Feb 18: Thermae Romae

J-Film Series Presented by the JICC, Embassy of Japan and the Japan Commerce Association of Washington, D.C. Thermae Romae Wednesday, February 18, 6:30 p.m. Never miss another event!   Our Location: JICC, Embassy of Japan 1150 18th St, NW Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036 Driving directions © 2012 "Thermae Romae" Film Partners | 2012 | 108 min | Not Rated | In Japanese with English subtitles | Directed by Hideki Takeuchi Adapted from the wildly popular manga by Mari Yamazaki and winner of the 2010 Manga Grand Prix and the 14th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize - Short Story Award   In this hit comedy about bathing culture we are introduced to second-century Roman architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe).  Criticized for his outdated building styles, Lucius is in danger of losing his job unless he can come up with a suitable design for the Emperor's new bathhouse.   Overwhelmed by the task at hand, Lucius visits a spa in order to collect his thoughts.  As he is relaxing in the water he gets pulled into the drainage and through a time portal.  He emerges from the water in a modern Japanese public bathhouse.  There he meets an aspiring young manga artist, Mami (Aya Ueto), along with others of the "flat-faced clan" (i.e. the Japanese).   Impressed by the innovations of Japan's bathing culture, Lucius borrows their ideas and brings them back to ancient Rome.  As he goes back and forth between the two places, his reputation as a genius begins to grow...   For his role as Lucius, Hiroshi Abe won Best Actor in the 2012 Japan Academy Awards and the Blue Ribbon Awards Register Now! This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee guests a seat. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp in the event of cancellation. Doors open at 6:00 pm. No admission or re-entry after 7:00 pm.

JICC, Embassy of Japan | 1150 18th St., NW | Suite 100 | Washington | DC | 20036

PR: Awesome Con- Our latest newsletter!

Artist Alley is almost sold out, more hotel information and comic guests!  PROGRAMMING The deadline for panel applications is the end of this month! We don't want you to miss it! Submit your ideas to be part of Awesome Con's super sweet programming! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Tumblr Instagram YouTube Website Email ARTIST ALLEY IS NEARLY SOLD OUT! We are almost sold out of space in our artist alley! Applications are online and easier than ever to submit, so hurry and get a table before they're gone! GRAND HYATT HOTEL BLOCK We are pleased to announce that our hotel room block at the Grand Hyatt is up and ready for your reservation! Rates start at $149 a night.  Do not fear! This is not the only hotel block that we have! Keep checking out our travel page for the latest on hotels where we have a room block. More to come very soon! COMIC GUESTS! We have some awesome comic guests coming to Awesome Con this year! Check them out!  Billy Martin                          Bob Greenberger Bryan Tillman                      Bryan Turner Carolyn Belefski                  Dario Brizuela David A. Rodriguez             Duncan Rouleau Gerry Duggan                     J.K. Woodward Jamal Igle                           Jamar Nicholas Jeff Balke                            Jeff Schultz Jeremy Whitley                   Jerry Gaylord Jim Calafiore                       Joe Harris Joe Kelly                             Joe Rubinstein Justin Jordan                       Ken Hunt Kevin Eastman                    Laura Lee Gulledge Mark McKenna                    Mike McKone Mike Raicht                         Penelope Gaylord Rafer Roberts                     S.L. Gallant Sam Ellis                            Sorah Shibao Steve Conley                      Steven T. Seagle Super Art Fight                   Thom Zahler Tom Raney                         Tony Fleecs   Share Tweet +1 Share Forward Copyright © 2015 Awesome Con, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you wanted more information about Awesome Con. Our mailing address is: Awesome Con 8639B 16th Street #317 Silver Spring, MD 20910

Teresa Logan illustrations on Youtube

Teresa Logan did the illustrations for the American Lung Association's Power Plants and Pollution now on Youtube.

Marc Singer on Morrison's Multiversity for DC Comics

Pax Americana

Thunderworld

The Multiversity Guidebook

Marc, who teaches at Howard, is the author of a book on Morrison.

Feb 5: George O'Connor returns to the Takoma Park MD Library

George O'Connor returns to the Takoma Park MD Library, Thursday Feb 5th, 7:30 in the kids room at the Takoma Park Maryland Library.  If you can't make his signing earlier in the day come find him here.  He's introducing Ares: Bringer of War, the newest in his Olympians series.
Talk process, research,  story, characters, etc. with a real chill dude who has managed to carve a nice space for himself on the bookshelves of your local library and in schools etc. Nice guy does well.  Hang out and have fun.

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Wiley's Non Sequitur on the Charlie Hebdo massacre today

Wiley's comic strip Non Sequitur is on the Charlie Hebdo massacre today in The Post.

Comic Riffs on Shrinkage and Tamaki's awards

KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: For Farrago Comics, 'Conan' writer Rob Kutner goes full frontal-lobe in political 'Shrinkage'

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 3 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/02/03/kickstarter-of-the-week-for-farrago-comics-conan-writer-rob-kutner-goes-full-frontal-lobe-in-political-shrinkage/

CALDECOTT, PRINTZ HONORS: 'This One Summer' co-authors 'grateful' for graphic-novel milestone as Honor Book

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 2 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/02/02/caldecott-printz-honors-this-one-summer-co-authors-grateful-for-graphic-novel-milestone-as-honor-book/

Jamie Noguchi's Kitsune Hoodie Kickstarter project

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/112838146/kitsune-fox-spirit-hoodie is the sign up link (with the video)

Hey book kickers! At some point this year, I'm going to be publishing volume 3 of Yellow Peril which will collect the remaining black and white strips.

In the mean time, I've launched another project! If you like hoodies and foxes or like seeing my work on things, then the Kitsune Hoodie is totally for you! I don't have too many crazy rewards or stretch goals. It's more like a pre-order to see if anyone out there would want to wear something like this.

The campaign runs until February 27 so check it out and pass it around! Thanks!

Feb 4: George O'Connor at Big Planet Comics College Park

• George O'Connor signing - Olympians Wednesday at 5:00pm - 8:00pm 2 days from now · 52°F / 33°F Partly Cloudy

• Show Map Big Planet Comics of College Park 7315 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740

Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome New York Times bestselling creator George O'Connor, for his series Olympians!

The newest book in the Olympians series is Ares: Bringer of War. In Ares, the myth continues in the tenth year of the fabled Trojan War where two infamous gods of war go to battle. The spotlight is thrown on Ares, god of war, and primarily focuses on his battle with the clever and powerful Athena. As the battle culminates and the gods try to one-up each other to win, the human death toll mounts. Who will win this epic clash of power? And how many will have to die first?

Olympians website: http://www.olympiansrule.com/

Feb 5: Teresa Logan's Framed in Black show opens

From: Teresa Logan (aka The Laughing Redhead):

I have an art show, FRAMED IN BLACK, opening at Kafe Bohem on Thursday night - it goes from 7 - 10/11, and I'd love it if you could attend. Kafe Bohem aka Bistro Bohem (very near the Shaw/Howard metro stop), is a Czech restaurant (the food is delicious omigosh!) and they are doing signature cocktails specials for our event, plus of course the regular menu is available.

One of my dear friends, Nicole Belanus, who is a singer/songwriter, will be playing live during the reception.

www.LaughingRedhead.com

p.s. - I also will be showing several pieces this month at UDC's Gallery 42, opening tomorrow night February 3rd, celebrating writers of the Harlem Renaissance - that opening goes from 6:30-8.

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Flashbacks, a DC comic strip we've overlooked

Every Sunday, for years, Patrick M. Reynolds has been producing Flashbacks, a comic strip for the Washington Post. His Flashbacks recalls aspects of DC history. Reynolds doesn't actually live around here, and does similar strips for New York City, Texas and Pennsylvania, but it should have been noted here earlier.

He's collected some of the early strips into two books.

Cartoonists at Politics and Prose in February

3rd

George O'Connor - Ares: Bringer of War

Start: 10:30 am

4th

@ Busboys and Poets Brookland: John Lewis and Andrew Aydin - March: Book Two

Start: 6:30 pm

5th

George O'Connor - Ares: Bringer of War — at Takoma Park Library (MD)

Start: 7:30 pm

6th

Scott McCloud - The Sculptor

Start: 7:00 pm

17th

Gareth Hinds - Macbeth **FOR TEENS AND ADULTS

Start: 10:30 am

23rd

Gareth Hinds - Macbeth — at Takoma Park Library **FOR TEENS AND ADULTS

Start: 7:30 pm

PR: The SPX 2015 Exhibitor Table Lottery Is Now Open!

The lottery is now open! Now, on February 1, 2015, the long awaited SPX 2015 Exhibitor Table Lottery is now open. It will be available for two weeks and only takes a few minutes. There is no benefit to applying early or late. This email contains a general run down of the lottery procedure. After you review the info below, please do reach out with any questions or concerns by sending an e-mail to exhibitors@spxpo.com.    SPX 2015 LOTTERY REGISTRATION FAQ AND INFO PAGE SPX 2015 LOTTERY REGISTRATION PAGE LINK You Will Have Plenty of Time   Registration for The Table Lottery will run from February 1 through February 15, 2015. This will allow everyone plenty of time to register. And just as importantly, this should help to keep our poor web site from crashing to the ground.   The Lottery Process is Easy   There are just a few steps to the process: - Beginning February 1, go to the Lottery Registration Form and submit your info. - An e-mail will be sent back confirming your registration application. - Within 48 hours we will send you another e-mail with a 6 digit random number provided by Random.org - We will sort the lottery entrant list by random number in either ascending or order descending based on a coin flip. - We'll apportion tables in the order dictated until we run out. - Remaining lottery registrants will be preserved in their lottery order as the 2015 Wait List. - Lottery winners will be announced mid-March, 2015. - Information about the process for paying for the tables will be made available in March. - Winners will be given until April 15, 2015 to pay for their tables. Payment not received in that time frame will result in those tables in being forfeited and used for the Wait List.   There are Lots of Tables Available   Our goal is to keep the show pretty evenly split between invited exhibitors and exhibitors registering from the lottery. Depending on the number of legacy invitations that are accepted, one half to one third of the tables at SPX will be filled this way, leaving around 110 tables available for the lottery.   The Table Lottery Process Will Result In an Official Wait List   Once The Table Lottery winners are determined, the remaining names will be shifted to the official 2015 Exhibitors Wait List. The Wait List will show where you are on the list and as tables become available, we will work the list off, top to bottom.    Please Play Fair   Other festivals that have a lottery system for table registration have seen people attempt to game the system, with multiple entries per person to try to gain an advantage. As we see such actions as against the Spirit of SPX, we will be enforcing these simple lottery rules:   1. One lottery entry per person. 2. You can register for up to 2 tables, in half table increments. Each half table gets a free badge, extra badges will be $10.   3. Please use the name on your lottery entry that will go into the Program Guide and on the SPX Exhibitors web page. Lottery entries using alias names will be disqualified.   4. Tables can only be transferred or assigned to a tablemate whose badge is registered for the winning table(s) at the time the payment is made.    5. Payments for tables won in the lottery must be made by April 15. Tables not paid for by April 15 will be released to the Wait List.   6. By participating in The Table Lottery you are agreeing that the SPX Steering Committee will serve as the sole arbiter for any penalties resulting from misconduct during your participation in the SPX Table Lottery.   In response to incidents of cheating SPX reserves the right to exclude the offending entrants from future table lottery participation and SPX show promotional materials. Please follow the rules, play fair and uphold the community spirit of SPX that makes this show fun to put on and participate in.   Please Register For Your Group If you are sharing tables with other people, please have only 1 registration for your group. You will be able to list all of your table mates for the SPX web site, program guide and badges when you go to pay for the table. Further Details   There is an FAQ at http://www.spxpo.com/lottery where you'll find more info on The Table Lottery process.   Stay tuned for the announcement of the availability of The Table Lottery Registration Form, coming to an e-mail inbox or social media stream near you.   Thanks, Sam, Mike, and Warren   Copyright © 2015 Small Press Expo, All rights reserved. You are on the Combined Master Exhibitor List for Small Press Expo to whom this e-mail is directed. Our mailing address is: Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824

Kal in Bermuda

From KAL:

In the summer of 2014 I had the honor of being the Artist-in-Residence at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art. During my 3 month sojourn, I embarked on a quest to capture in satirical style my observations of the island. 

I have now posted on my website the collection of work I created while on the island. You will find some inside Bermuda jokes, but on the whole, I hope you will appreciate the gist of the narative. 

A limited edition set of the large cartoons have been produced by the Museum and are available for purchase. Have a read and let me know your thoughts!

Inquiries should be made directly with the Museum. The number of sets is quite small... I think maybe only 30...  for the set of high-quality 13 prints in a special box.  The person to contact is Kate Ross at the museum at artmworks@logic.bm

Best

Kal

Kaltoons Team

shop@katoons.com

www.Kaltoons.com

Kal's New retrospective collection Daggers Drawn is now available to order.

Comic strips and consumer culture, 1890-1945 online for free

Comic strips and consumer culture, 1890-1945, by Ian Gordon, is now online for free. 

Ian is now a friend of mine, but well before I ever met him, I thought that this book, originally published by the Smithsonian and researched while he worked there, was one of the best books about comic strips that I've ever read. I highly recommend it. You should download it in case he changes his mind; I just did even though I own the paperback.

Somebody besides Cavna at The Post talks to Roz Chast

Author and New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast changed gears for "Around the Clock" [online as Roz Chast talks about her new children's book, 'Around the Clock"

By Carole Burns
Washington Post February 1 2015, p. E38
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/roz-chast-talks-about-her-new-childrens-book-around-the-clock/2015/01/28/020e25ec-a237-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html

Prickly City is tribute to Charlie Hebdo cartoonists

Today's Prickly City is a tribute to 4 of the 5 murdered Charlie Hebdo cartoonists.

Juana Medina children's book promo online

Mike Lynch has picked up Juana Medina children's book Smick has a promo online.

City Paper reviews Oscar short animation

Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Animated and Live Action A suicide story, a cute little piggie, and a whole lot of meh

By Tricia Olszewski

Washington City Paper January 30, 2015, p. 32.

online at http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/46808/oscar-nominated-shorts-reviewed-a-suicide-story-a-cute-little/

Animation movies reviewed in today's Post

'Song of the Sea' movie review: A dreamlike voyage home

By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post January 30 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/song-of-the-sea-movie-review-a-dreamlike-voyage-home/2015/01/28/c6fcbd80-a590-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html

Oscar Shorts feature a platter of bite-size contenders

By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post January 30 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/oscar-shorts-feature-a-platter-of-bite-size-contenders/2015/01/29/5fab71d4-a64f-11e4-a2b2-776095f393b2_story.html