New Herblock book - DRAWING LIBERALISM by Simon Appleford

Now available!

UVA Press is happy to announce the publication of a book by Simon Appleford AVAILABLE AT 30% OFF FOR A LIMITED TIME USE CODE 10HERBLOCK Drawing Liberalism: Herblock's Political Cartoons in Postwar America Simon Appleford Drawing Liberalism is the first book-length critical examination of the political and social impact of the political cartoonist Herbert Block—popularly known as Herblock. Working for the Washington Post, Herblock played a central role in shaping, propagandizing, and defending the ideals of postwar liberalism, a normative set of values and assumptions that dominated American politics and culture after World War II. Best remembered for his unrelenting opposition to and skewering cartoons of Joseph McCarthy and Richard Nixon, Herblock introduced the term "McCarthyism" into the American political lexicon. With its unstinting and unapologetic support for the liberal agenda, across a career spanning over fifty years at the Post, Herblock's work affords a unique lens through which to interpret and understand the shifts and contours of twentieth-century American political culture, from the postwar period through the civil rights era into the Nixon presidency.   BUY NOW | INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR (Use Code 10HERBLOCK at checkout for 30% off) "A defining study of arguably twentieth century America's most important political cartoonist. Well-researched and convincingly argued, this is a must-read book for understanding the political and cultural life of modern America." —Blake Scott Ball, Huntingdon College, author of Charlie Brown's America "This book gets high marks for originality, and is very likely to appeal to those interested in political history of the postwar period, political communication, and cartooning in general. An important work." —Matthew J. Costello, Saint Xavier University, Author of Secret Identity Crisis: Comic Books and the Unmasking of Cold War America $45.00  •  ISBN 9780813948881  •  AVAILABLE NOW Exam copies available on request.  Receive news on History titles and other University of Virginia Press books through our e-newsletter. Sign up here.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/13/2023

["My friend the brilliant author Rachel Pollack is coming to the end of her life."]

Neil Gaiman

March 12th, 2023

https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/711642497908113408/reblogging-to-add-a-photo-of-rachel

 

SKTCHDxTINYONION: Part Three, Dealing with a Changing Market

By David Harper and James Tynion IV

March 7, 2023

https://sktchd.com/interview/sktchdxtinyonion-part-three-dealing-with-a-changing-market/

 

Vault Comics is making its first appearance at SXSW with Def Leppard's Phil Collen & Kajabi

The publisher is making its first public appearance to support its Headshell imprint

Deanna Destito

03/13/2023 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/vault-comics-sxsw/

 

What Makes a Good Museum? (Dumb Answers Only)

By Dana Maier

March 10, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-makes-a-good-museum-dumb-answers-only

 

Conjuring THE VERDICT: a creative conversation between Dean Haspiel & Martin Powell

Dean Haspiel

Dean Haspiel's Newsletter March 13 2023

https://deanhaspiel.substack.com/p/conjuring-the-verdict

 

At Image, Comic Book Workers United Takes Another Step in a Long Union Walk

Zach Rabiroff | March 13, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/at-image-comic-book-workers-united-takes-another-step-in-a-long-union-walk/

 

Vault makes its catalog available through the upcoming Omnibus digital reader

The company is one of the first announced in the "highly anticipated platform's publisher lineup"

Deanna Destito

03/13/2023 
https://www.comicsbeat.com/vault-makes-its-catalog-available-through-the-upcoming-omnibus/

 

From SKIPPY to THE BATMAN: All the comics films that have been nominated for an Academy Award

An (almost) definitive list of fan favorites which were also honored by the Academy!

Torsten Adair

03/08/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/from-skippy-to-the-batman-all-the-comics-films-that-have-been-nominated-for-an-academy-award/

 

DC PRIDE returns in June with Grant Morrison, variant covers, and so much more

Joe Grunenwald

03/13/2023 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-pride-2023/

A Year of Free Comics: How I Kickstarted My Crime Comic, NEXT DOOR

The Beat's reviews editor shares some insights into making a Kickstarter comic.

Zack Quaintance

03/13/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-year-of-free-comics-how-i-kickstarted-my-crime-comic-next-door/

 

Mar 13 2023

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode twenty-six | Frank Barbiere, part two

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/how-did-we-get-into-this-mess

 

Sergio García Sánchez's "Pulling Ahead"

The artist discusses capturing movement, creation as a collaborative endeavor, and the ways that visual communication can transcend eras.

By Françoise Mouly

March 13, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2023-03-20

 

Interview: The Mighty Barbarians Are At The Gate

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Mar 07, 2023

https://previewsworld.com/Article/267206-Interview-The-Mighty-Barbarians-Are-At-The-Gate

 

 

 

March 20: Matt Tavares of Hoops at Takoma Park Library, MD

Monday, March 20 at 6 p.m.

Matt Tavares Hoops / Ages 8-12 *In-person at Takoma Park Library, MD

Details

March 20: Matt Tavares of Hoops at Politics and Prose

Matt Tavares Hoops / Ages 8-12 *In-person at Conn Ave

Details

April 24: Mo Willems in DC

Mo Willems Be the Bus: The Lost & Profound Wisdom of the Pigeon and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! 20th Anniversary Edition A family event in celebration of 20 years of The Pigeon with Mo Willems! *In-person at Sidwell Friends School

Purchase

What Makes a Good Museum? (Dumb Answers Only) By Dana Maier

What Makes a Good Museum? (Dumb Answers Only)

By Dana Maier

March 10, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-makes-a-good-museum-dumb-answers-only

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/11-12/2023

Unpublished Marvel Books Congregate at Amazon for New Year's Eve

Sometimes, after solicitations, Marvel Comics drops projects. However, their vestigial tails remain, especially on sites like Amazon...

by Rich Johnston

 10 Mar 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/unpublished-marvel-books-congregate-at-amazon-for-new-years-eve/

 

Readers critique The Post: 'Dilbert' and the cost of a reckoning [in print as The cost of a reckoning]

William E. Fallon, Myron Fliegel, Al Volkman, Carole Lohman, and Pedro Alfonso.

Washington Post March 11, 2023 : A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/10/dilbert-cancel-culture-comic-strip/

 

Ian Falconer, artist who created Olivia the pig, dies at 63 [in print as Artist's brassy piglet Olivia barged into bestseller lists]

A protege of British painter David Hockney, Mr. Falconer became best known for his picture books about a bossy, brassy piglet who charmed her way into bestsellerdomm

By Emily Langer

Washington Post March 10, 2023

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/09/ian-falconer-olivia-books-dead/

 

What makes Olivia a great children's book character [in print as Why Olivia is an indelible children's book character; Ian Falconer]

Idra Novey

Washington Post March 11, 2023  C3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/10/olivia-ian-falconer/

 

Toons in the Times: Local Cartoonist Makes Name in Eagle Funny Pages [Joseph Bergeron,  'First Date']

Tyler Maheu EAGLE TIMES Mar 11, 2023

    https://www.eagletimes.com/news/toons-in-the-times-local-cartoonist-makes-name-in-eagle-funny-pages/article_18a71b11-f74b-57d5-9250-7c0c58fbfa2a.html

 

Minor violation: Cartoon recasting

William L Brown

Native Cpeaker Mar 12 2023

https://nativecpeaker.substack.com/p/minor-violation

 

Exhibition in photos: 50 ans, 50 oeuvres, 50 albums 1973-2023 at the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival

Nick Nguyen

International Journal of Comic Art blog March 12, 2023

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/03/exhibition-in-photos-50-ans-50-oeuvres.html

 

Bill Tidy – RIP

D. D. Degg

Daily Cartoonist March 12 2023

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/03/12/bill-tidy-rip/

 

Legendary cartoonist Bill Tidy who appeared on Countdown, Blankety Blank and Watercolor Challenge dies aged 89

Gemma Parry

11 March 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11849397/Legendary-cartoonist-Bill-Tidy-appeared-Countdown-Watercolor-Challenge-dies-aged-89.html

 

In Memoriam: "The World's Greatest Cartoonist", Bill Tidy MBE

By John Freeman on March 12, 2023

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-the-worlds-greatest-cartoonist-bill-tidy-mbe/

 

So farewell Treem - and Bill Tidy - After 24 years on the front line, Grimbledon Down is closing down

By Bill Tidy

New Scientist  26 March 1994

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14119185-200-forum-so-farewell-treem-and-bill-tidy-after-24-years-on-the-front-line-grimbledon-down-is-closing-down/

 

Of comics and dementia: an interview with Nigel Baines, Rebecca Roher, and Liza Futerman

Laboni Das and Sathyaraj Venkatesan

2023, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2190145

online at https://www.academia.edu/98385293/_Graphic_Medicine_Of_Comics_and_Dementia_An_Interview

AI/ML Media Advocacy: Visual Artists Panel
Michael Canva, Jason Chatfield, Dave McKean, Mark Rutledge, and James Silverberg.
Concept Art Association  Mar 10, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Pwc39GXK0

AI/ML Media Advocacy Summit: VO Panel [animation voice actors]
Anne Ganguzza, Tim Friedlander, Carin Gilfry, Daniel Söler de la Prada
Concept Art Association Mar 11, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g1ZbE2i9QU

Bill Brown on cartooning and Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Open in app or online Minor violation Cartoon recasting William L Brown Native Cpeaker Mar 12 2023 https://nativecpeaker.substack.com/p/minor-violation

March 13: Colin Kaepernick & Eve L. Ewing in convo MONDAY 3/13 @ 6pm ET for a virtual event celebrating CHANGE THE GAME!

Don't miss Colin Kaepernick & Eve L. Ewing in convo MONDAY 3/13 @ 6pm ET for a virtual event celebrating CHANGE THE GAME!

Join Loyalty Bookstores for a virtual event with co-authors Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. Ewing for the release of Change the Game!   This touching graphic novel explores the story of how a young change-maker learned to find himself and never compromise. How the right decision is very rarely the easy one, but taking the road less traveled can make all the difference in the world. **This event is FREE to attend, but registration is required.** For more info and to RSVP, visit our website! We can't wait to see you virtually to celebrate this inspiring graphic novel memoir! Plus, snag a copy of the book from Loyalty and get a signed bookplate (while supplies last)!   "Change the Game offers an unforgettable lesson: how we choose to respond to adversity is the ultimate measure of our integrity and how we choose to reach unapologetically toward our dreams is the ultimate measure of self-love. This book is an inspiring reminder that no obstacle is too great to overcome when we stand in the light, care, and power of our passion and truth." - Naomi Osaka, Athlete, Entrepreneur, and Advocate

Shahnameh for Kids now in Bethesda library

Arsia Rozegar at the Connie Morella library in Bethesda, right now. I just bought his new book.

that darn Dilbert

Readers critique The Post: 'Dilbert' and the cost of a reckoning [in print as The cost of a reckoning]

William E. Fallon, Myron Fliegel, Al Volkman, Carole Lohman, and Pedro Alfonso.

Washington Post March 11, 2023 : A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/10/dilbert-cancel-culture-comic-strip/

The Post on Ian Falconer

Ian Falconer, artist who created Olivia the pig, dies at 63 [in print as Artist's brassy piglet Olivia barged into bestseller lists]

A protege of British painter David Hockney, Mr. Falconer became best known for his picture books about a bossy, brassy piglet who charmed her way into bestsellerdom

By Emily Langer

Washington Post March 10, 2023

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/09/ian-falconer-olivia-books-dead/

What makes Olivia a great children's book character [in print as Why Olivia is an indelible children's book character;  Ian Falconer]

Perspective by Idra Novey

Washington Post March 11, 2023  C3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/10/olivia-ian-falconer/

WaPo's Cavna and cartoonists on AI - well worth watching

The entire playlist is here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PLdYBC7_ardUu6J_lcqG4n2S2 DOUNm0WX_

AI/ML Media Advocacy: Visual Artists Panel

Michael Canva, Jason Chatfield, Dave McKean, Mark Rutledge, and James Silverberg.

Concept Art Association  Mar 10, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Pwc39GXK0

With our discipline specific panels we will be talking to a variety of individuals from across the creative industries including visual artists, voice actors, musicians, animators, photographers and writers on the different types of AI media generators and the unique challenges they pose. Moderator: Michael Canva; Panelists: Jason Chatfield Dave McKean Mark Rutledge James Silverberg aimlmediaadvocacy.com

and here's one on animation voice actors...

AI/ML Media Advocacy Summit: VO Panel [animation voice actors]

Anne Ganguzza, Tim Friedlander, Carin Gilfry, Daniel Söler de la Prada

Concept Art Association Mar 11, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g1ZbE2i9QU

With our discipline specific panels we will be talking to a variety of individuals from across the creative industries including visual artists, voice actors, musicians, animators, photographers and writers on the different types of AI media generators and the unique challenges they pose. Moderator: Anne Ganguzza Panelists: Tim Friedlander Carin Gilfry Daniel Söler de la Prada

TODAY: Fantom Comics' GODFELL #1 BOOK CLUB with editor Raven

GODFELL #1 BOOK CLUB

>> SATURDAY, MARCH 11th @ 2PM!

To celebrate the comic editing debut of Fantom's own Raven we're hosting an in-person book club for the first issue of GODFELL!

One sunny day in the land of Kerethim, God falls dead from the sky. The impact sends out shockwaves that draw in royal families at war, shadowy creatures of the dark, and armies of the dispossessed, all coming to lay claim to parts of God's body. Into this power struggle wanders Zanzi Vuiline, a soldier and berserker trying to get home from a years-long war. Forced to fight her way through the strange landscapes in and on God's corpse, from the soles of its feet through the top of its head, Zanzi will acquire a mysterious traveling companion on her own pilgrimage.

The first issue is NOW IN STORE!
Get it in-person or online: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/godynamic-forcesll-1-cover-a-hennessy-farrell

Do you have any burning questions for the creative team? Submit your questions here for a chance to get your questions answered: https://forms.gle/jhZZtG3XtP9cAXD47

Answers to the questions will be available during the book club itself!

Due to the nature of this event being in-person in our small space we ask that customers wear their masks.

A week of blog posts about Richard Thompson (via Goodreads)

Blog posts by Richard Thompson Illustration work for Electrical Contractor and Contingencies Published on March 06, 2023   Billions of billions of drawings - Richard draws Carl Sagan Published on March 07, 2023   How to strengthen your real estate market illustration, and a TCDS piece Published on March 08, 2023   Chatfield on Thompson by way of Searle Published on March 08, 2023   This year's Team Cul de Sac donation link Published on March 09, 2023 0  Richard Thompson, Chameleon Published on March 09, 2023   Richard lifting his mother's Suitcases (updated) Published on March 10, 2023