Sunday, June 19, 2011
Zadzooks on Green Lantern videogame
By Joseph Szadkowski
The Washington Times June 18, 2011
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/18/zadzooks-green-lantern-rise-manhunters/
Local collector Mark Zaid featured on comic collecting video
By GrabNetworks June 18 2011
http://security.itbusinessnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=1552849
June 20: Daring to Draw: An Evening with Political Cartoonists from Around the World
Monday, June 20, 2011
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Holeman Lounge, The National Press Club
Free for Press Club Members, Non Members: $10
Daring to Draw: An Evening with Political Cartoonists from Around the World
Press Club Hosts Political Cartoonists From Around the World
Political cartoonists have the unique ability to capture complex issues in a picture and a few short words. In many parts of the world, they contribute political commentary that few print or broadcast journalists would dare.
The U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is hosting a group of 20 political cartoonists from North Africa, the Middle East, and South and Central Asia. During their three weeks in the U.S., they will meet with fellow cartoonists around the country and get a taste of American culture.
We invite you to a welcoming reception hosted jointly by the U.S. Department of State and the National Press Club. The event will begin at 5 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge at the National Press Club. A brief program will begin at 6 p.m. The international cartoonists' pieces will be on display and they will be available to discuss their work and experiences.A cash http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifbar will be available and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
This event is free to members of the National Press Club and $10 for non members.
And I'm sure this article refers to a disinvited guest-
Gaza cartoonist says US consul canceled training invite
Ma'an News Agency 18/06/2011
PR: DC Comicon is Sunday (Father's Day)! Cho! Hama! Dezago! Starlin! FREE!
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
June 18: Super Art Fight returns to DC
Friday, June 17, 2011
This Weekend: Comic books? Or Political Cartoons?
This Weekend: Comic books? Or Political Cartoons?
Click for information on Sunday's Washington Comic Con or Monday's visiting foreign political cartoonists.
Wash Examiner on Green Lantern
Kelly Jane Torrance
Washington Examiner (June 17 2011)http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/2011/06/green-lantern-just-moldy-piece-cheese
Saturday is Free RPG Day at Big Planet College Park
This Saturday, June 18th, is free RPG day. We will be giving away free RPG stuff while supplies last. Also, all gaming material will be 10% off all day in College Park. And College Park will be having a Magic The Gathering Tournament Starting at 2:00pm. Free stuff, sales, and fun. Stop by and say hello. Peter Casazza Big Planet Comics of College Park |
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Matt Dembicki and Trickster at ALA
National Book Festival posted their guests
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/authors/?PHPSESSID=154d897ba385a863b76587a88944c9a1
Only comic person I noticed was Jon Muth.
Muth has been doing children's books lately. Similarly, William Joyce is a children's book artists who's been adapted into animation quite a few times. Finally New Yorker cartoonist and syndicated panelists Harry Bliss has also done children's books. I sense a theme... or at least a way for cartoonists to make money.
Comic Riffs' Green Lantern interview
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 16 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/riffing-with-creators-green-lantern-writer-producer-geoff-johns-waxes-rhapsodic-about-hollywood-hal-jordan-and-his-brightest-days/2011/06/15/AG8yYcXH_blog.html
Politics and Prose comics activities June 22-24
Graphic Novel Book Group
Duncan the Wonder Dog by Adam Hine
Brooke Gladstone - The Influencing Machine (in conversation with James Fallows)
Jun 23 2011 7:00 pm
The host of NPR’s On the Media here harnesses the power of text and graphics to guide readers through the history of mass communications. Understanding today’s myriad technological resources entails looking back as far as ancient Rome, and Gladstone is a witty and instructive guide, showing us how to be shapers, not just consumers, of the media. Gladstone will be in conversation with James Fallows of The Atlantic Monthly.
Steven Weinberg and Casey Scieszka - To Timbuktu
Jun 24 2011 7:00 pm
After graduating from college, the authors embark on a two-year adventure, teaching English in China, then traveling through Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Mali. Their travelogue is fresh and humorous; the story of the people they meet and of their own relationship is told in both prose and witty cartoon sketches. Ages 14-18
Onion interviews animation voice Jon Benjamin and doesn't like Green Lantern
Green Lantern D+
by Scott Tobias
Onion June 16, 2011
http://www.avclub.com/articles/green-lantern,57642/
Jon Benjamin
by Steve Heisler
Onion June 16, 2011 , p. 12
Weldon on superhero movies recurring themes
Clip 'N' Save (The Day): Your Official Monkey See Superhero-Movie Bingo Card
by Glen Weldon
Post reviews Green Lantern
'Green Lantern' is passable, plausible -- and none too illuminating
By Mark Jenkins
Washington Post June 16, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/green-lantern,1158840/critic-review.html
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Heroes Con and Paul Madonna photographs
Heroes Con pictures including Team Cul de Sac, Don Rosa, Butch Guice, and the One Fine Sunday exhibit.
All Over Coffee cartoonist Paul Madonna at Politics and Prose, June 14, 2011.
Smithsonian blog interviews Ryan North on Dinosaur Comics
Interview With Ryan North, Creator of Dinosaur Comics
Brian Wolly
Smithsonian's Dinosaur Tracking blog June 14, 2011
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/06/interview-with-ryan-north-creator-of-dinosaur-comics/
Local Spider-Man musical reviews
'Spider-Man' Dares To Open
By Peter Marks,
Washington Post June 15 2011
Broadway Holds Its Breath As 'Spider-Man' Musical Officially Debuts
Jeffrey Brown
PBS Newshour June 14 2011
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june11/spiderman_06-14.html
'Spider-Man': Worked Over And Reworked, Does It Work Better Now?
by Mark Blankenship
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog (June 15, 2011):
At Long Last, Curtain To Rise On 'Spider-Man'
by Jeff Lunden
Morning Edition June 14, 2011
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/14/137151984/at-long-last-curtain-to-rise-on-spider-man
http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2011/06/20110614_me_18.mp3
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=137151984
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Richard Thompson won a Reuben?
Cul de Sac Creator Richard Thompson wins Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year
Richard Thompson found himself atop one of the great pinnacles in a professional cartoonist's career at the National Cartoonists Society's 65th Annual Reuben Awards dinner, held in Boston on May 28. Thompson, creator of the syndicated comic strip Cul de Sac, was honored by his peers with the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.
Paul Richardson
Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) June 14, 2011
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/6/prweb8569553.htm
Spider-Man musical article in print Post
Carucci, John / Associated Press. 2011.
A changed 'Spider-Man' rallies behind ex-director.