TV's 'The Walking Dead' inspires Atlanta's newest convention, a
podcast and a one-man show
By Jeff Martin/ Associated Press,
October 20 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/tvs-the-walking-dead-inspires-atlantas-newest-convention-a-podcast-and-a-one-man-show/2013/10/20/3d229c58-39b0-11e3-b0e7-716179a2c2c7_story.html
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Art show by Britt Conley
Britt's a friend of mine, and a friend of cartoonists in general.
Conceptual Structuralism: Considerations with Graphite
November 9 - December 1, 2013
Free Reception: Saturday, November, 9, 2013. 6 - 9pm
Workhouse Arts Center, Building W-6 Gallery
9601 Ox Road, Lorton, Virginia 22079
Gallery hours: Wed – Sat 11am – 6pm and Sun 12 – 5pm
To me, art is a means of communication that goes far beyond subject matter alone. Although direct reference can be used to motivate the mind or evoke a reaction, visuals can be configured to move a person and trigger aesthetic responses on much broader and hopefully, deeper, levels. These abstract drawings are from a nearly daily drawing journey from which I have been exploring conceptual structuralism.
I find graphite to be both an incredibly versatile and neutral medium which allows for expressive explorations into the potential of line as well as subtle "breathable spaces." For these graphite works line is a character supporting a conversation among spatial areas. Each of the images constitutes an evolving journal of ideas, considerations and concepts, which have in turn, helped shape the blueprints of my larger works.
Theoverture: Britt Conley, The Overture, 2012, Graphite, 8" x 11"
Whatnot: Britt Conley, What Not, 2011, Graphite, 6 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Related information:
Artist name Website: www.brittconley.com
Artist name Facebook: www.facebook.com/brittconley
For more information, contact:
Britt Conley, Studio Artist at the Workhouse Arts Center britt@brittconley.com
703 981-5442
Dec. 16: Kennedy Scholarship deadline
Applications for the 2014 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
are due Dec. 16. Applicants must be college juniors or seniors and do not have
to be art majors to be eligible for the scholarship. The winner is selected by
the National Cartoonists Society Foundation. (As an aside, the scholarship winners
since 2010 have been female cartoonists.)
2013 SPX video interviews
A new batch of 2013 Small Press Expo video interviews with creators at the show. This is a great annual tradition started by local comics/zinefest/videocast creators Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley. Below is one of the videos that includes part of the SPX crew, including Warren Bernard, Sam Marx and MDT.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Brian Biggs' brand new book Everything Goes: By Sea
Launched today at Hooray for books in Alexandria VA. Tomorrow Biggs will be at Politics and Prose at 10 AM.
Lion King theater article in today's Express
Billion-Dollar Mane Attraction: 16 years later, 'The Lion King' musical is still smashing records.
Mark Kennedy / Associated Press
Express October 21 2013, p. 29
1st show to make a billion dollars, 4th longest running show (within a month).
Swann Foundation accepting fellowship applications
The Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, administered by the Library of Congress is accepting applications for its graduate fellowship, one of the few in the field, for the 2014-2015 academic year. Deadline for receipt of applications is February 14, 2014. Please email swann@loc.gov or call (202) 707-9115 if you have questions. For criteria, guidelines, and application forms, please see:
NPR interviews Scott 'Dilbert' Adams
Scott Adams Explains 'How To Fail At Almost Everything' (Except Dilbert)
by DAVID GREENE
Morning Edition October 21, 2013
TALKIN' 'BOUT TOONS Panel Discussion | Monday, 21 October 2013
TALKIN' 'BOUT TOONS Panel Discussion | Monday, 21 October 2013
DATE: Monday, October 21
TIME: 7:30 - 9 p.m.LOCATION: Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Va, Tyler Building | AA-270
Join us for an informative panel discussion moderated by NOVA's Rachel Martin and Chris Choi with the following cartoon artists:
Marty Bauman
Artist at Pixar Animation Studios, and illustrator for Disney on such films as Toy Story 3 and Cars 2.
Steve Conley
Award-winning cartoonist, designer and co-creator of Comicon.com. His comics work includes Star Trek: Year Four, Michael Chabon's Escapist and his own self-published Astounding Space Thrills.
Kevin Rechin
Editorial cartoonist for USA Today, National Geographic, and the Wall Street Journal among others.
Matt Wuerker
POLITICO's editorial cartoonist and the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
Tyler Gallery, Room AT-270
Current Exhibit: Five Fantastic Cartoon Artists: A Look at Art, Process, Story, and Design
CONTACT:
For more information, contact Lisa Hill ehill@nvcc.edu or Britt Conley bconley@nvcc.edu
Sunday, October 20, 2013
That darn Pearls Before Swine
Letter to the Editor: Holding the line against lazy grammar
Jack Fretwell, Reston
Washington Post October 19 2013http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/holding-the-line-against-lazy-grammar/2013/10/18/5c65c570-34ee-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html
Friday, October 18, 2013
Oct. 20: 5 Centimeters Per Second anime at Freer Gallery
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NPR on Afterlife with Archie; local variant editions to collect
And remember that Big Planet Comics and Game On! Comics both got special variant editions that you can buy at their stores.
by Jody Arlington
October 18, 2013
Oct 21-22: Brian Biggs booksignings
Cartoonist turned children's book illustrator Brian Biggs will be at Hooray for Kids in Alexandria on Monday afternoon Oct 21 at 4 pm, and at Politics and Prose on Tuesday Oct 22 at 10:30 am. Here's the trailer he's made for his new book, Everything Goes: By Sea. I'm sure he'd be glad to sign your copy of Dear Julia too.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Bleeding Cool has a Washington, DC correspondent, who interviews Nobrow founder
"We Want To Print Books That Deserve To Be Printed" – The Bleeding Cool Interview With Nobrow Co-Founder Alex Spiro
October 15, 2013
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/10/15/we-want-to-print-books-that-deserve-to-be-printed-the-bleeding-cool-interview-with-nobrow-co-founder-alex-spiro/
David Dissanayake, our Washington DC Correspondent, interviews Nobrow co-founder Alex Spiro shortly after their New York office opening.
MSU Libraries reprint classic comic Tim Tyler's Luck
I'm a big fan of MSU's Comic Art Collection.
MSU Libraries' Comic Art Preservation Project releases first volume
The Michigan State University Libraries, home to one of the world's largest collections of comic art, have established the Comic Art Preservation Project (CAPP), with the goal of making classic comics more widely available to libraries, collectors, and fans.
The first CAPP volume reprints two and a half years of Tim Tyler's Luck, a Golden Age adventure strip created by Lyman Young and distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1928 to 1996. The reprint is authorized by King Features.
The reprint volume contains daily strips from July 1, 1937 to December 30, 1939, and follows young Tim as he faces wild animals, dangerous criminals, and constant excitement as a member of the "Ivory Patrol," a fictitious law enforcement organization in Africa.
The strips were scanned from original proof sheets in the collections of the Michigan State University Libraries, resulting in a clear, crisp reproduction. The MSU Libraries have more than one million proof sheets from King Features Syndicate, along with more than 200,000 comic books and an extensive collection of books and journals about comic art.
The volume also features an introduction by Reade W. Dornan, a recently retired faculty member from MSU's Department of English. In her lively essay, Dornan examines the pop culture influences of the time – including Westerns, the Rough Riders, and boys' adventure books – and compares the adventure hero Tim exemplified to the superheroes created a decade later.
"The years of Tim Tyler's Luck reissued in these volumes showcase Young's career at the top of his game," says Dornan in the introduction. "By 1937, nine years after the strip started, Young has figured out how to tell a whopping good story."
"Newspaper comic strips like Tim Tyler were – and are – read daily by millions of people, but they're virtually lost to historians if not collected into volumes like this," explains Clifford H. Haka, director of the MSU Libraries. "We're extremely happy to help preserve this wonderful piece of American popular culture."
Tim Tyler's Luck is printed on the MSU Libraries' Espresso Book Machine, and available through Amazon.com for $18 plus shipping: http://amzn.to/17L7ffK.
For more information, contact Ruth Ann Jones, Michigan State University Libraries, 517-884-0910, jonesr@msu.edu.
Cicada: Exotic Views by Davy Shian available now
Cicada: Exotic Views by Davy Shian is available now at Big Planet Comics Bethesda. Davy owns Lulu Florist in Bethesda, around the corner from Big Planet. Davy's artist Wang Xing is a cartoonist in Taiwan. He recently answered my standard interview questions and they'll be online soon.
Oct. 23: 'March' writers at Fantom Comics
Fantom Comics will host Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, co-authors of best-selling graphic novel March: Book One (Top Shelf Productions), on Oct. 23 from 6-7 p.m., in the East Hall of Union Station. Fantom says it will provide updates on its Facebook page.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Jeff Smith at this year's SPX video online
SPX 2013 - Jeff Smith Q&A.
Isaac Cates
SmallPressExpo Oct 15, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoUko1wOuWw
Isaac Cates
SmallPressExpo Oct 15, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoUko1wOuWw
Oct 21: FIVE FANTASTIC CARTOON ILLUSTRATORS panel discussion
... also in Alexandria that day is Brian Biggs at Hooray for Kids bookstore. I think it will be possible to do both events.
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