Tuesday, September 08, 2020

Cavna talks to Knight about Woke

Keith Knight's show 'Woke' feels right on time. But he's been drawing about police brutality for decades.

The Post continues Mulan articles

Less singing, more fighting: How Disney's live-action 'Mulan' differs from the classic animated film

Washington Post September 8, 2020 : C1-2

Why Disney's new 'Mulan' is a scandal

Free Virtual Orientation to the LoC's Prints & Photographs Division on Tuesday, Sept 15 at noon EDT

Sara Duke, one of the curators of the original comic art, will be presenting.

The Prints & Photographs Division, after 6 months of being closed to the public, is offering a virtual tour of our digitized collections, finding aids, and guides on Tuesday, September 15 at noon EDT. Register for free through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prints-photographs-division-virtual-orientation-tickets-119513390769 . The platform will be via WebEx Events. The orientation won't be recorded.

Friday, September 04, 2020

The Post's opinion on Charlie Hebdo massacre trial

The Charlie Hebdo trial serves as a reminder that we can't have freedom without solidarity

The Post reviews Mulan... and Pepe the Frog

The new 'Mulan' is somber and serious-minded — and spectacular [in print as A heroic battle that is worth revisiting]

Washington Post September 4, 2020 : Weekend 16-17

and not apparently on their website is ...

[The documentary "Feels Good Man" tells the story of Pepe the Frog...]
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post September 4, 2020 : Weekend 17

... but he liked it.

'Mulan': A Beloved Disney Classic Reimagined As Martial Arts Epic

'Mulan': A Beloved Disney Classic Reimagined As Martial Arts Epic

Pop Culture Happy Hour

Liu Yifei stars in the live-action reimagining of Disney's Mulan.

Disney

The biggest movie so far to be bumped from theaters to home viewing during the pandemic is Disney's Mulan. The live-action reimagining of the 1998 animated musical doesn't have songs or a cartoon dragon. But the story still finds young Mulan disguising herself as a man so she can fight in her father's place.

Vice recommends King's Strange Adventures

DC's Best Comic Right Now Is Not So Quietly About the Horror of the Iraq War

Strange Adventures is about a broken man making a terrible mistake.
September 3, 2020,
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4aymgn/dcs-best-comic-right-now-is-not-so-quietly-about-the-horror-of-the-iraq-war

Thursday, September 03, 2020

Mo Willems' Kennedy Center performance comes to HBO

Mo Willems' First Live Action Special Gets HBO Max Premiere Date

Aug 27, 2020
https://decider.com/2020/08/27/mo-willems-pigeon-special-hbo-max-premiere-date/

Latest 2120 post from 730DC

This is week five in our six weeks of dispatches from the year 2120. Stay tuned for the thrilling finale next Thursday. You can read the first four installments here and more about the project here. Josh Kramer annotates these messages with links from our present and is also drawing this comic that takes place in 2120. Click here to unsubscribe but keep getting 730DC. 

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "This Machine Kills Fascists"


From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -
"This Machine Kills Fascists"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3058

American protest-song legend Woody Guthrie was known for the sticker on his guitar reading "This Machine Kills Fascists".

However, the murder of unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin by Kyle Rittenhouse — and the ongoing assaults against unarmed protesters by armed fascist thugs — have led me to conclude that there's only one kind of machine that kills fascists — and it's not a guitar.

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"'This Machine Kills Fascists': The Life And Music Of Woody Guthrie", 
U.S. History Scene
https://ushistoryscene.com/article/woody-guthrie/

"Kyle Rittenhouse, teen charged in Kenosha killings, praised police and supported Trump", Los Angeles Times 08.27.2020
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kyle-rittenhouse-teen-charged-in-kenosha-killings-praised-police-and-supported-trump/ar-BB18pwHy

"How Nonviolence Protects The State", by Peter Gelderloos via The Anarchist Library
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state

6:15 today - Book Talk with Jeremy Whitley and Jamie Noguchi




TODAY AT 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM

Book Talk with Jeremy Whitley and Jamie Noguchi

Online Event

Details

Today at 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM
Public · Hosted by The Hilltop Show

Join the Hilltop Show for a conversation with the creators of "School for Extraterrestrial Girls" about working in the genre of Sci-fi Kid Lit, and writing and illustrating books during COVID-19

Jamie will also talk about his webcomic "Yellow Peril" and Asian-American representation in entertainment.

Doors open at 5:45 PM EST.

The Lily's latest comic

Being on social media is exhausting. Here's how I'm balancing it with my well-being.

At times, it feels performative

Being on social media is exhausting. Here's how I'm balancing it with my well-being.

Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Fantom Comics newsletter excerpts

- FREE COMIC BOOK SUMMER SATURDAY COMES SEPTEMBER 5TH AT FANTOM:
FCBS Books Available This Saturday, September 5th:

Ten Speed Press - Jack Kirby Epic Life King of Comics
Graphix - Owly the Way Home
Insight Comics - Mean Girls Senior Year
Viz Media - Naruto Samurai 8 Viz Manga
Benitez Productions - Lady Mechanika

Will also have the following which was incorrectly said to have come out August 29th:
IDW Publishing - Usagi Yojimbo

**We also have ALL previously released FCBS titles in stock - check out freecomicbookday.com to view them and all can be picked up in store (open for Phase Two) or via fantomcomics.com!**

For further details on FCBSummer: https://www.facebook.com/events/306700033813025?active_tab=about

This year has caused a great deal of hardship, so we're suggesting that anyone who'd like to grab some free books to donate to DC non-profits like Bread For The City (breadforthecity.org), Casa Ruby (casaruby.org), So Others Might Eat (https://www.some.org/), Capital Area Food Bank (https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/), or HIPS (https://www.hips.org). You can donate in store at checkout or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "FCBS" at the top of the page, with minimum starting at $5 and no max threshold.


- EVENTS:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH @ 6:30PM VIA ZOOM & FACEBOOK LIVE: FANTOM VIRTUAL TRIVIA NIGHT:
Fantom Trivia is going VIRTUAL again on the 3rd Saturday of August! Compete from your home to win the virtual gauntlet and help support the Fantom Comics community during these pandemic times.

For further details and sign up: https://bit.ly/SeptemberTrivia


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH @ 3PM VIA ZOOM: DRAW AT HOME WITH FANTOM COMICS:
Draw At Home is back with Sarahti for another adventure in continuing to show fun tricks of the trade, share artwork and make new friends! Registration is required prior to the event.
Fantom Comics does have the right to remove any disruptive participants from the event, so please be considerate to others.
For further details: bit.ly/DrawAtHome920

Indian comic strip panels popping up around DC

The Post on the Charlie Hebdo massacre trial opening

Charlie Hebdo republishes Muhammad cartoon ahead of shooting trial [in print as Charlie Hebdo reprints cartoons of Muhammad].

Post opinion piece on Black Panther accents