Monday, August 30, 2021
Washington City Paper scans begin life online
The DC public library has just announced it, while also looking for help to index it. For the first issue of February 20, 1981, there are two comics that I'm unfamiliar with - 'On the Corner' and 'G Street' both of which seem homegrown and lasted at least into the Sept issue I looked at. By the time I was reading it in 1983 at GWU, I seem to recall the standard alternative cartoonists of the time being in the back pages. FWIW, these are scanned from microfilm, and are thus darker than they should be, and also appear to be hosted by the Internet Archive on the back end.
Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Washington City Paper by helping us describe our new digital collection, and make more issues available online. The first year of the paper is available now in Dig DC.
Learn to create descriptions, called metadata, at this hands-on virtual event. No prior knowledge of metadata or the City Paper is required to participate. All skills levels are welcome.
This event will be completely virtual and registration is required.
2 comics events at Library of Congress National Book Festival
The 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival is Sept. 17-26, with live author conversations every day. On Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. ET, 35 video-on-demand programs will become available to watch anytime. This year's Festival also features interactive presentations with Library of Congress experts, a national television special and related events on PBS, NPR podcasts, and author interviews on Washington Post Live. Check out Festival Near You to discover related events from local organizations.
https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/schedule/With Great Responsibility: The Spider-Man Origin Story in Art and Comic Books Thursday
September 23, 2021
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
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September 23, 2021
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
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Let's share a virtual moment with the Spider-Man origin story — which includes Stan Lee's story and Steve Ditko's art — from "Amazing Fantasy" #15 (1962). Look at selected images from the drawings and hear experts' insights into the collaboration that led to the development of the teen superhero.
More information at zoomgov.com External.
Genre: Your Library of Congress Event | lectures and symposia
Live Q&A with Trung Le Nguyen Saturday
September 25, 2021
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
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September 25, 2021
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
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Sunday, August 29, 2021
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Stealing Our Souls"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -
"Stealing Our Souls"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3301
There's a new strain of Covidiot virus going around among healthcare
workers — proof that Stupid can strike any of us, though if you
consider how long it takes to become a doctor vs. how long it takes to
become a nurse, it all makes sense.
There have been a couple of outbreaks of the new Stupid Variant in the
past week, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and in New York. A
close read of the thread in which Max Blumenthal tweets the NYT
article tells me, personally, that Blumenthal is about to dive down
the anti-vax rabbit hole if he hasn't already. He seems to imply at
one point that PhD's were among the most reluctant to take the
vaccine, which proves nothing except that having a PhD doesn't make
you immune to the Stupid Variant — nor does not being a Trumpster.
But, back to the outbreaks of Covidiot Virus. You know how back in the
1970s and '80s you'd read every so often about some National
Geographic documentary crew going deep into the Amazon jungle or
someplace and encountering some tribe that's lived in isolation for a
thousand years, and they see the cameras and video images of
themselves for the first time and freak out because they think the
cameras are stealing their souls? Well, how different is that from
these doorknobs who think that Bill Gates is putting microchips in
vaccines, or that taking cow dewormer and shitting out your stomach
lining will cure Covid-19?
9 x 17 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 1.2mb
Also includes the "Infected Mix"
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"A Hospital Finds an Unlikely Group Opposing Vaccination: Its
Workers", Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura in the New York Times, 08.24.2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/nyregion/staten-island-covid-vaccine-workers.html
"The stereotype of The Unvaccinated as MAGA neanderthals is falling
apart almost as fast as the Pfizer efficacy rate" — Max Blumenthal
@MaxBlumenthal on Twitter, 08.24.2021
https://twitter.com/maxblumenthal/status/1430355070235860997
"A July 2021 Carnegie Mellon study revealed 'the most educated group'
consisting of PhD's to be the most strongly and consistently reluctant
to take emergency use Covid vaccines..." — Max Blumenthal
@MaxBlumenthal on Twitter, 08.24.2021
https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1430375565387878401
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
"Stealing Our Souls"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3301
There's a new strain of Covidiot virus going around among healthcare
workers — proof that Stupid can strike any of us, though if you
consider how long it takes to become a doctor vs. how long it takes to
become a nurse, it all makes sense.
There have been a couple of outbreaks of the new Stupid Variant in the
past week, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and in New York. A
close read of the thread in which Max Blumenthal tweets the NYT
article tells me, personally, that Blumenthal is about to dive down
the anti-vax rabbit hole if he hasn't already. He seems to imply at
one point that PhD's were among the most reluctant to take the
vaccine, which proves nothing except that having a PhD doesn't make
you immune to the Stupid Variant — nor does not being a Trumpster.
But, back to the outbreaks of Covidiot Virus. You know how back in the
1970s and '80s you'd read every so often about some National
Geographic documentary crew going deep into the Amazon jungle or
someplace and encountering some tribe that's lived in isolation for a
thousand years, and they see the cameras and video images of
themselves for the first time and freak out because they think the
cameras are stealing their souls? Well, how different is that from
these doorknobs who think that Bill Gates is putting microchips in
vaccines, or that taking cow dewormer and shitting out your stomach
lining will cure Covid-19?
9 x 17 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 1.2mb
Also includes the "Infected Mix"
----------
"A Hospital Finds an Unlikely Group Opposing Vaccination: Its
Workers", Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura in the New York Times, 08.24.2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/nyregion/staten-island-covid-vaccine-workers.html
"The stereotype of The Unvaccinated as MAGA neanderthals is falling
apart almost as fast as the Pfizer efficacy rate" — Max Blumenthal
@MaxBlumenthal on Twitter, 08.24.2021
https://twitter.com/maxblumenthal/status/1430355070235860997
"A July 2021 Carnegie Mellon study revealed 'the most educated group'
consisting of PhD's to be the most strongly and consistently reluctant
to take emergency use Covid vaccines..." — Max Blumenthal
@MaxBlumenthal on Twitter, 08.24.2021
https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1430375565387878401
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
Friday, August 27, 2021
8/28: Fantom Comics online bookclubs
>>>Saturday, August 28th @ 4pm
>>>BLACK EXCELLENCE BOOK CLUB
Black Excellence Book Club presents, "Genius, Volume 1: Siege"
Join the Pop Culture Uncovered podcast and Fantom Comics for a discussion of, "Genius, Volume 1: Siege", written by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman, with art by Afua Richardson.
From the book jacket: "Winner of Top Cow's 2008 PILOT SEASON...GENIUS stands out in a world of science fiction and superheroes. Full of stark verisimilitude, painfully dark humor, and disturbing cultural relevance, this book will earn its place in any comic fan's collection - however conventional or unconventional the taste."
Facebook event link: https://fb.me/e/2FBhKFRUx
Get your copy now so you can join the discussion: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/genius-trade-paperback-volume-1.00
>>>Saturday, August 28th @ 6pm
>>>MANGA BOOK CLUB
Fantom Comics Manga Book Club presents, "My Little Monster, Volume 1"
Following the Black Excellence Book Club, jump on Zoom for the very popular Fantom Comics Manga Book Club, with this month's featured manga, "My Little Monster, Volume 1," by Robico.
From the publisher: "Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship!"
Zoom event registration link: https://bit.ly/monster0828
We got the book back in stock!
Get your copy now so you can join the discussion: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/my-little-monster-graphic-novel-volume-1.00
NPR reviews a Chinese cartoonist collected by Canadian publisher D&Q
Take A Magical Mystery Tour With This Chinese Comic Artist [ Zuo Ma's Night Bus]
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Australia’s PM becomes the only politician ever to suggest 'The Croods' as a policy prescription
Australia's prime minister compares coronavirus exit strategy to 'The Croods' movie [in print as Invoking 'The Croods,' leader urges Australians to 'go out and live again']
'We can't stay in the cave,' Scott Morrison said, comparing the events in a DreamWorks movie to lockdowns
This week's comic in The Lily
Our culture fetishizes youth. I want to celebrate my successes at any age.
I'm letting go of the 'life timeline' society has created for me
(Pepita Sándwich for The Washington Post) (Pepita Sándwich for The Washington Post)
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Free Comic Book Day comics arriving in 2 research libraries
With help and gratitude from Big Planet Comics (Bethesda), Fantom Comics, and Victory Comics, I was able to put together 2 almost complete sets for the Library of Congress and Michigan State University (as well as for myself, natch, because I am a true collector). I delivered the LoC's set yesterday, and am almost ready to mail the other set to MSU. Both sets are light on five comics - in case there's any other donors out there. And I do have extras if there are any other research libraries looking for issues.
Missing are:
10 TON PRESS
FCBD 2021 10 TON OF FUN SAMPLER
AUG 14, 2021
MAD CAVE STUDIOS
FCBD 2021 BOUNTIFUL GARDEN #1
AUG 14, 2021
DEVILS DUE
FCBD 2021 TRAILER PARK BOYS
AUG 14, 2021
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Like everyone, the Walking Dead have Metro issues
Here's What A Post-Apocalyptic Metro System Looks Like, According To 'The Walking Dead'
Monday, August 23, 2021
The Post already reviews Shang-Chi ... 2 weeks before opening
Marvel's 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' breaks new ground, and has fun doing so
For some reason, the Post reviewed Paw Patrol.
'Paw Patrol: The Movie': More like 'Aww Patrol.' [in print as Making the leap from TV to movies is awfully cut and cuddly].
That darn Lisa Benson
A dangerous straw man [Lisa Benson; letter]
Ellen Bass, Washington
Washington Post August 21 2021, p.A17
Ellen Bass, Washington
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "This Is Your Captain Speaking..."
I can't keep up with DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -
"This Is Your Captain Speaking..."
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3290
I present for you now, ladies'n'gents, my very first cartoon of the
2024 Presidential campaign — and leave all hope behind...
"Human remains were reportedly found in the landing gear of a US military plane after it departed Kabul airport, with harrowing unverified
footage purporting to show a person trapped on the plane's exterior as it took off...
...In footage too graphic to publish, presumably filmed through
a window by a passenger on board the plane, the person was seen trapped
outside the craft in mid-flight, though it is unclear exactly when the video was
captured or how long after the C-17 took off."
— RT.com, 08.17.2021
...and the tweet in question has since been pulled for "violating the
Twitter rules" — though, luckily, that evil, terrible old
Russian-controlled media nabbed us a frame or two. I wish I'd jumped
on it and downloaded a copy of the video as soon as I saw it — barely
7 months in, and we already have a disgustingly apt visual metaphor
for the entirety of the Biden Years.
This is your future, working-class America.
11x12.5 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 901kb
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"Shocking video appears to show body dangling from US plane out of
Kabul, 'human remains' later found in landing gear", RT 08.17.2021
https://www.rt.com/news/532251-human-remains-afghanistan-plane/
tweet deleted for "violation" with footage
https://twitter.com/sergeantsavage/status/1427452972238213122
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
"This Is Your Captain Speaking..."
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3290
I present for you now, ladies'n'gents, my very first cartoon of the
2024 Presidential campaign — and leave all hope behind...
"Human remains were reportedly found in the landing gear of a US military plane after it departed Kabul airport, with harrowing unverified
footage purporting to show a person trapped on the plane's exterior as it took off...
...In footage too graphic to publish, presumably filmed through
a window by a passenger on board the plane, the person was seen trapped
outside the craft in mid-flight, though it is unclear exactly when the video was
captured or how long after the C-17 took off."
— RT.com, 08.17.2021
...and the tweet in question has since been pulled for "violating the
Twitter rules" — though, luckily, that evil, terrible old
Russian-controlled media nabbed us a frame or two. I wish I'd jumped
on it and downloaded a copy of the video as soon as I saw it — barely
7 months in, and we already have a disgustingly apt visual metaphor
for the entirety of the Biden Years.
This is your future, working-class America.
11x12.5 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 901kb
---------------
"Shocking video appears to show body dangling from US plane out of
Kabul, 'human remains' later found in landing gear", RT 08.17.2021
https://www.rt.com/news/532251-human-remains-afghanistan-plane/
tweet deleted for "violation" with footage
https://twitter.com/sergeantsavage/status/1427452972238213122
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
Flugennocks Latest'n'Greatest: "Afghan Women's Liberation no. 2"
DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock -
"Afghan Women's Liberation No.2 (or, Won't Somebody Think Of The Women?)"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3298
When the US first set out inflicting two decades of destruction and
misery on Afghanistan the Liberals, true to the old Phil Ochs song,
were never more red, white and blue — and the Liberals' most
appallingly cynical appeals for support for that debacle came from the
"imperial Feminists" who tried to tug our heartstrings with horror
stories about burqas, illicit nail salons, and no HBO.
So, it was no surprise when America's Imperial Feminists picked up
where they left off, joining the chorus of bitching, pissing, moaning
and sour-graping about their being run out of Afghanistan, reviving
the tired old bromides about women's rights and how the US "left women
behind" when it dragged its bloody ass out of the place after twenty
years in the Graveyard Of Empires.
The most unctous of these was an article in The Atlantic which dragged
out every one of those tired old arguments, hoary old horseshit so old
it's got SCSI ports on the back. What was merely appalling twenty
years ago is absolutely godawful today, considering the current abuse
of working-class women in the US, and in US satellite states like
Saudi Arabia:
One reason that we stayed in Afghanistan so long with nothing to
show for itexcept the safety of women, @CaitlinPacific writes, is that for
all of our sins, our default position is freedom.
—The Atlantic, @theatlantic on
Twitter, 08.19.2021
Says on the author's profile that she traffics in "thought crimes for
all occasions". I wouldn't know about that, but that article of hers
sure is a goddamn crime, I'll tell ya that for free.
10x17 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 993kb
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"One reason that we stayed in Afghanistan so long with nothing to show
for it except the safety of women, @CaitlinPacific writes, is that for
all of our sins, our default position is freedom." The Atlantic,
@theatlantic on Twitter, 08.19.2021
https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1428368543058300937
Caitlin Flanagan, @CaitlinPacific on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/CaitlinPacific
"The Week the Left Stopped Caring About Human Rights", Caitlin
Flanagan in The Atlantic, 08.19.2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/america-afghanistan-women/619828/
"Afghan Women's Liberation", cartoon by Mike Flugennock, February 2002
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=251
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
"Afghan Women's Liberation No.2 (or, Won't Somebody Think Of The Women?)"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3298
When the US first set out inflicting two decades of destruction and
misery on Afghanistan the Liberals, true to the old Phil Ochs song,
were never more red, white and blue — and the Liberals' most
appallingly cynical appeals for support for that debacle came from the
"imperial Feminists" who tried to tug our heartstrings with horror
stories about burqas, illicit nail salons, and no HBO.
So, it was no surprise when America's Imperial Feminists picked up
where they left off, joining the chorus of bitching, pissing, moaning
and sour-graping about their being run out of Afghanistan, reviving
the tired old bromides about women's rights and how the US "left women
behind" when it dragged its bloody ass out of the place after twenty
years in the Graveyard Of Empires.
The most unctous of these was an article in The Atlantic which dragged
out every one of those tired old arguments, hoary old horseshit so old
it's got SCSI ports on the back. What was merely appalling twenty
years ago is absolutely godawful today, considering the current abuse
of working-class women in the US, and in US satellite states like
Saudi Arabia:
One reason that we stayed in Afghanistan so long with nothing to
show for itexcept the safety of women, @CaitlinPacific writes, is that for
all of our sins, our default position is freedom.
—The Atlantic, @theatlantic on
Twitter, 08.19.2021
Says on the author's profile that she traffics in "thought crimes for
all occasions". I wouldn't know about that, but that article of hers
sure is a goddamn crime, I'll tell ya that for free.
10x17 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 993kb
----------
"One reason that we stayed in Afghanistan so long with nothing to show
for it except the safety of women, @CaitlinPacific writes, is that for
all of our sins, our default position is freedom." The Atlantic,
@theatlantic on Twitter, 08.19.2021
https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1428368543058300937
Caitlin Flanagan, @CaitlinPacific on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/CaitlinPacific
"The Week the Left Stopped Caring About Human Rights", Caitlin
Flanagan in The Atlantic, 08.19.2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/america-afghanistan-women/619828/
"Afghan Women's Liberation", cartoon by Mike Flugennock, February 2002
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=251
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
Friday, August 20, 2021
Tom King interview on music site
Superhero Status: Isaiah Rashad on the DC Comic Behind His New Album [Mr. Miracle; Tom King and Mitch Gerads interview]
Monday, August 16, 2021
Catching up with The Lily's comics (again)
Social media can hurt and help us. These comics dive into the complexities.
Read the final installment of a special edition of Lily Lines
(Bianca Xunise/For The Washington Post)
Self-defense can be hard to remember under stress. Here are 9 easy tips from experts.
They rounded up advice on how to handle verbal, physical and online threats
(Pepita Sandwich) - illustrations only
https://www.thelily.com/self-defense-can-be-hard-to-remember-under-stress-here-are-9-easy-tips-from-experts/
I've always been self-conscious about my breasts. Top surgery will finally allow me to be seen how I want.
After coming out as nonbinary, it became clear that it was time for surgical intervention
(Sage Coffey for The Washington Post)
Without drawing, I'm not sure who I would be
Making comics and art is something I would do even if it wasn't my job
(Gemma Correll for The Washington Post)
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