January 24 2020
https://julianlytle.tumblr.com/post/190441627772/here-is-a-recorded-talk-between-tom-king-and-i-at
https://soundcloud.com/julianlytle/ig75
Here is a recorded talk between Tom King and I at Fantom Comics back in February 2019. We talk about the end of Mister Miracle and Heroes in Crisis along with questions from the audience.
Tuesday at 7 PM – 9 PM |
French Embassy in the U.S. 4101 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington D.C. 20007 |
Tickets frenchculture.org |
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Mitch McConnell doesn't care what you think. He just wants to win. [political cartoons; in print as Beware of playing poker with a sphinx].
Washington Post Jan. 24, 2020 p. C1, 3
Since the Post is firewalled, and this story isn't about cartoons really, here's a couple of quotes:
It's a subtle look, and one difficult to capture. In the many political cartoons drawn over the years, artists tend to focus on the jowls, the sunken eyes, or the thinness — rather than the trajectory — of his lips. There have been more than 650 of these comics, a fact known to McConnell and his staff because he keeps them all.
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Some he hangs gleefully from the walls of his Senate office for gawking visitors. The rest, which have been flowing in at a record pace in recent years, he keeps in an archive in Louisville. McConnell, who declined an interview request for this article, has discussed turning them into a coffee-table book and scoffed when one of his staffers suggested they might have to be censored.
"There were a ton during the Obama administration, and as you can imagine, in the age of Trump there have been a lot of insane ones," McConnell's spokeswoman Stephanie Penn said on a tour of his office, just hours before the Senate's impeachment trial of Trump. "But he has a good sense of humor about it. Better to have people talking about you and making fun of you than not talking about you at all."
The graphic novel features stunning illustrations and moving words.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carolynbelefski/blue-rose-make-100
Hello! I'm Carolyn -- illustrator, designer, and cartoonist -- creative director of Curls Studio.
We're raising funds to produce 100 limited edition hard enamel pins with a beautiful original illustrated Blue Rose design. The pins will be produced at 30mm tall with sleek rose gold plating and blue glitter color. Each pin will be fixed with a clear rubber clutch and come with a backing card.
I became enamored with blue roses about a decade ago because they symbolize unattainable love and longing to attain the impossible, as a Blue Rose does not exist in nature. The 2020 PANTONE Color of the Year is Classic Blue -- instilling calm, confidence, and connection, this enduring blue hue highlights our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era. There is a sense of mystery, rarity, and hope within the symbolism of a Blue Rose.
You may want to give the pin as a gift to someone getting married who can wear "something blue" as tradition. You may want to give two or share the pin with a friend. You may want a reminder to stop and smell the roses or a symbolic physical representation of waiting for true love. (see Stop and Smell the Roses reward option to pledge for two Blue Rose pins).
Hard enamel pin badges are durable due to the process that the enamel goes through. The stamped metal pin badge is filled with blue glitter color and is polished flat to leave a smooth flat surface.
Philippe Lançon - Disturbance: Surviving Charlie Hebdo — at Politics and Prose at Union Market, presented with the French Embassy
Saturday, January 25, 2020 - 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
A French journalist, Lançon was gravely wounded in the 2015 terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo. His powerful memoir, an award-winning bestseller in France, confronts this experience neither as a critique of terrorism nor from the perspective of a witness, but as a life-changing event. In the year it took him to return to writing—he's still a cultural critic at Charlie Hebdo—Lançon focused on healing both physically and emotionally. As he endured grueling treatment for his maimed face while reading and rereading Proust, Mann, Kafka, and others in search of guidance, he also reassessed his relationship to the world, his work, and to love and friendship. In partnership with the French Embassy
This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
Click here for more information.
Politics and Prose at Union Market 1270 5th Street NE Washington DC 20002
The Sharpie Image: Trump's third year sketchbook
by Steve Brodner
Washington Post January 19 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/opinions/amp-stories/brodner-sharpie-image/
Longtime political cartoonist Ron Rogers dies at 65
1/17/2020
http://richmondfreepress.com/news/2020/jan/17/longtime-political-cartoonist-ron-rogers-dies-65/
BOOK REVIEW: 'Screwball!'
Washington Times January 16, 2020
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/16/book-review-screwball/
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Here's a little bit of cartoon wisdom.
Robin Ha
Almost American Girl (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, Jan.; $22.99 hardcover, $12.99 trade paper; 65,000-copy paper first printing; ages 13–up)
Why the buzz: "A graphic memoir is the ideal format for this story of immigration, assimilation, and the transformative power of art. Through Robin's eyes, we experience—on a visceral level—her confusion and hurt, but ultimately her triumph, when she is suddenly transplanted from Seoul, South Korea, to Huntsville, Alabama, as a girl."—Alessandra Balzer, v-p, co-publisher, Balzer + Bray
Opening: "I was 14 years old."
Evening author reception
Jillian Tamaki, illustrator
My Best Friend, written by Julie Fogliano (Atheneum, Mar.; $17.99; 100,000-copy first printing; ages 4–8)
Why the buzz: "This pitch-perfect friendship story is stunning in every way. Julie has the brilliant ability to write the way children feel and play and speak, and in this book she captures childhood friendship in all of its quirky, lovely detail. Jillian's lush illustrations are done in a limited palette of soft, warm colors that feel like a hug. My Best Friend has the feel of an instant classic from two incredible talents."—Reka Simonsen, editorial director, Atheneum
Opening: "i have a new friend."
Evening author reception
