Graphic Novels: This group reads graphic novels from independent to superhero comics, memoirs, fictions, and everything in between. Led by two P&P booksellers, this group strives for inclusivity, welcoming seasoned comic readers and others just starting out.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Tom King featured in Sunday's upcoming Post Magazine
Holy DC connection! A local comic book writer used to work for the CIA!
By KK Ottesen January 28 2016https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/holy-dc-connection-a-local-comic-book-writer-used-to-work-for-the-cia/2016/01/27/3a4679a0-a98e-11e5-8058-480b572b4aae_story.html
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Comic Riffs on Marvel's amputee Venom
Marvel gave its amputee superhero prosthetic legs — with the help of an Iraq War vet
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 26 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/26/marvel-gave-its-amputee-superhero-prosthetic-legs-with-the-help-of-an-iraq-war-vet/
Webcomic: 'First Time Parents'
Local cartoonist Chris Mararac is running an occasional web strip called "First Time Parents," which covers his and his wife's experiences being first-time parents. Below is one of the installments; click here for more.
Reprinted with permission.
Jan 30: Youth-facilitated panel: Exploring Historical Comics
Youth-facilitated panel: Exploring Historical Comics
This event now takes place on January 30. Stay tuned for updated timing on that day. Apologies for the inconvenience!
Join us on January 30, 2016, for our youth-facilitated panel Exploring Historical Comics from 12:30pm-1:30 p.m. in Wallace H Coulter Plaza at the National Museum of American History featuring our Youth Civic Engagement Program teens, representatives from Hirshhorn's ARTLAB+, Rebecca Goldfield, author of "Captive of Friendly Cove" Troy Allen and Evan Keeling of District Comics and Andrew Aydin, author of "March Book 1" and "March Book 2" with a book signing following in 1 Center in front of the Lego American flag.
National Museum of American History
1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20004
This event now takes place on January 30. Stay tuned for updated timing on that day. Apologies for the inconvenience!
Join us on January 30, 2016, for our youth-facilitated panel Exploring Historical Comics from 12:30pm-1:30 p.m. in Wallace H Coulter Plaza at the National Museum of American History featuring our Youth Civic Engagement Program teens, representatives from Hirshhorn's ARTLAB+, Rebecca Goldfield, author of "Captive of Friendly Cove" Troy Allen and Evan Keeling of District Comics and Andrew Aydin, author of "March Book 1" and "March Book 2" with a book signing following in 1 Center in front of the Lego American flag.
Comics writer Willow Wilson reviews a Koran
'American Qur'an' is an old/new masterpiece [in print as A Holy Book Remix].
By G. Willow WilsonWashington Post January 24 2016, p. E12
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/american-quran-is-an-oldnew-masterpiece/2016/01/21/c067c350-becd-11e5-9443-7074c3645405_story.html
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
That darn Mark Trail
The saguaro cactus grows in the Sonoran Desert, not the Chihuahuan Desert [in print as 'A spine in the side of Mark Trail']
Casey Dowell, Alexandria
Washington Post (January 23, 2016): https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-saguaro-cactus-grows-in-the-sonoran-desert-not-the-chihuahuan-desert/2016/01/21/f3ce67d2-bed5-11e5-98c8-7fab78677d51_story.htmlBen Hatke receives an award
Little Robot receives Gryphon Award
Graduate School of Library and Information Science January 22, 2016
http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2016/01/little-robot-receives-gryphon-award
http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2016/01/little-robot-receives-gryphon-award
Monday, January 25, 2016
The Post on Disney's mid-1990s movies
Researchers have found a major problem with 'The Little Mermaid' and other Disney movies
Wonkblog January 25 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/25/researchers-have-discovered-a-major-problem-with-the-little-mermaid-and-other-disney-movies/
Magic Bullet 12 cover peak
Here's a sneak peak of the cover image for Magic Bullet 12, which will be hitting the streets, soon.
We're excited to unveil a sneak peek of the next cover for "Magic Bullet"! Designed by Matt Rawson, this will be the twelfth issue of the newspaper, and features over thirty five different comic artists from around the area. It will be hitting the streets of the city in the last week of January and through February. Look for it in your favorite comic book stores, or check out www.magicbulletcomics.blogspot.com for an updated list of places that carry it.
DC cartoonist Dana Maier added to Go Comics site
I'm afraid I haven't been familiar with her before, but ComicsDC sends out congratulations. From their press release:
GoComics Introduces Four New Webcomics in January
More than 300 comic strips, panels and editorial cartoons are now available for daily and weekly reading online and via the free GoComics mobile app.
Kansas City, Mo. (January 25, 2016) — GoComics, a part of the Universal Uclick
syndicate family, is excited to announce the addition of four new features to its lineup of classic and new comic strips. Offering classic archives including Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield and Dilbert, and popular syndicated and webcomics such as The Argyle Sweater, Pearls Before Swine, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and Jim Benton Cartoons, GoComics provides new, fresh and free content every day. All are available at GoComics.com or on the free GoComics mobile app on multiple platforms.
The Worried Well by Dana Maier
Dana Jeri Maier's comics provide useful advice, philosophical musings and spot-on witticisms. She shows us ourselves, not unkindly, as silly and vain and self-involved. Her cartoons feel very interior, a mind watching the world and muttering to itself. They're what that person standing by themselves at the party, not talking to anyone, pretending to look vaguely interested in nothing in particular, has been secretly thinking the whole time.
Dana Jeri Maier is an artist and cartoonist living in Washington, DC. She has exhibited widely throughout the DC Metro area and various street corners, if you know where to look. Maier's site-specific mural, Inscrutable Comic, is on permanent display at the Flashpoint Gallery in Washington, DC.
Read The Worried Well at http://gocomics.com/the-worried-well.
GoComics Introduces Four New Webcomics in January
More than 300 comic strips, panels and editorial cartoons are now available for daily and weekly reading online and via the free GoComics mobile app.
Kansas City, Mo. (January 25, 2016) — GoComics, a part of the Universal Uclick
syndicate family, is excited to announce the addition of four new features to its lineup of classic and new comic strips. Offering classic archives including Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield and Dilbert, and popular syndicated and webcomics such as The Argyle Sweater, Pearls Before Swine, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and Jim Benton Cartoons, GoComics provides new, fresh and free content every day. All are available at GoComics.com or on the free GoComics mobile app on multiple platforms.
The Worried Well by Dana Maier
Dana Jeri Maier's comics provide useful advice, philosophical musings and spot-on witticisms. She shows us ourselves, not unkindly, as silly and vain and self-involved. Her cartoons feel very interior, a mind watching the world and muttering to itself. They're what that person standing by themselves at the party, not talking to anyone, pretending to look vaguely interested in nothing in particular, has been secretly thinking the whole time.
Dana Jeri Maier is an artist and cartoonist living in Washington, DC. She has exhibited widely throughout the DC Metro area and various street corners, if you know where to look. Maier's site-specific mural, Inscrutable Comic, is on permanent display at the Flashpoint Gallery in Washington, DC.
Read The Worried Well at http://gocomics.com/the-worried-well.
And John K is a friend of mine, so we'll point out his new strip too.
Dadding Badly by John Kovaleski
Dadding Badly documents one dad's experience of raising a miniature version of himself who can't talk, walk, forage for food or have any concept of proper bathroom habits.
John Kovaleski is a cartoonist and writer living somewhere above ground. He is the creator of the comic strip Bo Nanas, and a contributor to MAD Magazine. He is also a father of his own small human, who seems to be turning out OK so far. Fingers crossed.
Read Dadding Badly at http://gocomics.com/dadding-badly.
Dadding Badly by John Kovaleski
Dadding Badly documents one dad's experience of raising a miniature version of himself who can't talk, walk, forage for food or have any concept of proper bathroom habits.
John Kovaleski is a cartoonist and writer living somewhere above ground. He is the creator of the comic strip Bo Nanas, and a contributor to MAD Magazine. He is also a father of his own small human, who seems to be turning out OK so far. Fingers crossed.
Read Dadding Badly at http://gocomics.com/dadding-badly.
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "#DCBlizzard"
"#DCBlizzard"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1838
I rather like the shoveling -- repetitive, relaxing, meditative. Big ol' mug of coffee, smoke a bowl, suit up, stomp on out there and just kinda get into it. Some of my neighbors are out shoveling, too, so everybody's taking a break and hanging out. Round 2 begins soon -- or soonish, seeing as it's 8:30 on Sunday morning as I write this...
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http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1838
I rather like the shoveling -- repetitive, relaxing, meditative. Big ol' mug of coffee, smoke a bowl, suit up, stomp on out there and just kinda get into it. Some of my neighbors are out shoveling, too, so everybody's taking a break and hanging out. Round 2 begins soon -- or soonish, seeing as it's 8:30 on Sunday morning as I write this...
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Mike Flugennock
Saturday, January 23, 2016
The Post on Chinese animation
He's having an animated baby. Scared, kids? [online as The Chinese smash-hit 'Monster Hunt' makes its way to the U.S.]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-chinese-smash-hit-monster-hunt-makes-its-way-to-the-us/2016/01/21/0a490310-bbb5-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html
Friday, January 22, 2016
Kremos books available from Lost Art Books
Joe Procopio has published two new, fine-looking books about the Italian cartoonist.
Volume 1: Bodacious Black & White
Introduction by Mario Verger • Edited by Joseph V. Procopio
Volume 2: Curvaceous Color
Foreword by Jerry Carr • Edited by Joseph V. Procopio
He worked under numerous names—Kremos, Niso, Nys O'Ramp—but he occupies a singular space as Italy's cartooning Casanova, and he finally gets his due in this new two-volume set from Lost Art Books. From the mid-1940s through the early 1960s, Niso Ramponi's work was everywhere, from collaborating with friend Federico Fellini in Italy's animation industry to drawing newspaper strips to creating movie posters for Walt Disney. Ramponi made his name, however, in Italy's weekly satire magazines, for which he drew some of the world's prettiest "good girl" gag cartoons and covers for over a decade. Volume 1 collects over 200 of Kremos' bodacious black & white cartoons and illustrations, while Volume 2 adds 250 of his curvaceous color comics and covers to the set. Combined, these volumes offer a comprehensive overview of the maverick artist when he was at the height of his powers.
Vol. 1: $27.95 • 200 pp. • B&W • paper • ISBN: 978-0-9906932-3-9
Vol. 2: $34.95 • 260 pp. • Color • paper • ISBN: 978-0-9906932-4-6
AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT
- See more at: http://www.picturethispress.com/kremos-lost-art-of-niso-ramponi-volumes-1-2/#sthash.u3DzjX0Y.dpuf
Volume 1: Bodacious Black & White
Introduction by Mario Verger • Edited by Joseph V. Procopio
Volume 2: Curvaceous Color
Foreword by Jerry Carr • Edited by Joseph V. Procopio
He worked under numerous names—Kremos, Niso, Nys O'Ramp—but he occupies a singular space as Italy's cartooning Casanova, and he finally gets his due in this new two-volume set from Lost Art Books. From the mid-1940s through the early 1960s, Niso Ramponi's work was everywhere, from collaborating with friend Federico Fellini in Italy's animation industry to drawing newspaper strips to creating movie posters for Walt Disney. Ramponi made his name, however, in Italy's weekly satire magazines, for which he drew some of the world's prettiest "good girl" gag cartoons and covers for over a decade. Volume 1 collects over 200 of Kremos' bodacious black & white cartoons and illustrations, while Volume 2 adds 250 of his curvaceous color comics and covers to the set. Combined, these volumes offer a comprehensive overview of the maverick artist when he was at the height of his powers.Vol. 1: $27.95 • 200 pp. • B&W • paper • ISBN: 978-0-9906932-3-9
Vol. 2: $34.95 • 260 pp. • Color • paper • ISBN: 978-0-9906932-4-6
AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT
Jan 22-24: Animore con in Baltimore?
AniMore 2016
Hyatt Regency Baltimore
Welcome to AniMore, a convention to be held January 22-24, 2016.
One-time local collector Greg Reece profiled
WHAT'S YOUR BEST PRICE: Greg Reece
Art Cloos
Art Cloos
Scoop January 22 2016
http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=173812
"GR: I first saw them in 1972 on a spinner rack at a 7-Eleven in Gaithersburg, MD. I was instantly drawn to the vibrant art and incredible colors. They just blew me away!"
http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=173812
"GR: I first saw them in 1972 on a spinner rack at a 7-Eleven in Gaithersburg, MD. I was instantly drawn to the vibrant art and incredible colors. They just blew me away!"
March 5: GARY LUCAS’ FLEISCHEREI
GARY LUCAS' FLEISCHEREI:
Music From Max Fleischer Cartoons
Backed by the cartoons themselves, and the cream of NYC's jazz performers (Jeff Lederer on reeds, Rob Jost on bass, Rob Garcia on drums and Mingus Big Band's Joe Fiedler on trombone), Lucas and Stiles have a rare evening in store.
Get ready for a swirling melting-pot of jungle-band jazz, Tin Pan Alley torch songs, raucous vaudeville turns, and Dixieland mixed with a pinch of Klezmer.
SPOTLIGHT EVENING
Saturday, March 5, 8:30 pm
AFI Silver Theater
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Julian Lytle talks to Warren Bernard
Longboxes & 22's blog January 2016
http://longboxeson22s.tumblr.com/post/137784751817/julianlytle-so-i-had-the-pleasure-of-meeting
So I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Warren Bernard, executive director of @spx and author of the book Cartoons for Victory. I met him at this past year's SPX and was kind enough to invite me over to his house to see his extensive collections of comics, cartoons, and books library then to talk to me for this here show. This might be the closest to an interview I've done so I hope you enjoy it. Check out the blog post to see some a pic of stuff from the visit and please check out @spx if you haven't and a link to the book.
The Post on Batman and Wonder Woman
Lynda Carter won't appear in the new Wonder Woman movie
[in print as Lynda Carter won't wear the golden lasso in 'Wonder Woman'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/01/20/lynda-carter-wont-appear-in-the-new-wonder-woman-movie/
How one Batman writer conquered the concern: 'What if everybody hates it?'
January 21 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/21/how-one-batman-writer-conquered-the-concern-what-if-everybody-hates-it/
Ed Piskor, Michael Ramirez, and Gene Yang announced for National Book Festival in 2016
Update: Darrin Bell has also confirmed his attendance.
Sweet Sixteen: The 2016 National Book Festival Announced!
January 21, 2016 by Lola Pyne
http://blogs.loc.gov/national-book-festival/2016/01/sweet-sixteen-the-2016-national-book-festival-announced/
Many authors have already accepted the festival's invitations this year, and they include:
The National Book Festival poster will be designed this year by Yuko Shimizu, an illustrator based in New York City and an instructor at the School of Visual Arts. Her work has appeared on The Gap T-shirts, Pepsi cans, Visa card billboards and Microsoft and Target ads, as well as on book covers for Penguin, Scholastic and DC Comics. She has published work in the pages of The New York Times, Time magazine, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker and many other publications.
http://blogs.loc.gov/national-book-festival/2016/01/sweet-sixteen-the-2016-national-book-festival-announced/
Many authors have already accepted the festival's invitations this year, and they include:
- Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal winner
- Douglas Brinkley, prize-winning historian
- Christopher Buckley, author of such satirical works as "Thank You for Smoking"
- Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and author
- Philip Glass, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
- Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Winston Groom, author of "Forrest Gump"
- Stephen King, best-selling, prize-winning author and literacy advocate
- James McBride, National Book Award winner
- Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
- Joyce Carol Oates, prize-winning author of more than 70 books
- Ed Piskor, alternative comics artist
- Michael Ramirez, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Diane Rehm, NPR host and author
- Salman Rushdie, Man Booker Prize winner
- Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Bob Woodward, Pulitzer prize winner and author of 17 No. 1 best-sellers
- Luis Alberto Urrea, prize-winning author of "The Devil's Highway"
- Gene Luen Yang, Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
The National Book Festival poster will be designed this year by Yuko Shimizu, an illustrator based in New York City and an instructor at the School of Visual Arts. Her work has appeared on The Gap T-shirts, Pepsi cans, Visa card billboards and Microsoft and Target ads, as well as on book covers for Penguin, Scholastic and DC Comics. She has published work in the pages of The New York Times, Time magazine, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker and many other publications.
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