Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Eaten Fish named Cartoonist Rights Network endangered cartoonist
2016 Courage In Editorial Cartooning Award Winner Announced
http://cartoonistsrights.org/2016-courage-in-editorial-cartooning-award-winner-announced/Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Robin Ha podcast
Julia Carpenter:
https://soundcloud.com/theladycast/25-having-the-courage-to-try-something-new-with-comic-book-artist-robin-ha
"I only wish that I gave myself a chance to actually do what I wanted to do even sooner."
I spoke this week with comic book artist Robin Ha, whose new book, Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes, came out early last month. Robin is a Korean immigrant who is formally trained in illustration, but who has continually pushed herself to #dothething throughout her life -- from moving to the U.S. and learning English, to learning to cook, to writing a whole damn book. Robin and I talk about the limitations we often put on ourselves when it comes to creative work, how cooking is similar to painting, and how most Asian mother-daughter relationships are very, very similar.
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'Cook Korean' Shares Traditional Food in a New Way
Angie Goff
NBC4 Washington (August 30 2016)
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Korean-Cooking-Guest_Washington-DC-391758141.html
In "Cook Korean," author Robin Ha shares pieces of her life's story
and easy ways to make traditional Korean food. Ha stopped by News4
Midday to share more about the comic book style cook book.
PR: SPX Special Guests Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, Co-Creators of the March Trilogy
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Dr. Anita Auerbach's eulogy for Richard Thompson
Dr. Anita Auerbach
https://findthequiet.com/2016/08/30/are-you-ready-noooo/
Monday, August 29, 2016
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Police vs. Cannabis: an Infographic"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=20
Ignore the anti-legalization shrieking and propaganda, and consider this little factoid: Police have murdered 765 people in the US this year – so far. Meanwhile, absolutely 0 – count 'em, ZERO – people worldwide have died as a direct result of smoking cannabis through all of recorded history.
That's right, smoking cannabis will not kill you – unless you do it in front of a moving bus. See you in DC on September 24!
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Michael Cavna remembers Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson: The art of being a smart, humane artist in a vitriolic, wired world
Washington Post Comic Riffs August 29 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/29/richard-thompson-the-art-of-a-being-a-smart-humane-artist-in-a-vitriolic-wired-world/
Comics Riffs on Laika Studio and Kubo
The rise of Travis Knight, the son of Nike's founder who built an animation powerhouse [in print as A Knight is a rising king of animation, August 22, 2016]
Washington Post Comic Riffs August 19 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/19/the-rise-of-travis-knight-the-son-of-nikes-founder-who-built-an-animation-powerhouse/
Sept 21: Juana Medina at Library of Congress
I JUANA LIVE IN AMERICA: AN IMMIGRANT'S [CREATIVE] JOURNEY
Award-winning illustrator Juana Medina will discuss her work and her artistic journey as a Colombian artist living in the United States. Medina is an illustrator and author for children's books, as well as a teacher at George Washington University.
Cosponsored by the Hispanic Division and the Hispanic Cultural Society of the Library of Congress.
Location: Dining Room A, James Madison Building, 6th floor
Event is free and open to the public.
Contact: cgom@loc.gov
Sept 26: Kate Beaton at Hooray for Books
Richard Thompson Memorial Celebration photographs
http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2016_08_27B3_RThompson_Memorial3
http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2016_08_27B1_RThompson_Memorial
Excellent Washington Post story on North Korean cartoonist
Reaching a South Korean audience by finding laughs from North Korea [in print as Artist plays a rough life in North Korea for laughs]
By Anna Fifield Washington Post August 29 2016, p. A7
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/reaching-a-south-korean-audience-by-finding-laughs-from-north-korea/2016/08/28/24e0cb53-b075-40de-a2a6-cb4305cf4607_story.html
New local comic-con next summer
Per his Facebook post: "A one of a kind comic/art/pop culture convention. Many more details and announcements to come in the following weeks & months. Stay tuned."
Comic Riffs talks to Trudeau about Trump
'Yuge!'/'Doonesbury' cartoonist Garry Trudeau: 'If Trump wins, I'll miss civilization as we know it.'
Washington Post Comic Riffs August 29 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/29/yugedoonesbury-cartoonist-garry-trudeau-if-trump-wins-ill-miss-civilization-as-we-know-it/
Friday, August 26, 2016
Gail Rubin remembers Richard Thompson
Cartoonist Richard Thompson Made Us Laugh
http://agoodgoodbye.com/notable-obituaries/cartoonist-richard-thompson-made-us-laugh/
Before you read that -
The service for Richard Thompson will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, this Saturday, August 27th at 1pm.
IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC from 1pm until 2:30 pm, after which there will be a private reception for friends and family.
Sept 2-4: Baltimore Comic Con programming
Baltimore Comic-Con 2016 Announces Panel Programming
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - August 22, 2016 - The 17th annual Baltimore Comic-Con returns to the Baltimore Convention Center the weekend of September 2-4, 2016. Tickets are available now for General Admission, VIP, and Harvey Awards! As is the case every year, we have received a steady stream of requests for our Panel schedule -- details are now ready for release, and we're really excited to share them with you! |
Friday will feature a panel on our 2016 Baltimore Comic-Con Yearbook featuring the cast of Archie Comics, a spotlight on J.M. DeMatteis, and numerous panels featuring some of the industry's largest publishers including DC, IDW, and Valiant Entertainment!
Saturday, publisher panels include Marvel, BOOM! Studios, and Archie, spotlight panels on Joe Giella, Al Jaffee, John McCrea, Guest of Honor Kevin Eastman, and media guests Candice Patton, Kristian Nairn, and Sean Astin, and a drawing demonstration from Adam Hughes.
Sunday, learn about the connection between music and comics, world building, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and attend spotlights on Steve Englehart, Howard Chaykin, Soman Chainani, and media guest Hayley Atwell!
We also continue our series of cosplay-oriented panels throughout the weekend, featuring topics of interest to both participants and spectators alike.
And, of course, don't let your children miss the excitement scheduled for the Kids Love Comics Pavilion!
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Return Of The Choom"
"Return Of The Choom"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=20
Inspired by a scene from Return Of The Jedi in which Han Solo is frozen in carbonite in Jabba's lair, this poster announces a new round of cannabis legalization protest in Washington, DC and the White House on September 24, and calls on the DEA to "release the #Choom" -- to deschedule cannabis and free all prisoners being held for marijuana "crimes".
Needless to say, there's a lot of discontent boiling in the cannabis activist community about the DEA dragging its feet and stringing everybody along for months before finally blowing us off and refusing to remove cannabis from its "Schedule 1" list, alongside heroin. Much of the criticism is also directed at President Sparkle Pony, who claimed he would let science dictate policy and not politics, but has consistently chosen to support the failed Drug War policies which have their roots in the Nixon Administration. (The joke going around the DCMJ office is that the DEA has Obama "frozen, like Han Solo"; the term "choom" refers to Obama's weed-smoking posse from school, nicknamed the "Choom Gang".)
Aug 29: Garry Trudeau at Politics and Prose
Monday, August 29 at 4 PM - 6 PM
Comic Riffs profiles Roye Okupe and YouNeek Studios
He came to D.C. from Nigeria — and created his own African comic-book universe
Washington Post Comic Riffs August 24 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/24/he-came-to-d-c-from-nigeria-and-created-his-own-african-comic-book-universe/