I'll be here on Facebook live around 1:30 today. I'l do some sketching, answer questions, and maybe even take a sketching suggestion, if it isn't too hard. See you then! Tom
Friday, April 08, 2016
A Gareth Hinds interview, short on words but long on images
Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Gareth Hinds
Julie Danielson (a.k.a. Jules)
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast blog March 29th, 2016
The Post on ‘April and the Extraordinary World’
'April and the Extraordinary World' lives up to its title [in print as Animated steampunk tale isn't powered by Pixar, and that's great].
By Stephanie Merry Washington Post (April 8 2016): Weekend 32
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/april-and-the-extraordinary-world-lives-up-to-its-title/2016/04/07/3e888952-fb48-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/april-and-the-extraordinary-world-lives-up-to-its-title/2016/04/07/3e888952-fb48-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html
"April and the Extraordinary World" (Gkids)
Family Filmgoer reviews 'April and the Extraordinary World' and more
By Jane Horwitz
Washington Post (April 8 2016): Weekend 35
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/family-filmgoer-reviews-april-and-the-extraordinary-world-and-more/2016/04/07/b70f5c82-f6b3-11e5-8b23-538270a1ca31_story.html
Washington Post (April 8 2016): Weekend 35
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/family-filmgoer-reviews-april-and-the-extraordinary-world-and-more/2016/04/07/b70f5c82-f6b3-11e5-8b23-538270a1ca31_story.html
A scene from "April and the Extraordinary World." (Gkids)
Thursday, April 07, 2016
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Decision 2016"
"Decision 2016"
by Michael Flugennock
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1910
Y'know, if any of the shenanigans being reported in the US Presidential primaries -- especially in the Arizona Democratic contest -- were going on in any other country, the UN would be so totally up in their shit in a New York minute, man.
Check out this and more on Twitter at
@ElectionBoycott https://twitter.com/ElectionBoycott
and at #ArizonaElectionFraud https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ArizonaElectionFraud&src=tyah
Fantom Comics' fans named Best Of by City paper
Best Comic Book Fans
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/bestofdc/goodsandservices/2016/best-comic-book-fans
Fantom Comics
2010 P St. NW, (202) 241-6498
Website The Post on the new Black Panther comic
Ta-Nehisi Coates's new Black Panther comic provides a debut fit for a king
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs April 6 2016 [in print as Coates' first comic: Fit for a king, Express (April 7 2016): 40
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/06/ta-nehisi-coatess-new-black-panther-comic-provides-a-debut-fit-for-a-king/
Washington Post Comic Riffs April 6 2016 [in print as Coates' first comic: Fit for a king, Express (April 7 2016): 40
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/06/ta-nehisi-coatess-new-black-panther-comic-provides-a-debut-fit-for-a-king/
April 29-May 7: The Wakefield Players present The Addams Family in Arlington
A boy. A girl. Two families meeting for the first time. One dinner. One "normal" night. Secrets. Potions. True Love. What could possibly go wrong?
The Wakefield Players present The Addams Family, a musical comedy that will have you dying with laughter. Come see the show at 7:00 on April 29, 30, May 06 or 07. Tickets are $10 at the door. Wakefield High School. 1325 S. Dinwiddie St.
Library of Congress "World War I: American Artists View the Great War" Exhibition Opens May 7
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| NEWS from the LIBRARY of CONGRESS |
| April 7, 2016
First in Series of Library Events to Mark World War I Centennial An exhibition showing how American artists galvanized public interest in World War I will open next month at the Library of Congress. "World War I: American Artists View the Great War" will open on Saturday, May 7 in the Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground floor of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. The exhibition is free and open to the public Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It will remain open for a year, closing on May 6, 2017. The exhibition is made possible by the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, and is the first in a series of events the Library is planning in connection with the centennial of the United States' entry into World War I. An online version of the exhibition will be available on the opening date at www.loc.gov/exhibits. Drawn from the Library's Prints and Photographs Collections, the exhibition will feature 25 fine prints, drawings, cartoons, posters and photographs. An additional 70 photographs will be shown in a monitor slide show. The works on display reflect the focus of wartime art on patriotic and propaganda messages—by government-supported as well as independent and commercial artists. In the fall, an exhibition rotation will occur and 27 new items will be placed on display. A total of 40 artists will be represented. Many of the artists featured in the exhibition worked for the federal government's Division of Pictorial Publicity, a unit of the Committee on Public Information. Led by Charles Dana Gibson, a preeminent illustrator, the division focused on promoting recruitment, bond drives, home-front service, troop support and camp libraries. Many images advocated for American involvement in the war and others encouraged hatred of the German enemy. In less than two years, the division's 300 artists produced more than 1,400 designs, including some 700 posters. Heeding the call from Gibson to "Draw 'til it hurts," hundreds of leading American artists created works about the Great War (1914–1918). Although the United States participated as a direct combatant in World War I from 1917 to 1918, the riveting posters, cartoons, fine art prints and drawings on display chronicle this massive international conflict from its onset through its aftermath. Among those who heeded the call were James Montgomery Flagg (best known for his portrayal of Uncle Sam), Wladyslaw Benda, George Bellows, Joseph Pennell and William Allen Rogers. In contrast, such artists as Maurice Becker, Kerr Eby and Samuel J. Woolf drew on their personal experiences to depict military scenes on the front lines as well as the traumatic treatment of conscientious objectors. Finally, cartoonists offered both scathing criticism and gentle humor, as shown in Bud Fisher's comic strip "Mutt and Jeff." Photography also provided essential communication during the First World War. The selected images detail the service of soldiers, nurses, journalists and factory workers from the home front to the trenches. American Red Cross photographs by Lewis Hine and others employ artful documentation to capture the challenges of recovery and rebuilding in Europe after the devastation of war. Katherine Blood and Sara Duke from the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress led the division's curatorial team. Betsy Nahum-Miller from the Library's Interpretive Programs Office is the exhibition director. The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division holds more than 15 million photographs, drawings and prints from the 15th century to the present day. International in scope, these visual collections represent a uniquely rich array of human experience, knowledge, creativity and achievement, touching on almost every realm of endeavor: science, art, invention, government and political struggle, and the recording of history. For more information, visit www.loc.gov/rr/print/. The Library of Congress, the largest library in the world, holds more than 162 million items in various languages, disciplines and formats. The Library serves the U.S. Congress and the nation both on-site in its reading rooms on Capitol Hill and through its website at www.loc.gov. With the most comprehensive collection of multi-format World War I holdings in the nation, the Library is a unique resource for primary source materials, education plans, public programs and on-site visitor experiences about The Great War, including exhibits, symposia and book talks. # # # PR16-65 |
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Howard U. alums talk Black Panther
A Conflicted Man: An Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates About Black Panther
The author's new project uses his journalistic sensibility to reinvent an established character.
April 4, 2016
https://newrepublic.com/article/132355/conflicted-man-interview-ta-nehisi-coates-black-panther
Wednesday, April 06, 2016
A look back at Stamaty's Washingtoon's tv show
It includes an interview.
Apr 6, 2016
http://dcist.com/2016/04/washingtons_forgotten_sitcoms_dcist.php
The Long-Forgotten Sitcom Washingtoon Has Some Uncomfortable Parallels To This Election
by Pat PaduaApr 6, 2016
http://dcist.com/2016/04/washingtons_forgotten_sitcoms_dcist.php
Comic Culture with Rafer Roberts
Comic Culture with Rafer Roberts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRwfe9-JsAc
A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong writer Rafer Roberts discusses Valiant Entertainment's series, the dynamics of characters, and art as therapy. Comic Culture is directed and crewed by students at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. I'm posting the video as producer/host and not as an official University publication.
The Post on Disney's future leadership
The 'tremendously complex' decision facing Disney's board [in print as Disney's CEO transition is a budding drama that needs more characters].
By Jena McGregor
Washington Post (April 6 2016): A12
Washington Post (April 6 2016): A12
The Express on Superman 2050
'Superman 2050′ tells a big story in a small space
By Kristen Page-Kirby March 31 2016https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2016/03/31/superman-2050-tells-a-big-story-in-a-small-space/
Shawn Martinbrough featured in The Post
On behalf of ComicsDC, I would like to apologize for our lack of coverage of Mr. Martinbrough. I was under the impression that he had moved to NYC years ago. I used to see him regularly at Arlington's Dreaming City comic book store, but that was a couple of decades ago. - Mike Rhode
Beyond Batman: Meet the artist fighting to change comics diversity [in print as An artist illustrates his independent spirit, 4/6/2016, p. C1-2]
By David Betancourt Washington Post Comic Riffs April 1 2016https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/01/artist-shawn-martinbrough-remains-focused-on-the-art-and-business-of-the-comic-book-industry/
DC-area cartoonists nominated for Reuben awards
The full list is here at http://www.reuben.org/2016/04/2015-ncs-silver-reuben-divisional-nominees/
but we single out two local cartoonists.
Juana Medina – Smick for Book Illustration
and
Ann Telnaes for Editorial Cartoons
Friday, April 01, 2016
Apr. 17: Charles Ross’ ONE MAN DARK KNIGHT: A BATMAN PARODY
Sun. Apr. 17: Charles Ross' ONE MAN DARK KNIGHT: A BATMAN PARODY -7:30pm- $35.00
Why so serious? From the madmen behind One Man Star Wars and One Man Lord of the Rings comes an irreverent parody and homage to the Dark Knight Trilogy. Two-faced super-nerd, Charles Ross, lovingly tears Christopher Nolan's masterpiece a new one in his new One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody. No costumes, no sets, no Batmobiles, Ross takes you on a one-hour comedic joyride, from Batman's origins to his epic battles against Gotham's super-villains. Hold onto your utility belt!
Written and Performed by Charles Ross
Directed by TJ Dawe
Al Jaffee passes Herblock in professional longevity, but what about Hirschfeld?
When I saw this story, I wondered about Herblock's career's length.
http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/34112/al-jaffee-sets-record-longest-career-comics-artist
Herb "Herblock" Block worked as an editorial cartoonist from 1929-2001, for 72 years. Jaffee definitely worked longer with over 73 months and counting.
However, I think Al Hirschfeld's tenure still beats Jaffee's. According to the Library of Congress, "In fact, Hirschfeld's first published caricature was for a Warner Brothers film in April 1925; his first theatrical drawing appeared in December 1926." Hirschfeld was still working for the New York Times when he died in January 2003. This would be either 77 years and 9 months (from the poster), or 78 years in newspapers, but either of them beat Jaffee's "record of 73 years and three months" unless one defines a comics artist as working only in comic books.
As He Celebrates 95th Birthday
by Milton Griepp on April 1, 2016 http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/34112/al-jaffee-sets-record-longest-career-comics-artist
Herb "Herblock" Block worked as an editorial cartoonist from 1929-2001, for 72 years. Jaffee definitely worked longer with over 73 months and counting.
However, I think Al Hirschfeld's tenure still beats Jaffee's. According to the Library of Congress, "In fact, Hirschfeld's first published caricature was for a Warner Brothers film in April 1925; his first theatrical drawing appeared in December 1926." Hirschfeld was still working for the New York Times when he died in January 2003. This would be either 77 years and 9 months (from the poster), or 78 years in newspapers, but either of them beat Jaffee's "record of 73 years and three months" unless one defines a comics artist as working only in comic books.
However Al Jaffee is still alive, so more power to him.
April 3: Victory Comics store event
Courtesy of Colin at http://www.conventionscene.com/2016/03/25/va-living-boy-signing/
David Gallaher and Steve Ellis, author and artist of The Only Living Boy, appear at Victory Comics on Sunday, April 3, 2016 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM! Steve will conduct a learn-to-draw workshop for all ages and both will be signing copies of their book.
Victory Comics
586 S Washington Street, Falls Church, VA 22046
(703) 241-9393
Thursday, March 31, 2016
April 8: Patrick Carman at Hooray for Books
Friday, April 8th: Award-winning author Patrick Carman presents his two recent middle grade books Voyagers #3: Omega Rising and Fizzopolis #1: The Trouble with Fuzzwonker Fizz. 7 pm.1555 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
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