Bruce Guthrie's photos of Roz Chast at Politics and Prose online

Bruce Guthrie's photos of Roz Chast at Politics and Prose are online now. P&P videotaped the talk so it should be on their Youtube channel at some point.

Her book sold out, both at the store and from the publisher. It's a touching, but sad story.

2 Lumberjanes reviews

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Fighting Evil)

by Don MacPherson  April 20th, 2014

Lumberjanes #1

by Johanna Carlson April 18, 2014

Ben Hatke's Zita on Kindle

Zita the Spacegirl is back!

by Ben Hatke
 Kindle Daily Post  05/13/2014
http://www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/zita-the-spacegirl-is-back.html

NPR and The Post on the death of HR Giger

H.R. Giger, artist who designed the creature in the 1979 film 'Alien,' dies at 74

EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY - Swiss artist H. R. Giger in 1981 with some of his artwork. Giger died on May 12 at 74.

By Matt Schudel, Washington Post May 14 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/hr-giger-artist-who-designed-the-creature-in-the-1979-film-alien-dies-at-74/2014/05/13/6818becc-dabb-11e3-8009-71de85b9c527_story.html

Thanks To H.R. Giger, For All The Sleepless Nights

by Chris Klimek

May 13, 2014
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2014/05/13/312139053/thanks-to-h-r-giger-for-all-the-sleepless-nights

He didn't really do comics, beyond a little bit of art in Heavy Metal, but he certainly had an influence.

Denmark has apparently learned nothing from past cartoon furors

Denmark's insane Voteman cartoon uses porn, dolphins to get out the vote

    By Ishaan Tharoor   

    Washington Post WorldViews blog  May 13 2014

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/05/13/denmarks-insane-voteman-cartoon-uses-porn-dolphins-to-get-out-the-vote/

Comic Riffs reviews Chast book

ROZ CHAST: New Yorker cartoonist's new eldercare memoir is a soulful, singular achievement

    By Michael Cavna     

    Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 13 2014

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/13/roz-chast-new-yorker-cartoonists-new-eldercare-memoir-is-a-soulful-singular-achievement/

The Post on comics exhibit at Strathmore

A big draw at Strathmore [online as Strathmore showcases art of comics]

By  Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post May 13 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/strathmore-showcases-art-of-comics/2014/05/12/1e150432-d22f-11e3-937f-d3026234b51c_story.html

The Post interviews Roz Chast

...who is at Politics and Prose tonight at 7 pm.

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast talks about the final years of her parents' lives

By Nora Krug, Washington Post May 13, 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-yorker-cartoonist-roz-chast-talks-about-the-final-years-of-her-parents-lives/2014/05/12/1df00d02-cbb9-11e3-95f7-7ecdde72d2ea_story.html

Super Art Fight returns to Black Cat on May 17

“Super Art Fight returns to it's Washington, D.C., home, the Black Cat, and finally moves on up to the main stage! Get ready for one of the most exciting SAF events yet, as the Greatest Live Art Competition in the Known Universe gets ready to play the biggest stage of its career!” (Baltimore-based comics booker Michael Bracco is one of the organizers; D.C. comics artist James Noguchi will be there.)

Graphic novelists at Gaithersburg Book Festival May 17

The annual Gaithersburg Book Festival in Maryland is this Saturday, May 17, with a bunch of graphic novelists attending (a heavy dose from the First-Second camp), including Raina Telgemeier, David Roman, George O’Connor, Ben Hatke and Garreth Hinds. Plus there will a couple sessions featuring several of the cartoonists and comics-related workshops, such as “My First Comic Cover.”

From George O'Connor's Olympians series.

Comic Riffs talks to Bendis

Brian Michael Bendis: With new Mafia book 'Murder Inc.,' writer keeps
it all in the families
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 12 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/12/brian-michael-bendis-with-new-mafia-book-murder-inc-writer-keeps-it-all-in-the-families/

Wild Oceans exhibit as seen by Steve Loya

Steve Loya has a story about seahorses in the new Wild Oceans anthology, and his art is in a small exhibit of pages from the book. See his photos and comments at http://goflyingtrtl.blogspot.com/2014/05/wild-ocean-art-exhibit-at-off-rhode.html

Comic Riffs on Al Feldstein

A MAD Tribute: Before there was 'Daily Show,' there was Al Feldstein's magazine.

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs May 10 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/10/a-mad-tribute-before-there-was-daily-show-there-was-al-feldsteins-magazine/

Jim Woodring-labelled beer in Maryland

Spotted by Friend of ComicsDC Chris Ingram, in College Park, at http://www.oldlinewine.com/

Anyone want to buy me one of each?

June 2: Stephan Pastis booksigning at Washington Post

• Washington DC book signing Public · Hosted by Stephan Pastis Monday, June 2 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm in PDT

• The Washington Post Building, Community Room, 1150 15th Street NW, Washington, DC

An evening with cartoonist and author Stephan Pastis, sponsored by the Washington Post. Stephan will be speaking about both Pearls and Timmy Failure, and signing books after.

Free and open to the public, but RSVP is required: PostPOV@washpost.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/630535203699202/

'Batboy: The Musical' at 1st Stage in Tysons

Not sure this really fits as "comics," but it's weird enough that I think it falls under pop culture-comics inspired. What? You need a direct comics connection? Fine, both Peter Bagge and Daniel Coresetto drew the weekly comics strip "The Adventures of Batboy."

Now, on to the show, "Batboy: The Musical": 
"Ripped from the 1992 World Weekly News tabloid headline, Bat Boy:The Musical is both musical comedy/horror spoof and big-hearted satire on American prejudice. When a half boy/half bat creature is discovered in a cave near fictional Hope Falls, West Virginia, the local vet’s wife sets out to teach him the ways of civilization only to be thwarted by the colorful, narrow-minded, “civilized” townfolk who have something else in mind. In the tradition of Sophocles, Sondheim and South Park—with hints of Mary Shelly, Tim Burton and Mel Brooks—Bat Boy weaves a smart and playful pop/rock score with a crazy take on American eccentricities."

The show runs May 23-June 22 at 1st Stage at Tysons Corner, Va.

The Post reviews the latest Oz cartoon

Barely fodder for the canon: Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
By Jen Chaney, Washington Post May 9 2014, p. Weekend 40
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/legends-of-oz-dorothys-return-movie-review/2014/05/07/c59ba38a-d475-11e3-aae8-c2d44bd79778_story.html

Comic Riffs on the New York Post's dropping of comics

Who's Killing the Great Comics of New York? *(And Why?)
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 8 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/08/whos-killing-the-great-comics-of-new-york-and-why/

The First Woman Graphic Novelist: Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová

National Museum of Women in the Arts

MAY 12–NOV 14 2014

The First Woman Graphic Novelist: Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová

On view at the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center. Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová (1894–1980) was a Czech graphic artist whose 1929 novel Z mého dětství (From My Childhood) is widely acknowledged to be the first wordless novel created by a woman. Bochořáková-Dittrichová's appealing and warm woodcut style was influenced by pioneering Belgian graphic artist Frans Masereel. This exhibition showcases five of her published novels as well as her unpublished book Malířka Na Cestách (The Artist on her Journey), which contains 52 original woodcuts about a young woman artist studying abroad, mirroring Bochořáková-Dittrichová's own life at the beginning of her career.

'Wild Ocean' exhibit/comics workshop

An exhibit at Art-Enables in D.C. featuring original art from the new comics anthology Wild Ocean: Sharks, Whales, Rays and Other Endangered Sea Animals (Fulcrum Publishing) opens Saturday, May 10. (Other artwork related to marine animals and produced by local artists will also be featured.) In addition, there will be a comics-making workshop from 1-4 p.m.