More 2015 SPX comics panels

SPX 2015 Panel - Anthologies Aren't Easy

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 11, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iq71PRtHNA

Herding artists for an anthology is like herding cats for a cat rodeo but when you finish the former you've got a brand spanking new comics anthology for readers everywhere to enjoy. This panel gets you together with Isaac Cates (Cartozia Tales), Josh Bayer (Suspect Device), Josh O'Neill (Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream) and Annie Stoll (1001 Knights) to talk about how to give up your life to the higher calling known as Comics Anthology Publishing. Moderated by Kelly Phillips.

SPX 2015 Panel - SPX Spotlight on Bill Griffith

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 22, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrU7tBrUxtU

Bill Griffith, creator of the long-running daily comic strip Zippy the Pinhead, breaks new ground with his first long-form graphic novel, Invisible Ink from Fantagraphics. Alternating between Bohemian Manhattan and suburban Levittown of the 1950' and 60's, as well as the present, Griffith tells the story of his mother's long hidden affair with a man who was a cartoonist and crime novelist. Comics journalist Chris Mautner discusses with Griffith his move to the graphic novel form and the story of how he pieced together the true picture of his mother's life.

SPX 2015 Panel - European Comics and the Absurd

SmallPressExpo

 Oct 21, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkJy7-0DjCc

The international traditions of the absurd, surrealism, dark comedy and farce come to the global internet through the hands of European cartoonists Joan Cornella (Spain), Bendik Kaltenborn (Norway) and Brecht Vandenbroucke (Belgium). Best American Comics series editor Bill Kartalopoulos talks to these artists about making comics that cheerfully transgress boundaries of nation, form and taste.

SPX 2015 Panel - Royalboiler Redux

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 9, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEex2FXHLeQ

Brandon Graham returns to SPX for Royalboiler Redux. Get ready for a conversation on the state of indie comics with Farel Dalrymple (The Wrenchies), Liz Suburbia (Sacred Heart), and Ron Wimberly (Prince of Cats). Moderated by the Royal Boiler himself.

SPX 2015 Panel - Creative Collaborations in Comics Collectives

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 5, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV_fP8MXBok

Build a Comics Collective in your hometown! Local creators Andrew Cohen (DC Conspiracy), Monica Gallagher (Bmore Into Comics), Emily Gillis (Square City Comics) and guests Dan Mazur (Boston Comics Roundtable), Jason Green (Ink and Drink Comics) and Cheese Hasselberger (House of Twelve) discuss the fun and friendships to be found in a comics collective! Moderated by Matt Dembicki.

SPX 2015 Panel - Queer and Here to Make Comics

SmallPressExpo

 Nov 22, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oKHqul_hls

The indie comix scene is one of the best places to find stories by queer creators and comix for queer readers. SPX celebrates queer representation in comix with Anna Archie Bongiovanni (Autostraddle Saturday Morning Comics), Yao Xiao (Autostraddle Baopu Comics), Hazel Newlevant (If This Be Sin), and Kevin Jay Stanton (Burl and Fur) as the panelists discuss what it means to them. Moderated by Dylan Edwards.

SPX 2015 Panel - SPX Spotlight on Kate Beaton & Noelle Stevenson

SmallPressExpo

  Jan 8, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoAs1DAwVBU

STEP ASIDE, I'M A SHARK! Two of our favorite creators sit down for a discussion of webcomics, writing for all ages, and their latest works. SPX is thrilled to present Kate Beaton, creator of "Hark! A Vagrant!", "The Princess and the Pony" and her SPX 2015 debut "Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant! Collection" in discussion with Noelle Stevenson, creator of "Nimona" and co-creator of Eisner Award-winning series "Lumberjanes." No sharks or ponies were harmed in the making of this panel. Moderated by Heidi MacDonald.

Grand Comics Database members interview

Interview with Grand Comics Database

By Ginnis Tonik
Women Write About Comics January 7, 2016
http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2016/01/07/53828/

I'm a long-time on-and-off contributor, but this is a great project.

Feb 11: Cartoons and Taboos - Dancing in a Visual Minefield

Cartoons and Taboos - Dancing in a Visual Minefield

Thursday, February 11, 6:30 - 8 pm
New York University, 1307 L St. NW

The recent terrorist attacks in Paris against Charlie Hebdo and the controversy ten years ago related to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons raise some fundamental questions. Some people have demanded that lines should be drawn with respect to "acceptable" and "unacceptable" forms of provocation. Discussion between Belgian cartoonist Lectrr (Steven Degryse), KAL (Kevin Kallaugher; The Economist and The Baltimore Sun), Ann Telnaes (The Washington Post), and Matt Wuerker (POLITICO).

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Anomalisa animation reviews

Broken Arted [Anomalisa Directed by Charlie Kaufman]

By Noah Gittell • Washington City Paper January 8, 2016, p. 23
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/47796/anomalisa-reviewed-charlie-kaufmans-imagination-sometimes-gets-the-better-of/

Desire, love and loneliness: Puppets have feelings, too [online as 'Anomalisa' contemplates desire, love and loneliness, by way of puppets]

By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post January 8 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/anomalisa-contemplates-desire-love-and-loneliness-by-way-of-puppets/2016/01/07/36df7140-aff1-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html
 

Michael Stone (voiced by David Thewlis) connects with Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh) in "Anomalisa." (Paramount Pictures)

New illustration school opens in Baltimore

Baltimore Academy of Illustration offers alternative path for artists [in print as 'A Second Chance at the Drawing Board]

By Chris Kaltenbach January 8 2016, p. B3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/baltimore-academy-of-illustration-offers-alternative-path-for-artists/2016/01/07/0604a66c-b401-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html

Bruce Guthrie's photos of Gene Yang online now

DC -- Library of Congress -- National Ambassador for Young People's Literature: Gene Luen Yang:

• Bruce Guthrie Photos Home Page: [Click here] to go to Bruce Guthrie Photos home page.
• Description of Pictures: Gene Luen Yang Named Fifth National Ambassador For Young People's Literature, 2016–2017
  Yang Champions Diversity with his Platform, "Reading Without Walls"

The Post on new Charlie Hebdo censorship

After finding out that Charlie Hebdo cover satirizes God, MSNBC censors it

By Erik Wemple
Erik Wemple blog January 7  2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/01/07/after-finding-out-that-charlie-hebdo-cover-satirizes-god-msnbc-censors-it/

AP removes images of God-as-terrorist Charlie Hebdo cover

By Erik Wemple
Erik Wemple blog January 7  2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/01/07/ap-removes-images-of-god-as-terrorist-charlie-hebdo-cover/

Gene Yang is Library of Congress' Pic of the Week

Pic of the Week: Gene Luen Yang

01/08/2016 10:05 AM EST

During a special ceremony yesterday, the Library welcomed comic book author and graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The National Ambassador is selected for his or her contributions to young people's literature, the ability to relate to kids and teens, and a dedication to fostering children's literacy as a whole. The […]

Barbara Dale profiled

Cartoonist Barbara Dale is a 'working woman' in Roland Park

Larry Perl
Baltimore Messenger

January 7 2016
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/ph-ms-cartoonist-0107-20160107-story.html

Library of Congress story on Gene Yang's new appointment

A New Ambassador for Reading

January 7, 2016

(The following is a story written by Mark Hartsell, editor of the Library of Congress staff newsletter, The Gazette.)

http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/01/a-new-ambassador-for-reading/?loclr=ealocb

Comic Riffs on Charlie Hebdo massacre anniversary

The Charlie Hebdo attack was one year ago today. But just what has changed?

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs January 7 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/07/the-charlie-hebdo-attack-was-a-year-ago-today-but-just-what-has-changed/

Liza Donnelly on Angouleme

France's greatest comics festival just snubbed women. Here's what the event doesn't get.

by Liza Donnelly

 Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 7 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/07/frances-greatest-comics-festival-just-snubbed-women-heres-what-the-event-doesnt-get/

Keith Knight interviewed by Gil Roth

This has a mention of Keith's recent talk at the National Archives around 2/3rd of the way through. Also, Keith was recently featured in Comic Riffs article on black cartoonists. You can find links to both of them in our archived pages. I'm using the Archives discussion as a lede because I really like and respect Knight's work.

Keith Knight

Virtual Memories #149

"The talk about race in America hinges on how comfortable white people are with it. Because once white people are too uncomfortable, they'll either say you're pulling the race card, or just say, 'Enough.'"

This week's show: Gentleman cartoonist Keith Knight! Keith & I met up at a cafe in Chapel Hill last month to talk about comics, race, fixing the Star Wars prequels, his career as a Michael Jackson impersonator, the literature course that made him a political artist, his campus lecture tour on race relations, the importance of crowdfunding, the reasons he continues with a daily comic strip (and two more strips), why you never see black people on Antiques Roadshow, the songs that will turn any party out (excluding tracks by MJ and Prince), the case for Off The Wall over Thriller, whether it's an honor or a disgrace to be the first non-white guest on this podcast in two years, and more! Give it a listen!

Weldon editorial on Kids comics

The War Over Comics For Kids Is Nearly Over, And Kids Are Winning

Glen Weldon

National Public Radio's Monkey See blog January 5, 2016

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2016/01/05/462020653/the-war-over-comics-for-kids-is-nearly-over-and-kids-are-winning

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Author Gene Luen Yang is the author of books including American Born Chinese and Level Up.

Courtesy Of First Second Books

Tom King reviewed at The Guardian

The Sheriff Of Babylon, The Vision, Patsy Walker: the month in comics

It's off to post-war Iraq for ex-CIA officer Tom King's new one, ass-kicking superhero Patsy Walker returns, and supernatural black ops are on the menu in Cry Havoc

Graeme Virtue

Saturday 2 January 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/02/strip-advisor-graeme-virtue

KidsPost on Gene Yang's LOC appointment

Gene Luen Yang named Ambassador for Young People's Literature

Graphic novelist urges kids to explore books with unfamiliar subjects and characters.

[in print as 'Graphic novelist draws on his own experiences]

By Mary Quattlebaum January 5 2015, p. C8
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/gene-luen-yang-named-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/2016/01/04/f6d34e4a-a9a2-11e5-bff5-905b92f5f94b_story.html

Rafer Roberts interview online

Rafer Roberts Brings Archer And Armstrong Back To Valiant

by Matt Conner

Bam Smack Pow January 4 2015

http://bamsmackpow.com/2016/01/04/rafer-roberts-brings-archer-and-armstrong-back-to-valiant/

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards open for submissions

There's an editorial cartoon category, of which I've been a judge for a few years - Mike

The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards

The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards recognize outstanding reporting on issues that reflect Robert Kennedy's dedication to human rights and social justice, and his belief in the power of individual action in the United States and across the globe. Previous winners include journalists from PBS/Frontline, CNN, NPR, CBS's 60 Minutes, ABC's 20/20, The New York Times, the 

Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post.  The awards also encourage students on their paths toward a career in journalism, honoring outstanding reporting from high school and college students.

Click here for rules of entry & submission details!

Ben Hatke's new graphic novel previewed

Here: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/05/ben-hatke-mighty-jack-cover