Earlier stories can be seen here.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
New ReDistricted story on the history of cherry trees in DC
Earlier stories can be seen here.
The Post talks to The Oatmeal's Matthew Inman about bears
A proposal to bring back grizzlies just got a funny boost [in print as Web comic artist gives grizzly campaign a massive boost].
Washington Post
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
The Post with AP stories on editorial cartoons
Trump administration actions inspire editorial cartoonists
2017https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trump-administration-actions-inspire-editorial-cartoonists/2017/03/10/0f8812ae-05a0-11e7-9d14-9724d48f5666_story.html
Teaching Trump: Should teachers offer up their own politics? in print as Teaching about Trump].
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Steve Loya interviewed
Cartoonist, fine artist and ComicsDC contributor - read more about him -
A Conversation with Artist Steve Loya by Lisa Strout
Pennsylvania Turnpike superheroes?
I was on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last weekend, and stopped in the (going west) rest stop outside of Breezewood. There's a nice exhibit on PA Turnpike tchockes which includes this Turnpike Man cup and inaction figure, which I believe has artwork by the late Paul Ryan, a longtime Fantastic Four and Phantom artist. Can anyone confirm that?
Anyone want to sell me a cup? I just bought the inaction figure on ebay, where 8 of them are being sold as cake toppers.
March 15: Jeff Day talk
GNSI-DC: From Comics to Medical Art
Event Date:
March 15, 2017 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Greater DC Chapter Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
From Comics to Medical Art, a presentation by Jeff Day
Bam! Kapow! Scalpel! Jeff Day never outgrew his love of cartooning even after becoming a medical illustrator. Jeff shares comics lessons that can be applied to science art, and how he continues to use cartoons to communicate health and medical messages. Jeff is now an informatics fellow at the National Library of Medicine and draws deeply from his varied background as a medical student, pediatrics intern, natural history museum educator, and training in medical illustration. Yes it was a windy path, but that's what you get for a guy who never outgrew cartoons...
Some of his medical art can be seen at http://www.daybiomed.com.
Event Date:
March 15, 2017 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Greater DC Chapter Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
From Comics to Medical Art, a presentation by Jeff Day
Bam! Kapow! Scalpel! Jeff Day never outgrew his love of cartooning even after becoming a medical illustrator. Jeff shares comics lessons that can be applied to science art, and how he continues to use cartoons to communicate health and medical messages. Jeff is now an informatics fellow at the National Library of Medicine and draws deeply from his varied background as a medical student, pediatrics intern, natural history museum educator, and training in medical illustration. Yes it was a windy path, but that's what you get for a guy who never outgrew cartoons...
Some of his medical art can be seen at http://www.daybiomed.com.
More Details Here.
LOCATION:
Smithsonian Natural History Museum
10th St. & Constitution Ave., Washington, DC.
Room WG-33 (1st Floor, West Wing)
All visitors must wait for an escort in the Constitution Avenue lobby between 5:30 and 6:10 p.m. (about every 15 minutes)
EVENING'S SCHEDULE:
— 5:30 p.m. for snacks and socializing (Please bring a food item to share, or $3.00 for the donation jar.)
— 6:00 p.m. Business and announcements
— 6:10 p.m. (approx.) Presentation begins
Smithsonian Natural History Museum
10th St. & Constitution Ave., Washington, DC.
Room WG-33 (1st Floor, West Wing)
All visitors must wait for an escort in the Constitution Avenue lobby between 5:30 and 6:10 p.m. (about every 15 minutes)
EVENING'S SCHEDULE:
— 5:30 p.m. for snacks and socializing (Please bring a food item to share, or $3.00 for the donation jar.)
— 6:00 p.m. Business and announcements
— 6:10 p.m. (approx.) Presentation begins
Spurgeon interviews former DC resident Wimberly
CR Monday Conversation: Ronald Wimberly
by Tom Spurgeon
Comics Reporter
March 13, 2017
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_conversation_ronald_wimberly/
by Tom Spurgeon
Comics Reporter
March 13, 2017http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_conversation_ronald_wimberly/
Saturday, March 11, 2017
The Post on Gaiman and Zelda
Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods,' newly illustrated by Dave McKean [in print as 'American Gods,' heading for television, gets reverential reissue].
'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' review: Unusually, hauntingly engrossing [in print as This 'Zelda' will take your breath away].
Mutts in Arlington
Petco Unleashed on Wilson Blvd at Patrick st. is selling tote bags with Patrick McDonnell's Mutts characters for charity. It's a ten dollar minimum donation.
Will Eisner Week exhibit at the Library of Congress
Last week, the departments of Serials (ie comic books) and Prints & Photographs (ie original art and posters) put on small exhibit for a couple of hours in recognition of Will Eisner's 100th birthday. In addition to Spirit comic books, there was original art by Eisner, as well as other comics and comic book pages.
More pictures are on Flickr.
Friday, March 10, 2017
NPR on Samurai Jack
Jack Is Back: After A 13-Year Hiatus, 'Samurai Jack' Returns For A Final Season
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/03/08/519031110/jack-is-back-after-a-13-year-hiatus-samurai-jack-returns-for-a-final-season
PR: Meet Quantum Teens are Go creators Magdalene Visaggio & Eryk Donovan at Third Eye Annapolis Tomorrow
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Gabby Rivera writes America
Marvel hired Gabby Rivera, a queer Latina writer, for its queer Latina superhero. That matters. [in print as A Latina writer shares traits with her superhero, March 9, 2017, p. C1-2]
Comic Riffs blog
Gabby Rivera 
Fantom Comics drops ComiXology
I actually have very little idea what that means. I got to stores to buy actual comic books, not e-comics.
However, they have a long explanation for their subscribers at http://www.fantomcomics.com/comichub/New Redistricted Comic online - history of Dupont Circle
staying stylish
https://www.redistrictedcomics.com/dupont
Story by Matt Dembicki
Art by Adam Griffiths
Dupont Circle is a historic and hip neighborhood with a park encompassed by a traffic circle at its center. It was actually part of city planner Pierre Charles L'Enfant's plan for Washington, but it wasn't full developed until after the Civil War. Initially called Pacific Circle, Congress renamed it in 1882 in honor of Civil War Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont. Like nearly all memorials at the time, it was bronze statute of his likeness. But times changed and not everyone appreciated it, including members of his own family.
Thursday, March 09, 2017
Alex Ross exhibit in Winchester, VA; April 1: Ross appearance
Click through to read the whole PR.
New MSV Exhibition to Feature Original Works by Renowned Comic Book Artist Alex Ross
Superheroes and Superstars: The Works of Alex Ross Opens on February 11
Winchester, VA 02/7/17…Superheroes and Superstars: The Works of Alex Ross—a new exhibition featuring the work of one of the world's greatest comic book artists—will be on view in the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) from February 11 through May 14, 2017.
The MSV is the first venue to host this traveling exhibition, which has been organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The exhibition's MSV display is sponsored by Shenandoah Country Q102.
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From 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 1, the MSV will host Alex Ross for a rare signing event. Prints and Alex Ross merchandise will be available for purchase in the Museum Store. Those interested in attending the signing may bring up to three items per person (no sketches and/or portfolio reviews). While a fee is not required to attend the signing event, MSV admission will apply to view Superheroes and Superstars.
Wednesday, March 08, 2017
Sara Duke's courtroom art exhibit opens in late April
Ffom one of our local comics curators:
"Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustrations" Opens April 27
A new exhibition at the Library of Congress, "Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustrations," will feature original art that captures the drama of high-profile court cases in the last 50 years.
The exhibition will open on Thursday, April 27, 2017, and close on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in the South Gallery on the second floor of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. It is free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Tickets are not needed.
"Drawing Justice" is made possible by Thomas V. Girardi and the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon. In addition, Girardi—the founding partner of Girardi Keese, a Los Angeles law firm—funded the acquisition of 95 high-profile trial drawings by Aggie Kenny, Bill Robles and Elizabeth Williams for the Library's collection. As a result of this benefaction, the Library's courtroom illustrations are the most comprehensive in any American institution.
The exhibition's illustrations—part of the Library's extensive collection of more than 10,000 courtroom drawings—are the work of talented artists hired by both newspapers and broadcast outlets to capture the personal dynamics of legal trials, which for many decades were off-limits to photographers and television cameras. The artwork brings the theater of the courtroom to life, capturing gestures, appearances and relationships in a way that humanizes the defendants and plaintiffs, lawyers, judges and witnesses.
The 98 illustrations on display will represent court cases dating from 1964 to the present day, including trials for murder, crime and corruption, terrorism, political activism and landmark legal issues. Among those depicted will be Jack Ruby, James Earl Ray, Charles Manson, David Berkowitz, John Gotti, the Chicago Seven and Bernie Madoff. Artifacts from the Library's Manuscript Division and the Law Library will supplement the drawings from a legal perspective.
Also on view will be an introductory video and an interactive video station that show the actual drawings from the exhibition being featured on television nightly news broadcasts. This footage demonstrates the important contribution courtroom illustrators make in bringing the drama of the court, and an understanding of the day's events, into the homes of millions of Americans.
The exhibition begins with the work of Howard Brodie, who popularized reportage-style courtroom illustrations with his documentation of the Jack Ruby trial in 1964 for CBS Evening News. Ruby had been charged with killing Lee Harvey Oswald, who allegedly assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Brodie supported and encouraged the first generation of artists who created the artwork for television and print media. Brodie donated his trial drawings to the Library of Congress, which spurred the development of the courtroom-illustration collections.
In addition to Brodie, the artists represented in the exhibition include Marilyn Church, Aggie Kenny, Pat Lopez, Arnold Mesches, Gary Myrick, Joseph Papin, David Rose, Freda Reiter, Bill Robles, Jane Rosenberg and Elizabeth Williams.
The exhibition is curated by Sara W. Duke, curator of applied and graphic art in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Assistant curator is Margaret M. Wood, a senior legal reference librarian in the Library of Congress Law Library. Betsy Nahum-Miller and Carroll Johnson, from the Library's Interpretative Programs Office, are the exhibition directors.
The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division preserves and provides access to nearly 16 million photographs, drawings and prints from the 15th century to the present day. International in scope, these visual collections represent a uniquely rich array of human experience, knowledge, creativity and achievement, touching on almost every realm of endeavor: science, art, invention, government and political struggle, and the recording of history. For more information, visit loc.gov/rr/print/.
The Library of Congress is the world's largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States—and extensive materials from around the world—both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov; access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov; and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.
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ISSN: 0731-3527
Ann Telnaes nominated as Cartoonist of the Year
2016 CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEES ANNOUNCED!
National Cartoonists Society March 2nd, 2017http://www.reuben.org/2017/03/2016-cartoonist-of-the-year-nominees-announced/
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