Friday, December 06, 2013

Post Office and SpongeBob work together


Have your message delivered by SpongeBob

Washington Post December 5 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/have-your-message-delivered-by-spongebob/2013/12/04/dc77fed6-5c58-11e3-be07-006c776266ed_story.html
I stopped by a PO in Arlington, VA today, but didn't see any of these postcards. If anyone sees them, please note where in the comments.

The Post doesn't like the new Chomsky cartoon

For Fanboys of Noam Chomsky: 'Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?' movie review

By

Washington Post December 6, 2013,

http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/is-the-man-who-is-tall-happy-movie-review/2013/12/04/e2f61152-57ae-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html

The Millions reviews March Book One

Difficult History: On John Lewis's March

By
November 29, 2013
http://www.themillions.com/2013/11/difficult-history-on-john-lewiss-march.html

Richard Thompson's medical status

I've just spoken to Richard's wife Amy and found out that he'll be discharged from the hospital to a local nursing facility for days of physical, occupational and speech therapy. He did fine with his first day of a new hip, but of course the Parkinsons that caused the fall will not make this recovery easy.

She's also planning on giving him his iPad soon so he'll be able to read email directly, without responding in his morphine dreams.

Mike

Today: Fantastic Forum on television, taped at Victory Comics.

Watch FANTASTIC FORUM in Montgomery County, MD today at 5:30 PM on MCM Comcast channel 21; RCN channel 21; Verizon FiOS channel 21. On location from Victory Comics in Falls Church, VA! Host Devon Sanders and panelists Chris Peleo-LazarBrandon Keith Hallmark andJames Rambo engage in discussion on Krypton's Last Son, The Man of Tomorrow, the mighty Man of Steel. COMIC CHARACTER PROFILE: SUPERMAN. With producer/host Ulysses E Campbell's interview with MARK WAID and Cool Toys Segment on DC DIRECT SUPERMAN V. MUHAMMAD ALI STATUE.

Local material at Michigan State's Comic Art Collection

A 'for the record' post, but also to note Art Hondros' contribution as I just found out that Art also did the cover to the first Politics and Prose anthology, available at the store.
Cataloged in November:
What Fox Guy Had to Teach Us / Art Hondros. -- Washington,     D.C. : Washington Post, 2013. -- p. 17-24 : ill. ; 27 cm.     -- Begins: "For a couple of decades, a familiar sight in     Takoma Park, Maryland, was that of a tall grizzled fellow     carrying a fox pelt in a steel trap." -- Detached from the     Washington Post Magazine, Mar. 17, 2013. -- Biographical     genre, about Walt Rave, an animal rights activist. -- Call     no.: PN6727.H558F6 2013

Comics Research Bibliography / by Michael Rhode and John A.     Lent. -- Arlington, Virginia : ComicsDC, 2012. -- 2 v. (832     p.) : 28 cm. -- A bibliography of works about comic books,     comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, and related     topics. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1-2. -- Call no.: Z5956.C3R47     2012

Richard Thompson 2008 interview available

The new International Journal of Comic Art has an interview I did with Richard in 2008 at the dawn of Cul de Sac. The editor tells me that single issues are available - it's $22.50 for over 800 pages of comics articles.

Contact:

John A. Lent
669 Ferne Blvd.
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
U.S.A.
Phone: 610-622-3938

Use the email address for Paypal requests.

Jan 8: Cartoonist Nick Bruel at Politics and Prose

Nick Bruel - Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble

Jan 8 2014 
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9781596436718
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Roaring Brook Press, 1/2014 
 
5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington
District Of Columbia
20008
United States

Brian Turner's art for a Bill Watterson biopic

Brian Turner of Identity Comics Studio did the art for a parody of Bill "Calvin and Hobbes" Watterson  up at The Gutters.

Trailer for new story from the Aphelion Arc series

A trailer for a new story in the APHELION ARC Illustrated Anthology Series will soon be added to the APHELION ARC website at http://www.aphelionarc.com
Meanwhile, you may be able to view it on YouTube at

As with the previous trailer, it uses storyboard sketches and original music.

'SECONDS' is Story Three of Issue 1.

The first trailer for the second story in the series, 'ON TARGET' is available for viewing at http://aphelionarc.com/stories.html (click the STORIES TWO button).



Steven G. Artley
President/Creative Director
http://aphelionarc.com


Thursday, December 05, 2013

Mo Willems interviewed in The Post

March Book One makes School Library Journal best of 2013 list

SLJ's Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2013
By the "Good Comics for Kids" bloggers
December 4, 2013
http://www.slj.com/2013/12/reviews/best-of/sljs-top-10-graphic-novels-of-2013/

Comic Riffs talks to Ed Piskor

BEST BOOKS OF 2013: Ed Piskor finds a beautiful groove with 'Hip Hop Family Tree'
By Michael Cavna Washington Post Comic Riffs blog December 4 2013

Tonight: Solomon on Norman Rockwell at Politics and Prose

I saw her speak last night, and enjoyed it so much I'm going again tonight.

Thursday, December 5

7 p.m. - Deborah Solomon - American Mirror (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28)


Book Cover

 


Mo Willems, also a cartoonist, featured in Express

Mo Willems' creations charm kids in the Kennedy Center's 'Elephant and Piggie's We Are in a Play!' [in print as Beasts of Both Worlds: Mo Willems' Gerald and Piggie charm kids in books and on stage, p. E4]
BY KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY

Carla Speed McNeil makes Time's top 10 comics list

I just got my copy of this so I haven't read it yet (or posted about it here). See what Douglas Wolk says about:


9. Bad Houses, Sara Ryan and Carla Speed McNeil



Wednesday, December 04, 2013

BPC 100th podcast this Friday--live!

This Friday, Big Planet Comics will hold its 100th podcast episode live at its D.C. store starting at 8:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.


Art by Paulina Ganucheau

Ryan Holmberg's books on sale at Picturebox


Maryland-based Ryan Holmberg has been writing some excellent material at tcj.com lately. He's also translated three books of classic manga through Picturebox, which is having a 50% off sale prior to going out of business.

I strongly recommend the 10-cent Manga books Last of the Mohicans and the brand-new Tezuka translation, The Mysterious Underground Men.

NPR's recommendations on 2013's Comics & Graphic Novels

Clark poster for GEMS

Colleen Clark, a local cartoonist studying at the Columbus College of Art & Design in Ohio, posted on her Facebook page an illustration she did for Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS), an organization in New York that serves girls and young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. "A little while ago, I watched the documentary 'Very Young Girls' that educated me and made me extremely passionate about this cause," Colleen wrote. The illustration was part of a class assignment for a non-profit group.