Wednesday, April 10, 2013

April 25: Growing Up With Graphic Novels!


www.Politics-Prose.com

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.

Graphic Novel Panel: Growing with Graphics

Moderated by Michael Cavna, author of "Comic Riffs," a blog of the Washington Post, this event features a panel discussion on the importance of the graphic novel by prominent and award-winning graphic artists, authors, and editors.

Eleanor Davis, cartoonist, author/illustrator. Eleanor is the winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for Stinky, a TOON publication, and is also the author of The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook for middle grade readers.

Nathan Hale, graphic novelist for middle grade readers. Nathan is the illustrator of Rapunzel's Revenge and Calamity Jack, and the author/illustrator of the non-fiction series Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, published by Abrams.

Andrés Vera Martínez, graphic novel illustrator for older readers. His most recent book is Little White Duck: A Childhood in China, written with his wife Na Liu.

Mark Siegel, editorial director of First Second, a publisher of graphic novels for all ages. He is the author of To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel with his wife Sienna Siegel. His most recent adult book is the best-selling Sailor Twain.

 

Connect wih the Panelists

Terasol

Following the event, join the panelists for an intimate gathering at our limited-seating reception. Authors and illustrators will be available to chat, connect, and celebrate the pleasure of reading graphic novels. Get to know the authors and illustrators and continue the discussions ignited during the panel. Seating is extremely limited. Registration required.

Graphic Artists Fan Reception
9 p.m.

at Terasol (across the street from P&P)
Tickets are $30, and include access to the panelists, one drink ticket, and light hors d'oeuvres. 
To register, call the Children and Teens Department at (202) 364-1919.

 

Save the Date!

Picture Book Panel

Illustrated books have a special way of enriching children's experience with the printed page, introducing them to both reading and art. Join us Sunday, May 19 at 5 p.m. when Leonard Marcus, author and editor of many books including Show Me a Story and Minders of Make-Believe, will moderate a panel about the history and future of picture books. Joining Marcus are editor Neal Porter; authors Mac Barnett, Meg Medina, and Jon Scieszka; and authors/illustrators Christopher Myers and Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Adult event.

 

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Tuesday, April 09, 2013

More Glen Weldon on Superman

Steve Younis
April 8, 2013: "Superman: The Unauthorized Biography" on Radio KAL Live!
http://www.supermanhomepage.com/news.php?readmore=12845

Superman: The Unauthorized Biography "Superman: The Unauthorized Biography" author Glen Weldon was our special guest on tonight's edition of "Radio KAL Live!", the Superman Homepage live internet radio show.

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Superman Never Gives Up
Mordicai Knode   
Tor.com April 8 2013
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/04/superman-never-gives-up

Mousketeer Funicello's obituary in The Post

Annette Funicello, Mouseketeer and girl-next-door beauty, dies at 70 
By Emily Langer,  
Washington Post April 9 2013 

A Richard Thompson book I didn't know about...

...that's now in the collections of Michigan State University's Library.
 
Quick & Easy Diabetic Recipes for One : Tips and Recipes for Healthy Eating On Your Own / Kathleen Stanley and Connie C. Crawley ; illustrations, Richard Thompson. -- Alexandria, Va. : American Diabetes Association, 1997. -- 129 p. ; 26
   cm. -- Includes index. -- Call no.: RC662.S76 1997
Copies are available here. I just bought one of them.

Monday, April 08, 2013

PR: Awesome Con DC Newsletter - Programming Schedule is Complete!

I'll be moderating the District Comics panel on Saturday. Stop by and get a book and get it signed. 4 other creators will be speaking with me and Curls Studio and Big Planet Comics will both have copies for sale. This book sold out at SPX.

Room 102B – EXCLUSIVE TO AWESOME CON: DISTRICT COMICS!
Chronicling the unconventional history of our nation’s capital, District Comics has won numerous awards and has received critical acclaim across the U.S. Join the writers and artist who came together to honor our favorite city during this Q and A panel moderated by ComicsDC’s Mike Rhode.

Awesome Con DC is April 20-21, 2013!
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Important Info:

April 20-21, 2013
Saturday 10-7
Sunday 10-5

BUY TICKETS HERE
Single Day Ticket - $15
Two Day Ticket - $25
VIP Pass - $75
Kids <11 - FREE

Washington Convention Center

Washington, DC 20001
Mt. Vernon Square Metro station (Green/Yellow lines)
Text/call (240)346-0399 for more info

We encourage you to buy tickets early. Lines are expected. If you've already bought your tickets, you'll get in a lot faster. 

We've got the whole schedule right here!  

Awesome Con DC is less than two weeks away, so you better start planning! Besides having a fantastic guest list (Nicholas Brendon, Ernie Hudson, Phil LaMarr, Billy West, Theo Crane, Larry Hama, Herb Trimpe, Ben Templesmith, Justin Jordan, and dozens more!), Awesome Con has a whole slew of activities, panels, presentations, screenings, and more. There should be something for everyone.

Here's the full schedule. Check out our website for more details on each event.


SATURDAY SCHEDULE
Room 102A
12PM Identity Comics
1PM Star Trek vs. Star Wars Debate
2PM Dr. Sketchy's DC: Anti-Art School, Life Drawing with a Twist!
3PM Sci-Fi Speed Dating

Room 102B
11AM Welcome to the Asylum
12PM Billy West Q&A
1PM Gearing Up. Presented by Steampunk Family!
2PM Phil LaMarr Q&A
3PM District Comics!
4PM Proper Pitching and Promoting Yourself
5PM Hip Hop/Comics
6PM Pro Wrestling Today: How We'd Book It
7PM Harry Potter and the Ten Years Later

Room 103A
11AM 5 Things I'd Do Differently If I Started My Webcomic NOW...
12PM Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse 101
1PM Nicholas Brendon Q&A
2PM Blood/CLAN: Prelude to Vengeance
3PM Costume Contest
5PM Super Art Fight
7PM Awesome Con-cert
(3 music acts followed by 7 comedians!)

SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Room 102A
11AM The Wonderful Wizarding World of Harry Potter
12PM Writing Fantasy: Novels and Comics
1PM Talking with a Scurvy Dog
2PM The Carolyn and Joe Show Live Podcast Recording
3PM Art with Greg LaRocque

Room 102B
11AM Futurama with Billy West and Phil LaMarr            
12PM GI Joe Comics with Larry Hama & S.L. Gallant
1PM Ernie Hudson Q&A

2PM Broken Continent  Film Screening
3PM Ninjas vs. Monsters Film Screening

Room 103A
11AM Flying V Theatre Presents "Incurable"
12PM Nerdpocalypse Podcast Recording!
1PM TREKOFF Podcast Recording
2PM Comic Book Digital Colors Workshop
3PM Group Costume Contest 

KIDS ARE AWESOME!

ALL DAY ART STATIONS – Coloring books, crayons, paper, pencils, etc., available all day Saturday and Sunday for kids to work on their art skills! 
 

SATURDAY

1pm – Children's Book Reading
2pm – Kids' Costume Contest
3pm – Creating a Superhero
4pm – Art Show

SUNDAY

12pm – Doodle! Scribble! Draw

1pm – Kids' Costume Contest
2pm – Art Show

Mind Of The Geek Game Room

Two days. Ten tables. All-­out mayhem.
Awesome Con DC has partnered with MindOfTheGeek.com to bring you The Mind Of The Geek™ Game Room! Check out the GAME ROOM website to get all the details and the full schedule. There's just too much going on to post it all. This is a taste of what you can expect:
Warhammer & Warhammer 40K demos, X-­‐Wing Miniatures tournament, The Geeks of ComedyHeroClix tournament, plus you can reserve tables to play your own games! 


Reason interviews Peter Bagge

Zach Weissmueller. 2013.
Peter Bagge on Comics, Politics, and His New Book "Reset"
ReasonTV Apr 3, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FtRMnQ993o

Again, Reason is based on Dupont Circle. Although Bagge isn't.

Cartoon matchbooks revisited

A while back, I noted some cartoon matchbooks that I had found. This weekend I picked up three more at a flea market:

Matchbooks Lawson Wood - The Old Skate

Lawson Wood - "The Old Skate" - more of Wood's work was featured here.

Matchbooks Pretty Sunset Ain't It
Matchbooks Garrity - Duded Up Aint' He

"Duded Up - Ain't He" by Garrity.                                                     "Pretty Sunset... Ain't It?"




Sunday, April 07, 2013

May 2: Charles Vess in Takoma Park Library

Colin Solan's Convention Scene caught that one of my favorite cartoonists will be in town -
Artist Charles Vess signs at the Takoma Park Library on Thursday May 2nd at 7:00 pm! Books provided by Politics & Prose.
Takoma Park Library
101 Philadelphia Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

That darn Luckovich


Letter to the Editor: Getting tasteless with the Newtown tragedy [in print as 'A poor way to remember Newtown'].
Giles Crimi, Arlington
Washington Post March 30 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/getting-tasteless-with-the-newtown-tragedy/2013/03/28/10364de6-9494-11e2-95ca-dd43e7ffee9c_story.html

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.

Thursday, April 04, 2013

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,

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

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

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:

 

June 21: Neil Gaiman in town

Friday, June 21/WASHINGTON, DC
Politics & Prose Bookstore @ George Washington University Lisner Auditorium
6:00 PM
730 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC  20052

Twitter: @Politics_Prose

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

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.