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Saturday, November 23, 2019
Today: Local Comic Shop Day at Beyond Comics
Friday, November 22, 2019
NPR's Lehoczky reviews Connor Willumsen's graphic novel Bradley of Him
'Bradley Of Him' Is A Surreally Fun Desert Run
Carla McNeil's Finder makes Rolling Stone 50 best list
The 50 Best Non-Superhero Graphic Novels
Disaffected hipsters, cyberpunk dystopias, cranky ducks and boy geniuses: Here are the greatest comic-story collections that don't feature caped crusaders
Nina Allender in Billy Ireland exhibit profiled in Smithsonian blog
Celebrating a Century of Women's Contributions to Comics and Cartoons
A new exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment features innovative illustrations from the suffragist movement to today
By Theresa Machemer
November 20, 2019
Baltimore Sun on Mike Lane
Former Evening Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Lane, known for 'free-flowing artistry and passionate advocacy,' dies
R.I.P. cartoonist Mike Lane: 'rude, vicious, tough'; we wouldn't have it any other way
By BALTIMORE SUN EDITORIAL BOARD
BALTIMORE SUN
Robin Ha's new book, Almost American Girl, out in January
| Coming Soon from HarperCollins Children's Books |
 Almost American GirlBy Robin Ha A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how the arts can save a life—perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation—following her mother's announcement that she's getting married—Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to—her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined. (January 2020) |
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Dec 3: Matt Wuerker and KAL at Georgetown University
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Cartoons, Controversy and Caricatures: Political Cartooning in the Age of Trump
Healey Family Student Center, Herman Room, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
LOCATION
Healey Family Student Center, Herman Room
DATE
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Join POLITICO's Matt Wuerker and The Economist's Kevin Kallaugher for a workshop and open discussion on the theory and practice of political cartoons. Attendees will participate in the conversation and even learn to draw some famous politicians.
Sponsored by GU Politics and The Hilltop Show
EHR Insights - A Secret History of Comics story
by Mike Rhode In 2011, 3 issues of EHR Insights were published by the Defense Health Information Management System (DHIMS) which was based in Falls Church, VA at the Skyline complex. The comic book was built on the same lines as Will Eisner's WWII-and-beyond-era PS Magazine. The comic was "the new training booklet for the military's Electronic Health Record" which was designed by the Army to complement its pre-existing AHLTA system.
Unlike PS Magazine, EHR Insights survived for only a year and has mostly vanished without an electronic trace. ComicsDC writer R.M. Rhodes gave me a copy of issue 2 today and I started poking around looking for information on it. The main source of information online is a blog post by Brandon Carr who was the creator of the comic.
The comic itself is a mixture of single page comics and text, and a feature story. In #2 it's an Indiana Jones takeoff, "Montana Jackson on the Quest for the Golden Record."
Carr wrote that 10,000 copies of each comic were printed, but none are currently cataloged in WorldCat and only my copy is now indexed in the Grand Comics Database, although a set should theoretically be in the National Archives. My copy of this issue will be sent to Michigan State's Comic Art Collection soon, but it's also now scanned and available in the Medical Heritage Library.
I've reached out to both DHIMS's successor agency and Carr, and and the successor agency says they have no information on it.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
P.S. Magazine ended as printed comic in 2017, ends as digital comic book in 2019
by Mike Rhode
While looking for information on military educational comic books, I went to a couple of websites for the P.S. Magazine, the Will Eisner-created longtime Army preventive maintenance publication.
While looking for information on military educational comic books, I went to a couple of websites for the P.S. Magazine, the Will Eisner-created longtime Army preventive maintenance publication.
The Army said that they ended publication of the print version in 2017:
"A World War II publication, Army Motors, which used a few cartoon characters to discuss maintenance problems, became the model for a new publication. In June 1951, the first issue of PS Magazine was published using the cartoon format. The Army technical bulletin transitioned to an all-digital format in June 2017, publishing its 775th edition -- the last to run in print."
The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) says that the electronic issue version will end this month with #804:
" Effective 1 Nov 2019, PS will cease publication of its monthly, illustrated magazine and move to a fully-online information resource. To read PS Magazine after 1 Nov 2019, visit www.psmagazine.army.mil. A quarterly compilation of articles appearing on its website will be made available on DVIDS."
Currently issues from 1999-2019 can be downloaded at the magazine's site at https://www.logsa.army.mil/#/psmag
Historical issues from 1951-2018 can be downloaded here.
Historical issues from 1951-2018 can be downloaded here.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Fluggenock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Next Year's Model"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock:
"Next Year's Model"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2873
Here's a fun factoid for you: at least 70% of Earth's lithium reserves are in Bolivia — you know lithium, the stuff that's in the batteries in your phone, your laptop, your trendy electric car...?
Quite a happenstance for the US-backed fascist coupmongers there, huh?
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"Bolivia, with huge untapped reserves, gears up for soaring lithium demand", Agencie France-Presse, 09.14.19
https://news.yahoo.com/bolivia-huge-untapped-reserves-gears-soaring-lithium-demand-013650510.html
"Bolivia's lithium boom: dream or nightmare?" Open Democracy, 12.21.15
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/bolivia-s-lithium-boom-dream-or-nightmare/
"After Morales ousted in coup, the lithium question looms large in
Bolivia" Popular Resistance, 11.18.19
https://popularresistance.org/after-morales-ousted-in-coup-the-lithium-question-looms-large-in-bolivia/
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2873
Here's a fun factoid for you: at least 70% of Earth's lithium reserves are in Bolivia — you know lithium, the stuff that's in the batteries in your phone, your laptop, your trendy electric car...?
Quite a happenstance for the US-backed fascist coupmongers there, huh?
----
"Bolivia, with huge untapped reserves, gears up for soaring lithium demand", Agencie France-Presse, 09.14.19
https://news.yahoo.com/bolivia-huge-untapped-reserves-gears-soaring-lithium-demand-013650510.html
"Bolivia's lithium boom: dream or nightmare?" Open Democracy, 12.21.15
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/bolivia-s-lithium-boom-dream-or-nightmare/
"After Morales ousted in coup, the lithium question looms large in
Bolivia" Popular Resistance, 11.18.19
https://popularresistance.org/after-morales-ousted-in-coup-the-lithium-question-looms-large-in-bolivia/
Rosarium's Bill Campbell interviewed at More to Come
More To Come 399: Bill Campbell Interview
PW Comics World: More To Come 11/15/2019
This week on More to Come, Calvin Reid interviews Bill Campbell, founder/publisher of Rosarium Publishing and an author in his own right. They discuss Rosarium's list of graphic novels and science fiction, and its diverse list of authors; and Campbell's efforts writing 'Baaaad Muthaz' (with art by David Brame), a new graphic novel inspired by 1970s black American pop culture; as well as the issues facing black publishers in independent publishing.
Al Goodwyn's editorial cartoon newsletter
A new issue of Al Goodwyn's editorial cartoon newsletter has come out. It's really an email product, but you can see it here.
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