VALENTINE'S DAY GOOGLE DOODLE: Today's charming musical animation makes for one sweet gift
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 14 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/valentines-day-google-doodle-todays-charming-musical-animation-makes-for-one-sweet-gift/2012/02/13/gIQA15kOCR_blog.html#pagebreak
VALENTINE'S GOOGLE DOODLE INTERVIEW: Animator 'Lippy' Lipman takes us behind the scenes (and screens)
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 14 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/valentines-google-doodle-interview-animator-lippy-lipman-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-and-screens/2012/02/14/gIQAdCpBER_blog.html#pagebreak
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
PR: Cartoonish Josh Neufeld featured in NEA Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts writes in:
The most recent issue of the NEA's quarterly magazine NEA Arts featuring cover art and story from Josh Neufeld, non-fiction writer and cartoonist.
NEA Arts innovation issue featuring Josh Neufeld
Josh introduces this issue of NEA Arts focusing on innovation through eight interviews with artists from a range of artistic disciplines including animation filmmaker Chris Miller. Additional features look at the work of four artists via video and audio.
Josh is a NYC-based artist, but he often shows up at SPX - and the NEA is local of course.
PR: Small Press Expo 2012 Tables Sold Out; Exhibitor List Now Available
Small Press Expo 2012 Tables Sold Out; Exhibitor List Now Available
For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard
E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com
Bethesda, Maryland; February 14, 2012 – The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons, welcomes our 2012 exhibitors to this years show, which features special guests Dan Clowes and Chris Ware.
SPX increased the floor space and table count this year, but tables sold out faster than in any previous year.
A partial list of exhibitors is available on the SPX website at spxpo.com/exhibitors. SPX will continue to update the online exhibitor list over the next two weeks as application processing is finalized.
Creators and publishers who have submitted applications who are not in the online list will be notified of your status by March 1. No further applications are being accepted, but information on a wait list will be available in March once final assignments are made.
Any questions about the status of table reservations should be sent to exhibitors@spxpo.com.
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.
SPX 2012 will be held Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.
For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard
E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com
Bethesda, Maryland; February 14, 2012 – The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons, welcomes our 2012 exhibitors to this years show, which features special guests Dan Clowes and Chris Ware.
SPX increased the floor space and table count this year, but tables sold out faster than in any previous year.
A partial list of exhibitors is available on the SPX website at spxpo.com/exhibitors. SPX will continue to update the online exhibitor list over the next two weeks as application processing is finalized.
Creators and publishers who have submitted applications who are not in the online list will be notified of your status by March 1. No further applications are being accepted, but information on a wait list will be available in March once final assignments are made.
Any questions about the status of table reservations should be sent to exhibitors@spxpo.com.
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.
SPX 2012 will be held Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Post on Walking Dead and stock character type
'Redneck Jedi' to the rescue! [Online title: On 'The Walking Dead,' the Redneck Jedi bridges red-blue state divide].
By Aaron Leitko,
Washington Post February 12 2012, p. B3
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-the-walking-dead-the-redneck-jedi-bridges-red-blue-state-divide/2012/02/07/gIQAiREa4Q_story.html
By Aaron Leitko,
Washington Post February 12 2012, p. B3
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-the-walking-dead-the-redneck-jedi-bridges-red-blue-state-divide/2012/02/07/gIQAiREa4Q_story.html
Curls continues in Cartoonist Studio contest
Carolyn writes:
Good news: "Curls" has made it into WEEK TWO of voting, thanks to your votes. They have re-set the vote counter, so please continue to vote every 6 hours for maximum support - or try to vote when you can - or whenever you go online. I know it's a lot to ask, but your vote counts in this 10 week contest. Let's make this happen.
http://www.thecartooniststudio.com/Contestant/244/Carolyn-Belefski
Good news: "Curls" has made it into WEEK TWO of voting, thanks to your votes. They have re-set the vote counter, so please continue to vote every 6 hours for maximum support - or try to vote when you can - or whenever you go online. I know it's a lot to ask, but your vote counts in this 10 week contest. Let's make this happen.
http://www.thecartooniststudio.com/Contestant/244/Carolyn-Belefski
Post interviews French 24-Hour comic creator Boulet
THE BOULET INTERVIEW: Inside'The Darkness,' the secrets of a great 24-hour comic
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 13 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-boulet-interview-insidethe-darkness-the-secrets-of-a-great-24-hour-comic/2012/02/06/gIQAd7dpAR_blog.html#pagebreak
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 13 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-boulet-interview-insidethe-darkness-the-secrets-of-a-great-24-hour-comic/2012/02/06/gIQAd7dpAR_blog.html#pagebreak
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Truitt on Mr. Potato and Comic Book Men
Kevin Smith unmasks his inner nerd in 'Comic Book Men'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 10 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/story/2012-02-10/Comic-Book-Men-Kevin-Smith/53032004/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 10 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/story/2012-02-10/Comic-Book-Men-Kevin-Smith/53032004/1
Super spuds: DC Comics heroes get Mr. Potato Head treatment
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 12 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-12/Batman-Superman-Potato-Head-toys/53058490/1
KAL returns to Baltimore Sun
Here's a video:
KAL is back
February 11, 2012
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-kal-is-back-20120210,0,6167206.story
KAL is back
February 11, 2012
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-kal-is-back-20120210,0,6167206.story
Local collector shows his stuff
Saturday Shelf Porn | Order in the court — and on the comic shelves features Chris Campbell from Northern Virginia, and his well-presented collection. There's some nice original art there too.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Post reviews Comic Book Men tv show
'Comic Book Men': Kevin Smith's insular world of supergeeks
By Hank Stuever,
Washington Post February 11, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/comic-book-men-kevin-smiths-insular-world-of-supergeeks/2012/02/06/gIQApsZH4Q_story.html
Post on the upcoming Tezuka and Astro Boy play
Astro Boy in three dimensions, by a director who thinks multi-dimensionally
By Peter Marks,
February 12 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater-dance/astro-boy-in-three-dimensions-by-a-director-who-thinks-multi-dimensionally/2012/02/07/gIQARNeI4Q_story.html
Truitt on Road Rage
Stephen King, son Joe Hill team for 'Road Rage' series
By Brian Truitt and Carol Memmott, USA TODAY February 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-09/Stephen-King-Joe-Hill-Road-Rage-series/53038574/1
By Brian Truitt and Carol Memmott, USA TODAY February 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-09/Stephen-King-Joe-Hill-Road-Rage-series/53038574/1
Friday, February 10, 2012
Feb 15-20: Disney on Ice
Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic, Verizon Center, tickets $20-75.
I've been to at least 1 Disney ice show and they do a fine job for what it is.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Be a Ripsnorter with Winsor McCay
From an April 1913 newspaper. I figured I wasn't going to find an original button, but could enjoy a reasonable facsimile. Buy it now, and use it in comics con crowds.
Winsor McCay's Legion of Ripsnorters' Rhinocerous
Round the Ripsnorters' Campfire - Pipe the button especially designed for members of the Legion of Ripsnorters. Isn't it a corker? The rhinocerous is probably the greatest ripsnorter of all big game. When he charges something's got to go. And so with our own fellow Ripsnorters. When one of them yells "Gangway!' ordinary people had better jump. Henceforth the rhinocerous is the Legion's mascot and emblem. The button has been especially designed by Winsor McCay, the famous Ripsnorter of Sheepshead Baya. He has been elected official artist by the executive committee. All members of the Legion of Ripsnorters should wear one of the buttons. (April 13, 1913)
Winsor McCay's Legion of Ripsnorters' Rhinocerous
Round the Ripsnorters' Campfire - Pipe the button especially designed for members of the Legion of Ripsnorters. Isn't it a corker? The rhinocerous is probably the greatest ripsnorter of all big game. When he charges something's got to go. And so with our own fellow Ripsnorters. When one of them yells "Gangway!' ordinary people had better jump. Henceforth the rhinocerous is the Legion's mascot and emblem. The button has been especially designed by Winsor McCay, the famous Ripsnorter of Sheepshead Baya. He has been elected official artist by the executive committee. All members of the Legion of Ripsnorters should wear one of the buttons. (April 13, 1913)
Put a Shrek in Your Bed says hotel chain
Available in DC! (or suburban MD rather)
Gaylord Hotels Adds Character to Birthday Parties with The DreamWorks Experience Birthday Celebration
Celebrate with Beloved Characters from Shrek, Kung Fu Panda or Madagascar
Liz Feldman
Nashville, Tenn. (PRWEB) February 08, 2012
news.yahoo.com/gaylord-hotels-adds-character-birthday-parties-dreamworks-experience-214615252.html
and help their bottom line in 2012!
Cartoons buoy Gaylord National in down year
Occupancy and revenues picked up in fourth quarter
by Lindsey Robbins, Staff Writer
February 9 2012
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120209/NEWS/702099984/1097/cartoons-buoy-gaylord-national-in-down-year&template=gazette
Gaylord Hotels Adds Character to Birthday Parties with The DreamWorks Experience Birthday Celebration
Celebrate with Beloved Characters from Shrek, Kung Fu Panda or Madagascar
Liz Feldman
Nashville, Tenn. (PRWEB) February 08, 2012
news.yahoo.com/gaylord-hotels-adds-character-birthday-parties-dreamworks-experience-214615252.html
and help their bottom line in 2012!
Cartoons buoy Gaylord National in down year
Occupancy and revenues picked up in fourth quarter
by Lindsey Robbins, Staff Writer
February 9 2012
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120209/NEWS/702099984/1097/cartoons-buoy-gaylord-national-in-down-year&template=gazette
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - February 9, 2012
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Local author's new book about Superman and the Klan
Interview: Superman's Real KKK-Fighting Past Revealed
By Lauren Barack
newsletter Extra Helping February 9, 2012
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newsletters/newsletterbucketextrahelping2/893628-477/interview.html.csp
Superman fought a very real enemy in radio shows of the 1940s: racial prejudice and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). But Civil War historian and author Rick Bowers felt the official story behind the Man of Steel's exploits left something uncovered...
By Lauren Barack
newsletter Extra Helping February 9, 2012
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newsletters/newsletterbucketextrahelping2/893628-477/interview.html.csp
Superman fought a very real enemy in radio shows of the 1940s: racial prejudice and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). But Civil War historian and author Rick Bowers felt the official story behind the Man of Steel's exploits left something uncovered...
Urgent final reminder -- Swann Fellowship applications due next Weds.
A chance to study at the Library of Congress -
Applications for the Swann Fellowship in caricature and cartoon are due next Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. For eligibility, criteria, requirements, etc. please see Library of Congress web pages: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Truitt on Buffy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer faces her biggest challenge
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 8 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-08/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-comic-book-series/53002192/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 8 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-08/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-comic-book-series/53002192/1
Mara “Meg” Maguire, webcomics artist interview
Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Mara "Meg" Maguire
by Mike Rhode on Feb. 8, 2012
I'm afraid this one's been sitting around since Intervention, as have a handful of others. Sorry!
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