Comic art at the Library of Congress

Sometimes you walk in and waiting on a table in Prints and Photos are some gems. These are from the Swann Collection.

Original Captain America art by Sal Buscema at the Library of Congress.

Gluyas Williams original art of the Library of Congress at the Library of Congress.

Marie Severin original Hulk art at the Library of Congress.

Oct 19: Warren Bernard's new book on WWII cartoons

"...the book is called Cartoons for Victory, which is about the home front in the United States during WW2, you know, blackouts, war bond drives, rationing, all the privations we civilians did not go through for any war since then. 90% of the cartoons have not been seen since the war and that same percentage of cartoons you cannot find on any of The Internets."

DATE: October 19

TIME: 6:30-8:30PM

PLACE: Busboys and Poets

             234 Carroll St NW

             Washington, DC

METRO STOP: Takoma Park

The Art of Richard Thompson film interview

HFF 2015 Interview: Bob Burnett, Director of The Art of Richard Thompson

By heartlandfilm on September 24, 2015
http://heartlandfilm.org/hff-2015-interview-bob-burnett-director-of-the-art-of-richard-thompson/

Eleanor Davis Acceptance Speech at 2015 Ignatz Awards

SmallPressExpo

 Oct 4, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU93ZYzzGpg

Eleanor Davis accepts the Outstanding Anthology or Collection Ignatz for, "How To Be Happy." Award presented by Whitney Leopard.

Cartoons and Cocktails in November

http://www.cartoonsandcocktails.org/index2.htm

Tickets NOW ON SALE through 3 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19. Tickets will be available in the Holeman Lounge of The National Press Club thereafter.

Plan now to attend the 28th annual auction of editorial cartoons made possible through generous donations of original* cartoon art by prize-winning cartoonists.

Join us Nov. 19 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.

Oct 18-19 Argentine cartoonist Liniers in DC

Sunday October 18 at 6:30pm
An evening with Liniers: Live Painting, Music, and Conversation
Busboys & Poets Takoma
235 Carroll St. NW
Washington, DC 20012
​
Argentine cartoonist Liniers, in conversation with The Washington Post's Comic Riffs columnist Michael Cavna, discusses his two latest books.  In Written and Drawn by Henrietta, the titular heroine shows her cat Fellini—and the reader—how to write and illustrate a spellbinding story.  Macanudo #3 is a collection of Liniers's popular comic strip, translated from the Spanish, which also features Henrietta and Fellini as well as a host of other characters.  This is an all-ages event and will also feature Liniers painting to live music.

Monday October 19 at 10:30AM
Liniers presentation to school children
Politics & Prose 
5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008

That darn Mutts

Letters to the Editor

Thank you, 'Mutts,' for a wonderful week of reflections [in print as Thank you, 'Mutts,' for an uplifting week].

Patricia Mensch, Landsdowne

October 3 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/thank-you-mutts-for-a-wonderful-week-of-reflections/2015/10/02/d1f285c0-66de-11e5-bdb6-6861f4521205_story.html

The Post uses Disney's Beauty and the Beast for satire

Peeple is a terrible idea. As proof, here is Peeple for Disney characters.

By Alexandra Petri
Washington Post October 3 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/10/01/peeple-is-a-terrible-idea-as-proof-here-is-peeple-for-disney-characters/

Comic Riffs on censored graphic novels

Banned Books Week: How comics are fighting a hail of critical fire

By Michael Cavna October 1 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/10/01/banned-books-week-comics-move-more-in-the-cross-hairs-than-ever/

Third (and fourth) Hagenized Grandma Rose paintings unveiled

As revealed last month, a cache of paintings by the mysterious Grandma Rose has been acquired by David Hagen for improving with is patented (pronounced PAY-tent-ed) Hagenizing process. The third in the series has been revealed and will be for sale on Saturday at Civitan flea market in Arlington. It's an early work from 1955.

Here's a preview.

DISCLAIMER: ComicsDC's Mike Rhode provided the paintings to Hagen for free, and is not making any money from his reuse of them (but is enjoying it).



















The fourth was spotted at Civitan on October 3rd:

New Kickstarter from G.E. Gallas launches today

The Poet and the Flea: Ode to William Blake (Volume 1)

by G. E. Gallas

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/868711984/the-poet-and-the-flea-ode-to-william-blake-volume

About this project

THE POET AND THE FLEA (VOLUME 1) is a 95-page graphic novel written and illustrated by G. E. Gallas about the poet-painter William Blake.

BY PRE-ORDERING THE POET AND THE FLEA THROUGH KICKSTARTER, YOU ARE HELPING ME SELF-PUBLISH/PRINT VOLUME ONE AND SUPPORTING WORK ON VOLUMES TWO AND THREE.

Zodiac Starforce #2 out today

ZODIAC STARFORCE #2

They saved the world two years ago, but when a new, monstrous threat arises, can they put aside their differences and become a team again? Hopefully they can; otherwise team leader Emma, who's been infected by an evil magical force, is a goner! Will the Zodiac Starforce reunite and enter the dark realm of Nephos to save their captain, or will a fierce rivalry on the volleyball court tear them apart?

Comic Riffs talks to Jeff Smith about CXC

CXC 2015: 'Bone' creator Jeff Smith is poised to help kick off major new festival on comics landscape

By Michael Cavna September 30 2015
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/30/cxc-2015-bone-creator-jeff-smith-is-poised-to-help-kick-off-major-new-festival-on-comics-landscape/

Former Washington City Paper cartoonist starts a Patreon

Rob Ullman used to illustrate Savage Love for many years (and it was pretty). He had an illustration in the current issue, but it's not the same as seeing his art weekly. You can support him on Patreon now. I just did.

Rob Ullman is creating
Hockey Comics and Art

Illustrator and cartoonist of many swell things, including Atom-Bomb Bikini and Old-Timey Hockey Tales.

https://www.patreon.com/user?u=393206&u=393206&ty=c

Cul de Sac play coming to Encore Stage next summer

June 3-12, 2016

Cul de Sac

Play by Amy Thompson
Adapted from the Comic Strip, Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson

Four-year-old Alice Otterloop and her older brother, Petey, learn about friendship and the importance of being yourself in this world premier play adaptation of Richard Thompson's nationally syndicated Cul De Sac comic strip. When Alice decides to help Petey become more exciting she risks sending Petey further into his shell. With the help other their parents, teachers, and new and old friends the Otterloop children just might be able to learn something from each other. We recommend this production for ages 4 and older.

Friday, June 3, 2016 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 11am and 3pm
Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 3pm
Friday, June 10, 2016 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 11am and 3pm
Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 3pm

Audition Dates and Times:
Auditions: March 14 and 15 from 5:00-8:00 pm.
Pre-Audition Workshop: March 12 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm. The pre-audition workshop fee is $55.
There is no audition fee.
Auditions are in the lower level of Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre (125 S. Old Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22204).

Location:
All performances are held at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre (125 S. Old Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA 22204)

Stephan Pastis: 2015 National Book Festival

LibraryOfCongress

Sep 28, 2015
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBQrGUDXKV4

Cartoonist Stephan Pastis appears at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Speaker Biography: Stephan Pastis used to be a lawyer. Now, he is the award-winning cartoonist who creates "Pearls Before Swine," a syndicated daily comic strip that runs in 750 newspapers around the world. The humorous comic strip's host of friends -- Rat, Pig, Goat and Zebra -- deliver a smart, witty and painfully honest commentary on modern issues ranging from politics to pop culture. Pastis tends to produce his comics at an unusual five to nine months ahead of the deadline. His latest collection is "Pearls Gets Sacrificed: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury." In addition to creating "Pearls Before Swine," Pastis is the author of the best-selling children's chapter book series Timmy Failure.

For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feat...
Click here for a direct link to the transcript.

PR: Captive of Friendly Cove book

Three local creators, Mike Short, Matt Dembicki and Evan Keeling worked on this book; I bought mine from them at SPX.  Mike

For Immediate Release:  Contact: Melanie Roth, Director of Sales and Marketing, Fulcrum Publishing melanie@fulcrumbooks.com  |  www.fulcrumbooks.com   Praise for Captive of Friendly Cove: Featured in The Washington Post's round up of debut books at the Small Press Expo 2015  "A respectful, leisurely paced work of historical fiction."                                                                                                           — Kirkus "The artwork is stunning, giving us a visual of the Island and the people, and what a wonderful way to experience the history and the geography. And the writing is a terrific example of creative nonfiction. The historical and cultural facts are true, but presented in a compelling story."                                                                           — Maryann Writes Blog Fulcrum Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt by Rebecca Goldfield and Mike Short.  From the creators of the award-winning Trickster and District Comics, comes another graphic novel about adventure and tribal life. After his ship is burned and his shipmates killed, British sailor John Jewitt lived for nearly three years as a captive of the Mowachaht people on the west coast of Vancouver Island. During his captivity, Jewitt kept journals of his experiences and of tribal life. In honor of the 200th anniversary of the publication of those journals, we're pleased to announce the first graphic novel about John Jewitt's life. Follow his adventures as he plies his skills as a blacksmisth, saves his only remaining crew member, and comes up with a strategy to free them both. About the Authors and Contributors: Rebecca Goldfield (writer) is an award-winning writer/producer of  documentary films with a focus on history and science. Her work has aired on National Public Radio (NPR), PBS, The Discovery Channel, and National Geographic TV among others. She was a contributor to the Harvey-nominated graphic novel, District Comics, and is presently developing several graphic novels based on great true stories. Goldfield splits her time between Washington D.C., rural Pennsylvania, and New York City, but still spends a much time as she can in Vancouver, B.C. Connect with her on Facebook.  Mike Short (penciler) lives in Lorton, Virginia, where he watches DVDs with his wife, plays with his kids, chases his runaway dog, or burns the midnight oil drawing comics. He was a contributor to the Eisner-nominated graphic anthology Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection. You can reach him on Twitter and on Tumblr.  Matt Dembicki (inker) previously edited and contributed to the Eisner-nominated and Aesop Prize-winning Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection. He also served at the helm of Wild Ocean: Sharks, Whales, Rays, and Other Endangered Sea Creatures, and District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, D.C., a Harvey Award-nominated anthology that was named as one of the best books of 2012 by the Washington Post. Connect with him on Twitter.  Evan Keeling (colorist) is a founding member of the DC Conspiracy, a comic creator collective founded 10 years ago in Washington DC. Comics he has worked on include Crumbsnatchers, Codename: Fifinella, Xoc: Journey of a Great White, and the Eisner-nominated and Aesop Prize-winning, Trickster. He is currently working on a series of comics about the DC punk scene in the 90s called DC Punk. Evan Keeling lives in Washington, DC with his wife and daughter. You can find out more about him at his website. Upcoming Events: Saturday & Sunday, October 17- 18, 2015                                                                                                             Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE): University Hall at Lesley University,                                                1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 (Porter Square)  Sunday, November 1, 2015, 6:30 p.m.                                                                                                                            Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets - Brookland, 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC 20017  More Praise from the Captive of Friendly Cove blog tour: "[Rebecca Goldfield and Mike Short] give life to the story and tell it in a clear and compelling way...aided by impressive inks from Matt Dembicki and a gorgeous color palette from Evan Keeling that brings to the page very nicely the beauty of the Pacific Northwest."                                                                   — Michael May's Adventure Blog Have you read a graphic novel? If not, why not try this one or get it for a young adult reader you may know.                                                                                                              — SlingWords Blog Fans of graphic novels and real life stories plucked from the history books should be drawn to read Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt.                         — Mother Daughter Book Club Blog Book Information: September 2015 | Trade Paperback | US $25.95 | print ISBN: 978-1-936218-11-0 | 7.5 x 11 | 168 pages | COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS | HISTORICAL FICTION  Ordering information: Fulcrum Publishing | 4690 Table Mountain Dr., Ste. 100 | Golden, CO 80403 Toll-free 800-992-290 | fax 800-726-7112 | orders@fulcrumbooks.com   Fulcrum Publishing: Celebrating 30 Years of Thinking Outside. - Based in Colorado and Wisconsin -

Latest Hagenized Grandma Rose painting unveiled

As revealed earlier in the month, a cache of paintings by the mysterious Grandma Rose has been acquired by David Hagen for improving with is patented (pronounced PAY-tent-ed) Hagenizing process. The second in the series has been revealed and will be for sale on Saturday at Civitan flea market in Arlington.

Here's a preview.

DISCLAIMER: ComicsDC's Mike Rhode provided the paintings to Hagen for free, and is not making any money from his reuse of them (but is enjoying it).

Awesome Con's sale featured on ICv2 and The Beat

LEFTFIELD MEDIA ACQUIRES AWESOME CON

'We're Not in a Race to Collect Shows'

  by Milton Griepp on September 30, 2015
http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/32648/leftfield-media-acquires-awesome-con

Awesome Con joins LeftField Media as new con entity grows 

09/29/2015 by Heidi MacDonald

http://www.comicsbeat.com/awesome-con-is-acquired-by-leftfield-media-as-new-con-entity-grows/ 

Awesome Con sold

Awesome Con is reporting that it's sold itself to something called LeftField Media LLC.

I have nothing to add to this press release.