Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Ulysses E. Campbell: From TV to radio

Local comic book documentarian/journalist/fan Ulysses E. Campbell (of the comics-focused "Fantastic Forum" program on local public TV) now is part of a new radio program at 96.7 WERA in Arlington. "TMI (Too Much Information)" is not related to comics, but it's great to see (actually, hear) Ulysses taking over another medium and showing us his vast talents.

Ulysses Campbell (left) and Alvin Jones on the air at 96.7 WERA (Photo courtesy of Campbell)

Monday, April 25, 2016

City Paper on Chester Brown's DC appearance

Chester Brown at Politics & Prose Wednesday, April 27

By Dominic Umile • April 22, 2016
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/48104/chester-brown-at-politics-prose-wednesday-april-27/

David Hagen @ Artomatic@Frederick

From: David Hagen

Nothing embellished here!

Artomatic in Frederick, MD, May 7 through June 10.

Everything priced to sell!!!!

http://hagenillustration.blogspot.com/

I personally own several Hagen paintings. No reasonable offer refused.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Galifianakis channels Schulz in today's Post

The topic of death shouldn't be off-limits, even for your toddler

(Nick Galifianakis/The Washington Post)

By Carolyn Hax April 24 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-topc-of-death-shouldnt-be-off-limits-even-for-your-toddler/2016/04/24/fef9ce1a-0342-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Asian comic book exhibit review

For artist, everything about wood [Manhua + Manga exhibit].
By Mark Jenkins

Washington Post April 24 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-for-artist-foon-sham-its-all-about-the-wood/2016/04/22/2cf82050-0578-11e6-bdcb-0133da18418d_story.html

That darn Wumo and Flashbacks

Letters to the Editor

Correcting the record on a D.C. 'Flashback' [in print as "Setting the record...].

Mike Bohn, Alexandria

Washington Post April 23 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/correcting-the-record-on-a-dc-flashback/2016/04/22/01796614-0631-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_story.html

There's no humor in this image [in print as Vets aren't laughing].

Jan Gardner, Stafford
Washington Post April 23 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/theres-no-humor-in-this-image/2016/04/22/65cdedec-05dc-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_story.html

OT: Seymour Chwast Kickstarter begins this week

Because of our respect for him and his work, we note that "legendary illustrator Seymour Chwast who (at age 84) is launching a Kickstarter campaign to publish his new book of antiwar illustrations: Seymour Chwast at War with War: An Illustrated Timeline of 5000 Years of Conquests, Invasions, and Terrorist Attacks."

The campaign starts on April 26th on Kickstarter. I'll be backing this.

From "At War with War." Iraq War, 2006.

Friday, April 22, 2016

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Gentlemen Prefer Hillary"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock:

"Gentlemen Prefer Hillary"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1926

Economic justice seems so sentimental,
but Wall Street is a girl's best friend --

15 an hour is so detrimental,
when Wall Street is a girl's best friend...!

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Comic Riffs talks to Jack Ohman

Pulitzer-winning cartoonist is inspired by his late friend — whose job he inherited

Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 20 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/20/pulitzer-winning-cartoonist-draws-strength-from-working-right-where-his-late-friend-did/

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Fantastic Forum Episode #57

Fantastic Forum

Apr 12, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVPlbEzje-Q

Join special correspondent Daphne O''Neal as she tours The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, CA. Producer/host Ulysses E. Campbell talks with ComiXology co-founder John Roberts and V.P. of Marketing Chip Mosher at SPX. And panelist Abigail Pritchard interviews A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) author George R.R. Martin at Capclave.

Two Minutes on Oceans with Jim Toomey: Green Fins for a Blue Planet

James Toomey

Apr 15, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWtjifMDvUo

Dive tourism is increasing at a rate of nearly one million new divers every year. Great news for the dive industry, but what about potential impacts on coral reefs and marine ecosystems? Watch this video to learn how divers and snorkelers can enhance environmental and economic sustainability through the Green Fins certification program.

The "Two Minutes on Oceans with Jim Toomey" video series uses animation and humor to explain complex scientific issues in simple terms to the general public. The series was produced as a partnership between nationally syndicated cartoonist, Jim Toomey, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Additional videos from the series can be viewed at: www.rona.unep.org/toomey

PR: Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi's Eisner nomination

"Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi" chosen as one of the year's best books by Eisner judges

We are excited to share our good news with everyone: We've received a Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards nomination in the category for "Best Archival Collection—Strips" for our two-volume set, Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi.

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are considered the "Oscars" of the comics world. Named for the pioneering comics creator and graphic novelist Will Eisner, the awards will be given out this year during a ceremony at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 22.

We couldn't be more flattered to find ourselves honored in the same category as folks like Fantagraphics Books, IDW, and Sunday Press, all publishers we've admired for years. What a great way for Lost Art Books to continue celebrating our fifth anniversary!

A decade in the making, this two-volume set covers the Italian cartoonist and animator's entire career. Ramponi was at his most prolific from the mid-1940s through the early 1960s, working with everyone from friend and colleague Federico Fellini to creating the official movie posters for Walt Disney's post-war releases in Italy. But it was as a cartoonist and cover artist for some of Italy's more irreverent satirical magazines that Ramponi left his most enduring mark. As contemporary cartoonist Jerry Carr describes in Volume 2's foreword, "Kremos's work reminds us of the layouts of Hank Ketcham, the polish of Bill Ward, the humor of Dan DeCarlo, and the grace of Jack Cole—while exemplifying something entirely original."

Benefiting from careful restoration and translation, Volume 1 collects over 200 of Kremos's bodacious black and white cartoons and illustrations and is fronted by a 6,000-word introduction by Ramponi's friend and current-day animator, Mario Verger. Volume 2 adds 250 curvaceous color comics and covers to the set, with a foreword by contemporary comic artist Jerry Carr. Combined, these volumes offer nearly 500 examples of his work and a comprehensive overview of a maverick artist at the height of his creative powers.

KREMOS: THE LOST ART OF NISO RAMPONI

Vol. 1: Bodacious B&W

Introduction by Mario Verger
Edited by Joseph V. Procopio
$27.95 • 212 pp. • 8½"x11" • paperback

Buy:
LostArtBooks.com

KREMOS: THE LOST ART OF NISO RAMPONI

Vol. 2: Curvaceous Color

Foreword by Jerry Carr
Edited by Joseph V. Procopio
$34.95 • 260 pp. • full color • 8½"x11" paperback

Buy:
LostArtBooks.com

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Nils and Ralph

Who knew that Ralph Steadman did two album covers for former Montgomery County resident Nils Lofgren? Not me. Here's a poster of one at Alexandria's Birchmere club.

America's most famous comic strip commentator is a DC resident

Barack Obama on Peanuts: an American treasure

Peanuts was our own daily security blanket, even if Lucy's advice isn't very good

Barack Obama

Friday 15 April 2016

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/barack-obama-peanuts-american-treasure-charles-schulz

Our local Eisner nominees (updated with Big Planet Comics entry)

Today we got the nomination list for the Eisner Awards, comicdom's equivalent of the Oscar, but with a real man's name attached to them.

Several local people are nominated, including a ComicsDC contributor. We wish everyone the best of luck, and congratulate them on just being nominated for this prestigious award:

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Mowgli’s Mirror, by Olivier Schrauwen (Retrofit/Big Planet)

Best Short Story

"Black Death in America," by Tom King and John Paul Leon, in Vertigo Quarterly: Black (Vertigo/DC)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Reality-Based Work

March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt, by Rebecca Goldfield, Mike Short, and Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Cartoons for Victory, by Warren Bernard (Fantagraphics)
Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi, vols. 1 and 2, edited by Joseph P. Procopio (Picture This/Lost Art Books)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Comic Riffs blog by Michael Cavna, washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/

CBR talks to Tom King

King's "Vision" Collides with the Marvel Universe, Scarlet Witch

Mon, April 18th, 2016

Comic Book Resources

CBR News Team, Editor
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/tom-king-vision-marvel-universe-scarlet-witch

(CBR was bought out recently and seems to be doing FAR more movie and TV stories already. Plus they now have four ads interrupting the text instead of one. I fear that they may follow the Pulse and Newsrama down the rabbit hole of irrelevance....)