Monday, February 19, 2024
Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Raul Garcia on his Poe adaptation
Interview: The 'House of Usher' Will Fall in Raul Garcia's Poe Adaptation
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Feb 13, 2024
Bruce Guthrie reflects on Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children’s Book Illustration exhibit
by Bruce Guthrie
Recently, I drove up to Hagerstown's Washington County Museum of Fine Arts museum to see the opening day of "Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children’s Book Illustration". The exhibit runs until March 17.
The
signage within the exhibit had some inconsistencies so I'm not entirely
sure how many original works are present (the website says 140) or how
many different artists are present (a sign in the exhibit says 62) but
it's a bunch! The printed signage is detailed and they made the effort
to show you which of the pieces involved Newbery and Caldecott winners.
There
is no catalog for sale and the exhibit brochure is mostly for kids
activities so it's not that informative. The exhibit is a traveling one
and it has been making the rounds -- Google "Art Kandy Collection".
(Yep, that's apparently a real name.)
At some point, I'll have
Google read the sign text for me and everything will be filled out
better but I haven't had time for that.
Who's in the exhibit?
Oooh, it's extensive! It does not have things like comic strips -- you
won't find Sparky Schulz or Winsor McKay or Rose O'Neill in here. These
are the artists you'll see original works from -- I'm ignoring
lithographs and copies of books. By my count, there are 55 but I might
have screwed up a couple:
* Sarah Noble Ives -- pieces from c 1910-15
* Peter Newell -- a drawing from c 1915
*
Anton Loeb -- the text describing his Wizard of Oz drawings mentions
that the book was banned in some jurisdictions because of (1)
anthropomorphized animals, (2) a strong female characters, and (3) no
witches can be good
* Campbell Grant
* Feodor Rajankovsky
* William Henry Bradley
* Gustaf Tenggren
* Tibor Gergely
* Wesley Dennis
* Theodor Seuss Geisel
* Marc Simont
*
Garth Williams -- LOTS of Garth Williams... Including a study sketch
from "The Rabbits' Wedding" (1958) which was banned in places because a
white rabbit was marrying a black rabbit
* Michael Hague
* Felicia Bond
* Floyd Cooper
* Tom Pohrt
*
David Wisniewski -- these were my FAVORITE pieces in the whole
exhibit. He did all of these with cut paper, mentioning he would go
through as many as a thousand X-Acto knives per book. These were
great! I've never heard of the books they were from ("Hand of the Fire
Demon" and "Fire that Burns Forever", both from 1988) but he won a
Caldecott Medal in 1997 for "Golem" -- if you view the book on Amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/Golem-
* William Stout
* Richard Egielski
* S. Saelig Gallagher
* Deborah Nourse Lattimore
* Audrey Wood
* Dennis Nolan
* Don Wood
* Patricia Polacco
* Karen Barbour
* Mercer Mayer
* Rosemary Wells -- again, LOTS of Rosemary Wells
* James Marshall
* Gerald McDermott
* Maria Kalman
* William (Bill) J. Dugan
* Jerry Pinkney
* Barry Moser
* Tomie dePaola
* Arnold Lobel
* Anita Lobel
* Edward Frascino
* Jules Feiffer
* Joan Walsh Anglund
* Hillary Knight
* David Shannon
* Gary Baseman
* Chris Raschka
* Mark Teague
* Joe Cepeda
* John Bemelmans Marciano
* Maurice Sendak
* Mel Crawford
* Laurent de Brunhoff
* Richard Scarry
* Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen
* Ted Rand
* William Pene du Bois
* Leonard Weisgard
There's
also a fun "Freedom to Read" lithograph by Maurice Sendak which was
done for an American Booksellers Association back in 1991 to develop
awareness of book censorship and to aid the ABA's Legal Defense Fund.
It was signed by a bunch of people. The main signature I noticed was
Dan Rather -- top and center -- but you can also do the treasure hunt
looking for other autographs. The sign mentions a bunch of names
including Harlan Ellison, Harrison Ford, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Goldblum,
Mickey Hart, Barry Moser, Neil Simon, Gloria Steinem, Garry Trudeau,
Robin Williams, and Don and Audrey Wood.
It's definitely worth a visit. There's also a new exhibit "Picasso on Paper" which runs until early March. The free gallery brochure describes in a fair amount of detail his relationships with the women in his life -- pretty much the artist version of Donald Trump minus the coup attempt.
I of course photographed the hell out of everything. The direct link to my exhibition pictures is:
But some of my favorites are below.
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Ve Vill Bury You!"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock -
"Ve Vill Bury You!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3831
Da, komrade, and then ve are takink kare of Moose and Sqvirrel!
Oh, f'crissake, are they shittin' us with this mess? Are they really
that desperate to take our minds off THE GODDAMN GENOCIDE?
"Unspecified dire risk"? Really? Unspecified? BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAHHHH. Yeah, Russian Space Threat
Emerges — straight outta the asses of "U.S. Officials". D'AAHH HA HA
HA HA HA... So, what's next, guys — the "Missile Gap"?
Dear GOD, they really are reaching now; they couldn't look any more
desperate than they do at this point, serving up this exhumed,
warmed-over, hoary-ass old McCarthy Era droolage. Why don't they just
give it the hell up?
9.5 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.4mb
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"Officials sound alarm about new Russian 'space threat'", Shane
Harris, Ellen Nakashima
and John Hudson at the Washington Post, 02.14.2024, paywalled at
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/14/national-security-threat-mike-turner/
"Russian 'Space Threat' Emerges; U.S. Officials Raise Alarm Over
Unspecified Dire Risk To America And Its Allies" Page A1 headline,
Washington Post print edition, 02.15.2024
http://www.sinkers.org/posters/russianspacethreat/wapoA1_Feb1524_russianspacethreat.jpg
"Dearborn residents denounce Wall Street Journal slander of city as
'jihad capital'" Kathleen Martin at the World Socialist Site,
02.09.2024 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/02/09/hhmv-f09.html
_________________________________
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2
New Substack newsletter State of the Arts By Alexandra Bowman
State of the Arts
A newsletter about film, TV, the arts, politics, and culture by Alexandra Bowman.
Catching up on WaPo cartoon journalism or illustrated stories
Does your relationship help you grow? Take our quiz to find out. [in print as Will your relationship last?]
By Tara Parker-Pope and Haruka Aoki (ill.)
Washington Post Feb. 13, 2024: E8.
and for this next one, it's worth noting that the two reporters have bios at the bottom of the story, and all the editors, INCLUDING the copy editor, are mentioned with their roles, but Julia Mata, the artist, is only mentioned once in the initial credit line without any information on what she actually did. I'm inferring she's the artist actually.
How a teen's job violated child labor laws [comic journalism; in print as How a teen's job violated laws on child labor]
Washington Post February 14, 2024 : G1, 3,
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/02/teen-job-child-labor-laws-violations/ and free to read at https://wapo.st/3T4xkHU
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/17-18/2024
Darryl Banks on 'Emerald Twilight' | Secrets of the Sire [Green Lantern]
Michael Dolce and Victor Dandridge
Sire Studios
Feb 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwRVMQQZouI
De Dobbeleer, Michel & Anouk Dubois. 2013. Der Chronotopos des Kriegsrates als Merkmal in Comics: Vom narratologischen Geschehen zur Geschichte in Attilio Micheluzzis Sibérie. In: O. Brunken & F. Giesa (eds.), Erzählen in Comic: Beiträge zur Comicforschung: 113-127. Essen: Bachmann.
Esther Kim In conversation with Robin Ha @robinhaart about her new book "Fox Maidens"
Fantom Comics February 17 2024
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3d9Z3AR_P5/
DC -- Dupont Circle -- Fantom Comics -- Event: Robin Ha ("The Fox Maidens") w/ Esther Kim:
http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2024_02_17C1_Ha
Shawn Martinbrough At Fantom Comics
Shawn Martinbrough; Sarahti Gassmalla
Fantom Comics; 2024-02-13
https://archive.org/details/shawn-martinbrough-at-fantom-comics-240213
Years Later, 'The Year of Magical Thinking' Wields Different Magic
As his own life unfolds, an artist reconsiders his reaction to Joan Didion's memoir about loss.
By Mike Dawson
Feb. 11, 2024: AR2.
online at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/arts/year-magical-thinking-illustrated.html
Grobar, Matt. 2024.
Comic Book Creator James Tynion IV Launches Production Company Tiny Onion.
Deadline (February 16): https://deadline.com/2024/02/james-tynion-iv-launches-tiny-onion-production-company-1235828717/
James Tynion IV's Aggressive Tiny Onion Plans With Lyrical Media Money
Lyrical Media put the seed investment behind James Tynion IV's Tiny Onion, now launched as an independent multimedia production company.
17 Feb 2024 by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/james-tynion-iv/
Cast 540: Guest Brad Guigar
Wholesome Addiction. November 19, 2023 by Sean
https://wholesomeaddiction.com/podcast/cast-540-guest-brad-guigar/
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/forcedn/wholesomeaddiction/WA540.mp3
Three Things That Can Only be Done in Comic Strip Form | Frank Quietly | TEDxUniversityofGlasgow
TEDx Talks
May 22, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_EFvC2IPA
The little boxes: Brian Michael Bendis at TEDxCLE
TEDx Talks May 21, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2IlpKCznN8
The VIPs of Self-Publishing Victor Dandridge
CXC Festival
Feb 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_FaSnRTRNY
Comic Culture at HeroesCon 2023, pt 3 [Mike Grell, Ron Randall and Carl Potts]
terence dollard
Feb 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5x70OlQseI
Comic Culture at HeroesCon 2023, pt 2
terence dollard
Feb 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xQlA6yl2f0
Comic Culture with Kayla E
terence dollard
Dec 6, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMGEtSbqng8
Comic Culture with Kelly Yates
terence dollard
Jan 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqsF-Udd5ow
Bugging Out! Peter Kuper and friends celebrate INterSECTS | LIVE from NYPL
Peter Kuper, Dr. Jessica L. Ware, Dr. Elena Tartaglia, Joseph Yoon
The New York Public Library
May 25, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmbVvKaevM
Vladimir Popov - Where Monsters Lie Colorist
Justin Soderberg Feb 14, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast #151: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytfgixZYqXM
Words, Images, & Worlds with Jay Faerber
Jason DeHart
Feb 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znaLwsMq4hA
Dr Michael Vassulo Talks Marvel's Atlas Years
word balloon February 15 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B68wbE3ElwI
Ghibli Park Unveils New 'Howl's Moving Castle' Themed Commercial
By Animation Magazine
February 13, 2024
The Animation Guild Cheers on Union Victories at DreamWorks, Flying Bark
By Mercedes Milligan
February 13, 2024
X-Men Monday #239 – 2024 Valentine's Day Special
Chris Hassan
February 12, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/02/12/x-men-monday-2024-valentines-day-special/
Mark Waid talks endings, legacies in 'Batman / Superman: World's Finest' #24
The 'Kingdom Come'-centric event ends next week.
Chris Coplan
February 15, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/02/15/batman-superman-wf-24-qa/
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 260: Exploring "things that are forgotten" and 'The Displaced' with Ed Brisson
David Brooke and Nathan Simmons
February 11, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/02/11/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-260-ed-brisson/
The Suicide Squad Faces a New Villain: Industry Demons
The long-awaited follow-up to the Batman: Arkham series is a live service video game, a high-risk, high-reward strategy.
By Just Lunning
A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 17, 2024, Section C, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Video Game's Success Relies on a Risky Bet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/arts/suicide-squad-justice-league-rocksteady.html
How GKids Became the A24 of Animation
By Carlos Aguilar
A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 18, 2024, Section AR, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: Experts in the Art of Drawing Attention.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/movies/gkids-the-boy-and-the-heron.html
Annie Awards: 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Leads With 7 Wins, Including Best Feature
On the TV side, 'Blue Eye Samurai' took home six prizes at the ceremony celebrating animation.
Hilary Lewis
February 17, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-annie-awards-winners-list-1235828921/
Across The Spider-Verse won 7 trophies at the Annie Awards, even with that ending
The Spidey sequel cleaned up at the annual animation-based awards ceremony
Sam Barsanti
AV Club February 18 2024
https://www.avclub.com/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-annie-awards-1851267588
Dan Nadel
Cartoon Rules
Bill Griffith's Three Rocks is a portrait of an artist obsessed with the formal mechanics of the comic strip.
New York Review of Books March 7, 2024
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/03/07/cartoon-rules-three-rocks-ernie-bushmiller/
Black Panther': Film Review
Todd McCarthy
February 6, 2018
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/black-panther-review-1080811/
Berlin: Move Over, Marvel! 10 Euro Comics That Are Ripe for Adaptation
As the Hollywood superhero pipeline begins to run dry, 'Tintin,' 'Blake and Mortimer' and other comics offer a treasure trove of content from across the pond.
Ernesto Lechner
February 17, 2024
Amazon reportedly scraps writers room for Spider-Man TV spin-off Silk; Showrun by The Walking Dead's Angela Kang, the Silk show has reportedly been set for a "developmental overhaul"
William Hughes
AV Club February 17 2024
https://www.avclub.com/amazon-reportedly-scraps-writers-room-for-spider-man-tv-1851266727
Paul Neary – RIP
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/16/paul-neary-rip/
Mombassa Road — Friday Funnies
Martin Wisse.
Wis[s]e Words May 19, 2023
For those looking for an artist to scratch their Hugo Pratt itch, may I recommend Attilio Micheluzzi?
https://cloggie.org/wissewords2/2023/05/19/mombassa-road-friday-funnies/
Abrams announces FANFARE imprint for children's graphic novels
Heidi MacDonald
02/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/abrams-announces-fanfare-imprint-for-childrens-graphic-novels/
The Best Part of Madame Web Happens After the Credits
Madame Web is a terrible movie, but at least it has the good sense to skip the post-credit scene.
By Joe George | February 16, 2024
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/madame-web-post-credits-best-parts/
Gargoyles' Epic 30th Anniversary: Dive Into The Excitement With Creator Greg Weisman!
Nile Scala and Brian Blevins
POPXP! Network!
Feb 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZe0qaeknFU
February 17th, 2024
Comics Kingdom Celebrates Black History Month: Spotlighting Influential Black Voices in Comics
https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2024/02/17/comics-kingdom-highlighting-black-voices
Berlin: Toei Animation's Yoshi Ikezawa on Ambitious New CGI Feature 'Hypergalactic'
The veteran in-house producer for the storied Toei Animation discusses the challenges of synergizing Japanese anime and Western storytelling.
Gavin J. Blair
February 16, 2024
In Memoriam: Modesty Blaise and Axa artist Enric Badia Romero.
Down the Tubes (February 16): https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-modesty-blaise-and-axa-artist-enric-badia-romero/
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Edel Rodriguez in WaPo
On the heels of his graphic memoir about Cuba, the WaPo hired Edel Rodriguez to do an illustration in a similar style: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/13/marie-arana-latinoland-latino-vote/
Bruce Guthrie's photos of Robin Ha at Fantom Comics
DC -- Dupont Circle -- Fantom Comics -- Event: Robin Ha ("The Fox Maidens") w/ Esther Kim:
- Bruce Guthrie Photos Home Page: [Click here] to go to Bruce Guthrie Photos home page.
- Description of Pictures: Longtime Fantom friend Robin Ha (Cook Korean, Almost American Girl) joins us for the launch of THE FOX MAIDENS, her new dark fantasy YA graphic novel
Robin will be in conversation with Fantom alum Esther Kim, who is flying in from sunny LA just for the occasion!
Wash City Paper on WaPo's editorial page changes
Not much about the cartoonists, except noting Tom Toles used to be part of the Editorial Board decision making team. I was not an admirer of Hiatt's later tenure, but it was better than the morass the section currently is. There is no staff cartoonist, as I've noted here many times.
Out of Ink: Washington Post Reduced Daily Editorials in Another Turn Away from Local Coverage
The hometown paper of record used to run three editorials per day, but now publishes only one—most are focused on places other than D.C.
March 1: Artist Wendy MacNaughton on Dorothea Lange: Seeing People
Artist Wendy MacNaughton on Dorothea Lange: Seeing People
- Friday, March 1, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- West Building Lecture Hall
- https://www.nga.gov/calendar/lectures/exhibitions/artist-wendy-macnaughton-dorothea-lange-seeing-people.html/2024/03/01/1200
Join us for a talk with San Francisco-based artist Wendy MacNaughton about her artistic practice and her appreciation for the work of Dorothea Lange. The conversation is presented in conjunction with Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, an exhibition reframing Lange's work through the lens of portraiture and highlighting her unique ability to discover and reveal the character and resilience of those she photographed. Like Lange, MacNaughton's work is grounded in storytelling and practices of deep looking and listening, creating images of often-overlooked people, places, and things.
Wendy MacNaughton's work is based in the practices of drawing, social work, and storytelling. As a visual columnist for The New York Times and California Sunday Magazine, MacNaughton drew stories everywhere from high school cafeterias to Guantanamo Bay. She has authored and drawn two books, How To Say Goodbye and Meanwhile in San Francisco, and illustrated many others, including the #1 New York Times Bestseller Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat and New York Times Bestseller The Gutsy Girl by Caroline Paul. She is the creator and host of DrawTogether, a participatory drawing show for kids, and the Grown-Ups Table, providing lessons and community for drawing-minded adults.
Feb 20: Gareth Hinds interviews Katherine Marsh at Politics and Prose Bookstore
Katherine Marsh - Medusa - with Gareth Hinds - at Conn Ave in the Children and Teens Department
Upcoming Event
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 7:00pm
About the Book:
It's finally time for Ava and her brother to enroll in the Venetian Accademia, run by Zeus and other Greek Gods, to learn about their magical heritage. Once there, Ava and her new friends run afoul of the patriarchal rules. Facing severe punishment, they seek their ancestors on an adventure filled journey around the ancient world. But will they be able to outrun the gods chasing them? Find out in this fast-paced novel that upends everything we know about Greek mythology.
About the Author:
Katherine Marsh is an award-winning writer of books for children and young adults, most notably The Lost Year and Nowhere Boy. A former journalist and managing editor of The New Republic, Katherine lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, two children, two cats, a rabbit, and an assortment of exotic pets.
Katherine will be in conversation with Gareth Hinds. He is the acclaimed creator of graphic novels including The Odyssey, The Iliad, Poe, Beowulf, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and King Lear. He lives near Washington, D.C.
Ages 9-12
5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
Child & Teen
Children
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063303744
Availability: Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now
Published: Clarion Books - February 20th, 2024
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Robin Ha interviewed by Esther Kim at Fantom.
It was a great turnout tonight. Here's the video ... https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3d9Z3AR_P5/?igsh=cDZsZHpwOG9kMG9m
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