Paul Fitzgerald's excellent book, Will Eisner & PS Magazine is up for an Eisner. One day I plan on writing a review of this - I got about 1/2 through it when the Christmas holidays intervened, but it's well worth getting. For more details see
Botetourt man gets nominated for Eisner comic industry award
Roanoke Times April 10 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comics on the Rack, Quick Picks for Comics Due 04-14-10
COMICS ON THE RACK
Quick Picks for Comics Due 04-14-10
By John Judy
ACTION COMICS #888 by Greg Rucka, Eric Trautmann and Pere Perez. Okay, so the whole Nightwing/Flamebird thing has been the most contrived, least interesting part of the "New Krypton" arc that got buried by BLACKEST NIGHT. That said, it's wrapping up with a big fight against a Kryptonian god with Wonder Woman and the JSA helping out. This also has a Captain Atom back-up feature you are not obliged to care about at all. Enjoy!
BODYWORLD HC written and drawn by Dash Shaw. A psychedelic sci-fi story about a plant that gives you telepathy when you smoke it. Contains awkwardness.
BOOTH GN by CC Colbert and Tanitoc. A graphic bio of our 16th President's murderer. Too soon?
BRIGHTEST DAY #0 by Geoff Johns, Peter Tomasi and Fernando Pasarin. To be sub-titled "Look Who's Back from the Dead and What They Are Doing About It." Cool. Gotta look.
CHEW #10 by John Layman and Rob Guillory. Wrapping up the exotic mayhem of "International Flavor!" Highly recommended.
DAREDEVIL #506 by Andy Diggle, Antony Johnston and Marco Checchetto. DD begins to suspect somebody in the assassins guild he now leads may be untrustworthy. DD = Brains.
DAYTRIPPER #5 of 10 by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. This time out it looks like Bras is going to die a child. Highly recommended.
DOC SAVAGE #1 by Paul Malmont and Howard Porter. The Man of Bronze is back in fine pulp-action form! Also features a JUSTICE, INC. back-up starring The Avenger!
EXCALIBUR VISIONARIES: WARREN ELLIS, VOL. 1 SC by Ellis and Various Artists. The first time that nice Mr. Ellis got his hands on mutant superheroes the results were… well… this. Reprinting issues #83-90 of that X-book nobody ever read.
FLASH # 1 by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul. Barry Allen's first job back as the Flash is protecting the lives of his arch-enemies, the Rogues! No rush. Recommended.
FLASH PROMO RINGS from DC. Squirty, super-compacted speedster costume not included! Ask your comic shop clerk for yours today!
IRON MAN: LEGACY #1 by Fred Van Lente and Steve Kurth. Tony Stark hates it when you use his Iron Man tech for bad stuff like war and genocide. Consequences ensue.
IRREDEEMABLE SPECIAL #1 by Mark Waid, Emma Rios, Paul Azaceta and Howard Chaykin. A special issue focusing on better days with the Plutonian and his old pals the Paradigm. New insights into how Tony went bad, plus a guest appearance by the pre-heroic Max Damage. Highly Recommended.
KILL SHAKESPEARE #1 by Connor McCreery, Anthony Del Col and Andy Belanger. What if Shakespeare's greatest heroes and villains all wanted to kill him? And why wouldn't they? Gotta look!
OTHER LIVES HC written and drawn by Peter Bagge. An original graphic novel about self-loathing geeks with secrets, from the creator of HATE. Highly recommended.
PUNISHERMAX #6 by Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon. Two words: "Bullseye. Max." Recommended. Not for kids.
SECRET SIX #20 by Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore. With his son missing Catman's got a whole lotta killing to do and no time to be nice about it. Cool.
SIEGE: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 by Christos Gage and Federico Dallocchio. Cap and Bucky fight some dudes.
ULTIMATE COMICS ENEMY #3 of 4 by Brian Michael Bendis and Rafa Sandoval. There really is an Ultimate Enemy. Bendis tells us so.
UNWRITTEN #12 by Mike Carey and Various Artists. A stand-alone issue with a distinct Wonderland vibe to it. Recommended.
WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #1 of 6 by Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer and Gianluca Pagliarini. Wolfskin will attempt to leave the blood-soaked savagery of his past behind him and live a peaceful life of helping people. Not for kids.
WOLVERINE WEAPON X, VOL. 1: THE ADAMANTIUM MEN SC by Jason Aaron and Ron Garney. What if Blackwater mercenaries were given all the powers of Wolverine? And what if Wolvie felt morally compelled to chop every one of those freaks into cat food? From the thin collection of Wolverine Stories That Don't Suck. Recommended.
WORLD WAR HULKS: HULKED OUT HEROES #1 by Jeff Parker and Humberto Ramos. If you've been waiting your whole life to read the adventures of a hulked-out Deadpool then this is the one thing you can't miss! Unlike kissing a girl…
Turkish illustrator Selcuk Demirel's return to Post
Back in the good old days of the '90s, Selcuk Demirel's cartoon illustrations appeared regularly in the Post's Book World. He's got a lovely cartoon in today's Real Estate section. It's not online of course.
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.
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