Bob Mankoff - How About Never--Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons
Apr 2 2014 7 p.m.
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- Washington ,
- District Of Columbia
- 20008
- United States
Monday, March 10, 2014
April 2: Bob Mankoff at Politics and Prose
April 7: Danica Novgorodoff at Takoma Park library
Danica Novgorodoff - The Undertaking of Lily Chen — at Takoma Park Library **FOR TEENS AND ADULTS
Apr 7 2014 7:30 p.m.
- Takoma Park Library
- 101 Philadelphia Ave
- Takoma Park ,
- Maryland
- 20912
- United States
Another local blog covers Smudge Expo
The Comic Age is a local blog run by Alex Lupp. He's written up his experiences at Smudge Expo.
March 15: Sean Chen, Jim Kuhoric to Sign Six Million Dollar Man at Cards, Comics & Collectibles
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The Comic Age on Smudge
Local comics blog The Comic Age has some nice things to say about this past Saturday's Smudge Comics Arts Expo.
[Smudge! Expo 2014] A Great New Event! Plus We Were Pirates, and Dear Mr. Watterson
By Alex Lupp
Yesterday I attended the very first Smudge! Expo, and I hope that it will be the first of many. It was a lovely and very creator focused show, the kind we need more of, especially as the big conventions grow into larger and larger media spectacles....I thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience, and only wish it had lasted longer than just a single day – an in depth description of my day-long venture follows below. [Read more]
[Smudge! Expo 2014] A Great New Event! Plus We Were Pirates, and Dear Mr. Watterson
By Alex Lupp
Yesterday I attended the very first Smudge! Expo, and I hope that it will be the first of many. It was a lovely and very creator focused show, the kind we need more of, especially as the big conventions grow into larger and larger media spectacles....I thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience, and only wish it had lasted longer than just a single day – an in depth description of my day-long venture follows below. [Read more]
Cartoonist Ben Hatke at Smudge (photo courtesy of Bruce Guthrie)
Niles band photo on Old Time D.C.
From a post on the Old Time D.C. Facebook page:
" Jeff Turner, Mark Haggerty, Steve Niles (editor's note: Niles on lower left), & Jeff Nelson. Photo via Dischord Records - Anybody
out there got Swann Street pictures? Here's a link to the soundtrack: http://goo.gl/AZvvfS "
(Niles used to play in the D.C. punk bands Gray Matter and Three and worked in a comics store in D.C. He is now a horror/comic book writer who wrote the comics series-turned-into-movie “30 Days of Night.” Niles is currently working with artist Bernie
Wrightson on the comic “Frankenstein Alive! Alive!” from IDW Publishing.)
Photo: Dischord Records
Sunday, March 09, 2014
Studio Ghibli festival
E Street Cinema’s "Studio Ghibli Collection: 1984-2011" runs from
March 8 through April 13. (Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation film studio headed
by the directors Hayao Miyazaki
and Isao Takahata
and the producer Toshio Suzuki.)
'The Intergalatic Nemesis' returns
"The Intergalatic Nemesis," a
live homage to old-time radio shows--featuring comic book
art and voice work and sounds effects--returns to the D.C. area with two evening performances on April 25 and 26 at Artisphere in Arlington, Va.
Photo: Artisphere
Comic Riffs on Daniel Boris' Kickstarter
Kickstarter of the Week: Post Contest finalist launches book campaign
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 8 2014
Smudge Expo photos from Bruce Guthrie
Bruce Guthrie's pictures of the Smudge expo are here.
That darn Doonesbury!
Letter to the Editor
Time for a 'Doonesbury' hiatus [online as: Put the classic ‘Doonesbury’ on hiatus]
Steve Lodge, Bethesda
Washington Post March 8 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/put-the-classic-doonesbury-on-hiatus/2014/03/07/cbaef91e-a493-11e3-b865-38b254d92063_story.htmlFriday, March 07, 2014
Rafer Roberts interview at Smudge website
Smudge JR Interview #6: Rafer Roberts
BY TINA HENRY, SMUDGE MARCH 7, 2014
http://www.smudgexpo.com/2014/03/07/smudge-jr-interview-6-rafer-roberts/
G.E. Gallas interview online at City Paper
Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat With G.E. Gallas
by Mike Rhode on Mar. 7, 2014
The Post reviews 300 sequel and Mr. Peabody cartoon
There's no going back: '300' prequel returns to Greece with more gore, grunting and aggressive sexuality [online as ‘300: Rise of an Empire’ movie review: Sequel is no fun at all].
.By Ann Hornaday, Washington Post March 7 2014, p. EZ39
A charmless blast from past [‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’].
By Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post March 7 2014, p. EZ40
Cartoonist talks at tomorrow's FREE Smudge Con in Rosslyn
http://www.smudgexpo.com/programming/
Black Box Theater
1-1:50 – Essa Neima – Moving Pictures: So, You Want to Animate?
2-2:50 – Steve Artley – Editorial Cartooning (And Other Hazards)
3-3:50 – Ben Hatke – Three Keys to Comics
4-4:50 – Teresa Roberts Logan – PAINT YOUR HEAD (ART JOURNALING)
Classroom
1-1:50 – Steve Loya – Splotch Monsters
2-2:50 – Matt Dembicki – Roll Up Your Sleeves and Make Comics
3-3:50 – TBA
4-4:50 – Joe Sutliff – Creating Comics for the Web: A quick, fun, interactive “How To”
Thursday, March 06, 2014
March 8: Calvin and Hobbes documentary at Artisphere
“Dear Mr. Watterson” Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington; Sat., 7:30 p.m., $8; 703-875-1100. (Rosslyn) (One of those fans was D.C. musician Mike Boggs — aka We Were Pirates — who wrote the score. At Artisphere, Boggs will perform and participate in a post-screening Q-and-A with Express contributor Nevin Martell, author of “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes.”)
and here's the Express story on it from which the above quote is taken:
Eternally, Calvin and Hobbes: ‘Dear Mr. Watterson’ is a love letter to a beloved comic strip
Wednesday, March 05, 2014
Rob Steibel's latest Kirby column at TCJ.com
Jack Kirby: Behind the Lines
“If I Don’t Put this Dude Out of Action Now, We’re Both Chopped Liver!”
Comic Riffs on Denver Kickstarter
‘DENVER’: The waters–and crowd-funds–rise for PaperFilms’ post-apocalyptic graphic novel
By David Betancourt
- Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 4 2014
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/03/04/denver-the-waters-and-crowd-funds-rise-for-paperfilms-post-apocalyptic-graphic-novel/
Steve Loya interview at City Paper blog
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