Friday, November 26, 2010

Garry Trudeau profiled in Post

Garry Trudeau looks back at 40 years of 'Doonesbury'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 26, 2010

PR: Beyond Comics Black Friday to Sunday Sale !



Beyond Comics
Black Friday - Sunday Sale!
Store Hours
 Friday 8am-10pm         Sat 9am-9pm         Sun 12n-6pm


Graphic Novels*
Excludes Recent Arrivals


  25 % OFF



GI Joe
Graphic Novels


  50 % OFF



New Comics*
Excludes Recent Arrivals

  50 % OFF



Back Issues
 In the Bins


  50 % OFF



Back Issues
In the Showcase


  25% OFF



$1 Comics


 25% OFF



Magic the Gathering
Scars of Mirrodin

  $90/box
Limit 1 box/Limited availability



Hero Clix


  25 % OFF



World of Warcraft
CCG

  50 % OFF



DC Universe 6"
Mattel Action Fig.
Excludes Validus Set
  25% OFF



DC Universe 3 1/2"
Mattel Action Fig.

  50 % OFF



Iron Man 2
Action Figures

  50 % OFF



Star Wars Hasbro
Action Figures

  50 % OFF



Star Wars Sideshow
12" Figures

  25 % OFF



Star Wars Statues
By Gentle Giant

25% OFF



Apparel
T-shirts / Hats / Sweatshirts

25% OFF



All Trading Cards

Excludes Box Prices
25% OFF



Monopoly Games


25% OFF



Posters


25% OFF



Simpsons Merchandise

50% OFF




Collectible Figure
Magazines
Marvel/DC/Star Wars/Buffy
30% OFF


Statues
10% OFF
Sideshow Statues
Namor Comiquette
Sabertooth 1/4 Scale
She-Hulk Comiquette
Silver Surfe Comiquette
Iron Man w/flag
Freddy Krueger 1/4
Elektra Comiquette
SW Dagohba Luke 1/4
The Thing 1/4 Scale
The Thing - Movie
SW Speeder Trooper & Bike
SW Speeder Trooper

15% OFF
Sideshow Statues
X-men Dioramas
Star Wars Dioramas

25% OFF
Hard Hero Statues

25% OFF
Bowen Statues
Excludes: Moon Knight, Black Panther, Black Widow, Black Cat, Mestro, Dr. Doom, Grey Hulk, Falcon

25% OFF
Bowen Mini Busts

25% OFF
Diamond Select
Statues & Busts
X-men, Avengers, Etc.

25% OFF
DC Direct Statues
 Excludes: Cover Girls of the DCU Series

25% OFF
DC Direct Busts
 Excludes: Women of the DCU Series

50% OFF
Watchmen Busts

25% OFF
Kotobukiya Statues

25% OFF
These Statues
 300, Belit (Conan), Mandrake,
King Kong Chess Set, V for Vendetta




GI Joe Action Figures
& Sets
50% OFF





Lightsabers
50% OFF



Star Wars Game
Miniatures
50% OFF







Life Size Props
Helmets/Hammers

25% OFF







Alien Statues
25% OFF

















Action FIgures
25% OFF
Marvel Select AF
Excludes Dr Doom, Abomination, & Thing

50
% OFF
Marvel Legends
12" Icons

50% OFF
Star Trek

50% OFF
Bakugan Figures


25% OFF
Spawn Action Figures
New and Old

50% OFF
All Mighty Mugs


50% OFF
Marvel Minimates


50% OFF
Marvel Paperweights


50% OFF
DC Direct 1:6 Figures

50% OFF
DC Direct AF
Excludes Recent Arrivals

25% OFF Mattel
DC Retro Figures
 

25% OFF
007 Barbies


25% OFF
Sideshow Buffy The
VampireS 12" Figures


25% OFF
Sideshow
Lord of the Rings 12" Figures

50% OFF
These Toys
World of Warcraft, Futurama, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes,



All sales subject to availability. Sales do not apply to recent arrivals except where noted. Sale prices not applicable to special orders, on hold items or subscriptions. Discounts may not be combined with any other sales or promotions. Certain exclusions apply, see individual stores for details. Subscriber's not in good standing may be excluded from sales as deemed appropriate.

Please visit our stores any time.

Gaithersburg                                       Frederick
Gaithersburg Square                       Route 85
536 North Frederick Ave                  5632 Buckeystown Pike
Gaithersburg, MD 20877                  Frederick, MD 21704
301-668-8202                               (301) 6668-8202



PR: Fantom Comics Thanksgiving Weekend Sale




Fantom Comics - Where there is a comic book for everyone
Perfect way to spend a holiday weekend?
 
Eating turkey.
 
Not working.
 
Reading comics.
 
And Fantom Comics is the perfect store to help you out with that. This weekend (including this Friday,) all hardcovers, trade paperbacks and t-shirts are 20% OFF!
 
That's right! Every single hardcover, trade paperback and tee: 20% OFF!
 
Our selection is, quite frankly, pretty awesome so please, stop by and check us out. BATMAN! BONE! SPIDER-MAN! THE WALKING DEAD! SUPERMAN/MUHAMMAD ALI! SUPERMAN:EARTH ONE!
 
All in stock, all on sale.
 
Yours to be had. So, come on in!
 
And, as a reminder, due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday, next week's new comics will be in-store Thursday instead of the normal Wednesday.
 
BEST!





Union Station - 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002 | 202-216-9478
www.fantomcomics.com





Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Comicsgirl reviews Party Crashers exhibit

Comicsgirl reviews Arlington's Party Crashers exhibit - I saw the exhibit briefly last Friday on opening night. Anyone want to try to go together? I think it's a show that talking through with others would be interesting.

Also, there's a nice catalogue for only $5.

'Tangled' reviews in local papers

Disney's 'Tangled' is fun for the whole family
 Sally Kline
Washington Examiner: 11/24/10
http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/2010/11/disneys-tangled-fun-whole-family

'Tangled': Disney's take on Rapunzel is as gorgeous as it is engaging
By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/tangled-in-disney-digital-3d,1158941/critic-review.html
 
Movie Review | 'Tangled'
Back to the Castle, Where It's All About the Hair
By A. O. SCOTT
November 23, 2010
http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/movies/24tangled.html

 

Mark Zaid's “Superheroes in Court!” exhibit featured in alumni mag

Lawyers and Superheroes—Now That's Comical!
—Karen McCally
Rochester Review November–December 2010 Vol. 73, No. 2
http://rochester.edu/pr/Review/V73N2/0504_zaid.html
http://rochester.edu/pr/Review/V73N2/pdf/zaid.pdf


thanks to Jeff R for the tip

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Picture This Press' Lost Art Books get reviews

Joe Procopio's Picture This Press' Lost Art Books have begun getting reviews - from the Hooded Utilitarian on Zim's Cartoons and Caricatures, comic book creator Steve Bissette and Comics Worth Reading.

As someone who's interested in the history of cartooning, I applaud Joe's efforts. Here's the Washington City Paper interview with him.

PR: The 2011 Kal Calendar is here

The new award-winning* fully illustrated 2011 Economist Wall Kalendar is now available to order. At only $15.00 (plus shipping) the Kalendar is a very unique and popular item for the holidays. You can order copies direct from The Economist website:

https://www.economistsubscriptions.com/calnov_2011/?src=/cal_2011&ref=%2Fcal_2011

The Kalendars and other Kal related items will be available for purchase from my website, www.kaltoons.com from December 1, 2010.

Let me know your thoughts about this year's edition!

Best

Kal
Kevin Kallaugher
kaltoons@comcast.net
www.Kaltoons.com

The KAL iPhone App is now available at the iTunes store.

* Voted Most Original Calendar, US and International divisions, and Finalist, Calendar of the Year by the Calendar Marketing Association





Post on Wuerker's Berryman prize and Toy Story 3's Oscar bid

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Staff Writer
November 23, 2010; C04
 
By Rafer Guzman
Washington Post November 23, 2010; C04

 

Bringing your own stuffing? Cul de Sac and Miss Manners both address the issue in today's Post

Two views on the stuffing dilemna.
 
DEAR MISS MANNERS -- Is it rude to bring your own stuffing because you don't like what the host is serving?

Annie musical in town

Annie, the musical based on Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie comic strip, is at the Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd unitl January 2nd. Call 301-924-3400 or visit www.olneytheatre.org.
 
The Post reviewed the show today -
By Nelson Pressley
Washington Post November 23, 2010; C02

Monday, November 22, 2010

Truitt on Batman

Scott Snyder puts the 'detective' in 'Detective Comics'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 22 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2010-11-22-DetectiveComics_N.htm

Matt Wuerker of Politico wins Berryman Award

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Matt Wuerker of Politico has won the Berryman Award for political cartooning. The award is from the National Press Foundation. An article on the NPF's website says that Matt beat out Tom Toles of the Post; Daryl Cagle of MSNBC and Jimmy Margulies of the Bergen Record in northern New Jersey. Matt's recently won the Funny Times' Irving Award, the Herblock Foundation's Herblock Award, and has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for the past two years. And he's a really nice guy. Here's a Washington City Paper interview with him and audio from a panel he was on this summer at the DC Public Library.

Congratulations, Matt!

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Jennifer Zyren Smith

A local webcomics creator speaks with us today -
 
Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Jennifer Zyren Smith
 
 

Dec 4: DC Anime Club Presents StarBlazers Marathon Press Release

DC Anime Club

Presents

  StarBlazers Marathon

 

On Saturday December 4, 2010 DC Anime Club will be hosting  a Marathon of the Anime classic Star Blazers with special guest voice actress Amy Howard Wilson who is the voice of the character Nova from Star Blazers
at 2:00pm-5:00pm at Martin Luthur King, Jr Memorial Library 901 G St NW Washington, DC 20001 Room A10.


About Star Blazers: Star Blazers is an American animated television series adaptation of the Japanese anime series, Space Battleship Yamato I, II & III ( Uchū Senkan Yamato?). Star Blazers was first broadcast in the United States in 1979. Significantly, it was the first popular English-translated anime that had an over-arching plot and storyline that required the episodes to be shown in order. It dealt with somewhat more mature themes than other productions aimed at the same target audience at the time. As a result, it paved the way for future arc-based, plot-driven anime translations.

About Amy Howard Wilson: Detroit native AMY HOWARD WILSON had the honor of being cast as the voice of Nova (Mori Yuki) in the classic 1970s anime series STAR BLAZERS, Season 1 - The Quest For Iscandar and Season 2 - The Comet Empire. In 1997, after many years of thinking about Star Blazers only as a fond memory, she was delighted to learn that there are fans around the world who still enjoy it. Since 2002, she's been recording and producing audio books; has formed a family friendly, full service audio production company called  studio V.O.I.C..E., and coined a new title CVO (Chief Vocal Officer). Amy recently entered a new joint venture with Writers Exchange E-Publishers - http://www.writers-exchange.com/. Please visit her website - http://www,amysvoices.com/.

 

 

For more information please call (202) 262-2083 visit the DC Anime Club website at http://dcanimeclub.org.

 

 

About DC Anime Club:

DC Anime Club was established in 2003 to introduce and educate people in the Washington, DC area about East Asian culture, through viewing and discussion of Japanese animation (also known as anime) and Japanese comics (manga).

We also work to provide a positive, alternative activity to the youth in the area by exposing them to foreign culture, encouraging artistic expression and creativity, and providing opportunities for participation in community activities and leadership.

DC Anime Club is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization. Contributions to DC Anime Club are tax deductible to the extent allowable under the law.

DC Anime Club has been featured in many newspapers and publications .

In addition to our bi-weekly meetings, the club holds an Art Show, a Cosplay Party fundraising event, and anime lectures at local schools . Our club works with the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, Smithsonian Freer Gallery and DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival on their anime screenings. Our Marketing Team has helped promote performances for several Japanese bands such as Puffy Ami Yumi, Pine am, The Slants, The Captains and Ayabie.

DC Anime Club was founded by Chris Wanamaker (President), Jules Chang (former Vice President) and Craig Vaughn (Vice President) on Saturday June 5, 2003. We have a strong membership that continues to grow. 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, November 20, 2010

PR: November 21 Beyond Comics Pre-Black Friday Sale









Beyond Comics
Pre-Black Friday Sale!

Not looking forward to standing in long lines, arguing with ignorant sales clerks, fighting for open parking spaces, and sweating like Niagara Falls?

As a valued customer of Beyond Comics we wanted to offer you the opportunity to shop at our store and take advantage of prices even better than our Black Friday Discounts.

2 Hours Only!
 Sunday, November 21st 6pm - 8pm

Here Are Some of our Sales Specials!
On the Rack Comics
New Comics
One Month or Older

$1 Each

Action Figures
All Action Figures
One Month or Older

30% OFF

Apparel
Excludes
New Arrivals


50% OFF




Unable to make it to our Pre-Black Friday Sale? Stop by for excellent discounts from Friday November 26th to Sunday November 28th.

Gaithersburg                                       Frederick
Gaithersburg Square                       Route 85
536 North Frederick Ave                  5632 Buckeystown Pike
Gaithersburg, MD 20877                  Frederick, MD 21704
301-668-8202                               (301) 6668-8202

All Sales exclude recent arrivals, on hold merchandise, subscriptions, and special orders.

*Graphic Novel sales does not include Walking Dead graphic novels.

1970s-era Atlas Comics exhibit at Geppi's Museum

Special Atlas Exhibit Slated for GEM
Scoop November 19 2010

I'm sure the only reason for this is the resurrection of the line, which wasn't that interesting in the first place, but the exhibit sounds worth seeing.

Followup to Colleen Doran's editorial on piracy and copyright

The Post's excellent tech columnist Rob Pegoraro explains what the bill that Doran editorialized in favor of actually is:

Congress's latest awful tech-policy idea: the Net-censorship bill
By Rob Pegoraro

Essentially it's a bill to force Internet providers to block traffic to sites accused of piracy, including aggragators of links to scans - like TCJ.Com's Journalista and multiple other comics sites that point out when something rare has gone online.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Another possible area cartoonist?

Masked Military Man Is Superhero for Troops
By THOM SHANKER
November 19, 2010

WASHINGTON — Faster than a fleeting bullet point in an Army briefing slide. Able to leap Pentagon jargon in a single bound. While he's not a classic superhero like the Man of Steel, he's certainly a man of irony. Meet Doctrine Man...

Dembicki's District Comics website

This sounds really cool to me too:

Matt Dembicki writes in:
District Comics is an online comics anthology that will feature stories about the history of Washington, D.C., from its beginnings to contemporary times. The site will be open to the public. We want schools, libraries, comics readers and everyone else to visit the site to read some really cool stories pertaining to the nation's capital. We're currently looking for story pitches. For more info: http://district-comics.blogspot.com/