Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Boing Boing likes Cul de Sac

Boing Boing likes Cul de Sac ... but who doesn't?
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Oct 23: Cartoons & Cocktails auction

Tickets NOW ON SALE through 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23. Tickets will be available in the Holeman Lounge of The National Press Club thereafter.

Plan now to attend the 27th annual auction of editorial cartoons made possible through generous donations of original* cartoon art by prize-winning cartoonists.

Join us Oct. 23 in the National Press Club ballroom for an evening of food, drink and lively bidding. It's a fantastic opportunity for collectors and admirers of cartoon art to acquire new works and help good causes.

*Because some cartoonists are creating their work electronically, their C&C items vary. Some are limited-run prints with original signatures; some are original sketches accompanied by signed prints.

http://www.cartoonsandcocktails.org/

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Monkey See blog on the Flash tv show

'The Flash' Winks At History And Keeps Its Superhero Tone Light
by LINDA HOLMES
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Oct 29: Roger K. Lewis cartoon exhibit opens

Exhibition Opening Reception - 30 Years of "Shaping the City" Cartoons by Roger K. Lewis, FAIA

Wednesday, October 29, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
District Architecture Center, 421 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004

Price: Free. Registration required. 

Register

Join AIA|DC in the SIGAL and Sorg Galleries for an engaging and entertaining exhibition of Roger K. Lewis, FAIA's cartoon collection from his "Shaping the City" column in the Washington Post. Each cartoon shares engaging and often comedic stories about changing attitudes and shifting cultures in the architectural profession and in everyday life around the Capital.
 
Roger K. Lewis, FAIA, is a practicing architect and urban planner; a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland, College Park; and an author and journalist.

Register



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Today: O'Barr, Komardin and Witterstaetter at Beyond Comics

Meet Award Winning
Comic Book Artist
James O'Barr
Creator of

the CROW


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8th - 12noon to 4:00pm

 Also Meet:


Konstantin Komardin  
Award Winning Russian Comic Artist

 

 

Renee Witterstaetter

Comics Author, Editor and Historian


 

 

 

 

                Beyond Comics, in Frederick, MD, will be hosting a rare in store appearance by internationally acclaimed comic book creator James O'Barr. O'Barr is notably recognized for the creation of "the Crow" which was adapted into the cult film of the same name which stared the late Brandon Lee. With over 1 million copies in print, the Crow, is one of the best-selling independent graphic novels of all time.

 

Not appearing alone, O'Barr will be appearing at Beyond Comics along with Konstantin Komardin and Renee Witterstaetter.

 

Komardin is an award-winning Russian sequential artist, graphic artist and animator currently living in Moscow. This marks his first appearances in the United States, providing a rare opportunity to see some amazing originals never before offered in the US.

 

Komardin's published work includes the BD magazines "Veles," "Hacker," "Max Cooler," "Moulin Rouge," and the renowned comics "Agent Z," "Sit-o-city," "Gate of Alice," and "Mechanics of Senses." Other works include the upcoming Judge Dredd project, and the Russian/Polish project "City Stories." Konstantin was awarded the Grand Prize for "The Site of Polis" at the Moscow Comics Festival in 2003.

 

Renee Witterstaetter is the author of "Excess: The Art of Michael Golden" and "Tex: The Art of Mark Texeira." As well she has worked as an editor and colorist for comics as diverse as Superman, Conan, Avengers, Spider-man, X-Files and Xena. Her newest book is "Santa Confidential," by Hagar the Horrible artist Chris Browne. She has also worked on dozens of music videos for Madonna, Seal, Ben Harper and Usher, as well as the feature movies Crime Story, Rush Hour Two, and Red Dragon.

 

   FREE AUTOGRAPHS!  

Beyond Comics
5632 Buckeystown Pike
Frederick, MD 21704
301-668-8202


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Tuesday, October 07, 2014

The Roarbots blog

The Roarbots blog is a local blog about children's interests, including comics, and has six interviews with cartoonists done by five-year old Zoe.

5 Questions with Gene Luen Yang

Jamie and Zoe

September 19, 2014

http://theroarbots.com/2014/09/19/5-questions-gene-luen-yang/

 

5 Questions with Mike Maihack

  October 6, 2014

http://theroarbots.com/2014/10/06/5-questions-mike-maihack/

 

5 Questions with Jeffrey Brown

  September 19, 2014

http://theroarbots.com/2014/09/19/5-questions-jeffrey-brown/

 

5 Questions with Frank Cammuso

October 3, 2014

http://theroarbots.com/2014/10/03/5-questions-frank-cammuso/

 

5 Questions with David Petersen

  September 30, 2014

http://theroarbots.com/2014/09/30/5-questions-david-petersen-2/

 

5 Questions with Jeff Smith

  September 17, 2014

http://theroarbots.com/2014/09/17/5-questions-jeff-smith/ 


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10/8: James O'Barr at Beyond Comics

Meet JAMES O'BARR!

Creator of


Wednesday October 8th
12:00noon to 4:00pm
Frederick

Also Meet 
Award Winning Russian Artist
Konstantin Komardin 
And Comics Writer, Editor and Historian
Renee Witterstaetter
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Comic Riffs talks to Scott McCloud

'BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2014′: Guest editor Scott McCloud illuminates the range of modern brilliance in new must-read [Q+A]By Michael Cavna 
Washington Post October 7 2014
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The Express on The Flash tv series

'The Flash' is flashy, but will it just be a flash in the pan?
By Marc Silver Washington Post's Express October 6  2014
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Monday, October 06, 2014

Bruce Guthrie's SPX photos

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Sunday, October 05, 2014

That darn Post comics page

The Post ran 1 page of the comics twice this week. I noted it as it happened but forgot to write about it. Fortunately, Mitch Katz did not:


 

Letters to the Editor

Seeing double in the comics [in print as A familiar sight in the comics].

Mitch Katz, Falls Church

Washington Post October 4 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/seeing-double-in-the-comics/2014/10/02/503c8192-48ae-11e4-a4bf-794ab74e90f0_story.html


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October 8: Otis Frampton signing Oddly Normal at Big Planet Vienna

October 8 – Otis Frampton signing Oddly Normal

OddlyNormal_01

Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome Otis Frampton, to celebrate his new series from Image Comics, Oddly Normal!

Oddly Normal is the tale about a young girl whose mother is a witch, making it very hard for Oddly to fit in at school! But when her own magical powers might be manifesting, things go from unpopular to dangerously bad…

Otis Frampton's website: http://www.otisframpton.com/
Otis Frampton's twitter: https://twitter.com/otisframpton

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/738039909577123/

6pm-8pm
Big Planet Comics of Vienna
426 Maple Ave. East
Vienna, VA 22180
703-242-9412
vienna@bigplanetcomics.com

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Friday, October 03, 2014

Comic Riffs talks to Scott Stantis about child abuse

CARTOONS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune's Scott Stantis reveals own child abuse in powerful, 'wrenching' essay [Q+A]

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 3 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/10/03/cartoons-of-the-year-chicago-tribunes-scott-stantis-reveals-own-child-abuse-in-powerful-wrenching-essay-qa/

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Zunar in the Library of Congress

Malaysian political cartoonist Zunar released the following statement today:

Zunar's statement: Book "Pirate Of The Carry-BN" accepted in the Library Of Congress.

http://www.zunar.my/news/bm-eng-zunars-statement-book-pirate-carry-bn-accepted-library-congress/

Book "Pirate Of The Carry-BN" accepted in the Library Of Congress.

I hereby announce that my book, "Pirate of The Carry-BN" has been accepted as one of the collection at the Library Of Congress in Washington. The reception was held at the Library on October 1st, 2014.

Curator Sara W Duke, who is the curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Art in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, has accepted on behalf of the Library.

It will be located and catalogued in the bookshelves of the Asia Section of the library. Prior to this, there are books of mine that have been listed but only recorded in catalogues while physically not in the Library.

The "Pirate Of The Carry-BN" will be one of the more than 120,000 cartoon books in the library.

To me, this is a form of recognition since none of my cartoon books are recognized and even banned by the Malaysian government.

The 200-year old Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with a collection of over 3 million books and 33 million catalogued books.

The "Pirate Of The Carry-BN" is not available in any library in Malaysia due to the government restrictions. For the same reason, it also cannot be sold in any shop in Malaysia. This program is part of the month-long "To Fight Through Cartoon" American tour starting September 15th, 2014. During this tour, I also held a solo cartoon exhibition at an art gallery of The Crane House in Louisville.

I also gave lectures on art and journalism at the University of East Kentucky, the University of West Kentucky, Manual High School and Berea College. Also, I will be holding a forum for Malaysians in New York City and San Francisco.

In San Francisco, I will be attending as a guest of the Annual Convention of The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists for three days from October 9th, 2014.

3 Oct 2014

Zunar

Malaysian Political Cartoonist


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“The Hero of Color City” and ‘Star Wars Rebels’ reviewed in The Post

'Star Wars Rebels': In visuals and in spirit, it's a new hope [in print as 'Star Wars Rebels': The Force, and fun, are back]
Hank Stuever
By Hank Stuever TV critic October 3 2014


Family Filmgoer reviews 'Gone Girl,' 'The Good Lie' and more
Green, Blue and Black are a boy's crayons who spring to life at night in about as innocent a flick as they come. (Magnolia Picture)
By Jane Horwitz October 3 2014

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Oct. 9: Batman stamps

The U.S. Postal Service is launching a series of Forever stamps (49 cents) in honor of Batman's 75th anniversary. Four versions of the iconic DC Comics superhero are depicted from four eras of the comic-book character's history (Can you name the artists?). In addition, there are four incarnations of the Bat-Signal. The stamps, which will premiere at New York Comic Con next week, go on sale Oct. 9.

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MISOGYNY IN COMICS on Fantastic Forum


Season 5 opens with a discussion on MISOGYNY IN COMICS. Featuring an interview with comics writer GAIL SIMONE and Cool Toys with the DJI Phantom 2 unmanned aerial vehicle. — with Gabrielle 'Bria' LaVorgna,Abigail Pritchard and El Anderson at Awesome Con.
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News from Rafer Roberts on Nightmare the Rat

I plan to debut the NIGHTMARE THE RAT collection at theLocust Moon Comics Festival on October 25th in beautiful Philadelphia. It seemed like an appropriate venue since the Locust Moon folks are the guys that put out the giant LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM book. Debuting the NIGHTMARE collection alongside DREAM ANOTHER DREAM just feels right.

On Halloween, we will be having a NIGHTMARE THE RAT release party at Fantom Comics in stately Washington DC. Details are still being finalized but there will be a signing, possibly a reading, and an actual Halloween party with candy and dancing. I will be in a costume of some sort.

Finally, I'll be at New York Comic Con next week. It will be far too early to have copies of the collection available, but I will have finished commissions for those of you who pledged at that level (and who let me know that you'll also be at NYCC). I won't have my own table, but I will be doing signings at a few different publisher booths throughout the weekend. I may add one or two signings, but here is my schedule as it stands right now:

Thursday:

4:30-5:30 signing at Valiant, booth 2028

Friday:

3:15-4:00 Kickstarter Office Hours panel - 1A24

4:30-5:30 signing at Valiant, booth 2028

Saturday:

12:00-1 signing at Valiant, booth 2028

Sunday:

11-12:30 signing at ComixTribe, booth 1172

1:30-2:30 signing at Valiant, booth 2028

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Oct 4: Greg Pak at Fantom Comics

Oct 4 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Greg Pak Signing! @ Fantom Comics | Washington | District of Columbia | United States

Greg Pak Signing!

Award-winning comics writer Greg Pak is back at Fantom for another signing, and WE. ARE. PUMPED!

From DC's Batman/Superman and Action Comics, to Marvel's Storm, Planet Hulk, Magneto Testament, Red Skull Incarnate, and Dynamite's Turok, chances are good that if you're reading an awesome book, Mr. Pak's name is all over it.

Mr. Pak will be here in-store from 2:30pm to 4pm and we'll have copies of some of his current work available for sale, so swing on by!

Via Convention Scene which also notes he'll be showing a short film later that evening.
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Thursday, October 02, 2014

Smithsonian Magazine on Wonder Woman

The Surprising Origin Story of Wonder Woman

The history of the comic-book superhero's creation seven decades ago has been hidden away—until now

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