Holy!#@$! Kevin #$@ Smith is coming!

I think you're obliged to use profanity at least once when discussing and/or referencing Kevin "Silent Bob" Smith. I read it on Wikipedia. Or something.

So yes, Kevin Smith is coming to DC. It's quite a ways away, but tickets went on sale this morning through TicketMaster. He's coming to the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in NW on Thursday, April 22nd at 8pm. Anyone up for this? I've seen some of his college tour content on TV and he is hilarious.

Baltimore City Paper drops cartoon contest winner, and contest judges protest

Larnell Custis Butler's Just Ask Larnell won last year's Baltimore City Paper cartoon contest, but the paper recently dropped it. A letter to the editor signed by judges Tom Scocca, Tony Millionaire, Dina Kelberman, Benn Ray, and Emily Flake, "Bring Back Larnell," Baltimore City Paper 1/27/2010 brings the disagreement to light.

Politics and Prose book group reads Alan Moore

Adam reports that the next book for the Politics and Prose graphic novel book group will be Top Ten: The Forty-Niners by Alan Moore - not a typical Moore choice I'd think.

Tony Millionaire's Elvis Costello in Post

Tony Millionaire draws Elvis Costello for an ad that's on page 9 of the Weekend section of the Post.

Feb 3: Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers at JICC

Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers anime is at the Japan Information and Cultural Center at 1155 21st St, NW at 6:30. Call 202-238-6949 for reservations

Cooke interview at Smithsonian American Art blog

There's a Darwyn Cooke interview at the Smithsonian Magazine's blog for his appearance at American Art tomorrow. I'll be there - anyone else?

Signed Sacco books at Politics and Prose

Politics and Prose bookstore is reporting that they have signed copies of Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco for sale. We didn't fall down on the job and let you miss Sacco; the books were shipped in from NYC.

Comic Riffs on iTricorder

Top 10 Names for the new Apple tablet (*as chosen by top artists), By Michael Cavna, January 27, 2010

East Germany animation reviewed in Express

Drawn and Confined Together: 'Red Cartoons: Animated Films from East Germany'

[print title: Drawn and Confined Together: Vintage cartoons from East Germany draw a bleak picture of a country divided].

http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2010/01/red-cartoons-east-germany-dvd.php

Written by Express contributor Stephen M. Deusner
Photo courtesy First Run Features

January 28, 2010

Daumier drawing at Corcoran

Today's Examiner, on p. 32, ran a Daumier drawing that's on display at the Corcoran for the exhibit Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales, January 30–April 25, 2010.

1/30: Darwyn Cooke at National Portrait Gallery

Darwyn Cooke will discuss his graphic novel The Hunter, based on 1962 crime classic by Donald Westlake (under pseudonym Richard Stark). January 30. 4pm. Free.

Tip from Bruce Guthrie

Glen Weldon on the iTricorder and comics

Glen Weldon's take on 2010's big early tech news: Did You Hear? The Apple Tablet Is Gonna Save Comics, Too. National Public Radio's Monkey See blog (January 27 2010).

Kal on Florida public radio

This is a good interview. Luis Hernandez asks some good questions and gets into Kal's different procedures for doing an editorial cartoon vs an Economist cover, and also gets Kal to mention his earliest influence - one I hadn't heard before - Dr. Seuss.

Political Cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher
WGCU's Gulf Coast Live 01-27-2010

Since 1978, Kevin Kallaugher has made a name for himself as a political cartoonist – drawing thousands of cartoons for papers like The Baltimore Sun, the New York Times and Newsweek. He’s probably best known for his dozens of cover pieces for the Economist. Kallaugher is the guest speaker for the Speakers Assembly of Southwest Florida this week and he joins us to talk about his craft.

Obscure Richard Thompson advertising art

Well, it was obscure Richard Thompson advertising art until he posted it on his website. Now it's just cool.

Big Planet Comics hardcover sale ends this week

Hardcovers are 50% off through the end of the week. I've gotten a good-size stack, but I didn't buy everything.

My look at the dwindling comics pages is at City Paper now

The State of the Union for D.C. Newspaper Cartoonists

Posted by Mike Rhode on Jan. 27, 2010, at 3:30 pm

Danielle Corsetto's from Frederick?

Apparently she is -

Frederick native cartoons for a living
By Danielle McFall
Special to the News-Post January 26, 2010

My Comic Valentine play in Adams Morgan

Broadway World.com has the story "MY COMIC VALENTINE Plays Valentines Week At DCAC in Adams Morgan".

Everybody seems to be mining old romance comics these days. Well, a play is creative. Anyone want to go?

Here's the details:

2438 18th Street NW, Washington DC 2009
202.462.7833
info@dcartscenter.org
PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES: February 11-14, 2010

2/11 - 7:30pm

2/12 - 10pm

2/13 - 10pm

2/14 - 3pm & 7:30pm
TICKET PRICES: General - $17, DCAC Members - $12

Tickets may be reserved by contacting the DCAC box office at 202.462.7833

15% of all profits will go to the H.E.R.O. Initiative, a charitable organization that supports aging comic-book artists.

Learn More at www.heroinitiative.org

City Paper post on Darwyn Cooke

Same basic information as posted here, but a bit more on Cooke -

 

Darwyn Cooke to Speak at Smithsonian Saturday

Posted by Mike Rhode on Jan. 26, 2010, at 12:30 pm

Onion dropped editorial cartoon?

Since they haven't appeared for the month of January, I'm assuming that the Onion has dropped the putative editorial cartoon by the hack "Sean Kelly" (actually the talented cartoonist Ward Sutton).