simple, gripping story of survival." (Noel Murray, AV Club) The first animated feature film co-produced by Studio Ghibli with an overseas studio 2017 Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Film and winner of the Special Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival A man is thrown into the sea amidst a violent tempest and, narrowly escaping death, manages to reach a desert island. After failing at several attempts to escape from the island, he is bewildered when a woman appears before him... No dialogue | Rated PG | 80 min | 2016 | Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit Registration is required. You are invited to Animezing!: The Red Turtle Thursday, April 12th, 2018 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT) Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan 1150 18th Street Northwest Suite 100 Washington DC 20036 US CLICK HERE TO REGISTER This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. In the event of a cancellation, please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. Program begins at 6:30 PM. Doors open 30 minutes before the program. No admittance after 7:00 PM. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee a seat. The JICC reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at any event sponsored by JICC without the expressed written permission of those included within the photograph/video. 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 100 | Washington, D.C. 20036-3838 TEL: 202-238-6900 | FAX: 202-822-6524 | jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp © 1981-2018 Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan