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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
PR: WOO HOO! Awesome Con 2019 is THIS WEEKEND!
Monday, April 22, 2019
Mike Cavna takes 2nd place newspaper award for Comic Riffs blog
85th National Headliner Awards Newspaper and Online winners
The 85th National Headliner Award winners honoring the best journalism for radio and television stations in 2018 were announced today. The awards were founded in 1934 by the Press Club of Atlantic City. The annual contest is one of the oldest
Best Blog
Second Place
"Comic Riffs: The Power of Political Art"
Michael Cavna
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Second Place
"Comic Riffs: The Power of Political Art"
Michael Cavna
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Since I've got the press release open, here's the editorial cartoon winners:
Editorial cartoons
First Place
Rob Rogers
RobRogers.com
Judges' comments: This collection of cartoons gets high marks for originality, diversity of topics, quality of artwork and clarity of message. An outstanding entry all around.
First Place
Rob Rogers
RobRogers.com
Judges' comments: This collection of cartoons gets high marks for originality, diversity of topics, quality of artwork and clarity of message. An outstanding entry all around.
Second Place
Ward Sutton
The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass.
Ward Sutton
The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass.
Third Place
Michael Ramirez
Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nev.
Michael Ramirez
Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nev.
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Space Force no.2: Mars Awaits"
From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist
"Space Force no.2: Mars Awaits"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2707
This was initially inspired by this article on Sputnik International,
about the six military bases up for consideration for Space Force
headquarters. After some curious digging, I've noticed they've gone
from "Mars Awaits" to the slightly more modest "back to the Moon in 5
years". Of course, the goal that's grabbing the attention of millions
of us is VP Man From GLAD's consideration of nuclear weapons
deployment in space.
Goes without saying Elon Musk is on board with the idea; I'm guessing
his long game will involve a need for a few hundred Space Grunts to
guard his gated Martian colonies for the rich.
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"Six Air Force Bases Being Considered to House Space Command -
Reports", Sputnik International 04.09.19
https://sputniknews.com/military/201904091073973316-six-air-force-bases-house-space-command/
"Pence Calls for Landing US Astronauts on Moon in 5 Years", NBC 03.26.19
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/US-Astronauts-on-Moon-5-Years-Space-Council-507681681.html
"Musk Backs Space Force Proposal", SpaceNews 11.03.18
https://spacenews.com/musk-backs-space-force-proposal/
"Pence leaves open the possibility of nuclear weapons in space: 'Peace
comes through strength'", Washington Post 10.23.18
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pence-leaves-open-the-possibility-of-nuclear-weapons-in-space-peace-comes-through-strength/2018/10/23/801a732a-d6d9-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html
"A legal look at Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars", The Space Review
07.17.17
http://thespacereview.com/article/3286/1
"Space Force no.2: Mars Awaits"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2707
This was initially inspired by this article on Sputnik International,
about the six military bases up for consideration for Space Force
headquarters. After some curious digging, I've noticed they've gone
from "Mars Awaits" to the slightly more modest "back to the Moon in 5
years". Of course, the goal that's grabbing the attention of millions
of us is VP Man From GLAD's consideration of nuclear weapons
deployment in space.
Goes without saying Elon Musk is on board with the idea; I'm guessing
his long game will involve a need for a few hundred Space Grunts to
guard his gated Martian colonies for the rich.
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"Six Air Force Bases Being Considered to House Space Command -
Reports", Sputnik International 04.09.19
https://sputniknews.com/military/201904091073973316-six-air-force-bases-house-space-command/
"Pence Calls for Landing US Astronauts on Moon in 5 Years", NBC 03.26.19
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/US-Astronauts-on-Moon-5-Years-Space-Council-507681681.html
"Musk Backs Space Force Proposal", SpaceNews 11.03.18
https://spacenews.com/musk-backs-space-force-proposal/
"Pence leaves open the possibility of nuclear weapons in space: 'Peace
comes through strength'", Washington Post 10.23.18
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pence-leaves-open-the-possibility-of-nuclear-weapons-in-space-peace-comes-through-strength/2018/10/23/801a732a-d6d9-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html
"A legal look at Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars", The Space Review
07.17.17
http://thespacereview.com/article/3286/1
That darn Curtis and Baby Blues
Art imitates life imitates art [letters on Curtis, Baby Blues].
Stephen Marschall, Lila Snow,
Washington Post April 20 2019
Friday, April 19, 2019
Post's obituary for manga's Monkey Punch
Monkey Punch, Japanese cartoonist of Lupin III manga and anime series, dies at 81 [in print as Monkey Punch, 81: Japanese cartoonist's Lupin spawned film, TV spinoffs]
Thursday, April 18, 2019
RVA magazine on Abigail Larson and their regular comics column
RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 17
Ash Griffith | April 16, 2019
https://rvamag.com/art/zines-books/rva-comics-x-change-issue-17.html
Welcome to the Dark and Beautiful World of Abigail Larson
https://rvamag.com/art/welcome-to-the-dark-and-beautiful-world-of-abigail-larson.html
Al Roker gave up cartooning for TV in DC
Did you know Al Roker was a cartoonist for the Syracuse New Times?
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Magic Bullet #18 is out
Magic Bullet 18 - Cover and ToC
MAGIC BULLET 18 is officially on the streets! The new issue has been printed, picked up, and the initial distribution run has begun. Look for it in comic book stores, music stores, book stores, coffee shops, etc!
We're excited to present the cover, from Eric Gordon, as well as the full table of contents.
We're excited to present the cover, from Eric Gordon, as well as the full table of contents.
Bozo
Santiago Casares
Carlos Torres
Bizhan Khodabandeh
Matt Rawson
G.R. Lear
Stephanie Butto and Evan Keeling
Art Hondros
Gabe McOwen
Rafer Roberts
Mike Brace
Mike Cowgill
Adam Griffiths
Troy-Jeffrey Allen and Matt Rawson
John Kinhart
Maria Sweeney
Rob Ciesielski
Dale Rawlings
Steve Wallet
Gordon Harris
Andrew Cohen
Kit Fraser
Jon Poliszuk
Teresa Roberts Logan
Steve Steiner
Beppi and Mary Knott
William A. Anderson
R.M. Rhodes and Evan Keeling
Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo
David Ross
Bruce Fasick
NPR Talks to Darrin Bell
Pulitzer-Prize Winner Darrin Bell On How Trayvon Martin's Death Inspired His Work
Ailsa Chang
· All Things Considered April 16, 2019
April 17-20 Popular Culture Association meeting in DC
Registration information is at https://pcaaca.org/conference
The guest registration option is available only for a one-day pass (24 hours) or for spouses and family members of presenters. If you are attending the conference for more than one day, are a presenter or a returning member of the Association, you should pay the full conference fee. Those violating this policy are subject to cancellation of their registration.
Please join us in Washington, D.C., for the 2019 PCA National Conference from April 17th through the 20th, 2019. We will convene at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. The Popular Culture Association is highly regarded in academe with thousands of academic oral presentations given internationally, two top-tier journals (Journal of American Culture and The Journal of Popular Culture), and over 3,000 members. This year's conference should be exciting with papers on a wide array of subjects.
Here's some items of interest to blog readers:
Animation
1314.
Animation I: Through the Eyes of Animators
Wednesday, April 17 – 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm
Jefferson
1414.
Animation II: Technology and Animation
Wednesday, April 17 – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Jefferson
1514.
Animation III: The Wonderful Worlds of Disney Animation
Wednesday, April 17 – 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm
Jefferson
1614.
Animation IV: Animation and the Real World
Wednesday, April 17 – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Jefferson
1714.
Animation Dinner
Dinner
Wednesday, April 17 – 8:15 pm to 9:45 pm
Off-Site Dinner
2114.
Animation V: Animation History
Thursday, April 18 – 8:00 am to 9:30 am
Jefferson
2214.
Animation VI: Commercialism, Consumerism, and Fan Aspects of Ani-
mation
Thursday, April 18 – 9:45 am to 11:15 am
Jefferson
2414.
Animation VII: An Examination of Gender Roles in Animation
Thursday, April 18 – 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Jefferson
2514.
Animation VIII: Critical and Theoretical Approaches To Animation
Thursday, April 18 – 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm
Jefferson
2614.
Animation Special Screening I: "Mni Wiconi: Water is Life"
Thursday, April 18 – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Jefferson
Asian Popular Culture
3428.
II. Manga: Japan
Friday, April 19 – 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm
Park Tower STE 8209
3628.
VI. Anime: Japan
Saturday, April 20 – 8:00 am to 9:30 am
Park Tower STE 8209
Comics and Comic Art
1362.
Comics and Comic Art 1: The Form
Wednesday, April 17 – 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm
Thurgood Marshall
North
1462.
Comics and Comic Art 2: Historical Perspectives
Wednesday, April 17 – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Thurgood Marshall
North
1562.
Comics and Comic Art 3: Political Topics
Wednesday, April 17 – 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm
Thurgood Marshall
North
1662.
Comics and Comic Art 4: Shifting Identities
Wednesday, April 17 – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Thurgood Marshall
North
2162.
Comics and Comic Art 5: Sex and Superheroes
Thursday, April 18 – 8:00 am to 9:30 am
Washington Room 1
2262.
Comics and Comic Art 6: Issues of Masculinity
Thursday, April 18 – 9:45 am to 11:15 am
Washington Room 1
2462. Comics and Comic Art 7: Screen Influences
Thursday, April 18 – 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Washington Room 1
2562.
Comics and Comic Art 8: Heroes
Thursday, April 18 – 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm
Washington Room 1
2662.
Comics and Comic Art 9: Graphic Mothers
Thursday, April 18 – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Washington Room 1
2762.
Comics & Comic Art 10: Roundtable on Comics Censorship
Round table
Thursday, April 18 – 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm
Washington
Room 1
2862.
Comics and Comic Art: Area Dinner
Dinner
Thursday, April 18 – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Off-Site Dinner
3162.
Comics and Comic Art 11: Historical Perspectives Deux
Friday, April 19 – 9:45 am to 11:15 am
Washington Room 1
3362.
Comics and Comic Art 12: Monsters Inside and Out
Friday, April 19 – 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Washington Room 1
3462.
Comics and Comic Art Area Meeting
Meeting
Friday, April 19 – 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm
Washington Room 1
3662.
Comics and Comic Art 13: Roundtable on X-Files
Friday, April 19 – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Washington Room 1
3762.
Comics and Comic Art 14: Good Intentions
Friday, April 19 – 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm
Washington Room 1
3962.
Comics and Comic Art 15: Exhibitionist Behavior and Underground
Comics
Friday, April 19 – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Washington Room 1
4162.
Comics and Comic Art 16: Form and Function
Saturday, April 20 – 9:45 am to 11:15 am
Washington Room 1
4262.
Comics and Comic Art 17: Stan Lee
Saturday, April 20 – 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Washington Room 1
4362.
Comics and Comic Art 18: Comics in Performance
Saturday, April 20 – 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm
Washington Room 1
Baltimore's Marc Nathan interviewed
BUSINESS 3X3: MARC NATHAN AT CARDS COMICS COLLECTIBLES AND THE BALTIMORE COMIC CON
'Making a Jump into a Much Larger Location Was Key'
Posted by Jim McLauchlin on April 16, 2019
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Library of Congress collection used for wartime comic book research
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| #22 from Grand Comics Database |
Paul Hirsch used the papers of the Writers' War Board held in the Library of Congress, specifically Box 11 of the collection, to look at how a semi-official government body influenced the depiction of the Axis in comic books during the war. DC Comics, Fawcett Comics, and Street & Smith are specifically mentioned.
The WWB also encouraged racial reconciliation in America at the same time, with a 'Race Hatred Committee' which helped with an anti-lynching story in Captain Marvel, Jr. #22.
Here's the citation and the abstract:
"This Is Our Enemy" The Writers' War Board and Representations of Race in Comic Books,1942–1945
Author(s): Paul Hirsch
Source: Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 83, No. 3 (Aug., 2014), pp. 448-486
Published by: University of California Press
Abstract
During World War II, the U.S. government, through the Writers' War Board (WWB), co-opted comic books as an essential means of disseminating race-based propaganda to adult Americans, including members of the armed forces. Working with comic creators, the WWB crafted narratives supporting two seemingly incompatible wartime policies: racializing America's enemies as a justification for total war and simultaneously emphasizing the need for racial tolerance within American society. Initially, anti-German and anti-Japanese narratives depicted those enemies as racially defective but eminently beatable opponents. By late 1944, however, WWB members demanded increasingly vicious comic-book depictions of America's opponents, portraying them as irredeemably violent. Still, the Board embraced racial and ethnic unity at home as essential to victory, promoting the contributions of Chinese, Jewish, and African Americans.
That darn Dilbert
'Dilbert' speaks truth on power
John Kohout, Alexandria
Washington Post April 13 2019 p. A17
The Post talks to Jerry Craft
Jerry Craft shares school experience and love of drawing with main character in 'New Kid'
Graphic novel is about a boy who transfers to an elite school and has trouble fitting in.[in print as Novel shows how it feels to be the 'New Kid' at school].
Monday, April 15, 2019
The Post talks to Darrin Bell about his Pulitzer Prize
How the Trayvon Martin tragedy led to Darrin Bell's historic editorial cartooning Pulitzer
NPR talks to Cathy Guisewite
After Decades Of Comics, 'Cathy' Cartoonist Found Writing 'So Liberating'
Friday, April 12, 2019
Tonight: Roz Chast and Patricia Marx -— in conversation with Melissa Block
Roz Chast and Patricia Marx - Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions — in conversation with Melissa Block
Friday, April 12, 2019 - 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Finding she couldn't get her mother's words of wisdom out of her mind, Marx, a long-time writer for The New Yorker, decided to put them in a book. Not just any book—one illustrated by her colleague, the legendary Roz Chast. No stranger to parental idiosyncrasies, Chast—author of the best-selling graphic memoir, Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?—has come up with just the right images for declarations such as, "If you run out of food at your dinner party, the world will end." Given free rein of the "rules, guidelines, principles, precepts, decrees, no-nos, yes-yes's, and arbitrary judgments of Patty's mother," Chast unleashes the full range of her witty, full-color art. Marx and Chast will be conversation with Melissa Block, special correspondent for NPR and former co-host of All Things Considered.
Click here for more information.
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April 26: Animezing!: Napping Princess
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The Post on Disney's new streaming service.
Disney's new $6.99 a month streaming service, Disney+, will include Star Wars and Marvel movies [in print as Disney unveils streaming service, but questions linger about its success].
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