Explore items in our collections related to superheroes, including comic books, original comic art, movie and television costumes and props, and memorabilia.
- a surprise is a John Byrne and Jerry Ordway drawing of Superman in the National Portrait Gallery. It came as part of a collection of Time Magazine covers.
BECOMING CAPTAIN MARVEL
How Carol Danvers's evolution, from love interest to the most powerful Avenger, mirrors the ups and downs many female superheroes have experienced.
By Shelly Tan March 7, 2019
In the late 1930s, the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalà teamed up with the Marx Brothers, writing the script of a film to be called Giraffes on Horseback Salad. MGM rejected the project and the manuscript was believed to be lost. Then Frank, author of the Pixies oral history Fool the World, found it and, in a stroke of genius, teamed with comedian Tim Heidecker to recreate the film as a full-color graphic novel, a genre which allows perhaps more range to the original creators' fantastic absurdity than film would have. Through mind-bending patterns, wildly shifting color schemes, and flamboyant composition, the book follows the strange attraction of an ordinary businessman—to have been played by Harpo—to a siren known as the Surrealist Woman.
This event is part of P&P's Film Series at Union Market, along with David Thomson with Sleeping with Strangers, Mallory O'Meara with The Lady from the Black Lagoon, and Victoria Riskin with Fay Wray and Robert Riskin.
P&P is proud to partner with Angelika Pop-up to offer attendees the chance to win a night at the movies. At each Film Series event, you can enter a raffle for five movie passes to the Angelika with two large popcorns. You can enter the raffle once at each P&P Film Series event, so the more readings you attend, the better your chances!
March 4th, 2019 | by Dana Folkard
Matt Davies is the editorial cartoonist for Newsday in NY and has won both the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism prize. In 2004 he was awarded the first ever Herblock Prize.
In 2017 he received the National Headliner Award and was also a runner up/finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 and 2016.
My name is Clay Jones and I do things a little differently than other editorial cartoonist.
I am not employed by a newspaper. I am nationally syndicated, but I am not with a
major syndicate. In 2013, I left Creators Syndicate to represent myself. I wanted more
control over my work and for it to be sold individually, not with a package. When editors
subscribe to my work, they're buying just my work.
Since I don't have an employer to scream at me, I don't have to…
The latest MCU movie has its flaws, but is ultimately inspiring when it needs to be.
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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
