Saturday, September 05, 2020

The biggest movie so far to be bumped from theaters to home viewing during the pandemic is Disney's Mulan. The live-action reimagining of the 1998 animated musical doesn't have songs or a cartoon dragon. But the story still finds young Mulan disguising herself as a man so she can fight in her father's place.

Vice recommends King's Strange Adventures

DC's Best Comic Right Now Is Not So Quietly About the Horror of the Iraq War

Strange Adventures is about a broken man making a terrible mistake.

by Gita Jackson

September 3, 2020,

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4aymgn/dcs-best-comic-right-now-is-not-so-quietly-about-the-horror-of-the-iraq-war

Thursday, September 03, 2020

Mo Willems' Kennedy Center performance comes to HBO

Mo Willems' First Live Action Special Gets HBO Max Premiere Date

By Claire Spellberg

@c_spellberg Aug 27, 2020

https://decider.com/2020/08/27/mo-willems-pigeon-special-hbo-max-premiere-date/

Latest 2120 post from 730DC

This is week five in our six weeks of dispatches from the year 2120. Stay tuned for the thrilling finale next Thursday. You can read the first four installments here and more about the project here. Josh Kramer annotates these messages with links from our present and is also drawing this comic that takes place in 2120. Click here to unsubscribe but keep getting 730DC.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "This Machine Kills Fascists"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -

"This Machine Kills Fascists"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3058

American protest-song legend Woody Guthrie was known for the sticker on his guitar reading "This Machine Kills Fascists".

However, the murder of unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin by Kyle Rittenhouse — and the ongoing assaults against unarmed protesters by armed fascist thugs — have led me to conclude that there's only one kind of machine that kills fascists — and it's not a guitar.

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"'This Machine Kills Fascists': The Life And Music Of Woody Guthrie",
U.S. History Scene
https://ushistoryscene.com/article/woody-guthrie/

"Kyle Rittenhouse, teen charged in Kenosha killings, praised police and supported Trump", Los Angeles Times 08.27.2020
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kyle-rittenhouse-teen-charged-in-kenosha-killings-praised-police-and-supported-trump/ar-BB18pwHy

"How Nonviolence Protects The State", by Peter Gelderloos via The Anarchist Library
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state

6:15 today - Book Talk with Jeremy Whitley and Jamie Noguchi

TODAY AT 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM

Book Talk with Jeremy Whitley and Jamie Noguchi

https://www.facebook.com/events/310040463650305/

Online Event

Details

Today at 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM

Public · Hosted by The Hilltop Show

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RvMhKoVZREe__fXxPIjrMw

Join the Hilltop Show for a conversation with the creators of "School for Extraterrestrial Girls" about working in the genre of Sci-fi Kid Lit, and writing and illustrating books during COVID-19

Jamie will also talk about his webcomic "Yellow Peril" and Asian-American representation in entertainment.

Doors open at 5:45 PM EST.

The Lily's latest comic

Being on social media is exhausting. Here's how I'm balancing it with my well-being.

At times, it feels performative

Mayya Agapova

August 30 2020

https://www.thelily.com/being-on-social-media-is-exhausting-heres-how-im-balancing-it-with-my-well-being/

Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Fantom Comics newsletter excerpts

- FREE COMIC BOOK SUMMER SATURDAY COMES SEPTEMBER 5TH AT FANTOM:
FCBS Books Available This Saturday, September 5th:

Ten Speed Press - Jack Kirby Epic Life King of Comics
Graphix - Owly the Way Home
Insight Comics - Mean Girls Senior Year
Viz Media - Naruto Samurai 8 Viz Manga
Benitez Productions - Lady Mechanika

Will also have the following which was incorrectly said to have come out August 29th:
IDW Publishing - Usagi Yojimbo

**We also have ALL previously released FCBS titles in stock - check out freecomicbookday.com to view them and all can be picked up in store (open for Phase Two) or via fantomcomics.com!**

For further details on FCBSummer: https://www.facebook.com/events/306700033813025?active_tab=about

This year has caused a great deal of hardship, so we're suggesting that anyone who'd like to grab some free books to donate to DC non-profits like Bread For The City (breadforthecity.org), Casa Ruby (casaruby.org), So Others Might Eat (https://www.some.org/), Capital Area Food Bank (https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/), or HIPS (https://www.hips.org). You can donate in store at checkout or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "FCBS" at the top of the page, with minimum starting at $5 and no max threshold.

- EVENTS:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH @ 6:30PM VIA ZOOM & FACEBOOK LIVE: FANTOM VIRTUAL TRIVIA NIGHT:
Fantom Trivia is going VIRTUAL again on the 3rd Saturday of August! Compete from your home to win the virtual gauntlet and help support the Fantom Comics community during these pandemic times.

For further details and sign up: https://bit.ly/SeptemberTrivia

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH @ 3PM VIA ZOOM: DRAW AT HOME WITH FANTOM COMICS:
Draw At Home is back with Sarahti for another adventure in continuing to show fun tricks of the trade, share artwork and make new friends! Registration is required prior to the event.
Fantom Comics does have the right to remove any disruptive participants from the event, so please be considerate to others.
For further details: bit.ly/DrawAtHome920

Indian comic strip panels popping up around DC

"help me track down who makes them/ is posting them around town"

Prince Of Petworth

September 2 2020

https://www.popville.com/2020/09/help-me-track-down-who-makes-them/

The Post on the Charlie Hebdo massacre trial opening

Charlie Hebdo republishes Muhammad cartoon ahead of shooting trial [in print as Charlie Hebdo reprints cartoons of Muhammad].

James McAuley

Washington Post September 2, 2020 : A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-mohammed-cartoon-trial-france/2020/09/01/e4a459c4-ec57-11ea-bd08-1b10132b458f_story.html

Charlie Hebdo terror attack suspects go on trial in Paris

By Lori Hinnant and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny | AP

September 2, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/14-on-trial-in-2015-paris-attacks-that-sparked-terror-wave/2020/09/02/23afd408-ecef-11ea-bd08-1b10132b458f_story.html

Post opinion piece on Black Panther accents

Why Chadwick Boseman's fight for African accents in 'Black Panther' was so important

Opinion by

Karen Attiah

Global Opinions editor

Washington Post September 1, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/01/why-chadwick-bosemans-fight-african-accents-black-panther-was-so-important/

Christine Emba: 'Black Panther' is a black triumph. America is afraid of those.

Karen Attiah: Forget Killmonger — Wakanda's women are 'Black Panther's' true revolutionaries

Larry Madowo and Karen Attiah: 'Black Panther': Why the relationship between Africans and black Americans is so messed up

Tuesday, September 01, 2020

PR: Join us for our Beast Boy Virtual Launch Signing w/ Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo Tomorrow Night

Click here to find out about how to tune in & get your signed copies!

9/2/20 - signed copies go on sale at 7PM EST!

Click here to order (link goes active 9/2/20 at 7PM!)

Click here to order a regular edition of TEEN TITANS BEAST BOY for in-store pick up or mail order now!

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PR: Small Press Expo Announces 2020 Ignatz Award Nominees

Ignatz 2020 logo design by Ebony Flowers

For Immediate Release

Contact: Dan Stafford

Email: dan@smallpressexpo.com

Bethesda, Maryland – The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce the 2020 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

The Ignatz, named after George Herriman's brick-wielding mouse from his long running comic strip Krazy Kat, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz Awards are a festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry.The 2020 Ignatz Awards are sponsored by Politics & Prose, a D.C. based independent bookstore devoted to cultivating community and strengthening the common good through books, programs, and a respectful exchange of ideas.

The nominees for the ballot were determined by a panel of the best of today's comics professionals, Scott Cederlund, November Garcia, Malala Gharib, and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell. Voting beings August 31 and continues until September 9. Register to vote via the SPX website. Everyone registering to vote after the initial ballots are mailed on August 31 will be emailed ballots soon after registration.

Outstanding Artist

Ana Galvañ - Press Enter to Continue

Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

Tianran Qu - Slices of Life 100 Comic Montage

Michael DeForge - Familiar Face

Katie Hicks - Guts

Outstanding Anthology

Dates III - edited by Zora Gilbert & Cat Parra

Be Gay, Do Comics - edited by The Nib

LAAB Magazine #4 - edited by Ronald Wimberly & Joshua O'Neill

The Anthology of Mind - Tommi Musturi

Sweaty Palms Volume 2 - Sage Coffey

Outstanding Collection

GLEEM – Eddy Carrasco

Glenn Ganges in: The River at Night – Kevin Huizenga

Inappropriate – Gabrielle Bell

Slices of Life: 100 Comic Montage – Tianran Qu

The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski – Noah Van Sciver

Outstanding Comic

Cosmoknights - Hannah Templer

My Dog Ivy - Gabrielle Bell

Cry Wolf Girl - Ariel Ries

Theth Tomorrow Forever - Josh Bayer

Mooncakes - Wendy Xu & Suzanne Walker

Outstanding Graphic Novel

Hot Comb - Ebony Flowers

Pittsburgh - Frank Santoro

Skip - Molly Mendoza

How I Tried to be a Good Person - Ulli Lust

This Was Our Pact - Ryan Andrews

Outstanding Minicomic

The Gulf - Nguyen Nguyen

Chapter Two - Keren Katz

Canvas - Theo K. Stultz

I Feel Weird #4 - Haleigh Buck

Black Hole Heart - Cathy G Johnson

Outstanding Online Comic

I Exist - Breena Nuñez

Like the Tide - Isabella Rotman

SUPERPOSE - Joe Seosamh & C. Anka

Gabby Schulz (@gabbyschulz)

Witchy - Ariel Ries

Outstanding Series

The Misplaced - Chris Callahan

Fizzle - Whit Taylor

SUPERPOSE - Joe Seosamh & C. Anka

kuš! - kuš! komiks

Frontier - Youth in Decline

Outstanding Story

The Lab – Allison Conway

The Hard Tomorrow – Eleanor Davis

The Weight #9 – Melissa Mendes

"Little Red Riding Hood" – Inappropriate – Gabrielle Bell

BTTM FDRS – Ezra Daniels & Ben Passmore

Promising New Talent

AJ Dungo

Sylvia Nickerson

Theo Stultz

Emil Wilson

Andrew Lorenzi

Congratulations to all our nominees!

Key Dates for the 2020 Ignatz Awards

August 31 - Announcement of Ignatz 2020 nominees
September 1 - Voting begins with ballots emailed to all registered voters
September 7 - Voter registration ends
September 8 - Voting for the 2020 Ignatz Awards ends
September 12 - Online presentation of Ignatz Award winners

Everyone registering to vote after the initial ballots are mailed on August 31 will be emailed ballots soon after registration.

The Ignatz Awards ceremony will be live-streamed on Saturday night, September 12 at 8PM Eastern Time on the SPX Youtube channel. Further details on presenters will be given at a later date.

The 2020 Ignatz Awards are sponsored by Politics and Prose

Politics and Prose is a D.C. based independent bookstore devoted to cultivating community and strengthening the common good through books, programs, and a respectful exchange of ideas.

https://www.politics-prose.com/

Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.

The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Small Press Expo

P.O. Box 5704

Bethesda, Maryland

20824

www.smallpressexpo.com

press@smallpressexpo.com

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Monday, August 31, 2020

Betancourt on Boseman and Black Panther

Chadwick Boseman embodied the Black heroes of our past and gave us one for the future

David Betancourt

Reporter

Washington Post August 30 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/08/30/chadwick-boseman-appreciation/

Telnaes cartoon print for sale to support endangered cartoonists

Ann Telnaes's Trump as Elvis print is for sale to support Cartoonists Rights Network International.

New Billy the Pop book, and website, from Cole Goco

Excerpted from his blog:

As I promised in the previous post, I'm here to notify you all about the third and final Billy the Pop book collection! It's called Sweet Adventure, and contains the Billy strips from 2017 to 2020. As with the previous two books, it contains several all-new watercolor illustrations, which I had a lot of fun putting together. I consider this the best Billy book of the three, as to me it represents the peak of the strip's humor and visuals and features some of the strip's best storylines.

Here are a few photos of the book to give you an idea. I'm quite pleased with how it came out.

Sweet Adventure is available on Amazon for US$19. Visit the page here!

Additionally, I've spent a portion of the summer putting together my new website, colegoco.art! This will serve as my new hub for all my artistic pursuits: comics, film, illustration and more. The site already holds plenty of drawings and films that I've never mentioned on this blog before, so head over there if you want to see those. Feel free to check in every now and then to see what I've been working on! You can also follow me on my Instagram, where I'll post a bit more frequently and give updates on what I'm doing.