Tuesday, February 01, 2022

PR: Deadline extension: RFK Journalism Awards

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Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
Founded by the reporters who covered Robert F. Kennedy's historic 1968 presidential campaign, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards honor outstanding reporting on issues that reflect Robert Kennedy's concerns, including human rights, social justice, and the power of individual action in the United States and around the world. Entries should provide insights into the causes, conditions, and remedies of human rights violations and injustice, and critical analysis of relevant policies, programs, individual actions, and private endeavors that foster positive change. The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards are among the few in which winners are determined by their peers. Entries should provide insights into the causes, conditions, and remedies of human rights violations and injustice, and critical analysis of relevant policies, programs, individual actions, and private endeavors that foster positive change.

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Bruce Guthrie on "Icons of American Animation" in Westminster, Maryland

by Bruce Guthrie

I went to Westminster, Maryland to visit the new "Icons of American Animation" exhibit which is spread over two different venues there. The exhibit opened on January 3rd and runs until March 12th.

The main portion, about 60% of the 150+ pieces, are at the Carroll County Arts Council’s Tevis Gallery. This gallery's largest chunk are Disney pieces (although, like the other sections, there are Disney pieces in both galleries).

The other portion is at the Esther Prangley Rice Gallery at McDaniel College.

The two galleries are 0.4 miles apart and you can easily walk between them. I parked for free at the college, visited the gallery there, and then walked to the Council's gallery. Both exhibits are free.

Both venues offer the free 32-page color exhibition pamphlet which includes images of all of the pieces in the exhibit as well as some of the wall text.

The exhibit includes original sketches and animation cels dating back to 1914. That earliest piece is a sketch from Winsor McCay's "Gertie the Dinosaur" which most of us keep thinking is America's first animated cartoon. In actuality, McCay himself had earlier made "Little Nemo" (1911) and "How a Mosquito Operates" (1912) and there were some earlier animation experiments done earlier by others. Wikipedia bills the cartoon as "the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur."

Another McCay piece, a panel from his "The Sinking of the Titanic" (1918) is also included.

There is an amazing array of pieces here. When I was walking between the venues, I was promoting the exhibit to strangers on the street and a Westminsterite lit up and asked if there were any pieces by Ralph Bakshi in the show -- he especially loved "Fritz the Cat". Well, yes. There is a cell from that as well as from Bakshi's "Wizards".

To give you an idea of some of the pieces you'll see by decade:

1910s: The two Winsor McCay pieces.
Curator Robert Lemieux
1920s: Oswald the Rabbit, Steamboat Willie, Out of the Inkwell
1930s: Three Little Pigs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Betty Boop, Gulliver's Travels, Flowers and Trees (Disney), The Band Concert (Disney), Porky's Duck Hunt
1940s: Fantasia, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad, Bambi, Superman (Fleisher), Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Red Hot Riding Hood (Tex Avery), Mighty Mouse
1950s: Gerald McBoing-Boing, Rooty Toot Toot, Mr. Magoo, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Huckleberry Hound, Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, 101 Dalmatians, Tom and Jerry, What's Opera Doc, Road Runner Show
1960s: The Jungle Book, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, The Pink Panther, Charlie Brown, George of the Jungle, Droopy
1970s: The Aristocats, Scooby Doo, Yogi Bear, Wizards, Fritz the Cat, Horton Hears a Who, The Phantom Tollbooth
1980s: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, The Smurfs, Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, The Simpsons
1990s: Aladdin, The Lion King, Tarzan, Mulan, Rugrats, Toy Story 2, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Ren & Stimpy Show
2000s: Shrek

Obviously, as cartoons increasingly became computer-generated, you're not going to see original cels so the latter years are mostly represented by concept art or storyboards. The latest piece, for example, was a city design painting from "Shrek" (2001). One of the pieces (a model sheet) was a lithograph but everything else was original.

Since there are two venues, you'll want to time your visit so you can see both of them in the same trip. Of course the venues have different hours but here's a combined schedule -- don't go on Wednesday or Sunday!:

Monday: Rice 10-4pm, Council 10-4pm
Tuesday: Rice 10-4pm, Council noon-7pm
Wednesday: Rice 10-4pm, Council ---
Thursday: Rice 10-4pm, Council noon-7pm
Friday: Rice 10-4pm, Council 10-4pm
Saturday: Rice noon-5pm, Council 10-4pm
Sunday: Rice ---, Council ---

The exhibit's official home page is https://iconsofanimation.com/ The news release about the exhibit: https://www.mcdaniel.edu/news/major-exhibition-curated-communication-professor-highlights-artistic-and-cultural-significance

I of course did my normal photo obsessive thing, spending about 90 minutes at each venue and some of my photos are below. My pages for the exhibit:

Council exhibit: http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2022_01_13B1_Icons_Animation1
Rice (college) exhibit: http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2022_01_13B2_Icons_Animation2

Both venues require masks but not proof of vaccination. During my visit, there were two other people seeing the Rice exhibit and three at the Council gallery (two of them being the same two from the Rice exhibit) so social distancing was easy.

Local businessman Steve Geppi's 40th year in comics distribution

Most of his early comics stores were in and around DC, before he closed them to focus on distribution, and avoid having an unfair advantage.

Diamond Comics Distributors is 40 today

Diamond kicks of a 40th year celebration

Heidi MacDonald

02/01/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-comics-distributors-is-40-today/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/1/22

Jean-Claude Mézières, 1938-2022

Matthias Wivel | January 31, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/jean-claude-mezieres-1938-2022/

Grant Morrison Launches Xanaduum On Substack Comics Pro

January 31, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-launches-xanaduum-on-substack-comics-pro/

Brian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon Launch Spectators OGN on Substack

January 31, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/brian-k-vaughan-niko-henrichon-launch-spectators-ogn-on-substack/

Khary Randolph & Joanne Starer Launch Two New Comics On Substack

January 31, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/khary-randolph-joanne-starer-launch-two-new-comics-on-substack/

James Tynion IV Surprise-Substack-Drops Closet #1, Announces Another

January 31, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/james-tynion-iv-surprise-substack-drops-closet-1-announces-another/

Jen Bartel Launches The Jen Bartel Club On Substack

January 31, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jen-bartel-launches-the-jen-bartel-club-on-substack/

CDoS: Welcome to MSX: Mangasplaining Extra

The weekly manga magazine for people who love manga.

Mangasplaining

January 31 2022

https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/cdos-welcome-to-msx-mangasplaining?showWelcome=true

Tom King & Elsa Charretier's Everlasting Love On Substack, For Free

January 31, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-king-elsa-charretiers-everlasting-love-on-substack-for-free/

Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI

#9・ Jan 31, 2022

Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

(Even More) Comics In Your Mailbox [Substack]

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/even-more-comics-in-your-mailbox-1011405

#8・ Jan 28, 2022 Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

Is It Too Early To Declare The Comeback of the Year? [Saga]

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/is-it-too-early-to-declare-the-comeback-of-the-year-1007899

#7・ Jan 26, 2022

Rolling Out: Where Does IDW Go Without Transformers?

Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/rolling-out-where-does-idw-go-without-transformers-1000288

#6・ Jan 21, 2022

Solve For X [X-Men series X Lives of Wolverine; Marvel Unlimited; digital distribution]

Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/solve-for-x-996106

#5・ Jan 19, 2022

What Price Near Mint? [PRH distribution]

Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/what-price-near-mint-987707

#4・ Jan 14, 2022

That Invincible Lawsuit

Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/that-invincible-lawsuit-984400

Inside The Secret Identity and Multiple Careers of Alex Segura

By Graeme McMillan

Comics, FYI #3・ Jan 12, 2022

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/inside-the-secret-identity-and-multiple-careers-of-alex-segura-976556

#2・ Jan 7, 2022

Images, Miracles, and Unseen Battles, Oh My...? [Image union, Miracleman]

Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/images-miracles-and-unseen-battles-oh-my-972744

#1・ Jan 5, 2022

So, Where Were We...? [comic book industry health]

Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/so-where-were-we-940942

Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.

By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 31, 2022, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Politics Fuels Surge in Calls For Book Bans

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/books/book-ban-us-schools.html

Substack announces new projects by Morrison, Vaughan, Randolph, Matsumoto and many more

Also Kelly Thompson, Meredith McClaren, Joanne Starer, Gavin Fullerton, Jen Bartel, Tom King, Elsa Charretier and more

Heidi MacDonald

01/31/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/substack-announces-new-projects-by-morrison-vaughan-randolph-matsumoto-and-many-more/

How Fox Sports Is Turning Your Favorite NASCAR Drivers Into Superheroes

Enhanced graphics package to bring comic book feel to NASCAR broadcasts in 2022.

By Mike Hembree

Jan 25, 2022

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a38884019/fox-sports-turning-nascar-driver-superheroes/

How White supremacy changed Herbie Husker [cartoon mascot]

By Jordan Pascale / Flatwater Free Press

Norfolk Daily News Jan 28, 2022

https://norfolkdailynews.com/news/how-white-supremacy-changed-herbie-husker/article_12a31846-8050-11ec-a183-4345650b4d04.html

Who Dey! 5 cartoons that show the Bengals' road to Super Bowl glory [Kevin Necessary]

Amelia Robinson

The Columbus Dispatch January 28 2022

https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/cartoons/2022/01/28/cartoons-bengals-road-super-bowl/9255906002/

Recalling the Pain of an Early 19th Century Writer

Stuck in a CT scan, the illustrator Alison Barnwell remembers the horrors recounted by Fanny Burney, who wrote of her mastectomy in excruciating detail. [graphic medicine; cancer]

By Alison Barnwell

Jan. 28, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/books/recalling-the-pain-of-an-early-19th-century-writer.html

ENTRIES CLOSE FEB 2ND, 2022 - The NCS Reuben Awards Voting Process

National Cartoonists Society Jan 29, 2022

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

Greek-American Cartoonist Stephan Pastis Explores Sublime, Ridiculous

By Patricia Claus

January 26, 2022

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/26/cartoonist-stephan-pastis/

Legendary Sells $760M Minority Stake to Apollo; The deal follows the 'Dune' producer holding talks to sell an equity stake or merge with another entertainment player.

Etan Vlessing

January 31, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/legendary-760m-minority-stake-to-apollo-1235084468/

Bruce McCall's "Boxing Rink"

The artist discusses improvised hockey rinks and being inspired by advertising.

By Françoise Mouly

January 31, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2022-02-07

POLITICAL CARTOONS part 7: JEFF MACNELLY

David Apatoff

Illustration Art January 07, 2022

https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2022/01/political-cartoons-part-7-jeff-macnelly.html