Friday, June 11, 2010
OT: National Geographic and Google on Jacques Cousteau's 100th birthday
My wife, Cathy Hunter, blogs for National Geographic in between her archivist duties and also provides some news stories for them. Today, one of hers on Jacques Cousteau's 100th birthday was picked up, and appparently used as the basis for Google's customized logo.
June 25: American Library Association in DC with comics programs
At Its Summer Conference in D.C.
ICv2 06/11/2010
Some of this sounds like fun, but it'll only be open to registered attendees. However, I will be moderating a panel with some local cartoonists for the DC Public Library that weekend and will have more details as they're finalized.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Lamont Cranston painting by Thomas Boatwright
Mr. Boatwright just put a note in the comments section of the Jim Amash's Shadow sketch post with a link to his painting of Lamont Cranston that I was lucky enough to buy at Heroes Con. It's a nice one isn't it? Spooky eyes though. Here's another painting he's done on the topic - I think I may buy a photoprint of that one after the Heroes Con bills fade.
This will join the Amash sketch, a Bill Sienkewicz poster and a Mike Kaluta cover to American Spectator magazine on my office walls.
Local animation student injured in Palestine protests
U.S. student pays devastating physical price to protest Israel's actions
By Robert McCartney
Washington Post June 10, 2010
Interview with Mike Short of Trickster up at City Paper
Posted by Mike Rhode on Jun. 9, 2010 at 10:32 am
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2010/06/09/meet-a-local-cartoonist-a-chat-with-trickster-cartoonist-mike-short/
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Weldon explains Twitter and comics, but not why he wants ComicsDC on it
Heroes Con 2010 pictures continued
Richard Thompson IS ready for business.
Ben Towle namechecked me - we had a nice conversation in the Westin bar.
Richard Thompson, Cul de Sac webmonkey Chris Sparks and Shannon Gallant.
The great Bernie Wrightson. I actually bought a piece of art from him. I never thought I'd own a Wrightson page. BTW, Joel, he says hello.
Comics cover god Brian Bolland.
More of my pictures are online here.
Finally, Our Man Thompson in Joe Lambert's photo.
"Stories Without Words: A Bibliography with Annotations 2008 edition" free shipping
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Politics and Prose bookstore for sale
By Michael S. Rosenwald
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 9, 2010; 1:01 PM
I'm taking this one at face value - the owners are old and tired. They tried to bring in a new partner a few years ago, but he didn't work out.
Shadow sketch from Heroes Con
Jim Amash did this sketch for me after seeing a painting of Lamont Cranston by Thomas Boatwright that I was carrying around. It turns out that we're both pulp hero fans. As Alex Toth said about doing a drawing of the Shadow for Jim "it had to be in the style of Ed Cartier" and so is this one.
Roger Langridge's Barney Google sketch
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Heroes Con 2010 pictures
Evan Dorkin's perhaps ashamed to be caught buying a mainstream comic strip book from Richard Thompson.
After talking about the Thomas Boatwright painting of Lamont Cranston I bought, Jim Amash drew this Shadow sketch for me.
Richard Thompson is a fan of Kate Beaton.
Raina Telgemeier and her fine Smile.
And then there's Dazzler.
More pictures online here. Labels to follow.
Asaf Hanuka illustration in Sunday's Washington Post
Hit-hungry Hollywood gambles on litany of 'romaction' flicks
Caro Small on Asterios Polyp
Monday, June 07, 2010
Cul de Sac like "an anchor" says Comic Reporter readers
Comic Riffs' full court Weingarten press
The 'Riffs Interview: GENE WEINGARTEN, New Cartoonist, dares to attempt comic pearls before breakfast
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs June 4, 2010
The discussion of the strip at the Post Hunt event -
POST HUNT: When a comic strip stands between you and $2K
PR: Wash Post Introduces Gene Weingarten's Comic Strip: "Barney & Clyde"
The Washington Post today introduces a new comic strip by Pulitzer-Prize winning Post columnist Gene Weingarten and his son, Dan Weingarten, with illustrations by David Clark. "Barney & Clyde" is about an accidental friendship between a billionaire and a homeless man. Fans of Weingarten's "Below the Beltway" humor column will recognize his wit and lack of social grace in this comic, a satire that re-examines measures of success, failure, and fulfillment. The comic will run Monday-Sunday in The Washington Post's comic pages.
Barney & Clyde is the newest addition to The Post's comics and puzzle pages in Style. Last April The Post added The Post Puzzler, a crossword puzzle from celebrated puzzle writer Peter Gordon.
To visit Barney & Clyde, go to http://www.postwritersgroup.com/comics/bcl2.htm#.
To visit the Post Puzzler, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artsandliving/crosswords/.
Heroes Con pic of 3 cartoonists, 1 professor and 2 fanboy stalkers.
Dinner at Heroes Con. Left to right: Richard "Cul de Sac" Thompson, Mike "ComicsDC" Rhode, Shannon "G.I. Joe Gallant, Craig "Appalachian State" Fischer, Chris "Crogan's Vengeance" Schweizer and Chris "Cul de Sac webmaster" Sparks. Sparks and I are the fanboy stalkers because Fischer gets paid to do this stuff. The picture is Sparks' and we all had to really overtip the waitress by the time he was done asking her to take it.
Trickster’s Jacob Warrenfeltz interview online at Washington City Paper now
Posted by Mike Rhode on Jun. 7, 2010 at 10:48 am