Sunday, April 26, 2015
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Fantastic Forum Visit to Cartoon Art Museum
Fantastic Forum Visit to Cartoon Art Museum
Apr 24, 2015https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGBhL00h9o&feature=youtu.be
Special Correspondent Daphne O'Neal tours Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, CA. Founded in 1987 with an endowment from Peanuts creator Charles M. Schultz, the museum is only one in the western US devoted to the preservation and exhibition of cartoon art in all its forms. Boasting a permanent collection of 6,000 original works the museum also features a complete research/library facility. Cartoon Art Museum has been in existence for over 29 years and has produced over 100 exhibitions and 20 publications examining the diversity of cartoon art in comics, graphic novels, book illustration, animation and more.
Comic Riffs talks to Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow: What does it mean when a true outlier is a Pulitzer Prize finalist?
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 25 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/04/25/tom-tomorrow-what-does-it-mean-when-a-true-outlier-is-a-pulitzer-prize-finalist/
From Dan Perkins's 2015 Pulitzer Prize entry.
Friday, April 24, 2015
April 25: Creator Con in Silver Spring, Md.
Creator Con 2015 (2-8p.m. at James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring, Md.) will feature comics galleries, workshops, panels, video gaming, technology expo and more. Several local comics creators will exhibit in artist alley. Admission is $5 for students and $8 for adults.
April 25: Rodriguez at Fantom Comics
Local comics writer/editor Jason Rodriguez (Colonial Comics) runs another comics-making workshop Sat., April 25, at Fantom Comics at Dupont Circle at 4 p.m.
The Post on an educational comic Kickstarter
How comics helped one woman translate her chemistry thesis for the masses
By Sarah LarimerWashington Post Speaking of Science blog April 21 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/21/how-comics-helped-one-woman-translate-her-chemistry-thesis-for-the-masses/
April 25: Comic Logic store grandopening in Ashburn, VA
GRAND OPENING SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH 2015 NOON
44031 Ashburn Shopping Plaza #281
Ashburn, Virginia 20147
703-723-1925
Compleating Cul de Sac draft in hand - a new Richard Thompson book coming soon
A Team Cul de Sac fundraiser book is coming soon!
Including all the art that was left out of Eisner-award-nominated The Complete Cul de Sac, it's 150 pages of strips, interviews and sketches.
We're pleased to provide more Richard Thompson for your viewing pleasure while supporting Parkinson's disease research.
Ordering
information will be available soon after our crack team of editors
(Richard, Mike Rhode, Chris Sparks and Bono Mitchell) carefully
scrutinize the book to decide which errors and mistakes we can let slip
through.Including all the art that was left out of Eisner-award-nominated The Complete Cul de Sac, it's 150 pages of strips, interviews and sketches.
We're pleased to provide more Richard Thompson for your viewing pleasure while supporting Parkinson's disease research.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Tony Millionaire sold in Target?
The cartoonist Tony Millionaire has something sold in Target? The scatological cartoonist just dropped by the Baltimore City Paper?I may have bought the last one at Skyline's Target today though.
June 23: Lynda Barry in Richmond
- at 9:00am
- University of Richmond's Robins School of Business1 Gateway Rd, Richmond, Virginia 23173
- Tickets Availablegoo.gl
Join us for Lynda Barry's keynote presentation about our innate creative ability to work with images and what the biological function of this thing we call the arts may be. The first 50 registrants will receive a copy of Barry's most recent book Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor.
Open to the public, $15 admission. To register use the tickets available link above.
Co-sponsored by The Writer's Series and Cultural Affairs Committee of University of RIchmond.
Book sponsors are the UR graduate programs in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies and Curriculum & Instruction.
Roz Chast's new tax bracket noted by Comic Riffs
New Yorker's Roz Chast stunned by $250,000 Heinz Award for her 'uncompromising' work
By Michael Cavna Washington Post Comic Riffs April 23 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/04/23/new-yorkers-roz-chast-stunned-by-250000-heinz-award-for-uncompromising-work/
With all due respect to Roz, this is what happens when a group of people who know nothing about comics and graphic novels read the news and hear about an interesting singleton.
I quote:"These remarkable men and women come from different fields and diverse backgrounds, but they share a bedrock conviction in their ability and responsibility as individuals to make a transformative impact on the world and the lives of others," foundation chair Teresa Heinz says today in a statement, by way of announcing the news. "They offer an inspiring reminder that the most precious kind of change always comes from those who see past today's limitations to a world of new possibilities and discoveries."
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Dale Rawlings has a new Facebook page
Dale Rawlings - Illustrator/Graphic Designer/ Comic Book Maker
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dale-Rawlings-IllustratorGraphic-Designer-Comic-Book-Maker/180282225404624
Local Eisner Award nominees
Several D.C.-area comics creators and writers are on the 2015 Eisner Award shortlist, including:
- Lumberjanes, art by Brooke Allen (Best New Series and Best Publication for Teens)
- The Complete Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson (Best New Humor Publication)
- Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of Winsor McCay, by Katherine Roeder (Best Scholarly/Academic Work)
- Former D.C. resident A. David Lewis also got a nom in the same category for American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife.
The Post considers Daredevil yet again
'Daredevil' and the fantasy of an easy fight against gentrification
Washington Post Act Four blog April 21 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/04/21/daredevil-and-the-fantasy-of-an-easy-fight-against-gentrification/
Today: "Baddawi" by Leila Abdelrazaq at Georgetown
- at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Georgetown University - Walsh Building room 394
Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine welcome you to a presentation and conversation with Leila Abdelrazaq, author of her recent graphic novel, Baddawi.
Baddawi is a coming-of-age story about a young boy named Ahmad struggling to find his place in the world. Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the thousands of Palestinians who fled their homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel.
Leila Abdelrazaq is a Chicago-based Palestinian artist and organizer. She is a recent graduate of DePaul University where she double majored in Theatre Arts and Arabic Studies. During her time at DePaul, Leila served in her chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), helping to pass the DePaul Divest referendum. She is also a member of the National Students for Justice in Palestine Steering Committee. When not drawing comics, studying Arabic, or working with SJP, Leila enjoys carpentry, painting, breaking things, and making a mess. Her website is lalaleila.com and she tweets @lalalaleila.
Baddawi is a coming-of-age story about a young boy named Ahmad struggling to find his place in the world. Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the thousands of Palestinians who fled their homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel.
Leila Abdelrazaq is a Chicago-based Palestinian artist and organizer. She is a recent graduate of DePaul University where she double majored in Theatre Arts and Arabic Studies. During her time at DePaul, Leila served in her chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), helping to pass the DePaul Divest referendum. She is also a member of the National Students for Justice in Palestine Steering Committee. When not drawing comics, studying Arabic, or working with SJP, Leila enjoys carpentry, painting, breaking things, and making a mess. Her website is lalaleila.com and she tweets @lalalaleila.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Leila Abdelrazaq's talk at Busboys & Poets
Palestinian-American cartoonist Leila Abdelrazaq gave a book talk at Busboys & Poets on her new graphic novel, Baddawi. In Baddawi, she recounts the experiences of her Palestinian father in a Lebanese refugee camp. Here's a recording of the talk, and some photographs are at the end of this post.The sponsoring Middle East Institute's website described the event as...
The Middle East Institute, in collaboration with Bus Boys and Poets, is pleased to host Leila Abdelrazaq for a presentation and discussion about her newly released graphic novel Baddawi.
In this beautifully illustrated book, referred to as "the first
book-length graphic work written/drawn in English by a Palestinian,"
Leila Abdelrazaq explores her father's childhood in the 1960s and '70s
growing up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The story
is told from a boy's eye view as he witnesses the world crumbling around
him and attempts to carry on, forging his own path in the midst of
terrible uncertainty.
About the Book: Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the many thousands of refugee children born to Palestinians who fled their homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel. His dogged pursuit of education and opportunity echoes the journey of the Palestinian people, as they make the best of their circumstances while remaining steadfast in their determination to one day return to their homeland.
The event is free. No registration required.
Biographies:
Leila Abdelrazaq is a Chicago-based Palestinian artist and organizer. She is a recent graduate and majored in theatre arts and Arabic studies at DePaul University. During her time at DePaul, Leila served in her chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), helping to pass the DePaul Divest referendum. She is also a member of the National Students for Justice in Palestine steering committee. When not drawing comics, studying Arabic, or working with SJP, Leila enjoys carpentry, painting, breaking things, and making a mess. Her website is www.lalaleila.com and she tweets @lalalaleila.
Zeina Azzam (moderator) is
executive director of The Jerusalem Fund. She has worked in the fields
of education and Middle East affairs for over thirty years, largely at
the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, where
she served as director of educational outreach. Her works have appeared
in Al Jazeera English, Jadaliyya, Mizna, Calliope, and Social
Education.About the Book: Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the many thousands of refugee children born to Palestinians who fled their homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel. His dogged pursuit of education and opportunity echoes the journey of the Palestinian people, as they make the best of their circumstances while remaining steadfast in their determination to one day return to their homeland.
The event is free. No registration required.
Biographies:
Leila Abdelrazaq is a Chicago-based Palestinian artist and organizer. She is a recent graduate and majored in theatre arts and Arabic studies at DePaul University. During her time at DePaul, Leila served in her chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), helping to pass the DePaul Divest referendum. She is also a member of the National Students for Justice in Palestine steering committee. When not drawing comics, studying Arabic, or working with SJP, Leila enjoys carpentry, painting, breaking things, and making a mess. Her website is www.lalaleila.com and she tweets @lalalaleila.
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| Leila Abdelrazaq - map of family's home. |
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| Leila Abdelrazaq drew her father being a typical child in the refugee camp. |
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| Leila Abdelrazaq uses shadows as a motif. |
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| Leila Abdelrazaq wants the book to reflect the Palestinian right of return and not as fulfilling an American dream. |
May 2: Juana Medina at Busboys and Poets Brookland
@ Busboys and Poets Brookland: Juana Medina - Smick
Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.
Local illustrator Juana Medina brings the titular happy-go-lucky dog of this picture book to life. All Smick really wants is a stick. Told through simple rhyming phrases, with a helping of repetition, this infectiously happy tale follows him on his sunny afternoon in the park. Medina's exuberant and bold multi-media illustrations will have young readers turning to Smick's story again and again. Ages 4-7
Busboys and Poets Brookland
625 Monroe St NE
WashingtonDC20017
By Doreen Cronin, Juana Medina (Illustrator)
$16.99
9780670785780
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Comic Logic to host grand opening in Ashburn April 25
Loudon Times, Apr. 21, 2015http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/comic_logic_to_host_grand_opening_in_ashburn_april_25898
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