Feb 2: Wrestling Comics Day at Fantom!

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Wrestling Comics Day at Fantom!

Public

 · Hosted by Fantom Comics and BOOM! Studios

https://www.facebook.com/events/2197426770512481/?active_tab=about

Whether you're new to the Squared Circle or a lifetime Mark, wrestling has some of the most dedicated fans and amazing stories around. And what are wrestlers if not real-life superheroes and villains? Join us at Fantom for some Fables, Ladders and Chairs talk!

Highlights for the day include:

Spotlight Signing of WWE Forever #1 by BOOM Studios' Lan Pitts!

"What's Your Wrestle-Sona?" workshop with photographer Naji Copeland and Flying V wrestler Eel O'Neil!

"How To Cut A Promo Like A Pro!" tutorial with DMV indie wrestler G-Postal and Flying V wrestler Logan Easton LaRoux!

And the debut of our brand new Fantom Club shirt!

• February 2 2019, 1 PM – 4 PM

• Fantom Comics 2010 P St NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, District of Columbia 20036

Feb 13: Music Graphic Novel Book Club Discussion: Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 3

Music Graphic Novel Book Club Discussion: Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 3

• Wednesday, February 13, 2019
• 8:00 PM 9:30 PM

• Solid State Books

• 600 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

  This event is FREE and open to all. Let us know you're coming on Facebook.

• https://www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2019/2/music-graphic-novel
  

Join a group of music enthusiasts, led by Jeremiah Foxwell, as they discuss the third in the graphic novel series Hip Hop Family Tree, exploring the context in which music was created and performed. The discussion will include viewing and listening to video and audio clips.

The book is 10% off in our store through February.

Editorial Cartoons by Steve Artley

Recent cartoons from Steve Artley, "Plan BM" and "Bak to Skool."

click on images for larger view

©2019 Steven G. Artley • artleytoons • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

©2019 Steven G. Artley • artleytoons • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Art of Richard Thompson is available in French

As of last fall, The Art of Richard Thompson is available in French (in Europe at least) from Urban Comics of Paris. They have done an excellent job on the book production. Cul de Sac is also reprinted by them in three volumes. The American version is sold out from Andrews McMeel. The Incomplete Art of Why Things Are (The Richard Thompson Library Volume 1) is still currently available.

The note says that translated versions of the comics have been added at the back of this edition.

 

Panetta interviewed about Bloom, his fun new book

INTERVIEW: Kevin Panetta & Savanna Ganucheau Talk BLOOM, Baking, & Music

Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau tell The Beat about their graphic novel.

01/29/2019   by Samantha Puc

http://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kevin-panetta-savanna-ganucheau-bloom/

Danziger prose satire in The Post

As a Vermonter, I know: New Hampshire doesn't deserve the first primary [in print as Let Vermont in on New Hampshire's action].

By Jeff Danziger

Washington Post January 21 2019

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/as-a-vermonter-i-know-new-hampshire-doesnt-deserve-the-first-primary/2019/01/20/4bd7a716-0fa7-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html

but some people don't get it...

Letters to the Editor Opinion

Favoring Vermont would be no way to fix America's primary system

Ruth Skjerseth, Reston

Washington Post January 25 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/favoring-vermont-would-be-no-way-to-fix-americas-primary-system/2019/01/25/5aa8273a-200e-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html

Free Black Panther movie showings Friday

DCist has the story - https://dcist.com/story/19/01/30/these-amc-theaters-are-showing-black-panther-for-free-starting-friday/

Cavna talks Popeye with Liniers

At 90, Popeye is still going strong [in print as Popeye the sailor gets a makeover for his 90th birthday]

By Michael Cavna

January 30 2019, p. C10

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/popeye-gets-a-makeover-for-his-90th-birthday/2019/01/29/eede7df6-2350-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html

NY Times on new LoC Herblock exhibit

Library of Congress Exhibition Pairs Herblock With Other Socially Engaged Art

By Lauren Messman

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 25, 2019, on Page C5 of the New York edition with the headline: Herblock in National Exhibition.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/arts/design/herblock-library-of-congress-political-art.html

Jan 31: New Herblock exhibit opens 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.

Cavna on Steve Benson's firing

Another cartoonist loses his job. This does not bode well for the future of newspaper cartooning.

By Michael Cavna

Writer/critic

January 25 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/25/another-cartoonist-loses-his-job-this-does-not-bode-well-future-newspaper-cartooning/

Feb 15: BLOOM Signing with Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau

BLOOM signing by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau at East City Book Shop (645 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Suite 100, Washington DC 20003)
      

Friday, February 15, 2019 - 6:30pm

A thoughtful and endearing gay YA romance set in a bakery
Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band, if he can just convince his dad to let him quit their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away his days over rising doughs and hot ovens. But in the midst of interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easy-going guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of breads, love begins to bloom . . . that is, if Ari doesn’t ruin everything.

Writer Kevin Panetta and artist Savanna Ganucheau concoct a delicious recipe of intricately illustrated baking scenes and blushing young love, where the choices we make can have terrible consequences, but the people who love us can help us grow.
This event is free and open to the public.
Kevin Panetta is a comic book writer. He has worked on books for properties like Steven Universe, Regular Show, Bravest Warriors, and WWE. Kevin came to writing after years dedicated to comics as a reader, retailer, and convention organizer. He lives in Washington, DC, with his cool wife and two cool dogs. kevinpanetta.com

Savanna Ganucheau is a comic artist living in Australia, with a BFA in film from the University of New Orleans. In addition to creating the popular webcomic George and Johnny, Savanna’s artwork has appeared in notable publications including Jem and the Holograms, Adventure Time Comics, and Lumberjanes.

Feb 28: Lucy Knisley at Solid State Books

Children are welcome at this event!

Join us for a Parent Happy Hour while hearing from New York Times–bestselling author Lucy Knisley, who writes about fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood in this emotionally compelling and thought-provoking graphic memoir.

Lucy will be offering portraits of guests and/or their kids.

We will also have activities for kids to keep them busy!

About Kid Gloves:

If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you're smart and talented and “good enough,” you can do anything. Except get pregnant. Her whole life, Lucy Knisley wanted to be a mother. But when it was finally the perfect time, conceiving turned out to be harder than anything she’d ever attempted. Fertility problems were followed by miscarriages, and her eventual successful pregnancy was plagued by health issues, up to a dramatic, near-death experience in labor and delivery. Kid Gloves follows Lucy’s personal transition into motherhood, and it also illustrates the history and science of reproductive health from all angles, full of curious facts and inspiring (and notorious) figures in medicine and midwifery.

Lucy Knisley is the author and illustrator of beloved graphic novels about memory, identity, food, and family. She previously published the New York Times bestseller Relish: My Life in the Kitchen and Something New with First Second. She lives and works in Chicago, with her husband and child. lucyknisley.com

Solid State Books, 600 H Street NE, Washington, DC  20002

Feb 7: Cartoonist Jerry Craft at P&P

Jerry Craft will be signing his new book, New Kid, from HarperCollins at Politics & Prose (5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008) on February 7th at 10:30am.

Jerry Craft is an author and illustrator who has worked on numerous picture books, graphic novels, and middle grade novels. His middle grade graphic novel, New Kid, will be released by HarperCollins on February 5, 2019. Jerry has earned recognition from the Junior Library Guild, and has won five African American Literary Awards. He is the creator of Mama's Boyz, an award-winning comic strip that was distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1995 - 2013. He is a co-founder and co-producer of the Schomburg’s Annual Black Comic Book Festival which has drawn close to 40,000 fans since its inception in 2013. Jerry was born in Harlem and grew up in nearby Washington Heights. He is a graduate of The Fieldston School and received his B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts.

Jan 27: Fairfax! VA COMICON at GMU Jan 27, 2019!

The VA Comicon hosts a 1-day show in Fairfax, VA Sunday Jan 27!

Held in the Dewberry Hall in the Johnson Center at George Mason University. Get in for FREE after 1p with a GMU ID (register online)!

Age 0-12 get in FREE! Get $10 tickets, booths and full event info at
https://vacomicon.com/events/gmu2019/

We only accept cards for on-site ticket sales. $3 per-ticket convenience fee added for all paid ticket sales (including on-site).

Visit us from DC! GMU Metro Shuttle Schedule:
http://shuttle.gmu.edu/pdfs/2018/GMUshuttle%20Sandy%20Creek%20Vienna%20Metro%20Summer%202018.pdf

CIA agent-turned-Batman writer will give away comics to government workers amid shutdown - The Washington Post

Cavna on King.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/19/cia-agent-turned-batman-writer-will-give-away-comics-government-workers-amid-shutdown

Jan 19: NoVa Nerdfest: Gaming and Comics festival

From https://www.facebook.com/events/261963104473067


Do you like comic books? video games? table games? beer!?!!?


On Saturday January 19th, Crooked Run will be teaming up with Huzzah Hobbies, Games & Comics Pair O'Dice , and Eye of the Heart to throw one of the biggest events of the year and embrace our inner “Nerd”!


Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Magic the Gathering tournaments, retro gaming vendors, speed run challenges, a comic book focused lounge and much much more!


*VENDOR APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR ALL EVENTS IS AVAILABLE @ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeInUO2gi6tY9hK-hCHWa8xavgxit17pp5kpFpubBS-SyOuNg/viewform


Brings funds for event entry the day of the event.


TOURNAMENT INFO
*ALL REGISTRATION FEES WILL BE DONATED*


Street Fighter II Tournament - Starts @ 3pm
Game - Street Fighter II: 30th anniversary for Switch
Controller - Switch Pro Controller
(You may bring a Switch-compatible fight stick)
VS. Default settings - Single elimination ~ Final is best of 3
REGISTRATION - $5
PRIZE: $25 gift card, Medal, and a Street Fighter Amiibo


Magic The Gathering - Starts @ 4pm
**Update to MTG - Tournament will be Standard AND there will be space for casual/kitchen magic! $10 for tournament, $5 for casual play, BOTH get you a pack of the NEW set!
REGISTRATION - $10 Standard $5 casual (includes card pack for first 25 entries)
PRIZE: $100 in gift cards, winners badge courtesy of Uncle Goggles Emporium, 5 card packs, and more from our sponsors!


Smash Bros Tournament - Starts @ 7pm SINGLES TOURNAMENT ONLY Game - Smash Bros Ultimate for Switch Controller - Gamecube Controller (will be provided but can bring own) Stock - 3 Time - 5 mins Single elimination ~ Final is best of 3 NO ITEMS - NO ASSIST TROPHIES REGISTRATION - $10 PRIZE: $100 in gift cards, Google Home mini, trophy courtesy of Uncle Goggles Emporium, and other prizes from our sponsors!


Speed runs from 2pm - 7pm
~Super Mario Bros 1-1 (Played on NES Classic)
~Sonic The Hedgehog 1st level (Played on Genesis classic)
$5 for 3 attempts - fastest time of the day wins $25 prize


VENDORS
- Lorica Clothing
- Uncle Goggles Emporium (Sponsor)
- TNT Laser Works LLC (Sponsor)
- PowerPlay Anime
- All Star Comic Con
- Ella's Armoire
- BoldKnight Art by Branden
- Retro 808


AUTHORS
- Johnny Lupsha (Wandering City Blues, A Carrier of Fire)
- Kristina Knapp (Imperial Legends)
- Bryan Nowak the Writer (Riapoke, The Dramatic Dead)

The Beat names Tom King writer of the year

And the Comics Industry Person(s) of the Year are: Stan Lee and Olivia Jaimes

01/14/2019  by Heidi MacDonald

http://www.comicsbeat.com/and-the-comics-industry-persons-of-the-year-are-stan-lee-and-olivia-jaimes/

The Post on Glass

Bad news for M. Night Shyamalan fans: 'Glass' is a mess. [in print as Dismantles genre, leaves broken mess]

By Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post January 18 2019, p. Weekedn 23

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/bad-news-for-m-night-shyamalan-fans-glass-is-a-mess/2019/01/16/32ff1e26-1453-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html

Tom King supports furloughed feds

COMICS COMMUNITY SUPPORTS FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKERS

Tom King Gives Away Comics and Retailers Offer Discounts

Posted by ICv2 on January 17, 2019

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/42279/comics-community-supports-furloughed-federal-workers

The City Paper on Glass

Glass Is a Clumsy End to M. Night Shyamalan's 'Superhero' Trilogy

The film caps off a 19-year film experiment that began with "Unbreakable."

Alan Zilberman

Jan 17, 2019

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/film-tv/blog/21043557/glass-reviewed

Gareth Hinds' Illiad favorably reviewed at Publishers Weekly

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7636-8113-5

BYT relooks at DC in Spiderman: Homecoming

Scene in DC: Spider-Man: Homecoming

lan Zilberman

Brightest Young Things January 16, 2019

https://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/scene-in-dc-spider-man-homecoming

PR: Batman writer Tom King comes to Third Eye Annapolis this Saturday

Meet one of comics biggest superstars this Saturday at Third Eye!

Meet superstar TOM KING (BATMAN, MISTER MIRACLE, VISION) this Saturday at Third Eye Annapolis! 11AM-2PM! Signing 11AM-2PM Govt employee? Show ID and get a free DC Comics Graphic Novel or Comic courtesy of Tom King! - ALL DAY! Third Eye Faithful, we know we have a lot of you out there who may have loved ones who are impacted by the recent government shutdown, or may be impacted yourselves -- and, we know how sometimes something as simple as an afternoon of good comics, good fun, and good friends can help lighten the week. Well, when our pal, and all-around amazing comic book writer extraordinaire Tom King reached out to us to let us know he had tons of DC Comics graphic novels he wanted to put in the hands of those affected by the government shutdown -- we dug into the Third Eye vaults, put together a bunch of comics on our end as well -- and together, we're going to be hooking anyone who shows their government ID at Third Eye this Saturday between 11AM-9PM a free graphic novel or comic (while supplies last!) And, of course, even if you don't have a government ID, you can still come and get your Tom King comics and graphic novels signed! So, Third Eye Faithful, come on out this Saturday, and spend some time with your Third Eye Fam and Tom King as we deliver an afternoon of pure Third Eye fun! Read all about Tom King's projects here! DETAILS HERE RSVP for our Tom King event on Facebook! DETAILS HERE

Third Eye Comics | 2027A WEST ST, Suite 102, Annapolis, MD 21401

Cavna on 2018's superhero movie glut

2018 was the greatest year in superhero cinema [in print as Cinema's Year of the Superhero

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post (January 15 2019): C1-2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/14/was-greatest-year-superhero-cinema/

Library of Congress blogs on 1919 editorial cartoons

The League of Nations: Conflicting Opinions in Editorial Cartoons

January 15, 2019 by Arlene Balkansky

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/01/league-of-nations-in-editorial-cartoons/

The Post's Betancourt talks to David F. Walker

The voice behind some of the top black superheroes in comics is now writing about Frederick Douglass

By David Betancourt

Washington Post January 15 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/15/voice-behind-some-top-black-superheroes-comics-is-now-writing-about-frederick-douglass/

DC-area Cave Pictures Publishing profiled

I'm supposed to be interviewing them, but have fallen down on the job. In the meantime, here's Abby Olcese's interview with them:

Comic Book Myths Have a Place in Spiritual Growth

By Abby Olcese 

Sojourners 1-11-2019

https://sojo.net/articles/comic-book-myths-have-place-spiritual-growth

PR: Get Your Awesome Con Tickets Now!

Autograph sales will begin at the end of the month! Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. 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! GEEK OUT WITH #AWESOMECON!      Copyright © 2019, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 35 Nutmeg Drive Suite 125 Trumbull, CT 06611

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.

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