Another Otakon interview on Scoop

Otakon Interview: Kirk Thornton

Scoop's Carrie Wood 

August 30 2019

http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=232947

Tomorrow: Comics at the Library of Congress Book Festival

Sorted by appearance time.

Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm Presentation 9:30 am - 9:55 am EDT
Children's Purple Stage

Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm Book Signing Line No. 6 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT
Book Signing Lines 6-10

Juana Medina Presentation 10:40 am - 11:05 am EDT

Children's Purple Stage 

Jim Ottaviani Presentation 11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT
Science

Cece Bell Presentation 11:50 am - 12:15 pm EDT
Children's Green Stage

Jim Ottaviani Book Signing Line No. 13 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Book Signing Lines 11-15

Juana Medina Book Signing Line No. 23 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Book Signing Lines 20-23

Cece Bell Book Signing Line No. 11 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

• Book Signing Lines 11-15

Raina Telgemeier Book Signing Line No. 19 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Book Signing Lines 16-19

Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham Presentation 2:10 pm - 2:35 pm EDT
  Children's Green Stage

Ngozi Ukazu Presentation 2:15 pm - 2:50 pm EDT
Teens

Fabien Cousteau Presentation 2:20 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Children's Purple Stage

Fabien Cousteau Book Signing Line No. 5 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Book Signing Lines 1-5

Matt Phelan Presentation 3:30 pm - 3:55 pm EDT

Children's Purple Stage

Ngozi Ukazu Book Signing Line No. 3 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Book Signing Lines 1-5

Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham Book Signing Line No. 11 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Book Signing Lines 11-15

Raina Telgemeier Presentation 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Main Stage

Jarrett J. Krosoczka Book Signing Line No. 8 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Book Signing Lines 6-10

Matt Phelan Book Signing Line No. 2 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Book Signing Lines 1-5

Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Presentation 4:50 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Teens 

Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Book Signing Line No. 5 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Book Signing Lines 1-5

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Climate Consensus (Bipartisanship no.3)

Now we're up to date with DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock.

"Climate Consensus (Bipartisanship no.3)"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2794

Just so we're clear, here: The GOP thinks climate change is a hoax, 
and the Democrats think Putin can shut off our electricity and freeze 
us to death by remote control.

Oh, yeah, and the Amazon rainforest — which provides 20% of Earth's 
oxygen — is still on fire.

Good; that's sorted, then.

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"Climate change denial is killing the GOP's future", The Hill  12.26.2018 
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/422930-climate-change-denial-is-killing-the-gops-future

"Why Won't the Democrats Hold a Climate Change Debate?", Rolling Stone  06.10.2019 
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/climate-change-debate-democrats-2020-primary-846376/

"Russia could 'flip the off switch' on US electricity at any time, 
warns Maddow in new conspiracy", RT 01.31.2019 
https://www.rt.com/usa/450268-maddow-russia-weather-power/

"Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as Amazon outrage grows", Agencie  France Presse 08.24.2019 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hundreds-of-new-fires-in-brazil-as-amazon-outrage-grows/ar-AAGgMJD

Flugennock's "Golden Showers", the Brazilian Flag Mix

Riffing on the previous cartoon....

Flugennock's 3rd from Latest'n'Greatest: "Golden Showers"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist -

"Golden Showers"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2788

So, just so we're straight, here: Trump is pissing all over everybody, 
but the Democrats' main complaint is that the GOP is behaving 
boorishly and insists on calling it piss – as they blow off impending 
global disaster and put the kibosh on a climate crisis debate.

Meanwhile, the Amazon rainforest is burning, and wildfires are raging in Africa.
The world is literally on fire and meanwhile, the Democratic Party 
insists "please, it's not piss, it's Chardonnay".

We aren't going to be able to "election" our way out of this. It's 
time to vote in the streets.


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"Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as Amazon outrage grows", MSN 
08.23.2019 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hundreds-of-new-fires-in-brazil-as-amazon-outrage-grows/ar-AAGgMJD

"Wildfires scorch Africa but world's media stay focused on Brazil's 
blazes", RT 08.24.2019 
https://www.rt.com/news/467228-fires-amazon-brazil-africa/

"Why Won't the Democrats Hold a Climate Change Debate?" Rolling Stone 
06.10.2019 
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/climate-change-debate-democrats-2020-primary-846376/

NPR on Raina Telgemeier and fine art comics

On Making Friends With Raina Telgemeier

Juanita Giles

August 26, 2019 

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/26/753508422/on-making-friends-with-raina-telgemeier

When Comic Art Meets High Art, the Results Will Surprise You

Etelka Lehoczky

August 26, 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/26/753528482/when-comic-art-meets-high-art-the-results-will-surprise-you 

Sept 4: EXHIBIT: 100 YEARS OF CARTOON IN EL UNIVERSAL

Sep 04

EXHIBIT: 100 YEARS OF CARTOON IN EL UNIVERSAL

by Mexican Cultural Institute

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exhibit-100-years-of-cartoon-in-el-universal-tickets-69951379459

Date and Time

Wed, September 4, 2019

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

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Location

Mexican Cultural Institute

2829 16th Street Northwest

Washington, DC 20009

Description

The Mexican Cultural Institute is proud to announce its newest exhibit, 100 Years of Cartoons in El Universal: Mexico - United States as Seen by Mexican Cartoonists, taking place from September 4 through October 30, 2019. The exhibit collects a brief sample of the thousands of cartoons published in 100 years in the widely known newspaper, El Universal, where almost all Mexican cartoonists of the 20th century have traveled through. This exhibit reads as a nodal part of the history of the cartoon in Mexico and includes a brief representation of the artists who traced and portrayed the history of the country. The pages of El Universal have shown the critical work, with aesthetic greatness, by artists such as Andrés Audiffred, Eduardo del Río Rius, Helioflores and Rogelio Naranjo, who have all shaped Mexican national events with art and humor.

August 16th Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Sorry About The Airport"

I got a bit behind on posting these, and will catch up through out the day.

"Sorry About The Airport"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2781

If the fact that this and the previous "revolution" in Hong Kong have 
been backed by the National Endowment for Democracy and "Freedom 
House", and the fact that current "pro-democracy" leaders have been 
peeped meeting with US Consulate officials, and the fact that the mob 
in Hong Kong have been spotted waving US flags and singing 
"Star-Spangled Banner" – not to mention that most of the signs are in 
English – perhaps the fact that the Hong Kong "revolutionaries" are 
getting big fat shout-outs from Nikki Haley should convince you that 
the "revolution" in Hong Kong is a massive, bogus US-backed astroturf 
show.

This past Tuesday, a mob affiliated with the "revolution" in Hong Kong 
took over the international airport and brought the chaos, confronting 
police and causing spectacular disruptions in air travel. The real 
kicker was when the "revolutionaries" spent the next day greeting 
travelers at the airport wearing symbolic eye bandages in solidarity 
with an injured comrade, holding signs apologizing for the previous 
day's havoc. That's right, apologizing. Idiots, why the hell were they 
there, then? Isn't that the whole point of protest? Hell, that sure 
was the point of getting upwards of 100,000 people into the streets of 
Seattle and Washington DC to bring the city to a standstill and 
disrupt the meetings of the WTO, IMF and World Bank. Disuption was our 
jam that day, f'crissake; we sure as hell weren't apologizing for 
anything.

Christ, man, c'mon.

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"Hong Kong Activist Goes On Defensive After Being Photographed With US 
Consulate Official", at RT,
08.12.2019
https://www.rt.com/news/466078-hong-kong-us-joshua-wong/

"Hong Kong Airport In Chaos After Protesters And Police Clash", at RT, 
08.14.2019
https://www.rt.com/news/466421-hong-kong-airport-clashes/

"HK Protesters Apologise After Airport Chaos, Take Day To Regroup", at 
Al Jazeera 08.14.2019
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2019/08/hong-kong-protesters-apologise-airport-chaos-190814151751512.html

"Hong Kong Gets New US-Backed Party, Funded By Washington", Tony 
Cartalucci at Global Research 04.18.2016
https://www.globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-gets-new-us-backed-party-funded-by-washington/5520536

"Circulating on Chinese social media: Hong Kong protest activists 
Joshua Wong Chi-fung see meeting Julie Eadeh, political chief of US 
Consulate. Venue: JW Mariott Admiralty." Carl Zha on Twitter, 08.07.2019
https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1159247350516211712

"The eyes of the world see that the people of Hong Kong are not 
terrorists. They are freedom fighters. To the people of Hong Kong, we 
are praying for your safety and believe that democracy is worth 
fighting for. We hear you and we stand with you! #FreedomForHongKong", 
Nikki Haley on Twitter, 08.14.2019
https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1161706111046754313

Sept 10: Comic Art Orientation & Tour [Prints & Photographs Division]

Sep 10

Comic Art Orientation & Tour [Prints & Photographs Division]

by Research Orientations to the Library of Congress

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comic-art-orientation-tour-prints-photographs-division-tickets-69783661811

Date and Time

Tue, September 10, 2019

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

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Location

Madison Building, LM-337

101 Independence Avenue Southeast

Washington, DC 20540

Description

The Prints & Photographs Reading Room will highlight the Division's rich collections of comic art materials in connection with the opening of the Library of Congress exhibition Comic Art (opens September 13). Researchers 16 years of age and older are invited to join us for this specialized tour looking at original artwork for indie comics, dailies, superheroes, and political cartoons.

Individuals requiring accommodations for any of these events are requested to submit a request at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

For information on research in the Prints and Photographs Division, please visit: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/.

Header image is a detail of Arlington, Virginia. Reading the Sunday comics on the back porch at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work for U.S. government for the duration of the war, 1943. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d29084. spptr

Sept 12: Jaime Hernandez in Conversation with Gary Groth [Lecture/Presentation]

Sep 12

Jaime Hernandez in Conversation with Gary Groth [Lecture/Presentation]

by Library of Congress

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jaime-hernandez-in-conversation-with-gary-groth-lecturepresentation-tickets-68792952573

Date and Time

Thu, September 12, 2019

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Add to Calendar

Location

LJ-119

Thomas Jefferson Building, First Floor

10 First Street SE

Washington, DC 20540

Description

Jaime Hernandez in Conversation with Gary Groth

LJ-119, First Floor

Conversation with comic artist Jaime Hernandez, co-creator of the alternative comic Love and Rockets. Hernandez was the winner of the 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best graphic novel/comic and the 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Writer/Artist. He will be interviewed by Gary Groth, founder and president of Fantagraphics, about his work and creative process, representing Latinx experiences in comic art, and changes in the field over the course of his career.

Tickets are recommended but not required, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

This is the SPX Lecture at the Library of Congress, held annually in conjunction with Small Press Expo, which this year celebrates its 25th Anniversary at its yearly festival September 14-15.

The presentation is held in connection with the opening of the Library of Congress exhibition Comic Art, opening on September 13.

Sept 13: "For Better or Worse" Cartoonist Lynn Johnston [Lecture]

Sep 13

"For Better or Worse" Cartoonist Lynn Johnston [Lecture]

by Library of Congress

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/for-better-or-worse-cartoonist-lynn-johnston-lecture-tickets-68014881341

Date and Time

Fri, September 13, 2019

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Add to Calendar

Location

LJ-119

Thomas Jefferson Building, First Floor

10 First Street SE

Washington, DC 20540

Description

"For Better or Worse" Cartoonist Lynn Johnston, in Words and Pictures

LJ-119, First Floor

Cartoonist Lynn Johnston, creator of the long-running syndicated comic strip For Better or Worse, will discuss her career and artistic process while illustrating the presentation in real time.

Tickets are recommended but not required, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

Held in conjunction with Small Press Expo, which this year celebrates its 25th Anniversary at its yearly festival September 14-15.

Cavna on Pia Guerra

How Pia Guerra became one of the Trump era's most moving political cartoonists

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post August 23 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/08/23/how-pia-guerra-became-one-trump-eras-most-moving-political-cartoonists/

Editorial Cartoon by Steve Artley

"White Powered" (click on Image for larger view)

Malaka Gharib talks to the NY Times

How to Draw Yourself Out of a Creative Funk

Malaka Gharib, the author of the coming-of-age graphic memoir "I Was Their American Dream," shares her tips.

By Melissa Guerrero

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 23, 2019, Section C, Page 16 of the New York edition with the headline: Creative Funk? Draw Yourself Out of It.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/books/malaka-gharib-american-dream-creativity.html

Comic strips in staff picnic ad from 1971 military newspaper

There's Beetle Bailey, B.C. and the Wizard of Id in this drawing from US Naval Hospital Memphis' newspaper in March 1971

Danielle Corsetto remembers Richard Thompson via his original art

Danielle Corsetto remembers Richard Thompson via his original art - more at

https://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2019/08/danielle-corsetto-remembers-richard-via.html 

Sept 25: Music Graphic Novel Book Club

Music Graphic Novel Book Club

• Wednesday, September 25, 2019
• 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

• Solid State Books 600 H St NE Washington (map)

• Google Calendar ICS

Join audiophile Jeremiah Foxwell in an engaging discussion of the life of Thelonious Monk. This vividly illustrated biography of jazz legend Thelonious Monk brings to life his relationship with the headstrong baroness who would become a life long friend and patron. Set against the backdrop of New York in the 1950s, this graphic biography explores the rare alchemy between two brilliant beings separated by an ocean of social status, race, and culture, but united by an infinite love for music. 

Thoroughly researched by author Youssef Daoudi and rendered in his spontaneous, evocative pen and ink, Monk! seems to make visible jazz itself.

Upcoming mystery event with Greg Pak in DC

From Greg Pak's twitter feed:

Yes, I'll be at the @NY_Comic_Con and the @baltimorecomics con and one yet-to-be-announced event in Washington, DC this year!

Scoop talks with anime director Hiroshi Nagahama at Otakon

Otakon Interview: Hiroshi Nagahama

Carrie Wood 

Scoop August 23 2019

http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=232944

Dana Maier on the New Yorker website

Know Your Drinks: A Beginner Barfly's Guide

By Dana Maier

August 20, 2019

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/know-your-drinks-a-beginner-barflys-guide