Thursday, August 08, 2013

The Express on the new Axe Cop cartoon

In the Toilet

by Rudi Greenberg

Express July 31, 2013

http://www.readexpress.com/2013/07/in-the-toilet/

They also ran a story on 'The Awesomes' which isn't on their website...

Coyle, Jake / Associated Press. 2013.

A Superhero Sidetrack: Before Seth Myers heads to 'Late Night,' he's takingon an animated identity.

Express (August 1): 21

The ultimate fantasy coloring book

Back in 1972, Joel Pollack--who later founded Big Planet Comics of the greater Washington, D.C., area--co-published a rather interesting fazine with Bob Lewis. Colour Your Dreams, a 32-page fantasy coloring book, featured full-page art by--hold onto your hats--Jeff Jones, Berni Wrightson, Phil Trumbo, Henry Pitz, Howard Chaykin, Howard Pyle, Mike Nally, Frank E. Schoonover, Lawrence Kamp, John Linton, J. Allen St. John, Barry Smith, Robert Lewis, Dennis Fujitake, Yvon Sovereign, Michael W. Kaluta, Joel Pollack, Fred H. Ball, Arthur Rackham, Eric Friedrichs, Marc Cheshire, Dave Cockram, Walt Simonson, Norman Lindsay, Verlon Vrana, Maxfield Parrish, Roy G. Krenkel, John Lawson, Sherry Ives and Steve Hickman. Want a copy for your collection? A copy is on sale at eBay.

Comic Riffs on editorial cartoons about The Post's sale

BESOS FOR BEZOS? The nation's cartoonists take on The Washington Post sale.

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog August 8 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/besos-for-bezos-the-nations-cartoonists-take-on-the-washington-post-sale/2013/08/08/0b65ae00-0033-11e3-9711-3708310f6f4d_blog.html

NPR's Monkey See on Ryan North's Hamlet

Don't Like Hamlet? Now's Your Chance To Rewrite It

by Matthew Weddig

National Public Radio's Monkey See blog August 07, 2013

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/08/07/203720044/dont-like-hamlet-nows-your-chance-to-rewrite-it

Paperback, 768 pages, Breadpig, List Price: $28.95 | purchase

The Post on Robert Williams and Gahan Wilson documentaries

ROBERT WILLIAMS: MR. BITCHIN'

Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post (August 2 2013)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2013/07/30/the-strangest-thing-about-the-canyons-is-that-lindsay-lohan-is-the-best-thing-in-it/

KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: Gahan Wilson documentary aims for a shot at the Oscar

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (August 8 2013):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/kickstarter-of-the-week-gahan-wilson-documentary-aims-for-a-shot-at-the-oscar/2013/08/07/29cce2e4-fe46-11e2-bd97-676ec24f1f3f_blog.html

Western cartoonist Stan Lynde's obituary in today's Post

Western cartoonist Stan Lynde's obituary is in today's print Post.

A longer Associated Press article ran on their website yesterday.

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

That darn Toles (continued)

Letter to the Editor: Brave battle, poor choice in cartoon [in print as 'Brave battle out front; poor choice in back']
Michael C. Neff, Alexandria
Washington Post August 3 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/brave-battle-poor-choice-in-cartoon/2013/08/02/a8659df8-f883-11e2-a954-358d90d5d72d_story.html

District Comics reviewed

District Comics — Recommended
by Johanna Draper Carlson
Comics Worth Reading August 6, 2013
http://comicsworthreading.com/2013/08/06/district-comics-recommended/

The Origin of the D.C. Conspiracy

I had an opportunity in the new issue of the comics magazine Off Registration to give a brief history of the D.C. Conspiracy, its projects and where it's headed. (The issue also had a few comics pages by D.C. Conspiracy member Mal Jones.) It's a free download.

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Steve Artley's Aphelion Arc's Facebook page live

https://www.facebook.com/AphelionArc and it has the story that ran in the last Magic Bullet.

Monday, August 05, 2013

Jack Ohman blogs on the sale of The Post

The Washington Post, American democracy, and corduroy blazers...
By Jack Ohman
Sacramento Bee Aug. 5, 2013
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/05/5625276/the-washington-post-american-democracy.html

Ryan Holmberg on an Indian comics lending library

Leaping Windows Comics Cafe: The Indo-Manga Connection II
BY Ryan Holmberg Aug 5, 2013
http://www.tcj.com/leaping-windows-comics-cafe-the-indo-manga-connection-ii/

Ben Claassen's Dirtfarm has a Facebook page

And here it is - https://www.facebook.com/dirtfarmcomic

International Ink: Tommysaurus Rex

Doug Tennapels' newly-expanded and colored graphic novel Tommysaurus Rex (Scholastic) is, as you might expect from the title, an odd animal. First published in 2004, this story of a boy and his dinosaur is aimed at children, but is really all-ages.

Ely's dog Tommy (and best friend of course) is killed by page 10 setting a rather dour tone for a book's beginning. His parents dispatch Ely to his grandfather's farm for the summer in hopes that he'll get over the death. When he arrives, his grandfather has a toy Tyrannosaurus Rex as well as a lot of farm chores for him. At the end of his first day, Ely is confronted by Randy, a local bully, who chases him into a cave and smears 'dog poop' on him. That night his grandfather hears about it, and while the two are talking about the morality of trying to make someone at poop, Grandpa's leg cramps. "It's just my trick ankle. It fires up everytime something good is about to happen. That or it's gout."

Guess which it is? That night, Ely hears a roaring through his open window and follows the sound back to the cave. Tennapel's tale takes a hard turn towards fantasy by having a small tyrannosaur hatching in the cave. It imprints on Ely, and the next morning Grandpa becomes the first person to ever say, "A dinosaur is eating my cow." Damage around town soon follows, but Grandpa and Ely convince the mayor that they can train the dinosaur and it will become a tourist attraction. As he trains it, Ely eventually comes to believe the dinosaur is Tommy reincarnated. The story meanders along through the dinosaur's training, a guest appearance by animator Ray Harryhausen, a kitty rescue, and further trouble with Randy until it reaches an unlikely, but emotional climax.

(an uncorrected proof was provided by the publisher for this review)