Tuesday, January 15, 2019

PR: Get Your Awesome Con Tickets Now!

Autograph sales will begin at the end of the month!

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Dear Awesome Con Fans,

Due to an error on our part, some of our recent newsletters may not have made it to your
inbox—including the one announcing Early Bird ticket pricing for Awesome Con 2019!

To make up for our oopsie we want to offer a limited time extension of the Early Bird pricing!

This offer expires Friday, January 18th at 11:59 PM

Click the image below and use the promo code: EARLYBIRD before checkout.

Stay awesome and purchase your Club Awesome 2019 ticket below!

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Monday, January 14, 2019

Cartoonist RJ Casey would like to teach Richard Thompson's humor

Dreaming in Comics: Alumni Interview with RJ Casey '09

by Christiana Salah

Hope College's English Department blog January 11, 2019

https://blogs.hope.edu/english/alumni/dreaming-in-comics-alumni-interview-with-rj-casey-09/

The editor of the relaunched Comics Journal magazine was asked about teaching:

If you could teach any English class, what would be the title?

It would sure have a niche audience, but "Reconsidering the Comics Canon."

and continued:

The uncanny humorous work of M.K. Brown, Richard Thompson, and Sasaki Maki...

Click through to read the whole article of course.

Sunday, January 13, 2019

The Post recounts the Daily News' Cry Baby cartoon

I drew the 'Cry Baby' heard round the world. (No, it wasn't Trump.)

By Ed Murawinski

Washington Post January 13 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/i-drew-the-cry-baby-heard-round-the-world-no-it-wasnt-trump/2019/01/11/71542fe6-14e8-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html

Friday, January 11, 2019

Jan 25: Animezing!: Fireworks

Animezing!: Fireworks

Nominated for Best Animation Film at the 2018 Awards of the Japanese Academy

Producer Genki Kawamura follows up his mega-hit Your Name with another tale of star-crossed teenage lovers with a sci-fi fantasy twist.

Shy Norimichi and fast-talking Yusuke, are goo-goo-eyed over the same elusive classmate, Nazuna. But Nazuna, unhappy over her mother's decision to remarry and leave their countryside town, plans to run away and has secretly chosen Norimichi to accompany her. When things don't go as planned, Norimichi discovers that a glowing multi-color ball found in the sea has the power to reset the clock and give them a second chance to be together. But each reset adds new complications and takes them farther and farther away from the real world – until they risk losing sight of reality altogether.

Fireworks tells a simple story of adolescent longing that taps deep wells of emotion. It is tale of youthful wistfulness, missed opportunities and long-ago dreams, of the urgency of young lovers, and the desire to create a separate universe, a magic place outside of time, where they can be together.

In Japanese with English subtitles | Rated PG | 2017 | 90 min | Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo & Nobuyuki Takeuchi

Registration required

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 6:30PM.

Doors open 30 minutes before the program. No admittance after 7:00PM or once seating is full.

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

Former local A. David Lewis writes a new old Muslim superhero

Interview: A. David Lewis embraces Kismet

01/04/2019 6:00 pm by John Seven

http://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-a-david-lewis-embraces-kismet/

JAN 16: Local Artist Jenna Ayoub signing

JAN 16 Local Artist Jenna Ayoub

Public

· Hosted by Comic Logic Books & Artwork

Details

Come meet local artist Jenna Ayoub. Jenna will have copies of her latest project "The Amazing World of Gumball vol 06 Midsummer Nightmare" Jenna will be signing from 5-7. Make sure you don't miss out on this awesome opportunity to meet this talented artist!

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 5 PM – 7 PM
Comic Logic Books & Artwork
44031 Ashburn Shopping Plz, # 281, Ashburn, Virginia 20147

Josh Kramer cartoon - The Cost of A Government Shutdown

The Cost of A Government Shutdown

by Josh Kramer

The Nib January 11 2019

https://thenib.com/the-cost-of-a-government-shutdown

March 23: James Sturm in Charlottsville

James Sturm On Tour

Across America with Off Season

James Sturm is on tour this winter and spring with Off Season, his new graphic novel about the divisive separation of a couple during the fall of 2016, during Bernie's loss to Hillary, Hillary's loss to Trump, and the disorienting months that followed.

Sturm will be making stops in New York, White River Junction, VT, Boston, Charlottesville, VA, San Francisco, CA, Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA. Join Sturm as he launches Off Season across the country!

Charlottesville, VA

Saturday, March 23, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Virginia Festival of the Book

145 Ednam Drive, 22903

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "You Can't Silence..."

From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock -

"You Can't Silence..."
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2665

With all the critical issues facing this country – the escalation of police violence, the continued highway robbery of the People by the likes of Amazon, the lack of hurricane relief for Puerto Rico, the lack of clean water in Flint, Michigan; the children dying in cages at the border – the first act of the US Senate this year was to introduce legislation that criminalized involvement with the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement working to end the Israeli occupation and apartheid state in Palestine.

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New Herblock exhibit opening this month at Library of Congress

Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
Jan. 31, 2019 – Aug. 17, 2019

A new exhibition, "Art in Action," will explore the tradition of artists as social commentators. Drawings by renowned editorial cartoonist Herblock will be paired with historical and contemporary artists' prints, drawings and posters that respond to major issues from the 17^th century to the current day. As a political cartoonist for The Washington Post and other newspapers, Herbert L. Block, better known as Herblock, devoted his career to creating social commentary through art. Topics that drew his attention provide the exhibition's framework, including civil rights, women's rights, health, war, refugees and the role of media.

Herblock's cartoons provide a call and response with other socially-engaged artists who expressed their opinions through art. The exhibition includes depictions of Pablo Picasso and works in the global tradition of political art by Jacques Callot, Francisco de Goya, and Leopoldo Méndez – as well as modern and contemporary American artists including Alexander Calder, Enrique Chagoya, Shepard Fairey, Kerry James Marshall, Juan Fuentes, Favianna Rodriguez and Helen Zughaib, among others.

Comics Research Bibliography 2018 print edition volumes and ebook available for order

Over 1200 pages long with more than 9,000 new entries, this is a bibliography of articles and books on all aspects of comic and cartoon art including comic books, comic strips, cartoons, animation, editorial cartoons, newly updated as of the end of 2018. It is based on the format used by John Lent in his ten-volume bibliography. Both the two volume print and the single file electronic book include tens of thousands of citations with links to information on comic book movies, the Charlie Hebdo massacre, the Danish Islam cartoon controversy and other topical matters. In the e-book, many citations are hot-linked to the web publication for ease of use.

Here's part of a sample entry (the * indicates a new entry for this edition):

DC Comics / National Periodical Publications

Adegoke, Yinka. 2010. Warner Bros moving some DC Comics jobs to Hollywood. Reuters (September 21): http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100921/media_nm/us_timewarner_dccomics_2

Atchinson, Lee. 2003. DC's Marketing Doyenne: Patty Jeres. Sequential Tart (January)

Bolle, Sonja. 1985. DC's 50th anniversary celebrates old favorites and new ideas. Publishers Weekly 228(Dec 6):40.

Borsellino, Mary. 2007. Interview with a DC Editor: Jeanine Schaefer. Sequential Tart (October 1): http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=705

Brady, Matt. 2006. Dan Didio, A 2006 Look Back [DC Comics]. Newsarama (December 13): http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Didio/Didio1.html

Brady, Matt. 2008. SDCC 08: From Paul Levitz's Point of View [DC Comics]. Newsarama (August 11): http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080811-SDCC08-Levitz.html

*Campbell, Josie. 2012. "American Idol's" Chris Daughtry Partners With DC's We Can Be Heroes Charity. Comic Book Resources (May 31): http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38926

Cavna, Michael. 2010. Comic-Con 2010: DC's Dan Didio talks Superman, Wonder Woman & why he loves fan interaction. Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (July 22):

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/07/comic-con_dan_didio.html

To order the books:

Volume 1 covers Comic Books and Comic Strips in the United States. $45 at http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-rhode/comics-research-bibliography-2018-print-edition-volume-1/paperback/product-23928067.html

Volume 2 covers Volume 2 covers Animation, Caricature, and Gag and Political Cartoons in the United States, as well as Canada, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia & Oceania, Central & South America and the Caribbean. $27 at http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-rhode/comics-research-bibliography-2018-print-edition-volume-2/paperback/product-23928108.html

The ebookis a DRM-free PDF with all 1200 pages. $15 at http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-rhode/comics-research-bibliography-2018-print-edition/ebook/product-23928323.html

Table of Contents (highlights only)

VOLUME 1

Introduction v

United States

1. Comic Books and Strips 002

2. Comic Books 015

· BUSINESS ASPECTS - Publishers, Companies 023

· BUSINESS ASPECTS - Distribution, Sales 062

· COMIC BOOK MAKERS AND THEIR WORKS 140

· CHARACTERS AND TITLES 337

3. Comic Strips 540

· CHARACTERS AND TITLES 547

· Cartoonists 618

3a. Web Comics, webcomics 673

VOLUME 2

4. Animation, Caricature, and Gag and Political Cartoons 682

4a. Comic Art 683

4b. Gag, Illustrative, Magazine Cartoons 695

· New Yorker magazine 696

4c. Animation 755

· Animators and Their Works 765

· Characters and Titles 778

· Companies, Networks, and Studios 884

4d. Caricature 894

4e. Political Cartoons 904

· Feiffer, Jules 918

Canada 965

Global & Europe 984

· Danish Islamic Cartoons - Religion & Censorship Controversy 985

· Charlie Hebdo massacre 1011

· Belgium 1029

· France 1040

· Great Britain 1079

Africa 1146

Middle East 1155

Asia 1168

· India 1176

· Japan 1183

Australia and Oceania 1232

Central and South America 1241

Caribbean 1249

Editorial Cartoon by artleytoons

My cartoon, "Hump Day Trump Day."

—Steven G. Artley, artleytoons

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Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Al Goodwyn available on ArcaMax

ArcaMax, an email service for cartooning (among other things) picked up local cartoonist Al Goodwyn at the start of the year: https://www.arcamax.com/politics/editorialcartoons/algoodwyn/s-2163520

Monday, January 07, 2019

Marc Singer's new comic studies book available for order

The discount code UTPRESS drops $14 off the price, and shipping is free so it's about $21.

New in Comics Studies

Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies

By Marc Singer

Challenging common critical practices and offering new interpretations of canonical texts by Marjane Satrapi, Alan Moore, Kyle Baker, Chris Ware, and others, this volume offers the first major critique of the field of comics studies.

$34.95 Paperback
312 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 color and 21 b&w photos | ISBN: 978-1-4773-1710-5

Get your copy

1978 Stan Lee panel at James Madison University reprinted

Hello, Culture Lovers! Stan the Man Raps With Marvel Maniacs at James Madison University

Pierce Askegren, Ezra Goldstein, David Wendelken, Jim Dawson

Jan 7, 2019

This interview is from The Comics Journal #42 (October 1978)

http://www.tcj.com/hello-culture-lovers-stan-the-man-raps-with-marvel-maniacs-at-james-madison-university/

PR: Zinelab Tomorrow and Future Zinelabs

We wanted to make sure everyone knew about tomorrow's Zine Lab at the Woodridge Library. It's a casual space where zinesters can get together to work on projects. Supplies are provided, and many of our zinefest organizers will be there. In fact, many people met our organizing team and decided to join up at these events. The information is below:

We're also interested in holding zine labs in all 4 quadrants of DC, and we're looking for volunteers who can help us facilitate and spaces that would be happy to host (libraries have often been their location, but that doesn't mean they have to be the only place). Reply if you want to participate or know a great place.

All our best,
DC Zinefest Organizers