Donald in pre-World War 2 US Navy yearbook

I'm not an expert in Disney history, but most people know the company helped America's war effort in World War II by designing logos for units, and making training films. At work, I've stumbled across this pre-war (to America at least) example of the Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida yearbook The Flight Jacket 1940, which was compiled for the training class for new pilots. At some point in the next few months, the yearbook will be transferred to the more appropriate Navy Department Library in the Washington Navy Yard which appears to need a copy. In the meantime, one can see scans of the famed Duck here.

PR: An Unconventional Graphic History of Washington, DC

For Immediate Release Press Release | www.fulcrumbooks.com | 800-992-2908 A graphic anthology featuring lesser-known stories about our nation's capital A well-rounded collection of stories with something for everyone. --Kirkus Reviews An Unconventional Graphic History of DC Denver, CO (8/20/2012)--What would the history of our capital city sound like from the perspective of a Vietnam veteran or the trumpeter at JFK's burial? A collection of many such perspectives, District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, DC features a cast of the citys most captivating and colorful characters--from printers and police officers to pandas and punks. And, of course, a few politicians. This recently released graphic anthology tours some of DCs lesser-known moments, with stops along the way for a duel, a drink in the Senate speakeasy, a shoe shine, and much more. Inspired by the kind of quirky stories that are only discovered in conversations with locals and longtime residents, District Comics includes more than twenty stories you might otherwise never hear.  Illustrated and authored by forty talented contributors, the anthology features stories by Scott O. Brown, award-winning Man of Comics and Harvey nominee; Chad Lambert, five-time Howard E. Day Memorial Award finalist and writer for Kung Fu Panda and Megamind; Jim Ottaviani, creator of The New York Times best seller Feynman; and many more talented writers and artists. Matt Dembicki is the founder of the D.C. Conspiracy, a comic creators collaborative in Washington, DC. Hes the editor of the Eisner-nominated and Aesop Prize-winning Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Anthology and has also won acclaim for his nature graphic novels, Mr. Big and Xoc. For a list of contributors and more information, visit www.matt-dembicki.blogspot.com. September 2012 | Paperback | US $24.95 | ISBN: 978-1-55591-751-7 | 8 x 8 | 256 pages | COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS | Full color throughout For ordering information: Fulcrum Publishing, Inc. | 4690 Table Mountain Dr., Ste. 100 | Golden, CO 80403 toll-free 800-992-290 | fax 800-726-7112 Follow Fulcrum Publishing

Theater J blog revisits The History of Invulnerability

Here's a nice blog post with art by local cartoonists on the Jerry Siegel / Superman play, The History of Invulnerability by Shirley Serotsky, the play's director.

Game On! player wins Heroclix World Championship!

Heroclix News Dear Mike, Alex Avila wins Heroclix World Championship on August 20th!   Alex has been recently playing at Game On! and he will be by tomorrow night to talk about his championship team and experience at Gen Con!   Before our 7pm tournament on August 21st, come hang out and meet Alex.  He can even sign your Wasp, Morgan Le Fay, and Scarlet Witch game cards (his game winning team)!     After winning the last chance qualifier yesterday, newcomer, Alex Avila storms through the World Championship; going undefeated in both days of competition! In the finals, he faced off against 2010 World Champion and 2012 Origins Champion, George Massu!         Please forward this email to your friends so that everyone can stay in the loop! Chaos War Event! August 25th, 4pm       Heroclix at Game On! Comics Saturday, August 25th, at 4 p.m., Booster Chaos! Purchase two boosters from the venue and build a team with the complete contents of one of them. Anything can (and probably will) happen!        1st and 2nd Prize and Fellowship:   Spiderman LE 104   SPECIAL VIP MEMBER TOURNAMENT Tuesday, August 21st, 7pm Yes, you are seeing this correctly!  The prize for this event is the Apocalypse LE Convention figure!   This figure sells for over $100 on eBay.    BUT, you can only play in this Tournament IF you are a VIP Game Member.  And it's FREE if you are a Member!!  One of the perks to being a Game On! Comics VIP Game Member is that we will have special events that only Members can attend and this is the first one!  We are going to do something different for this tournament though.  EVERYONE will have a chance to win this figure.  Every person that plays will get one raffle ticket.  Then at the end of the tournament we will randomly choose one winner.  That person will win the Apocalypse figure!  We will have a prize for first place too.   If you are not a VIP member its not too late!!  Just become a member by August 21st and you can play.   Come into the store to become a member.  It's only $25 per year.  With membership you get 10% off all game items (like Heroclix), never pay tournament fees, special events just for members, and your own box at Game On! to store anything at the shop.     The build will be a 300 Point team, Modern Rules,  No Feats, No BFCs, No special objects (Including the Infinity Gauntlet).     Important Dates     Current Set         DC Justice League New 52   August 29th  Marvel and DC Heroclix 10th Anniversary           Sincerely,   Game On! Comics www.GameOnComics.com 703-242-3838 Quick Links Website Membershjp Club Game Nights Blog % Off No coupon.  Offer Expires: 2 Weeks prior to set releasing

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Local cartoonist George Mercer passes away (UPDATED)

GEORGE DANIEL MERCER (Age 88) 
Published in The Washington Post on August 15, 2012
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=159182597

The death notice says he was "Cartoonist for the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper" and that he designed nine stamps.


D.D. Degg spotted the story and provided the following notes: 


His design for the 12-cent Freedom of Conscience "Torch" stamp as mentioned in the above obituary:
http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2029043

The single sample of his cartooning I could find:
http://kasmakes.tumblr.com/#23740534024

Allan Holtz' American Newspaper Comics lists his comics as:
SOLID SENDERS July 4, 1942 - at least December 11, 1943 panel
RICKEY October 17, 1942 - May 8, 1943 (pantomime strip)
ARLINE'S CAREER November 7, 1942 - May 8, 1943 strip
(retitled ARLENE'S CAREER March 20, 1943 - on)
The above three weekly comics were in the Baltimore Afro-American

After his hitch in the U.S.Army (May 10, 1943 - 1946?) Mercer did a couple more comics.

FRANTIC STEIN 1947 weekly strip
PEEWEE 1947 weekly panel
Holtz says these two may have been offerings from Continental Features, a 1940s syndicate for black newspapers possibly based out of the New York Amsterdam News.

"Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the Environment" Opens Sept. 22

Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington DC   20540

August 20, 2012

"Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the Environment"
Opens at Library of Congress on Sept. 22

Throughout his 72-year career, Herblock, the award-winning cartoonist at the Washington Post, revealed a concern and passion for the environment.  His cartoons, along with photographs on environmental issues by 12 American photographers, will be showcased in a new exhibition at the Library of Congress.

"Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the Environment" opens on Saturday, Sept. 22 in the Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground level of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.  Free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, the exhibition closes on Saturday, March 23, 2013.

The exhibition will offer new perspectives with which to observe the planet.  The cartoons and photographs on display are compelling compositions, because their creators intended to provoke reaction and inspire change.

The inspiration for "Down to Earth" comes from Herbert L. Block (1909-2001), commonly called Herblock, and his long-standing support for protecting the environment.  A four-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Herblock was the chief editorial cartoonist at the Washington Post, where he worked for more than 55 years.

The exhibition features 15 Herblock cartoons and 17 photographs.  Although the visual techniques used in photography and cartooning differ, both types of media can address such themes as the spread of toxins, water pollution, the negative effects of oil drilling, global warming, deforestation, exploitation of wetlands and overconsumption.

Sam Kittner's photographs vividly document the outrage of demonstrators in Louisiana over toxic-waste dumping.  Other images are more subtle, such as Olaf Otto Becker's beautiful image of a blue river in Greenland that shows the effects of global warming and acid rain.

Herblock's cartoons rely on humor, irony and sarcasm.  One of the drawings on display, from 2001, shows two businessmen smoking cigars and looking at oil derricks on the Alaskan landscape.  It is titled "We Could Compromise and Paint Them Green."  Another drawing, created in 1998, shows a beleaguered man, seen through the heat waves of a blazing sun.  He is carrying a coat on one arm and is holding up a newspaper with the headline "Environmental Groups Warn of Global Warming."  It is titled "All Right, All Right – I Believe It."

An online version of "Down to Earth" will be available on Saturday, Sept. 22, at http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/herblock-down-to-earth/.

"Down to Earth" is located in one of the three exhibition spaces of the Graphic Arts Galleries.  The other spaces are the Swann Gallery and the Herblock Gallery.  Currently in the Herblock Gallery is "Herblock Looks at 1962: Fifty Years Ago Today in Editorial Cartoons," which will rotate in 10 new cartoons from 1962 on Saturday, Sept. 22.

Three gallery talks about "Down to Earth" are scheduled in October.  At noon on Wednesday, Oct. 3, and at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 17, curators Sara Duke and Carol Johnson will talk about the works featured in the exhibition.  At noon on Thursday, Oct. 11, photographer Robert Coppola will talk about his work.

Most of the photographs displayed in "Down to Earth" are part of the Kent and Marcia Minichiello Collection at the Library of Congress, which contains 350 contemporary works by more than 20 American photographers.  The collection presents ongoing environmental issues through the lens of some of the most renowned American photographers working today, such as Terry Evans, Frank Golhke, Sam Kittner, John Pfahl and Victor Landweber.  Kent and Marcia Minichiello, Washingtonians committed to the environment, collected 27 in-depth photographic projects by these photographers and others.  The Minichiellos donated the collection to the Library in 2001.

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 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division includes approximately 14.4 million photographs, drawings and prints from the 15th century to the present day.  International in scope, these visual collections represent a uniquely rich array of human experience, knowledge, creativity and achievement, touching on almost every realm of endeavor: science, art, invention, government and political struggle, and the recording of history.  For more information, visit www.loc.gov/rr/print/.

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PR12-155
8/20/12
ISSN:  0731-3527

David Astor's "Comic (and Column) Confessional" book published

My friend David Astor just sent me this note about his new book which I'm looking forward to. David was THE go-to-guy for covering comic strip syndicates for over two decades. He's forgotten more about comic strips than I'll ever know (as the cliche goes):

The memoir I wrote about my twenty-five years at Editor & Publisher magazine has been published (Xenos Press, Chicago).

The part-humorous Comic (and Column) Confessional -- which has endorsements from Gary Larson ("The Far Side"), Lynn Johnston ("For Better or For Worse"), Mort Walker ("Beetle Bailey"), and others on its back cover -- includes anecdotes about cartoonists, material about changes in the syndication and media worlds, personal stuff, and much more (including many references to Washington Post and Washington Post Writers Group people).

Interested readers  could order a signed copy of the book directly from me (by emailing me at dastor@earthlink.net) or order via Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Comic-and-Column-Confessional/dp/1105792862/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344814598&sr=8-1&keywords=Comic+%28and+Column%29+Confessional

The just-posted listing has several temporary errors, including the wrong publication year(it's 2012 not 2008) and the wrong publisher (Xenos not Lulu; the book is not self-published). But the book can still be ordered via Amazon despite the errors.

Since leaving E&P, I've worked as a Huffington Post blogger; my pieces about books (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-astor) have drawn more than 2,000 "fans" and many hundreds of comments since 2011. I also write an award-winning weekly humor column for The Montclair (N.J.) Times and serve on the board of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

Photos are a 1992 shot I took of Herblock at a National Cartoonists Society Reuben weekend in D.C., a 1986 shot I took of Lynn Johnston holding the Reuben Award she received in Washington's National Press Club for "For Better or For Worse," and a 1988 shot I took of Berkeley Breathed ("Bloom County"/Washington Post Writers Group) at the AAEC convention in Milwaukee.

TODAY! DC Comics history graphic novel anthology signing

One More Page Books in Arlington, Va., will hold the official launch signing of District Comics: An Unconventional History on Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Aug. 19, from 3-5 pm. About 20 contributors (writers and artists) will be there. Artist Kevin Rechin and I did a story on the Civil War's Army Medical Museum, and we'll be there.

 

Editorial cartoonist Clay Jones fired by Fredericksburg paper

Mahalo And Farewell
By Clay Jones on August 17th, 2012
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/toontalk/
http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/toontalk/2012/08/17/hasta-la-vista/

Alan Gardner of the Daily Cartoonist caught the story - a sadly common one now.

Matt Dembicki interviewed

Comic creator delves into self-publishing and D.C.'s 'unconventional history'
    Chris Jessen
Scripps Howard Foundation Wire August 16, 2012
http://shfwire.com/node/6794

The Post on ParaNorman's directors

'ParaNorman': '80s on the braaains; directors say zombie comedy celebrates the John Hughes decade
By Michael Cavna,
Washington Post August 18 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/paranorman-directors-its-clearly-not-the-sixth-sense/2012/08/17/93a98038-e8a7-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_story.html

Articles on Cul de Sac's end

Richard Thompson ends 'Cul de Sac' comic

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog August 17 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/richard-thompson-ends-cul-de-sac-comic/2012/08/17/06a7fda6-e819-11e1-a3d2-2a05679928ef_blog.html

 

Parkinson's forces creator of 'Cul de Sac' comic to retire
Richard Thompson of the strip 'Cul de Sac' battles Parkinson's.
By TIM ENGLE
The Kansas City Star August 17 2012
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/17/3767240/parkinsons-forces-creator-of-cul.html

Parkinson's forces 'Cul de Sac' creator to call it quits
Deseret News Friday, Aug. 17 2012
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765597718/Parkinsons-forces-Cul-de-Sac-creator-to-call-it-quits.html

Cul de Sac: A Special Q&A with creator Richard Thompson
John Glynn
August 17 2012
http://www.gocomics.com/richardthompsonqa

Huffington Post on District Comics

 'District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, DC': Q&A With Artist And Anthology Editor Matt Dembicki

The Huffington Post  |  By Arin Greenwood
 08/17/2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/district-comics-matt-dembicki_n_1796591.html

Comics Reporter wants your Cul de Sac favorites

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/five_for_friday_305_hooray_for_cul_de_sac/

Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - August 17, 2012

August 17, 2012

Michael Rex Signing Tomorrow! Michael Rex's two signings are tomorrow, Saturday August 18! We just got in his third Fangbone adventure book, in which Fangbone and his friend Bill go to a birthday party where an evil wizard attacks, then they have to remove an evil curse AND come up a great invention for school or Bill will get in trouble with his teacher! We reviewed the first two Fangbone books on our podcast, you can listen to our review on there if you missed it! (Fangbone is reviewed about 27:20 in) Fangbone is a kid barbarian from another world who is sent to Earth to guard an artifact from an evil monster, but ends up getting enrolled in elementary school! Now he must survive school and the attacks of monsters at the same time! We also have limited edition exclusive Fangbone prints for sale, as well as some of Michael's other great all-ages kids comics, like Furious George Goes Bananas, and humorous parodies like Goodnight Good, and the Runaway Mummy! Bring your whole family and we will see you there! Specific information about the signings is below. There are facebook invites if you want to pass the info to any of your friends or let us know you're coming! Vienna: https://www.facebook.com/events/423623761023362/ College Park: https://www.facebook.com/events/425129080872061/ We have also started a tumblr in our effort to be omni-present in the media of society! It is full of cool artisticness, check it out at http://bigplanetcomics.tumblr.com/ Feel free to forward on our newsletter, and please send us any comments or mailing list requests to vienna@bigplanetcomics.com Thanks!   - the Big Planet Comics kids ___________________ UPCOMING - August 18 - Michael Rex Signing Fangbone!: The Birthday Party of Dread Michael Rex, creator of Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian, will be appearing at both our Vienna and College Park stores on Saturday, August 18, for his new all-ages book Fangbone! 3: The Birthday Party of Dread! Michael Rex is a New York Times best-selling illustrator for his many excellent kids books, including Goodnight Goon, Furious George Goes Bananas, Runaway Mummy, and of course the first two excellent Fangbone books, Fangbone! 1: Third Grade Barbarian and Fangbone! 2: The Egg of Misery! 11am-1pm 426 Maple Ave. East Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-9412 vienna@bigplanetcomics.com 3pm-5pm 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 1 SC by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli The saga of the new Spider-Man is finally here! Young Miles Morales is bitten by another spider from Norman Osborne's labs, developing similiar but different powers. As he slowly figures out what happened to him, we see his first encounter with Peter Parker, his first supervillain fight, and his attempts to get into a good school and figure out why his parents want him to stay away from his uncle! Plus, he soon draws the attention of Nick Fury and the Ultimates. A great, emotional story with amazing art by Pichelli! Highest recommendation! Red Diary/Re(A)d Diary HC by Steven Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen The team behind It's a Bird reunite for a challenging new project. Kristiansen first did a story on his own, about World War I and an art forgery mystery. Then Seagle took the art and wrote a new script without knowing the original story, so flip the book over and you get a completely new tale, about a man who escapes World War I by stealing the identity of an artist! Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1 (of 4)   by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo   The Before Watchmen story everyone's been waiting for: the early cases of the psychotic vigilante, Rorschach! On the search for the source of drugs, he heads into the sewers under New York on the trail of supervillain. The Art of War SC by Kelly Roman and Michael DeWeese   A scifi thriller of corporate finance merged with military tactics! Kelly Roman was in the Special Forces and is recruited by the megacorporation that his brother worked for before his suicide. There Roman is taken under the wing of its eccentric CEO, Sun Tzu. A mashup of The Art of War with nanotech, spy thriller, and violent action! Fangbone! 3: The Birthday Party of Dread SC by Michael Rex The newest Fangbone adventure sees him and his best friend Bill going to a 4 year old's birthday party, where a real evil magician attacks with a magic potion that makes anything come to life! Bill gets cursed as the target of a monster attack instead of Fangbone, and Fangbone imparts more wisdom from the land of Skullbania! all ages! Hulk: Season One HC by Fred Van Lente and Tom Fowler Another look at the early days of Marvel's most popular characters, updated! This is definitely one of the best so far, as Bruce Banner tries to figure out what sort of monster he has turned into, even as it appears that the gamma bomb test has failed and his career is in jeopardy. Add in a flirty officer by the name of Betty Ross, another scientist who is an old flame, and a scientific terrorist organization, and this is a fast-paced drama with some great action! The Victories #1 (of 5) by Michael Avon Oeming   A dark new superhero world, where a mysterious new drug called Float is on the streets, and the superteam of The Victories is trying to stop it. The main character, Faustus, is a hero who is questioning his ability to life up to the Victories' standard when he is too late to stop the murder of a corrupt judge by a supervillain who thinks he can push the hero over the edge. Classic Popeye #1 by Bud Sagendorf   Outside of the famous comic strip by Segar, Sagendorf also did a comic book series that matched Segar for the great cartoony style and hilarious hijinks! This is a reprint of the first issue, with some extra new stories in it! Jump on board now! all ages! BPRD Hell On Earth Vol 3 Russia SC Captain America By Ed Brubaker Vol 1 SC Creativity of Steve Ditko HC   Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim Vol 2 HC Elektra Assassin SC             Green Lantern Green Arrow SC The Making of HC Manara Library Vol 3 HC Operation Broken Wings 1936 SC Pathfinder #1                   Revival #2               Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol 1 SC Uncanny X-Force Vol 4 Dark Angel Saga Book 2 SC Walking Dead #101 Big Planet Comics Podcast #55 "District Xocmics" Kevin, Nick and Jared do a podcast identical to last week's podcast, in which they interview Matt Dembicki and review a bunch of new comics! Download now or subscribe on iTunes!   PODCAST REVIEWS: Archer & Armstrong #1 by Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry Bird & Squirrel On the Run! SC by James Burks Cardboard SC by Doug TenNapel The Creep #0 by John Arcudi and Jonathan Case District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, D.C. SC by Gregory Robison, Brooke A. Allen, Chad Lambert, Kevin Czapiewski, Scott O. Brown, Mal Jones, Kevin Rawlings, Dale Rawlings, Max Ink, Michael Rhode, Kevin Rechlin, Jason Rodriguez, Charles Fetherolf, Tabitha Whissemore, Mike Freiheit, Michael Cowgill, Rand Arrington, Sean Fahey, Borja Peña, Art Haupt, Rafer Roberts, Rebecca Goldfield, Paul W. Zdepski, Andrew Cohen, Joe Carabeo, Carolyn Belefski, Matt Dembicki, Tom Williams, Jim Ottaviani, Nick Sousanis, Carol Dembicki, Michael Brace, Peter S. 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Cul de Sac ends due to illness

Richard Thompson ends 'Cul de Sac' comic

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog August 17 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/richard-thompson-ends-cul-de-sac-comic/2012/08/17/06a7fda6-e819-11e1-a3d2-2a05679928ef_blog.html

The Post's Paranorman review

Middle school and zombies? Awwwkward!
By Sean O'Connell
Washington Post August 17, 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/paranorman,1208210.html

City Paper says buy District Comics at One More Page Books

District Comics at One More Page Books Sunday, Aug. 19

By Christopher Heller • August 17, 2012

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/43078/district-comics-at-one-more-page-books-sunday-aug-19/

 

 

NPR critic picks for graphic novels

Lit, Illustrated: Five Fantastic Graphic Novels
by Oliver Sava
NPR.org (August 15, 2012)
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/15/154441182/lit-illustrated-five-fantastic-graphic-novels

DC Comics history graphic novel anthology signing

One More Page Books in Arlington, Va., will hold the official launch signing of District Comics: An Unconventional History on Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Aug. 19, from 3-5 pm. About 25 contributors (writers and artists) will be there. Artist Kevin Rechin and I did a story on the Civil War's Army Medical Museum, and we'll be there.