Wednesday, January 26, 2011
So, if you see a truck downtown with a giant cartoon head playing on the side of it...
Cartoon of former Google CEO Schmidt's 'creepy' lines hits D.C. streets
-- David Sarno
Los Angeles Times Technology blog January 26, 2011
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/animation-of-google-ex-ceo-schmidts-creepy-lines-hits-dc-streets.html
Sal Buscema turns 75 today
Illustrators Club exhibit information
9th ANNUAL IC MEMBERS SHOW – runs through February 12, 2011
WHERE AiW Gallery, 1820 N. Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209
METRO Rosslyn (across street from rear entrance)
PARKING at meters: Free after 6:00pm.
GALLERY HOURS M-Th 9am-8pm, F 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-2pm
CONTACT Marie Dauenheimer, Show Coordinator:
dauenheimer@erols.com or 703-648-9038
Check out the Photo Gallery:
http://www.illustratorsclub.org/events/photogallery3.php
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Truitt on latest comic book stunt plotting
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 25 2011
Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. Marvel even allowed retailers to sell it a day early (ie today).
Team Cul de Sac gets a cheerleader
Richard Thompson's drawn this illustration for Team Cul de Sac, and you can click through the link to donate cold hard... credit! But we know you're good for it.
If you're an artist, and you're on the fence about participating... the real money will probably be raised by the art auction, so please! draw Richard's characters for him.
Tom Toles picks cartoon contest winner
State of the Union Cartoon Caption Contest winner, by Tom Toles says he got 2,000 entries. Wow!
Robot 6 notes Donna Lewis' new strip
2 Beeler cartoons in today's Examiner
Monday, January 24, 2011
Toles played music over the weekend
Reporters rock the National Press Club
By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
Washington Examiner January 24 2011
- someday you'll thank me.
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund profile
Meet the CBLDF, the people who make sure you aren't arrested for reading comic books
By Cyriaque Lamar
January 24 2011
http://io9.com/5742147/meet-the-cbdlf-the-people-who-make-sure-you-arent-arrested-for-reading-comic-books
Long 2003 Carla Speed McNeil interview posted
Jenni Scott
FA the Comic Zine January 2011
http://comiczine-fa.com/interviews/carla-speed-mcneil/
Ok, this one's 5 years old and just dragged out, but it's really long, but with God as my witness, I'll get Carla on the phone soon for a City Paper interview!
Hat-tip to Tom Spurgeon's Comic Reporter for catching this.
Front Royal's Ben Hatke
He's got a book coming out from First Second - http://firstsecondbooks.typepad.com/mainblog/2011/01/first-second-is-turning-5-this-year.html
- and note that Richard Thompson's got a story in a nursery rhyme anthology from them too.
Sequential artist RM Rhodes begins writing on French comics
Here's his first column, and I like his anecdote and his conclusion -
Heavy Metal Magazine: A Brief Introduction
http://www.needcoffee.com/2011/01/23/heavy-metal-magazine/
I interviewed him for the City Paper in 2010 and we're planning on having a follow-up as to the nature of sequential art and how cartooning is just one variety of it.
Disney's Kingdom Hearts game reviewed in Examiner
Steve Conley interview online at City Paper
by Mike Rhode on Jan. 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Contributing to Team Cul de Sac, if you're not a cartoonist
The Fox Foundation's website for Team Cul de Sac is somewhat confusing, but click on that link, and then select the big orange button that says DONATE NOW. You can select amounts to be charged to a credit card. If you want to join TCdS, there's another button for that, but there's a $50 fee, and I'm not sure what benefit there is to that.
Mason Mastroianni of B.C. is the latest artist to join.
1 more day in Toles cartoon contest
Readers will have a chance at writing a cartoon caption with The Washington Post's caption-writing contest with Tom Toles.
WashPost editorial Cartoonist Tom Toles sketched a State of the Union cartoon here, but there's no caption: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tomtoles/2011/01/state_of_the_union_cartoon_cap.html
Readers can post their suggested caption(s) in the comments section until 11:59 p.m. ET Monday, Jan. 24. The winner gets a print of the cartoon, with their suggested caption, signed by Tom Toles. The winner will be announced before Obama begins his State of the Union address that Tuesday evening.
For official rules, go here: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tomtoles/tom-toles-cartoon-caption-cont.html
Steve Brodner caricatures in Sunday's Post UPDATED
Benita Epstein claims Richard Thompson is favorite artist
Benita Epstein - Cartoonist Survey #66
February 7, 2010
http://david-wasting-paper.blogspot.com/2010/02/cartoonist-survey-66.html