Tuesday, January 25, 2022

The Importance of June 16th to James Joyce, And a New Graphic Biography of the Famously Obtuse Writer [James Joyce: Portrait of a Dubliner, Alfonso Zapico]

R.C. Harvey | January 24, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/the-importance-of-june-16th-to-james-joyce-and-a-new-graphic-biography-of-the-famously-obtuse-writer/

The Past 15 Years, in Political Cartoons

For POLITICO's 15th anniversary, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Matt Wuerker picks his favorite sketches of the past decade-and-a-half chronicling American politics.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/23/matt-wuerker-15-years-cartoons-527625

Vital Lines Drawn From Books: Difficult Feelings in Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Are You My Mother?

Heike Bauer

Journal of Lesbian Studies , 18:266–281, 2014

https://www.academia.edu/8825290/Vital_Lines_Drawn_From_Books_Difficult_Feelings_in_Alison_Bechdels_Fun_Home_and_Are_You_My_Mother

The Role of Editorial Cartoons in Democratisation Process in Nigeria: A Study of Selected Works of Three Nigerian Cartoonists

Ganiyu A JIMOH. ( Jimga )

University of Lagos 2010

https://www.academia.edu/3095459/The_Role_of_Editorial_Cartoons_in_Democratisation_Process_in_Nigeria_A_Study_of_Selected_Works_of_Three_Nigerian_Cartoonists

Theater Talk: Al Hirschfeld and Art Spiegelman (Entire Episode) [2001]

Jul 29, 2013

Theater Talk Archive

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

Monday, January 24, 2022

Wuerker reflects on fifteen years

The Past 15 Years, in Political Cartoons

For POLITICO's 15th anniversary, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Matt Wuerker picks his favorite sketches of the past decade-and-a-half chronicling American politics.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/23/matt-wuerker-15-years-cartoons-527625

John Kramer's OTHER newsletter project

New_ Public is a partnership between the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas, Austin, and the National Conference on Citizenship, and was incubated by New America.

And here's a post about Josh and the other main newsletter writer -

Get to Know New_ Public’s Newsletter Writers

PR: Small Press Expo 2022 Show Update

Friends,

The Small Press Expo will return, live and in person, September 17-18, 2022.

It feels really good to share those words with you.

It would feel even better to say that the pandemic (and all the concern and uncertainty it brings with it) is behind us. It would feel really, really good to be able to say those words.

But we're not there yet.

So, before getting into the details of our 2022 exhibitor registration process along with some attendee information, we want to share a little bit about where we stand with regard to COVID-19 safety precautions.

COVID-19 AND SPX

SPX plans to take a variety of measures to help ensure that we can provide as safe an environment as possible for our exhibitors, guests, and attendees. For this year's in-person show, SPX will have the following COVID protocols in place:

For SPX Volunteers and Staff

Volunteers and staff must provide proof of vaccination to participate onsite
Volunteers and staff must abide by social distancing measures while on shift
Masks will be mandatory in all indoor SPX spaces, except while eating or drinking

For Exhibitors and Special Guests

Exhibitors must provide proof of vaccination to receive their SPX badge
Exhibitors will be limited 2 people per table allowed on the floor at any one time
Masks will be mandatory in all indoor SPX spaces, except while eating or drinking

For Attendees

Attendees must provide proof of vaccination to receive their badge
Masks will be mandatory in all indoor SPX spaces, except while eating or drinking
We are exploring the possible use of timed attendee tickets to help alleviate crowding

Additional Measures Under Consideration

The risks, and risk factors, for COVID-19 have continued to evolve and, with many months until showtime, it is likely that our safety measures will need to evolve as well. We will update the SPX community periodically with our status for both the show and our COVID protocols.

Over the next few months, we will explore whether we should require a negative COVID test within 48 hours of SPX as a condition of attending the show. We know that both rapid antigen (at home) tests and PCR (lab reviewed) tests are costly and hard to come by in many locations. We will assess the additional margin of safety these measures could provide against the practicality and feasibility of their use.

We will also work with the Marriott over the course of the next several months to ensure the availability of sanitization supplies and masks, as well as the necessary equipment and logistical planning to enable proper social distancing in our meeting rooms, lines, etc.

COVID-19 AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY

One positive with regard to the pandemic is that SPX takes place in Montgomery County, Maryland, one of the most highly vaccinated areas in the United States.

Based in part on these high vaccination numbers, currently, the Montgomery County Department of Health and the State of Maryland are allowing large functions at the Marriott, with mask wearing required except in the small breakout rooms and eating areas.

We will remain engaged with the Montgomery County Health Department on our plans for SPX 2022. Barring a decision from the county to halt large events such as ours, we feel confident in our ability to move forward with the show, and in your ability to plan accordingly.

EXHIBITORS KEY DATES

Following is our planned schedule for opening table registration for SPX 2022:

March 4 - Invitations to publishers and creators sent

March 20 - Table lottery opens

March 28 - Table lottery closes

Week of April 4 - Lottery winners contacted

Mid-April - Hotel room block information sent to all table holders

We have not yet determined the timeframe to provide payment for exhibitor tables. We expect May at the earliest and we'll confirm the date with everyone by the first of March.

ATTENDEE INFORMATION

Advance tickets will go on sale no earlier than late June, with availability dependent upon the state of the pandemic.
For those attendees coming from out of town, the hotel room block will be made available the first week in May.
We may limit room capacities for panels and workshops. Sign-up forms for workshops will be available in August.

GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER

The return of SPX has been a long time coming. Thank you for sticking with us and supporting us. We are, as you know, a small team who volunteer our time year-round to make the Small Press Expo possible. Your kind words and encouragement, even as we have all struggled through the last few years, have been incredibly meaningful.

We are glad to be back. And we can't wait to see you.

Stay safe and hope to see you in September,

The SPX Executive Committee

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

warren@smallpressexpo.com

STAY CONNECTED

Jan 25: The Witch Owl Parliament online at Politics and Prose

Tuesday, January 25 at 5 p.m.

David Bowles & Raúl the Third
The Witch Owl Parliament / Ages 13+

Complimentary books are available through DCPL!

Tuesday, January 25, 2022 - 5:00pm

Click here to register for this virtual event.

Politics and Prose is delighted to partner with DC Public Library and the DC Public Library Foundation for an inspirational program with author David Bowles and illustrator Raúl the Third who will discuss their book The Witch Owl Parliament: Clockwork Curandera (Vol. 1).

The first 50 people to register for the event and select the "Free Event Admission + Free Book" option at registration will receive a complimentary copy of the book for their home library (one book per family, please). Recipients of the complimentary copy will pick their book up in the Alma Thomas Teen Space at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW, Washington, DC, beginning Tuesday, January25. These books are generously donated by the District of Columbia Public Library Foundation. Please note that complimentary book copies must be picked up by Friday, February 4.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

The Witch Owl Parliament: Clockwork Curandera (Vol. 1) takes readers on an immersive trip to a fantastical 19th century Mexico where non-Christian magic is strongly discouraged. When menacing witch-owls attack a train station, Enrique tries to save his sister Cristina, an apprentice shaman and practitioner of ancient green magic. After he fails to protect her, Enrique brings her back to life as a human-machine hybrid. Together with Mateo, a skinwalker, they hunt the witch-owl coven that is trying to take over the republic. At the same time, indigenous people and immigrants are going missing. Could these events be connected? Can Cristina protect her homeland without the support of the community that shuns her in her new form? Illustrations in graphic black and red with an occasional hint of green will appeal to fans of cyberpunk and steampunk.

David Bowles is a Mexican-American author and translator from south Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. He has written several award-winning titles, most notably The Smoking Mirror and They Call Me Güero. His work has also been published in multiple anthologies, plus venues such as The New York Times, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine, School Library Journal, Rattle, Translation Review, and the Journal of Children's Literature. In 2017, David was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. He co-founded the hashtag and activist movement #DignidadLiteraria in 2019, which has negotiated greater Latinx representation in publishing.

Raúl The Third is a three-time Pura Belpre award-winning illustrator, author, and artist living in Boston. His award-winning books include ¡Vamos! Let's Go to The Market!, ¡Vamos! Let's Eat, Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, Lowriders Blast from the Past, Lowriders to the Rescue, Strollercoaster, and !Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge, which was one of the year's Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2021 from the New York Times and the New York Public Library. Most recently, he collaborated with author Jason Reynolds on Stuntboy in the Meantime. 

Destineé Coburn, a DCPL Teen Council member, will moderate this event.

Steve Brodners's full spread about Biden in the Washington Post

This appeared in yesterday's paper.

Online it's at

All eyes on Joe Biden: The characters in the White House’s world, one year in

Illustration by Steve Brodner

Jan. 20, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/interactive/2022/joe-biden-steve-brodner-year-one/

Sunday, January 23, 2022

That darn Sherman's Lagoon and Post editorial page

Sherman's lacuna [Sherman Lagoon]

Ron Brandt, Alexandria

Letters to the Editor
Washington Post January 22 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/readers-critique-post-dont-otherize-kazakhstanis/

At the end of our rope [editorial cartoon size]

Marjorie A. Harelick, Arlington

Letters to the Editor
Washington Post January 22 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/readers-critique-post-dont-otherize-kazakhstanis/

Katzenjammer Kids in the Washington Post, 106 years ago

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Feb 18: P&P Live! The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry - a poetry panel

P&P Live! The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry - a poetry panel

Friday, February 18, 6:00 pm

The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry Cover Image

The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry (Paperback)

By Gary Jackson (Editor), Len Lawson (Editor), Cynthia Manick (Editor)

$20.95

ISBN: 9781949467673

Availability: In Stock—Click for Locations

Published: Blair - November 2nd, 2021

CLICK HERE to register for this Virtual event!

The expansion of Marvel and DC Comics' characters such as Black Panther, Luke Cage, and Black Lightning in film and on television has created a proliferation of poetry in this genre--receiving wide literary and popular attention.

This groundbreaking collection highlights work from poets who have written verse within this growing tradition. In addition, the anthology will also feature the work of artists showcasing their interpretations of superheroes, Black comic characters, Afrofuturistic images from the African diaspora. The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry

Moderators:

Gary Jackson is the author of the poetry collection Missing You, Metropolis (Graywolf, 2010), which received the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals including Callaloo, Tin House, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Crab Orchard Review.

Len Lawson is the author of Chime (Get Fresh Books, 2019), the chapbook Before the Night Wakes You (Finishing Line Press, 2017), and co-editor of Hand in Hand: Poets Respond to Race (Muddy Ford Press, 2017). He has received fellowships from Tin House, Callaloo, Vermont Studio Center, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. His website is www.lenlawson.co.

Contributors:

Anastacia-Renee is a writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, TEDx Speaker and podcaster. She is the author of (v.) (Black Ocean) and Forget It (Black Radish) and, Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere and Sidenotes from the Archivist forthcoming from Amistad (an imprint of HarperCollins). Recently she was selected by NBC News as part of the list of "Queer Artist of Color Dominate 2021's Must See LGBTQ Art Shows." Anastacia-Renee was former Seattle Civic Poet (2017-2019), Hugo House Poet-in-Residence (2015-2017) and Arc Artist Fellow (2020). Her work has been anthologized in: Home is Where You Queer Your Heart, Furious Flower Seeding the Future of African American Poetry, Afrofuturism, Black Comics, And Superhero Poetry, Spirited Stone: Lessons from Kubota's Garden, and Seismic: Seattle City of Literature. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in, Hobart, Foglifter, Auburn Avenue, Catapult, Alta, Torch, Poetry Northwest, Cascadia Magazine, Ms. Magazine and others. Renee has received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, Ragdale, Mineral School, and The New Orleans Writers Residency.

Casey Rocheteau, a writer, an artist, and a historian, is the author of two collections of poetry: Knocked Up On Yes (2012) and The Dozen (2016). In the multi-genre works, Rocheteau draws on documentary and archival sources and frequently utilizes techniques such as collage to explore issues of race, gender, trauma, and mental illness. Their work has been published widely in journals and publications such as LitHub, The Offing, Barnes & Noble Review, among others. Rocheteau's visual art has been exhibited at Cranbrook Art Museum and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

Ashley M. Jones is the Poet Laureate of the State of Alabama (2022-2026). She holds an MFA in Poetry from Florida International University, and she is the author of Magic City Gospel (Hub City Press 2017), dark / / thing (Pleiades Press 2019), and REPARATIONS NOW! (Hub City Press 2021). Her poetry has earned several awards, including the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award, the Silver Medal in the Independent Publishers Book Awards, the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize for Poetry, a Literature Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize, and the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award. She was a finalist for the Ruth Lily Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship in 2020, and her collection, REPARATIONS NOW! was on the longlist for the 2022 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. Her poems and essays appear in or are forthcoming at CNN, POETRY, The Oxford American, Origins Journal, The Quarry by Split This Rock, Obsidian, and many others. She co-directs PEN Birmingham, and she is the founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival. She teaches in the Creative Writing Department of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and she is part of the Core Faculty of the Converse University Low Residency MFA Program. She recently served as a guest editor for Poetry Magazine.

Cortney Lamar Charleston is a Cave Canem fellow from the Chicago suburbs. His debut collection, Telepathologies, won the 2016 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, selected by D.A. Powell. He began writing and performing poetry as a member of The Excelano Project when he was an undergraduate studying economics and urban studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His poetry is a marriage between art and activism, and a call for a more involved and empathetic understanding of the diversity of the human experience. In 2017, Charleston was a recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. He currently serves as poetry editor at The Rumpus. His most recent work, Doppelgangbanger, was released last March.

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Randy Tischler
Baltimore Comic-Con Executive Staff

March 7: Hybrid Event: George O'Connor, Olympians: Dionysos

Mar 07 2022

Hybrid Event: George O'Connor, Olympians: Dionysos

by East City Bookshop

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hybrid-event-george-oconnor-olympians-dionysos-tickets-227255185377

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East City Bookshop welcomes George O'Connor with the newest entry in his Olympians series Dionysos.

About this event

East City Bookshop welcomes George O'Connor with Dionysos, the newest entry in his Olympians series.

Note on Format: This hybrid event will have both an in-person component at East City Bookshop in Washington, D.C., with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the authors during audience Q&A.

COVID-19 Information: Please note that East City Bookshop continuously monitors public health guidance to ensure the safety of customers, authors, and our staff and reserves the right to adjust in-person events. Masks and proof of vaccination are required for all in-person attendees.

About Dionysos

In the final volume of the New York Times–bestselling Olympians graphic novel series, author/artist George O'Connor focuses on Dionysos, the god of wine and madness.

The Olympians saga draws to a close with the tale of Dionysos, the last Olympian, and maybe, just maybe, the first of a new type of God. His story is told by the first Olympian herself, Hestia, Goddess of the hearth and home. From her seat in the center of Mt. Olympus, Hestia relates the rise of Dionysos, from his birth to a mortal mother, to his discovery of wine, his battles with madness and his conquering of death itself, culminating, finally, in his ascent to Olympus and Godhood.

About George O'Connor

George O'Connor is the New York Times–bestselling author of the Olympians, a series of graphic novels featuring the tragic, dramatic, and epic lives of the Greek gods. George is also the creator of popular picture books such as the New York Times–bestselling Kapow! and If I Had A Triceratops. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/25/22

Monday, January 24, 2022

Wuerker reflects on fifteen years

The Past 15 Years, in Political Cartoons

John Kramer's OTHER newsletter project

Get to Know New_ Public’s Newsletter Writers

PR: Small Press Expo 2022 Show Update

Jan 25: The Witch Owl Parliament online at Politics and Prose

Steve Brodners's full spread about Biden in the Washington Post

Sunday, January 23, 2022

That darn Sherman's Lagoon and Post editorial page

Sherman's lacuna [Sherman Lagoon]

Ron Brandt, Alexandria

Letters to the Editor
Washington Post January 22 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/readers-critique-post-dont-otherize-kazakhstanis/

At the end of our rope [editorial cartoon size]

Marjorie A. Harelick, Arlington

Letters to the Editor
Washington Post January 22 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/readers-critique-post-dont-otherize-kazakhstanis/

Katzenjammer Kids in the Washington Post, 106 years ago

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Feb 18: P&P Live! The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry - a poetry panel

P&P Live! The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry - a poetry panel

The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry (Paperback)

March 7: Hybrid Event: George O'Connor, Olympians: Dionysos

Hybrid Event: George O'Connor, Olympians: Dionysos

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Monday, January 24, 2022

The Past 15 Years, in Political Cartoons

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Sherman's lacuna [Sherman Lagoon] Ron Brandt, Alexandria Letters to the EditorWashington Post January 22 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/readers-critique-post-dont-otherize-kazakhstanis/

At the end of our rope [editorial cartoon size] Marjorie A. Harelick, Arlington Letters to the EditorWashington Post January 22 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/readers-critique-post-dont-otherize-kazakhstanis/

Saturday, January 22, 2022

P&P Live! The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry - a poetry panel

Hybrid Event: George O'Connor, Olympians: Dionysos

Actions and Detail Panel

Event Information

About this event

Sherman's lacuna [Sherman Lagoon]

Ron Brandt, Alexandria

Letters to the Editor
Washington Post January 22 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/readers-critique-post-dont-otherize-kazakhstanis/

At the end of our rope [editorial cartoon size]

Marjorie A. Harelick, Arlington

Letters to the Editor
Washington Post January 22 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/readers-critique-post-dont-otherize-kazakhstanis/