Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Michael Uslan interview coming to the City Paper tomorrow
Randy T discovers Corey Finkle, another local comics writer
Post columnist on Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick's 'Wonderstruck' is a worthy family tradition [in print, Dec. 1 as "Lightning strikes twice for author"p. AX17].
By Tracy Grant, Washington Post November 30 2011 http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/advice/brian-selznicks-wonderstruck-is-a-worthy-family-tradition/2011/11/20/gIQAOOgPCO_story.html
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Truitt on Super Friends app and Flash Gordon
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 29 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-11-29/DC-Super-Friends-comics-iPad-app/51470794/1
Flash Gordon is retro cool in new 'Zeitgeist' series
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 29 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-11-29/Flash-Gordon-Zeigeist-comic-series/51458500/1
Capicon comics show today
Capicons Comic Book & Pop Culture Con
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011
10 am - 3 pm
Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Hall, 

2148 Gallows Rd, Dunn Loring, Virginia
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.
FEATURING:
* John Dimes, author, artist, singer, actor and award-winning comedian
(a.k.a Horror Host Dr. Sarcofiguy from the Spooky Movie Show)
* Tim Dzon, Artist
* Chris Flick, Capes N Babes webcomic
* Bill McKay
* Michael Munshaw
* Dan Nokes, 21st Century Sandshark Studios
* Pete Tapang, Artist (featured in Mystique Magazine, FHM, Artcore
Magazine, V.A.M.P, Glamourcon)
* Dave Wilson, Model Maker Extraordinaire
* Ulysses E. Campbell from "Fantastic Forum" & Larry Reclusado of "The
NOVA Comic Book Show"
* Paul Gyurcsanszky will host a demo of Osiris Sanction: a new L.A.R.P.
created by Ford Ivey! "It's not your kid's laser tag."
...and MORE!!
Directions to DLVFRD: 
Take I-495 (DC/Capital Beltway) to Exit 47A
(Rt. 7 West). Go 1/2 Mile, Left on Gallows Rd. 1 mile to 2148 Gallows Rd
Capicons
PO Box 2488
Merrifield, VA 22116
http://capicons.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Capicons-Comic-Book-Pop-Culture-Con/221236176794#!/pages/Capicons-Comic-Book-Pop-Culture-Con/221236176794
McNeil's Finder makes Texas papers 'best of' comics list
Joe Gross, The Reader
Austin AMERICAN-STATESMAN Dec. 3, 2011
http://www.statesman.com/life/books/a-look-at-the-best-and-worst-of-2010712.html
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Dec 9: Howl's Moving Castle at JICC
Embassy of Japan | 1150 18th St., NW | Suite 100 | Washington | DC | 20036 |
'ComicBacks' Yahoo group is local now
"...a list designed to appeal to both fans of Comic Books and Paperbacks. ComicBacks is a term copyrighted by Ray Bottorff Jr to refer to mostly mass-market sized paperbacks that are comic-related. Comic-related means that the paperback has its origins in Comic Books, Comic Strips, Animation, Hero Pulps or other related Sister Arts. I have no problem including paperbacks in this list which may not have originated in comics, but are of a Super-Hero theme. The list can cover both comic reprinted work and prose material from comics or comic characters.
And if you wish to talk about Big Little Books, Oversize Paperbacks, Oblong Paperbacks or Trade Paperbacks of this "genre" feel free to do so.
Also feel free to post your buy/sell/trade lists!"
He's recently posted a link to a 700-page illustrated e-version of his list of ComicBacks. You can join the group through the above link.
Friday, December 02, 2011
Comic Riffs on Josh Neufeld's comics journalism
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog December 2 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/comics-journalism-today-ads-josh-neufeld-renders-the-compelling-lines-of-bahrain/2011/12/01/gIQARpwkKO_blog.html
Dec 15: Al Jaffee & His Biographer at the Washington JCC
Authors Out Loud: Mary-Lou Weisman & Al Jaffee Washington DCJCC |
Al Jaffee's Mad Life: A Biography
Thursday, December 15, 7:30 pm
$10, $8 Members/Seniors/Students
At 89, iconic American cartoonist Al Jaffee remains MAD magazine's oldest and most prolific contributor. Behind Jaffee's trademark dark humor lurks an even darker story of a childhood spent between two alien worlds, Lithuania and America. Mary-Lou Weisman tells the off-kilter life story of the man who countless fans know and love as the inventor of MAD's "fold-ins" and "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions."
Al Jaffee is an award-winning cartoonist whose work has appeared in more 440 issues of MAD magazine.
"Al Jaffee's Mad Life lays bare in harrowing yet often riotous detail how a Southern boy, twice uprooted by his mother to Lithuanian shtetls on the eve of World War II, grew up to become a tireless satirist for some of America's cheekier magazines."
-The New York Times
"It's an unnerving biography with a moving graphic novel hidden inside it."
-Art Spiegelman, author of MAUS
Partner: 16th Street J's Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery Off the Wall series
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Address:
1529 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
United States
Dec 8: "An Evening with Michael Uslan, Executive Producer of The Dark Night"
CINE is co-hosting a book party with PGA-East for Michael Uslan, who is the Executive Producer of The Dark Knight and the other Batman movies in Silver Spring on December 8 at 6:30 pm. To pre-register, go to www.cine.org - there is a charge which varies between $10 and $30. Uslan will be mingling and available to chat as well as signing books.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Weldon on the changing look of unchanging Superman
Library of Congress' Swann Foundation accepting fellowship applications
The Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon is accepting applications for its graduate fellowship, one of the few in the field, for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Foundation is administered by the Library of Congress. Deadline for receipt of applications is February 15, 2012. Please email swann@loc.gov or call (202) 707-9115 if you have questions. For criteria, guidelines, and application forms, please see:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html
For titles of projects funded, see:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellowslist.html
We appreciate the opportunity to post this notice. My apologies for cross listing.
Martha H. Kennedy
Curator, Popular & Applied Graphic Art
Prints and Photographs Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20540-4730
Ph.: 202/707-9115 Fax: 202/707-6647
Dec 9: John Fantucchio at Del Ray Artisans December Show
The Del Ray Artisans Exhibit for the month of December theme is 'It's All About the Little Things' - December 9 - 18, 2011. The Del Ray Artisans Gallery is located at 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA., 22301-1124. Opening reception is Friday, December 9, 7 - 10 p.m. Fantucchio will be there for the reception. He will have three 8:" by 10" paintings showing the versatility of this prolific artist's range - three completely different approaches, all very thought-provoking and priced for the holidays at way under $200 each. Bring a friend or two. Mouth-watering food and drink will be served. A unique opportunity to meet other patrons of the arts, and a good time to talk with John and ask him questions about his recent works. If you're not able to attend the reception, John will also make a special appearance on Saturday, December 17, 12:30 - 3:30. (Sorry, no food or drinks at this time.) Now is the time to corner him on the meanings of his works.
Third Eye Comics in Annapolis, MD has Upcoming In-Store Appearances
On February 18, 2012 from 11am-2pm, Justin Jordan, writer, and Tradd Moore, artist, will be at Third Eye to promote their "Strange Talent of Luther Strode" title, also from Image Comics.
Cards Comics & Collectibles of Reistertown, MD December Sale, Coupons, Ron Marz In-Store in January
They are also featuring Ron Marz (Artifacts, Voodoo) in the store on January 28, 2012
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Comic Riffs on Action Comics #1 auction
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 30 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/superman-soars-rare-1938-comic-book-sells-for-record-2m/2011/11/30/gIQAtXOOEO_blog.html
PR: Richard Thompson in Pittsburgh
For Immediate Release:
Press Release
TOONSEUM
945 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15222
One Fine Sunday at the ToonSeum
The ToonSeum presents an exhibition of epic funny page proportions! More than 50 pieces of original comic strip art -- all from the same Sunday in 2010.
The exhibit is a who's who of the modern American comic strip, featuring the likes of Garfield, Beetle Bailey, Doonesbury and many more.
The ToonSeum's new Lou Scheimer Gallery is transformed into a ginormous slice of everyone's favorite section of the newspaper.
Exhibit curator and publisher John Read called upon members of the National Cartoonists Society to loan strips from the same Sunday. That Sunday is April 11, 2010. While that date holds no specific significance, it offers a look at a day in the life of the comic strip, a uniquely American art form.
Many of the strips featured presently run in Pittsburgh-area newspapers. Others are ones that ToonSeum Executive Director Joe Wos says should be featured locally!
"We had over 100 strips to pick from for the display, and some will rotate into the exhibit over the next month or so," Wos said. "It was a difficult task to narrow it down. We tried to choose ones that the public loved, as well as ones that we felt were underappreciated in Pittsburgh."
The ToonSeum is hoping the public and area newspapers will take notice of comic strips such as "The Pajama Diaries" and "Zippy the Pinhead."
The exhibit will open Dec. 9th and run through the end of January in the ToonSeum's Lou Scheimer Gallery.
The ToonSeum is located at 945 Liberty Ave. in Pittsburgh's Cultural District.
Admission is $4 for adults and free for children 12 and younger.
For more information, visit toonseum.org or call 412-232-0199.
Truitt on comic book gifts
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 30 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/story/2011-11-30/holiday-graphic-novels/51515148/1
Blankets is the only one I agree with him on.
Marc Singer previews his Grant Morrison book
Marc Singer
I Am Not The Beastmaster blog November 29-30, 2011
http://notthebeastmaster.typepad.com/weblog/2011/11/fanfare-for-the-common-man.html
http://notthebeastmaster.typepad.com/weblog/2011/11/fanfare-for-the-common-man-part-2-the-good-old-days.html