Eisner Awards - local winners and Comic Riffs coverage

Here's the local winners:

Best publication for early readers (up to age 8)

"Little Robot," by Ben Hatke (First Second)

Best reality-based work

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

and here's a couple of Comics Riffs stories:

Comic-Con: 'Overjoyed' Rep. John Lewis wins 'the Oscar of comics' for his civil rights memoir (+ winners' list)

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs  July 23 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/23/comic-con-overjoyed-rep-john-lewis-wins-the-oscar-of-comics-for-his-civil-rights-memoir-winners-list/

Comic-Con: Eisner nominee Tom King turned five months in Iraq into a Vertigo Comics hit

By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs July 21 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/21/comic-con-eisner-nominee-tom-king-turned-five-months-in-iraq-into-a-vertigo-comics-hit/

Comic Riffs on new books from Drawn & Quarterly

Exclusive: New DeLisle and Trondheim graphic memoirs to be offered in English, via Drawn & Quarterly

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs July 21 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/21/exclusive-new-delisle-and-trondheim-graphic-memoirs-to-be-offered-in-english-via-drawn-quarterly/

Comic Riffs talks to Dream Jumper creators

Greg Grunberg's son had a dream. Now it's a high-flying graphic-novel series and Paramount project

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs July 24  2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/24/greg-grunbergs-son-had-a-dream-now-its-a-high-flying-graphic-novel-series-and-paramount-project/

July 24: Deadline for 'Magic Bullet' 13

Today is the deadline for comics submissions and ads for Magic Bullet 13, the semi-annual comics newspapers of the D.C. Conspiracy. To whet your appetite, here's a work-in-progress of the cover for the new issue by Dale Rawlings.

July 23: Zinefest DC

 Zinefest DC is tomorrow from 11-5, in NW on 16th and Newton. There's at least 5 cartoonists tabling, and Fantom Comics too.

Names I recognize are:

3a-G. E. Gallas
5-Katie McDermott
27a-Andrew Cohen
27b-Michael Cowgill
29b-Mike Brace
32-Robin Ha

I'm not familiar with 7b-Dummie Comics Inc. (update: They're from New Jersey)

http://www.dczinefest.com/

Comic Riffs talks to cartoonists about Trump

Here is the true secret to mocking newly minted nominee Donald Trump

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs July 22 2016
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/22/here-is-the-true-secret-to-mocking-newly-minted-nominee-donald-trump/

The Post doesn't like the new Ice Age animation

'Ice Age: Collision Course': It's time for this franchise to become extinct

By Stephanie Merry
Washington Post July 22 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/ice-age-collision-course-its-time-for-this-franchise-to-become-extinct/2016/07/21/84bfe3a8-4ddb-11e6-a422-83ab49ed5e6a_story.html

Kickstarter for The Protectorate graphic novel begins today

Former local resident Christian Farmer has written in about a new graphic novel planned in collaboration with J.C. Williams. Farmer tells ComicsDC:

My wife and I moved to DC in the winter of 2008. We lived in Old Town Alexandria for about 3 years actually, but we were in the city a lot. I played in a r&b/jazz band for a while there. Mostly we were just figuring out how to grow up. We decided not to. My wife grew up in the Annapolis area and went to school in Tampa, where we met. When she graduated she wanted to spend some time in DC.

The Protectorate story is so incredible and we've been extremely lucky with the art team we found. With the success of our Kickstarter we will be able pay the amazing artists that we've hired to make our story come to life.

Our story follows a group of unlikely heroes as they reform the Protectorate. The previous Protectorate was a band of warriors that guarded the civilized planets of the universe from an evil overlord; whom relentlessly sought to destroy everything good in place of greed, pain, fear, and suffering. After 120 years of the evil overlord's rule a new Protectorate begins to slowly emerge and build an army to restore the balance of peace.

We  launched our Kickstarter campaign today, July 19th! The successful funding of our Kickstarter will allow us to hire our art team at Inkstand Studios, and print the first run of Limited Edition books for our backers. This 140 page graphic novel is the first book of what will be over 1500 pages of art, telling a story that blends science fiction with the world's events as we see them. We seek to use this epic story as a way of opening peoples eyes to the problems of today's world, and showing readers a path to positive societal change. 

The link to our Kickstarter is https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/525399862/protectorate-awakening-volume-1 Our rewards start at only $1, and at that level you get the first 26 pages of our story in PDF form!

Hilary Clinton in Faith comic book

Faith and politics will collide when Hillary Clinton appears in Valiant Comics

By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs July 18 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/18/faith-and-politics-will-collide-when-hillary-clinton-appears-in-valiant-comics/

Hillary Clinton will appear in the fifth issue of Faith from Valiant Comics. (Courtesy of Valiant Comics)

Comic Riffs on Ohio's cartoonist tradition

Wait — just how did Ohio become the cradle of great cartoonists?

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs July 19, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/19/wait-just-how-did-ohio-become-the-cradle-of-great-cartoonists/

New webcomic from Steve Conley

Steve's left NoVA for FLA but he's just let me know that he's got an attractive new strip that launched today.

The Middle Age is a new comic strip from cartoonist Steve Conley which launched today, Monday, July 18. Click here to read the very first episode!

The Post's Style Invitational rewrites comic strips

Retooning: The Week 1180 winners

By Pat Myers
Washington Post July 17 2016, p. E15
 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/style-invitational-week-1184-okay-choose-another-candidate-then/2016/07/14/10bb5a5e-47d8-11e6-90a8-fb84201e0645_story.html

Amateur DC cartoonists owns political webdomains and posts cartoons there

D.C. Lawyer Squatting On Clinton Website Domains With 'Hillary Potter' Cartoons

by Rachel Kurzius DCist Jul 15, 2016
http://dcist.com/2016/07/dc_lawyer_owns_clinton_website_domains.php

Hillary Potter and the Boredom of the Phoenix. (Cartoon courtesy of Jeremy Pegg)

Cavna talks to Atena Farghadani, Iranian cartoonist

Exclusive: Iranian cartoonist opens up about her captivity — and new freedom. #Draw4Atena

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs July 15 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/15/exclusive-iranian-cartoonist-opens-up-about-her-captivity-and-new-freedom-draw4atena/

July 15-17: Shore Leave con in MD

This is a science fiction con, but some of the authors write comic books too.

'Fight the Bite' and Zika

While at a pool in Fairfax, I noticed a public announcement regarding mosquitoes and Zika that included art very similiar to the work of local cartoonist Joe Sutliff. And it looked like it might be re-purposed from some of his previous work for Fairfax County. I asked Joe, and sure enough it was his work and it was re-purposed. Here's his email reply (with his permission to post):

"Yes, that's my art from some of the projects I've done for them. Because it's sold to the VA government, they get to use it as much as they want. They showed the posters to me after they did them - the CDC is getting slammed with requests for Zika materials, and they don't have anything ready, so these were thrown together. All public pools in Fairfax will soon feature one."

Robin Ha interviewed by Metro

This author uses comics to showcase Korean cuisine

Robin Ha is not your typical kitchen scribe.

Carly Olson

July 13 2016
http://www.metro.us/lifestyle/this-author-used-comics-to-showcase-korean-cuisine/zsJpgm---NLmL6neEaYpNo/

Winston's Graphic Medicine presentation is online

Local comics artist Venus Winston has posted online her presentation at the 7th Annual Graphic Medicine Conference, which was held last month in Scotland.

NPR talks to Gene Yang

Diversity Drives The Story In The Latest Incarnation Of Superman

RENEE MONTAGNE,

  Morning Edition July 13, 2016
http://www.npr.org/2016/07/13/485723740/diversity-drives-the-story-in-the-latest-incarnation-of-superman
http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2016/07/20160713_me_diversity_drives_the_story_in_the_latest_incarnation_of_superman.mp3
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=485723740

Kong Kenan, who's Chinese, takes up the mantle of Superman in New Super-Man #1, written by Gene Yang.

DC Entertainment

July 28: Animezing!: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM I

Join us for a SUMMER OF GUNDAM at the JICC!

The JICC is excited to present a SUMMER OF GUNDAM with screenings of the MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM Movie Trilogy! In the year 0079 of the Universal Century, the war between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon has reached a stalemate. However, when Zeon learns about the Federation's new mobile suits being developed at the Side 7 space colony, Char Aznable launches an attack to destroy them. A boy named Amuro Ray finds himself caught up in the conflict when he becomes the unwilling pilot of the Federation's new mobile suit - the Gundam. Japanese w. English Subtitles | Not Rated | 1981 Recommended for ages 13+ You are invited to Animezing!: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM I Thursday, July 28th, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT) Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan 1150 18th Street Northwest Suite 100 Washington DC 20036 US REGISTER HERE! Don't miss the second and third parts of the MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM Movie Trilogy screening at the JICC on August 5 and August 12! Animezing!: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM II Soldiers of Sorrow August 05th, 2016 6:30 PM Register Here! Animezing!: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM III Encounters in Space August 12th, 2016 6:30 PM Register Here! These events are free and open to the public, but registration is required.  *** When registering you may receive an email asking you to "Activate your Eventbrite account" if you have never used Eventbrite before. It is NOT necessary to activate an account for you to attend this event and you may ignore this email from Eventbrite. *** In the event of a cancellation, please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. Doors open 30 minutes before the program. Program begins at 6:30PM. No admittance after 7:00PM or once seating is full. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee a seat. Featured Events 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 100 | Washington, D.C. 20036-3838 TEL: 202-238-6900 | FAX: 202-822-6524 | jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp © 1991-2016 Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan