Comics will salute essential workers by hiding symbols in their Sunday strips
June 1, 2020
Monday, June 01, 2020
The Post on Soviet animation
Cheburashka was the beloved misfit of Soviet animation. It's now a missing treasure for Russia. [Russia tries to reclaim treasured Soviet cartoon from Japanese studio].
Washington Post May 31, 2020 , p. A19
Saturday, May 30, 2020
The Post recommends Robin Ha's new book
Bruce Guthrie wrote to me earlier today -
Tomorrow's Post's Arts & Style Section has an article on "Five new books for your teenager's seasonal reading pile". One of them is "Almost American Girl" by Robin Ha.
The other four are:
* "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You" by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendl
* "Superman Smashes the Klan" by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru [also a graphic novel]
* "Clap When You Land" by Elizabeth Acevedo
* "Kent State" by Deborah Wiles
The article was written by Karen MacPherson, the children's and teen services coordinator for the library in Takoma Park, Md.
Those darn Wumo and Flashbacks
Not funny
Joyce Benson, Silver Spring
Washington Post May 29 2020
The May 10 "Flashbacks" comic. (Patrick M. Reynolds)
'Dancing' around 'Shavuot'
Andrew Schotz, Hagerstown, Md.
Washington Post May 29 2020
Friday, May 29, 2020
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "George Floyd Everywhere"
From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist -
"George Floyd, Everywhere"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3002
It wasn't just one cop who murdered George Floyd; it was America — the same America whose knee is crushing the throat of Iran, Venezuela, and dozens of other nations around the world.
"George Floyd, Everywhere"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3002
It wasn't just one cop who murdered George Floyd; it was America — the same America whose knee is crushing the throat of Iran, Venezuela, and dozens of other nations around the world.
Malaka Gharib on how to make a zine for NPR
How To Make A Mini-Zine About Life During The Pandemic
Malaka Gharib
May 28, 2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/28/863068957/how-to-make-a-mini-zine-about-life-during-the-pandemic
Roye Okupe's latest Kickstarter ends today
Today is the last day you can grab your SIGNED copy plus EXCLUSIVE bonuses.
Grab Your Copy Of Iyanu Kickstarter Today Before Time Runs Out
Iyanu - Child of Wonder Volume One
A teenage orphan girl with no recollection of her past suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient gods!
Iyanu chronicles the journey of a teenage orphan girl with no recollection of her past, who suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities of her people. It is these abilities that are the key to bringing back the age of wonders and saving a world on the brink of destruction at the hands of The Corrupt — Cursed Wildlife and Divine Beasts desperate to destroy humanity.
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Catching up with the Lily's comics
In self-quarantine, my alarm and calendar stopped running my life. I hope that sticks.
Time is different now
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Cavna on Trump golfing during coronavirus cartoons
Cartoons are skewering Trump's golfing against the backdrop of covid-19 deaths
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
SATIRE CAN SAVE US ALL episode 9: Special guest Nick Anderson
SATIRE CAN SAVE US ALL episode 9: Special guest Nick Anderson
KAL
Sunday, May 24, 2020
The Post on the return of the Justice League
The #SnyderCut of 'Justice League' was an Internet joke. Cinephiles should root for it.
Washington Post May 22, 2020
Tre Johnson on masking and superheroes
The coronavirus has made the waking world into a dreamscape [in print as The virus has turned our waking lives into a dreamscape]
Our masks make us look like superheroes. So why do we still feel so helpless?
Washington Post May 24, 2020
Miller interviews Rubenstein
David Miller writes in, "I just did an interview with Joe Rubinstein on my new Comics Prisoner show."
 | Today Joe Rubinstein drops by the paper prison to check out his wares and discovers the Comics Prisoner squatting in one of his pages. We have a nice talk and learn a lot. Drop by and enjoy! While ... |
The Washington School of Cartooning, just about a century ago
Warren Bernard wrote in, "When Maryland re-opened some stuff, my sister and I went out to an antiques mall in Hagerstown. She spotted this gem:
"I had never seen a cartoon course diploma, no less one from 1924 from the only DC area cartoon school, run by Will Chandlee, who worked for the Evening Star in the 19th Century. The office for the cartoon school was on 15th St for a while and the most famous graduate was Frank Godwin. I also have a promo booklet from the school, and that's how I found out about Godwin."
Thanks to Warren for sharing this bit of The Secret History of Comics.
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Friday, May 22, 2020
Gharib comic on NPR
COMIC: A Lost Boy, A Snake Bite, A Lesson In Resilience
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Steve Geppi on his Library of Congress donation
Geppi gave a wide-ranging interview to ICv2 which is well worth reading.
He talked about his legacy in the Library of Congress at the very end...
When I closed my museum and donated a portion of my collection to the Library of Congress, part of the thought process was this.
Right now, I love it when somebody else breaks up their collection at estate time, and I get to buy it and sell or keep it. I didn't want my own collection to be something that I've spent my whole life building to be just dismantled, sold off in pieces, and have no identity.
So when I sat down and started doing my estate planning, I knew that my kids were going to be protected financially. Even if they have an interest or didn't have an interest in my collection for posterity, they're not going to live forever, just like I'm not going to live forever. So for the sake of the industry, if I might be so presumptuous, or for the sake of the collections themselves, knowing how rare they are, knowing how hard they are to get, I wanted to have arrangement where they would live on in perpetuity through an institution that in theory will live on in perpetuity. The idea was I'll donate a big chunk of my collection (keep in mind, I have plans to donate even more as times goes on to the Library of Congress) so there will be a place 100 years from now, 200 years from now, whatever, we don't know the future, where other people will look back on our industry and be happy to say, "God, I'm glad somebody preserved that."
In addition to that, what it does for the Library of Congress, they have stuff that nobody knows they have that just sits in a basement, in an archive, waiting for the big flood or fire to destroy it. They are so thrilled, the people particularly who work in the archives, that this is not only going to give them a place to put my stuff, but their stuff will also be part of the rotating exhibits, and the traveling exhibits.
There's an example of me looking past my lifetime.
Right now, I love it when somebody else breaks up their collection at estate time, and I get to buy it and sell or keep it. I didn't want my own collection to be something that I've spent my whole life building to be just dismantled, sold off in pieces, and have no identity.
So when I sat down and started doing my estate planning, I knew that my kids were going to be protected financially. Even if they have an interest or didn't have an interest in my collection for posterity, they're not going to live forever, just like I'm not going to live forever. So for the sake of the industry, if I might be so presumptuous, or for the sake of the collections themselves, knowing how rare they are, knowing how hard they are to get, I wanted to have arrangement where they would live on in perpetuity through an institution that in theory will live on in perpetuity. The idea was I'll donate a big chunk of my collection (keep in mind, I have plans to donate even more as times goes on to the Library of Congress) so there will be a place 100 years from now, 200 years from now, whatever, we don't know the future, where other people will look back on our industry and be happy to say, "God, I'm glad somebody preserved that."
In addition to that, what it does for the Library of Congress, they have stuff that nobody knows they have that just sits in a basement, in an archive, waiting for the big flood or fire to destroy it. They are so thrilled, the people particularly who work in the archives, that this is not only going to give them a place to put my stuff, but their stuff will also be part of the rotating exhibits, and the traveling exhibits.
There's an example of me looking past my lifetime.
You can read all 5 parts at
ICV2 INTERVIEW: GEPPI FAMILY ENTERPRISES CEO STEVE GEPPI, PART 1
Key March Decisions: Shutting Down and Delaying Payments
Posted by Milton Griepp on May 21, 2020
Diamond and DC Comics
Handling Product in the Pipeline, Diamonds New Competitive Landscape
Handling Rolling Shutdowns Going Forward, Plans for Free Comic Book Day
GFE's Restructuring and Rebranding, Future Plans for the Companies and Ownership
Jim Toomey and NOAA perfect together
Meet artist, conservationist, and NOAA friend Jim Toomey, creator of Sherman's Lagoon
By NOAA
May 16th, 2020
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