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Friday, September 06, 2019
PR: Meet Justice League Dark writer James Tynion IV this Saturday & Sunday
Sept 21: Meet Greg Pak, Asian Superheroes "Agents of Atlas" Author! at Fantom Comics
Meet Greg Pak, Asian Superheroes "Agents of Atlas" Author!
Public
· Hosted by OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates and Fantom Comics
- Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 2 PM – 4 PM
- Fantom Comics2010 P St NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, District of Columbia 20036
- Hosted by OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates
Sept 12: Conversation with Jaime Hernandez
Conversation with Jaime Hernandez
Date and Location
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When: Thursday, September 12, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
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Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center (LJ119)
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
The event is free, but due to expected demand, tickets are recommended, and there may be special restrictions. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click the "Get Tickets" link below for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed.
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
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.
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.
Sept 11: Newsprint: The Medium That Launched Comics exhibit gallery talk
8/13 – 9/27, 2019
The Cade Art Gallery at Anne Arundel Community College
Exhibition Reception with curator Warren Bernard on September 11, 2019 from 5 to 7pm.
The colorful world of newspaper comic strip characters and today's superheroes can be traced back to the 1890s with the development of high-speed color printing presses. Color printing gave publishers a competitive edge in the bruising newspaper circulation wars of the time.
The large size of a broadsheet newspaper gave both editors and artists a vast canvas upon which to create ground-breaking comics like Little Nemo in Slumberland, Gasoline Alley, and The Spirit.
Here in the 21st Century, we still find newsprint relevant to the comics world, even as physical newspapers and comic books fade in favor of digital content. Newsprint's cheap production price coupled with the latest digital technologies have encouraged publishers and creators of indie comics to embrace the medium.
This has led to the creation of such long-running newsprint-based publications such as Smoke Signal and Magic Bullet, both mainstays of the indie comics field. The editors and artists of these and other comics across the United States leverage the large form factor and low costs of newsprint to create stories and compositions that could not be entertained in smaller print formats like comic books or in any digital medium.
This exhibit of over 50 pieces is curated by comics historian and Small Press Expo Executive Director Warren Bernard from his personal collection. It traces the use of newsprint in comics from its first commercial application in 1892, through the adoption of this very old medium by today's indie comics artists.
Gallery Hours
Monday–Thursday: 8am–6pmFriday: 8am–4pm
Saturday: 8am–3pm
Exhibition Reception
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 from 5 to 7pm
Curator Warren Bernard will be on hand to discuss the exhibition and answer questions.The event is free and open to the public.
Thursday, September 05, 2019
Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Todd McFarlane on Spawn 300
"It started as a sci-fi comic...because of Star Wars." Extended Todd McFarlane Spawn 300 Interview
Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Published on Sep 1, 2019
J.R. Williams collection of Out Our Way co-edited by Ron Evry
Local cartoonist and historian Ron Evry has coedited a collection of the great J.R. Williams' panel, Out Our Way titled Hoo-Hah! Out Our Way - The Poetry of J. R. Williams.
It's available on Amazon for order, and the description reads:
J. R. Williams has often been called "The Mark Twain of the American Newspaper Cartoon." This volume is first of a series devoted to J. R. Williams' long-running "Out Our Way" panels (1922-1957). It deals with the remarkable poetry contained in his comics, sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching, and always authentic. Williams himself left home at an early age and worked as a cavalry man, a cowboy, and machinist. His true-life experiences became the basis for his cartoons, and his panels were among the most clipped ever to appear in newspapers. To this day, "Out Our Way" scrapbooks from the twenties and thirties still regularly show up at estate sales and thrift shops. The editors of Hoo-Hah! have restored Williams' drawings from yellowed clippings to look like they originally appeared when first printed -- large formatted and with clean lines. In the near future, more Hoo-Hah! publications will be printed, devoted to single subjects, or a variety of Classic American humorous stories, comics, and film.
Bruce Guthrie's photos of Randall Munroe's book talk
Randall Munroe - How To — in conversation with Alexandra Petri at Sidwell Friends
PR: D+Q at SPX
D+Q at SPX
in Bethesda, MD with Davis, Flowers, Huizenga, Nickerson
D+Q will be exhibiting at this year's Small Press Expo on September 14th and 15th in Bethesda, Maryland. Eleanor Davis (The Hard Tomorrow), Ebony Flowers (Hot Comb), Kevin Huizenga (The River at Night), and Sylvia Nickerson (Creation) will be in attendance with their brand new books.
Our complete programming lineup and signing schedule is below! All signings will take place at D+Q booth #W1-W4, and all programming takes place in the Marriott North Bethesda Hotel.
PROGRAMMING:
Saturday September 14, 11 am to 7 pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Kevin Huizenga signing
1:00 - 2:00 pm, Eleanor Davis and Sylvia Nickerson signing
2:00 - 3:00 pm, Kevin Huizenga signing
3:00 - 4:00 pm, IMAGE, ACTIVISM, AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY in the White Oak Room, featuring Ebony Flowers and Sylvia Nickerson
For many autobiographical cartoonists, the personal truly is political. From direct participation in protests and political unrest, to suffering the effects of gentrification, to horrifying encounters with the police, to exploring self-image, each of the cartoonists on this panel has a unique perspective on recording these narratives. Join moderator and scholar Francesca Lyn as she discusses these issues with Ben Passmore (Your Black Friend And Other Stories), Ebony Flowers (Hot Comb), Bianca Xunise (Say Her Name), Sylvia Nickerson (Creation), and Halfdan Pisket (Deserter).
4:00 - 5:00pm, Ebony Flowers and Sylvia Nickerson signing
Sunday September 15, 12 pm to 6 pm
12:30 - 1:30 pm, HARD THOUGHTS AND VISUAL METAPHORS in the White Oak Room, featuring Eleanor Davis and Kevin Huizenga
Cartoonists whose work differs in tone, style, and subject matter are often united in their visual solutions to the problem of trying to get at difficult thoughts, feelings, and concepts. Join scholar and moderator Isaac Cates as he explores the idea of cartoonists pushing themselves to express uncomfortable and enigmatic ideas with Rikki Villadsen (The Sea), Kevin Huizenga (The River At Night), Eleanor Davis (Why Art?), and Simon Hanselmann (Bad Gateway).
1:00 - 2:00 pm, Sylvia Nickerson signing
1:30 - 2:30 pm, Eleanor Davis signing
1:30 - 3:00 pm, Kevin Huizenga signing
2:30 - 4:00 pm, Ebony Flowers signing
Bethesda, MD
Saturday, September 14, 2019 - 11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, September 15, 2019 - 12:00pm to 6:00pm
5701 Marinelli Road
PR: Small Press Expo Announces Special Events
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Popeye Art Auction to benefit NCS Foundation features local cartoonists
Carolyn Belefski, our local National Cartoonist Society rep writes:
Wanted to let you know the Popeye art that was on display at Huntington Beach during Reuben Weekend / NCS Fest this past May is now up for aution via Heritage Auctions. The bidding ends in 3 days if you want to score some fun art for your walls.
I see [local cartoonists] David Hagen and Joe Sutliff in the mix. Here's a link to mine:
https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/carolyn-belefski-popeye-spin-itch-speciality-illustration-original-art-2019-/a/121936-13318.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515
https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/carolyn-belefski-popeye-spin-itch-speciality-illustration-original-art-2019-/a/121936-13318.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515
Proceeds from the winning bids in this special NCS "Popeye the Sailor's 90th Birthday" auction will go to the NCS Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) charity that works in tandem with the National Cartoonists Society to advance the ideals and standards of the cartooning profession, to stimulate and encourage aspiring cartoonists through scholarships and educational programs, and to provide financial assistance to cartoonists and their families in times of hardship.
Here is more info, direct from NCS:
100 Years of Cartoons in El Universal exhibit opened last night (corrected)
100 Years of Cartoons in El Universal, an exhibit of political cartoons opened at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC last night, featuring remarks by Ambassador Martha Bárcena, El Universal newspaper editorial director David Aponte, and curator Augustin Sanchez Gonzalez.(correction: we had earlier mis-identified Mr. Aponte and apologize for the error)
My pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/42072348@N00/albums/72157710704426503
Regarding the photos of the remarks, the podium was flanked by the Mexican and American flags. Due to the angle I was standing at, I was only able to get the American flag in my shots.
The website description is
EXHIBIT: 100 YEARS OF CARTOON IN EL UNIVERSAL
September 4 - October 30, 2019 at the Mexican Cultural Institute
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| El Universal newspaper editorial director David Aponte |
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 RÃo Rius, Helioflores and Rogelio Naranjo, who have all shaped Mexican national events with art and humor.
The exhibition consists of seventy pieces; sixty-two of them orginal and of great value. Most came from the Museum of the Cartoon of Mexico City, from the authors themselves, and from private collectors. The works follow three themes: the American cartoon, the vision of the cartoonists around Uncle Sam and their vision around the American presidents. 100 Years of Cartoons in El Universal is complemented with the first cartoonists of El Universal and concludes with the great masters of the Mexican cartoon.
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| Ambassador Martha Bárcena |
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| Right to left: Ambassador Martha Bárcena, El Universal newspaper editorial director David Aponte, and curator Augustin Sanchez Gonzalez. |
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Cavna on the late Lee Salem
The legendary editor who discovered 'Cathy' and 'The Boondocks'
— and guided 'Doonesbury'
Raina Telgemeier at 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival
Wednesday, September 04, 2019
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