Weldon on Superman in The Post

Superman's real kryptonite: American politics [in print as Bird? Plane? Activist!]
By Glen Weldon,
Washington Post April 7 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/supermans-real-kryptonite-american-politics/2013/04/05/208706d4-9c7f-11e2-9bda-edd1a7fb557d_story.html

DC Conspiracy book sale

DC Conspiracy is having a book sale.

The Post reviews From Up on Poppy Hill anime

A new Miyazaki, with vivid anime
By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post April 5, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/from-up-on-poppy-hill-kokurikozaka-kara,1246616/critic-review.html

May 4: Big Planet Comics - Free Comic Book Day - with 7 artists!

Free Comic Book Day - with 7 artists! Saturday, May 4, 2013, 11:00am - 6:00pm It's time for Free Comic Book Day! There are around 50 comics being given away this year, and we are proud to have seven comics creators as guests this year! All four stores! All day! (College Park is open til 7) Bring your friends! A list of the comics this year: http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/981 Vienna store - S. G. Artley (Exiles of Nod) Michael Cowgill (Lil' P.I.) Matt Dembicki (XOC) Ben Hatke (Zita the Spacegirl) U Street store - Andrew Cohen (A Mutual Feeling) Evan Keeling (Codename: Fifinella) Bethesda store - Art Hondros (Notes from the Cave Walls)

Weldon on Superman in the 1970s

The '70s Were Awkward for Superman

The comic-book franchise's attempts to get hip included turning Lois Lane black.

Glen Weldon Apr 3 2013,

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/04/the-70s-were-awkward-for-superman/274595/

Truitt on more comics

Lucy Knisley puts some 'Relish' on her culinary life; Cartoonist's new graphic novel balances autobiographical tales with vibrantly drawn recipes.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY  April 3, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/04/03/lucy-knisley-relish-graphic-novel/2050001/

'TMNT' embraces animated Turtle power in five ways; Nickelodeon series features villains such as Baxter Stockman and Mutagen Man, as well as an old-school Turtles reunion.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY  April 3, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/04/03/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-animated-series/2048617/

The Post reviews "a withering look at the Magic Kingdom"

Daisey on Disney: A ride worth taking [in print as A wild trip to Daisey World, April 3, 2013].

By Peter Marks,

Washington Post April 2 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/daisey-on-disney-a-ride-worth-taking/2013/04/02/a2e0e0ba-9bcf-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html

Caricaturist Court Jones in today's Post

Californian caricaturist Court Jones draws Gwyneth Paltrow in in today's Post's Food section.

 

Jones' website is here. He does nice work.

For the Record: Comics Beat on SPX registration meltdown

Just to make things easier on future researchers of the history of SPX; there's nothing new here for the regular readers of ComicsDC:

 

http://comicsbeat.com/spx-exhibitor-registration-ignites-table-geddon/

and

http://comicsbeat.com/2013-spx-expands-in-response-o-exhibitor-demand/

June 21: Neil Gaiman in town

Friday, June 21/WASHINGTON, DC

Politics & Prose Bookstore @ George Washington University Lisner Auditorium

6:00 PM

730 21^st Street, NW

Washington, DC  20052

Twitter: @Politics_Prose

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Magic Bullet #6 locations

You can find a copy of Magic Bullet #6 at these locations.

I got mine at Big Planet Bethesda, with extra copies for the Virginia Commonwealth, Ohio State and Michigan State Universities' libraries. The Library of Congress already has a copy.

April 13: Samurai Champloo anime marathon

National Cherry Blossom Festival Anime Marathon: Samurai Champloo

Date	Saturday, April 13, 2013, 11 am
Categories	Films
Venue	Freer Gallery
Event Location	Meyer Auditorium
Cost	Free; walk-in.
Related Events	Tour: Arts of Japan
Related Exhibition	Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books

Truitt on more comics

Charles Soule plants new seeds in 'Swamp Thing' legacy: Writer of '27' brings larger-than-life characters and a sense of legacy to the big plant guy.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY April 1, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/04/01/swamp-thing-comic-book-series/2041425/

We Can Be Heroes campaign gives back to comic-book fans; DC Entertainment offers limited-edition incentives for those who donate to help the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY  April 2, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/04/02/dc-entertainment-we-can-be-heroes-giving-campaign/2045073/

Dance-music festival comes alive in 'Tomorrowland' comic; Real-life DJs star in the Belgian event and on the page of new Titan Comics series.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY April 2, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/04/02/tomorrowland-music-festival-comic-book-series/2045641/

Lindelof, Lemire do the 'Time Warp' with Rip Hunter; The two friends team for one of several tales in the Vertigo Comics anthology one-shot.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY  March 25, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/03/25/damon-lindelof-time-warp-comic-book-anthology/2015913/

Horsemen ride into a dystopian future in 'East of West'; Death and his crew are protagonists of Jonathan Hickman's quasi-Western series for Image Comics.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 26, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/03/26/jonathan-hickman-east-of-west-comic-book-series/2022209/

Comics Reporter on SPX table sales and the lack of do-overs in real-life

One Last Thing About The SPX Exhibitor Registration Meltdown
Tom Spurgeon
Comics Reporter April 2, 2013
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/one_last_thing_about_the_spx_exhibitor_registration_meltdown/

DC-based Islamic Monthly on drawing Mohammad

Top 5 Reasons Why People Draw Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
Arsalan Iftikhar
Arsalan Iftikhar is a Senior Editor at The Islamic Monthly
Islamic Monthly March 12, 2013
http://www.theislamicmonthly.com/top-5-reasons-why-people-draw-cartoons-of-prophet-muhammad/

A Dental Tech's Scribbles: The Collection of Bill Baltezar

A Dental Tech's Scribbles: The Collection of Bill Baltezar

Andre Sobocinski

The Grog - Vol 6 Number 2 - Spring 2011

online at http://archive.org/details/TheGrog-Vol6Number2-Spring2011 - click thru for pictures

Recently, the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Library and Archives accessioned a collection of artwork by a Navy dental technician named William "Bill" Baltezar (1924-2009). Before enlisting in the Navy, Baltezar was a trained artist; and through service on active duty (1943-1946) and in the reserves (1946-1953), he never stopped exercising his talent or need to present the daily life of an enlisted sailor through sketch and scribble. This collection consists of letters to his mother while at boot camp and later Hospital Corps School in San Diego, CA (1944), 26 pages of sketches drawn aboard Patrol Cruiser Escort-851 (1945-46), and illustrated envelopes that once enclosed love letters to his future wife, Dorothea. Dorothea Baltezar recalled of her husband, "he illustrated every envelope of every letter he ever sent—I kept all that he sent me over a two-year courtship." After leaving the Navy, Baltezar worked as an artist in Salinas, CA, where, in addition
to earning a reputation for his art work, Baltezar was a popular character in the community known for his fanciful stories, and performances in local community theater productions. In 2010, the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, CA, posthumously honored Baltezar with an exhibit of his watercolors entitled "When Ya Gonna Give Me a Damn Show?"

Hospital Corps Do’s and Don’t’s: The Posters of Coleman Anderson

Hospital Corps Do's and Don't's: The Posters of Coleman Anderson

Andre Sobocinski

The Grog, 6:1, Winter 2011

online at http://archive.org/details/TheGrogVol.6Number1Winter2011- click thru for pictures

During World War II, artists stationed at the Naval Medical School at Bethesda, MD, produced thousands of posters, and illustrations used to train and educate Navy sailors and Marines. It may seem odd, but several of these artists served in the rating of pharmacist's mate. The following series of posters was drawn in 1945 by such a corpsmen. Before and after his brief tenure as a corpsman-illustrator in World War II, PhM2c Coleman Anderson made a name for himself as a cartoonist with the "Chester Gould Gang" in Chicago, IL. He drew more than his fair share of Prunefaces, Flattops, Gravel Gerties, and helped develop many fangled quandaries for detective Dick Tracy to fight out of long before developing the "Hospital Corps Do's and Don't's" series for the WAVES Hospital Corps School in Bethesda in 1945.

PR: Presenting Caldecott-winner Mo Willems at the Avalon Theatre - TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

He's also done a book of travel cartoons and a cartooning feature on NPR.

5015 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington DC 20008 (202) 364-1919 (800) 722-0790 Monday-Saturday: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Modern Times Coffeehouse opens daily at 8 a.m. Politics & Prose Bookstore is pleased to present Mo Willems for That is NOT a Good Idea! on Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. at Avalon Theatre.   to purchase tickets now.   About Mo Willems Mo Willems is a Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times bestselling children's book author and illustrator, including Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and the Elephant and Piggie early reader series, including There Is a Bird on Your Head!. He has been twice awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal. About the Book When a devilishly dapper fox invites an innocent and delectable goose to dinner, disaster is in the offing. In fact, little yellow chicks warn the reader throughout that That is NOT a Good Idea! But not for the reason one might expect. Tickets Purchase of That is NOT a Good Idea! ($17.99) is required for entry. Additionally, each family (up to 4 people), must purchase an individual ticket for $3.50. Families of five or more will be required to purchase an additional copy of the book. Event Guidelines Seating will be first come, first served. Attendees will be called by rows to have their books signed. Mo Willems will speak and take questions for 30 minutes. The signing will immediately follow. Mo will personalize That is Not a Good Idea! but please, no special inscriptions. Mo will sign (NOT personalize) an unlimited number of other titles newly purchased from Politics & Prose. Please keep your receipt with these books. Mo will sign ONE beloved book from home. Mo will NOT sign posters, memorabilia, board books, or stuffed animals, since children may put these in their mouths. Mo will stay until all attendees' books are signed. Photos permitted without flash. (Mo's eyes are light sensitive.)   5015 Connecticut Avenue NW www.politics-prose.com e-mail: books@politics-prose.com twitter: politics_prose children & teens on twitter: KidsandProse facebook: politicsandprose tumblr: politicsprose

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Michigan State's Comic Art collection featured again

Collection of Dedication

One man's dedication has taken MSU comic books into one of the world's largest collections

By Omari Sankofa II

April 2 2013

http://statenews.com/article/2013/04/collection-of-dedication

 

I'm one of those donors, but  I don't wait until December. I send a trickle throughout the year.

Truitt on some comics series

'Once Upon a Time' gets a graphic novel this fall: Series tie-in stars the Evil Queen and the Huntsman, who was killed off in the first season.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 28, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/03/28/once-upon-a-time-graphic-novel/2029007/

Vision of the future: 'Avengers A.I.' comes alive: Series spins out of 'Age of Ultron' with artificial intelligence taking a big evolutionary step forward.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 30, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/03/29/marvel-comics-avengers-ai-comic-book-series/2035919/

Grant Morrison recalls life and death of Damian Wayne: The Scottish writer began his Batman run with the Dark Knight's son and prepares to leave with him.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 31, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/03/31/grant-morrison-batman-death-of-robin-comic-book/2037669/