Comic Riffs talks to Nate Powell

Nate Powell's Eisner-winning comic 'Swallow Me Whole' now an indie film project

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post July 6 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/06/nate-powells-eisner-winning-comic-swallow-me-whole-now-an-indie-film-project/

Tom King interviewed about Grayson

King & Seeley 'Spyral' Out of Control on "Grayson"

Comic Books Resources July 6 2015
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/king-seeley-spyral-out-of-control-on-grayson

Jeffrey Renaud

I've been going to Big Planet Comics for 29 years?!

Big Planet Comics Founder Celebrates 29 Years in the Comic Business

by Jared Holt — July 6, 2015

http://www.borderstan.com/2015/07/06/big-planet-comics-founder-celebrates-29-years-in-the-comic-business/

Copyright Protection Back Under Attack

Attention professional cartoonists and illustrators: 

They're back at it again.. those who can't do, steal. 

Artists' copyright is back under attack again. Certain interests want to make it easier for large Internet firms and others who want access to artwork,  to use images legally without having to go through the pesky process of actually paying the artists. Copyright laws protect our works from being used without due compensation. We professional artists whose work are designed for print/Internet distribution rely almost exclusively on residuals and usage fees to make our living. Challenging this is a travesty to enterprise, implying that we artists somehow fall outside the parameters of prevailing commerce. Among other things, the new law would require cumbersome and costly registration processes for each individual piece artists would want to protect from theft. 

For details on the issue and what you can do about it, check out the American Society of Illustrators link: Artists Alert: The Return of Orphan Works Part 1

-Steve Artley

Archivist Ray Bottorff on black comic books in the National Archives

Record of the Week: African-American Comics During World War II

by Ray Bottorff,

National Archives' Rediscovering Black History blog May 28, 2015

http://blogs.archives.gov/blackhistoryblog/2015/05/28/rotw-af-am-comics/

Batman videogame reviewed in The Post

'Batman: Arkham Knight' review: A game worthy of the comic book's legacy

By Christopher Byrd
Washington Post July 5 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/06/30/batman-arkham-knight-review-a-game-worthy-of-the-comic-books-legacy/

William Brown illo in 'Cricket' magazine

Local illustrator William Brown has a cool shark illustration in the new issue of the kids' magazine Cricket (July/August 2015).

Gary Groth and Mike Catron's pre-Fantagraphics debacle

'It was a debacle': Behind the scenes of the very first rock-and-roll convention

By John Kelly
Washington Post July 2 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/it-was-a-debacle-behind-the-scenes-of-the-very-first-rock-and-roll-convention/2015/07/01/eed8013e-2001-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html

July 4: Big Planet Comics 29th Anniversary Sale

BIG PLANET COMICS
4849 Cordell Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814

4th of July weekend sale at Beyond Comics

Friday, July 3 to Sunday, July 5

  Comic Books as low as 75cents

($1 each, 50 or more 85c, 100 or more 75c)

Select Inventory Clearance Items! 

{Statues, T-shirts, Toys, and more???}

 
Further Information Here!

Sale applies to specified product only. Discounts may not be combined with any

other specials or sales. Does not include bagged sets. Discounts and products may not be combined with purchases from other locations.  

Store Hours: Fri (10-9), Sat (10-5), Sun (12-6)

July 4th sale at Third Eye Comics

  We are OPEN normal hours Saturday July 4th, 2015

11AM-8PM  

Happy 4th of July From Third Eye Comics

Join Your Third Eye Fam For A Very Special 4th of July Sale

7/4/15

11AM-8PM 

Valid at Both Locations!

Comic Riffs talks to editorial cartoonists about presidential candidates

Christie? Trump? Here's the candidate that nation's cartoonists most love to draw.

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 2 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/02/christie-trump-heres-the-candidate-that-nations-cartoonists-most-love-to-draw/

Local cartoonists Matt Wuerker and Kevin KAL Kallaugher are included.

Grayson beefcake amuses Bleeding Cool

Grayson is co-written by local author Tom King.

Grayson Panders Like He's Never Pandered Before - And It's Exquisite (SPOILERS)

June 24, 2015 by Rich Johnston

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/06/24/grayson-panders-like-hes-never-pandered-before-and-its-exquisite-spoilers/

Juana Medina cartoon same-sex marriage

8 LGBT cartoonists share their reactions to legal same-sex marriage

by Jen Sorensen

June 30, 2015

http://fusion.net/list/158869/8-lgbt-cartoonists-share-their-reactions-to-legal-same-sex-marriage/

Teresa Logan's new Facebook page

Coloring with T - introducing her upcoming coloring book. It's at https://www.facebook.com/ColoringWithT

The Art of Richard Thompson documentary at San Diego Comic-Con

"The Art of Richard Thompson" screens Saturday, July 11 at 6:35 pm - 7:10 pm Grand Ballroom D. Nick Galifianakis and David Apatoff will have a Q & A session afterward.

Today at noon: Political cartoon talk at Library of Congress

Sara Duke will be giving a public presentation on Wednesday, July 1 at noon on the first American political cartoon – published in 1747 in Benjamin Franklin's pamphlet, Plain Truth: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bay-psalm-book-and-american-printing/online-exhibition.html#franklin-as-colonial-printer (to see the cartoon, click on the image of Plain Truth). The presentation will take place in the First Among Many: The Bay Psalm Book and Early Moments in American Printing exhibition in the South Gallery  – go through the Civil Rights Act exhibition, past Thomas Jefferson's library, and around the corner to the South Gallery.

More information at

Ben Franklin, America's first genius of the viral political image

By Michael Cavna July 1 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/01/ben-franklin-americas-first-genius-of-the-viral-political-image/

July 4: Big Planet Comics 29th Anniversary Sale

BIG PLANET COMICS
4849 Cordell Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814

PR: Small Press Expo Announces Michael DeForge, Gemma Correll and Noah Van Sciver

For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Email: warren@spxpo.com Small Press Expo Announces Michael DeForge, Gemma Correll and Noah Van Sciver to Celebrate SPX's 21st Birthday Bethesda, Maryland; June 30, 2015 Media Release ­— SPX is pleased to announce 21st Century creators Michael DeForge, Gemma Correll and Noah Van Sciver as guests at SPX 2016. This is in addition to the previously announced creators of the current century Kate Beaton, Luke Pearson and Noelle Stevenson. SPX 2016 takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 19-20, and will have over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables and 22 programming slots to entertain, enlighten and introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics. Having recently designed an Adventure Time title card and running an active Patreon account, Michael DeForge represents the modern cartoonist and working freelancer. DeForge marches onward in 2015, with SPX privileged in seeing the debut of his Koyama Press publications, the graphic novel Dressing and Lose #7, the latest in his award winning comics series. 2015 also saw the release of the collection of two of his Patreon works in On Topics from Breakdown Press, as well as First Year Healthy from D&Q. His singular vision and design-influenced style of storytelling make each new work instantly recognizable and remain with readers well after they have put the book back on the shelf. Illustrator, writer, artist Gemma Correll rounds out the guest list with her succinct cartoons and whimsical books. Correll's The Worrier's Guide to Life hits stands this year from Andrews McMeel while A Pug's to Guide to Etiquette is still making readers' sides ache from laughter. With a pen line easily suited to many audiences, Correll also celebrates illustrating new children's books this year with Pig and Pug, written by Lynne Berry, from Simon & Schuster and Being a Girl, written by Hayley Long, from Hot Key Books. Noah Van Sciver continues to create new work as the "cartographer of his generation" (Paul Buhle, TCJ).  A true powerhouse, Van Sciver has one-two-three-FOUR new books out this year: Saint Cole and Fante Bukowski from Fantagraphics, My Hot Date from Kilgore Books, and Cheer Up from Hic and Hoc. Van Sciver utilizes the aesthetics of underground and alternative cartoonists before him like Crumb, Clowes and Bagge while speaking straight from the heart of today's disenchanted and disenfranchised youth. Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which funds graphic novel purchases for public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, visit their website at http://www.cbldf.org. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.

WJLA reports on Montgomery Sentinel's cartoon plagiarism

Lewis, Kevin.  2015.

Cartoon plagiarism at issue in Montgomery County.

WJLA's ABC7 news 06/26/2015

http://www.wjla.com/video/2015/06/cartoon-plagiarism-at-issue-in-montgomery-county.html

(caught by Alan Gardener's Daily Cartoonist)