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Scoop April 9 2010
Friday, April 09, 2010
OT: Dave Astor award news
David Astor writes in, "my weekly "Montclairvoyant" topical humor column for The Montclair (N.J.) Times just won (on April 8) both first and second place in the New Jersey Press Association's annual contest."
The link is below, with my awards listed in the second part of the "W-8" category.
http://www.njpa.org/njpa/better_newspaper_contest/2009/2009%20Editorial%20Results%20-%20Weekly.pdf
The link is below, with my awards listed in the second part of the "W-8" category.
http://www.njpa.org/njpa/better_newspaper_contest/2009/2009%20Editorial%20Results%20-%20Weekly.pdf
Post doesn't like Addams Family musical
Even with Neuwirth, Lane, 'Addams Family' musical can't live up to original
By Peter Marks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 9, 2010; C02
and neither does the Times -
April 9, 2010
Theater Review | 'The Addams Family'
Buh-Da-Da-Dum (Snap Snap)
By Ben Brantley
By Peter Marks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 9, 2010; C02
and neither does the Times -
April 9, 2010
Theater Review | 'The Addams Family'
Buh-Da-Da-Dum (Snap Snap)
By Ben Brantley
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Steve Geppi's unsold home auctioned by bank
C'mon people - buy MORE COMICS!
Auction today for Geppi mansion
Green Spring Valley estate has outstanding mortgage debt of $3.25 million
By Lorraine Mirabella
Baltimore Sun April 8, 2010
Auction today for Geppi mansion
Green Spring Valley estate has outstanding mortgage debt of $3.25 million
By Lorraine Mirabella
Baltimore Sun April 8, 2010
May 15 - Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection Signing
Event: Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection Signing!
Start Time: Saturday, May 15 at 2:00pm
End Time: Saturday, May 15 at 4:00pm
Where: Big Planet Comics Vienna
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=111988172162490&mid=228478fG40206d0eG17ff164G7&n_m=mrhode%40gmail.com
Start Time: Saturday, May 15 at 2:00pm
End Time: Saturday, May 15 at 4:00pm
Where: Big Planet Comics Vienna
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=111988172162490&mid=228478fG40206d0eG17ff164G7&n_m=mrhode%40gmail.com
Weldon on comics and literacy (in the big picture)
It Pays To Enrich Your Nerd Power: What Kids Learn From Comics
by Glen Weldon
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog April 7 2010
- even more nerdy? His title is a play on Reader's Digest old feature, It Pays To Enrich Your Word Power.
Maryland's Villarrubia works on PBS film
Jose Villarrubia was digital artist for 'I.M. Pei: Building China Modern'
Posted 04.06.10 by mica communications
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Comic Riffs pushes Cul de Sac to sell out
Cavna thinks it should be an animated tv series based on the new RingTales shorts.
The comments quickly turned surly due to the Post's iffy record of running the Sunday strip haphazardly, as well as not updating the e-version. Our Man Thompson also chimed in with his opinion, for what that is worth.
The comments quickly turned surly due to the Post's iffy record of running the Sunday strip haphazardly, as well as not updating the e-version. Our Man Thompson also chimed in with his opinion, for what that is worth.
PR: 'Trickster' is now available
I'll be getting mine when it hits Big Planet.
From: Matt Dembicki
'Trickster' is now available at Amazon.com and hits other major and indie bookstores very soon (maybe even this week). It features 20 trickster tales as told by Native American storytellers and illustrated by some wonderfully talented indie comic artists. (It'll be getting a starred review in an upcoming edition of 'Booklist.')
'Trickster' is now available at Amazon.com and hits other major and indie bookstores very soon (maybe even this week). It features 20 trickster tales as told by Native American storytellers and illustrated by some wonderfully talented indie comic artists. (It'll be getting a starred review in an upcoming edition of 'Booklist.')
Thanks, again.
Matt Dembicki
OT: Redniss in NY Times recently
Check this out - it's cartoon journalism on gay soldiers in WW2...
Op-Art | Lauren Redniss
Camouflaged in Plain Sight
April 5, 2010
... I really like her work.
Op-Art | Lauren Redniss
Camouflaged in Plain Sight
April 5, 2010
... I really like her work.
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
That darn Toles, continued even more
Ummmm, doesn't the idea of less guns = less gun crimes ever occur to anyone? On the other hand, I guess if one thinks that editorial cartoons shouldn't be propaganda, one lives in a different world than I do. They're editorializing after all.
Propagandist cartoon draws on the District's gun laws
Washington Post Tuesday, April 6, 2010; A12
The April 1 editorial cartoon by Tom Toles seemed to imply that the 2008 Supreme Court ruling that forced the District to revamp its gun laws led to last week's shootings that left four people dead in Southeast Washington.
The only problem with Mr. Toles's blatant propaganda is that the still-restrictive gun laws make it impossible for law-abiding citizens to protect themselves. Does anyone think the suspects in the shootings owned guns legally?
Tom McAnear, Arlington
Propagandist cartoon draws on the District's gun laws
Washington Post Tuesday, April 6, 2010; A12
The April 1 editorial cartoon by Tom Toles seemed to imply that the 2008 Supreme Court ruling that forced the District to revamp its gun laws led to last week's shootings that left four people dead in Southeast Washington.
The only problem with Mr. Toles's blatant propaganda is that the still-restrictive gun laws make it impossible for law-abiding citizens to protect themselves. Does anyone think the suspects in the shootings owned guns legally?
Tom McAnear, Arlington
The return of Comic Postcards
Found some more comic postcards at a flea market this weekend.
Here's a Walt Munson. Munson was mentioned last time I did this, but with a bit of poking around I discover he was a successful sports cartoonist after he did postcards with collections of originals at Syracuse and Wichita. Also at Wichita are some Clifford Berryman originals as well as other cartoonists.
Dave Breger did a cartoon while in the Army during World War II, just like Bill Mauldin, but his Pvt. Breger was never as popular as Willie and Joe. After the war, his cartoon Dave Breger got out of the service too. Personally I'd like to see a collection of these strips.
When I read this card, I thought it was quite possibly the raunchiest comic postcard ever seen.
I've no idea who Faber was. Asking around, I got several opinions - women say they don't get it. Men say they can't believe this postcard went through the mail. The mild interpretation - the man is basically complaining about seeing something like a repeat on television. The raunchy - he's saying he had nestled in between a pair of those legs last night and left his seed. Oddly enough, both women asked where the upper bodies of the chorus line were.
Poster Coaster postcard #010 by WEG (William Ellis Green) the Australian sports cartoonist who died in 2008. I found 7 of the series of ten, and you can see the rest on my Flckr site.
Poster Coaster postcard #008. The card is a type of blotting paper.
Here's a Walt Munson. Munson was mentioned last time I did this, but with a bit of poking around I discover he was a successful sports cartoonist after he did postcards with collections of originals at Syracuse and Wichita. Also at Wichita are some Clifford Berryman originals as well as other cartoonists.
Dave Breger did a cartoon while in the Army during World War II, just like Bill Mauldin, but his Pvt. Breger was never as popular as Willie and Joe. After the war, his cartoon Dave Breger got out of the service too. Personally I'd like to see a collection of these strips.
When I read this card, I thought it was quite possibly the raunchiest comic postcard ever seen.
I've no idea who Faber was. Asking around, I got several opinions - women say they don't get it. Men say they can't believe this postcard went through the mail. The mild interpretation - the man is basically complaining about seeing something like a repeat on television. The raunchy - he's saying he had nestled in between a pair of those legs last night and left his seed. Oddly enough, both women asked where the upper bodies of the chorus line were.
Poster Coaster postcard #010 by WEG (William Ellis Green) the Australian sports cartoonist who died in 2008. I found 7 of the series of ten, and you can see the rest on my Flckr site.
Poster Coaster postcard #008. The card is a type of blotting paper.
OT: Terry Witek's poetry on Slate, OR, Shilling for my friends
Check out Terry reading her poem, or read it yourself here.
Finally, I address iPad comics
I wasn't all that concerned about them actually, but my editor asked for an article - Shannon Gallant, John Gallagher, Matt Wuerker and Ann Telnaes ventured opinions for me - In D.C. and Industrywide, Will the iPad Save Comics and Kill Print? by Mike Rhode on Apr. 6, 2010.
Said editor, Jon Fischer, drastically cleaned up this article too and made it much more readable.
Said editor, Jon Fischer, drastically cleaned up this article too and made it much more readable.
Small Press Expo tables are going, going, gone
SPX is reporting they are sold out of tables and have started a wait list.
Monday, April 05, 2010
Richard Thompson youtube interviews direct links
From Chris Sparks' ears to yours -
Richard Thompson and before Cul de Sac audio interview part 1
March 31 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q39HC7EtRAA
Richard Thompson & Cul de Sac audio interview Part 2
April 1 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJxH-_a3o7w
jeditrue — April 01, 2010 — Part two explores the early years of Cul de sac, web comics and his editor.
Richard Thompson chats about Bill Watterson and deadlines part 3
jeditrue — April 02, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_GOTmhlc18
Richard Thompson chats about Bill Watterson writing the foreword to his first Cul de Sac collection and him dealing with deadlines and how easy ideas come to him.
Richard Thompson discusses Alice and Petey audio interview part 4
— April 03, 2010 —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-4y2xhYU9k
Richard goes into detail about the origins of Alice and Petey from Cul de Sac!
Richard Thompson discussing the Cul de Sac family and friends audio interview part 5
April 3 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtHSrFRafS4
Richard Thompson discussing more of the Cul de Sac gang part 6
April 4 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWKbtWHifEo
Richard Thompson on having Parkinsons disease and the future of Cul deSac ...part 7
From: jeditrue | April 04, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=903XlJk3yPA
In the last part of this long but entertaining interview Richard is talking about
Parkinsons and his plans for Cul de Sac. I hope you have enjoyed the interview. There will be more art drawing videos and a shorter interview this summer.
Richard Thompson and before Cul de Sac audio interview part 1
March 31 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q39HC7EtRAA
Richard Thompson & Cul de Sac audio interview Part 2
April 1 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJxH-_a3o7w
jeditrue — April 01, 2010 — Part two explores the early years of Cul de sac, web comics and his editor.
Richard Thompson chats about Bill Watterson and deadlines part 3
jeditrue — April 02, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_GOTmhlc18
Richard Thompson chats about Bill Watterson writing the foreword to his first Cul de Sac collection and him dealing with deadlines and how easy ideas come to him.
Richard Thompson discusses Alice and Petey audio interview part 4
— April 03, 2010 —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-4y2xhYU9k
Richard goes into detail about the origins of Alice and Petey from Cul de Sac!
Richard Thompson discussing the Cul de Sac family and friends audio interview part 5
April 3 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtHSrFRafS4
Richard Thompson discussing more of the Cul de Sac gang part 6
April 4 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWKbtWHifEo
Richard Thompson on having Parkinsons disease and the future of Cul deSac ...part 7
From: jeditrue | April 04, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=903XlJk3yPA
In the last part of this long but entertaining interview Richard is talking about
Parkinsons and his plans for Cul de Sac. I hope you have enjoyed the interview. There will be more art drawing videos and a shorter interview this summer.
Cul de Sac to conquer world soon
Having abandoned his plan to conquer the Washington Post by single-handedly illustrating every section, Our Man Thompson has moved on to greener, or at least moving, pastures. According to his blog, three new Cul de Sac animations are out as is a 7-part interview on Youtube.
No wonder he won't answer my phone calls...
No wonder he won't answer my phone calls...
April 6: "Meet the Anime film $9.99 Director Tatia Rosenthal"
I'm unclear on when an Israeli-Australian film became anime, but, hey, it's free and you can ask her yourself.
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