Friday, April 29, 2016
The Post on DreamWorks Animation sale
Comcast is buying Dreamworks in a $3.8 billion acquisition [in print as Comcast buying DreamWorks in $3.8 billion agreement].
Washington Post April 29 2016, p. A15
The Post reviews Ratchet & Clank cartoon
'Ratchet & Clank' could use a tuneup [in print as Origin Story falls light-years short]
Washington Post April 29 2016, Weekend 33
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/ratchet-and-clank-could-use-a-tuneup/2016/04/28/d9019068-0bd4-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html
More "March?"
John Lewis' "March" Optioned For Animated Series
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/john-lewis-march-optioned-animated-series
May 19: @ Busboys and Poets Takoma: Joe Hill - The Fireman
He's written a lot of comic books.
@ Busboys and Poets Takoma: Joe Hill - The Fireman
Hill has sent chills down spines with bestselling novels including Horns, Heart-Shaped Box, and NOS4A2, while he continues to beguile readers with his Locke & Key series. His new horror thriller unfolds during an epidemic of Dragonscale, a bacteria that causes its victims to burst into flames. So far, the only way to control the disease is for the Cremation Squad to eliminate those afflicted with it. But Hunter, a school nurse recently infected, is pregnant and determined to have her child. That seems unlikely until she meets the Fireman and joins a secret refuge—only to find that there are other perils lying in wait.
National Archives Marks Election Season with Free Political Cartoon eBook
National Archives Marks Election Season with Free Political Cartoon eBook
REPRESENTING CONGRESS: Clifford K. Berryman's Political Cartoons
Washington, DC. . . Just in time! To help make sense of Congress and its complexities, the National Archives Center for Legislative Archives today launched REPRESENTING CONGRESS: Clifford K. Berryman's Political Cartoons, a free eBook. Representing Congress goes beyond the headlines, using political cartoons to explore what Congress is, how it works, and what it does. The eBook's cartoons and learning resources engage students of all ages and illustrate how elected officials in the House and Senate represent the American people and fulfill the Founders' vision.
Representing Congress showcases Berryman's ability to use portraits, representative symbols and figures, and iconic personifications to help explain the institutions and issues of civic life. Each eBook page features a large political cartoon and links to related online materials, enticing visual learners and orienting students to the study of politics and government. These drawings highlight timeless aspects of Congress. While faces, personalities and many procedures change, these cartoons show that our representative institutions remain surprisingly consistent.
Related online resources:
Companion classroom lesson plan: Congress Represented in Political Cartoons
Online exhibit: Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman
Congress Creates the Bill of Rights Lesson Plan, eBook and mobile app
Additional Center for Legislative Archives Educational Resources
Clifford K. Berryman, staff political cartoonist for The Washington Post and the Washington Evening Star during the first half of the 20th century, drew thousands of cartoons commenting on the events, issues, and personalities of his era. Berryman was a Washington institution, and his 53 years of front-page drawings were internationally renowned. He satirized both Democratic and Republican political figures but was able to critique without rancor which won him great respect from many politicians. The original cartoons used in Representing Congress are part of a collection of nearly 2,400 drawings by Berryman from the U.S. Senate Collection housed in the Center for Legislative Archives in Washington, DC.
The Center for Legislative Archives—part of the National Archives—preserves and makes available to researchers the official records of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Educators can use these historical documents to teach about representative democracy, how Congress works, and the important role Congress has played throughout American history. Through its public outreach and educational programs, the Center uses these historical records to promote a better understanding of Congress and the history of American representative government. Online at www.archives.gov/legislative
The National Archives is an independent Federal agency that serves American democracy by safeguarding and preserving the records of our Government, ensuring that the people can discover, use, and learn from this documentary heritage. The National Archives ensures continuing access to the essential documentation of the rights of American citizens and the actions of their government. From the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, to accounts of ordinary Americans, the holdings of the National Archives directly touch the lives of millions of people. The agency supports democracy, promote civic education, and facilitate historical understanding of our national experience. The National Archives carries out its mission through a nationwide network of archives, records centers, and Presidential Libraries, and online.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
The Express on Dr. Strange movie casting
Watt, Louise / Associated Press. 2016.
In 'Doctor Strange,' casting is a lose-lose.
Express (April 28): 54.
Ann Telnaes on designing store windows
FAO Schwarz window display
April 28, 2016 By Ann Telnaeshttp://www.anntelnaes.com/2016/04/fao-schwarz-window-display/
May 1: Wordless Picture Books at Politics & Prose bookstore
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Imagine, then, the value of a story told entirely through images. In the latest installment of our popular panel series exploring topics relating to picture books, gain insight from award-winning author/illustrators Henry Cole, Raúl Colón, Marla Frazee, Stephen Savage, and David Wiesner about the magic of wordless picture books. Allyn Johnston, Vice President and publisher of Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, will moderate what promises to be an engaging discussion. For adults
Moderator Allyn Johnston is Vice President and Publisher of Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster. During her twenty-four years working in publishing, she has worked with many award winning authors and illustrators including Marla Frazee, Mem Fox, Lois Ehlert, Cynthia Rylant, Avi and M.T. Anderson.
David Wiesner is one of the world's most celebrated visual storytellers and the creator of many best-selling picture books. Tuesday, The Three Pigs and Flotsam won the Caldecott Medal, the highest honor for illustration. He also received Caldecott Honors for Free Fall, Sector 7 and Mr. Wuffles.
Marla Frazee has received Caldecott Honors for All the World and A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. The Farmer and the Clown won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award. She has written and/or illustrated many bestsellers including Roller Coaster, The Boss Baby, The Seven Silly Eaters and the Clementine series.
Raul Colón has illustrated over thirty picture books including Draw! as well as Jill Biden's Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops and Susanna Reich's Jose! Born to Dance. Colón's work has been recognized with a Golden Kite Award, a Pura Belpré Award, and both a gold and silver medal in The Original Art show.
Henry Cole has written and illustrated more than fifty books for young readers including And Tango Makes Three, Unspoken and Spot, the Cat. His many books are consistently well reviewed. His love of nature, fascination with science and sense of humor permeate his evocative picture books and his recent illustrated novels.
Stephen Savage is the acclaimed author and illustrator of Where's Walrus? named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews, Horn Book Magazine, Publishers Weekly and the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. His book, Polar Bear Night was named a New York Times Best Illustrated.
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Today: Kevin McCloskey - The Real Poop on Pigeons at Politics and Prose
McCloskey's lighthearted ode to pigeons begins with two strangers sitting on a bench. As one exclaims that he hates these "rats with wings," a group of people dressed in mascot-like pigeon suits descend upon him to explain why pigeons are, in fact, rather fascinating and helpful creatures. After all, as their human defenders point out, pigeons delivered airmail before planes existed; they belong to the same family as the dodo bird; and they even make milk in their crops in order to feed their young. This graphic novel for early readers mixes fact with humor to tell the story of these oft-maligned birds. Ages 5 - 7
April 30: DC Conspiracy members at new bookstore in DC
You're invited to East City Bookshop's Grand Opening Celebration on April 30th from 10am – 8pm. Browse the new shop, get to know your friendly neighborhood booksellers, and enjoy some snacks from local vendors, plus a great lineup of events all day long.
Don't miss out on all the great prize opportunities: The first ten customers will receive a special doorbuster prize at checkout. Giveaways will be drawn at every author reading, culminating in a Grand Prize for one lucky winner—the more readings you attend, the more chances you have to win. Readers who attend three or more activities will receive a special in-store, one-day-only coupon.
April 30th is also Independent Bookstore Day, so make sure you don't miss limited-edition special releases from Neil Gaiman, Ann Patchett, and Kate DiCamillo.
Our authors will be circulating the shop throughout the day—stick around, because you never know when you'll get a chance to play a board game with a bestseller or chat about your favorite books with local creators!
3pm - 3:30pm: Graphic Novel talk by DC Conspiracy authors: Eisner Award nominee Evan Keeling, with Michael Cowgil and Andrew Cohen
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Chester Brown live at Politics and Prose speaking with Reason's Elizabeth Brown
Chester Brown is speaking at Politics and Prose with Reason's Elizabeth Brown.
Chester Brown live at Politics and Prose
Brown is reading from his new book Mary Wept at the Feet of Jesus.
Tonight: Chester Brown at Politics and Prose bookstore
Chester Brown - Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus
http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/chester-brown-mary-wept-over-feet-of-jesus
Brown's graphic/comic work has consistently taken the genre in new directions; from his award-winning comic-strip biography of the renegade Louis Riel to his comic memoir about his own adolescence, The Playboy, and on to his adult experiences in the graphic Paying for It: A Comic-strip Memoir of Being a John, Brown has been telling startling stories and creating crisp, evocative artwork—with hand-drawn endnotes. His latest book is an iconoclastic reinterpretation of the Bible; focusing on passages related to Bathsheba, Ruth, Rahab, Tamar, Mary of Bethany, and the Virgin Mother, Brown parses scripture for its views on prostitution, including arguments for decriminalization.
Brown will be in conversation with Elizabeth Nolan Brown, staff editor at Reason magazine, where she covers sex policy, civil liberties, gender issues, and other issues from a libertarian feminist perspective.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "He's Late!"
"He's Late!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1932
Yesterday, following on the heels of a successful "Smoke-In" protest earlier this month, was DCMJ's historic meeting with White House officials from the Office Of National Drug Control Policy concerning the rescheduling or descheduling of marijuana from its current status at Schedule 1 -- listed alongside heroin and methamphetamine. Along with combat veteran Brandon Wyatt of the group "Weed For Warriors", DCMJ leaders Adam Eidinger and Nikolas Schiller spoke to the ONDCP representatives at length on the need for a political -- rather than scientific -- solution to the current cannabis prohibition situation. Citing the racism of Federal Narcotics Bureau Commissioner Harry Anslinger (responsible for the initial Federal ban on cannabis in the 1930s) and, later, President Nixon in the late '60s and early '70s, Eidinger asserted that because cannabis prohibition was a political act, a solution to end prohibition must also be political.
Eidinger and Schiller called for a followup to this meeting at a higher level, a "bud summit" at the White House with El Presidente himself. "He doesn't even have to say anything," commented Eidinger, "he just needs to listen. Because it's going to take a year of dialogue at the federal level to figure out federal legalization."
Listening to a recording of the ONDCP meeting at a "post-mortem" meeting back at the DCMJ office, conversation turned toward the fact that Obama was late in deciding on how to handle Federal legalization; "late for 4/20" was the joke going around the room, and it inspired a literary analogy "hook" on which to hang a "hashtag point" -- #HesLate -- and this cartoon.
He's late, he's late, for a very important date.
Bruce Guthrie on SAAM exhibit: Finding: Source Material in the Archives of American Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum's archives section has a new exhibit (described below). I volunteer there covering family day events (the Ella Fitzgerald tribute on Saturday with the Dan Dunn speed-painting event was great!) so I check out everything.
The archives section usually talks about people I've never heard of before but it always includes some interesting spots. The most interesting part of this exhibit was Ray Yoshida (1930-2009) who meticulously cut out a lot of panels from cartoons for reference work. One of the open scrapbooks, for example, was a collection of how couples kissing were illustrated in comic strips. But the Sucrets tins filled with tiny cut out tiny images and word balloons was interesting too. Some of them were laid out in the exhibit cases in an easier to see fashion and they even reproduced some of them on the wall. I'm sure folks here will recognize many of them (shown below).
April 22, 2016 – August 21, 2016
In this exhibition, the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art reveals how artists find inspiration. The Archives' collections hold a kaleidoscopic array of source materials; many of these materials are somewhat ordinary: comic- strip panels, newspaper clippings, and snapshots of mundane scenes. Yet the ways in which artists draw on them provides a glimpse into the twists and turns of their creative practices.
There were two source cartoons that Ray Lichtenstein sent to someone too (below). My pics are up on http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2016_04_25E_SIPG_Source
The exhibit wasn't getting the attention that the Prince In Memoriam photo was getting.
May 21: call for ARTSHOW_15: COMIX
HITS_15: COMIX — May 21, 2016 — CALL FOR ENTRY
[contact: Mike O'Brien at obrien@redtablepress.com with comments and questions]
ARTSHOW_15: COMIX
A showcase of work steeped in and inspired by sequential art and storytelling.
Featuring: Original pieces, concept art, prints, scripts, books, et. al by the independent creators of the DC / DMV region and beyond.
Including: A mega-merch table situation for peeps to sling additional swag.
Food: Milk Cult
Music: [appropriate vibes TBA]
Where Hole in the Sky — 2110 5th St NE DC (entrance in the alley)
When: Saturday, May 21, 2016
Time: 5-11pm
Cost: $5 donations please
Poster Design Progress:
Sketch - https://www.instagram.com/p/BD2Ed-ao5h0/
Big Sketch - https://www.instagram.com/p/BEcwY6Ko5oG/
Ink Drawing - https://www.instagram.com/p/BEh1ZjFo5sU/
IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE – SUBMIT VIA THIS FORM
This is an open call for work steeped in or inspired by sequential art and storytelling. We want to not only showcase finished work and stand-alone pieces, but also provide insights into the process of sequential storytelling. Showing scripts, concept work, finished pages, etc. are all considerable.
Submit via this form to express your interest in participating and give me an idea of what you would like to include in the show. Please share this link with others of the sequential art-leaning disposition. [ HITS15 submission form — http://goo.gl/forms/5cYaCs8XhO ]
*** Work does not need to be complete by the submission deadline, you have until the drop-off date to finish pieces. ***
April 29: Superhero Homicide at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse
Die Laughing Productions enters the world of Superheroes and Supervillians with Superhero Homicide: Dawn of Deathdealer. This hilarious, interactive murder mystery show transports you to the Superhero hall of fame, the Hall of Heroes. One of the world's greatest Superheroes is about to be inducted into the Hall but unfortunately, things do not go as planned. Superheroes plus Supervillians equals a super sized murder and it's up to you figure out who did it. Superhero Homicide stars 98 Rock's own superhero, Justin Schlegel but most importantly it stars you. Everyone has a little superhero in them and this is your time to prove it. Put on your detective hat and cape and solve this murder. The future of the world depends on it. Real life Superheroes get in free.
Eat. Drink Laugh. Solve a murder.
Ulysses E. Campbell: From TV to radio
