Thursday, February 04, 2010
Brian Truitt on Hellblazer for USA Today
Brian Truitt used to be one half of the Washington Examiner comic book tag team, along with Scott Rosenberg. Scott's in the Big Apple now. Here's a new article by Brian - Happy birthday, John Constantine, By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 2 2010.
OT: Matt Fraction interview
Techland kindly sent me notice that it has an interview with Matt Fraction up, whose always been a nice guy whenever I run into him, so read it and buy his comics.
Although I liked Watchman better than he did:
PH: Did you think Watchmen sucked?
MF: I did, but I thought The Dark Knight sucked too, save from the Joker bits. I loved the first half, I was little tired in the second half, and in the third half I wanted to leave... Avatar is the first movie I've seen where it made me feel like I needed to up my game. In terms of what comics could do, Avatar was the first film that touched anything close to what comics can do.
Although I liked Watchman better than he did:
PH: Did you think Watchmen sucked?
MF: I did, but I thought The Dark Knight sucked too, save from the Joker bits. I loved the first half, I was little tired in the second half, and in the third half I wanted to leave... Avatar is the first movie I've seen where it made me feel like I needed to up my game. In terms of what comics could do, Avatar was the first film that touched anything close to what comics can do.
Feb 7: Capicon comics show CANCELED
Kathleen Stocker would like to point out that the Capicon comics show is this weekend. The guest is Tim Dzon, the show is at the Dunn Loring fire station from 10-3. I was planning on trying to attend, but I'm not sure given the weather forecast.
See Laura's comment - the show's called off.
See Laura's comment - the show's called off.
Herblock! exhibit gallery talks schedule
In conjunction with exhibition Herblock! in Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building:
Gallery Talks, noon-12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 10
Holly Krueger will discuss the Conservation of the Herbert L. Block Collection
Herblock! exhibition, 2nd Floor, South Gallery, Jefferson Building
Herblock! exhibition, 2nd Floor, South Gallery, Jefferson Building
Wednesday, February 17
Sara Duke and Martha Kennedy, co-curators of the Herblock! exhibition will lead a tour of the "Reagan" and "Clinton/Bush" sections
Herblock! exhibition, 2nd Floor, South Gallery, Jefferson Building
Herblock! exhibition, 2nd Floor, South Gallery, Jefferson Building
Wednesday, March 24
Sara Duke and Martha Kennedy, co-curators of the Herblock! exhibition will lead a tour of the special "Classic Cartoons" section
Herblock! exhibition, 2nd Floor, South Gallery, Jefferson Building
Herblock! exhibition, 2nd Floor, South Gallery, Jefferson Building
Feb 4-6: Archer cartoon voice Aisha Tyler at DC Improv
According to the interview, she's at DC Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave thru Saturday - tickets are $15.
Written by Express contributor Roxana Hadadi
Express February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Feb 27: Act-i-vate at Politics and Prose
Dean Haspiel announced it on Facebook.
Date:
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Politics and Prose
Street:
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
City/Town:
Washington, DC
Date:
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Politics and Prose
Street:
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
City/Town:
Washington, DC
The Quotable Darwyn Cooke up at City Paper
See my The Quotable Darwyn Cooke: Highlights from the Cartoonist’s Talk at American Art, by Mike Rhode on Feb. 3, 2010 at the City Paper for some of the interesting things the cartoonist said, and here's a few of my pictures as well.
Herblock! treasures tour at noon today
At least I think it's at noon. It's on Herblock's Nixon cartoons and should be in the Jefferson bldg.
Chris Flick interview on Capes and Babes
There's a Chris Flick interview on his comic Capes and Babes at Villains Corner podcasts. Here's the download link. I bought Chris' comic at one of the recent cons in Virginia, but it's in the dreaded 'to be read' pile.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Comic Riffs scores an Up interview
THE OSCARS: Pixar's 'Up' soars to score a historic nom, By Michael Cavna, Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 2, 2010 has an interview with "its writer and co-director, BOB PETERSON."
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Film & TV Adaptations of Comics 2007 edition book - On Sale Now!
Buy or Sell Your Book 15% Off
Offer ends 2/3/10
Happy Groundhog Day from Lulu
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Just add coupon code "SHADOW" at checkout.
John M. Baer
No biographical information from the Library of Congress this time, although they hold some of his cartoons that they're cataloguing. However they do have two photographs:
BAER, JOHN MILLER. REP. FROM NORTH DAKOTA, 1917-1921
LC-DIG-hec-09390
Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)
BAER, JOHN MILLER. REP. FROM NORTH DAKOTA, 1917-1921
LC-DIG-hec-09389
Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)
and one drawing:
Ohio State U's Cartoon Library has 5 clipped comics by him.
BAER, JOHN MILLER. REP. FROM NORTH DAKOTA, 1917-1921
LC-DIG-hec-09390
Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)
BAER, JOHN MILLER. REP. FROM NORTH DAKOTA, 1917-1921
LC-DIG-hec-09389
Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)
and one drawing:
Ohio State U's Cartoon Library has 5 clipped comics by him.
Henry Eugene "Gene" Elderman
The Ohio State U Cartoon Research Library has a file under "Elderman, Eugene" with about 75 clipped cartoons in it.
Sara Duke of the Library of Congress pitched in with the following information:
Henry Eugene Elderman, 1910-1963
Check out his obituary in The Washington Post, "Henry Elderman, 53, former Post cartoonist," Washington Post, December 25, 1963, p. D8; "Gene Elderman dies at 53; former political cartoonist," New York Times, December 25, 1963, p. 33; Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, Montana, School District No. 63 (Aubrey), April 16, 1910, district 2, enumeration district 122, sheet no. 1B; Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, Kentucky, Ashland City, January 19, 1920, district 9, enumeration district 23, sheet no. 4B; Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Kentucky, Ashland, April 11, 1930, enumeration district 10-12, sheet no. 12B.
He had been the editorial cartoonist for the Post in the 1930s. He was born in Helena, Montana in 1910, where his father was a farmer, and grew up in Ashland, Kentucky with his mother, where he came to be known as Eugene. He worked as a civil engineer in a steel mill before he came to the Post in 1932, having worked as an animator. His colleagues knew him as "Geneo." He left the Post around 1942 to serve in the U.S. Army. He was a cartoonist for the Office of War Information's "Victory" magazine. After World War II he lived in New York, where he died in 1963.
Obviously, he didn't get his job back at the Post, as Herblock's first cartoon was published on January 3, 1946.
Sara Duke of the Library of Congress pitched in with the following information:
Henry Eugene Elderman, 1910-1963
Check out his obituary in The Washington Post, "Henry Elderman, 53, former Post cartoonist," Washington Post, December 25, 1963, p. D8; "Gene Elderman dies at 53; former political cartoonist," New York Times, December 25, 1963, p. 33; Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, Montana, School District No. 63 (Aubrey), April 16, 1910, district 2, enumeration district 122, sheet no. 1B; Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, Kentucky, Ashland City, January 19, 1920, district 9, enumeration district 23, sheet no. 4B; Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Kentucky, Ashland, April 11, 1930, enumeration district 10-12, sheet no. 12B.
He had been the editorial cartoonist for the Post in the 1930s. He was born in Helena, Montana in 1910, where his father was a farmer, and grew up in Ashland, Kentucky with his mother, where he came to be known as Eugene. He worked as a civil engineer in a steel mill before he came to the Post in 1932, having worked as an animator. His colleagues knew him as "Geneo." He left the Post around 1942 to serve in the U.S. Army. He was a cartoonist for the Office of War Information's "Victory" magazine. After World War II he lived in New York, where he died in 1963.
Obviously, he didn't get his job back at the Post, as Herblock's first cartoon was published on January 3, 1946.
Feb 12-14: Katsucon anime and manga festival
16th year at the Gaylord in National Harbor, MD. $50 registration at the door. See http://www.katsucon.org for more information.
Updated - Eden in the comments says "Saturday only is $35, which is reasonable. Sunday is also only $20"
Monday, February 01, 2010
Henry Elderman? John M. Baer? UPDATED
Mike Lynch has 2 pages of scans of 'Famous Cartoonists' addresses from 1941 up at his blog. For DC, we find...
Henry Elderman at 5002 Newport Ave, Friendship Station, Washington, DC?
John M. Baer at A.F. of L. Bldg., Washington, DC?
Admittedly I wasn't here (or anywhere in 1941), but who are these guys? Is Baer a cartoonist for the American Federation of Labor Union? Where's the cartoonists for the dailies, like the Berrymans?
Update:
Ok, I've got a bit more time after turning in a City Paper article. Googling Baer finds his biographical file at the University of North Dakota - along with a biographical sketch that says he was a cartoonist before and after being a Member of Congress. After losing an election in 1920, "he resumed his previous activities as a cartoonist and journalist for Labor," says the ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS in the CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY. And he's buried in Silver Spring. Here's a link to a larger version and more information on that sketch of him. This biographical note says he was born in 1886 and was the first cartoonist elected to Congress.
Henry Elderman's still a mystery at the moment though.
Henry Elderman at 5002 Newport Ave, Friendship Station, Washington, DC?
John M. Baer at A.F. of L. Bldg., Washington, DC?
Admittedly I wasn't here (or anywhere in 1941), but who are these guys? Is Baer a cartoonist for the American Federation of Labor Union? Where's the cartoonists for the dailies, like the Berrymans?
Update:
Ok, I've got a bit more time after turning in a City Paper article. Googling Baer finds his biographical file at the University of North Dakota - along with a biographical sketch that says he was a cartoonist before and after being a Member of Congress. After losing an election in 1920, "he resumed his previous activities as a cartoonist and journalist for Labor," says the ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS in the CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY. And he's buried in Silver Spring. Here's a link to a larger version and more information on that sketch of him. This biographical note says he was born in 1886 and was the first cartoonist elected to Congress.
Henry Elderman's still a mystery at the moment though.
Comics go meta as Calvin and Hobbes interview appears
A Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter got an interview with Bill Watterson where our own Nevin Martel failed, so Comic Riffs interviewed the reporter - 'CALVIN & HOBBES': How a Cleveland reporter landed a rare interview with reclusive Bill Watterson, By Michael Cavna, Washington Post's Comic Riffs blog February 1, 2010.
Swann Fellowship applications due in 2 weeks
Feb. 15 is the deadline to receive Swann Fellowship applications. Up to $15,000 is awarded annually to qualified graduate student applicant(s) to support scholarly research in caricature and cartoon by the Swann Foundation administered by the Library of Congress. For criteria, application forms, and list of funded projects, please see
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html
Email swann@loc.gov if you have questions.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html
Email swann@loc.gov if you have questions.
Herblock! speedtour post up on City Paper blog
How to Zip through "Herblock!" in 10 Minutes, Make that Meeting on the Hill
Posted by Mike Rhode on Feb. 1, 2010, at 11:50 am
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