Berkeley Breathed's Facebook page is reporting he'll be in DC on September 24th.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Sewall-Belmont House, and apparently Nina Allender's cartoons, become National Monument
Today, the House, and presumably the cartoons, became a National Monument, under the Park Service.
Here's the Washington Post on it, and here's the White House, which says, "help preserve an extensive archival collection that documents the history, strategies, tactics and accomplishments of the movement to secure women's suffrage and equal rights in the United States and across the globe." so I guess the cartoons were transferred too.
The new Belmont-Paul Monument is well-worth visiting. I saw it with my daughter in 2012 and was quite impressed by it.
Tom King interviewed
From the CIA to Gotham: Meet The Real Life Spy Who's Now Writing "Batman"
Former CIA agent Tom King is mining his own experiences for the Dark Knight's war on crime.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Glen Weldon on Robin
A Brief History of Dick: Unpacking the gay subtext of Robin, the Boy Wonder.
By Glen WeldonApril 3 2016
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2016/04/the_history_of_the_gay_subtext_of_batman_and_robin.html
Saturday, April 09, 2016
That darn Argyle Sweater
We wouldn't trivialize cancer this way
Anne Atwood
Washington Post April 9 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-wouldnt-trivialize-cancer-this-way/2016/04/08/63c9ba98-fcdc-11e5-813a-90ab563f0dde_story.htmlFriday, April 08, 2016
Tom Toles LIVE on Facebook right now
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
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
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