New Big Planet Comics t-shirt (UPDATED)

Big Planet Comics Bethesda has a new retro t-shirt, designed by Joel Pollack after an old DC Comics logo. Joel says, "I'm guessing Ira Schnapp did this logo originally. Martin Pasco put this together for me. We initially printed 72, and we're going to print another 72 next week. I've been wanting to do this design for years.

Bill Garner, Washington Star and Times editorial cartoonist, has passed away

William Simpson Garner  Obituary

 

The Capital Gazette on July 26, 2015

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/CapitalGazette/obituary.aspx?n=William-Simpson-Garner&pid=175363234

Kickstarter: 'Sagas of the Northmen'

Former D.C. resident and DC Conspiracy member Sean Fahey is publishing another comics anthology, this one on Vikings, through his imprint Black Jack Press. He has started a very modest Kickstarter campaign (a $2,500 goal) to raise money for printing Sagas of the Northmen, which is all done and just needs to be printed. Check out the video and art samples on Kickstarter to see the high-quality work on this book.

Archie cartoonist obituary in today's Post

Tom Moore, cartoonist who brought Archie to life, dies at 86 [in print as Cartoonist drew Archie and friends for decades]

Mr. Moore, the "Archie" cartoonist, poses for a photo in 2014. (El Paso Times via AP)

By Associated Press
Washington Post July 24 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/comics/tom-moore-cartoonist-who-brought-archie-to-life-dies-at-86/2015/07/23/8f37cfc6-30c7-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html

July 25: Creator meet & greet at Comic Logic

Comic Logic in Ashburn, Va., on July 25 hosts a mix-and-mingle event from noon to 5 p.m. with some local creators, including Joe Sutliff and Jason Axtell. 

July 25: DC Zinefest

The fifth annual DC Zinefest July 25 (11 a.m.-5 p.m.) at St. Stephens Church in D.C. will include numerous local comics creators.

July 23-26: Shrek the Musical at Encore in Arlington

Encore Stage & Studio will present "Shrek the Musical" with performances running July 17-26 at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 125 South Old Glebe Road.

Performances are Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m., with another performance on Thursday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for children, students, seniors and military.

For information, call (703) 548-1154 or see the Web site at www.encorestage.org.

The show is reviewed at

'Shrek' Loses its Movie Magic in Theatrical Adaptation.

by Matt Reville

Northern Virginia Sun Gazette (July 23, 2015): 12

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Gotham) continues his Batman film streak

Leahy's 'Batman' cameo seemingly makes the cut

by Helena Andrews and Emily Heil

Washington Post July 20 2015

online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sen-leahys-batman-v-superman-cameo-seemingly-makes-the-cut/2015/07/19/a90b1b8a-2e4a-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html

Express on 'Rick and Morty' animation

'Rick and Morty' creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland say the animated show is dark for a reason [in print as That sci-fi sadness: 'Rick and Morty' isn't afraid of the dark]

By Rudi Greenberg
Express July 22 2015, p. 19
http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/07/22/rick-and-morty-creators-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland-say-the-animated-show-is-dark-for-a-reason/
 

That's the last time Rick, left, lets Morty borrow the spaceship. (Cartoon Network)

World War II medical animation featured on Library blog

An essay I wrote a few years ago on a WWII animation series for the National Library of Medicine has just been republished on their blog.

The Five Commandments

Posted by Circulating Now on July 21, 2015

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/07/21/the-five-commandments/

By Michael Rhode, with Michael Sappol

Essay originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2013. Watch the films now on NLM's Medical Movies on the Web.

Sept 5: Stephan Pastis at National Book Festival

• Saturday, September 5 2015 at 9:00pm Show Map Washington Convention Center 801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20001

Come see me get grilled by Washington Post columnist Michael Cavna (e.g. Why are you so pun-obsessed? Why would Bill Watterson collaborate with YOU? Are you really sleeping in a basket?), all as part of the renowned National Book Festival. Grill me yourself (keep it clean, people). And as if all that's not enough, I shall also be signing copies of my latest book, Pearls Gets Sacrificed (and draw a character in each), provided that at least someone brings me gin. (PLEASE NOTE: For this event, the signing is actually before the talk. The signing is from 6 to 8 pm.)

Teresa Logan's coloring book available for pre-order

Posh Adult Coloring Book: Paisley Designs for Fun & Relaxation

by Teresa Roberts Logan

Overview

Posh Adult Coloring Book: Paisley Designs for Fun & Relaxation inspires you to get your groove on, relax, and have fun with more than 100 gorgeous paisley designs to color. 

Ever popular, paisley patterns are a joy to color.  Their intricacies present you with a rewarding and satisfying coloring experience that results in a rich, opulent picture and a well rested mind.

Artist Teresa Roberts Logan specializes in paisley patterns of all types, flora and fauna, mandalas, sugar skulls, international themes, mythical and heavenly creatures, holiday seasons, fine art, sea life, and more!

Barnes and Noble or Amazon.

July 29: Argentine cartoonist exhibit opening

07/20/2015

Miguel Repiso 'REP' will exhibit "Bellas Artes" (cartoons) and will unveil a mural at the Embassy

The Ambassador of Argentina, Cecilia Nahón has the pleasure to invite you to the mural unveiling ceremony, and the opening reception of the exhibit "Bellas Artes" by Pagina 12 cartoonist Miguel Repiso (REP).
 
Miguel Repiso (Rep) is an Argentine artist and cartoonist. He is the author of more than thirty books, among them Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Dibujada, Postales, Contratapas and 200 años de Peronismo. Rep has created nearly sixty popular characters and series. He has been publishing in the newspaper Página/12 from its very first issue and has also written for magazines and newspapers in various other countries. He has exhibited in Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, and the United States. His work has been recognized with awards in Argentina, Spain, Japan, the United States, and Cuba.

 
When
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 6-8 pm
Opening reception and unveiling ceremony
R.S.V.P. eventos@embassyofargentina.us
 
Exhibition open to the public through August 5, 2015
Monday-Friday 3-5 pm
 
Where
Embassy of Argentina
1600 New Hampshire Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(M) Dupont Circle
 
About the artist
miguelrep.blogspot.com
facebook.com/miguel.rep

http://www.embassyofargentina.us/en/-miguel-repiso-rep-will-exhibit-bellas-artes-cartoons-and-will-unveil-a-mural-at-the-embassy.html

The Post on Charlie Hebdo's new Muhammad cartoon policy

Charlie Hebdo editor says the paper is done with prophet Muhammad cartoons [in print July 18 as No more Muhammad cartoons, editor says].

By Ishaan Tharoor
WorldViews blog July 17 2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/07/17/charlie-hebdo-editor-says-the-paper-is-done-with-prophet-muhammad-cartoons/

That darn Lio

Letters to the Editor

In deadly waters

Louis J. Cantolupo, Washington

Washington Post July 18 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-deadly-waters/2015/07/17/d6673870-2a49-11e5-960f-22c4ba982ed4_story.html

Weldon on Proust's A Remembrance of Times Past

French, English, Comics: Proust On Memory, In Any Language

Glen Weldon

Weekend Edition Sunday July 12, 2015

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2015/07/12/421156566/french-english-comics-proust-on-memory-in-any-language

http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesun/2015/07/20150712_wesun_french_english_comics_proust_on_memory_in_any_language.mp3

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=421156566

Pop Culture Happy Hour on 'BoJack Horseman'

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'BoJack Horseman' And People We're Pulling For

July 17, 2015 

Linda Holmes

Listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2015/07/17/423641131/pop-culture-happy-hour-bojack-horseman-and-people-were-pulling-for

http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2015/07/20150716_pchh_252.mp3

42:28

Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins) and BoJack Horseman (Will Arnett).

Netflix

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART 17:1 (Spring 2015) Table of Contents

The new 675-page issue is out now. Available for order at http://www.ijoca.com

Visual Language: Neil Cohn and Kent Worcester in Conversation
Neil Cohn and Kent Worcester
1
From lcono-Iinguistic Unity to Semiotic Continuity: An Alternative Description of Semiotic Repertoire of Comics
Hubert Kowalewski
24
Origins and Definitions: Arguments for a Non-Essentialist Approach
Hannah Miodrag
45
Comic Composition; or When Kierkegaard and Cartoon Art Took to the Streets
Louise C. Larsen
57
The Archive as Comic: Aleksandar Zograf's "Polovni svet" and Post-Yugoslav Serbia
Paul Morton
74
Terry Hirst: The Renowned Trailblazer Editorial Cartoonist and Comics Author in Kenya
Msanii Kimani wa Wanjiru
90
The Waking Life of Winsor McCay: Social Commentary in A Pilgrim 's Progress by Mr. Bunion
Kirsten A. McKinney
117
An Australian Comic Breakthrough:Craig San Roque's The Long Weekend in Alice Springs. Adapted and drawn by Joshua Santospirito
Richard Scully and Joshua Santospirito
131
The 19th Oddity of Yunnan: Propaganda and Memory in Li Kunwu and Philippe Otie's Graphic Novel A Chinese Life
Nick Stember
149
Into the Present, by Way of a Non-Existent Past: Breccia, Trillo, and Alvar Mayor
Hector Fernandez L'Hoeste
181
Daumier's Deadline: Expedited Expressiveness and Franco-Belgian Cartooning
David Allan Duncan
197
Avant-Garde Abirached
Mark McKinney
210
The Self-named "Fool-in-chief": Cameroon's Hard-hitting Cartoonist, Nyemb Popoli
John A. Lent
246
Landscapes of Trauma in Grenier and Austini's Rwanda 1994
Jennifer Anderson Bliss
257
Against a "Tradition of the New": Architectural Criticism in Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor's Batman: Death by Design (2012)
Gorana Tolja
272
Bob Staake: "I don't Like the term cartoonist at all ... "
Michael Rhode
287
Leading British Politicians in The Times' and The Guardian's Cartoons 2010-2013
Monika Nowicka and Janusz Kazmierczak
299
Crossing the Line: Offensive and Controversial Cartoons in the 21st-Century -- "The View from Australia"
Richard Scully
336
UNMAD and Bangladeshi Cartooning: A Socio-Cultural Journey with a Bitter Sense of Humor
Mehedi Haque
358
The Mediated Appeal of Kawaii "Cute" Mascot Characters in Japanese Consumer Culture: A Case of Kumamon
Michael L. Maynard
367
Malay Pendekar: Silat Warrior in the Malaysia Graphic Novel
Muhamad Azhar Abdullah
395
Pioneers in Comic Art Scholarship
Oscar Steimberg and the Origins of Comics Studies in Argentina
John A. Lent and Pablo Turnes
405
German Comics after Unification: The Politics of Anke Feuchtenberger's Feminist Aesthetics
Elizabeth Nijdam
417
Comics Exhibitions in Contemporary France: Diversity and Symbolic Ambivalence
Jean-Matthieu Meon
446
The Gradual Nationalization of Comic Strips in Brazilian Newspapers
Paulo Ramos
465
Matt Wuerker on the Cartoonists Rights Network International
Michael Rhode
478
From Corporate to Collaborative Comics in India
Jeremy Stoll
483
Comics and Journalism: Witnessing the World with Pen and Paper
Joost Pollmann
500
Bandas Orientales: Una Experiencia de Historieta Historica Digital en el Marco Del Plan Ceibal
Maria Victoria Saibene Lopez
505
Comicvoice: Theory and Application
John Baird
517
Considering the Perception of Time and Sequential Images in Digital Comics
Davey Sams
540
Teaching Graphic Novels and Manga at the University
Marc Wolterbeek
557
Measuring the Impact of Free Comic Book Day in Singapore
Philip Smith
569
The Motif of the Wound in Attack on Titan
Asuka Yamazaki
583
Personal Remembrances: Interviews with Seven Recently-Deceased Giants in Cartooning and Animation
John A. Lent
598
Vins: Chronicler of Life and Times
Mrinal Chatterjee and Triambak Sharma
631
The Printed Word
John A. Lent
634
Book Reviews
Kirsten M0llegaard
Philip Smith
Andrew Lesk
John A. Lent
639
Exhibition and Media Reviews
Edited by Michael Rhode
David Robertson
Nick Nguyen
Michael Hill
649

July 18: Pokemon music at Wolf Trap featured by The Post

Symphony makes a grab for gamers [online as A grab for gamers: The NSO brings Pikachu music to Wolf Trap]

By Michael O'Sullivan July 17 2015 p. Weekend 22
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/theater-dance/a-grab-for-gamers-the-nso-brings-pikachu-music-to-wolf-trap/2015/07/16/202d6ad6-2713-11e5-aae2-6c4f59b050aa_story.html

If you go

Pokemon: Symphonic Evolutions

Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. 703-255-1868. www.wolftrap.org.

Dates: Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

Prices: $25-$45.

DC papers review Ant-Man

Tiny superhero packs a powerful punch [online as 'Ant-Man' winds up slowly, but delivers a big punch].

By Michael O'Sullivan July 17 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/review-ant-man-winds-up-slowly-but-delivers-a-big-punch/2015/07/15/da67921c-2a3a-11e5-a250-42bd812efc09_story.html
 

Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) assumes the Ant-Man mantle from Hank Pym in Marvel's latest superhero film. (Zade Rosenthal/Walt Disney Pictures)

'Ant-Man' just isn't up there with the greats [in print as The Shrinkage Factor].

By Kristen Page-Kirby
Express July 17 2015, p. 16.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/07/17/ant-man-just-isnt-up-there-with-the-greats/

Ant-Man shown to roughly actual size. (Marvel)

A Bug's Strife [Ant-Man Directed by Peyton Reed].

By Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper July 17, 2015. p. 26
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/47331/ant-man-reviewed/

Paul Rudd brings a ferocious battle onto a toy train set in Ant-Man.

Review: 'Ant-Man,' With Paul Rudd, Adds to a Superhero Infestation

By A. O. SCOTT

A version of this review appears in print on July 17, 2015, on page C8 of the New York edition with the headline: Scurrying to Join a Superhero Infestation .

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/movies/review-ant-man-with-paul-rudd-adds-to-a-superhero-infestation.html

Paul Rudd in "Ant-Man." Credit Zade Rosenthal/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures