Crystal Screen - Superheroes
Join the Crystal City BID for 21 weeks of Superheros! On Monday nights from May 4, 2009-September 21, 2009, Crystal City will be protected by Batman, Spiderman, Superman, and many others. Each night will also have special giveaways, sponsors, and other activities.
Date(s):
May 4, 2009 - September 21, 2009
Location:
18th and Bell Street - Courtyard Across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel
Event Fee:
Free
Hours:
Movies begin at sundown
Description:
Join the Crystal City BID for 21 weeks of Superheros! On Monday nights from May 4, 2009-September 21, 2009, Crystal City will be protected by Batman, Spiderman, Superman, and many others. Each night will also have special giveaways, sponsors, and other activities. Check back here for more information.
CRYSTAL KID BONUS: Since it gets dark later in the summer and movies often start past bedtime, the BID has partnered with Crystal City Sports Pub to rebroadcast each movie at 3:30 PM on the 3rd Floor of CCSP on the Wednesday following the outdoor showing, starting May 6. Bring your kids and a blanket and enjoy the fabulous surround network of TVs.
Festival Rules: Patrons can bring their own picnics as long as they abide by city and festival rules. Low-backed chairs and blankets are allowed, but grills, umbrellas, and pets are prohibited.
Schedule
September 21, 2009 - Batman: The Dark Knight
September 23, 2009 - Batman: The Dark Knight - at CCSP
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Quick Reviews for Comics Due 09-23-09
QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 09-23-09
By John Judy
BLACKEST NIGHT: SUPERMAN #2 of 3 by James Robinson and Eddy Barrows. If you've ever wanted to see Superman fight a zombie version of himself with wistful, poetic dialogue by James Robinson THIS is the one for you! Plus, other zombies with rings. Fun stuff.
DARK REIGN: THE LIST: X-MEN ONE-SHOT by Matt Fraction and Alan Davis. Fraction! Davis! Osborn! X-Men!!!! (Contains some verbs.)
DETECTIVE COMICS #857 by Greg Rucka, JH Williams III and Cully Hamner. Batman had the Mad Hatter. Batwoman has "Alice" which should be a lot hotter than it sounds. At least there's poison gas involved. Also, the Question takes on a human trafficking ring. Note: Human traffickers are this year's drug dealers.
FANTASTIC FOUR #571 by Jonathan Hickman and Dale Eaglesham. Ben and Johnny get ready to road trip while Reed gets ready to fix everything. "Socialism!"
FLASH CHRONICLES VOL. 1 SC by Various Silver Age Legends. Collecting the earliest adventures of Barry Allen, the fastest man alive, in affordable paperback. Great gift idea for the young and old. Recommended.
GOON VOL. 9: CALAMITY OF CONSCIENCE SC written and drawn by Eric Powell. "Now that's a beatin'. You know you been beat proper when your arm is stickin' out at an angle like that." Collecting issues 28-31, this twisted humor-adventure title will tug at your heart strings then get really angry and rip them out entirely. And make you like it! Recommended.
HELLBLAZER #259 by Peter Milligan and Simon Bisley. The Biz is back for two issues of covers and interiors! First up, Constantine tries to escape his troubles by skipping town. Because that always works when you're John Constantine…
IMMORTAL WEAPONS #3 of 5 by Rick Spears, Duane Swierczynski and Timothy Green II. If you're a down on your luck orphan during China's first opium war, have no fear for Living Weapon Dog Brother #1 is on your side! And you have opium!
INCREDIBLE HULK #602 by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, Ariel Olivetti and Michael Ryan. Hulk and Son take on the Juggernaut! There's also this back-up story about the appalling new She-Hulk but don't let that ruin it for you.
MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN #4 by Seth Grahame-Smith and Richard Elson. One of the authors of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" takes a swing at a Zombies versus Hulk story. On the moon! Gotta look!
ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS HC by Neil Gaiman and Brett Helquist. A hardback edition of the story Neil wrote for the UK's World Book Day about a boy in Viking times who must save Asgard from the Frost Giants and restore springtime to the world. Illustrated by Brent Helquist (of Lemony Snicket fame), 128 pages and appropriate for young readers. Recommended.
NEW AVENGERS #57 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen. The Avengers are powerless and now so are the Dark Avengers and they're all facing seriously hacked off rogue criminals who are not powerless. Boy, I sure hope they all get their powers back in time for a BIG FIGHT!
SPIDER-WOMAN #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev. Congratulations to Bendis for finally getting his dream job and his old DAREDEVIL partner to draw it. Let's hope this doesn't distract him from the other 20-some weekly titles he's writing! "Thwip!"
SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN #1 of 6 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. It's the new Official Canon of Superman's Life and Times. Put your Byrne-autographed MAN OF STEEL back on the shelf, kids. It is now an antique. Recommended.
UNCANNY X-MEN #515 by Matt Fraction and Greg Land. One of the original X-Men makes his exit! But who is it?
UNDERGROUND #1 of 4 by Steve Lieber and Jeff Parker. "Thriller set in a cave" doesn't really do justice to this tense, good-looking comic by the artist of WHITEOUT and the author of AGENTS OF ATLAS. Highly recommended.
WEDNESDAY COMICS #12 of 12 by Various Courageous Risk-Takers. Final issue! Some hits, some misses, a few head-scratchers, but overall a noble and successful experiment that gave us some great artwork and appreciation for just how beautiful the Sunday newspaper comics used to be. Highly recommended.
WOLVERINE GIANT-SIZE OLD MAN LOGAN #1 by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. Grampa Wolverine chops up a bunch of green people. The final chapter. Not for younger kids because it's got a guy with claws killing people fer cryin' out loud!
Cavna article on Hader's voice acting
Bill Hader Stars as King Midas and Mr. Unassuming
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 20, 2009
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Post on Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs includes interview
Cavna, Michael. 2009.
The 'Riffs Interview: 'SNL's' Bill Hader Embraces His Inner Nerd for 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' Washington Post Comic Riffs (September 18): http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/09/thursdays_riffs_5.html#more
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091704446.html
The 'Riffs Interview: 'SNL's' Bill Hader Embraces His Inner Nerd for 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' Washington Post Comic Riffs (September 18): http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/09/thursdays_riffs_5.html#more
'Cloudy With a Chance' of Hilarity; Children's Book Is Basis of Wacky, Inventive Comedy
By Dan Kois
Special to The Washington Post Friday, September 18, 2009http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091704446.html
Ohio State Names Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Honor of $7 Million Gift
Here's a PR from OSU, and the Schulz Challenge to match funds is still going strong.
Ohio State Names Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Honor of $7 Million Gift
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees today approved the naming of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in recognition of a $7 million gift from the Elizabeth Ireland Graves Foundation to support the renovation of Sullivant Hall, an historic building located at a main gateway to the university’s campus.
The project is estimated to cost $20.6 million and will be completed in 2013, at which time Sullivant Hall will house both the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and The Ohio State University Department of Dance.
“The Graves Foundation has made a critical investment to enhance the learning environment for students, faculty, and visitors from around the world,” said President E. Gordon Gee. “The revitalized Sullivant Hall will be a fitting home to two university treasures – the top-ranked Department of Dance and the world-renowned Cartoon Library and Museum. Naming the latter in Billy Ireland’s honor is a fitting tribute to a remarkable Ohioan.”
The Elizabeth Ireland Graves Foundation is managed by Billy Ireland's granddaughter, Sayre Graves, and is based out of Bremo Bluff, Va..
The Columbus Dispatch hired Ireland, a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, shortly after his high school graduation in 1898. A self-taught cartoonist, he worked for the Dispatch until his death in 1935 and was known both for his editorial cartoons and for his Sunday feature The Passing Show.
An exhibition of Ireland’s work will be held at Ohio State in the fall 2010.
“Billy Ireland was a Columbus celebrity during his lifetime,” according to Lucy Shelton Caswell, the cartoon library and museum's founding curator. “He enjoyed a national reputation and his work is still delightful to read. This is a fitting honor for a great cartoonist. We look forward to sharing his work with a new generation of readers.”
Established in 1977 with a founding gift of the Milton Caniff Collection, the Cartoon Library and Museum was housed in two converted classrooms in the Ohio State's Journalism Building. Since then, Caswell has built it into a widely renowned collection that is a destination for both cartoon researchers and fans from around the world.
Thousands of donors have contributed to the collection, with gifts ranging from one item to tens of thousands. With the recent addition of the IMCA’s extensive permanent collection, the Cartoon Library and Museum now houses more than 400,000 works of original cartoon art, 35,000 books, 51,000 serial titles, 2,800 linear feet of manuscript materials, and 2.5 million comic strip clippings and newspaper pages.
Now the world's largest collection of cartoon art and comics, the Cartoon Library and Museum is currently located in the basement of the Wexner Center for the Arts http://cartoons.osu.edu/. Its new, permanent home in Sullivant Hall will expand its space from its current 6,808 square feet to more than 40,000 gross square feet of space storage and exhibit space allowing more of the collection to be displayed and accessible to the public.
Sullivant Hall also will provide greatly enhanced facilities for Ohio State’s top-ranked dance program, including state-of-the-art dance facilities, upgraded administrative offices, and an upgrade of the existing auditorium.
Ohio State Names Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Honor of $7 Million Gift
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees today approved the naming of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in recognition of a $7 million gift from the Elizabeth Ireland Graves Foundation to support the renovation of Sullivant Hall, an historic building located at a main gateway to the university’s campus.
The project is estimated to cost $20.6 million and will be completed in 2013, at which time Sullivant Hall will house both the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and The Ohio State University Department of Dance.
“The Graves Foundation has made a critical investment to enhance the learning environment for students, faculty, and visitors from around the world,” said President E. Gordon Gee. “The revitalized Sullivant Hall will be a fitting home to two university treasures – the top-ranked Department of Dance and the world-renowned Cartoon Library and Museum. Naming the latter in Billy Ireland’s honor is a fitting tribute to a remarkable Ohioan.”
The Elizabeth Ireland Graves Foundation is managed by Billy Ireland's granddaughter, Sayre Graves, and is based out of Bremo Bluff, Va..
The Columbus Dispatch hired Ireland, a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, shortly after his high school graduation in 1898. A self-taught cartoonist, he worked for the Dispatch until his death in 1935 and was known both for his editorial cartoons and for his Sunday feature The Passing Show.
An exhibition of Ireland’s work will be held at Ohio State in the fall 2010.
“Billy Ireland was a Columbus celebrity during his lifetime,” according to Lucy Shelton Caswell, the cartoon library and museum's founding curator. “He enjoyed a national reputation and his work is still delightful to read. This is a fitting honor for a great cartoonist. We look forward to sharing his work with a new generation of readers.”
Established in 1977 with a founding gift of the Milton Caniff Collection, the Cartoon Library and Museum was housed in two converted classrooms in the Ohio State's Journalism Building. Since then, Caswell has built it into a widely renowned collection that is a destination for both cartoon researchers and fans from around the world.
Thousands of donors have contributed to the collection, with gifts ranging from one item to tens of thousands. With the recent addition of the IMCA’s extensive permanent collection, the Cartoon Library and Museum now houses more than 400,000 works of original cartoon art, 35,000 books, 51,000 serial titles, 2,800 linear feet of manuscript materials, and 2.5 million comic strip clippings and newspaper pages.
Now the world's largest collection of cartoon art and comics, the Cartoon Library and Museum is currently located in the basement of the Wexner Center for the Arts http://cartoons.osu.edu/. Its new, permanent home in Sullivant Hall will expand its space from its current 6,808 square feet to more than 40,000 gross square feet of space storage and exhibit space allowing more of the collection to be displayed and accessible to the public.
Sullivant Hall also will provide greatly enhanced facilities for Ohio State’s top-ranked dance program, including state-of-the-art dance facilities, upgraded administrative offices, and an upgrade of the existing auditorium.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
NPR's Weldon on Stitches
Weldon, Glen. 2009.
'Stitches' Draws On An Artist's Painful Childhood.
National Public Radio's Books We Like (September 15)
I read this over the weekend for part of my cancer research. It's a strong, moving work. It's not my favorite of either autobiographical comics, or cancer comics, but it's well worth reading.
'Stitches' Draws On An Artist's Painful Childhood.
National Public Radio's Books We Like (September 15)
I read this over the weekend for part of my cancer research. It's a strong, moving work. It's not my favorite of either autobiographical comics, or cancer comics, but it's well worth reading.
Sept 23: Graphic novel book group at Politics and Prose
GRAPHIC NOVEL (4th Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.)
Wednesday, September 23
Exit Wounds
by Mutu Rodan
2008/12 - TP
Drawn & Quarterly
9781897299838
Publisher Comments
Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father's death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last few months of his father's life but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties.
"Exit Wounds "is the North American graphic-novel debut from one of Israel's best-known cartoonists. Modan has received several awards in Israel and abroad, including the Best Illustrated Children's Book Award from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem four times and Young Artist of the Year by the Israel Ministry of Culture. She is a chosen artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.
Wednesday, September 23
Exit Wounds
by Mutu Rodan
2008/12 - TP
Drawn & Quarterly
9781897299838
Publisher Comments
Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father's death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last few months of his father's life but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties.
"Exit Wounds "is the North American graphic-novel debut from one of Israel's best-known cartoonists. Modan has received several awards in Israel and abroad, including the Best Illustrated Children's Book Award from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem four times and Young Artist of the Year by the Israel Ministry of Culture. She is a chosen artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.
Small Press Expo Announces Peter Kuper, Kevin Huizenga, Kate Beaton, and Al Columbia as Guests
Small Press Expo Announces Peter Kuper, Kevin Huizenga, Kate Beaton, and Al Columbia as Guests for SPX 2009
Bethesda, Maryland; September 17, 2009 - The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce Peter Kuper, Kevin Huizenga, Kate Beaton and Al Columbia as guests for SPX 2009. This completes the guest list for one of the best SPX's ever, adding these great creators to our previously announced guests Gahan Wilson, Paul Karasik, Carol Tyler, Josh Neufeld, John Porcellino, Willy Linthout Jerry Moriarity, R. Sikoryak and Joshua Cotter .
Peter Kuper is a contributor to Time, Newsweek, The New York Times and many other publications as an illustrator. He is the co-founder of the long running World War 3 Illustrated as well as being the main artist on Mad's long running series Spy vs. Spy. Peter's latest creation is Diario de Oaxaca: A Sketchbook Journal of Two Years In Mexico published by PM Press. Diario is a combination of comics, sketches, photography and a journal of the time he and his family lived in Oaxaca, Mexico during a time of political turmoil there. This work comes on the heels of his critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical Stop Forgetting To Remember-The Autobiography of Walter Kurtz released in 2007 by Crown Publishers. Peter will only be at SPX on Saturday, September 26 in the afternoon.
Kevin Huizenga has just released the latest stories of the philosophical sage Glen Ganges, with #3 published recently by Fantagraphics. Kevin twice made Time Magazines Top Ten Comics and is a weekly contributor to the irreverent and always humorous Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond. Visit Kevin at his blog The Balloonist at http://kevinh.blogspot.com/.
Kate Beaton is the winner of the 2009 Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent. Her History Comics takes an irreverent and comical view of history and historical figures, this leading to coverage in Wired Magazine, Bitch and Macleans. Kate is responsible for the all of the banners on the SPX site, for which SPX has received rave reviews. Kate's work can be viewed at her web site http://harkavagrant.com/.
Al Columbia is the creator behind the just released PIm & Francie: The Golden Bear Days from Fantagraphics, which is a collection of excavations, comic strips, animation stills, storybook covers, and other output over the years. Al started as an assistant to Bill Sienkiewicz, then moved on to create the Biologic Show.
SPX will be held Saturday, September 26 from 11AM to 7PM and Sunday, September 27, noon-6PM at The North Bethesda Marriott Convention Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Admission is $10 for a single day and $15 for both days.
For further information on the Ignatz Awards, the nominees or to request an interview, please contact Warren Bernard at warren@spxpo.com.
For more information on the Small Press Expo and the Ignatz Awards, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.
Lethem and Chabon in town this fall
Comics-friendly authors Jonathan Lethem and Michael Chabon will be in town, reading from new books this fall.
Oct. 9; Chabon is at Lisner Auditorium, at 7:00, free.
Nov. 2: Lethem is at Folger Elizabethan Theatre, at 7:30, $15.
Oct. 9; Chabon is at Lisner Auditorium, at 7:00, free.
Nov. 2: Lethem is at Folger Elizabethan Theatre, at 7:30, $15.
Former Baltimore Sun Cartoonist Retires from Syndication
From Rob Tornoe:
Former Baltimore Sun cartoonist Mike Lane has announced that he will stop drawing editorial cartoons for syndication. Lane took a buyout from The Sun back in 2004.
From Daryl Cagle, cartoonist for MSNBC.com and owner of the Cagle Cartoons syndicate:
"I'm saddened to write that one of the great editorial cartoonists has decided to retire. Mike Lane, who drew for the Baltimore Sun for decades and was one of the very first cartoonists to form our little syndicate, is calling it quits."
http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/09/17/mike-lane-retires/
Mike stopped drawing early last month when he was slated for open heart surgery
http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/08/26/best-wishes-for-mike-lanes-recovery/
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Rob Tornoe
Cartoonist/Illustrator
Cagle Cartoons, Inc.
302.222.4647
robtornoe@gmail.com
http://blog.cagle.com/news
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/RobTornoe
AIM: RobTornoe
Former Baltimore Sun cartoonist Mike Lane has announced that he will stop drawing editorial cartoons for syndication. Lane took a buyout from The Sun back in 2004.
From Daryl Cagle, cartoonist for MSNBC.com and owner of the Cagle Cartoons syndicate:
"I'm saddened to write that one of the great editorial cartoonists has decided to retire. Mike Lane, who drew for the Baltimore Sun for decades and was one of the very first cartoonists to form our little syndicate, is calling it quits."
http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/09/17/mike-lane-retires/
Mike stopped drawing early last month when he was slated for open heart surgery
http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/08/26/best-wishes-for-mike-lanes-recovery/
--
Rob Tornoe
Cartoonist/Illustrator
Cagle Cartoons, Inc.
302.222.4647
robtornoe@gmail.com
http://blog.cagle.com/news
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/RobTornoe
AIM: RobTornoe
October 20: Chinese cartoonist and caricaturist Ding Cong at Library of Congress
| Chinese cartoonist and caricaturist Ding Cong To comprehend a tumultuous history like that of twentieth century China, we can benefit greatly from the acute observations of a creative artist active during the period. Ding Cong (1916-2009), until recently China’s most famous living cartoonist and artist, offers that perspective. The Library of Congress and George Mason University are sponsoring a one day symposium and exhibition showing Ding Cong’s life and work. The morning conference at the Library of Congress will include speakers intimately familiar with Ding’s life and work. In the afternoon, the Mason Gallery at GMU will display 50 cartoons and artwork and include more commentary. These events will celebrate the life and works of this artist whose cogent insights illuminate China’s volatile century. October 20, 2009 Conference: 8: 30 a.m. - Noon Exhibition: 1:45 p.m. – 4: 30 p.m. |
Marcia Ristaino
Researcher
Kluge Center for Scholars
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540
Email: mris@loc.gov
Weldon on comic book cheesecake
Weldon, Glen. 2009.
Sirens Vs. Divas: Who Will Win The Great Comic Book Cheesecake-Off?
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog (September 16):
I actually am buying Divas due to this article - because of the breast cancer mention. I'm writing a lecture on comics and cancer.
Politics and Prose graphic novel reading club - The next 6 books
Adam Waterreus says of Politics and Proses' graphic novel reading group:
So here are the books which ranked highest and the month we will read them:
October:
Too Cool to be Forgotten by Alex Robinson
November:
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
December:
Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
January:
Pitch Black by Youme Landowne and Anthony Horton
February:
Stitches by David Small
March:
Cages by Dave McKean
Hope everyone is enjoying Exit Wounds, and I'll see you all on the 23rd of September.
Sept 27: Animania Press Release.
CONTACT: Chris Wanamaker, 202 262 2083 president@dcaimeclub.org
FYE and DC Anime Club Present: Animania
FYE in Collaboration with DC Anime Club present Animania on Sunday September 27,2009 11am-4pm at FYE in Ballston Mall 4238 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22203.Activities such as Anime Trivia, Cosplay (Japanese term meaning costume play) contest and anime screenings will take place during Animania.
Animainia is not only held at the ballston mall fye location but in FYE Stores all over the
US. This event is free and open to the public. Age range 13 and up.
For more information please contact FYE at (703) 528-6940 or dc anime club at
202 262 2083. www.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 tax 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 DC Asian 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.
"Herblock!" Opens Oct. 13
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington DC 20540
September 17, 2009
Public contact: Sara Duke (202) 707-3630, sduk@loc.gov
Martha Kennedy (202) 707-9115, mkenn@loc.gov
"Herblock!"
New Exhibition at Library of Congress Opens Oct. 13
He was a fearless crusader who condemned corruption and exposed injustice, inequality and immorality. Artfully and effectively wielding his pen, he influenced public opinion and jarred the lives of many elected officials. He was Herblock, the master of editorial cartooning.
The Library of Congress will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert L. Block, widely known as Herblock, with an exhibition that looks at his entire 72-year career, which began in 1929 under President Herbert Hoover and concluded in 2001 during the presidency of George W. Bush.
"Herblock!" opens on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the birthday of the four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, and runs through Saturday, May 1, 2010. The exhibition is free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day), in the second-floor South Gallery of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
A companion book, "HERBLOCK: The Life and Works of the Great Political Cartoonist" has been published by the Library of Congress and the Herb Block Foundation, in association with W.W. Norton & Co. Written by Haynes Johnson and Harry L. Katz, the 304-page hardcover book features a DVD that contains more than 18,000 cartoons. (The authors will discuss the book from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Library's James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.) Arranged chronologically, the book illustrates the influence of history on Block's work as well as his influence on historical events as they unfolded.
The exhibition is organized similarly, with a chronological layout. The sections include: Herblock's early years, under the title "The Approaching Perils"; the rise of fascism and World War II, "Psychopathic Ward"; the Cold War, "White is Black, Black is White, Night is Day—"; McCarthyism, "Naughty, Naughty"; the 1960s, "Everything's [Not] Okay"; Richard Nixon, "Here He Comes Now"; the 70s and terrorism, "It Gets Into Everything"; Ronald Reagan, "Joy to the World"; Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, "Closing Years, Contrasting Styles of Leadership"; and some special pieces, "Classic Cartoons by a Master."
The 82 original drawings in this exhibition are new to the walls of the Library—they have never been previously displayed. The cartoons have been selected from the Library's Herb Block Collection, with a few iconic drawings loaned from the Washington Post collection. In 2002, the foundation donated Block's archive to the Library, and the collection includes more than 14,000 finished cartoons, in addition to preliminary sketches, files and manuscripts. The Library mounted displays of Herblock's work in 2000, 2003 and 2006.
Born in Chicago on Oct. 13, 1909, Block began his career as a professional cartoonist in 1929, working for the Chicago Daily News and the Newspaper Enterprise Association Service. In 1946, he joined the Washington Post, where he remained for 55 years until his death in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 2001. Block won Pulitzer Prizes in 1942, 1954 and 1979. He shared a fourth Pulitzer with Washington Post colleagues for coverage of the Watergate scandal in 1973.
To view the Herblock collection on the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, visit http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/hlbhtml/hlbabt.html.
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. The Library seeks to spark imagination and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by providing access to knowledge through its magnificent collections, programs and exhibitions. Many of the Library's rich resources can be accessed through its website at www.loc.gov and via interactive exhibitions on a personalized website at myLOC.gov.
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PR: Crystal Clear Coming Soon
Troy Allen of Bamn comics writes in:
Her is some new promo art for "Crystal Clear."
The new series (the number of issues is yet to be determined) is about the title character, a promiscuous superheroine who has become a public relations nightmare. Looking to improve her image, her agent calls on a struggling comic book scribe to re-imagine her into a wholesome crusader for truth and justice. They have their work cut out for them.
It's a romantic-comedy with capes, 3 genres that Jay knows and loves (pun intended).
Jay is pulling a grand-slam for this one! He is inking, drawing, and writing this bad bear.
Crystal Clear will make its' debut at The Small Press Expo '09.
Click Here for more on SPX!
Click here for more Crystal Clear art by Jay Payne
Her is some new promo art for "Crystal Clear."
The new series (the number of issues is yet to be determined) is about the title character, a promiscuous superheroine who has become a public relations nightmare. Looking to improve her image, her agent calls on a struggling comic book scribe to re-imagine her into a wholesome crusader for truth and justice. They have their work cut out for them.
It's a romantic-comedy with capes, 3 genres that Jay knows and loves (pun intended).
Jay is pulling a grand-slam for this one! He is inking, drawing, and writing this bad bear.
Crystal Clear will make its' debut at The Small Press Expo '09.
Click Here for more on SPX!
Click here for more Crystal Clear art by Jay Payne
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Fantom Comics launches at Pentagon City!
Matthew Klokel has written in with some exciting news about Fantom Comics. Arlington will have a comic book store again.
He writes,
Fantom Comics was approached late August by the Pentagon City Mall about taking on a lease in their shopping center (their rep saw our Union Station shop and liked it).
·We’d had no immediate plans to open up another store, as Union Station is making record profits and we were taking the time to implement our new comixology.com online ordering system, but a shot at Pentagon City was too cool to pass up.
·After several weeks of running the numbers and negotiating the lease, I signed the lease today.
·We’re scheduled to open on the 3rd floor of the Pentagon City Mall (next to the entrance to Nordstrom) on October 1st.
I've been going to Big Planet for 23 years and they treat me well, so I'm afraid I'm not going to switch stores, but I'll make a point of stopping in. Fantom definitely has a good store and good stock and I'm glad to see them sticking around. I find something to buy every time I go in.
I used to shop at Collector's Comic Shop in Paramus, NJ at a store in the Bergen Mall there since they opened in 1978. The whole family would go to the Mall on Friday nights, deposit Dad's check, have some dinner, walk around. Another mall, the Garden State Plaza, is now a megamall, but at the time they had a local bookstore that handled fanzines, and books like the Shadow (covered by Jim Steranko) and comics. Malls have gotten too homogeneous and need comics stores, I declare.
He writes,
Fantom Comics was approached late August by the Pentagon City Mall about taking on a lease in their shopping center (their rep saw our Union Station shop and liked it).
·We’d had no immediate plans to open up another store, as Union Station is making record profits and we were taking the time to implement our new comixology.com online ordering system, but a shot at Pentagon City was too cool to pass up.
·After several weeks of running the numbers and negotiating the lease, I signed the lease today.
·We’re scheduled to open on the 3rd floor of the Pentagon City Mall (next to the entrance to Nordstrom) on October 1st.
I've been going to Big Planet for 23 years and they treat me well, so I'm afraid I'm not going to switch stores, but I'll make a point of stopping in. Fantom definitely has a good store and good stock and I'm glad to see them sticking around. I find something to buy every time I go in.
I used to shop at Collector's Comic Shop in Paramus, NJ at a store in the Bergen Mall there since they opened in 1978. The whole family would go to the Mall on Friday nights, deposit Dad's check, have some dinner, walk around. Another mall, the Garden State Plaza, is now a megamall, but at the time they had a local bookstore that handled fanzines, and books like the Shadow (covered by Jim Steranko) and comics. Malls have gotten too homogeneous and need comics stores, I declare.
PR: Herblock's Work is Subject of New Retrospective Volume
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20540
Phone: (202) 707-2905
Sept. 16, 2009
Works by Political Cartoonist Herblock Featured in New Retrospective Volume
Book and Exhibition Mark Herblock Centennial
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of political cartoonist Herbert Block (Herblock), the Library of Congress and the Herb Block Foundation, in association with W. W. Norton & Company, have published "HERBLOCK: The Life and Works of the Great Political Cartoonist." Written by Haynes Johnson and Harry L. Katz, this richly illustrated volume will delight Herblock fans as well as a new generation of cartoon enthusiasts.
"No American cartoonist has influenced so many in their profession, their government, their nation as Herblock," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. "It is my great pleasure, as his friend and admirer, to present this magnificent retrospective volume, covering 70 years of world history and revealing the astonishing breadth of his distinguished career."
Born in Chicago on Oct. 13, 1909, Herbert Lawrence Block was a groundbreaking, four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist whose career spanned nearly three quarters of a century and 13 American presidencies. Block began his career as a professional cartoonist in 1929, working for the Chicago Daily News and the Newspaper Enterprise Association Service. In 1946, he joined The Washington Post, where he remained for 55 years, until his death in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 7, 2001. Syndicated throughout the country, his spare, folksy cartoons focused on important events of the time— from the stock-market crash in 1929 through the new millennium beginning in the year 2000—making complex issues seem simple and moral choices clear.
Arranged chronologically, the book illustrates the influence of history on Herblock's work as well as his influence on historical events as they unfolded.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best-selling author and television commentator Haynes Johnson provides an insightful biography of Herblock along with commentary on his work. In a series of essays, Harry Katz, curator of the Herb Block Foundation Collection and author of "Cartoon America: Comic Art at the Library of Congress," places Herblock and his work in context. As a bonus, the book is packaged with a DVD that contains more than 18,000 cartoons—the bulk of Herblock's professional works.
The authors will discuss the book from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, in Dining Room C, located on the sixth floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.
The book accompanies a Library of Congress exhibition titled "Herblock!" featuring 82 original Herblock drawings that have never before been displayed. These works were selected from the Herb Block Foundation's 2002 gift of the cartoonist's entire personal and professional archives comprising more than 14,000 finished cartoons, in addition to preliminary sketches, files and manuscripts. The exhibit also includes three seminal cartoons on loan from The Washington Post collection.
The exhibition is free and open to the public, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, Oct. 13, 2009, through May 1, 2010, in the second-floor South Gallery of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building at 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. The exhibition may also be viewed online at www.loc.gov/exhibits/.
"HERBLOCK: The Life and Works of the Great Political Cartoonist," a 304-page hardcover book with more than 250 classic cartoons, is available with the DVD for $35 in bookstores nationwide and the Library of Congress shop, Washington, DC 20540-4985. Credit card orders are taken at (888) 682-3557. Online orders can be placed at www.loc.gov/shop/.
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. The Library seeks to spark imagination and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by providing access to knowledge through its magnificent collections, programs and exhibitions. Many of the Library's rich resources can be accessed through its website at www.loc.gov and via interactive exhibitions on a new, personalized website at myLOC.gov.
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PR 09-170
09/16/09
ISSN 0731-3527
Oct 15: Authors to Discuss New Book on Cartoonist Herblock
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20540
Phone: (202) 707-2905
Fax: (202) 707-9199
Authors Haynes Johnson and Harry Katz to Discuss New Illustrated Volume
Honoring Political Cartoonist Herblock on Oct. 15
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of political cartoonist Herbert Block (Herblock), the Library of Congress and the Herb Block Foundation, in association with W. W. Norton & Company, have published "HERBLOCK: The Life and Works of the Great Political Cartoonist." Authors Haynes Johnson and Harry L. Katz will discuss this retrospective volume work at noon on Thursday, Oct. 15, in Dining Room C, located on the sixth floor of the Library's James Madison Building at 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored jointly by the Library's Prints and Photographs Division, the Publishing Office and the Center for the Book.
Arranged chronologically, the book illustrates the influence of history on Herblock's work as well as his influence on historical events as they unfolded. As a bonus, the book is packaged with a DVD that contains more than 18,000 cartoons.
Born in Chicago on Oct. 13, 1909, Herbert Lawrence Block was a groundbreaking, four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist whose career spanned nearly three quarters of a century and 13 American presidencies. Block began his is career as a professional cartoonist in 1929, working for the Chicago Daily News and the Newspaper Enterprise Association Service. In 1946, he joined The Washington Post, where he remained for 55 years, until his death in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 2001. Syndicated throughout the country, his cartoons focused on important events of the time—from the stock-market crash in 1929 through the new millennium beginning in 2000—making complex issues seem simple and moral choices clear.
Haynes Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a best-selling author and a television commentator. He has reported on virtually every major national and international news event in the past four decades, including the activities of every President from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama. In 1966, Johnson won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished national reporting of the civil-rights struggle in Selma, Ala. Until recently, Johnson was associated with The Washington Post, which he joined in 1969 and where he served as a national reporter, assistant managing editor and a national affairs columnist. He appears regularly on the PBS-TV programs "Washington Week in Review" and "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."
Harry Katz is the curator of the Herb Block Foundation Collection in Washington, D.C., and former head curator within the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Katz is the editor of "Cartoon America: Comic Art at the Library of Congress" and has produced books and exhibitions featuring political cartoonists Jules Feiffer, Pat Oliphant, Ann Telnaes and others.
The book accompanies a Library of Congress exhibition titled "Herblock!" featuring 82 original Herblock drawings that have never before been displayed. These works were selected from the Herb Block Foundation's 2002 gift of the cartoonist's entire personal and professional archives comprising more than 14,000 finished cartoons and three seminal cartoons on loan from The Washington Post collection. The exhibition is free and open to the public, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, Oct. 13, 2009, through May 1, 2010, in the second-floor South Gallery of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building at 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. The exhibition may also be viewed online at www.loc.gov/exhibits/.
"HERBLOCK: The Life and Works of the Great Political Cartoonist," a 304-page hardcover book with more than 250 classic cartoons, is available with the DVD for $35 in bookstores nationwide and the Library of Congress shop, Washington, DC 20540-4985. Credit card orders are taken at (888) 682-3557. Online orders can be placed at www.loc.gov/shop/.
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. The Library seeks to spark imagination and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by providing access to knowledge through its magnificent collections, programs and exhibitions. Many of the Library's rich resources can be accessed through its website at www.loc.gov and via interactive exhibitions on a personalized website at myLOC.gov.
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PR 09-176
09/16/09
ISSN 0731-3527
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