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Wednesday, July 06, 2016
July 20: J-Film: My Little Sweet Pea
July 13: Warren Bernard talk at Library of Congress
From Warren:
I will give a lecture about the home front during World War Two as seen through cartoons and comics. Some of the topics that will be covered are air raids/blackouts, women on the assembly line, the African-American experience during the war, doing research at the LoC and other stuff about the war. All with cool (OK, I think so anyway...) cartoons & comics that have not been seen since the 1940's. Hope to see you there!!
I will give a lecture about the home front during World War Two as seen through cartoons and comics. Some of the topics that will be covered are air raids/blackouts, women on the assembly line, the African-American experience during the war, doing research at the LoC and other stuff about the war. All with cool (OK, I think so anyway...) cartoons & comics that have not been seen since the 1940's. Hope to see you there!!
Date: Wednesday July 13
Time: Noon
- In the Mumford Room on the 6th Floor.
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Tuesday, July 05, 2016
PW Comics World: More To Come at Awesome Con
More To Come 209: Awesome Con Interviews
Produced by Kate Fitzsimons
PW Comics World: More To Come
More To Come 210: Is Hastings the New Borders?
Produced by Kate Fitzsimons
In this week's podcast the More to Come Crew - Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons - discuss national bookstore chain Hasting Entertainment's chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and the $1 million it owes the graphic novel and pop culture vendor Diamond Book Distributors; Heidi and Calvin visit Washington DC's Awesome Con; Book Con is added to this year's New York Comic Con and we look at other convention news and controversy.
A new Ben Hatke interview
The Blurry Line Between Comics and Picture Books: Ben Hatke on His 8 Favorite Eye Candy Hybrids
By Ben Hatke & Sean Edgar | July 1, 2016https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/the-blurry-between-comics-and-picture-book-ben-hat.html
Cavna talks to Trudeau on Trump
'Doonesbury' creator explains why he sees Donald Trump as a true, proven [expletive]
Monday, July 04, 2016
Happy Fourth of July
A few comics-related photos from today at the 50th annual Fairfax City July 4 Parade.
Founding Father cartoons on Politico
Cartoonists' Founding Fathers Obsession
The winning arguments always goes to whoever has Washington and Franklin on their side. Cartoonists know that best.
Matt Wuerker
07/04/16
Robin Ha's new cookbook on NPR
Learn To Make Korean Food With A Charming Graphic Cookbook
Tove Danovich
Robin Ha's new 'Cook Korean!' graphic cookbook on NPR
From NPR's "The Salt."
Learn To Make Korean Food With A Charming Graphic Cookbook
By TOVE DANOVICH/NPR
"We are a very 100-percent-or-nothing culture," says Robin Ha, the author of a new graphic cookbook Cook Korean! Cold noodles may be served with ice to keep them frosty. Hot soups are served from a still flaming burner. Fish are often air dried or fermented.
For diners with increasingly diverse tastes, Ha believes Korean food can be quite welcoming. Much of it is easy to make and, due to the heavy use of fermentation, can last a long time without refrigeration. (Perfect for a grab and go lunch!) Most recipes don't even require an oven. "It's all sautéing or putting things in a pot to boil," Ha says.
Sunday, July 03, 2016
The Post on Pokemon for smartphones
The first Pokemon game for smartphones is not what I expected
Washington Post July 1 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/07/01/the-first-pokemon-game-for-smartphones-is-not-what-i-expected/
July 31: Galactic Con in Columbia, Md.
A new local comic con, Galactic Con, will be held July 31 in Columbia, Md., at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Columbia. It will feature a costume contest, artists and vendors and a "Shopkins Swap Zone."
AFL-CIO News cartoons at the University of Maryland
A guest post by Bruce Guthrie
I spent most of Wednesday at the Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland photographing the cartoons from the AFL-CIO News publication. I made it through 9 out of 16+ boxes. Frankly, my favorite cartoon was the one they showed us during the DC Labor Fest tour last month -- the piece celebrating the merger of the AFI and CIO in the very first issue.
Le Baron Coakley's (Coak's) works -- the earliest ones -- were my favorites. Well drawn with wonderful detail. The lion's share of the cartoons were by John Stampone (Stam) who, while I realize he was huge in the AAEC, I thought him less talented and pretty repetitive. A few cartoons were by Bernard Seaman who had a style that reminded me of Herblock. (When Coak drew legislation walking around as a person, I thought "Legislation!" When Stam did so, I thought "Towlie!" from Southpath. None of Coak and Seaman's work showed any white-out whereas a number of Stam's did. But there were a lot fewer pieces by Coak and Seaman so maybe my sample is skewed.)
There were at lot of cartoons missing so you don't get a complete picture. I went through what should have been 20 years of weekly cartoons (1955-1975) and there were only 630 or so there. Most of the ones from the 1950s -- Coak's time -- is gone. The 1960s was better but still not complete. I would have loved to have seen the cartoon they did after JFK was assassinated on 11/22/1963 -- there was one prepared in advance for the 11/23/1963 publication and there was one for 12/7 but I really wanted to see the one for 11/30. There were gaps around the moon landings (except for one from Apollo 17) which I'm sure would have been worked into the cartoons some how. The library should have copies of all of the printed AFL-CIO News publications so I can see them in that form.
The humor in general was disappointing. Most of what I found funny was seeing how things were portrayed back then.
It was fascinating to see how non-white males were treated over the years. Women were always shown as housewives only until the mid-1960s -- that didn't change as much as I'd hoped by 1975. Blacks were initially virtually invisible but as the AFL-CIO got involved with Martin Luther King Jr and other campaigns, African-Americans started to show up more often, albeit early on mostly in character roles that were stereotypically black (poor folks, civil rights folks, unemployed folks...).
There were several cartoons in the mid-1960s supporting the war in Vietnam. There were a number of cartoons about Nixon's wage and price controls -- something I'd totally forgotten about.
Also seen was one of the worst caricatures of Johnson/Humphrey I've ever seen.
I'll go back at some point to see the rest of the collection. If anyone wants to visit them, they're open to the public.
Coak -- The first cartoon
Stam -- the worst caricature of Johnson/Humphrey.
Seaman -- Vietnam
Stam -- (The text in the cloud says "Defense of Freedom in Vietnam").
Stam -- Apollo 17 piece -- "Union Made"
Stam -- Tweedledee and Tweedledum with Alice
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