A Behind the Scenes Look at Black Widow - for National Geographic

 

Jul 13, 2021

National Geographic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwRbuf2CS4I

In Marvel Studios' action-packed spy thriller "Black Widow," Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.

Go behind the scenes for a special look at the real-world locations from the film for National Geographic fans. Explore our world and experience Marvel Studios' Black Widow now in theaters or on Disney+ with Premier Access.

Local MD cartoonist Sean Anderson's links

https://www.deviantart.com/skyscraper48,

https://skyscraper48.tumblr.com/,

https://www.facebook.com/Skyscraper48/,

https://www.instagram.com/skyscraper48_art/, 

https://twitter.com/skyscraper48

Stephen Hickman, formerly local fantasy artist, passes away

Stephen Hickman, Award-Winning Sci-Fi/Fantasy Painter, Has Passed Away

Stephen Hickman, an award-winning artist whose illustrations covered hundreds of science fiction and fantasy novels, passed away on Friday at age 72.

By Brian Cronin

July 16 2021

https://www.cbr.com/stephen-hickman-artist-obituary/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Meanwhile, In Miami..."

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -

"Meanwhile, in Miami..."
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3250

Meanwhile, in Miami, protests in sympathy with the US-instigated Cuban 
"democracy movement" consist mostly of pissed-off gusanos who want 
their grandfathers' casinos back.

And recently, the gusanos' scrawny-ass rallies have featured large 
numbers of the "Proud Boys" fascist gang — along with other assorted 
Trumpsters and January 6th insurrectionists — and the gusanos don't 
seem to give a rat's ass one way or the other, likely because they're 
a bunch of fascists themselves. It's so obvious at this point that you 
could hang a lampshade on it.

Just as in the 1930s — scratch an anti-communist, find a fascist.

----------

Proud Boys neo-fascist hate group joins Cuba protest outside 
Versailles on Calle Ocho last night #BecauseMiami
— Billy Corben, @BillyCorben on Twitter 07.13.2021
https://twitter.com/BillyCorben/status/1414982208134209540

Weird how this just keeps happening
— Socialist Sysadmin, @reset_by_peer on Twitter 07.13.2021
https://twitter.com/reset_by_peer/status/1415100406460465159


Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock

Fantasy artist Steve Hickman, RIP?

Joel Pollack has told me that his friend, fantasy artist Steve Hickman, born in Wash, DC, passed away. I haven't seen any confirming details yet...

Blerdcon starts today

Inclusive 'Blerdcon' Convention Kicks Off in Crystal City

Jo DeVoe

https://www.arlnow.com/2021/07/16/inclusive-blerdcon-convention-kicks-off-in-crystal-city/ 

'Space Jam: A New Legacy' — a feature-length ad for Warner Bros. — rises just above mediocrity

Kristen Page-Kirby

Freelance writer

Washington Post July 14, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/space-jam-a-new-legacy-movie-review/2021/07/14/503db95c-e00c-11eb-b507-697762d090dd_story.html

The Post on Loki's wrap-up

'Loki' just gave us Marvel's best Disney Plus finale yet

David Betancourt

July 14, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/07/14/loki-finale-disney-plus/

The Post on ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’

'Space Jam: A New Legacy' director Malcolm D. Lee has never been afraid to give the people what they want

Bethonie Butler

July 16, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/07/16/malcolm-d-lee-space-jam/

Sam Nakahira does a graphic history of K-Pop

The History Of K-Pop Has A Lot To Do With Politics [ Sam Nakahira]

• SCOTT SIMON

Weekend Edition Saturday July 10, 2021

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1014914854

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014914854/the-history-of-k-pop-has-a-lot-to-do-with-politics

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2021/07/20210710_wesat_history_of_k_pop.mp3

Aug 3: P&P Live! Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, & L. Fury-Run: Book One

P&P Live! Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, & L. Fury-Run: Book One

Tuesday, August 3, 7 p.m.

Run: Book One (Hardcover)

By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury (Illustrator), Nate Powell (Illustrator)

$24.99

ISBN: 9781419730696

Availability: Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now

Published: Abrams ComicArts - August 3rd, 2021

Run: Book One is a companion graphic memoir to the award-winning trilogy March, conceived by civil rights icon John Lewis and longtime collaborator Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell and L. Fury. Run continues where March left off to tell an often-overlooked chapter of civil rights history.

Prior to his passing, John Lewis stated, "In sharing my story, it is my hope that a new generation will be inspired by Run to actively participate in the democratic process and help build a more perfect union here in America." Run picks up after the 1965 march in Selma. Lewis and colleagues are facing arrest and the Ku Klux Klan is planning one of their largest rallies yet. Soon after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the six-day Watts Rebellion breaks out in Los Angeles. Lewis shares his experiences as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, its tensions with the NAACP and Urban League, controversial stances. Lewis shines a light on the unsung heroes who undertook the sometimes-deadly work of Black voter registration and other grassroots social justice efforts. The connection between these events and current racial tensions and protest movements provides a platform for discussion of the work that still needs to be completed.

Andrew Aydin is a bestselling and award-winning writer. He was the Digital Director and Policy Advisor and longtime collaborator to the late Georgia congressman John Lewis as well as the creator and co-author of  March. He splits his time between Washington, D.C., and Hendersonville, NC.

Nate Powell is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning graphic novelist; his work includes the March trilogy, Rick Riordan's The Lost Hero, and Save It for Later. Powell is the first and only cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. Powell lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

L. Fury is a lifelong resident of Houston, Texas with a BFA in animation from Sam Houston State University. She dove into comics full time in 2015 with the humor webcomic Bastard Comics before shifting her sights to long-form comics, illustrating the unreleased Double Barrel Shogun. Run  is Fury's first graphic novel.

Ages 12 to adult

Click here to join the Live! event.

Spiegelman at Reston Community Center ... in 2022

https://patch.com/virginia/reston/rcc-unveils-2021-2022-season-professional-touring-artists

Art Spiegelman - What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?: Sunday, Feb. 27, 3 p.m.; $20 Reston/$30 Non-Reston. Pulitzer Prize-winning artist/illustrator and author Art Spiegelman, author of Maus and Maus II, almost single-handedly brought comic books out of the toy closet and onto the literature shelves.

Wash Post reviews Libenson's Just Jaime

KidsPost Summer Book Club: 'Just Jaime' by Terri Libenson [in print as 'Gossip girl' needs a friendship lesson]

When girls force Jaime out of their group, she begins to examine her own behavior.

Christina Barron

Washington Post July 14, 2021 P C8

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/kidspost-summer-book-club-just-jaime-by-terri-libenson/2021/07/13/5d538172-c3e6-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html

NPR reviews Seek You

Loneliness Is A Communal Experience In 'Seek You'

Gabino Iglesias

NPR July 13, 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/13/1015618618/loneliness-is-a-communal-experience-in-seek-you

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness, Kristen Radtke

Rosarium's Bill Campbell interviewed by TCJ

"Systemic Change Is What Really Matters": An Interview with Bill Campbell

BY Ian Thomas Jul 12, 2021

http://www.tcj.com/systemic-change-is-what-really-matters-an-interview-with-bill-campbell/

That darn Ed Hall and Mike Luckovich

Letters to the Editor

Washington Post July 10 2021, p. A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/readers-critique-post-two-days-after-surfside-condo-collapse-was-wrong-time-speculation/

Insect metaphors really bugged him [Ed Hall ]

Matthew Makovi

A sacrilegious depiction [Ed Hall]

Neil Doran

No laughing matter [Mike Luckovich]

Carol Siegel

Big Planet Comics was 35 yesterday

Big Planet Comics

https://www.facebook.com/bigplanetcomics

Today is the 35th anniversary of the opening of the first Big Planet Comics store in Bethesda.

[God, it seems like maybe 10 years ago... max]

Cavna on dinner time at the Black Widow's house

How 'Black Widow' nailed its most moving scene — one where no action was involved [in print as A helping of Marvel magic at the dinner table]

Michael Cavna

Washington Post July 12, 2021, p C1, 5

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/07/11/black-widow-family-dinner-scene/

This story contains "Black Widow" spoilers.

Tom King to write Human Target for DC

Tom King and Greg Smallwood set their sights on HUMAN TARGET

The twelve-issue Black Label series will debut in November.

Joe Grunenwald

07/12/2021 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/human-target-king-smallwood-black-label/

The Post on Red Guardian, Black Widow, streaming anime, and Superman's Richard Donner

The Red Guardian was a 'Black Widow' role David Harbour couldn't turn down

David Betancourt

Washington Post July 9, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/07/09/david-harbour-black-widow-red-guardian/

Marvel's Black Widow gets the spotlight she deserves, only to have it stolen from her by her co-star [An Avenger usurped by co-star, action]

Ann Hornaday

Washington Post July 9 2021, Weekend p. 15, 18

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/black-widow-movie-review/2021/06/29/149eb7a6-d81f-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html

Comic books have taken over the movies. Must they take our indie auteurs, too? [in print as Auteurs' Sundance-to-spandex pipeline]

Ann Hornaday

Movie critic

Washington Post July 9 2021, p. C1-2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/black-widow-auteur-director/2021/07/07/aff5a978-de67-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html

10 noteworthy anime series to stream, whether you're a longtime fan or first-time viewer [in print as Say 'hai' to these anime series]

Bethonie Butler

Washington Post July 9, 2021 C1, 3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/07/08/anime-streaming-2021/

Richard Donner, adaptable director of 'Superman' and 'Lethal Weapon,' dies at 91 [in print as Director's blockbusters include 'Superman' and 'Goonies']

Harrison Smith

Washington Post July 8, 2021, p. B6

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/richard-donner-dead/2021/07/06/c4912050-de63-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html

July 18: *COMIC CON**FREDERICK MD

COMIC BOOK SHOWS - SPORTS CARD SHOW

http://shoffpromotions.com/
***SUNDAY JULY 18 10AM-4PM***
*COMIC CON**FREDERICK MD**COMIC CON*
FREDERICK MD. CLARION INN EVENT CENTER
5400 HOLIDAY DRIVE 21703
(near Francis Scott Key Mall)
COMIC BOOKS..POP CULTURE..ARTISTS ALLEY
****MASKS OPTIONAL****
ADM. $5 Cash; 12 & under Free
**Early Adm.9:30am-$10 Cash**
Artists Alley: Angela McKendrick;
Jay Taylor; William Auch; Ori Avissar;
Lewis Greene; Christopher Lewis;
Joshua Sigler; Laura Inglis;
Writer John L. French in Ballroom

June 14: Comics Take on Hitler and the Nazis at Holocaust Memorial Museum virtual event

Comics Take on Hitler and the Nazis

Virtual Event

	Time: July 14, 2021, 9:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EDT https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/vefbcomics0714

Location: Virtual Event

• 

• A boy from Germany reads a comic book at a school for refugee children in New York, 1942. Library of Congress, Marjory Collins

ZAP! POW! BAM! These words jump off the page as Captain America and Superman attack the comic book version of Adolf Hitler, who in reality was anything but an imaginary evil.

Superheroes have always fought dangerous villains. Their battle against Hitler in the 1930s and 1940s taught children about World War II and the Nazis. But it took years before the Holocaust and Jewish victims were clearly illustrated and identified in popular comics and graphic novels. Join us to learn how artists like Joe Kubert and Art Spiegelman led the industry to shed light on one of the darkest chapters in history.

Guests
Dr. Samantha Baskind, Professor of Art History, Cleveland State University
Eli Rosenbaum, Director, Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy, US Department of Justice

Commentary
Adam Kubert, Comic Book Artist and Educator and son of Joe Kubert

Host
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Watch live at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum. You do not need a Facebook account to view our program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the Museum's Facebook and YouTube pages.

That darn Frank Cho

Frank Cho Fight Girls Cover Withdrawn Due To Frank Frazetta Estate

July 7, 2021

by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/frank-cho-fight-girls-cover-withdrawn-due-to-frank-frazetta-estate/

July 11 Comic Logic Lot Con

July 11

Comic Logic Lot Con

SUNDAY AT 12 PM EDT – 3 PM EDT

https://www.facebook.com/events/506628894124277/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D]%7D

Comic Logic Books & Artwork

Details

Event by Comic Logic Books & Artwork

Comic Logic Books & Artwork

Price: Free · Duration: 3 hr

 

Hey friends!

Things are opening back up, but we know many of us are missing conventions, so the Comic Logic crew has decided to put on a small outdoor event!

We will have local artists, authors, and comic vendors as well as a shaved ice truck.

This is a free, family, and pet-friendly event!

There will be a BIG announcement at the start of the event!

Masks will not be required for vaccinated guests.

Wash Times whines about Captain America recognizing reality

Marvel celebrates July 4 weekend by having Captain America say American dream 'isn't real'

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times - Friday, July 2, 2021

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/2/marvel-celebrates-july-4-weekend-by-having-captain/

Captain America and the American Dream in Doubt? Or More Propaganda?

 July 4, 2021

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/captain-america-american-dream-doubt-propaganda-marvel/

Goodwyn Cartoons 7/7/21

EDITORIAL CARTOONS

July 7, 2021

The Post on Jupiter Invincible

The newest comic book superhero: An enslaved man turned immortal  [Jupiter Invincible; in print as Enslaved, immortal Marylander is the newest comic book hero]

Theresa Vargas

Washington Post July 4, 2021 : C1, 7

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/enslaved-superhero-jupiter-invincible-komunyakaa/2021/07/02/460dc91c-db8f-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Kane & Able

Interview: Jack Kirby Meets UFOs in the Creeptastic 'Kane & Able'

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

PREVIEWSworld  Jun 29, 2021

https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/252835-Interview-Jack-Kirby-Meets-UFOs-in-the-Creeptastic-Kane--Able

Michael O’Connell talks Library of American Comics

Bruce Canwell: A Conversation With a Comics Historian

BY Michael O'Connell Jul 06, 2021

http://www.tcj.com/bruce-canwell-a-conversation-with-a-comics-historian/

July 6: Justin A. Reynolds & Pablo Leon discuss Miles Morales: Shock Waves

Tuesday, July 6 at 4 p.m.

Justin A. Reynolds & Pablo Leon Miles Morales: Shock Waves / Ages 8+

Register

That darn Pulitzer and Frank & Ernest

Indifferent art unworthy of award [Pulitzer prize editorial cartoon letter]

Carl Thomason

Washington Post July 3 2021: A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/02/readers-critique-post-examples-highly-effective-ineffective-art/

Shame we can't do the same thing with headlines [letter; "Frank and Ernest."]

Frank A. Aukofer

Washington Post July 3 2021: A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/02/readers-critique-post-examples-highly-effective-ineffective-art/

The Post on Black Widow

The 7 Marvel movies you should see before 'Black Widow' [in print as Tracing the cinematic rise of Black Widow]

Watch her key moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from 'Iron Man 2' to 'Avengers: Endgame'

David Betancourt

Reporter

Washington Post July 4, 2021 p. E10-12

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/07/02/marvel-to-watch-before-black-widow/

Black Widow finally gets her own movie, one that poses the question: Who is she, really? [in print as Marvel hero gets her own film at last]

Michael Cavna

Washington Post July 4, 2021 p. E11-12

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/07/01/who-is-black-widow/

Marvel's Black Widow gets the spotlight she deserves, only to have it stolen from her by her co-star

Ann Hornaday

Movie critic

June 29, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/black-widow-movie-review/2021/06/29/149eb7a6-d81f-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html

The Post on Loki, Boss Baby, and America

Disney trademarked Loki, the Marvel movie character. Some fans of the Norse god were not happy.

By Heather Greene / Religion News Service

July 2, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/disney-loki-redbubble-trademark/2021/07/02/d59908ec-d9c0-11eb-8fb8-aea56b785b00_story.html

 

'Boss Baby' sequel offers decent return on investment, with savvy casting and pointed social satire [in print as A case of sequel-itis is helped by savvy casting and social satire]

Thomas Floyd

Washington Post July 2, 2021 , p. Weekend 20

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-boss-baby-family-business-movie-review/2021/06/30/d28c6758-d523-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html

 

A beefy George Washington avenges Lincoln's death in this cheekily inaccurate and dumb animated comedy ["America: The Motion Picture"; in print as Star-studded comedy is sometimes clever but mostly just lazy]

Inkoo Kang

Washington Post July 2, 2021 p. Weekend 19

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/america-the-motion-picture-review/2021/06/28/394f6d36-d520-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html

NPR's PCHH returns to Loki

'Loki' Is A Low-Key Character Study

GLEN WELDON, Christina Tucker, Margaret H. Willison

NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour  Jun 29, 2021

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1009187736

https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1009187736:1011037710

Sal Buscema is still drawing comics

Legendary artist Sal Buscema on his new Heroes Union project & six decades in the comics biz

Mike Avila

Jun 25, 2021 

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/sal-buscema-heroes-union-hulk

NPR reviews Cardboard Kingdom

'Cardboard Kingdom' Is About So Much More Than Just Cardboard

Juanita Giles

Are You There God? It's Me, Juanita June 28, 2021

 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/1010436493/cardboard-kingdom-is-about-so-much-more-than-just-cardboard

Howtoons creator is now a climate engineer

An Australian inventor
wants to stop global warming
by electrifying everything [Saul Griffith; Howtoons; in print as Inventor has electrifying idea to solve warming]

Story by

Rachel Pannett

Washington Post June 29, 2021, p. E1, 5

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/saul-griffith-mass-electrification/

Library of Congress's comics collection late to Pride month, makes it on last day

Let's Talk Comics: LGBTQIA+ Titles

Library of Congress' Headlines & Heroes blog June 30, 2021 by Amber Paranick

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/06/lets-talk-comics-lgbtqia-titles/

Detail from interior, Love is Love (2016). Art by Rafael Alburquerque.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Low-Priority File"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -

"Low-Priority File"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3245

...and apparently, for the Washington Post and the Democratic Party, holding their President to account for unfulfilled campaign promises is lodged in a low-priority file somewhere between "Can't Be Bothered" and "Tough Shit".



Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock