Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Politics and Prose's instant publishing machine
This article features the local bookstore, and although it doesn't have any comics content, there's no reason you can't print your own graphic novels there.
Monday, June 11, 2012
OT: Chris Schweizer
One of the cartoonists I really like is Chris Schweizer (who also contributed to the Team Cul de Sac project), and there's a long interview with him at:
CR Sunday Interview: Chris Schweizer.
Tom Spurgeon
Comics Reporter (June 10): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_chris_schweizer/
Team Cul de Sac auction wrapup
Here's a couple of stories on the end of the auction.
Team Cul de Sac auction raises $47k; Watterson painting sold for $13k
by Alan Gardner
June 11, 2012
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/06/11/team-cul-de-sac-auction-raises-47k-watterson-painting-sold-for-13k/
TEAM 'CUL DE SAC' AUCTION: Rare Watterson painting sells for $13K
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 11 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/team-cul-de-sac-auction-rare-watterson-painting-sells-for-13k/2012/06/11/gJQAtn9dTV_blog.html#pagebreak
Team Cul de Sac auction raises $47k; Watterson painting sold for $13k
by Alan Gardner
June 11, 2012
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/06/11/team-cul-de-sac-auction-raises-47k-watterson-painting-sold-for-13k/
TEAM 'CUL DE SAC' AUCTION: Rare Watterson painting sells for $13K
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 11 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/team-cul-de-sac-auction-rare-watterson-painting-sells-for-13k/2012/06/11/gJQAtn9dTV_blog.html#pagebreak
Sunday, June 10, 2012
City Paper on Wooly Mammoth's Simpsons play
When society crumbles, we'll still have The Simpsons [in print as Rolling in "D'Oh", p. 44]
By Chris Klimek • June 8, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42806/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play-when-society-crumbles-well/
By Chris Klimek • June 8, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42806/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play-when-society-crumbles-well/
Friday, June 08, 2012
Team Cul de Sac auction almost over
Just two days left for original art from the Team Cul de Sac auction!
Sure, by telling you about this, I'm losing more and more of my bids, but it's FOR A GOOD CAUSE!
Sure, by telling you about this, I'm losing more and more of my bids, but it's FOR A GOOD CAUSE!
History of Invulnerability play opens, Beauty and the Beast Returns
Ticket info is here. The Post's Sorry, Lois, this story is all on deep background is in today's paper.
'Beauty and the Beast' gets a budget-friendly makeover reviews the play based on a cartoon.
And Madagascar 3 is reviewed at A big top curtain call of the wild.
Madagascar 3 voice actor article in today's Express
Page-Kirby, Kristen. 2012.
The Man Behind Melman: Schwimmer adds life to the giraffe in the third 'Madagascar.'
Express (June 8): 27
online at http://www.expressnightout.com/
June 9: Manga Day at Library of Congress
From Martha Kennedy:
Manga in Japanese will be on display in the Library of Congress's Asian Division (LJ-150, Jefferson Bldg) on Sat. June 9, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Visitors can come and go during the time frame. Mari Nakahara, who co-curated the Sakura exhibition in the Graphic Arts Galleries, is organizing this event.
Manga in Japanese will be on display in the Library of Congress's Asian Division (LJ-150, Jefferson Bldg) on Sat. June 9, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Visitors can come and go during the time frame. Mari Nakahara, who co-curated the Sakura exhibition in the Graphic Arts Galleries, is organizing this event.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Comic Riffs interviews Darwyn Cooke on Befofe Watchmen
WATCHING DARWYN COOKE: Writer-artist respects the dissenters — but 'Before Watchmen' was too challenging to pass up
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 7 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/watching-darwyn-cooke-writer-artist-respects-the-dissenters--but-before-watchmen-was-too-challenging-to-pass-up/2012/06/07/gJQAdt04JV_blog.html#pagebreak
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 7 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/watching-darwyn-cooke-writer-artist-respects-the-dissenters--but-before-watchmen-was-too-challenging-to-pass-up/2012/06/07/gJQAdt04JV_blog.html#pagebreak
Truitt on Harvest
A.J. Lieberman brings a fresh 'Harvest' to Image Comics
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 7 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-07/Harvest-comic-book-series/55444716/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 7 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-07/Harvest-comic-book-series/55444716/1
Bob Staake interview
He illustrates the Post's Style Invitational contest every week -
Bob Staake: Illustrator and looker
Boston Globe June 03, 2012
http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-03/arts/31910140_1_books-illustrator-claire-huchet-bishop
Bob Staake: Illustrator and looker
Boston Globe June 03, 2012
http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-03/arts/31910140_1_books-illustrator-claire-huchet-bishop
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - June 7, 2012
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Nick Abadzis, creator of Hugo Tate, will be appearing at our Bethesda store for a signing on Saturday, June 9. Nick is also creator of Laika, and did the excellent series of 
Express on Wooly Mammoth's Simpsons play
The Survival of 'The Simpsons'
A new play imagines a postapocalyptic world where TV becomes myth
By Fiona Zublin
Express June 07, 2012
June 9: Nick Abadzis at Big Planet Comics Bethesda
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Tom Toles playing at the Rhodeside Grill on Saturday 6/9 9PM -No Cover
From: pat kehs
I play bass in two different bands and they both are playing at the Rhodeside Grill in Arlington this Saturday, June 9th starting at 9 PM. This is a free show!
BoxCartel is my all alt country and rock band. We play mostly original songs and our set will start at 9PM in the downstairs bar. BoxCartel played at the Glover Park Day festival this past saturday and put some of the songs up on YouTube. You can check out our sound by going to this link: http://www.youtube.com/user/BoxCartel?feature=mhe
Lethal Bark is an all original indie rock band featuring Washington Post's editorial cartoonist Tom Toles on drums and lead vocals. Lethal Bark will play around 10:30 PM. For more info go to: www.lethalbark.com
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1836 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
Truitt on Dark Avengers
'Dark Avengers' is next step of wild 'Thunderbolts' legacy
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 5 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-05/Dark-Avengers-comic-book-series/55403504/1
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 5 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-05/Dark-Avengers-comic-book-series/55403504/1
"Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women" opens in Washington DC
From: Sarah Lightman
"Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women", the show I am co-curating, is continuing to tour.
"Graphic Details" will be opening at the Anne Loeb Bronfman Gallery, Washington JCC, 1529 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20036
from 7 June, until 2 September 2012.
Featuring original work by 18 of the most influential creators, Graphic Details showcases work of all- stars from the pioneering Wimmen's Comix and Twisted Sisters artists of the 1970s and 1980s to the superstars of the new generation. Many of the cartoons in Graphic Details have never been displayed in public until now. The artists, who hail from the U.S., Canada, Israel and the UK include: Vanessa Davis; Bernice Eisenstein; Sarah Glidden; Miriam Katin; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Miss Lasko-Gross; Sarah Lazarovic; Miriam Libicki; Sarah Lightman; Diane Noomin; Corinne Pearlman; Trina Robbins; Racheli Rotner; Sharon Rudahl; Laurie Sandell; Ariel Schrag; Lauren Weinstein; and Ilana Zeffren.
This well-reviewed and often-startling exhibition provides the first in-depth look at a vibrant and prolific niche of graphic storytelling – Jewish women's autobiographical comics. While the influential role of Jews in cartooning has long been acknowledged, the role of Jewish women in shaping the medium is still largely unexplored. This exhibition of original drawings, full comic books and graphic novels presents the powerful work of artists whose intimate and complex work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades.
Sophisticated yet raw, nakedly diaristic storytelling is what makes these comics so compelling. By turns funny, outrageous, poignant and embarrassingly intimate, the works reflect each artist's individual journeys refracted through a distinctively Jewish lens in a pop-culture art form. Some bare their bodies. Some expose their psyches. All are fearless about experiences, emotions, desires, romance and politics. For a taste of the works on display you can see a series of short films featuring the uproarious performances and commentaries by Sarah Glidden, Miriam Katin, Miss Lasko-Gross, Laurie Sandell, Ariel Schrag, and Lauren Weinstein created by Zachary Levine, Curator at Yeshiva University Museum, here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC21866CEEBBB5B99
Graphic Details has been touring since 2010. Previous sites include The Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco (2010), The Gladstone Hotel with The Koffler Centre for The Arts, Toronto (2011), and most recently Yeshiva University Museum, New York (2011-12) where we held a one day conference "Talking About Jewish Women and Comics."
This well-reviewed and often-startling exhibition provides the first in-depth look at a vibrant and prolific niche of graphic storytelling – Jewish women's autobiographical comics. While the influential role of Jews in cartooning has long been acknowledged, the role of Jewish women in shaping the medium is still largely unexplored. This exhibition of original drawings, full comic books and graphic novels presents the powerful work of artists whose intimate and complex work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades.
Sophisticated yet raw, nakedly diaristic storytelling is what makes these comics so compelling. By turns funny, outrageous, poignant and embarrassingly intimate, the works reflect each artist's individual journeys refracted through a distinctively Jewish lens in a pop-culture art form. Some bare their bodies. Some expose their psyches. All are fearless about experiences, emotions, desires, romance and politics. For a taste of the works on display you can see a series of short films featuring the uproarious performances and commentaries by Sarah Glidden, Miriam Katin, Miss Lasko-Gross, Laurie Sandell, Ariel Schrag, and Lauren Weinstein created by Zachary Levine, Curator at Yeshiva University Museum, here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC21866CEEBBB5B99
Graphic Details has been touring since 2010. Previous sites include The Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco (2010), The Gladstone Hotel with The Koffler Centre for The Arts, Toronto (2011), and most recently Yeshiva University Museum, New York (2011-12) where we held a one day conference "Talking About Jewish Women and Comics."
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Post likes Simpsonian play
In 'Mr. Burns,' civilization may fade, but Bart Simpson is forever
By Peter Marks, Washington Post June 4 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/in-mr-burns-civilization-may-fade-but-bart-simpson-is-forever/2012/06/04/gJQAEDCOEV_story.html
3rd Eye Comics sees Avengers bump, Truitt on Before Watchmen and gay Green Lantern
Md. comic book stores see increasing requests for Marvel Comics due to 'The Avengers'
SHANTEE WOODARDS The Capital of Annapolis
Columbus IN Republic June 05, 2012
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3cdec079ca71444f94bdebf401ff245b/MD--Comic-Books-
'Watchmen' prequels stir a debate
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 4 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-05/Before-Watchmen-prequel-series/55386328/1
'Before Watchmen': Darwyn Cooke spends time with 'Minutemen'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 4 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-04/Before-Watchmen-Minutemen-comic-book-series/55380956/
Green Lantern may be seen in a new light
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 1 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/usaedition/2012-06-01-comics-story-on-gay-character_st_u.htm
SHANTEE WOODARDS The Capital of Annapolis
Columbus IN Republic June 05, 2012
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3cdec079ca71444f94bdebf401ff245b/MD--Comic-Books-
'Watchmen' prequels stir a debate
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 4 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-05/Before-Watchmen-prequel-series/55386328/1
'Before Watchmen': Darwyn Cooke spends time with 'Minutemen'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 4 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-04/Before-Watchmen-Minutemen-comic-book-series/55380956/
Green Lantern may be seen in a new light
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 1 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/usaedition/2012-06-01-comics-story-on-gay-character_st_u.htm
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