March 9: Deandra Tan: Comics talk at Arlington's Aurora Hills Library

Deandra Tan: Comics

On exhibit at the Aurora Hills Branch Library, February 6 - March 31.
https://arlingtonva.libcal.com/event/5186677

Artist Statement:

Deandra "Nika" Tan is a Virginia-based writer and artist who primarily leverages the medium of comics to tell her stories. Her visual art style combines elements of Japanese manga and vintage art illustrations, which she then further adapts to fit the tone of whatever project she's working on. Initial concept work is done traditionally with a pen and paper, whereupon the comic is drafted and completed on a tablet computer. Recurring themes in her stories explore the tensions between romantic and familial relationships and the desire for societal recognition.

Artist Reception: Deandra Tan

  https://arlingtonva.libcal.com/event/5186677

Please join us at the Aurora Hills Branch Library for a reception honoring local artist Deandra Tan.
Meet the artist and view an exhibition of her artwork in the Aurora Hills lobby.

Date:

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Time:

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Location:

Aurora Hills Branch Library

Categories:

Artist Talk

Calendar:

Aurora Hills

June 30: Fresh Talk: Accessory to Action—Adorning Wakanda

Fresh Talk: Accessory to Action—Adorning Wakanda

Sunday, June 30 | 4:30–6 p.m.

Working with Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth Carter as Marvel Comics' first licensed jewelry designer, Douriean Fletcher created the power-packed accessories for the blockbuster film Black Panther (2018). The Afro-futurist-inspired design propelled audiences into a world where power and gender roles were based on expertise and ability. With the jewelry in a starring role, Fletcher created looks that reflected gender equity in Wakandan society. Join us for a conversation that explores how we communicate gender, power, and expertise through adornment.

Reservation required. $25 general; $20 members, seniors, students. Price includes museum admission and Catalyst cocktail hour.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

1250 New York Ave NW | Washington, DC 20005 | 866-875-4627 | info@nmwa.org

Josh Kramer reviews Lucy Knisley's new book

Review: Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

Lucy Knisley
First Second
$19.99, 256 pages
BUY IT NOW

REVIEWED BY Josh Kramer Mar 5, 2019

http://www.tcj.com/reviews/kid-gloves-nine-months-of-careful-chaos/

Dr. Seuss in the National Library of Medicine

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

 By Ginny A. Roth

National Library of Medicine's Circulating Now blog March 4, 2019

https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2019/03/04/happy-birthday-dr-seuss/

Local comic shops in 1979

Dan Gearino has posted a list created by Murray Bishoff  of comic shops in 1979. The list is definitely not complete because it doesn't have the shop I was going to in the Bergen Mall in Paramus, NJ at the time, but it does show a lot of shops around Washington, although none in the city itself.

Here are some clips showing the local shops, only one of which still exists, I think. The Maryland list shows  Barbarian Book Shop, now Barbarian Comics, which is still roughly at the same location.  UPDATE: It's beyond our coverage area, but Randy commented that Zeno's Books is still in business too, and on their Facebook page, they say "40 years of serving Tidewater Virginia’s oldest Comic Book Store."

May 18: Gaithersburg Book Festival

Here's the cartoonists I've spotted on the list of authors:

Alex Graudins

Latest Title:

Science Comics: The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine

Alex Graudins is a a Rhode Island-based cartoonist and illustrator of "Science Comics: The Brain." She graduated from the School of Visual Arts' Cartooning program in 2016 and has since contributed comics to sites like The Nib and CollegeHumor. Alex loves drawing memoirs and YA fiction focusing on mental illness and friendship. But when she's not working, she challenges her social anxiety with improv comedy.

Twitter: @toonyballoony

Gareth Hinds

Latest Title:

The Iliad

Gareth Hinds is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on the classics, including "Beowulf," "The Odyssey," "POE: Stories and Poems," and now his most ambitious and epic book ever, "The Iliad." He also has illustrated picture books, such as "Gifts From the Gods," award-winning non-fiction such as "Samurai Rising," video games, museum exhibits, and more. Gareth is a recipient of the Boston Public Library's "Literary Lights for Children" award, and his books are excerpted in textbooks and used to teach the classics in English classrooms across the country.

Blog: Hindsight

Facebook

Pinterest

Twitter: @garethhinds

Tumblr: garethhinds

Author Website:

http://www.garethhinds.com/

Andy Hirsch

Latest Title: Science Comics: Trees: Kings of the Forest

Andy Hirsch is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Dallas, whose current projects include several entries in the totally great "Science Comics" line from First Second Books, including "Dogs," "Trees" and "Cats."

Andy is the co-creator of "The Baker Street Peculiars," illustrator of the graphic novel "The Royal Historian of Oz" (a 2013 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens), and contributor to the "Garfield," "Regular Show" and "Adventure Time" ongoing comic book series. His first solo graphic novel, "Varmints," was released in 2016.

Facebook

Instagram: @itsandyhirsch

Twitter: @ItsAndyHirsch

Author Website:

https://aforandy.com/

Dave Roman

Latest Title: Astronaut Academy: Re-entry

Dave Roman is a cartoonist and full-time waffle enthusiast. He is the author/illustrator of the "Astronaut Academy" series (winner of Maryland's Black-Eyed Susan Book Award) and writer of the graphic novels, "Teen Boat! Race for Boatlantis" and "Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery." He has contributed stories and art to "Goosebumps Graphix: Slappy's Tales of Horror," "Pluto is Peeved!" and "Nursery Rhyme Comics."

Dave is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, a former editor at Nickelodeon Magazine and is currently series editor for First Second's "Science Comics" series of non-fiction graphic novels. He lives in New York City and draws a webcomic called Starbunny, Inc.

Facebook

Twitter: @yaytime

 

Author Website:

http://yaytime.com/

Julian Voloj

Latest Title:

Basquiat: Art Masters Series

Julian Voloj was born in Germany to Colombian parents. He's the author of a number of graphic novels, including the critically acclaimed "Ghetto Brother," which told the story of a historic gang truce that paved the way for hip-hop, and "The Artist Behind Superman: The Joe Shuster Story," which has been translated into six languages. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.

Facebook

Twitter: @WarriorPeacemak

Zeitchik on Thompson refusing to work with Lasseter on animation

'It dropped like a bomb': Emma Thompson's letter could change the face of #MeToo [in print as A star's letter and the future of #MeToo]

By Steven Zeitchik

Washington Post March 3, 2019, p. G1, 4

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/28/it-dropped-like-bomb-emma-thompsons-letter-could-change-face-metoo/

March 7 : Mindy Johnson on Animation at Smithsonian Associates

The Women Who Animated the Movies: Uncovering a Colorful History

https://womenshistory.si.edu/events?id=130628367

https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/243947?utm_source=SI-Trumba-Calendar&utm_medium=SIWeb&utm_campaign=2019FY-Trumba-TSA-ev&utm_content=SA-event&tmssource=243615

Their names may not be as familiar as those of Minnie Mouse or Betty Boop, but female animators have made significant contributions to the form since its earliest days. Mindy Johnson , a leading expert on women's roles in animation and film history, tells their mostly little-known stories.

Event Location

S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, Metro: Smithsonian (Mall exit),

Sorcerer's Apprentice at Artinsights in Reston

Leslie Combemale is holding an album of Disney art including a drawing of Mickey Mouse from the Sorcerer's Apprentice just prior to Mindy Johnson's talk about women who worked for Disney. The talk starts in fifteen minutes.

Mindy Johnson is speaking about women in Disney animation at at Artinsights in Reston at 3 pm.

Local comics journalist launches new comic series

Emily Whitten has announced that her book, The Underfoot, will be in comics stores on April 10th. It's co-written with Ben Fisher and drawn by Michelle Nguyen. It's the start of a three-book series anthropometric (aka funny animal) story about post-apocalyptic hamster kingdoms.

Kevin Panetta at NoVA Teen Book Festival

More information here: http://novateenbookfestival.com/authors/

City Paper likes Ruben Brandt

Art is Everywhere in the Charming Ruben Brandt, Collector

Milorad Krstic debut feature film is an animated love letter to the art world. [in print as Art Me Up].

NOAH GITTELL

 

WASHINGTON CITY PAPER MARCH 1 2019, P. 23

 ONLINE AT HTTPS://WWW.WASHINGTONCITYPAPER.COM/ARTS/FILM-TV/BLOG/21049176/RUBEN-BRANDT-COLLECTOR-REVIEWED

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez comments on comic book featuring her

The joys of becoming a comic figure...

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ 'HUMBLED' BY HER SUPERHERO COMIC

'AOC and the Freshmen Force' Coming From Devil's Due

Posted by Nicole Bunge on February 28, 2019  

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/42598/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-humbled-by-her-superhero-comic

AOC SUPERHERO WRESTLING REBEL... Hopes New Comic Book Inspires Others

 2/27/2019

https://www.tmz.com/2019/02/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-comic-book-superhero-wrestling/

The Post reviews two foreign cartoons

Need a break from downer tweets? Grab the kids and see 'Tito and the Birds.' [in print as Gorgeous animated film covers a hideous topic: Fearmongering].

By Michael O'Sullivan

Reporter

Washington Post March 1 2019: Weekend 30

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/need-a-break-from-downer-tweets-grab-the-kids-and-see-tito-and-the-birds/2019/02/26/fb2b3862-39dd-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html 

Tito, center, the 10-year-old hero of the animated Brazilian film "Tito and the Birds," seeks a cure for an epidemic of fear. (Shout! Factory)

A film as good-looking as 'Ruben Brandt, Collector' should be more fun than it is [n print as Shaky scaffolding for artful images].

By Ann Hornaday

Washington Post March 1 2019: Weekend 29

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/a-film-as-good-looking-as-ruben-brandt-collector-should-be-more-fun-than-it-is/2019/02/26/095a45a4-39de-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html

A scene from the animated film "Ruben Brandt, Collector." (Sony Pictures Classics)

What is Spider-Man's origin doing in the Library of Congress anyway?

SPIDER-MAN's Greatest Mystery: How AMAZING FANTASY #15's Original Art Ended Up in the Library of Congress

By Jim McLauchlin, Newsarama Contributor February 6, 2019

https://www.newsarama.com/43804-spider-man-s-greatest-mystery-how-the-amazing-fantasy-15-original-art-ended-up-in-the-library-of-congress.html

Lucy Knisley is drawing at Solid State Books

The Beat reads Mr. Miracle by DC's Tom King

MISTER MIRACLE Roundtable: 'There's always more show'

The Beat's DC Round-Up crew re-reads Tom King and Mitch Gerads' MISTER MIRACLE and discusses everything from metafiction to the meaning of 'Darkseid is.'

Alex Lu and Kyle Pinion, with contributing writers Louie Hlad and Zack Quaintance

The Beat February 20 2019

https://www.comicsbeat.com/mister-miracle-round-table-theres-always-more-show/

NPR reveals time-travel graphic novel Chronin

Chronin's Elegant, Minimalist Samurai Adventure Is – Literally – Timeless

Etelka Lehoczky

NPR February 23, 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/23/696787420/chronins-elegant-minimalist-samurai-adventure-is-literally-timeless

NPR on the problem of Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Books Can Be Racist, But Students Keep Reading Them

Tiara Jenkins and Jessica Yarmosky

NPR's Codeswitch February 26, 2019

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/26/695966537/classic-books-are-full-of-problems-why-cant-we-put-them-down