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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Mar 26: Art Spiegelman at DCJCC
Truitt on Saucer Country
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 8 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-08/Saucer-Country-comic-book-series/53010016/1
Comic Riffs talks to Stan Lee, because they can
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 8 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/stan-lee-launches-new-site-marvel-mastermind-answers-our-questions-and-yours-at-7et/2012/02/08/gIQAUhNYzQ_blog.html#pagebreak
Curls comic strip in Cartoonist Studio contest
From: Carolyn Belefski
I just entered my comic strip "Curls" in The Cartoonist Studio competition. There are 10 rounds (1 strip per week).
Please consider casting your votes for Curls. You'll need to create an account and keep voting every 6 hours for maximum support. Even if you can't vote that often, every vote counts.
Search for "Curls" and you will find me.
The winner gets their comics published on gocomics.com and an electronic book publishing contract.
http://www.thecartooniststudio.com/Vote
http://www.curls-studio.blogspot.com/2012/02/vote-curls-in-cartoonist-studio-contest.html
Thanks in advance for your support,
Carolyn
The Cartoonist Studio
www.thecartooniststudio.com
Comic Riffs on NY Times editorial cartoon solicitation
Political cartoonists say they're indignant over Times' solicitation
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 7 2012
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Truitt on Fantastic Four
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 6 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-06/Fantastic-Four-Season-One-graphic-novel/52986318/1
Post on Simpson's contest
By Sarah Anne Hughes
Washington Post Celebritology blog February 7 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/simpsons-fans-to-attempt-watching-a-ridiculous-amount-of-tv-for-record-money/2012/02/06/gIQAPDwgwQ_blog.html?wprss=rss_entertainment
PR: "Herblock Looks at 1962" Exhibition Opens March 20
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington DC 20540
February 7, 2012
"Herblock Looks at 1962" Exhibition Opens March 20
John F. Kennedy in 1962, the second year of his U.S. presidency, attempted to implement new policies that met with partisan opposition: assisting the unemployed, passing a jobs bill and creating Medicare. Abroad, he increased military presence in Vietnam and faced the Soviet Union in a nuclear showdown known as the "Cuban Missile Crisis."
These issues provided rich material for Washington Post editorial cartoonist Herbert L. Block—better known as "Herblock." By 1962, Herblock, who could artfully and effectively wield his pen, had won two Pulitzer Prizes.
His drawings will be on view in the exhibition "Herblock Looks at 1962: Fifty Years Ago Today in Editorial Cartoons," opening March 20, 2012, at the Library of Congress in the Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
The exhibition, which runs through Sept. 5, 2012, is free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday. It will be held in the Herblock Gallery, part of the Graphic Arts Galleries, which celebrates the work of Herblock with an ongoing display of 10 original drawings. The display changes every six months.
In 1945, Herblock developed his character "Mr. Atom" to personify the threat of nuclear annihilation that was ever-present during the Cold War (1945-1990). In 1962, Herblock used Mr. Atom repeatedly, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev challenged Kennedy. The confrontation played out over the placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba and Turkey. At the same time, disarmament talks in Geneva, Switzerland, did not go well and the "Doomsday Clock" ticked closer to midnight, signaling the increased likelihood of nuclear war.
Ten cartoons will be on view, including "Tick—Tock—Tick," "Once More unto the Brink, Once More," "I May Still Have to Rely on Reckless Inaction" and "Hello—ORwell 1984?"
Herblock was a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He spent more than 55 years at the Washington Post, taking on political corruption wherever he saw it and championing the rights of "the little guy."
The Herb Block Foundation donated a collection of more than 14,000 original cartoon drawings and 50,000 rough sketches, as well as manuscripts, to the Library of Congress in 2002, and has generously continued to provide funds to support ongoing programming.
The Library has been collecting original cartoon art for more than 140 years. It is a major center for cartoon research with holdings of more than 100,000 original cartoon drawings and prints. These works, housed in the Prints and Photographs Division, span five centuries and range from 17th-century Dutch political prints to 21st-century contemporary comic strips.
The Prints and Photographs Division holds the largest-known collection of American political prints, the finest assemblage of British satirical prints outside Great Britain and holdings of original drawings by generations of America's best cartoonists and illustrators that are unequaled in breadth and depth. Extensive runs of rare satirical and comic journals from Europe and the United States represent another distinguishing facet. The Library acquired these materials through a variety of sources including artists' gifts, donations by private collectors, selective purchases and copyright registration.
For sample images from "Herblock Looks at 1962," contact Donna Urschel at (202) 707-1639.
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2/7/12
ISSN: 0731-3527
Monday, February 06, 2012
PR: Small Press Expo Announces Dan Clowes and Chris Ware as Special Guests for SPX 2012
For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard
E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com
Bethesda, Maryland; February 6, 2012 – The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons, kicks off 2012 with our official announcement that cartoonists Dan Clowes and Chris Ware will be attending this year's festival as special guests.
Graphic novelist, gallery cartoonist, strip cartoonist -- Chris Ware is one of the best known and most respected independent American cartoonists. He has guest edited McSweeney's Quarterly and The Best American Comics and published cartoons in the New Yorker as well as the Virginia Quarterly Review. He was the first cartoonist to serialize a story in The New York Times Magazine, and has had his work included in the Whitney Biennial. His graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan – the Smartest Kid on Earth received the Guardian First Book Award, the American Book Award and the prestigious French comics award "L'Alph Art." Fans are eagerly anticipating Volume 21 of his Acme Novelty Library comic strip series and his new compendium, Building Stories, will be released this Fall from Pantheon.
About SPX
SPX is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit that brings together more than 300 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators, as well as a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.
As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the the SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which gifts graphic novels to public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, go to their website at http://www.cbldf.org.
Truitt on Batman; Cavna on Doonesbury
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 6 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-06/Batwoman-comic-book-series/52989930/1
'DOONESBURY' PULLED BECAUSE OF CHARITY: Trudeau responds to Chicago Tribune's decision not to run DonorsChoose cartoon
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 6 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/doonesbury-pulled-because-of-charity-trudeau-responds-to-chicago-tribunes-decision-not-to-run-donorschoose-cartoon/2012/02/06/gIQAqPdztQ_blog.html#pagebreak
Feb 24: Nate Powell Signing - The Silence of Our Friends
Nate Powell, Eisner Award winning creator of Swallow Me Whole and Any Empire, will be appearing at Big Planet Vienna store on Friday, February 24, from 6:00 to 7:30, to celebrate the release of his new book The Silence of Our Friends.
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Rob Anderson's Rex, Zombie Killer appearing soon
Friday, February 03, 2012
Truitt on Suicide Squad
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 2 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-02/Harley-Quinn-Suicide-Squad-comic-book-series/52938148/1
"Astro Boy and the God of Comics" and '‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’" previews
By Stephanie Merry
Washington Post February 3 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/childs-play/2012/01/24/gIQAIMUOkQ_story.html
Need cover image of Weekend
March 29: Richard Thompson strip at Art for Humanity Auction
Art for Humanity Auction & Cocktail Reception - The Art for Humanity Auction & Cocktail Reception 2012 is the first annual fundraiser to support the work of Habitat for Humanity in Washington, D.C.
Local collector Mark Zaid featured at Scoop
WHAT'S YOUR BEST PRICE: Mark Zaid
Art Cloos
Scoop February 3 2012
http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=265&ai=117809
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Biographical Sketches of Cartoonists & Illustrators in Library of Congress going out of print
So if you need the information sooner rather than later, or you're a completist, buy a copy in the next day or so. At the end of the weekend, I'm going to set it back to invisibility as a private project.
The two people who bought a copy should update the entry for John Celardo to read "died 2012". Mea culpa.
Seriously, Joe does nice work, as does Sara, so I'm looking forward to seeing the 'ultimate'* edition.
*except one could hope that some cartoonists in LoC's prints and photos collection, but not in the Swann collection could be added to a new edition which could have an even longer title...
NPR on Watchmen prequel
'Before Watchmen,' Apocalyptic Tales, And Leaving Well Enough Alone
by Marc Hirsh
February 1, 2012
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/02/01/146218318/before-watchmen-apocalyptic-tales-and-leaving-well-enough-alone