Rachel Maddow | November 07, 2013
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Loya's Splotch Monster Island shop
Cartoonist/artist Steve Loya today launched his online Splotch Monster shop, dubbed Splotch Monster Island, is up and running. (Steve is the scheduled cover artist for Magic Bullet #8, coming out in spring 2014.)
Courtesy of Steve Loya
Saturday, November 09, 2013
Even more on The Post dropping Get Fuzzy
The unwelcome loss of 'Get Fuzzy'
Erin Lourie, Silver Spring
Anne Ritchie, Alexandria
Shelley Bond, Fairfax
Roger M. Allen, Takoma Park
Rachel Griffith, Washington
Greg Friedmann, Ashburn
Leonard Keifer, Gaithersburg
Washington Post November 9 2013
More 'Terrible' in the works
Scott Mills (writer) and Art Hondros (artist) are working on the second chapter of their online comic Terrible: Tsar Ivan IV, which is about Ivan the Terrible. Here is the first panel of the second chapter.
Courtesy of Scott Mills and Art Hondros
Dropping 'Get Fuzzy' continues to rattle around The Post
MAILBAG: What Post readers are saying about the 'Get Fuzzy' drop...
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 8 2013http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/mailbag-what-post-readers-are-saying-about-the-get-fuzzy-drop/2013/11/08/150a3f64-48ba-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_blog.html
Friday, November 08, 2013
Comic Riffs interviews Rich Stevens
Millennials & the Economy: The Nib's latest webcomic has all the answers in 6 easy steps [Q+A]
Eric Gordon's drawings from Cartoonists Draw Blood
Cartoonist Eric Gordon has posted a bunch of the cool portraits he did for folks who donated blood during the Cartoonist Draw Blood blood drive last weekend. Check out his blog.
Photo courtesy of Eric Gordon
D.C. Conspiracy meet up this Sunday
The D.C. Conspiracy, the local comics collaborative that publishes the comics newspaper Magic Bullet, is getting together this Sunday for few drinks and some drawing at Buffalo Billards at Dupont Circle at 5:30 pm-ish. All are welcome!
WaPo article on cartoonists' blood drive
By Bettina Lanyi
“Elizabeth Brewer was pleased with the sketch of
her dog — an ink-drawn caricature of the real thing, based on an iPhone photo
she showed cartoonist Jake Warrenfeltz. “I’m going to frame it,” she said, “and
hang it on the wall.”
Jacob Warrenfeltz draws a sketch.
Photo courtesy of Carolyn Belefski
NPR reviews Jeff Smith's 'RASL'
Noir Storytelling And Art Thievery In Living Color In 'RASL'
By Etelka Lehoczky
"Smith's dark tale of a dimension-jumping scientist, whose name is pronounced "razzle," is relayed in a jaggy style that couldn't be more different from that of the artist's Pogo-esque epic Bone."
By Etelka Lehoczky
"Smith's dark tale of a dimension-jumping scientist, whose name is pronounced "razzle," is relayed in a jaggy style that couldn't be more different from that of the artist's Pogo-esque epic Bone."
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Flugennock's "Carpetbagger Defeats Teabagger"
"Carpetbagger Defeats Teabagger!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1404
A political analyst interviewed on The Daily Show late last week referred to the two major party candidates for Governor of Virginia as the worst candidates he'd ever seen, remarking that Virginia voters were being asked to choose between "cancer and a heart attack". That summed it up perfectly, if you ask me.
So it was that this past Tuesday, Virginians chose former Donkeycratic Party honcho and Clinton money man Terry McAwful -- uhh, MacAuliffe -- over Tea Party loon Ken Cuccinelli to occupy the Governor's mansion... not that it'd make any difference in the long run, except for those of you concerned only about your uteruses.
God, I hate democracy.
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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org
Interviews with Rep. John Lewis and Jonathan Luna
Q&A with Rep. John Lewis on his graphic memoir 'March: Book One'
By SCOTT A. ROSENBERGamNewYork November 6 2013
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/q-a-with-rep-john-lewis-on-his-graphic-memoir-march-book-one-1.6393781
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3263725/exclusive-interview-jonathan-luna-and-sarah-vaughn-reprogram-science-fiction-with-alex-ada/
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/q-a-with-rep-john-lewis-on-his-graphic-memoir-march-book-one-1.6393781
Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn Talk Robots & Love In 'Alex + Ada'
Interview by – Big J and Jorge Solis
November 07, 2013http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3263725/exclusive-interview-jonathan-luna-and-sarah-vaughn-reprogram-science-fiction-with-alex-ada/
Comic Riffs on Marvel's new 'television' series
Marvel, Netflix reach deal for 4 new superhero series, including 'Daredevil,' 'Luke Cage'
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 7 2013http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/marvel-netflix-reach-deal-for-4-new-superhero-series-including-daredevil-luke-cage/2013/11/07/837650c4-47d3-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_blog.html
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Off-topic - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
CBLDF: First Responder to Censorship
By Calvin Reid
Nov 01, 2013
| | | http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/59821-cbldf-first-responder-to-censorship.html I'm a member! |
11/9: Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn at Third Eye Comics
This Saturday, join us for our ALEX + ADA #1 release party with JONATHAN LUNA (Girls, Ultra, The Sword) & Sarah Vaughn.
Sounds: Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
Sights: American Horror Story!
Tastes: Nando's!
Rob Steibel's latest TCJ column online now
"Who the Hell Was the Conscious and Clever Brains Behind the Marvel Phenomenon?"
The Post reviews UK comics collection
Comics review: 'The Best of Milligan & McCarthy'
By Douglas Wolk,
Washington Post November 6 2013
More from The Post on dropping Get Fuzzy
Why The Post pulled 'Get Fuzzy'
By Donna Peremes,
Washington Post November 6 2013
Tonight: The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets at the Smithsonian
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets Evening Lecture Wednesday, November 6 - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Tickets
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Marge: Now I know you haven't liked some of my past suggestions, like switching to the metric system.
Grampa: The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!
-From The Simpsons episode "A Star Is Burns"
The fictional show writers on 30 Rock weren't exactly the smartest collection of scribes. But step into the real-life writers' room of The Simpsons and you're likely to find a comedy genius or two—literally. That show's writing team of David X. Cohen, Al Jean, Jeff Westbrook, and Stewart Burns all have various advanced degrees in mathematics, physics, and other sciences.
The iconic series has injected morsels of number theory into episodes since its first season—in fact, there are so many mathematical references in the show and its sister program Futurama that they could form the basis of a university course. Simon Singh's new book, The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets (Bloomsbury), takes a close look at all the math among the laughs in the show. Drawing on many memorable episodes from "Bart the Genius" to "Homer3," Singh uncovers intriguing and meaningful mathematical concepts, ranging from the mathematics of pi and the paradox of infinity to the origin of numbers and even profound problems that haunt today's mathematicians. In the process, he illuminates key moments in the history of mathematics—and "The Simpsons"—and introduces us to show's brilliant writing team. It all adds up to some very brainy fun.
Singh is the author of Fermat's Enigma, The Code Book, and The Big Bang. Copies of his book will be available for signing.
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