Truitt on Alpha Girl, Mind the Gap, and Pilot Season

NYCC: Jim McCann gets supernatural with 'Mind the Gap'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY October 14 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-10-14/NYCC-Jim-McCann-announces-Mind-the-Gap/50774296/1

NYCC: 'Alpha Girl' pits punky youngster vs. female zombies

By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY October 16 2011

http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-10-15/Alpha-Girl-series-stars-a-punk-girl-and-female-zombies/50785500/1

'Pilot Season' Week 2: Visit sci-fi 'City of Refuge'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY October 11 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-10-11/Top-Cows-Pilot-Season-visits-the-sci-fi-City-of-Refuge/50734970/1

Ted Rall's in DC with protestors

...and he's enjoying himself -

STOP DEMANDING DEMANDS: Connecting the Revolutionary Dots in Occupied Washington
by Ted Rall
10/13/2011
http://www.uexpress.com/tedrall/?uc_full_date=20111013

New Carolyn Belefski interview online

Interview: Carolyn Belefski
John Michael Helmer
– October 15, 2011
http://comicbookinterviews.com/2011/10/interview-carolyn-belefski/

Post on healthcare reform comic book

Everything you wanted to know about health reform, in one comic book
by Sarah Kliff
Washington Post's Ezra Klein Wonkblog 10/11/2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-health-reform-in-one-comic-book/2011/10/11/gIQAN4AzcL_blog.html

Do you like comic books with CBO scores, two-headed alligators and health economist superheroes? Then has Jonathan Gruber got a graphic novel for you... Gruber's forthcoming comic book, "Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works."

Comic Riffs on Pearls Before Swine's Cul de Sac tribute

Stephan Pastis' support for Team Cul de Sac -

ALICE BEFORE 'SWINE': Pastis' magnificent 'Cul de Sac' mash-up is our Cartoon of the Day
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 15 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/alice-before-swine-pastis-magnificent-cul-de-sac-mash-up-is-our-cartoon-of-the-day/2011/10/15/gIQAGyWQlL_blog.html

Examiner on Thor 2's director

An interesting director for 'Thor 2' and Noir City DC [in print as Noir City DC takes stage at AFI; a new direction for 'Thor 2', October 16, p. 20]
By: Kelly Jane Torrance
Washington Examiner 10/15/11 : http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/2011/10/interesting-director-thor-2-and-noir-city-dc

Review of Warren Bernard's Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising 1870s - 1940s

The History of Cartoon Advertising
by Rob Hardy
Columbus MS Dispatch Rob Hardy on Books blog October 14, 2011
http://www.cdispatch.com/robhardy/article.asp?aid=13533

Truitt on Captain Brooklyn

NYCC: The borough gets a hero with 'Captain Brooklyn'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY October 15 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-10-15/Borough-gets-a-hero-in-Captain-Brooklyn-comic-series/50785474/1

Bob Staake's Style Invitational contest results

The Post's contest for recaptioning pages of cartoonist Bob Staake's children's books reveals its winners today.

Post notes Tunisian protests of Persepolis for the record

Protesters attack home of Tunisian TV head that aired 'Persepolis'
[much shorter version in print as Police fire tear gas at Islamic protesters, October 15].
By Associated Press, October 14 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/tunisian-police-use-tear-gas-to-disperse-thousands-protesting-over-persepolis-broadcast/2011/10/14/gIQAsZp8jL_story.html

Post on The Walking Dead tv show

'Dead's' survivors walk on in a sleeker, scarier return [online title: 'The Walking Dead' comes back to life for second season on AMC].
By Hank Stuever,
Washington Post October 16 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/television/hank-stuever-the-walking-dead-comes-back-to-life/2011/10/10/gIQAEhQsjL_story.html

Post profiles Joann Sfar

Comic-book creator animates a French icon [online title: 'Gainsbourg' highlights outrageous side of French icon]
By John DeFore
Washington Post October 16 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/joann-sfars-gainsbourg-highlights-outrageous-side-of-french-icon/2011/10/11/gIQAXbOtjL_story.html

Theodore Belland's death notice

THEODORE RICHARD BELLAND death notice
(Age 93) 
Washington Post on October 2, 2011
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=theodore-r-belland&pid=153899044

The cartoonist I wasn't familiar with. As far as I can tell, the obituary I linked to a few days ago, did not appear in the Virginia editions of the Post, but this death notice did. Thanks to Bill Cogswell for tracking it down.

Miami Herald on Richard Thompson and Cul de SAc

Battling deadlines and Parkinson's with a quill and chatty kids
By Lomi Kriel
lkriel@MiamiHerald.com
Miami Herald October 14 2011
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/12/2453854/battling-deadlines-and-parkinsons.html

Post doesn't like Sfar's Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

French singer comes off flat
By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post Oct 14, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/gainsbourg-a-heroic-life,1205839/critic-review.html

Truitt on Henson's Storyteller

Henson legacy lives on in 'Storyteller' graphic novel
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY October 12 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-10-12/jim-henson-storyteller/50745364/1

Local labor cartoonist Theodore Belland has died

Theodore R. Belland, cartoonist
T. Rees Shapiro
Washington Post October 12 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/theodore-r-belland-cartoonist/2011/10/12/gIQAxvyxfL_story.html

Truitt on Spider-Man movie toys

New Spidey figure spins in for New York Comic-Con
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY October 12 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-10-12/New-Spider-Man-action-figure-debuts-at-New-York-Comic-Con/50745152/1

Comic Riffs interviews Lauren Redniss

'RADIOACTIVE' MAKES HISTORY: 'Curie' author shares shock over becoming National Book Award finalist
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 13 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/radioactive-makes-history-curie-author-shares-shock-over-becoming-national-book-award-finalist/2011/10/12/gIQA9fzphL_blog.html

I like Lauren Redniss' work - she used to do regular features for the NY Times editorial page before shifting over to these biographies.

PR: WHAM! BAM! ISLAM! on PBS - online screening of THE 99 and live chat tomorrow

I am sending this as-is because they sent me a screening copy that I haven't had a chance to watch yet. Mea culpa.

 It airs at remarkably inconvenient times in our area  - Howard University's channel seems to be your best bet.

 

Sunday, October 16  —  1:00am  26 - WETA

Saturday, October 22  —  8:00pm 32 - WHUT

Sunday, October 23  —  12:00am  32 - WHUT

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

PBS's Independent Lens To Host Online

Screening of THE 99, the First Animated Muslim Superheroes

 

Join Creator Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa and Wham! Bam! Islam! Director Isaac Solotaroff for Exclusive Screening and Q&A on October 14th

San Francisco, CA (October 12, 2011)— Can a team of superheroes from the Muslim world called THE 99 challenge Western prejudices, stem the tide of extremism, provide positive role models for Muslim children, and make a profit as well? THE 99, a comic book and animated television series, featuring the first animated Muslim superheroes, might be able to do just that.

On Friday, October 14th, 2011 at 11:00 AM PST/ 2:00 PM ET PBS's Independent Lens will present on its Livestream page, an exclusive online screening of the animated series in advance of its international television premiere in early 2012. The 45-minute event will feature episode 10: The Sphinx and a Q&A with THE 99 creator Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa and Isaac Solotaroff  director of the  PBS Independent Lens documentary Wham! Bam! Islam! 

Airing tonight, Thursday, October 13 at 10 PM (check local listings) Wham! Bam! Islam!, traces the tumultuous journey behind the creation of THE 99 as Dr. Al-Mutawa runs up against suspicion from Muslims and the harsh realities of the global marketplace. The documentary will be available for download on iTunes beginning October 14 and for a limited time on PBS video after its television premiere.

 

About episode 10: The Sphinx: When evil mastermind Rughal is attacked by a masked intruder called Sphinx, he's so impressed by her power that he recruits her to his team of super-villains. Sphinx's first mission is to settle a long-standing score with Cat or Mumita The Destroyer, a leading member of Dr. Ramzi's 99 team. But who exactly is Sphinx and what is her mysterious connection with Rughal's second-in-command, Blackwolf?

 

THE 99 has been produced in full 3D CGI by Endemol UK in association with Teshkeel Media, with the animation work being completed in India by Sanraa Media. The series is scheduled to premiere across the Middle East, in Australia, and several other countries in early 2012. There is no date set for the series to be on-air in the USA. To learn more about the film and the issues involved, visit the companion website for Wham! Bam! Islam! at www.pbs.org/independentlens/wham-bam-islam/.

 

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