Thursday, February 21, 2013
Weldon on homosexual characters in comic books
The Post reviews Lynda Barry's Freddie Stories
May 6: O'er Yonder, a D.C. library event
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Dean Haspiel, the Small Press Expo and minicomics in the Library of Congress
SPEAKER: Dean Haspiel, Warren Bernard
EVENT DATE: 09/14/2012
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5709
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/transcripts/2012/120914sgp1200.txt
FORMAT: Video + Captions
RUNNING TIME: 45 minutes
TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window)
DESCRIPTION:
A discussion by comics creator Dean Haspiel on the new Small Press Expo (SPX) collection of the Serial & Government Publications Division. The collection of mini-comics -- "small in size but impressive in cultural impact" -- will contain, among other worthy selections, past and future Ignatz Award nominated works.
Speaker Biography: Emmy award winner and Eisner Award nominee Dean Haspiel created BILLY DOGMA, illustrated for HBO's "Bored To Death," received a residency at Yaddo, was a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and teaches comic book storytelling (MoCCA & The Society of Illustrators). Haspiel has written and drawn many superhero and semi-autobiographical comix, including Spider-Man, Batman, X-men, The Fantastic Four, Godzilla, Mars Attacks, Creepy, American Splendor, Michael Chabon's The Escapist, and collaborations with Harvey Pekar (The Quitter), Jonathan Ames (The Alcoholic), Inverna Lockpez (Cuba: My Revolution), Tim Hall (The Last Mortician), Stan Lee, and Jonathan Lethem. Dean also helped pioneer personal webcomics with the invention of ACT-I-VATE, Next-Door Neighbor for SMITH Magazine, Street Code for Zuda/DC Digital, and was the editor of COMIX BLOCK for Cousin Corinne's REMINDER.
Speaker Biography: Warren Bernard is executive director of the Small Press Expo and editor, with Rick Marschall, of "Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising 1870s-1940s."
PR: Warrenfeltz's Villains Galore autographed pre-sale starts...
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Wertham papers in Library of Congress add fuel to 60-year old battle
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How one man’s lies almost destroyed the comics industry
Annalee Newitz
Io9 February 19 2013
http://io9.com/5985199/how-one-mans-lies-almost-destroyed-the-comics-industry
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
March 1: Oblivion Island anime at JICC
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JICC, Embassy of Japan | 1150 18th St., NW | Suite 100 | Washington | DC | 20036
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Barnes + Noble suggests...
Monday, February 18, 2013
Weldon on Superman's new writer and homophobia
Man Of Tomorrow: Superman, Orson Scott Card And Me
by Glen Weldon
All Things Considered February 17, 2013
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/17/172229592/man-of-tomorrow-superman-orson-scott-card-and-me
http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2013/02/20130217_atc_06.mp3
The Post on DC Water's cartoon mascot
By Dan Zak,
Washington Post February 18 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/searching-for-mascot-dc-water-tests-the-competition/2013/02/17/584b2fa2-76fd-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Arthur Szyk in Library of Congress
One of Szyk's prints of the Declaration of Independence is on permanent display at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Museum, I discovered yesterday.
SPX wants you...
Superhero contest answers, Escape from Planet Earth, and the Walking Dead in today's Post
By Pat Myers, Washington Post February 17 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/style-invitational-week-1009-whats-in-a-name-plus-the-winning-super--and-not-so-super--heroes/2013/02/14/98cf38d0-7413-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_story.html - and don't forget that Bob Staake has done the illustrations for this contest for around a decade. The honorable mentions seem to only be in the print edition, and include my neighbor Larry Yungk's Bleeperman.
'Escape From Planet Earth' movie review
By Michael O'Sullivan, February 15 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/escape-from-planet-earth-movie-review/2013/02/15/a8079568-779c-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html
and for the record:
McIntyre, Gina / Los Angeles Times. 2013.
Steven Yeun 'the heart' of 'The Walking Dead'.
Washington Post (February 17)
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Yardley on Nast in the Post
By Jonathan Yardley,
Washington Post February 16 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/thomas-nast-the-father-of-modern-political-cartoons-by-fiona-deans-halloran/2013/02/15/e924d808-6964-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html
Friday, February 15, 2013
Give me some old school PSAs
This Blondie panel from 1970 was in a newspaper in the National Museum of Health and Medicine:
These comics of the Pink Panther, Blondie, Beetle Bailey, and Mutt & Jeff all come from Navy medical newspapers or newsletters.
Speaking of Mutt and Jeff, cartoonist Al Smith drew it for about 50 years. Here he is entertaining patients at a 1971 visit to Bethesda's National Naval Medical Center.
Caricaturist Jack Rosen visited Naval Hospital Orlando in 1979.
Of course, sometimes an ad is just an ad. This US Postal Service Mover's Guide Official Change of Address Kit, January 2013, has a Disney advertisement, and is available right now from your local post office.
These are minor footnotes in a larger history of comics, but hopefully enterained you briefly.