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Tuesday, December 05, 2017
Anime USA is this weekend - Anime USA 2017 Newsletter
Tonight: Cullen Murphy at Politics and Prose
December 5 at 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Details
Cullen
Murphy, editor at large at Vanity Fair and the author of books
including God's Jury, grew up in the middle of a thriving community of
illustrators and cartoonists in southwestern Connecticut. His father,
John Cullen Murphy (1919-2004), who had been a student of Norman
Rockwell's, drew the popular comic strips Prince Valiant and Big Ben
Bolt. Their neighbors were the artists responsible for classic comics
ranging from Beetle Bailey to Hi and Lois to Family Circus. Murphy's
memoir pays tribute to these many creative individuals and warmly evokes
the spirit of a bygone era.
This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
NPR's best of the year book list is out
NPR's Book Concierge
Our Guide To 2017's Great Reads
https://apps.npr.org/best-books-2017/#/tag/comics-and-graphic-novelsAlso, in other catagories, but related:
Meddling Kids
http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2017/#/book/meddling-kids-a-novel
Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)
by Jason Reynolds (who is a local author)
http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2017/#/book/miles-morales-spiderman-a-marvel-ya-novel
Sunday, December 03, 2017
Dec 7: R.M. Rhodes on French comics in Alexandria, VA
Lecture: "An Introduction to French Comics" (The Lyceum)
On 12/7/2017
A high-level introduction into how a closely neighboring culture views the humble comic book in a completely different way.About the Speaker: RM Rhodes has a day job and lives in Arlington, but he would prefer to be known as a comics creator and historian. He has written articles and reviews for sites like Forces of Geek, Need Coffee, The Hooded Utilitarian, and Comics Workbook. He is learning French so he can read his French comics and enjoys talking about himself in the third person. $5, Doors at 6:30 p.m., lecture at 7 p.m., followed by a wine and dessert reception.
He's also blogging on Heavy Metal comic books atOn 12/7/2017
A high-level introduction into how a closely neighboring culture views the humble comic book in a completely different way.About the Speaker: RM Rhodes has a day job and lives in Arlington, but he would prefer to be known as a comics creator and historian. He has written articles and reviews for sites like Forces of Geek, Need Coffee, The Hooded Utilitarian, and Comics Workbook. He is learning French so he can read his French comics and enjoys talking about himself in the third person. $5, Doors at 6:30 p.m., lecture at 7 p.m., followed by a wine and dessert reception.
A page from Heavy Metal, every day
Friday, December 01, 2017
PCHH on Coco
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Lands Of Life And Death In Pixar's 'Coco'
NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour
https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/npr.mc.tritondigital.com/PCHH_PODCAST/media/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2017/11/20171129_pchh_pchh_396_coco__-_final.mp3Jan 8: Nick Bruel at Takoma Park Library
Nick Bruel - Bad Kitty Camp Daze — at Takoma Park Library (MD)
Monday, January 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Takoma Park Library (MD) 101 Philadelphia Ave Takoma Park MD 20912
$13.99
9781626728851
Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now
Roaring Brook Press - January 2nd, 2018
Dec 5: Mark Siegel, founder of First Second, at Chevy Chase Library
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 4:30 p.m.
Chevy Chase Library (DC) 5625 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington DC 20015
$12.99
9781101935880
Random House Books for Young Readers - May 2nd, 2017
Teaser video for Comic Strip, a local documentary
COMIC STRIP demonstration video
COMIC STRIP is a 90-minute theatrical documentary film, in development by two-time Emmy® award winning producer/director Leo Eaton and Communication & Cinemas Professor Robert Lemieux, that reveals how the 'funny pages' – and their evolving form of comic books and graphic novels – captured the essence of American culture and left a dynamic cultural imprint on America from the 1890s to the present day. Comic strip artist & scholar Brian Walker is executive producer.
Winsor McCay on communications neutrality... in 1929
In this 1929 cartoon, McCay shows that issues stay the same - now, instead of radio, Internet neutrality is being discarded in favor of corporate media interests.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
A reading list of comics by a former colleague of mine
We worked together at the archives of a medical museum; who knew she'd go on to write about comics too?
A Course in Comics | Collection Development: Graphic Novels & Nonfiction
This article was published in Library Journal's December 1, 2017
http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/collection-development/a-course-in-comics-collection-development-graphic-novels-nonfiction/Jim Scancarelli, Arlington high school cartoonist
Yesterday, we reprinted a piece about Gasoline Alley cartoonist Jim Scancarelli being selected for Arlington's Wakefield High School's Hall of Fame. Today we present some of the cartoons he did for the school newspaper, again courtesy of the Alumni group which also sponsors scholarships.
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| The Signal, November 10, 1955 |
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| The Signal, November 21, 1955 |
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| The Signal, December 7, 1955 |
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| The Signal, February 9, 1956 |
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| The Signal, March 28, 1956 |
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| The Signal, May 17, 1956 |
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| The exhibit at Wakefield High School featuring the original art for Gus Todian's return to comics in Gasoline Alley. |
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