Parente,William. 1967.
The End of an Era [EC Comics].
Rocket's Blast Special (7): 1-8.
Scans online at http://randomactsofgeekery.
John's got artwork on exhibit in Alexandria now.
Friday, January 13, 2012
John Fantucchio's 1967 Rocket Blast 7 fanzine cover
Check it out here:
Parente,William. 1967.
The End of an Era [EC Comics].
Rocket's Blast Special (7): 1-8.
Scans online at http://randomactsofgeekery.
John's got artwork on exhibit in Alexandria now.
Parente,William. 1967.
The End of an Era [EC Comics].
Rocket's Blast Special (7): 1-8.
Scans online at http://randomactsofgeekery.
John's got artwork on exhibit in Alexandria now.
Comic Riffs on cartoon journalists in Haiti
'HAITI'S SCAPEGOATS': Cartoon Movement's compelling video tells of LGBT abuse
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs (January 13 2012)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/haitis-scapegoats-cartoon-movements-compelling-video-tells-of-lgbt-abuse/2012/01/13/gIQALTwXwP_blog.html
Matt Bors is interviewed.
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs (January 13 2012)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/haitis-scapegoats-cartoon-movements-compelling-video-tells-of-lgbt-abuse/2012/01/13/gIQALTwXwP_blog.html
Matt Bors is interviewed.
Beauty and the Beast 3-D opens in area
The Post has put its 1991 reviews of Disney's Beauty and the Beast online.
Napoleon Dynamite cartoon review in today's Express
A new Napoleon Dynamite cartoon is reviewed in today's Express on page 25. It's credited to Hank Steuver and the Post where it will probably appear on Sunday.
Comic strips pushing the envelope
Hey, they're not just for kids anymore! Two that appeared in today's Post are a trifle risque.
Doonesbury (1/13/12) gets the word 'douche' in while referring to a person and not a feminine hygiene product, or a cold bath in the 19th century.
Sherman's Lagoon (1/13/12) has a circumcision / fellatio gag.
Jan 14-15: Gigacon at Art Institute of Washington
Gigacon is at the Art Institute of Washington this weekend. The guests include cartoonists and animators, and local comic creator Matt Dembicki will be there.
Their Facebook page has a post with the schedule which is:
Jan 14th
10 Panel discussion with all the guests
11 Panel discussion with all the guests
... 12 Lunch
1 Portfolio reviews and Demonstrations
2 Portfolio reviews and Demonstrations
3 One on one with the invited guests
Jan 15th
10 Portfolio reviews and Demonstrations
11 Portfolio reviews and Demonstrations
12 Lunch
1 One on one with the invited guests
2 One on one with the invited guests
3 Alumni panel discussion
Their Facebook page has a post with the schedule which is:
Jan 14th
10 Panel discussion with all the guests
11 Panel discussion with all the guests
... 12 Lunch
1 Portfolio reviews and Demonstrations
2 Portfolio reviews and Demonstrations
3 One on one with the invited guests
Jan 15th
10 Portfolio reviews and Demonstrations
11 Portfolio reviews and Demonstrations
12 Lunch
1 One on one with the invited guests
2 One on one with the invited guests
3 Alumni panel discussion
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wash Times blogger wants more girl superheroes
Where are all the girl superheros?
by Rebekah Kuschmider
Washington Times' So Here's the Thing blog January 11, 2012
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/so-heres-thing/2012/jan/11/where-are-all-girl-superheros/
by Rebekah Kuschmider
Washington Times' So Here's the Thing blog January 11, 2012
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/so-heres-thing/2012/jan/11/where-are-all-girl-superheros/
Truitt on Spider-Man clones, DC Comics launches, and Blade anime
A study in 'Scarlet': Spider-Man clone stars in new series
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 11 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-11/Scarlet-Spider-comic-series/52496322/1
DC Comics explores new worlds, old favorites with six titles
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 12 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-12/dc-comics-unveils-six-new-series/52504982/1
Seven things to know about DC Comics' new wave of books
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 12 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-12/Seven-facts-about-six-new-DC-Comics-series/52510592/1
Harold Perrineau bites into G4's 'Blade' anime series
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 12 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-12/Harold-Perrineau-stars-in-Blade-anime-series/52519544/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 11 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-11/Scarlet-Spider-comic-series/52496322/1
DC Comics explores new worlds, old favorites with six titles
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 12 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-12/dc-comics-unveils-six-new-series/52504982/1
Seven things to know about DC Comics' new wave of books
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 12 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-12/Seven-facts-about-six-new-DC-Comics-series/52510592/1
Harold Perrineau bites into G4's 'Blade' anime series
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 12 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-12/Harold-Perrineau-stars-in-Blade-anime-series/52519544/1
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - January 12, 2012
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Scooped again! City Paper drops comics again
I waited for this to be a trend with week 2's paper arriving today, so I was scooped again. More to the point, I'll miss the comics. It was great to see them on the last page, especially Derf's The City.
Here's all you need to know:
Citing Budget Reasons, City Paper Drops Comic Strips
Jan 26: APOCALYPTOON 2012 exhibit at Artisphere
APOCALYPTOON 2012
In Partnership with Art Soiree
THU JAN 26 - SUN JAN 29
$25 ticketed opening party on Jan 26 / On view for free Jan 27-29
Terrace Gallery
Ticketed opening party: Thu Jan 26 / 6pm / $25
Against the backdrop of a region steeped in politics and with a touch of art, style and humor, Art Soiree will unveil what 2012 will bring by presenting a unique pop-up exhibition that takes a humorous outlook on the year to come and features works, some created exclusively for this exhibition, by renowned editorial and political cartoonists. ApocalypToon 2012 features works, some of which were created exclusively for this exhibition, by cartoonists such as Kal of The Economist, Tom Toles of The Washington Post, Jeff Danziger (Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post), Daryl Cagle of MSNBC, Matt Wuerker of Politico, Damien Glez (La Monde, Courrier International, La Gazette) and Dan Piraro of Bizzaro. These simple pen stroke political cartoons foreshadow the future, poke fun at the past and imply hidden motives in ways that elude written or spoken reporting. The result of this creative license is a unique perspective on the future—entertaining, clever and insightful.
ApocolypToon kicks off with a $25 ticketed opening party on Thursday, January 26 at 6pm where guests can mingle with exhibiting cartoonists and enjoy complimentary food, live music and a cash bar. The pop-up exhibition in Artisphere's Terrace Gallery is free and open to the public from Friday, January 27 to Sunday, January 29.
Continuing with the zany nature of the cartoons, the ticketed party on January 26 celebrates the opening of the exhibit with live music from local journo-band Suspicious Package, comprised of reporters armed with their musical talent and rock star looks. The contents of the Suspicious Package are: Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist at The Washington Post Tom Toles, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Dr. Christina Sevilla, Deputy Assistant Secretary of HUD Bryan Greene, former TIME/Bloomberg correspondent and journalist Tim Berger and Director of Education and Outreach for the National Security Journalism Initiative at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Josh Meyer.
The opening party will also feature the sounds of DJ Neekola, international DC-based female DJ and producer, who will perform along with live percussionist Kamajian. In addition, the party includes a special guest performance by DJ Manifesto, an all-time DC favorite who both DJs and plays violin during his sets.
ApocalypToon 2012 is part of Notasphere, a month of programming created by local artistic collaborators. From a pop-up restaurant and political cartoons to Brazilian beats, Artisphere will be filled with fresh, thought-provoking off-beat arts events presented by creative partners from across the DC-region throughout January 2012.
New comics store in Vienna offers Living Social deal
Game On! Comics
$30 to Spend on Comic Books and Games
$15
You fold laundry, cook dinner, and double-check math homework -- sometimes all at once. The only thing separating you and the superheroes in your kids' comic books is a cape and a full spandex suit. Pull one more valiant feat, and nab today's deal from Game On! Comics in Vienna. Pay just $15 and get $30 worth of comic books and games from this brand-new independent retailer, where the shelves are lined with DC and Marvel favorites, as well as titles from independent publishers. And don't miss the store's huge game section, featuring games for your little ones as well as for your whole family. That's not a bird or a plane -- it's a half-off deal that will have your kids marveling at your superhuman powers.
Tip courtesy of Lisa Cherkasky
Food Stylist and Writer
Website: www.lisacherkasky.com
Blog: www.thelunchencounter.com
Feiffer play onstage in Arlington
A revival of Jules Feiffer's dark play Little Murders opens tomorrow Friday January 13th (hmmm) and runs to Feb. 11 at Gunston Theatre Two, 2700 S. Lang St., Arlington, 703-998-4555,
http://americancentury.org .
http://americancentury.org .
and here's the Post's favorable preview:
Death and mayhem: Gadzooks! In 'Little Murders,' making dark comedy of exaggerated violence [online title: "Backstage: Death and mayhem in 'Little Murders'"
By Jessica Goldstein
Washington Post (January 11 2012)
online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/backstage-death-and-mayhem-in-little-murders/2012/01/10/gIQAaMnMpP_story.html
By Jessica Goldstein
Washington Post (January 11 2012)
online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/backstage-death-and-mayhem-in-little-murders/2012/01/10/gIQAaMnMpP_story.html
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
That darn Beeler, Salt Lake City edition
Outrageous cartoon
Kathleen Preston Knight
Salt Lake Tribune Jan 11 2012
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/53261313-82/constitution-obama-recess-senate.html.csp
Kathleen Preston Knight
Salt Lake Tribune Jan 11 2012
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/53261313-82/constitution-obama-recess-senate.html.csp
Publishers Weekly on Buzzboy
New Buzzboy Graphic Novel Out in Print, the Web, on iPad
By Calvin Reid
Dec 21, 2011
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/49926-new-buzzboy-graphic-novel-out-in-print-the-web-on-ipad.html
By Calvin Reid
Dec 21, 2011
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/49926-new-buzzboy-graphic-novel-out-in-print-the-web-on-ipad.html
PR: Baltimore Comic-Con Rolls Into Philly with JG Jones
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Comic Riffs on Reuben Awards and Pearls Before Swine aps
THIS JUST IN: 'Pearls Before Swine' launches immersive-- and 'intimate' — new app (*Shirt optional)
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 11 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/this-just-in-pearls-before-swine-launches-intimate-new-app/2012/01/11/gIQAKuGqqP_blog.html
REUBEN AWARDS invite webcomics, animators — and Jim Davis
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 11 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/reuben-awards-invite-webcomics-animators--and-jim-davis/2012/01/10/gIQAoTNkpP_blog.html
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 11 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/this-just-in-pearls-before-swine-launches-intimate-new-app/2012/01/11/gIQAKuGqqP_blog.html
REUBEN AWARDS invite webcomics, animators — and Jim Davis
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 11 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/reuben-awards-invite-webcomics-animators--and-jim-davis/2012/01/10/gIQAoTNkpP_blog.html
PR: PELICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY PUBLISHER AND OWNER PASSES
I haven't seen this appear anywhere else, so I'll post it. Pelican published Charles Brooks' series Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year as well as former editorial cartoonist Bob Artley's children's books and reminiscences.
For Immediate Release
PELICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY PUBLISHER AND OWNER PASSES
(Gretna, La.) January 9, 2012––In March of 2010, New Orleans area based Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., celebrated the fortieth anniversary of publisher and president Dr. Milburn Calhoun. Today we mourn his passing.
A bookman, publisher, philanthropist, and retired physician, he died Saturday, January 7, 2012, at West Jefferson Hospital in New Orleans following a lengthy illness. He was eighty-one. Visiting takes place today, Monday, January 9, 2012, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a service immediately following at Oak Park Baptist Church, 1110 Kabel Drive, New Orleans. Additional services will be held Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, La., with visitation from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. with a service and interment immediately following at Sibley Cemetery in Choudrant, La.
Born in West Monroe, on January 15, 1930, he was a graduate of Ouachita Parish High School, 1947; Northeast Junior College, 1949; Louisiana State University, 1951; and the LSU School of Medicine, 1955. After an internship at New Orleans Charity Hospital, 1955-56, he practiced medicine in Buras for nine years, interrupted by two years in the United States Air Force where he attained the rank of major. He practiced medicine at Nicholson, Baehr, & Calhoun from 1965 until his retirement in 1997. He also served as chief of staff at West Jefferson Hospital. He was a longtime member of Oak Park Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and in numerous support positions.
A lifelong bibliophile, he was a recognized expert on rare books. He founded Bayou Books, an old, rare, and out-of-print book dealer specializing in Louisiana and Southern subjects, and in 1961, he opened a Gretna bookstore by the same name. In 1970, he and family members acquired Pelican Publishing Company, a small New Orleans book publishing company that they relocated to Gretna. Publishing standouts include the blockbuster success of motivational titles such as Zig Ziglar's See You at the Top and the publication of Cajun Night Before Christmas®. In addition to spawning Pelican's wildly successful series of more than thirty Night Before Christmas titles and products, the publication of Cajun Night Before Christmas® marked the beginning of Pelican's children's book division, which is now the company's largest niche. Other areas of specialty include cookbooks, architecture titles, the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year Series, works on Southern history and culture, Civil War scholarship, black studies, and books covering every aspect of life in Louisiana.
"We were not a people of means," Dr. Calhoun said, describing the challenge of purchasing a bankrupt publishing house, "so we did it the old-fashioned way. We published important books that other publishers were not publishing and a large part of the population wanted."
The model worked. Pelican's sales doubled each year during the first ten years of Dr. Calhoun's leadership. Business expanded into all fifty states, and soon the company began to establish its international presence and enjoy global distribution in the sale of English-language rights to publishers throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America. Today, with a backlist of more than 2,500 titles, Pelican is the largest independent trade book publisher in the South. In continuous operation since 1926, Pelican remains a family-owned, independent general trade and children's publisher committed to publishing books of quality and permanence on a wide variety of subjects.
In 1998, he funded the Mary and Darrell Calhoun Recreational Center at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe, and in 1999, he endowed the one-million-dollar Mary E. and Darrell L. Calhoun Chair in Pharmacology at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He and his wife established the Milburn and Nancy Calhoun Foundation in 2009 to support religious and educational activities. Donations may be made to the foundation at 9 Muirfield Place, New Orleans, LA 70131.
Dr. Calhoun reflects on some of the highlights from his forty years, along with Pelican's history and the publication of Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles, the first trade title by William Faulkner and the first book in Pelican Publishing history, here.
For media inquiries, contact Antoinette de Alteriis, Promotion Director, Pelican Publishing Company 504-368-1175 x 331 or adealteriis@pelicanpub.com.
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Sam Golden
Pelican Publishing Company
Fan us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/PelicanPublishing
Follow us on Twitter: @PelicanPub, www.twitter.com/PelicanPub
Find us on the web: www.pelicanpub.com
PELICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY PUBLISHER AND OWNER PASSES
(Gretna, La.) January 9, 2012––In March of 2010, New Orleans area based Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., celebrated the fortieth anniversary of publisher and president Dr. Milburn Calhoun. Today we mourn his passing.
A bookman, publisher, philanthropist, and retired physician, he died Saturday, January 7, 2012, at West Jefferson Hospital in New Orleans following a lengthy illness. He was eighty-one. Visiting takes place today, Monday, January 9, 2012, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a service immediately following at Oak Park Baptist Church, 1110 Kabel Drive, New Orleans. Additional services will be held Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, La., with visitation from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. with a service and interment immediately following at Sibley Cemetery in Choudrant, La.
Born in West Monroe, on January 15, 1930, he was a graduate of Ouachita Parish High School, 1947; Northeast Junior College, 1949; Louisiana State University, 1951; and the LSU School of Medicine, 1955. After an internship at New Orleans Charity Hospital, 1955-56, he practiced medicine in Buras for nine years, interrupted by two years in the United States Air Force where he attained the rank of major. He practiced medicine at Nicholson, Baehr, & Calhoun from 1965 until his retirement in 1997. He also served as chief of staff at West Jefferson Hospital. He was a longtime member of Oak Park Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and in numerous support positions.
A lifelong bibliophile, he was a recognized expert on rare books. He founded Bayou Books, an old, rare, and out-of-print book dealer specializing in Louisiana and Southern subjects, and in 1961, he opened a Gretna bookstore by the same name. In 1970, he and family members acquired Pelican Publishing Company, a small New Orleans book publishing company that they relocated to Gretna. Publishing standouts include the blockbuster success of motivational titles such as Zig Ziglar's See You at the Top and the publication of Cajun Night Before Christmas®. In addition to spawning Pelican's wildly successful series of more than thirty Night Before Christmas titles and products, the publication of Cajun Night Before Christmas® marked the beginning of Pelican's children's book division, which is now the company's largest niche. Other areas of specialty include cookbooks, architecture titles, the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year Series, works on Southern history and culture, Civil War scholarship, black studies, and books covering every aspect of life in Louisiana.
"We were not a people of means," Dr. Calhoun said, describing the challenge of purchasing a bankrupt publishing house, "so we did it the old-fashioned way. We published important books that other publishers were not publishing and a large part of the population wanted."
The model worked. Pelican's sales doubled each year during the first ten years of Dr. Calhoun's leadership. Business expanded into all fifty states, and soon the company began to establish its international presence and enjoy global distribution in the sale of English-language rights to publishers throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America. Today, with a backlist of more than 2,500 titles, Pelican is the largest independent trade book publisher in the South. In continuous operation since 1926, Pelican remains a family-owned, independent general trade and children's publisher committed to publishing books of quality and permanence on a wide variety of subjects.
In 1998, he funded the Mary and Darrell Calhoun Recreational Center at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe, and in 1999, he endowed the one-million-dollar Mary E. and Darrell L. Calhoun Chair in Pharmacology at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He and his wife established the Milburn and Nancy Calhoun Foundation in 2009 to support religious and educational activities. Donations may be made to the foundation at 9 Muirfield Place, New Orleans, LA 70131.
Dr. Calhoun reflects on some of the highlights from his forty years, along with Pelican's history and the publication of Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles, the first trade title by William Faulkner and the first book in Pelican Publishing history, here.
For media inquiries, contact Antoinette de Alteriis, Promotion Director, Pelican Publishing Company 504-368-1175 x 331 or adealteriis@pelicanpub.com.
###
Sam Golden
Pelican Publishing Company
Fan us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/PelicanPublishing
Follow us on Twitter: @PelicanPub, www.twitter.com/PelicanPub
Find us on the web: www.pelicanpub.com
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
USA Today comic stories
Marvel's superstars assemble on Facebook
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY January 8 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-08/marvel-comics-facebook-avengers/52456414/1
'Justice League' named best-selling comic book of 2011
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 10 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-10/Justice-League-top-comic-of-2011/52477614/1
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY January 8 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-08/marvel-comics-facebook-avengers/52456414/1
'Justice League' named best-selling comic book of 2011
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 10 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-01-10/Justice-League-top-comic-of-2011/52477614/1
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