Monday, November 18, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
The Post blogs about an Iranian political cartoon
This Iranian political cartoon nicely captures the country's view of nuclear talks
By Max Fisher
Washington Post World Views blog November 14 2013
Cavna talks to Trudeau about tv
With Amazon's 'Alpha House,' Garry Trudeau again trains his cross-hairs on D.C.
By Michael Cavna,
Washington Post November 14 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
'Whurk' has comics
Whurk is a relatively new monthly, tabloid arts newspaper in Fredericksburg, Va., that includes a couple comic pages and a few gag panels by rotating contributors. The November edition (issue #9) includes a spread by Ted Schiffrin (sample of the pages below).
Friday, November 15, 2013
Huge mural in progress on M St.
D.C. artist Kelly Towles and Honolulu-based artist Jasper Wong
are collaborating on a huge mural at the Yards at 101 M St. SE. Check it out!
Photos courtesy of Kelly Towles
MacAuley cartooning for Cosmopolitan.com
Arlington-based cartoonist Christiann MacAuley was recently
hired to create weekly humor comics for Cosmopolitan.com. MacAuley told ComicsDC the comics will “touch on topics relevant to the lives of fun-loving
women such as dating, partying, pop culture, health fads, and uncomfortable
footwear.” And to be clear, she has “no plans to ink the words ‘How To Please
Your Man’ in any case other than strict irony." Cosmopolitan began running
MacAuley's previously-published comics in late September and will begin
publishing new, original content in the coming weeks.
Courtesy of Christiann MacAuley
Nov 20: Joe Sacco at Politics and Prose bookstore
Joe Sacco - The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme ♦
Nov 20, 2013, 7 p.m.
Nov 20, 2013, 8 p.m.
Sacco's extraordinary graphic work captures the first days of the infamous Battle of the Somme in a twenty-four page foldout. This panorama depicts scenes of General Haig and the trenches, but most vividly conveys the mass horror of thousands of troops marching out—and thousands being cut down.
Beer and wine will be available.
New Flugennock -Latest'n'Greatest: "Angry Birds"
"Angry Birds"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1409
Last week JPMorgan Chase, world-renowned den of thieves, decided to try and buff up their PR by staging an event on Twitter, a question-and-answer event under the hashtag #AskJPM. Needless to say, hilarity ensued.
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AskJPM&src=hash
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/13/jpmorgan-twitterpromptfanspopulistoutrage.html
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"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
--grateful dead.
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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Dec. 6: Live Big Planet Comics podcast 100th episode
To celebrate the 100th episode of its (mostly) weekly podcast, Big Planet Comics will record it live at its store in D.C. on Dec. 6 at 8:30 p.m. It's an open invitation to be in the audience. BPC doesn't have details yet on any special activities, but it notes its live 50th episode included trivia contests, audience questions and more. If you're not familiar with the podcast, check recent episodes at bigplanetcomics.com or through iTunes.
Art by Paulina Ganucheau
Comic Riffs talks to Lalo Alcaraz
'BORDERTOWN': Lalo Alcaraz on joining Seth MacFarlane's new Fox immigration comedy
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 14 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/bordertown-lalo-alcaraz-on-joining-seth-macfarlanes-new-fox-immigration-comedy/2013/11/14/1b6b2c40-4cef-11e3-9890-a1e0997fb0c0_blog.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/bordertown-lalo-alcaraz-on-joining-seth-macfarlanes-new-fox-immigration-comedy/2013/11/14/1b6b2c40-4cef-11e3-9890-a1e0997fb0c0_blog.html
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Nov. 22: Super Art Fight in Rockville
For its 2013 finale, Super Art Fight makes its debut at VisArts
in Rockville, Md., on Nov. 22. Doors open at 8 p.m.; tickets are $15. It's open to all ages.
Nov 21: Cartoons & Cocktails annual auction
On November 21, Cartoons & Cocktails, the annual fundraising auction of editorial cartoons, takes place in the National Press Club on 14th St, NW.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Nov 14: Satire and Paper Money talk at Library of Congress
New Research at The John W. Kluge Center
Topic: The Art of Paper Money
Scholar: Amanda Lahikainen, Kluge Fellow
November 7, 2013
What roles have artists and printmakers played in the normalization of paper money?
Art historian Amanda Lahikainen, Kluge Fellow at The John W. Kluge Center, is researching the responses of British artists and printmakers to the introduction of paper money in England while at the Kluge Center.
Lahikainen has spent the past six months as a scholar-in-residence at The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. She is looking at the ways in which print artists in England satirized the introduction of paper money and the ways in which art may have helped enable paper money to become normalized in society more broadly.
"Satire responds to important events. One of those important events was the increased use of paper money in England in 1797," Lahikainen says. "Prime Minister William Pitt declared paper money the de facto currency. Suddenly, people could no longer bring credit instruments to the bank and exchange it for gold. The result was great unease and distrust."
British satirists responded with grotesque and scatological imagery deriding the new system. Some produced imitation, satirical bank notes that challenged the trust in the new currency. A few supported the new instruments. But in all cases, Lahikainen says, the work of satirists helped to normalize a paper money system backed by trust and not by bullion.
"Even when they're mocking the currency, they're also helping people grow more accustomed to it," Lahikainen says. "This early period of paper money offers an important glimpse into how the process of naturalization took place—a naturalization we take for granted today."
Among the satirists Lahikainen is researching is little-known engraver John Luffman. Luffman began printing satirical bank notes in 1803, and his notes were re-printed in 1818. The Library of Congress has one of the preeminent collections of satirical banknotes in the world, including Luffman's.
Lahikainen recently shared examples of British satirical bank notes with researchers at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. "They were unfamiliar with this tradition, and it was wonderful to hear their responses," she says. "We then spoke about the definition of money more broadly. It was a great discussion."
Lahikainen is in residence at the Kluge Center through December.
Upcoming Events with Amanda Lahikainen
Graphic Satire, Paper Money and the Art of Engraving in Britain, 1797-1821
with Amanda Lahikainen, Kluge Fellow
Thursday, November 14 at 12:00 pm in room LJ-113
Amanda Lahikainen, Assistant Professor of Art History at Aquinas College, on the connections between art and money, and how graphic satires and satirical banknotes reflected and helped produce the changing cultures of paper money and engraving in England.
Nov 19: Rep. John Lewis at National Press Club book fair
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to purchase.Monday, November 11, 2013
'Smithsonian' list includes Wonder Woman
The November 2013 issue of Smithsonian magazine includes 101 objects "that made America," from the Smithsonian's collection. Included on the list: Wonder Woman comics (1941).
Washington Times on Ms. Marvel being Muslim
Washington Times editorial
To sum up the paper's argument on Ms. Marvel being a teenage Muslim girl: "Marvel Comics insists
that it won’t evangelize for Islam, but the comic book industry promotes eerie
lifestyles."
To sum up the paper's argument on Ms. Marvel being a teenage Muslim girl: "Marvel Comics insists that it won’t evangelize for Islam, but the comic book industry promotes eerie lifestyles."
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