Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Another Comic Book Event at the DC JCC

The Washington DC Jewish Community Center is having a comic book drawing class on April 10th. Here's the link for it: http://thejdc.convio.net/site/Calendar/348674997?view=Detail&id=127422 and the information from their page:

 

The Art of Comic Book Illustration
Washington DC Jewish Community Center

The Art of Comic Book Illustration

April 10, 2011

12 PM

$35

Member Discount: $25

 

Come learn how to create  your own characters and narratives in this unique arts workshop with artist Jacqueline Levine.

During this four hour workshop, participants will learn the fundementals of narrative structure and the basis for character development so they can create their own fictional characters and worlds or even their own alter-ego. Through a discussion of iconic comic book characters and visual examples of comic books and graphic novels, students will learn the basics of the art form that they can go on to perfect in the future.

Students are required to bring their own materials, of which the teacher will instruct them prior to the class.

Jaqueline Levine is a DC-area artist who frequently exhibits under the name ART CARGO. She receieved her BFA from American University and her MFA from George Washington University. She has exhibited all over the world including New York, Miami, Florence and of course, Washington, DC. You can see more about her and examples of her work on her website

Date:
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Address:
1529 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

If you'd like to attend this event you can purchase tickets online.

Stephen Hess and Sandy Northrup speak three times on editorial cartoons

Stephen Hess and Sandy Northrup speak on their new book, Drawn & Quartered: The History of American Political Cartoons in three places this spring:
 
Wednesday, April 13, 7PM, National Archives, McGowan Theater

Wednesday, April 27, 12PM, Library of Congress, 6th floor, Montpelier Room

Sunday, May 15, 2:30 PM, Newseum

Friday, April 01, 2011

Richard Thompson's MODOK sketch

When you go to a con, you never know what someone will ask you to draw - hence here is Richard Thompson's MODOK sketch.
 

Daddy's Home Press Release: April Fool!

Tony Rubino (whom I interviewed for the City Paper) sent in this note:


FYI: Today, "Daddy's Home" and "Scary Gary" traded characters in celebration of April Fool's Day. It's crazy, zany, cartoon mayhem. Tell your readers to: http://www.gocomics.com/scarygary/2011/04/01/
http://www.gocomics.com/daddyshome/2011/04/01/


Follow:
http://twitter.com/#!/daddyshomepete
and…
Like:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daddys-Home/175279239689?ref=ts

Thanks, Later,
Tony Rubino,
"Daddy's Home"


Post reviews of Hop and Super

Rabbit, run: Just in time for Easter
By Sandie Angulo Chen
Washington Post April 1, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/hop,1158858/critic-review.html

Heroic vigilante, or a crazy guy?
By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post April 1, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/super,1114120/critic-review.html

Wash Examiner on Super movie

A superfunny but super gory superhero
 By: Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner April 1 2011 p. 27
http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/movies/2011/03/super-funny-super-gory-superhero

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Politics and Prose recommends Tomine

SCENES FROM AN IMPENDING MARRIAGE
by
Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly, $9.95)

Adrian Tomine's new book is quite different from his previous work. Utilizing a smaller format, and more cartoonish style, Scenes from an Impending Marriage documents, in several smartly staged and well told scenes, some of the humorous drama before Tomine's wedding. Here you'll find a lot of honesty and a frequently hilarious exposé of an often overwhelmingly stressful event. This is pure Tomine and a joy to read. Highly recommended.

Click here to learn about my other new favorites in the Graphic Novel Department.

- Adam Waterreus

City Paper reviews Super

Dwight Schrute fights crime; How I Met Your Mother Guy adopts
By Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper April 1, 2011
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/40604/super-and-happythankyoumoreplease-reviewed-dwight-schrute-fights-crime-how-i/

Post on Brazilian kid cartoonist

Teenage cartoonist lampoons Brazil's elite
By Juan Forero, Washington Post March 31 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/teenage-cartoonist-lampoons-brazils-elite/2011/03/29/AFHUPi5B_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/teenage_cartoonist_lampoons_brazils_elite/2011/03/30/AFhwcD6B_gallery.html

Good review of Finder: Voice at TCJ.com

Finder: Voice
Carla Speed McNeil
Dark Horse
$19.99, 208 pages

REVIEWED BY Shaenon Garrity Mar 29, 2011
http://www.tcj.com/reviews/finder-voice/

I love Carla Speed McNeil's Finder, and I imagine the reason I love it is the same reason it doesn't get more attention in the comics press: it's simultaneously straightforward and labyrinthine, genre-based and uncategorizable. It's solid sci-fi of the kind they were making in the 1970s...

Adam Dwight fine art animation at Flashpoint Gallery

Today's Express has a picture from the animated "Rocket Fuel" on page 5. Here's the information from Flashpoint's website.
 
Adam Dwight & Dana Jeri Maier: Off in a Corner
April 1 – May 7, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, April 1, 6 – 8 p.m.
Art + Coffee Program: Sunday, April 10, 1:30 p.m. — Presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Luce Foundation Center Art + Coffee Program [meet at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in the F Street Lobby]
Pink Panel @ Flashpoint: Drink + Draw, Thursday, April 21, 6:30 p.m.

Adam Dwight's gouache paintings and rubber puddle will collide with Dana Jeri Maier's ink drawings on drink coasters for Off in a Corner, a two-person show that manipulates the line between fine art and illustration. When juxtaposed, Dwight's and Maier's farcical and cartoonish narratives reveal a dark absurdity to the characters and relationships depicted within.

Exhibition Press Release
[PDF, 348 KB]

Gallery Hours 
Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6 p.m.
OR BY APPOINTMENT
Contact  Karyn Miller, Manager, Visual Art
t 202.315.1310
f 202.315.1303

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Truitt on Who Is Jake Ellis?

We spy a 'Jake Ellis' extension
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 30 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-03-30-JakeEllis_N.htm

Troy Allen of Bamn has a Podcast


From: Troy Allen
Introducing The Menagerie of Kick-Assery Podcast



No new Bamn updates this week (although we have a deadline of April 6th to complete the bubbling on #3), but I neglected to mention earlier that I recently started a podcast called Menagerie of Kick-Assery.

M.O.K.A. (as it is affectionately called by nobody) is centrally focused on all things "geek." That includes comics, movies, TV shows, and, yep...wrestling.

We are nine episodes in and the ninth episode just went online today.

This episodes we talk to my good friend and wrestling manager Marcus "King Kong" Dowling.

Marcus was there for my fall from grace from professional wrasslin' (it was a short fall) and he gives us tons of industry insight.

Download it, stream it, or Itunes it at the Menagerie of Kick-Assery blog (you might learn something...but no promises):

CLICK HERE to listen to me, co-host Gene Green, and Marcus at the MOKA blog.



April 10: Capicons next convention

Capicons Comic Book and Pop Culture Con
Sunday, April 10 · 10:00am - 3:00pm
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Location
Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire And Rescue Department
2148 Gallows Road
Dunn Loring, VA
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More Info
Special Guest: Rafer Roberts--creator of Plastic Farm, and editor of D.C. Conspiracy's Magic Bullet! More TBA!

Admission $3 - Kids FREE!

Open to the public from 10 am - 3 pm. Buy, sell & trade: Gold, Silver, Bronze Age comics; Indie & Modern comics, Publishers & Creators, TV & Movie Collectibles. Non-sport cards; Videos & DVDs; Horror/Sci-Fi; figures, toys; Star Wars & Star Trek memorabilia; original artwork, posters and other comic-related collectibles.

Wheatley / Hempel comic book funded for movie adaptation

Mark Wheatley tells me that his comic book, Blood of the Innocent about Dracula versus Jack the Ripper, has moved along in the movie development process and sends this link for more details.
Mark will be the next Meet a Local Cartoonist at the City Paper site.

Comicsgirl reports on "Mr. Mendoza’s Paintbrush/Trickster event at Busboys & Poets • 03.30.11"

Comicsgirl has written up last night's "Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush/Trickster event at Busboys & Poets • 03.30.11".  I was quite taken with Christopher Cardinale's talk about how he visited Mexico and photographed the scenes that the author had described in his short story.

Editor Matt Dembicki also pointed out this blog post on Trickster that talks about how Peter Kuper did the initial cover for the book

Comic Riffs interviews Tom Tomorrow

REBEL WITH A 'KOS': Tom Tomorrow ends Salon run to become 'comics curator' at the Daily Kos
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 30 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/rebel-with-a-kos-tom-tomorrow-ends-salon-run-to-become-comics-curator-at-the-daily-kos/2011/03/30/AFEaTl3B_blog.html

April 1: Nick Galifianakis at National Press Club

Nick Galifianakis will be at the National Press Club hosting Commedia dell Media, a contest to select Washington's funniest journalist. The event is a fundraiser for three causes.