FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Chris Wanamaker, (202) 262 2083 president@dcanimeclub.org
DC Anime Club and Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan Present:
The World of Anime Fandom
DC Anime Club and Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC), Embassy of Japan Present “The World of Anime Fandom” on Friday January 16, 2009 at 6:30pm. This event is in celebration of the one year anniversary of the monthly Anime screening series held at the JICC.
During this event DC Anime Club will explain via a power point presentation about the World of Anime Fandom from what is Anime (Japanese Animation) and Manga (Japanese Comics), special anime conventions that are held around the US to explanations for all the parents who wonder why they’re child is so in awe about Anime and Manga.
This event will also feature the new DC Anime Club dancers who will perform a dance routine based upon popular Anime Films and will be dressed in hand made costumes.
Attendees of this event who come in costume will receive a prize.
This event will be held at the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan located at Lafayette Center III 1155 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-3308.
Seating for this event is limited and attendees are encouraged to rsvp by sending an e-mail to jiccrsvpwinter08@embjapan.org.
This program is free and open to the public. For more information please visit the Japan Information and Culture Center website at http://www.us.embjapan.go.jp/jicc/ or visit DC Anime Club website at http://dcanimeclub.org.
About DC Anime Club:
DCAC was established in 2003 to introduce and educate people in the Washington,DC area about East Asian culture, through viewing and discussion of Japanese animation (also known as anime) and Japanese comics (manga). DCAC is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, contributions to DC Anime Club are taxed deductible to the extent allowable under the law.
The club also works to provide a positive, alternative activity to the youth in the area by exposing them to foreign culture, encouraging artistic expression and creativity, and providing opportunities for participation in community activities and leadership.
In addition to our weekly meetings, the club holds an Annual Art Show, an Annual Costume fundraising event, and visits local schools to do presentations on anime. The club also works with the Smithsonian Freer Gallery and DCAsian Pacific American Film Festival on their anime screenings, and has helped locally promote performances for Japanese bands such as Puffy Ami Yumi and Pine am. DC Anime Club was founded by Chris Wanamaker (President), Jules Chang (Vice President) and Craig Vaughn (Sgt in ARMS) on Saturday June 5, 2003. We have a strong membership that continues to grow -- most of which are teenagers.
About Japan Information and Culture Center:
The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) is the cultural and public affairs section of the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C. Our primary role is to promote better understanding of Japan and Japanese culture by providing a wide range of
information, educational services and programs to the public. The JICC is located on the lower level of the glass-enclosed Galleria at Lafayette Centre III in downtown Washington, D.C. Its facilities include a research library, a 152-seat auditorium, and a 1,500-square-foot exhibition gallery where a wide variety of events sponsored by the JICC are hosted throughout the year.
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Christopher Wanamaker
DC Anime Club President
http://www.dcanimeclub.org
202 262 2083
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Another virgin gone
After 9 Chickweed Lane's characters experienced their shared joy, perhaps it was inevitable that others on the comics page should lose their virginity as well. Today's example is apparently Watch Your Head with a 27-second life-changing moment.
And while I don't want to take over Comic Riffs role, I can't help but note the flat-out sincere insincerity of Wiley's Non Sequiter today.
And while I don't want to take over Comic Riffs role, I can't help but note the flat-out sincere insincerity of Wiley's Non Sequiter today.
Bash Magazine publisher profiled at City Paper
Randy spotted this blog post in which the Bash Magazine publisher is profiled - "Talkin’ Bash," Posted by Andrew Beaujon, Washington City Paper's City Desk blog Jul. 28, 2008.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
A new favorite small publisher - Fanfare / Ponent Mon
Deb Aoki was manning (womanning?) Fanfare / Ponent Mon's booth at SPX this year and I recognized her from her photo on About.com. Since I really enjoy her writing and interviews, I stopped to talk. The company sells manga, frequently created with Franco-Belgian collaborators, and I'm coming a bit late to them, I think. She recommended some titles to me and I bought a few more so over the next week I'll feature reviews of five of the company's books:
TÔKYÔ IS MY GARDEN
Boilet - Peeters
Translation: Vanessa Champion and Elizabeth Tiernan
Pages: 152
US Price: $18.99
Disappearance diary
Hideo Azuma
Translation: Kumar Sivasubramanian & Elizabeth Tiernan
Pages: 200
US Price: $22.99
The Ice Wanderer and other stories
Jiro Taniguchi
Translation: Elizabeth Tiernan and Shizuka Shimoyama
Pages: 240
US Price: $21.99
The Walking Man
Jiro Taniguchi
Translation: Stephen Albert
Pages: 152
US Price: $16.99
Japan
various authors
Translation: Vanessa Champion, Elizabeth Tierman and Shizuka Shimoyama
Pages: 256
US Price: $25.00
I've finished 3 of the 5 so far, and I liked these so much that I'm going to add the entire company line to my pull list at Big Planet Comics - something I've done in recent years with First Second (still going ok) and Toon Books (eh). I like a lot of what Top Shelf and Drawn and Quarterly publish and you should definitely check out their lines if you're not already, but not everything they publish works for me. On reflection, I think I'm getting most of what Cinebook is putting out too.
TÔKYÔ IS MY GARDEN
Boilet - Peeters
Translation: Vanessa Champion and Elizabeth Tiernan
Pages: 152
US Price: $18.99
Disappearance diary
Hideo Azuma
Translation: Kumar Sivasubramanian & Elizabeth Tiernan
Pages: 200
US Price: $22.99
The Ice Wanderer and other stories
Jiro Taniguchi
Translation: Elizabeth Tiernan and Shizuka Shimoyama
Pages: 240
US Price: $21.99
The Walking Man
Jiro Taniguchi
Translation: Stephen Albert
Pages: 152
US Price: $16.99
Japan
various authors
Translation: Vanessa Champion, Elizabeth Tierman and Shizuka Shimoyama
Pages: 256
US Price: $25.00
I've finished 3 of the 5 so far, and I liked these so much that I'm going to add the entire company line to my pull list at Big Planet Comics - something I've done in recent years with First Second (still going ok) and Toon Books (eh). I like a lot of what Top Shelf and Drawn and Quarterly publish and you should definitely check out their lines if you're not already, but not everything they publish works for me. On reflection, I think I'm getting most of what Cinebook is putting out too.
Jan 27: Material Culture Forum, "Collecting Popular Culture" Smithsonian event
This sounds interesting and on target even if they don't mention comic art. Thanks to Jeff Reznick for the tip. Jeff's venturing into the world of comics scholarship by writing a review of a Peanuts exhibit for the next issue of IJOCA.
Material Culture Forum, "Collecting Popular Culture"
The Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture invites you to attend its 83rd Quarterly Meeting “Collecting Popular Culture,” at the National Portrait Gallery, Donald W. Reynolds Center, 8th and F Street, NW on January 27, 2009.
SCHEDULE
GALLERY TOUR: 3:30-4:15pm, “Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture” lead by Wendy Wick Reaves, Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Portrait Gallery, 2nd floor west, open and free to all
PRESENTATIONS & DISCUSSION: 4:30-6:00pm, McEvoy Auditorium, sub-level 1,
Welcoming Remarks by Martin Sullivan, Director, National Portrait Gallery
Moderated by Wendy Wick Reaves, Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Portrait Gallery
“Imported Textiles, Local Meaning,” Bryna Freyer, Curator, National Museum of African Art
“Ray Guns, Spaceships and Action Figures: Outer Space in Popular Culture,” Margaret Weitekamp, Curator, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum
“But Is It History?” Ellen Roney Hughes, Curator, Division of Music, Sports, and Entertainment History, National Museum of American History
WINE RECEPTION & INFORMAL DISCUSSION: 6:15-7:00pm, Multipurpose Rooms, 1st floor, open and free to all
BUFFET DINNER & DISCUSSIONS: 7:15-8:45pm, Kogod Courtyard, open to all by reservation, $30.00 per person
To reserve a place for dinner, please email Stephanie Hornbeck at shornbec.si.edu. To pay for dinner, please send a check made out to “Smithsonian Institution,” for $30.00 per person, to Stephanie Hornbeck, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012 Room 1109, MRC 708, Washington, DC 20013-7012.
For questions about this event, please contact Stephanie Hornbeck at 202-633-4615.
Material Culture Forum, "Collecting Popular Culture"
The Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture invites you to attend its 83rd Quarterly Meeting “Collecting Popular Culture,” at the National Portrait Gallery, Donald W. Reynolds Center, 8th and F Street, NW on January 27, 2009.
SCHEDULE
GALLERY TOUR: 3:30-4:15pm, “Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture” lead by Wendy Wick Reaves, Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Portrait Gallery, 2nd floor west, open and free to all
PRESENTATIONS & DISCUSSION: 4:30-6:00pm, McEvoy Auditorium, sub-level 1,
Welcoming Remarks by Martin Sullivan, Director, National Portrait Gallery
Moderated by Wendy Wick Reaves, Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Portrait Gallery
“Imported Textiles, Local Meaning,” Bryna Freyer, Curator, National Museum of African Art
“Ray Guns, Spaceships and Action Figures: Outer Space in Popular Culture,” Margaret Weitekamp, Curator, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum
“But Is It History?” Ellen Roney Hughes, Curator, Division of Music, Sports, and Entertainment History, National Museum of American History
WINE RECEPTION & INFORMAL DISCUSSION: 6:15-7:00pm, Multipurpose Rooms, 1st floor, open and free to all
BUFFET DINNER & DISCUSSIONS: 7:15-8:45pm, Kogod Courtyard, open to all by reservation, $30.00 per person
To reserve a place for dinner, please email Stephanie Hornbeck at shornbec.si.edu. To pay for dinner, please send a check made out to “Smithsonian Institution,” for $30.00 per person, to Stephanie Hornbeck, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012 Room 1109, MRC 708, Washington, DC 20013-7012.
For questions about this event, please contact Stephanie Hornbeck at 202-633-4615.
Dave Astor interview
Boy, I miss Dave's work for Editor and Publisher. See "Talking Comics with Tim: Dave Astor," by Tim O'Shea, Comic Book Resources' Robot 6 blog January 5, 2009.
Blade's Year in Cartoons issue
The current Washington Blade (January 2nd), on the newstands until Thursday, has two tabloid pages of 28 of Paul Berge's cartoons from the past year, making this the most complete 'year in cartoons' I've seen to date. ... although they're all generally on topics of interest to a homosexual newspaper of course...
Comic Riffs interviews Tim Rickard on Brewster Rockit
See "The Interview: 'Brewster Rockit' Cartoonist Tim Rickard," By Michael Cavna, January 6, 2009.
I like this strip. I got to say hello to Rickard at HeroesCon this year and asked about buying original art, but he draws figures in any old way and then photoshops them into a strip format. Sigh. Technology marches on.
Here's another recent interview with him for you: "Episode 60 - The Tim Rickard Interview," Comics Coast To Coast Tuesday, 23 December 2008.
I like this strip. I got to say hello to Rickard at HeroesCon this year and asked about buying original art, but he draws figures in any old way and then photoshops them into a strip format. Sigh. Technology marches on.
Here's another recent interview with him for you: "Episode 60 - The Tim Rickard Interview," Comics Coast To Coast Tuesday, 23 December 2008.
More on Wondermark and Onion comic strips
David Malki has a blog post confirming that Wondermark is leaving the Onion. He writes:
In late 2006, the satirical newspaper The Onion launched a comics page in its print edition (currently available free on newsstands in 10 metropolitan areas). I was thrilled to feature Wondermark on that page in every market, and for about two and a half years, the comic ran in 700,000 papers every week.
Now, however, the Onion comics page is going away. The issue appearing on newsstands in a few days will be the last to feature a Wondermark strip.*
The asterix is because he did a special strip for the Onion this week which isn't on the website. I'm not going to reproduce it here, because heck, if he wanted you to see it, he would have put it on HIS website.
Look at those numbers though - 700,000 papers per week. And they can't afford to keep in some syndicated strips? Hopefully Malki's resulting move to the MCT Syndicate will pay off for him though.
In late 2006, the satirical newspaper The Onion launched a comics page in its print edition (currently available free on newsstands in 10 metropolitan areas). I was thrilled to feature Wondermark on that page in every market, and for about two and a half years, the comic ran in 700,000 papers every week.
Now, however, the Onion comics page is going away. The issue appearing on newsstands in a few days will be the last to feature a Wondermark strip.*
The asterix is because he did a special strip for the Onion this week which isn't on the website. I'm not going to reproduce it here, because heck, if he wanted you to see it, he would have put it on HIS website.
Look at those numbers though - 700,000 papers per week. And they can't afford to keep in some syndicated strips? Hopefully Malki's resulting move to the MCT Syndicate will pay off for him though.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Cul de Sac picks up Oregon paper
See "New comics debut in News-Review," Vicki Menard, The News-Review January 5 2009, for the thrilling details as Our Man Thompson's empire continues to grow.
New York Times on Spirit movie posters
This is buried on the Times' website, but it's pretty interesting - "Inside the Layers of a Print Campaign," New York Times.com December 25 2008 - the poster campaign is discussed while alongside the posters themselves load. The last poster shown made it into comic book stores, or at least Big Planet, but I didn't get any of the earlier ones. Hint, hint.
Luann is coming to DC!
Luann is coming to DC! Hopefully Toni the firewoman will stop by too. Nobody's visited us since the Family Circus last fall.
Spider-Man strip reboot explained
Michael Cavna touched on Spider-Man's suddenly lacking a wife in Comic Riffs last week, and I can't be bothered to explain it so here's Graeme McMillan to do so for anyone following the strip in the Post. Brian Steinberg at the Examiner just posted on this as well, and appears as cranky about it as I am.
Onion dropping comic strips?
In the January 1 issue of the Onion, Wondermark by David Malki has a strip that says "In three weeks, The Onion will cease printing a comics page." Malki suggests visiting his website and signing up for having the strip emailed, but that's just not the same as reading the paper, is it? DC is one of the two or three places to have a print copy of the paper - it's in New York City, and possibly still in Madison, WI.
Other strips on the next-to-last page are Shannon Wheeler's Postage Stamp Funnies (recently collected by Dark Horse Comics, as was Wondermark), Red Meat by Max Cannon (fugitive from the City Paper and soon homeless again apparently), The Spats, Ziggy (in Spanish... what a waste) and P.S. Mueller's panel.
Earlier in the paper is Ward Sutton's fake editorial cartoon, nominally by 'Kelly.'
Other strips on the next-to-last page are Shannon Wheeler's Postage Stamp Funnies (recently collected by Dark Horse Comics, as was Wondermark), Red Meat by Max Cannon (fugitive from the City Paper and soon homeless again apparently), The Spats, Ziggy (in Spanish... what a waste) and P.S. Mueller's panel.
Earlier in the paper is Ward Sutton's fake editorial cartoon, nominally by 'Kelly.'
Where in the world is ComicsDC?
Well, nominally we cover a small mid-Atlantic area in the United States, but apparently people pop in from all over. I've got a couple of maps in the lower right corner, and the one from ClustrMaps just added statistics by country - which I find amazing. I'm not sure what I'm doing to attract people from all over the world, but thanks for reading! Here's the numbers for our recent 3/4 of a year - from April 2008 when I put the map up, until now.
United States (US) 45,193
Canada (CA) 3,622
United Kingdom (GB) 3,028
Germany (DE) 1,068
France (FR) 816
Australia (AU) 787
Spain (ES) 672
Italy (IT) 600
India (IN) 573
Netherlands (NL) 469
Brazil (BR) 464
Philippines (PH) 364
Mexico (MX) 306
Japan (JP) 278
Belgium (BE) 250
Sweden (SE) 245
Poland (PL) 243
Turkey (TR) 241
Indonesia (ID) 236
South Africa (ZA) 234
Malaysia (MY) 211
Denmark (DK) 210
Singapore (SG) 203
Argentina (AR) 181
Finland (FI) 165
Switzerland (CH) 158
Norway (NO) 157
Russian Federation (RU) 157
Greece (GR) 155
Ireland (IE) 151
New Zealand (NZ) 144
Portugal (PT) 143
Thailand (TH) 139
Romania (RO) 131
Israel (IL) 131
Austria (AT) 127
Saudi Arabia (SA) 118
Chile (CL) 117
Serbia (RS) 110
Hong Kong (HK) 102
Korea, Republic of (KR) 101
Hungary (HU) 92
China (CN) 89
Czech Republic (CZ) 87
Croatia (HR) 87
Egypt (EG) 79
Peru (PE) 79
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR) 76
United Arab Emirates (AE) 76
Colombia (CO) 63
Pakistan (PK) 62
Europe (EU) 62
Cote D'Ivoire (CI) 55
Taiwan (TW) 49
Bulgaria (BG) 49
Slovakia (SK) 46
Vietnam (VN) 45
Nigeria (NG) 45
Ukraine (UA) 45
Venezuela (VE) 38
Puerto Rico (PR) 38
Guyana (GY) 36
Morocco (MA) 35
Slovenia (SI) 29
Lithuania (LT) 27
Costa Rica (CR) 25
Macedonia (MK) 24
Kuwait (KW) 23
Qatar (QA) 22
Trinidad and Tobago (TT) 22
Estonia (EE) 21
Ecuador (EC) 21
Sri Lanka (LK) 20
Dominican Republic (DO) 20
Latvia (LV) 19
Lebanon (LB) 18
Bangladesh (BD) 18
Guatemala (GT) 17
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) 17
Malta (MT) 17
Jamaica (JM) 17
Uruguay (UY) 17
Algeria (DZ) 15
El Salvador (SV) 13
Jordan (JO) 13
Oman (OM) 12
Ghana (GH) 12
Tunisia (TN) 11
Nicaragua (NI) 10
Barbados (BB) 10
Georgia (GE) 10
Bolivia (BO) 10
Panama (PA) 10
Netherlands Antilles (AN) 9
Iceland (IS) 9
Asia/Pacific Region (AP) 8
Luxembourg (LU) 8
Sudan (SD) 8
Kenya (KE) 8
Senegal (SN) 8
Cyprus (CY) 7
Belarus (BY) 7
Palestinian Territory (PS) 7
Togo (TG) 7
Yemen (YE) 6
Macau (MO) 6
Guam (GU) 6
Montenegro (ME) 6
Mongolia (MN) 6
Mauritius (MU) 6
Bermuda (BM) 6
Moldova, Republic of (MD) 5
Albania (AL) 5
Benin (BJ) 5
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY) 5
Bahamas (BS) 5
Brunei Darussalam (BN) 5
Maldives (MV) 5
Bahrain (BH) 5
Reunion (RE) 4
Honduras (HN) 4
Martinique (MQ) 4
Burkina Faso (BF) 4
Kazakstan (KZ) 3
Armenia (AM) 3
Malawi (MW) 3
Virgin Islands, U.S. (VI) 3
Syrian Arab Republic (SY) 3
Cayman Islands (KY) 3
Gibraltar (GI) 3
Fiji (FJ) 3
Nepal (NP) 3
Saint Lucia (LC) 3
Paraguay (PY) 2
Iraq (IQ) 2
Azerbaijan (AZ) 2
French Polynesia (PF) 2
Guinea (GN) 2
Guadeloupe (GP) 2
Namibia (NA) 2
Uganda (UG) 2
Greenland (GL) 1
Botswana (BW) 1
Mozambique (MZ) 1
Aruba (AW) 1
Cuba (CU) 1
Cape Verde (CV) 1
Cameroon (CM) 1
Virgin Islands, British (VG) 1
Northern Mariana Islands (MP) 1
Myanmar (MM) 1
Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN) 1
Mali (ML) 1
Somalia (SO) 1
Seychelles (SC) 1
Kyrgyzstan (KG) 1
Zimbabwe (ZW) 1
Cambodia (KH) 1
Rwanda (RW) 1
Gabon (GA) 1
Turkmenistan (TM) 1
Suriname (SR) 1
United States (US) 45,193
Canada (CA) 3,622
United Kingdom (GB) 3,028
Germany (DE) 1,068
France (FR) 816
Australia (AU) 787
Spain (ES) 672
Italy (IT) 600
India (IN) 573
Netherlands (NL) 469
Brazil (BR) 464
Philippines (PH) 364
Mexico (MX) 306
Japan (JP) 278
Belgium (BE) 250
Sweden (SE) 245
Poland (PL) 243
Turkey (TR) 241
Indonesia (ID) 236
South Africa (ZA) 234
Malaysia (MY) 211
Denmark (DK) 210
Singapore (SG) 203
Argentina (AR) 181
Finland (FI) 165
Switzerland (CH) 158
Norway (NO) 157
Russian Federation (RU) 157
Greece (GR) 155
Ireland (IE) 151
New Zealand (NZ) 144
Portugal (PT) 143
Thailand (TH) 139
Romania (RO) 131
Israel (IL) 131
Austria (AT) 127
Saudi Arabia (SA) 118
Chile (CL) 117
Serbia (RS) 110
Hong Kong (HK) 102
Korea, Republic of (KR) 101
Hungary (HU) 92
China (CN) 89
Czech Republic (CZ) 87
Croatia (HR) 87
Egypt (EG) 79
Peru (PE) 79
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR) 76
United Arab Emirates (AE) 76
Colombia (CO) 63
Pakistan (PK) 62
Europe (EU) 62
Cote D'Ivoire (CI) 55
Taiwan (TW) 49
Bulgaria (BG) 49
Slovakia (SK) 46
Vietnam (VN) 45
Nigeria (NG) 45
Ukraine (UA) 45
Venezuela (VE) 38
Puerto Rico (PR) 38
Guyana (GY) 36
Morocco (MA) 35
Slovenia (SI) 29
Lithuania (LT) 27
Costa Rica (CR) 25
Macedonia (MK) 24
Kuwait (KW) 23
Qatar (QA) 22
Trinidad and Tobago (TT) 22
Estonia (EE) 21
Ecuador (EC) 21
Sri Lanka (LK) 20
Dominican Republic (DO) 20
Latvia (LV) 19
Lebanon (LB) 18
Bangladesh (BD) 18
Guatemala (GT) 17
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) 17
Malta (MT) 17
Jamaica (JM) 17
Uruguay (UY) 17
Algeria (DZ) 15
El Salvador (SV) 13
Jordan (JO) 13
Oman (OM) 12
Ghana (GH) 12
Tunisia (TN) 11
Nicaragua (NI) 10
Barbados (BB) 10
Georgia (GE) 10
Bolivia (BO) 10
Panama (PA) 10
Netherlands Antilles (AN) 9
Iceland (IS) 9
Asia/Pacific Region (AP) 8
Luxembourg (LU) 8
Sudan (SD) 8
Kenya (KE) 8
Senegal (SN) 8
Cyprus (CY) 7
Belarus (BY) 7
Palestinian Territory (PS) 7
Togo (TG) 7
Yemen (YE) 6
Macau (MO) 6
Guam (GU) 6
Montenegro (ME) 6
Mongolia (MN) 6
Mauritius (MU) 6
Bermuda (BM) 6
Moldova, Republic of (MD) 5
Albania (AL) 5
Benin (BJ) 5
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY) 5
Bahamas (BS) 5
Brunei Darussalam (BN) 5
Maldives (MV) 5
Bahrain (BH) 5
Reunion (RE) 4
Honduras (HN) 4
Martinique (MQ) 4
Burkina Faso (BF) 4
Kazakstan (KZ) 3
Armenia (AM) 3
Malawi (MW) 3
Virgin Islands, U.S. (VI) 3
Syrian Arab Republic (SY) 3
Cayman Islands (KY) 3
Gibraltar (GI) 3
Fiji (FJ) 3
Nepal (NP) 3
Saint Lucia (LC) 3
Paraguay (PY) 2
Iraq (IQ) 2
Azerbaijan (AZ) 2
French Polynesia (PF) 2
Guinea (GN) 2
Guadeloupe (GP) 2
Namibia (NA) 2
Uganda (UG) 2
Greenland (GL) 1
Botswana (BW) 1
Mozambique (MZ) 1
Aruba (AW) 1
Cuba (CU) 1
Cape Verde (CV) 1
Cameroon (CM) 1
Virgin Islands, British (VG) 1
Northern Mariana Islands (MP) 1
Myanmar (MM) 1
Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN) 1
Mali (ML) 1
Somalia (SO) 1
Seychelles (SC) 1
Kyrgyzstan (KG) 1
Zimbabwe (ZW) 1
Cambodia (KH) 1
Rwanda (RW) 1
Gabon (GA) 1
Turkmenistan (TM) 1
Suriname (SR) 1
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Cameroonian and Marylander cartoonist Issa Nyaphaga's exhibit in NYC
Issa's sent me the following press release about his new exhibit:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ARTBREAK GALLERY presents
BARACKUDA: POST-ELECTION CARTOON SHOW
by ISSA NYAPHAGA
January 4 - February 6, 2009
Opening reception Friday, January 9th from 5 to 9 PM
ARTBREAK GALLERY is proud to present the work of ISSA NYAPHAGA, an international artist/activist who is working on global issues with FREEDIMENSIONAL here in NYC.
ISSA began his career working as a political cartoonist and reporter in a weekly satirical newspaper in his home country of Cameroon, Le Messager Popoli. His opposition to the political regime in Cameroon led him to several trips to jail in 1994 for his publications. In 1996 he escaped from his country to seek asylum in France, where he began collaborating with the famous photographer Jacqueline Hyde, a former assistant to Man Ray.
Being known as an activist devoted to the issues of refugees and immigrants, ISSA NYAPHAGA was invited on June 16, 2001 to20speak before the French National Assembly on the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees for the U.N.H.C.R. He also co-founded the organization JAFE (African Journalists in Exile), which defends and protects journalists in danger, and in 1999 he co-authored Comment la France traite l'asile politique (L'Harmattan ed.), a book
that deals with political asylum in France and analyzes the exile experience.
As a way of remaining in contact with his native country ISSA founded the Association "HITIP" (Hope International for Tikar People), which contributes to the development of rural areas in Cameroon, especially in the cultural exchange, health and education sectors.
ISSA NYAPHAGA is currently participating in a three-month residency program in NYC with the HARLEM STUDIO FELLOWSHIP. He is one of many emerging black artists who followed the last presidential election campaign in the US very closely, which then inspired him to produce the body of work in this show.
"As a political cartoonist I was censured and jailed. Today, after 12 years in exile, I seek to examine contemporary society with an expression that transcends the primary function of caricature. For me, drawing cartoons has always been about examining current events in newspapers, and transferring this expression onto a huge canvas or into an installation gives me immense pleasure," explains ISSA.
As part of his 'URBAN WAY' project, on the night of the reception ISSA will be performing on stage with live music.
The show will run from January 4th to February 6th.
For more information go to www.artbreakgallery.com , www.freedimensional.org or www.nyaphaga.com
ARTBREAK GALLERY
195 Grand Street
2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718 302 1021
www.artbreakgallery.com
info@artbreakgallery.com
Seth, Tomine, Neely illos among others in today's NY Times Magazine
Seth, Tomine, and Neely have illos among others in today's NY Times Magazine in this article - "Risk Mismanagement" - click on each page at the bottom to see the next set.
Jillian Tamaki illustrated a book review and a few days ago, J.D. Salinger.
Last week, David Hajdu eulogized Will Elder in "His Mad World," By DAVID HAJDU, New York Times Magazine December 28, 2008.
OT: Another review of Losing Everything
Here's another review of Losing Everything by my friend David Lozell Martin: "A novelist's harrowing journey," REVIEW BY PETE CROATTO, Bookpage, January 2009.
And on a more chipper note, the Post recently ran a story about Wonder Book and Video in Frederick, MD which has sold me a few comics and cartoon things over the years.
And on a more chipper note, the Post recently ran a story about Wonder Book and Video in Frederick, MD which has sold me a few comics and cartoon things over the years.
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