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Thursday, May 02, 2024
May 4: Free Comic Book Day at Beyond Comics
May 4: Free Comic Book Day at Fantom Comics
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2024
>> SATURDAY, MAY 4th - all day!
Everyone can take home 5 different #FCBD titles, 1 per title.
We're collaborating with great folks this year!
PIZZERIA PARADISO - star wars fans!! the dupont location across from us will be doing a death star pizza to celebrate #starwarsday! make a purchase at fantom on free comic book day and get 10% off your pizza when you show your receipt when ordering OR get a pizza and show your receipt at Fantom to get 10% off your purchase🍕
STORM KING COMICS - we'll be raffling off a special signed JOHN CARPENTER item from the publisher 👀
we're also going to have cosplayers, more raffles and prizes! be there or be square!
new ghost design by @ursakursa 👻
>> SATURDAY, MAY 4th - all day!
Everyone can take home 5 different #FCBD titles, 1 per title.
We're collaborating with great folks this year!
PIZZERIA PARADISO - star wars fans!! the dupont location across from us will be doing a death star pizza to celebrate #starwarsday! make a purchase at fantom on free comic book day and get 10% off your pizza when you show your receipt when ordering OR get a pizza and show your receipt at Fantom to get 10% off your purchase🍕
STORM KING COMICS - we'll be raffling off a special signed JOHN CARPENTER item from the publisher 👀
we're also going to have cosplayers, more raffles and prizes! be there or be square!
new ghost design by @ursakursa 👻
May 3: Ann Telnaes featured on Freedom Cartoonists Foundation livestream
Geneva celebrates press freedom and women cartoonists
with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi
May 3rd, 2024 — 5.30 pm
Maison de la Paix, Geneva Graduate Institute
We are fully booked! A livestream will be available on this page.
To mark World Press Freedom Day and the awarding of its 2024 international editorial cartoon prize, the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the City of Geneva, in collaboration with the Geneva Graduate Institute, invite the public to an exceptional event.
Keynote by the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi from Iran, (mentor of Narges Mohammadi, current Nobel Peace Prize winner imprisoned in Teheran), in discussion with Christiane Amanpour, CNN chief international anchor and member of the Foundation's advisory board. Followed by a debate on women cartoonists around the world, with Ann Telnaes (USA), Rachita Taneja (India) and Willis from Tunis (Tunisia), moderated by Christiane Amanpour. Presentation of the "Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award 2024" by the City of Geneva and the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation.
Welcoming remarks at 17:30 at the Maison de la Paix by Marie-Laure Salles (Director of the Graduate Institute, IHEID).
Introductions by Chappatte and Marie Heuzé (Chair and Vice-Chair of the Foundation), Sami Kanaan (Administrative Councillorof the City of Geneva) and Volker Türk (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights).
Alexis Frederick-Frost's new book
Team Unihorn and Woolly #1: Attack of the Krill
On Sale: April 16, 2024
Meet the coolest new superhero team on Burlap Beach in the first in a series of graphic novels for young readers.
Raina the rhino, Nigel the narwhal, Shu the horseshoe crab, and Woolly the mammoth have more in common than the fact that they all have horns. (WARNING: Never try to tell Shu that hers is really more of a tail!) They were also all exposed to a Super Blood Full Moon Eclipse that gave them each strange powers. Now Shu can fly, Raina is lightning quick, Nigel has supersonic sonar, and Woolly, well, he's extra fluffy.
Unfortunately, our heroes aren't the only ones who were gifted by the eclipse. Now they'll need to stave off a giant krill monster who was also caught up in the event. If they can't stop him, it might just mean the end of Burlap Beach, Team Unihorn (and Woolly), and even--gasp!--summer's tastiest treat, ice cream!
May 11 George Take at LoC
George Takei Shares "My Lost Freedom" (May Family Day)
Located in Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street, SE – Ground Floor
May 11, 2024 2:00 PM
Doors Open: 1:30 PM
Doors Open: 1:30 PM
Hear from award-winning author, actor and civil rights advocate George Takei about his new book, "My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story" as part of the Library's Family Day: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. All ages are welcome.
Accessible seating is available upon request. Please request ADA accommodations at least five days in advance by contacting 202-707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/1/2024
Griepp, Milton. 2024.
ICV2 INTERVIEW: MARVEL PRESIDENT DAN BUCKLEY:PART 1, On the State of Comics, Marvel and Kids, Superheroes' Declining Share, Improving Publishing; PART 2,On Direct Market Distribution, Marvel's Publishing Plans, Including a New Program for Kids, More.
ICv2 (May 1): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56816/icv2-interview-marvel-president-dan-buckley-part-1 and https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56815/icv2-interview-marvel-president-dan-buckley-part-2
Buckely, Dan. 2024.
MARVEL PRESIDENT DAN BUCKLEY'S COMICSPRO KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Transcript of Speech at Pittsburgh Meeting.
ICv2 (May 1): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56814/marvel-president-dan-buckleys-comicspro-keynote-address
A letter from the building's new superintendents [TCJ]
The Editors | May 1, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/a-letter-from-the-buildings-new-superintendents/
Don Wright, 1934-2024
John Micek | May 1, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/don-wright-1934-2024/
Interview: Louie Joyce unleashes the King of the Monsters on Australia with GODZILLA: SKATE OR DIE
05/01/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-louie-joyce-godzilla-skate-or-die/
What Ever Happened to…Frank Miller Presents; Abrams is its new home.
05/01/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/what-ever-happened-to-frank-miller-presents/
Animafest Zagreb Announces Six Animated Features in Competition
April 30, 2024
Born to Sparkle! 'Thelma the Unicorn' Directors Jared Hess & Lynn Wang Take Us on Tour with Netflix's New Star
By Karen Idelson
April 30, 2024
This article was written for the May '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 340).
100 Comic Book Stores With Special Events for Free Comic Book Day 2024
This Saturday, the 4th of May, is Free Comic Book Day.. Here are a hundred stores doing a little bit more than just give away comics.
30 Apr 2024
Peanuts Logos and Dating Items Guide
Caren Pilgrim
April 29, 2024
https://collectpeanuts.com/2024/04/29/peanuts-logos-and-dating-items-guide/
An "unknown" Clifford Berryman self-portrait
May 01, 2024
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/05/an-unknown-clifford-berryman-self.html
May 01, 2024
Announcing the new John Locher Memorial Fellowship winner Alexandra Bowman [aka Announcing the new John Locher Memorial Fellowship]
by JP Trostle
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/05/announcing-new-john-locher-memorial.html
Will We Be MAD About Pop-Tarts? [movie props]
Tom Richmond
The Ink Stained Wretch #132 May 01, 2024
https://art4mad.substack.com/p/the-ink-stained-wretch-132-5124
Black Faces in White Comics
Glenn Fleishman
How Comics Were Made Newsletter May 1, 2024
https://buttondown.email/howcomics/archive/black-faces-in-white-comics/
Ryan Claytor Patreon Podcast - Andrew Farago: Curator of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum
Ryan Claytor
Apr 17, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfdbng3b9tc
Moon Knight Season 2 Gets Addressed By Costume Designer After Marvel Blu-Ray Gives Fans Hope
By Andy Behbakht
Screen Rant April 25 2024
https://screenrant.com/moon-knight-season-2-update-costume-designer/
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
The prison battle that led to a gang war
The prison battle that led to a gang war
Washington Post April 17, 2024
https://wapo.st/3wosqgg (free to read) or
This comic is based on interviews with Phoenix and references illustrations drawn by him, along with extensive reporting on Ecuador's prison system and gang violence. Scenes and dialogue reflect his recollections as well as The Washington Post's reporting on the 2021 prison riot in the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil.
The comic is part of a series of stories about the rising power of organized criminal groups in Latin America, the United States' biggest trading partner. The first piece reconstructs the day, earlier this year, when Ecuador's gangs pushed the country into chaos and led a young president to declare a state of "internal armed conflict."
Latin America is producing more than twice as much cocaine as it did a decade ago. Nearly every one of its mainland nations has become a major producer or mover of the drug, feeding booming markets in the United States, Europe and South America.
Organized-crime groups have moved well beyond narcotics. They've created sprawling illicit industries in extortion, migrant smuggling and gold mining. Their power has become so great that they form a new kind of insurgency, infiltrating government operations.
An "unknown" Clifford Berryman self-portrait
This surfaced recently in the National Geographic archives before being sent out for deep storage. Berryman apparently drew it for the editor Gilbert H. Grovesnor as an RSVP to a luncheon invitation because it's on a piece of his stationary.
Berryman is hurrying to see artist / explorer Alexander Iacolevff who had worked on a story about Vietnam for them in 1935. Presumably he was back in the States by the beginning of the year, because Berryman's dated his cartoon to March 15, 1935 for a lunch on the 18th. Here's one of the artworks Iacolevff did at the time. Here's a painting that National Geographic used to own before they auctioned off a good bit of their patrimony in 2012, including more by him, and paintings (plural for both) by NC Wyeth, and dinosaur artist Charles Knight, and a lot of famous photographs. Browse the whole list here. They made $3,776,587 before selling themselves to Fox a few years later.
Announcing the new John Locher Memorial Fellowship winner Alexandra Bowman
Announcing the new John Locher Memorial Fellowship
by JP Trostle
For 35 years, the AAEC's John Locher Memorial Award spotlighted college-age and early-career cartoonists across North America. Named after the late son of Dick and Mary Locher, the AAEC created the award to help discover young cartoonists and encourage interest in editorial cartooning among students — and it worked.
Over a dozen winners of the annual contest went on to staff jobs at daily newspapers, and three eventually won the Pulitzer Prize. As the landscape for political cartooning shifted, the award expanded in 2015 to recognize a variety of new approaches to the form, from animated political cartoons to graphic journalism, and comics essays on history and current events.
In recent years, the Locher team continued to look for ways to evolve to best support budding cartoonists, including options other than a contest format. After a gap year, and discussions among the Locher Advisory Committee and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is happy to announce the first John Locher Memorial Fellowship.
This year's recipient is Alexandra Bowman.
Bowman is a political cartoonist, journalist, and satirist based in Washington, DC. She served as the editorial cartoonist for the political action committee The Lincoln Project during the 2020 election, and later drew for the John Kerry and John Kasich-founded environmental organization World War Zero. Her cartoons been published by BBC News, the National Wildlife Federation, and Penguin Random House UK. She also works as a costume designer and arts and culture writer.
More of Alex's work can be found here: https://www.alexandrabowmanart.com/
Kevin Necessary, the new Locher Fellowship manger, said, "The Fellowship shares much of the same framework as the Award — an all-expenses-paid trip to a cartoonist convention, a cash prize, and the support and mentoring from fellow cartoonists — but removes the contest element and changes the destination to the annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Festival."
The Locher Fellow will be a guest of the CXC Festival, held every fall in September or October, and will receive a one-year Regular membership in the AAEC. They will also have the opportunity to meet with AAEC cartoonists during the year of the Fellowship for portfolio reviews and career advice.
JP Trostle, the Minister of Information for the AAEC, noted, "Much of the language of the structure of the new Fellowship came from Paul Tarr, a current AAEC Director and the second winner of the Locher Award back in 1988, which gave the process a feeling of coming full circle."
Alexandra Bowman will be at the CXC Festival in Columbus, Ohio, September 26-29. Complete details about the new Fellowship can be found at https://locheraward.org/ For questions, contact Kevin Necessary at kev.necessary@gmail.com.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/30/2024
COMICBOOKS FOR KIDS ANNOUNCES ANNUAL AWARDS, NEW COMIC BY ART BALTAZAR
Funko Founder Michael Becker, DC Group Editor Katie Kubert Accept Awards
Brigid Alverson on April 29, 2024
Meet a Local Cartoonist: D. Feng and her Cosmicals project
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog April 30, 2024
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/04/meet-local-cartoonist-d-feng-and-her.html
Ralph Steadman: "Geniuses are just losers who try harder"
Mar 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6_1pv7Qiog
Bloomin' Brilliant: The Life and Work of Raymond Briggs: will leave fans walking in the air
This splendid retrospective charting the author-illustrator's career is a treat for those who know and love his books
Alastair Smart 27 April 2024
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/reviews/bloomin-brilliant-raymond-briggs-ditchling-museum-review/
Exhibition dedicated to life and works of 'The Snowman' author opens
Sat 27 Apr 2024
BY THE BOOK: DOLLAR SIGNS OR DANGER SIGNS FOR COMICS IN THE LATEST BOOKSCAN FIGURES?
Rob Salkowitz on April 29, 2024
My Last Sigh [new TCJ editors]
Joe McCulloch | April 30, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/my-last-sigh/
Vault Comics joins GlobalComix with added vertical scrolling format
04/30/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/vault-comics-joins-globalcomix-with-added-vertical-scrolling-format/
Interview: Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD on BREATHE: JOURNEYS TO HEALTHY BINDING
04/30/2024
We're calling it: X-Men '97 is the greatest X-Men adaptation of all time
The Disney+ series has proven itself the best onscreen treatment of Marvel's mutant heroes.
AV Club April 29 2024
https://www.avclub.com/x-men-97-is-the-best-x-men-adaptation-of-all-time-1851437146
The Origins of Anime: Watch Early Japanese Animations (1917 to 1931)
Jonathan Crow
April 26th, 2024
The Complicated Artist Behind the Moomins
The Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson had a love-hate relationship with her most famous creations.
By Nadja Spiegelman
A version of this article appears in print on May 5, 2024, Page 10 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Moomins and Mixed Emotions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/books/review/boel-westin-tove-jansson.html
TOVE JANSSON: Life, Art, Words | By Boel Westin | Translated by Silvester Mazzarella | University of Minnesota Press
Q & A with Vera Brosgol
By Amanda Ramirez
Apr 30, 2024
Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol. First Second, $22.99 May 7 ISBN 978-1-250-31486-4; $14.99 paper ISBN 978-1-250-31485-7
Chris Hemsworth laments becoming "a parody of myself" on Thor: Love And Thunder
Chris Hemsworth feels like he didn't "stick the landing" on the fourth Thor solo film
Mary Kate Carr
AV Club April 30 2024
https://www.avclub.com/chris-hemsworth-thor-love-and-thunder-parody-regrets-1851445634
Chris Hemsworth Calls His Thor in Love and Thunder a Parody
By Joe George | April 30, 2024
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/thor-love-and-thunder-chris-hemsworth-parody/
2024 Kids Graphic Novel Festival in Photos
Compiled by Emma Kantor
Apr 30, 2024
The Uncertain Man and the Hotel: Comic panels as portals to somewhere new [Scotland]
Malcy Duff.
29 April 2024
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/the-uncertain-man-and-the-hotel
How Comics Can Spark Conversations About Race and History in the Classroom [cartoon journalism]
Lora Strum and Eda Uzunlar,
April 29, 2024
Cartoonist with cancer draws on dark humour for new book [Olly Duke; "I'm a Chemo Freak"; England; graphic medicine]
30th April 2024
https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/cartoonist-with-cancer-draws-on-dark-humour-for-new-book
Ingalsbe, Ashley. 2024.
Student-led graphic novel studio announces their first release: 'Heavenly Burden'; SAVE Studio, founded and led by UW students, publishing pilot series May 9.
University of Washington's The Daily (April 30): https://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_culture/student-led-graphic-novel-studio-announces-their-first-release-heavenly-burden/article_1e125df4-06ae-11ef-aaaa-fb4883affc7b.html
Agence France-Presse. 2024.
French Iranian author wins top Spanish prize for graphic novel [Marjane Satrapi; Persepolis].
Voice of America News (April 30): https://www.voanews.com/a/french-iranian-author-wins-top-spanish-prize/7592361.html
James Spooner's award-winning graphic novel chronicles the High Desert punk movement in the 1980s
McKenna Mobley
Victorville Daily Press
EPISODE 227 - JONATHAN MARKS BARRAVECCHIA, Comic Book Illustrator
J Alex Morrissey
Tradecraft Apr 30, 2024
https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-227-jonathan-marks-barravecchia
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Meet a Local Cartoonist: D. Feng and her Cosmicals project
by Mike Rhode
Artomatic just concluded, and there were plenty of cartoon / comics-influenced people exhibiting. On the weekends, there was a sales area on the third floor and I met D. (Dani) Feng there and bought her comic collection, The Cosmicals: Dusky Dunes. She has some interesting aspirations and plans for a Cosmicals universe that I look forward to following in the future.
What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
Everything I draw at the moment are personal projects of my own characters. Usually on the cartoonier end.
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
I mostly draw digitally. Sometimes I’d sketch things out on paper first and then refine it on the computer.
I use a Huion Kamvas Pro 16 as my graphics tablet. The software I use is Paint Tool SAI 2 and Rebelle Pro 5. For the Cosmicals comic book, I had actually used TVPaint for most of the line art because I was borrowing an Android tablet from university, and TVPaint was free on the Android. I simply carried around wherever I went and worked on the comic when I had down time. Since I had to return the Android tablet, I’ve been getting used to doodling on my iPad with Procreate now.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
November 2000 in Rockville, Maryland.
Why are you in Washington now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?
I was born and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland. And… I still live there. I am never getting out of here, am I?
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
Self-taught through copious amounts of unrestricted internet access
Who are your influences?
A huge blend of various internet artists that I looked up to. Too many to count. Some notable ones are vewn, Xamag, miraculoustang, and Natasha Allegri.
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
I have a very vivid two-season animated series idea for The Cosmicals that is currently occupying much of my brain space everyday. The only way this could work out the way I want it to is: 1) I gain an ample amount of animation industry experience so I feel comfortable enough about pursuing this project and 2) I win a lottery or win a bunch of Mr Beast Dollars to pay people. In the meantime, I’ll try to do as much as I can by myself before even getting to that stuff (writing scripts, making the side comics, maybe building a little website for them if I figure that out). 
Tell me a little more about your characters, The Cosmicals. In the intro to your book collecting strips of them, you say there were failed greeting cards?
The Cosmicals are a group of original characters that are very dear to my heart. I made around 20 greeting card designs for Stelle and Lune back in 2021, but I really don’t know much about that market to sell them well. The cards don’t seem to sell compared to my other items on my Etsy shop. I've emailed a lot of places that might take the cards but I haven't had any luck, since they're already stocked to the brim with greetings cards. Oh well.
Are these a webcomic? Or just one-offs when you feel like doing one?
It's not a webcomic. I have a lot planned for these characters, too much for me to explain in one sitting. I’ve explained the whole story to a couple of friends in person and each time, it took at least 4 hours. But the basic gist of it is: it’s a long-running 'unfiction' art project meant to satirize those marketable-character corporate franchises. Contents of it would include a website that treats The Cosmicals as a lost media franchise, fake flash games hosted on the site, fake animated commercials, and if we get to it, an animated series of shorts made to look like it's from the 90s. I started typing a long explanation of the project, and then I realized it would take way too much time, so I had to stop myself.
One's a happy star, and one's a depressed moon? Is that an accurate description of their characters? How do you write them so they relate to each other?
They have two very different outlooks on life despite having similar circumstances. They learn from each other’s outlooks over time.
These are not my best answers. I'm gonna be honest, I genuinely started blanking when I trying to figure out how to explain the entire project. I've made so much and so much of it has changed over the past 5+ years that I genuinely don't know where to begin. I have about 20 Google Docs of notes. Sorry I can't give a more thorough answer. I feel like this is one of those projects that has to explain itself. I'm also unsure if I can even get to making it due to lack of funding and experience. Check back on me in about 5 years. Then, I can probably give you a more concrete answer.
For more background, you can look at my animated YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pusxJQ48rn8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpOpiKtGvw0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-hy4EsWTHY
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
When I was younger, I used to shame and berate myself inside my head whenever this happened. Now, I’ve kind of just stopped caring and let the art happen when it wants to. I can’t predict my mind so I’ve stopped trying to.
What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Awesome Con, or others? Any comments about attending them?
Yes, I’ve tabled at a few conventions in the past (Awesome Con, Baltimore Comic Con). I don’t often do this since it’s pretty exhausting and most of the time, I just forget to apply. (I missed the Katsucon artist alley application deadline by one day.) I absolutely love the Small Press Expo. Me and my friend Ian made it our mission to table there someday, but alas, we did not get in for this year.
What comic books do you read regularly or recommend? Do you have a local store?
I don’t actually consume a lot of media nowadays but I’ve recently been reading Dungeon Meshi and Witch Hat Atelier, which are super great. The closest store to me is “Purple Narwhal Music & Manga”, but they’re only open for less than half a week. Third Eye Comics in Annapolis is worth checking out if you’re a comic lover.
What's your favorite thing about DC?
It’s easy to find things to do or find hidden gems in the area, like the Glen Echo Park. I appreciate how diverse and (mostly) walkable the locations I’ve been to are. That being said, I’ve been kind of confined to this area my whole life so I don’t have a good reference point for what is good or bad.
Least favorite?
It’s expensive to live in the area, and the traffic on the beltway is as congested as my sinus.
What monument or museum do you like to take visitors to?
The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore!
How about a favorite local restaurant?
I’ve got several favorites. I probably go to Taco Bamba the most in this area. I also recommend Lavende Patisserie as my go-to local cafe and bakery (their Yuki cake is my favorite; you would not find a cake like that anywhere else). Pho 75 is a great, no frills pho restaurant (it’s cash only though). I also love the flatbreads from the Z&Z Manoushe Bakery. Another authentic Mexican taco place I love is Taqueria Los Primos in North Laurel.
Do you have a website or blog?
My etsy shop link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/
Cosmicals E-Stickers: https://store.line.me/
More socials here: https://dfeng.carrd.co/
I was a comp-sci college student at UMD during the entire COVID-19 era so I wasn't doing much art stuff, besides making this one animatic for my Art Scholars capstone project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpOpiKtGvw0
Man, that whole time period felt like a blur.
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