Final Billy the Pop webcomic by Cole Goco appears

Cole Goco started his webcomic in 2013 when he was in 7th grade.

Now he's in college and is wrapping it up with an homage to Bill Watterson's last strip.

He talks about the history of the strip at his blog. I've enjoyed watching him grow as a cartoonist. I interviewed him in 2015 for the City Paper,  and wrote the introduction to his first collection.

I wish him luck in his future endeavors, and plan to buy his 3rd collection when it comes out.

Ron Evry talks to Noah Van Sciver about JR Williams

Out Our Way by J.R. Williams (a chat with Evry and Simon)

Jun 12, 2020

Noah Van Sciver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR3tvuq0SLE

Today we have a three-way chat with Ron Evry and Bruce Simon; two knowledgable cartoonists, and the editors of the comics history book series "Hoo-Hah!" The first 3 issues of which were dedicated solely to the life of J.R. Williams, a very notable single panel cartoonist remembered for his cartoons under the title "Out Our Way." Well, after reading all 3 issues of Hoo-Hah plus a solid collection of the Out Our Way panels during quarantine, I asked the fellas if they'd come on and have a chat. I'm very happy that they both gave me the time and that I'm able to host this conversation! With this video, I hope to kick off a new series on this channel I'm calling "Comics Club" in which I'll be joined by collectors, historians and academics to discuss the history of comics and cartooning. I really hope that you enjoy this chat and it gets you interested in the life of J.R. Williams, Percy Crosby, Frank King or maybe ever Maurice Ketten... Please do support Ron and Bruce by picking up their series "Hoo-Hah!" and becoming their reader here: http://ronevry.com/hoohah/

Catching up with The Lily's comics

I had covid-19 months ago. Life on the other side of infection isn't as easy as I'd hoped.

Recovering has taught me a lot about myself

Marian Blair and Lily Feinn

June 14 2020

https://www.thelily.com/i-had-covid-19-months-ago-life-on-the-other-side-of-infection-isnt-as-easy-as-id-hoped/

Jen Wang recommended in today's Post

Special friendship of 2 different girls

Mary Quattlebaum

Washington Post June 17 2020, p. C8

Recommends Stargazing by Jen Wang, along with New Kid by Jerry Craft and Real Friends by Hale and Pham.

Guest at Tom Toles' house party offended 2 years later

Blackface incident at Post cartoonist's 2018 Halloween party resurfaces amid protests

Marc Fisher and Sydney Trent 

Washington Post June 17, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/blackface-incident-at-washington-post-cartoonists-2018-halloween-party-resurfaces-amid-protests/2020/06/17/66f09bde-af2e-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html

Best of the National Book Festival: Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, 2014

Best of the National Book Festival: Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, 2014

06/17/2020 10:00 AM EDT

Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin discussing "March," their graphic novel trilogy, on the Contemporary Life stage at the 2014 Festival.

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Bleeding Cool on unpublished Black Lives Matter story by Tom King

Tom King and Trevor Von Eeden's Unpublished Black Lives Matter Comic

June 16, 2020 | by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-king-trevor-von-eeden-unpublished-black-lives-matter-comic/

Matt Wuerker interviewed by National Press Club

'The right to be offended': Political cartooning in an ideologically divided country

By Jim Kuhnhenn
Press Freedom Fellow, jkuhnhenn@press.org

National Press Club Journalism Institute June 15, 2020
https://www.pressclubinstitute.org/2020/06/15/the-right-to-be-offended-political-cartooning-in-an-ideologically-divided-country/

Sara Duke speaks at LOC in 10 minutes

Date & Time

Description

June 16 2:00-3:00 pm ET

20th-Century Political Cartoons at the Library of Congress https://loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/office-hours/ Join curator Sara W. Duke of the Prints & Photographs Division, to learn how to access the Library's online collection of 20th-century political cartoons. She will also discuss strategies for exploring the work of Herbert L. Block, the editorial cartoonist known as a Herblock, who, during the course of his 72-year career, drew his opinion on events such as the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, gun control, and global warming.

Editorial Cartoon by Steve Artley

Recent Cartoon (click on Image for larger view)

"Debased Names"

That darn Wumo and Flashbacks

Letters to the Editor 

Washington Post June 13, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/readers-critique-the-post-racist-policing-isnt-a-question-of-belief-its-a-fact/2020/06/12/b3d0d4da-acce-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html

It's okay not to be funny sometimes [Wumo]

Dalal Musa

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What WASPs flew ["Flashbacks"]

Thomas Calhoun

The Post on If Found...'s notable videogame storytelling

'If Found...' sets a new standard for the visual novel [videogame animation; in print as A new standard for the visual-novel genre]

By Christopher Byrd 

Washington Post June 14 2020, E13

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/reviews/if-found-sets-new-standard-visual-novel/

Mark Wheatley remembers Denny O'Neil

[Mark Wheatley wrote this in a private email on June 12th, and agreed to let me post it here]

Mark Wheatley remembers Denny O'Neil

I did this portrait of Denny O'Neil today. It shows him exactly as I remember him looking the first time we met. I met Denny O'Neil at about 4pm on July 2, 1970. I couldn't tell you such a specific time for when I met most of my heroes, but I remember this. I was a kid and my parents had arranged for a family trip to New York, partially so I could attend the July 4th Seuling Con. And I convinced them to take me to tour DC Comics. When we got there, we almost slammed right into Denny and Steve Skeates. Denny was writing Green Lantern/Green Arrow and setting the world on fire. I was a huge fan. He and Steve hung out and talked with me, making jokes, being fun. And later, at the con, they would say Hi!every time they spotted me in the crowd. That was cool. Years later after I started working in the industry, I would see Denny in the halls at DC or over at Marvel and chat for a little while. I remember one San Diego Con at the DC Booth where Denny and I stood together for a couple hours cracking each other up (and a few other creators also pitched in.) That was the time I came up with the Underwater Keyboard – to be used writing scripts while in the shower! Denny thought that was the perfect use of technology, since he always got his best ideas in the shower. About two years ago, Denny and I were part of a signing together. That was the last time I saw him. But he will never be forgotten.

  -- Mark Wheatley

http://www.MarkWheatleyGallery.com
http://www.InsightStudiosGroup.com
https://www.facebook.com/WheatleyMarks

Big Planet Comics Final order cutoff

FOC Time!! Here's a short list of some of the stuff up for order by MONDAY JUNE 15! A partial lists can be found at these links: https://www.previewsworld.com/FinalOrdersDue https://www.dccomics.com/reader/#/comics/451892 Contact your favorite Big Planet store by MONDAY and let them know what you want!!! Just get in touch by email to the store you normally shop at: bethesda@bigplanetcomics.com collegepark@bigplanetcomics.com dc@bigplanetcomics.com vienna@bigplanetcomics.com Copyright © 2020 Big Planet Comics, All rights reserved.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Visible From Orbit"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -

"Visible From Orbit"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3013

So, as I suspected... Mayor Bowser doesn't really give a rat's ass about the MPDC terrorizing and murdering Black citizens of DC, or about protesters being tear-gassed and run off the street so Trump can do his foto op at St. John's Church, or our city being invaded by the goddamn 82nd Airborne — she just wanted to own Trump and nab some TV time.

Not even a week after painting "Black Lives Matter" in huge-ass letters taking up two blocks of 16th Street between K Street and Lafayette Park, she was browbeating the city council to "slow down" on police "reform" (clipping from Washington Post, June 11 2020).

New York City mayor De Blasio, not to be outdone, decided to name one street in each borough "Black Lives Matter Street" — after allowing the NYPD to also terrorize, beat, torture and murder New Yorkers for the better part of a week.

Still, there was no topping Bowser. All De Blasio did was put up a bunch of crummy street signs; Bowser's hypocrisy is visible from orbit.

BLM cartoon journalism in DCist

The Standoff Over D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Mural, Illustrated

Ruth Tam

DCist June 12, 2020

https://dcist.com/story/20/06/12/the-standoff-over-d-c-s-black-lives-matter-mural-illustrated/

NPR on animated series Central Park and Kipo

'Central Park': A Musical Drawn To New York

Pop Culture Happy Hour June 12, 2020

Linda Holmes,Stephen Thompson,Glen Weldon

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/869778003/central-park-a-musical-drawn-to-new-york

https://play.podtrac.com/510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2020/06/20200612_pchh_pchh_200612_central_park_final_bnc_v3.mp3

'Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts' Returns, Weirder And Warmer Than Ever

• Glen Weldon

NPR's Morning Edition June 12, 2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/12/874331469/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-returns-weirder-and-warmer-than-ever 

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2020/06/20200612_me_kipo_and_the_age_of_wonderbeasts_returns_weirder_and_warmer_than_ever.mp3

 

Weldon on Netflix's Kipo

'Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts' Returns, Weirder And Warmer Than Ever

Glen Weldon

NPR's Morning Edition June 12, 2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/12/874331469/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-returns-weirder-and-warmer-than-ever 

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2020/06/20200612_me_kipo_and_the_age_of_wonderbeasts_returns_weirder_and_warmer_than_ever.mp3 

Cavna on Goodwyn's controversial cartoon

South Carolina newspaper apologizes for 'offensive' cartoon satirizing the 'black community' and Democrats

Michael Cavna 

Washington Post June 11, 2020 at 4:43 p.m. EDT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/11/seneca-journal-cartoon-south-carolina/

Al Goodwyn wins DC Society of Professional Journalists' Dateline Awards for editorial cartooning

While being excoriated in South Carolina for his cartoons, Al Goodwyn was winning a Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists's Dateline Award for journalism excellence.

Editorial Cartoon
Winner: Al Goodwyn,The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg, Goodwyn editorial cartoons
Finalist: Alexander Hunter, The Washington Times, Hunter editorial cartoons

Fredericksburg's Free Lance-Star is one of his clients that published the three cartoons in his submission in 2019.