How Steve Martin and illustrator Harry Bliss ended up working on the 'upbeat book' we all need right now [in print as It's all in the timing, both comic and cosmic]
By Donald Liebenson
Washington Post November 24, 2020 C1-2
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
The Post talks to Bliss and Martin
How Steve Martin and illustrator Harry Bliss ended up working on the 'upbeat book' we all need right now [in print as It's all in the timing, both comic and cosmic]
Co-Creator of “Woke” Keith Knight talks politics
Co-Creator of "Woke" Keith Knight talks politics
Brooke Minters
Local cartoonist Justin Benedict RIP
Justin Benedict Struck, Killed Crossing Street
Beloved Cartoonist Struck, Killed While Crossing Street in Old Town
By Drew Wilder • Published November 23, 2020
Monday, November 23, 2020
Dec 1: Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell at Politics and Prose (virtually)
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Lala Alcaraz piece in new SAAM exhibit
by Bruce Guthrie
There's a new Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibit -- in the building with the National Portrait Gallery - that opened on Friday.
Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
November 20, 2020 – August 8, 2021
In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today. Many artists came of age during the civil rights, labor, anti-war, feminist, and LGBTQ+ movements and channeled the period's social activism into assertive aesthetic statements that announced a new political and cultural consciousness among people of Mexican descent in the United States. ¡Printing the Revolution! explores the rise of Chicano graphics within these early social movements and the ways in which Chicanx artists since then have advanced innovative printmaking practices attuned to social justice.
November 20, 2020 – August 8, 2021
In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today. Many artists came of age during the civil rights, labor, anti-war, feminist, and LGBTQ+ movements and channeled the period's social activism into assertive aesthetic statements that announced a new political and cultural consciousness among people of Mexican descent in the United States. ¡Printing the Revolution! explores the rise of Chicano graphics within these early social movements and the ways in which Chicanx artists since then have advanced innovative printmaking practices attuned to social justice.
I did my normal obsessive coverage of it when I went in on Friday.
One of the pieces that's part of it is by Lalo Alcaraz. It's a digital image, not an original piece of art, so it's shown on a screen rotating with other pieces. Does anyone know if Lalo works mostly digitally? The piece is from 2018 and was in response to the mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL.
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Editorial Cartoon by Steve Artley
"Luna Tic Toc"
©2020 Steven G Artley • artleytoons • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Friday, November 20, 2020
Crime Comics With Eddie Muller, Tom King and The Noir City Team
Is The Rebooted 'Animaniacs' Still Zany To The Max?
Is The Rebooted 'Animaniacs' Still Zany To The Max?
Aisha Harris, Margaret H. Willison, J.C. Howard
Pop Culture Happy Hour November 20, 2020https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936185289/is-the-rebooted-animaniacs-still-zany-to-the-max
https://play.podtrac.com/510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2020/11/20201120_pchh_pchh_201120_animaniacs_final.mp3
After 22 years off the air and locked in the Warner water tower, Dot, Yakko and Wakko, return for more wild antics and meta references!
Because everything in Hollywood must be revived these days, the Animaniacs are back after being locked in that Warner studio water tower for more than 20 years. Led by the fictional siblings Yakko, Wakko and Dot, the super-meta cartoon featured slapstick humor and cultural references that appealed to both kids and adults alike. Hulu has released a new batch of Animaniacs episodes and much of the original voice cast returns — though this time around you should expect fewer Goodfellas jokes and more cracks about presidential elections.
After 22 years off the air and locked in the Warner water tower, Dot, Yakko and Wakko, return for more wild antics and meta references!
Because everything in Hollywood must be revived these days, the Animaniacs are back after being locked in that Warner studio water tower for more than 20 years. Led by the fictional siblings Yakko, Wakko and Dot, the super-meta cartoon featured slapstick humor and cultural references that appealed to both kids and adults alike. Hulu has released a new batch of Animaniacs episodes and much of the original voice cast returns — though this time around you should expect fewer Goodfellas jokes and more cracks about presidential elections.
Glen Weldon on Star War's holiday specials
A Tale Of 2 Star Wars Holiday Specials: 2020 (LEGO) Vs. 1978 (Oh, No)
Glen Weldon
November 17, 2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/17/934507936/a-tale-of-2-star-wars-holiday-specials-2020-lego-vs-1978-oh-no
Glen Weldon
November 17, 2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/17/934507936/a-tale-of-2-star-wars-holiday-specials-2020-lego-vs-1978-oh-no
Formerly local cartoonist Malaka Gharib draws a sharable covid zine
COMIC: A Kids' Guide To Coping With The Pandemic (And A Printable Zine)
Malaka Gharib
NPR's Goats and Soda blog November 17, 2020
NPR talks to Bliss and Martin about gag cartoons
Comedian Steve Martin Partners With Cartoonist Harry Bliss For New Book
Rachel Martin
November 17, 2020
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Cavna's picks for 2020's best of comics
2020 graphic novels and comic books: Five trends that defined the year
Washington Post November 19, 2020
P&P Live! Tommy Siegel | I HOPE THIS HELPS with Ben Thornewill
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Fantom Comics newsletter excerpts
>>> SATURDAY, 11/21 ONLY - "FILL-A-BAG" DEAL:
Come in Saturday, 11/21, and buy a Fantom Tote Bag for $5 (normally $20) and fill it with as much product from the store as possible to get 25% pff your entire purchase! Only items excluded are Magic the Gathering and we will have a limit of one bag per customer, so that means anything else you can fit into one Fantom Tote is good for the discount! With many families unable to see their loved ones this season, graphic novels are the perfect gift that can be mailed and keep your loved ones entertained while quarantining! Not to mention some early Black Friday goodness!
>>> SUNDAYS ARE BACK AT FANTOM COMICS:
Beginning this Sunday, 11/22, we'll be open Sundays again! In store Sunday hours will be 11am-6pm with requirements of a face mask and social distancing! We know it can be tough to get in during the week, so we're super excited about helping folks out on another day of the weekend!
Come in Saturday, 11/21, and buy a Fantom Tote Bag for $5 (normally $20) and fill it with as much product from the store as possible to get 25% pff your entire purchase! Only items excluded are Magic the Gathering and we will have a limit of one bag per customer, so that means anything else you can fit into one Fantom Tote is good for the discount! With many families unable to see their loved ones this season, graphic novels are the perfect gift that can be mailed and keep your loved ones entertained while quarantining! Not to mention some early Black Friday goodness!
>>> SUNDAYS ARE BACK AT FANTOM COMICS:
Beginning this Sunday, 11/22, we'll be open Sundays again! In store Sunday hours will be 11am-6pm with requirements of a face mask and social distancing! We know it can be tough to get in during the week, so we're super excited about helping folks out on another day of the weekend!
Tommy Siegel, I Hope This Helps: Comics and Cures for 21st Century Panic
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Beyond Comics in-store sales
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Fredericksburg political cartoonist Clay Jones has covid-19
Clay Jones, who is a friend of mine, has announced via his blog and other media that he's contracted covid-19. Fortunately he appears to be doing ok and has put up a new cartoon and blog today discussing his thoughts on having it and the wider epidemic.
We at ComicsDC send our best wishes to Clay and his family, and since that won't buy him a cup of coffee, I'm sending him $40 for a print of yesterday's cartoon, Goodbye, Dumpster.
Tip Jar: if you want to support the cartoonist, please send a donation through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.com. You can also snail it to P.O. Box 9103, Fredericksburg, VA 22403. And since someone asked this morning, yes. You can still get a signed print for $40.
Monday, November 16, 2020
NPR checks in on Judge Parker's election
'Judge Parker' Cartoonist On Comic Strip's Election Storyline
Michel Martin
All Things Considered November 14, 2020
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Nov 18: P&P Live!: G.B. Trudeau — DBURY@50 - in conversation with David Stanford
P&P Live!: G.B. Trudeau — DBURY@50 - in conversation with David Stanford
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 6 p.m.
This event will be streamed online as part of our P&P Live! Series.
The ultimate Doonesbury package celebrating a half-century of G.B. Trudeau's celebrated comic strip. This limited-edition deluxe set includes: A USB flash drive with all 50 years of Doonesbury comics, including 26 years of Sunday comics available for the first time in digital format. Includes a searchable calendar archive, character biographies, and a week-by-week description of the strip's contents. The Dbury@50 User's Guide, a 224-page wire-bound book taking readers through each year of the strip's storied history, with historical trivia, milestone strips, featured storylines and characters, and much more. A commemorative 16" x 20" poster featuring a grid with new sketches of all the strip's characters.
G. B. Trudeau has been drawing his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip for more than forty years. In addition to cartooning, Trudeau has worked in theater, film, and television. He also has been a contributing columnist for the New York Times op-ed page and later an essayist for Time magazine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jane Pauley. They have three grown children.
David Stanford is an independent editor who has worked on books by authors ranging from Ken Kesey, Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs to Charles Schulz, Art Spiegelman, and G.B. Trudeau. For the past 40+ years he has worked with Garry Trudeau on innumerable fascinating projects, and since1995 has served as Duty Officer of Doonesbury.com. For eight years he oversaw the Doonesbury milblog The Sandbox, editing over 700 posts by more than 150 soldiers, spouses, and caregivers. On Fridays, he works at Oblong Books and Music in Millerton, New York.
Instead of a set ticket price, we have provided a couple different ways for you to attend this event. If you'd like to purchase a copy of the book, you will not be charged an extra fee for a ticket, and we can either ship your copy, or you can retrieve it at one of our stores.
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