NPR on Civil War, and black superheroes

Sometimes I forget that NPR is a local station.

 

2016: Age Of The On-Screen Black Superhero

Eric Deggans

Weekend Edition Saturday May 7, 2016

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/07/477089249/2016-age-of-the-on-screen-black-superhero

http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2016/05/20160507_wesat_2016_age_of_the_on-screen_black_superhero.mp3

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=477089249

 

'Captain America: Civil War' Is The Mightiest Marvel Movie

Chris Klimek

NPR.org May 6, 2016

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/06/476490464/captain-america-civil-war-is-the-mightiest-marvel-movie

Comic Riffs continues to talk to Civil War directors

How 'Captain America' is just one piece of Disney's plan to reinvent entertainment

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 9 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/05/09/how-captain-america-is-just-one-piece-of-disneys-plan-to-reinvent-entertainment/

Comic Riffs talks to Gene Yang

Exclusive: Gene Luen Yang to publish his first nonfiction graphic novel ever ('Dragon Hoops') in 2018

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 7 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/05/07/exclusive-gene-luen-yang-to-publish-his-first-nonfiction-graphic-novel-ever-dragon-hoops-in-2018/

Joe Procopio on Small Press Expo in 2000

Thanks to Joe Procopio of Lost Art Books for providing the scans and letting us reprint this article.

Procopio, Joseph .  2000.

The Greatly Exaggerated Death of Comic Books: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND at the Small Press Expo 2000.

Snap Pop! 2 (5; December / January): 8-10.
online at http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2016/05/joe-procopio-on-small-press-expo-in-2000.html

Comic Riffs talks to Civil War directors

'Captain America: Civil War' directors reveal how their movie flexes these political meanings

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 8 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/05/08/captain-america-civil-war-directors-explain-the-movies-political-meaning/

DC Conspiracy in 'Gift Shop' show at Transformer

The DC Conspiracy is participating in Transformer Gallery's new show, "Gift Shop." Curated by NoMüNoMü, the space will be turned into a large scale installation of merchandise from over a dozen artists. The DC Conspiracy has contributed more than 20 comics to the show, which will be on sale with the rest of the artwork and merchandise. There is an opening reception on Saturday, May 14, from 6-8pm, and the show runs through June 18. Participating members of the DC Conspiracy are:

Jason Axtell

Mike Brace

Santiago Casares

Andrew Cohen

Mike Cowgill

Matt Dembicki

Eric Gordon

Art Hondros

Evan Keeling

Mark and Kurt Lindblom

Gerry and Karly Perez

David Ross

Joe Sutliff

From the Facebook event page GIFT SHOP | Curated by NoMüNoMü

Transformer presents Gift Shop, a large scale installation curated by DC based artist collective NoMu NoMu (joseph orzal & Nora Müeller), that questions boundaries of commerce within cultural institutions. Merging the realms of art, design, craft, conceptuality and entertainment, Gift Shop rejects all hierarchy and embraces a pluralism of form that will liberate your soul! 

By beginning at the most accessible point of entry for most elite art spaces - Gift Shop explores the sociocultural context of the museum gift shop environment - wherein the sacred and the mundane, the Mona Lisa and the coffee cup, become one. As ‘fine art’, increasingly isolates itself from the general public, drawing repulsion from the air of pretension necessary to maintain its integrity - Gift Shop serves as a gateway to support exceptional fine art by adapting the language of mass marketing, branding and cheap affordable commodification.”

:::::Gift Shop Artists include:::::

Amber Eve Anderson
Amy Hughes Braden
Wilson Butterworth
James Cole
Meagan Coleman
Kaliq Crosby
Stephen Crouch
Adrienne Gaither
Felippe Goncavles
Myles Loftin
joseph orzal
Georgie Payne
Justin Poppe
PLAKOOKEE
Bonner Sale
Alex Von Bergen
Meena Yi
The DC Conspiracy.

Screenprint poster for Artshow 15: Comix

Mike O'Brien's screenprint poster ($25) for Artshow 15, featuring a pop-up comics arts show on May 21 from 5-11 p.m. at the Hole in the Sky Studio in D.C.

That darn Hagar, Toles and Flashbacks

Plenty of letters about the comics this weekend.

Letters to the Editor

This cartoon really was horrible [in print as This comic really was horrible]

Mary Ann Ryan, Adamstown

Washington Post May 7 2016, p. A15

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-cartoon-really-was-horrible/2016/05/05/13d57c90-114d-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.html

Letters to the Editor

He carried the reins in his teeth [Flashbacks].

Marshall Dearden,

Washington Post May 7 2016, p. A15

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/he-carried-the-reins-in-his-teeth/2016/05/06/123a42b4-1150-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.html

Letters to the Editor

The Trump criticism hasn't worked

Victor E. Schwartz, Alexandria

Washington Post May 7 2016, p. A15

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trump-criticism-hasnt-worked/2016/05/06/70ab321e-1159-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.html

FCBD at Fantom Comics

FCBD at Victory Comics

FCBD art Big Planet Comics Vienna

Reminder Free Comic Book Day starts at 10 am today

Free Comic Book Day starts at 10 am today

--
Joel Pollack
BIG PLANET COMICS

4849 Cordell Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814

Jok Church of Beakman & Jax has died

Jok Church, of Beakman and Jax cartoon strip for kids, dies at 67.
By Steve Rubenstein

SFGate.com (May 5): http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Jok-Church-Beakman-and-Jax-cartoon-strip-for-7396400.php

This is only tangentially-related, as Mr. Church is survived by his brother Jim here in Washington, DC.

For a little more content, he had two chats with the Washington Post over a decade ago and the links still work.

Tobin, Suzanne.  2003. Comics: Meet the Artist With Jok Church, Cartoonist, 'You Can With Beakman and Jax'. Washingtonpost.com (May 30): http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/03/r_style_cartoon053003.htm

 

Tobin, Suzanne.  2006. Comics: Meet the Artist - Jok Church, Cartoonist, 'You Can with Beakman and Jax'. Washingtonpost.com (June 30): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/06/20/DI2006062000567.html

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Weed War Is Race War"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock -

"Weed War is Race War"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1939

The initial decision to criminalize marijuana in 1937 wasn't based on a study of the science and biology of addiction or pharmacology, but purely on politics and racism. Harry Anslinger, Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics -- precursor to today's DEA -- was a notorious racist and liar who based his opinions on marijuana on pure, raw racist stereotypes and who believed that marijuana was a sure gateway to violence, sedition and social discontent. It was Anslinger's inflammatory lies which led to the passage of state marijuana laws as a component of Jim Crow and stoked the hype for propaganda films such as Marihuana: The Devil's Weed and Reefer Madness.

As a follow-up to their wildly epic April 2nd event and their historic meeting with White House representives from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, DCMJ -- the people who brought you legal weed in DC -- are throwing a sequel to April 2 on May 20, the one-month anniversary of 4/20, to highlight the fact that Obama is late on descheduling cannabis, and to remind folks of the racism behind the 1937 marijuana ban which is still a major component of the War On Drugs.

Here's that nice Ted White interview

F.C.'s Ted White Reflects on Comics, Sci-Fi and the Little City

By Drew Costley
Falls Church News-Press May 5, 2016

online at

https://fcnp.com/2016/05/06/f-c-s-ted-white-reflects-on-comics-sci-fi-and-the-little-city/

Monkey See blog on comic books and Captain America: Civil War

Captain America, Aaron Burr, And The Politics Of Killing Your Friends

Linda Holmes

NPR's Monkey See blog May 5, 2016
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2016/05/05/476739552/captain-america-aaron-burr-and-the-politics-of-killing-your-friends

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Comics, More Comics, Free Comics And Keanu

Linda Holmes

Pop Culture Happy Hour

May 6, 2016

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2016/05/06/476459944/pop-culture-happy-hour-comics-more-comics-free-comics-and-keanu

http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2016/05/20160505_pchh_ep294.mp3

Ryan Homberg's latest manga article

Nuclear Literati: Nakashima Kiyoshi's Furusato Goes to Hell

BY Ryan Holmberg May 6, 2016
http://www.tcj.com/nuclear-literati-nakashima-kiyoshis-furusato-goes-to-hell/

Glen Weldon's guide to FCBD

Free Comic Book Day 2016: Even Archie Has Something New To Say

Glen Weldon

NPR's Monkey See blog May 6, 2016
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2016/05/06/476460021/free-comic-book-day-2016-even-archie-has-something-new-to-say

New Marc Rosenthal book on Trump in today's Post

Michael Ian Black says his Trump kids' book was inspired by Hillary Clinton [in print as Seuss-style Trmp tale is more for Mom and Dad].

By Nora Krug

Washington Post May 6 2016, p. C6.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/michael-ian-black-says-his-trump-kids-book-was-inspired-by-hillary-clinton/2016/05/02/f2c6d87a-0e2a-11e6-bfa1-4efa856caf2a_story.html

"A Child's First Book of Trump" by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Marc Rosenthal. (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers )

May 7: John Gallagher at Fair Oaks Mall for FCBD

I'll be doing sketches and signing FREE Buzzboy comics at the Comic Shop at Fair Oaks Mall tomorrow, 10AM-1PM Plus, there will be Archie Comics, superhero comics, Simpsons comics-- all FREE and FUN!