Batman Day celebrates the Dark Knight with free comics and signings
September 1 2016
Friday, September 16, 2016
Tomorrow is Batman day at local comics stores and Barnes & Noble
Pre SPX-events today (starting this morning)
Fantagraphics Books and the Advent of the Graphic Novel
SPEAKER: Gary Groth, editor and publisher, Fantagraphics Books.
Legendary comic book editor and publisher Gary Groth recounts the history of Fantagraphics Books. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, Fantagraphics grew from a small, upstart press operating in College Park, Maryland, into the influential and noteworthy publisher it is today. Groth will discuss the struggles, achievements and highlights of a comic book publisher that has accomplished much in its forty-year history. Join us as we celebrate its milestone anniversary.
This is the fifth annual SPX festival program sponsored by the Serial & Government Publications Division.
Where: Library of Congress, West Dining Room, 6th floor, Madison Building
When: Friday, September 16, 2016, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Ed Luce at East City Bookshop
September 16 @ 6:30pm: Indie comics sensation Ed Luce talks about his underground hit series,Wuvable Oaf, an endearing and hilarious look at the San Francisco queer music scene.
East City Bookshop
645 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20003
SPEAKER: Gary Groth, editor and publisher, Fantagraphics Books.
Legendary comic book editor and publisher Gary Groth recounts the history of Fantagraphics Books. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, Fantagraphics grew from a small, upstart press operating in College Park, Maryland, into the influential and noteworthy publisher it is today. Groth will discuss the struggles, achievements and highlights of a comic book publisher that has accomplished much in its forty-year history. Join us as we celebrate its milestone anniversary.
This is the fifth annual SPX festival program sponsored by the Serial & Government Publications Division.
Where: Library of Congress, West Dining Room, 6th floor, Madison Building
When: Friday, September 16, 2016, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Ed Luce at East City Bookshop
September 16 @ 6:30pm: Indie comics sensation Ed Luce talks about his underground hit series,Wuvable Oaf, an endearing and hilarious look at the San Francisco queer music scene.
East City Bookshop
645 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20003
Thursday, September 15, 2016
PR: Lost Art Books at Small Press Expo Sept. 14-15
LOST ART BOOKS exhibiting at the SMALL PRESS EXPO
Sept. 17-18
Booth i2
Dear Friends,
We will be exhibiting again at this year's Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland (booth i2). It's the best convention of its kind anywhere, and we're all lucky it is in our proverbial backyard.
Our publishing company Picture This Press (the publisher of the Lost Art Books imprint) is also taking part in SPX's programming this year. In conjunction with last spring's announcement that Picture This Press will publish The Richard Thompson Library, as series editor I organized a panel discussion devoted to Thompson. We hope you'll find the time to attend. The details are below:
RICHARD THOMPSON: A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE AND ART
White Flint Auditorium
September 17, 2016, 5:30 pm–6:30 pm
Richard Thompson (1957–2016)—one of his generation's greatest cartoonists and caricaturists—was beloved by readers and fellow artists alike. Pat Oliphant called him "Michelangelo with a sense of humor," and Bill Watterson, who had not said anything publicly in almost 20 years, sent out a note crediting Thompson with "giving me a reason to read the comics again." A short documentary celebrating Thompson's art and generous spirit will be followed by a conversation among Thompson's long-time intimates—his close friend and fellow cartoonist Nick Galifianakis, Shena Wolf, who is the Uclick acquisitions editor and was Richard's editor on Cul De Sac, as well as friend and art historian David Apatoff—concluding with an opportunity for questions and reflections from the audience. Moderated by publisher (Lost Art Books) and editor of the forthcoming Richard Thompson Library series, Joseph Procopio.
In addition to bringing copies of every Lost Art Book still in print, this year we are debuting a chapbook that spotlights one of our favorite artists, Russell Patterson (see the chapbook's cover and a description below). These chapbooks are exclusively available at our convention appearances.
The Lost Art of Drinking (with Drawings by Russell Patterson)
You don't need some fancy pants "mixologist" to make your drinks! Give 'em the high hat, and make your own with this beautifully illustrated cocktail chapbook adorned throughout with the art of cartoonist and illustrator Russell Patterson. These cocktails and illustrations come from a time when men understood the art of imbibing, and women could match them drink for drink. Patterson was a top Jazz Age drinker and drawer of his day, with a style that overflows with savoir faire and urbanity, frivolity and fun, and this book provides a glimpse into both Patterson's mastery and an era when drinking culture put a premium on sophistication and wit.
Please find below a map of the exhibitor's hall that will get you to our booth. Ellen and I really hope you'll find some time on the weekend of Sept. 17-18 to drop by and say hello. I promise you won't be disappointed in the abundance of creativity on display by the talented artists and small publishers who exhibit at SPX every year (go to www.SPXPO.com for more information about exhibitors, special guests, panel discussions, etc.)
Warm regards,
Joe Procopio and Ellen Levy
Co-publishers
Lost Art Books
Three pre-SPX events happen tonight in DC
Sept 15: Finnish Comics Now
http://www.finland.org/Public/default.aspx?contentid=351234&culture=en-US
The Embassy of Finland is excited to host an exhibition that showcases modern Finnish comics. Comic art has been a noticeable part of the Finnish art scene for a long time. Think about Tove Jansson and her beloved Moomin characters. Most Finns remember reading the Finnish Donald Duck magazine as a child, a habit that for many has continued past adulthood.
Please join us at the opening reception of the exhibition on September 15, 2016 at 7pm.
RSVP is required by Tuesday, September 13 at wasevents@formin.fi.
The exhibition is open to the public from 11am to 4pm on the following dates:
September 18
September 24-25
October 1-2
Address: Embassy of Finland, 3301 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists U.S. Tour
September 15, 2016
6:30 pm
Where @ Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th St NW Washington, DC 20009
Join us for the kick-off event of this exciting tour and meet five talented graphic novelists in conversation with Harvey Award winning artist José Villarrubia to discuss how Spanish indie comics are finding a larger voice in Spain and around the globe.
SPAIN arts & culture is pleased to present Spanish graphic novelists –Santiago García, Javier Olivares, David Rubín, Ana Galvañ, and José Domingo– some of the many gifted artists featured in Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists (Fantagraphics, 2016). Based on 2013's Panorama: La novela gráfica española hoy, this anthology showcases the talents of a contemporary wave of Spanish comic authors, from winners of Premio Nacional del Cómic, to rising stars and experimental artists, and calls attention to the high quality of graphic novels emerging from a country with one of the strongest cartoon traditions in Europe.
The Other Side of the Wall (drüben!)
09/15/2016
6:30 PM
Goethe-Institut Washington
1990 K Street NW, Suite 03
(Entrance on 20th Street NW, lower level)
Washington, DC
Cartoonist and author Simon Schwartz was born in Erfurt, Germany in 1982, at a time when the repressive Socialist Unity Party controlled the region, a part of history he captures in his autobiographic debut graphic novel drüben! (The Other Side of the Wall). Recently honored with the Independent Publisher Book Award (2016), the novel tells the narrative of the protagonist's willingness to leave the communist side of the Wall in search of freedom.
Based on his own parents' painful personal experiences of reprisal and alienation in East Germany after announcing their intention to leave for the West, The Other Side of the Wall eloquently depicts the challenges faced by those whose State once inspired but ultimately turned on them. A new life on the western side of the Wall meant not only freedom, but also uncertainty and the fragmentation of relationships with family and friends.
Simon Schwartz studied Illustration at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW). He taught editorial illustration at HAW and the BTK University of Art & Design, Berlin, and works as a freelance illustrator for several well-known magazines, newspapers and agencies. Schwartz is the winner of several awards, including the Max and Moritz Prize (2012) and the ICOM Independent Comics Award (2010).
Moderated by Antje Krüger, Assistant Professor of German at Goucher College.
A Hagenized "Grandma Rose" will be at Intervention Con this weekend.
David Hagen reveals another painting, saying "Grandma Rose at it again! Was she a big Dr Who fan?"
This will be on sale at Intervention Con this weekend.
This will be on sale at Intervention Con this weekend.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Cartoonists from Spain in town this week
For SPX this weekend, but also at an earlier event.
The New Wave of Spanish Cartoonists Swings Through The District
Sept 16: Gary Groth at Library of Congress
Friday, September 16, 2016
Fantagraphics Books and the Advent of the Graphic Novel
SPEAKER: Gary Groth, editor and publisher, Fantagraphics Books.
Legendary comic book editor and publisher Gary Groth recounts the history of Fantagraphics Books. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, Fantagraphics grew from a small, upstart press operating in College Park, Maryland, into the influential and noteworthy publisher it is today. Groth will discuss the struggles, achievements and highlights of a comic book publisher that has accomplished much in its forty-year history. Join us as we celebrate its milestone anniversary.
This is the fifth annual SPX festival program sponsored by the Serial &Government Publications Division.
Where: West Dining Room, 6th floor, Madison Building
When: Friday, September 16, 2016, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Fantagraphics Books and the Advent of the Graphic Novel
SPEAKER: Gary Groth, editor and publisher, Fantagraphics Books.
Legendary comic book editor and publisher Gary Groth recounts the history of Fantagraphics Books. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, Fantagraphics grew from a small, upstart press operating in College Park, Maryland, into the influential and noteworthy publisher it is today. Groth will discuss the struggles, achievements and highlights of a comic book publisher that has accomplished much in its forty-year history. Join us as we celebrate its milestone anniversary.
This is the fifth annual SPX festival program sponsored by the Serial &Government Publications Division.
Where: West Dining Room, 6th floor, Madison Building
When: Friday, September 16, 2016, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Ben Hatke
PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Ben Hatke
Publishers Weekly PW KidsCast 09/12/2016
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=5&podcast=630
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=5&podcast=630
Ben Hatke talks about his new graphic novel, 'Mighty Jack,' a contemporary reinterpretation of the story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk.'
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Stronger Together"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -
"Stronger Together"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2047
Hillary Clinton's recent collapse at a Nineleven™ anniversary ceremony -- with all the obligatory Clinton campaign spin, dissembling and lies -- has given a whole new meaning to the Democratic Party's campaign slogan, "Stronger Together".
"Stronger Together"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=20
Hillary Clinton's recent collapse at a Nineleven™ anniversary ceremony -- with all the obligatory Clinton campaign spin, dissembling and lies -- has given a whole new meaning to the Democratic Party's campaign slogan, "Stronger Together".
Mike Jenkins' lunch bag art
A Collection of School Lunch Bags Upgraded to Artworks by a Dedicated Doodling Dad
Monday, September 12, 2016
SPX 2016 - Here's Literally Everything You Need to Know!
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SPX Debut from Lost Art Books - The Lost Art of Drinking
Debuting from Lost Art Books at SPX (Table i2)
The Lost Art of Drinking
With Drawings by Russell Patterson
You don't need some fancy pants "mixologist" to make your drinks! Give 'em the high hat, and make your own with this beautifully illustrated cocktail chapbook adorned throughout with the art of cartoonist and illustrator Russell Patterson. These cocktails and illustrations come from a time when men understood the art of imbibing, and women could match them drink for drink. Patterson was the top Jazz Age drinker and drawer of his day, with a style that overflows with savoir faire and urbanity, frivolity and fun, and this book provides a glimpse into both Patterson's mastery and an era when drinking culture put a premium on sophistication and wit.
Lost Art Chapbook No. 3
Lost Art Books / Picture This Press
Pre-SPX events this week
Thursday September 15 2016
Sept 15: Finnish Comics Now
http://www.finland.org/Public/default.aspx?contentid=351234&culture=en-US
The Embassy of Finland is excited to host an exhibition that showcases modern Finnish comics. Comic art has been a noticeable part of the Finnish art scene for a long time. Think about Tove Jansson and her beloved Moomin characters. Most Finns remember reading the Finnish Donald Duck magazine as a child, a habit that for many has continued past adulthood.
Please join us at the opening reception of the exhibition on September 15, 2016 at 7pm.
RSVP is required by Tuesday, September 13 at wasevents@formin.fi.
The exhibition is open to the public from 11am to 4pm on the following dates:
September 18
September 24-25
October 1-2
Address: Embassy of Finland, 3301 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists U.S. Tour
September 15, 2016
6:30 pm
Where @ Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th St NW Washington, DC 20009
Join us for the kick-off event of this exciting tour and meet five talented graphic novelists in conversation with Harvey Award winning artist José Villarrubia to discuss how Spanish indie comics are finding a larger voice in Spain and around the globe.
SPAIN arts & culture is pleased to present Spanish graphic novelists –Santiago García, Javier Olivares, David Rubín, Ana Galvañ, and José Domingo– some of the many gifted artists featured in Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists (Fantagraphics, 2016). Based on 2013's Panorama: La novela gráfica española hoy, this anthology showcases the talents of a contemporary wave of Spanish comic authors, from winners of Premio Nacional del Cómic, to rising stars and experimental artists, and calls attention to the high quality of graphic novels emerging from a country with one of the strongest cartoon traditions in Europe.
The Other Side of the Wall (drüben!)
09/15/2016
6:30 PM
Goethe-Institut Washington
1990 K Street NW, Suite 03
(Entrance on 20th Street NW, lower level)
Washington, DC
Cartoonist and author Simon Schwartz was born in Erfurt, Germany in 1982, at a time when the repressive Socialist Unity Party controlled the region, a part of history he captures in his autobiographic debut graphic novel drüben! (The Other Side of the Wall). Recently honored with the Independent Publisher Book Award (2016), the novel tells the narrative of the protagonist’s willingness to leave the communist side of the Wall in search of freedom.
Based on his own parents’ painful personal experiences of reprisal and alienation in East Germany after announcing their intention to leave for the West, The Other Side of the Wall eloquently depicts the challenges faced by those whose State once inspired but ultimately turned on them. A new life on the western side of the Wall meant not only freedom, but also uncertainty and the fragmentation of relationships with family and friends.
Simon Schwartz studied Illustration at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW). He taught editorial illustration at HAW and the BTK University of Art & Design, Berlin, and works as a freelance illustrator for several well-known magazines, newspapers and agencies. Schwartz is the winner of several awards, including the Max and Moritz Prize (2012) and the ICOM Independent Comics Award (2010).
Moderated by Antje Krüger, Assistant Professor of German at Goucher College.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Fantagraphics Books and the Advent of the Graphic Novel
SPEAKER: Gary Groth, editor and publisher, Fantagraphics Books.
Legendary comic book editor and publisher Gary Groth recounts the history of Fantagraphics Books. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, Fantagraphics grew from a small, upstart press operating in College Park, Maryland, into the influential and noteworthy publisher it is today. Groth will discuss the struggles, achievements and highlights of a comic book publisher that has accomplished much in its forty-year history. Join us as we celebrate its milestone anniversary.
This is the fifth annual SPX festival program sponsored by the Serial &Government Publications Division.
Where: West Dining Room, 6th floor, Madison Building
When: Friday, September 16, 2016, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Ed Luce at East City Bookshop
September 16 @ 6:30pm: Indie comics sensation Ed Luce talks about his underground hit series,Wuvable Oaf, an endearing and hilarious look at the San Francisco queer music scene.
East City Bookshop
645 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20003
Sept 15: Finnish Comics Now
http://www.finland.org/Public/default.aspx?contentid=351234&culture=en-US
The Embassy of Finland is excited to host an exhibition that showcases modern Finnish comics. Comic art has been a noticeable part of the Finnish art scene for a long time. Think about Tove Jansson and her beloved Moomin characters. Most Finns remember reading the Finnish Donald Duck magazine as a child, a habit that for many has continued past adulthood.
Please join us at the opening reception of the exhibition on September 15, 2016 at 7pm.
RSVP is required by Tuesday, September 13 at wasevents@formin.fi.
The exhibition is open to the public from 11am to 4pm on the following dates:
September 18
September 24-25
October 1-2
Address: Embassy of Finland, 3301 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists U.S. Tour
September 15, 2016
6:30 pm
Where @ Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th St NW Washington, DC 20009
Join us for the kick-off event of this exciting tour and meet five talented graphic novelists in conversation with Harvey Award winning artist José Villarrubia to discuss how Spanish indie comics are finding a larger voice in Spain and around the globe.
SPAIN arts & culture is pleased to present Spanish graphic novelists –Santiago García, Javier Olivares, David Rubín, Ana Galvañ, and José Domingo– some of the many gifted artists featured in Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists (Fantagraphics, 2016). Based on 2013's Panorama: La novela gráfica española hoy, this anthology showcases the talents of a contemporary wave of Spanish comic authors, from winners of Premio Nacional del Cómic, to rising stars and experimental artists, and calls attention to the high quality of graphic novels emerging from a country with one of the strongest cartoon traditions in Europe.
The Other Side of the Wall (drüben!)
09/15/2016
6:30 PM
Goethe-Institut Washington
1990 K Street NW, Suite 03
(Entrance on 20th Street NW, lower level)
Washington, DC
Cartoonist and author Simon Schwartz was born in Erfurt, Germany in 1982, at a time when the repressive Socialist Unity Party controlled the region, a part of history he captures in his autobiographic debut graphic novel drüben! (The Other Side of the Wall). Recently honored with the Independent Publisher Book Award (2016), the novel tells the narrative of the protagonist’s willingness to leave the communist side of the Wall in search of freedom.
Based on his own parents’ painful personal experiences of reprisal and alienation in East Germany after announcing their intention to leave for the West, The Other Side of the Wall eloquently depicts the challenges faced by those whose State once inspired but ultimately turned on them. A new life on the western side of the Wall meant not only freedom, but also uncertainty and the fragmentation of relationships with family and friends.
Simon Schwartz studied Illustration at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW). He taught editorial illustration at HAW and the BTK University of Art & Design, Berlin, and works as a freelance illustrator for several well-known magazines, newspapers and agencies. Schwartz is the winner of several awards, including the Max and Moritz Prize (2012) and the ICOM Independent Comics Award (2010).
Moderated by Antje Krüger, Assistant Professor of German at Goucher College.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Fantagraphics Books and the Advent of the Graphic Novel
SPEAKER: Gary Groth, editor and publisher, Fantagraphics Books.
Legendary comic book editor and publisher Gary Groth recounts the history of Fantagraphics Books. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, Fantagraphics grew from a small, upstart press operating in College Park, Maryland, into the influential and noteworthy publisher it is today. Groth will discuss the struggles, achievements and highlights of a comic book publisher that has accomplished much in its forty-year history. Join us as we celebrate its milestone anniversary.
This is the fifth annual SPX festival program sponsored by the Serial &Government Publications Division.
Where: West Dining Room, 6th floor, Madison Building
When: Friday, September 16, 2016, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Ed Luce at East City Bookshop
September 16 @ 6:30pm: Indie comics sensation Ed Luce talks about his underground hit series,Wuvable Oaf, an endearing and hilarious look at the San Francisco queer music scene.
East City Bookshop
645 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20003
Sept 16: Ed Luce at East City Bookshop
September 16 @ 6:30pm: Indie comics sensation Ed Luce talks about his underground hit series,Wuvable Oaf, an endearing and hilarious look at the San Francisco queer music scene.
RSVP Here
East City Bookshop
645 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20003Friday, September 09, 2016
Sept15: Finnish comics exhibit opens at Embassy
News, 9/8/2016 | Embassy of Finland, Washington
Finnish Comics Now
The Embassy of Finland is excited to host an exhibition that showcases modern Finnish comics. Comic art has been a noticeable part of the Finnish art scene for a long time. Think about Tove Jansson and her beloved Moomin characters. Most Finns remember reading the Finnish Donald Duck magazine as a child, a habit that for many has continued past adulthood.
A work by Reetta Niemensivu
Finnish Comics Now exhibition offers a glimpse to the colorful, strange and surreal visions of Finnish modern comics. The eight internationally acclaimed artists showcased are part of a generation born in the 1970's and 1980's. The exhibition features works from JP Ahonen, Hanneriina Moisseinen, Tommi Musturi, Reetta Niemensivu, Anna Sailamaa, Petteri Tikkanen, Marko Turunen and Amanda Vähämäki.
Feelings of alienation and other worlds, either outside or just at the borders of our own reality, are common themes in these works. Several artists also handle themes of dealing with the past – either on an individual or a collective level. The pieces offer an overview of what Finnish comics are now and maybe hint of what to look forward to in the future.
The exhibition is produced by the Finnish Comics Society which aims to promote the awareness and critical reading of comics and to gain respect for the art form. Founded in 1971, it is an association of makers, readers, collectors and researchers of comics. The society presents comics both to the wider public as well as to the cultural establishment.
The Finnish Comics Society will also be at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda on September 17-18. The expo brings together more than 4 000 cartoonists and comic arts enthusiasts every fall in Bethesda, Maryland.
The exhibition is supported by Frame Contemporary Art Finland and the Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C.
Please join us at the opening reception of the exhibition on September 15, 2016 at 7pm.
RSVP is required by Tuesday, September 13 at wasevents@formin.fi.
The exhibition is open to the public from 11am to 4pm on the following dates:
September 18
September 24-25
October 1-2
Address: Embassy of Finland, 3301 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
Comic Riffs talks to Dean Haspiel
An Emmy-winning cartoonist explains why young artists shouldn't move to Brooklyn
The Post doesn't like The Wild Life animation
'The Wild Life' is 'Robinson Crusoe,' from the animals' perspective [in print as This shipwreck of a movie sinks fast].
"The Wild Life" is a story told from the point of view of island animals. In the film, Mak (a parrot voiced by David Howard) and his friends discover a man and his dog, who have washed ashore. (Lionsgate)
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