Friday, March 28, 2014
French cartoon reviewed in The Post
Thursday, March 27, 2014
French cartoon Ernest & Celestine reviewed by City Paper
New book on Winsor McCay from local professor
Wide Awake in SlumberlandFantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art Of Winsor McCayBy Katherine Roeder240 PAGES (APPROX.), 8 1/2 X 11 INCHES, 81 B&W AND COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX 9781617039607 PRINTED CASEBINDING $60.00S | THE FIRST STUDY TO PLACE THIS GENIUS OF MODERN COMICS CREATION IN HIS HISTORICAL CONTEXTCartoonist Winsor McCay (1869-1934) is rightfully celebrated for the skillful draftmanship and inventive design sense he displayed in the comic strips Little Nemo in Slumberland and Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. McCay crafted narratives of anticipation, abundance, and unfulfilled longing. This book explores McCay's interest in dream imagery in relation to the larger preoccupation with fantasy that dominated the popular culture of early twentieth-century urban America. McCay's role as a pioneer of early comics has been documented; yet, no existing study approaches him and his work from an art historical perspective, giving close readings of individual artworks while situating his output within the larger visual culture and the rise of modernism. From circus posters and vaudeville skits to department store window displays and amusement park rides, McCay found fantastical inspiration in New York City's burgeoning entertainment and retail districts. Wide Awake in Slumberland connects McCay's work to relevant children's literature, advertising, architecture, and motion pictures in order to demonstrate the artist's sophisticated blending and remixing of multiple forms from mass culture. Studying this interconnection in McCay's work and, by extension, the work of other early twentieth-century cartoonists, Roeder traces the web of relationships connecting fantasy, leisure, and consumption. Readings of McCay's drawings and the eighty-one black and white and color illustrations reveal a man who was both a ready participant and an incisive critic of the rising culture of fantasy and consumerism. KATHERINE ROEDER, Fairfax, Virginia, teaches courses at George Mason University. She is a contributor to The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking (University Press of Mississippi) and A New Literary History of America. She is also a contributor to the Comics Journal and American Art. 240 PAGES (APPROX.), 8 1/2 X 11 INCHES, 81 B&W AND COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX |
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Diego Quintanilla
How can people order your comics, or do they have to buy them from you in person?
People can buy them from me in person, there is no other way.
Least favorite?
(updated 3/27/2014)
Big Planet Comics of College Park has a new exterior look
Our brand new sign is up at Big Planet Comics of College Park! Thanks again to Paulina Ganucheau for the amazing design!
http://www.paulinaganucheau.com/
See Shannon Gallant's art in GI Joe #200
March 26: Graphic Novel Bookgroup at Politics and Prose
Hey we’re meeting tomorrow for NOWHERE MEN Volume 1.
Same place, same time: Politics and Prose, downstairs, at 7:30.
This is a great intro volume (at only $10), with great design, art and story too!
Hope to see you!
Adam
Comic on grocery bag patent suit
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
April 12: Chris Visions signing - Dead Letters at Big Planet Comics
- at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
- Show MapBig Planet Comics of Vienna426 Maple Ave. East, Vienna, Virginia 22180
Dead Letters is a new crime series written by Chris Sebela published by Boom Studios. Sam wakes up in a sketchy motel room with no memory, but when thugs kick in his door he knows how to react and how to use a gun. Soon two different gangs are after him, trying to use him for a job, even as he tries to figure out who is he and where he is... And the where is the most important part!
Chris lives in Richmond, VA, and attended VCU.
Chris's website: http://www.chrisvisions.com/
Chris will also be appearing from 4-6 pm at our store in College Park, Maryland. https://www.facebook.com/events/607984869285111/
Shannon Gallant covers Skullkickers at Awesome Con
The Art of Richard Thompson book has a sale date
Comic Riffs on Richard Thompson exhibit
Bill Watterson/Richard Thompson’s OSU Show: Creators are ‘honored’ and ‘gobsmacked’ at opening of museum’s exhibit
BY MICHAEL CAVNA
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Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 25 2014
Auger one-night solo show
Monday, March 24, 2014
Comic Riffs' contest for Galifianakis' Valentine cartoon
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 23 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/03/23/valentines-day-reader-caption-contest-and-the-winner-is/
Conservative NewsBusters blog wonders about Post's Prickly City letters
WashPost Gives Trio of Readers Platform to Urge Censorship of Conservative Comic Strip
By Ken Shepherd
NewsBusters March 24, 2014