Oct 31: Beyond Comics Walking Dead Premiere Party

order="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> B E Y O N D      C O M I C S Event Update Don't miss the coolest Party of the Year! Walking Dead Premiere Party Sunday October 31st 9:30 to 11:30 at WOW Frederick 5100 Buckeystown Pike Frederick, MD Directions: Visit Our Facebook Info Website Here. Check us out on Facebook    Halloween Discounts Come Buy Either  IN YOUR COSTUME store get 30% OFF any Graphic Novel Bring in a foodbank donation between now and November 6, 2010 and get 20% OFF a graphic novel. (Excludes on hold items and new arrivals. One item per person per day.) Sunday Oct 31st Walking Dead Television Premiere Event Sunday October 31 9:30 to 11:30 WOW Frederick 5100 Buckeystown Pike #174 Frederick, MD Click for Details! Second Commercial This is the Second Version of the Zombie Commercial Email Contacts Gaithersburg John Shine   Frederick Mike Imboden Jon Cohen INFO Facebook Website eBay Store New Items Added 7/1/10 Sign up for our eBay Newsletter Amazon Store Twitter Newsletter Signup Details Zombie Contest Give Aways Special Menu Walking Dead Premeier 10:00 - 11:30 Admission: Canned Goods for the Foodbank DIrections: From I-270 Exit Buckeystown Pike (Route 85) West Pass Crestwood Blvd Pass Mimi's Cafe Take next right into shopping Center Please Note, some items are not available at all store locations. For more information please speak with any store representative. Some items may also be allocated by the manufacturer and may not be available. Beyond Comics does not guarantee items being in stock; however we will do our best to keep them available. Email: Gaithersburg John Shine Mgr or Frederick Mike Imboden Mgr Gaithersburg Store 536 North Frederick Ave Gaithersburg, MD (301) 216-0007 Hours: M,Tu 11-8; W-Sat 10-9; Sun 12-6 Frederick Store 5632 Route 85 Frederick, MD (301) 668-8202 Hours: M,Tu 10-8; W-Sat 10-9; Sun 12-6

New book reviews posted at Wash City Paper

A little bit of a Halloween theme here -

International Ink: Pirates, Ghosts, and Wookies, Oh My!

 by Mike Rhode on Oct. 29, 2010

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2010/10/29/international-ink-pirates-ghosts-and-wookies-oh-my/ 

Express on Walking Dead and Tamara Drewe

Picking Zombie Brains: John Bernthal, Star of 'The Walking Dead,' Hometown Boy
By Jennifer Barger
Express October 29, 2010

Beyond Drawn: 'Tamara Drewe', in Theaters [published as 'Tactful Transition'].
By Kristen Page-Kirby
Express October 29, 2010

Mark Fiore's GU appearance

Given that this event was sponsored by the Journalism department, I'm a little surprised this article isn't credited - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Satires Politics (October 28, 2010). Fiore was a good speaker, and showed about 5 of his cartoons.

Nov 2: Super-Art Fight at American University's Katzen

November 2 sees a Super-Art Fight at American University's Katzen Museum at 8 pm featuring Jami “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi, Garth Graham and Chris “Impact” Impink.

Post reviews Victory Comics in Falls Church

Falls Church neighborhood guide
Justin Rude, David Malitz and Fritz Hahn
Washington Post October 29, 2010

Here's a direct link to the part on Victory Comics. As an aside, across the street from Victory Comics, on the Maple Ave side, is the Galifianakis exhibit which is open on weekends.


The Post also reviews Howl and Eric Drooker did some animation for the movie.

Beeler tops Cartoons & Cocktails auction updated

Steve Artley went to Cartoons & Cocktails last night and tells us, "Nate Beeler stole the show with one of his toons auctioning for 2100 buckeroos. That is a record for the C&C event. Actually, yours truly held the record for a few years at $1750, but am happy to pass the baton to the next generation of political renderers."

Nate says the cartoon that sold is his September 1st one, pictured above. You can see all his cartoons at the Washington Examiner site, which even though I'm a friend of his and opposed to the Examiner's political stance, I must say are excellent.

Carolyn Belefski's DC Counter Culture Festival report

Carolyn Belefski's DC Counter Culture Festival report is online now and includes a Super-Art Fight.

Weingarten on Doonesbury

Mr. Butts: Gene Weingarten on the character that could have killed Doonesbury but didn't.
By Gene Weingarten
Oct. 27, 2010

Slate has a bunch more articles, including one by Brian Walker previewing his new Doonesbury art book and a long interview with Trudeau.

More on stunningly insensitive* UMD Diamondback cartoon

The cartoon in question, with the cartoonist's explanation of said cartoon -
Editorial cartoon: Oct. 26
By Morgan Noonan
Published: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 00:10

-the editor's rationale -
From the Editor: An answer
By Marissa Lang
Diamondback Wednesday, October 27, 2010

-the on-campus reporting of it buried in the sports news -
Notebook: Arnett switches to offensive line; DeSouza is ‘well’
Friedgen slams cartoon at presser
By Kate Yanchulis
Diamondback October 27, 2010

-The Sun on it-

Friedgen calls cartoon about DeSouza 'insensitive'
Maryland student newspaper runs drawing poking fun at offensive tackle who broke both legs after car hit him while he was riding a motor scooter
By Jeff Barker, The Baltimore Sun October 26, 2010


*that's satirical, in case you weren't sure.

Weldon on yet another Superman reboot

On 'Hipster Superman' And Other Wildly, Weirdly Successful Press Releases
by Glen Weldon
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog October 27, 2010

American Vampire interview at Comic Riffs

The 'Riffs Interview: 'American Vampire's' SCOTT SNYDER on vampires, Vertigo & collaborator Stephen King
By Michael Cavna 
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 28, 2010.

Oct 28: Nick Galifianakis opens his exhibit in Falls Church today

Nick Galifianakis, the illustrator of Carolyn Hax's Washington Post advice column, opens his exhibit in Falls Church at ArtSpace in East Falls Church this Thursday, Oct. 28th, at 7pm.
See http://fallschurchtimes.com/24713/thursday-1028-cartoonist-nick-galifianakis-at-artspace/

Zombies turned away at Lincoln Memorial says Post

AMC's stunt to promote the Walking Dead tv show seems to have worked.

You've got your article -

The TV Column: The zombie apocalypse is upon us -- sort of
By Lisa de Moraes
Washington Post October 27, 2010; C06

-your video-

Zombies invade D.C.
Washington, D.C. was overrun by zombies on Tuesday morning as part of a promotional stunt by AMC for its new TV show, "The Walking Dead," which premieres on Halloween night. (Madeline Marshall/The Washington Post)

and your photos -

Zombies take over the morning commute
A group of zombie-clad actors descended on the streets of Washington this morning to give a scare to unsuspecting passersby and to help promote AMC's new series, "The Walking Dead."
Astrid Riecken-For The Washington Post

PR: Fantom Comics' 1st Annual Halloween Parade And Walking Dead Viewing Party

We've thought about it and thought about it, and at the end of the day we can't figure out why not to do it. So you've read it here first: YOU are invited to Fantom Comic's first annual Halloween parade at Union Station. Come as your favorite... whatever!  All costumes are welcome, the brighter and more outrageous the better. (Just not Sarah Palin, that's sooooooo 2008.) Halloween is on a Sunday this year, and most of the parties we're hearing about in this town are going to be on Saturday night, meaning there is a black hole sized void for things to do to celebrate Halloween the proper way - on Halloween and we're doing it right!   Comics giveaways for trick-or-treaters! And candy. Candy! Candy! Candy! Sweet, sweet CANDY! Plus, Halloween also brings the television premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC TV, the first comic-book-turned-mainstream(ish)-TV-series that we can remember for quite some time. Possibly ever! Join us after the parade for a group viewing of The Walking Dead.   And for those of you who can't make it to the nighttime events, we will be hosting trick-or-treating and costume judging all day long. Store hours are noon 'til the 8:30 PM parade begins. Check out our website for the full details ( http://www.fantomcomics.com/home/blog/untitledpost). Hope to see you there! Fantom Comics Union Station - 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002 | 202-216-9478 www.fantomcomics.com

Oct 28: KAL on Kojo at 1 pm

Kevin 'KAL' Kallagher, Baltimore's crack editorial cartoonist, will be on the Kojo Nnamdi Show at 1 pm discussing political satire. I believe he also will be appearing at Cartoons & Cocktails tomorrow evening. I'm now thinking I really should have accepted that invitation to go....

TCJ.com on Cul de Sac

Shaenon Garrity reviews the first Cul de Sac Treasury. Spoiler warning: She likes it. She compares it to "the giant tubeworms that flourish around the hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor..."

Mark Fiore interviewed by Comics Riffs

Michael Cavna got an interview with Mark Fiore up before his talk at Georgetown University tonight. I attended the talk and enjoyed it. I'll try to post some highlights tomorrow before Fiore attends the Cartoons & Cocktails auction, where as you'd expect, if you attend you can bid on editorial cartoons. Mark's also got some DVD collections of his animation for sale, if you ask him.

Luna Brothers interview online now

Meet Two Local Cartoonists: A Chat with the Luna Brothers

Posted by Mike Rhode on Oct. 27, 2010

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2010/10/27/meet-two-local-cartoonists-a-chat-with-the-luna-brothers/

David Hagen's donations to Cartoons & Cocktails

Tomorrow night is Cartoons & Cocktails, the editorial cartoon fundraising auction. My buddy David Hagen's donated two cartoons.

Zombies in DC yesterday

Apparently zombies were shambling around the city yesterday - the
Express has a photo on page 2 of one at the Gallery Place metro stop.

The paper also has an online article about the tv series -

Zombieland: 'The Walking Dead,' Series Premiere
Written by Express contributor Stephen M. Deusner
October 27, 2010
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2010/10/walking-dead-amc-series-premiere.php

UMD's Diamondback editorial cartoon offends football team

Maryland football team says scooter cartoon was in poor taste
By Eric Prisbell
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 26, 2010; 5:31 PM

Comic book writers at Borders

Orson Scott Card
Pathfinder

November 23, 2010 7:30 PM

Baileys Crossroads - Borders
5871 Crossroads Center Way
Baileys Crossroads, VA 22041

A powerful secret. A dangerous path. Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.

Brad Meltzer
The Inner Circle

January 12, 2011 7:30 PM

Baileys Crossroads - Borders
5871 Crossroads Center Way
Baileys Crossroads, VA 22041

There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work in the National Archives, I find those stories for a living. So says Beecher White, a young archivist who spends his days working with the most important documents of the U.S. government.

Leo Cullum remembered at Comic Riffs

In Memoriam: New Yorker cartoonist LEO CULLUM's warm and witty legacy
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 26, 2010

Nov 9: Nick Galifianakis at National Press Club

Nick Galifianakis at National Press Club book fair from 5:30-8:30 on November 9th.

Tom Toles' blog reprinted in today's print Post

There's a small bit 'The all of a presidency' reprinted from Tom Toles blog in today's Post.

Fiore at GU article on Patch

Mark Fiore Learns to Speak Pulitzer
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, Mark Fiore, aims to start a conversation through his work. He visits Georgetown University Oct. 27 for "Political Satire: Serious Implications for Today's Politics,"at an event open to the public.
By Katie Kindelan  October 25, 2010
http://georgetown.patch.com/articles/mark-fiore-learns-to-speak-pulitzer

Oct 27: Mark Fiore, Pulitzer Prize Winning Political Cartoonist at GU

The Graduate Liberal Studies and the Master of Professional Studies in Journalism Programs 

invite you to 

 

a lecture & presentation by

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore

Political Satire: Serious Implications for Today's Politics

Part of the In the Spirit of Mark Twain Lecture Series

 

When: 
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
 Reception at 6:00 p.m.

Lecture at 7:00 p.m.

Where:
 Georgetown University Leavey Conference Center
3800 Reservoir Road, NW

 

Mark Fiore won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning this April, marking the first time the coveted award has been given for political cartoons that appear entirely online. With this new form of political cartoon, he is a pioneer in the contemporary display of political satire in the spirit of Mark Twain. Fiore will discuss the role of satire and the serious implications it has for today's politics.

 

According to the Pulitzer jury, Mark Fiore's "…biting wit, extensive research, and ability to distill complex issues set a high standard for an emerging form of commentary." Recognition of his significant leadership in this field has come from other awards as well: the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the category of cartoons, an Online Journalism Award from the Online News Association and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, and two awards from the National Cartoonists Society for his work in new media.

PR: Oct 31 - Fantom Comics Announces its 1st Annual Halloween Parade

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 21, 2010   CONTACT: Matthew Klokel 949-278-3466 matt@fantomcomics.com   Fantom Comics announces 1st Annual Halloween Parade   Washington, DC- Retail comic book store Fantom Comics will host its first annual costumed Halloween parade on Sunday, October 31st beginning at 8pm.  The parade will begin in front of Fantom's store in the West Hall of Union Station and will finish at a nearby location where participants will gather to watch the premiere episode of The Walking Dead, AMC TV's new zombie series based on the popular comic book.   The parade is the brainchild of Fantom Comics co-owner David Bishop. "I've always felt that DC deserves a proper Halloween parade, and that any true Halloween Parade has to be on Halloween.  And  being an owner of DC's comic book store, combining dressing up in costume with a store event seemed like a natural fit," said Bishop, who along with his wife marched in his first NYC Halloween parade dressed as Super Friends sidekicks Zan and Jayna, The Wonder Twins. "It's going to be informal this year, marching around Columbus Circle outside Union Station. But hopefully we can continue this in future years and attract a large enough crowd to march through the streets of DC."   The event will gain further steam because AMC TV, home of hit TV shows Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Rubicon, scheduled the premiere of their new zombie holocaust series to fall on Halloween. "The Walking Dead is THE zombie story out there. It's a great comic book that's going to translate into a great TV show, and what better way to enjoy it than with a bunch of other people?" said Fantom co-owner Matthew Klokel.   Besides the thrill of parading around the city in your costume, and the camaraderie of watching the premiere of an event that is highly anticipated among comic book aficionados, Fantom Comics will also be offering prizes for creative costumes. When asked, Klokel said, "We've got some great prizes lined up. I can say the prize for best costume is going to be valued at over $150."   The parade will take place Sunday, October 31st, at 8pm. The Walking Dead premiere starts at 10pm. Those with questions about the Halloween Parade can visit http://www.fantomcomics.com/home/blog/untitledpost, call the store directly at 202-241-6498 or find the event on Facebook by searching for Fantom Comics 1st Annual Halloween Parade.   Fantom Comics was established in 2005 with twin goals: To offer a wide selection of comic books and graphic novels to comic book fans and to introduce this under-appreciated yet quintessentially American art form to the public at large. Fantom Comics is located in the heart of Washington, DC, just steps from the US Capitol and easily accessible by Metro's Red Line via the Union Station stop. Union Station - 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002 | 202-216-9478 www.fantomcomics.com

Oct 28: Nick Galifianakis opens his exhibit in Falls Church

Nick Galifianakis opens his exhibit in Falls Church at ArtSpace in
East Falls Church this Thursday, Oct. 28th, at 7pm.
See http://fallschurchtimes.com/24713/thursday-1028-cartoonist-nick-galifianakis-at-artspace/

So did Walking Dead zombies show up at the Lincoln Memorial today?

Zombies at the Lincoln Memorial!? Where are the brains?
By Lisa de Moraes
Washington Post October 26, 2010; C05
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/25/AR2010102504984.html

SPX video of Jaime Hernandez online

SPX 2010 - Spotlight - Jaime Hernandez
by Small Press Expo October 15 2010

Oct 27: Fantom Comics' Hardcover Sale

 Fantom Comics' Horrendously Hardcore Hardcover Sale - One Day Only

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 just got better.   For one day and one day only, Fantom Comics is bringing our customers a Horrendously Hardcore Hardcover Sale:   X-Force Vol. 1 in hardcover retails for $34.99 (BOO!!!) for and for one day only, Fantom Comics has it for $12! Yes. We're doing that.   Want to reconnect with your childhood? Get reacquainted with Power Pack Vol. 1 HC, normally retailing for $24.99, for $11!   This is just a small sampling of the hundreds of books that will be on sale this Wednesday only.   X-Men! The Avengers! Dardevil! Wolverine! Lovecraft! Power Pack! The Punisher! (Power Pack and Lovecraft? There's a grouping you don't see everyday) All hardcover, all on sale! Hardcovers as low as $5 with no book higher than $12!!!   These are all NEW books, not overstock sitting on our shelves. This is a special purchase in consideration to our valued customer in mind and is first come, first served.   Again, hundreds of hardcover books on sale for as low as $5. And seriously, there's not a loser in the bunch and once they're gone, they're gone! We will not be taking special orders over the phone. We won't be able to hold them. This is special and trust me, it will be worth your time to see what we've got in store.   Seriously.   And as always, Wednesday brings new comics and this one looks spectacular with new releases including the eagerly awaited J. Michael Straczynski Superman: Earth One hardcover   Also from DC Comics, Death comes calling, in Action Comics #894 as one of comics' greatest creations, Vetigo's Death makes her way to The DC Universe. Co-written by her creator, New York Times best selling author, Neil Gaiman!   From Marvel, a double dose of Avengers with Secret Avenegers #6 and Avengers #6, along with Uncanny X-Men #529.   So, come see us as we continue to prove that every day is a great day to a Fantom Comics customer! Union Station - 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002 | 202-216-9478 www.fantomcomics.com

Myla Goldberg at Politics and Prose tonight

Myla Goldberg is signing her new book "The False Friend" at Politics and Prose tonight. She's not a cartoonist, but her husband Jason Little is an excellent one.

Post obituary for Rocky and Bullwinkle creator (who's not Jay Ward)

Alex Anderson, creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, dies at 90

By Matt Schudel
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 24, 2010; 8:20 PM

Truitt on Denise Mina's new graphic novel

Denise Mina brings a 'Sickness' to Vertigo Crime family
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY October 14 2010

Anybody read this? Is it any good?

Washington tv cartoonist weather girl dies

A Local Life: Tippy Stinger Huntley Conrad, 80; Beatiful TV 'weather girl' charmed city of Washington
[online: Tippy Stringer Huntley Conrad, charming D.C. weather beauty, dies at 80, October 23].
By Emma Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer October 24, 2010
p. C7


"She was often joined on-air by a cartoon character she created named Senator Fairweather, whose doe-eyed likeness was photographed with Tippy for Life magazine in 1955."

The Hill on Missouri cartoonist running for Congress

Unique congressional contenders include chaplain, pastry chef
By Kris Kitto - 10/23/10

Oct 24: DC Counter Culture Festival

This Sunday, the DC Counter Culture Festival 5 will see a lot of cartoonists hanging around downtown, many of them with the DC Conspiracy. Click here for a list of attendees.

This Sunday, October 24th
12 noon -- 8pm
RFD's
810 7th St NW
Washington DC 20001

OT PR: Comica Festival 2010

This is from my friend Paul, the man at the crossroads of comics. Anything Paul's involved with is good. If you're in England, go see it.

NEWS FROM PAUL GRAVETT - COMICA - ESCAPE BOOKS COMICA FESTIVAL 2010 Where: London Print Studio and other venues When: Throughout November 2010 Friday, 22 October 2010 saw the opening of the Comica Festival 2010 and the exhibition I have curated with a full two-month run at the London Print Studio, 425 Harrow Road, London W10, on till 18 December and admission free. Entitled That's Novel: Lifting Comics Off The Page, it presents original artworks and specially conceived digital prints by a range of British and transnational creators. The accent here is on innovation and on how comics can transcend their printed forms, both literally and physically in Karrie Fransman's and Philippa Rice's hand-crafted three-dimensional comics, or adapted for the big and small screens, such as Charlie Adlard's Walking Dead or Pulp Theatre's Alien Ink for Channel 4's website, as well as more subtly, for example being used to help carers, patients and relatives coping with depression or mental illness in Brick's Depresso or Darryl Cunningham's Psychiatric Tales, or as searing personal testimonies and astonishing works of art in their own right, as in the case the late John Hicklenton's last, tortured masterwork, 100 Months. More details... The exhibition at the London Print Studio forms the hub of this year's Comica Festival and already we've got an array of brilliant events lined up there, kicking off with Comica Conversations with Brick and Darryl Cunningham, and with Charlie Adlard and Alex Fitch, on Saturday 6 November, and a rare UK appearance by Ho Che Anderson, graphic biographer of Martin Luther King Jr, on Monday 15 November, talking with UK artist Paul Peart-Smith. More amazing events to come at LPS but meantime be sure to book tickets online as numbers are limited. And we have not left the ICA, by no means. The grand finale event on 1 December will be at the ICA's Cinema 1 where two legends of British comics, Steve Bell and Bryan Talbot, get together to reveal all about their prolific careers and launch their brand new books. More details.... In tune with the times, Comica Festival also continues to offer you great free events, and this year's programme kicks off again on Friday 5 November - 'Remember, Remember!' - with a free full-day Comica Symposium. The whole day's schedule is now online. Come and hear, and engage with, some of the UK's brightest researchers into all kinds of comics culture, from manga to superheroes, bandes dessinées to autobiography, and watch the fireworks fly! More details... And we're adding an exciting new venue and attraction to the regular free Comica Comiket Independent Comics Fair this year from 12-5pm at the Royal National Hotel, Bloomsbury on Sunday 7 November. As well as a dazzling variety of self-publishers, small presses, zinesters and collectives offering you the chance to buy their latest titles direct, we've invited a range of exciting artists from this scene to a 'Drawing Parade', in which they will draw live, before your very eyes, and inside their books if you like, and have their performances viewable on a large overhead screen. Among those taking part are: Charlie Adlard (Walking Dead), Paul Duffield (Freak Angels), Hunt Emerson (Firkin, Fortean Times), Garen Ewing (Rainbow Orchid), Paul Grist (Jack Staff, Torchwood), Roger Langridge (Muppets, Thor), Ellen Lindner (Whores of Mensa) and others. More details... This year's 4th Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize has once again unearthed some amazing UK-based talents. The winner will have their 4-page strip printed in The Observer on Sunday 7 November, but you can see many of the finalists on show at Orbital Comics Gallery from Monday 1 November till the end of the month. We're also compiling links again to as many entrants' stories as we can, so do please contact us once you've posted yours online. More details... And a last plug for two imminent events that I'm involved with. First up, today (Saturday 23 October) at 7pm, I am chairing a panel on Indian Graphic Novels as part of the new DSC South Asian Literary Festival, with special guests Mustashrik, Kripa Joshi, Woodrow Phoenix and S. Anand plus, technology willing, a live Skype-chat with Vishwajyoti Ghosh in New Delhi. The Indian comics scene is blossoming, come and discover its latest blooms! More details... And secondly, The Crick Crack Club are bringing to London (Tuesday evening 26 October) and Oxford (Wednesday lunchtime 27 October) a totally wild and thrilling 21st century version of Kamishibai, the Japanese performance storytelling tradition which is a major precursor of both manga and anime. Spice Arhur 702 have to be seen to be believed - you can see a video of them in action here. A unique chance to experience this inventive manga-performance troupe in the UK! More details... I'll sign off there, with the promise of more frequent newsletters as the Comica Festival season bubbles into life and as our very first Escape Book, The Great Unwashed by Warren and Gary Pleece, nears completion, ready for us to preview to you soon. More details... Thanks again for supporting my websites and the varied events and projects that spin out of them. Your continued interest means a lot to me and do hope you can spread the word to let more people know about them. I hope you'll enjoy more of the wonders of the comics world with me. Warmest wishes. Paul Gravett Comica Director www.PAULGRAVETT.com  -  www.COMICAFESTIVAL.com  -  www.ESCAPE-BOOKS.com

Comic books at the USA Science and Engineering Festival

Today and tomorrow on the Mall by the Smithsonian, hundreds of scientific groups have set up including ASME's Heroes of Engineering comic panels.






ed

Catching up with some photos

OSU's Wexner's book store had my Pekar book for sale! I couldn't believe it. More pictures from the OSU Festival of Comic Art are here.


Matt Groening and Tom Gammill.




Jeff Stahler construction cartoons at the Columbus Museum of Art.


Jen Sorenson and Richard Thompson admiring Crumb's line.



Pictures of Ted Rall at Busboys and Poets are here.

Caro on SPX minicomic buy Alexis Frederick-Frost’s "Voyage”

Here Be Lovely Monsters: Alexis Frederick-Frost's Voyage

Mark Zaid's legal comics exhibit coverage continues

Opening Statements - Comic-Con: The Legal Edition
By Jill Schachner Chanen
Posted Nov 1, 2010
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/comic-con/

"The Book in Art & Science," deadline November 30, 2010. SHARP meeting, Washington DC 14 July through Sunday, 17 July 2011

I did a paper for this conference a few years ago - it's a neat venue.

A reminder that the deadline for individual and panel proposals for the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP) 2011 conference, CFP "The Book in Art & Science," is November 30, 2010. The links to the electronic proposal submission forms can be found at http://www.sharpweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=360&Itemid=62&phpMyAdmin=1326493665cf5bcaf15cc4e30ad5ea2c&lang=en

SHARP's  nineteenth annual conference will be held in Washington, DC, Thursday, 14 July through Sunday, 17 July 2011. The sponsors of the conference are the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the Library of Congress, the Folger Shakespeare Library and Institute, and the Corcoran College of Art + Design. The National Library of Medicine will be the site for welcome ceremonies and the conference's opening keynote address by Dr. Jon Topham, Senior Lecturer in History of Science & Director of the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds.

Evoking Washington's status as an artistic and scientific center, "The Book in Art & Science" is a theme open to multiple interpretations. Besides prompting considerations of the book as a force in either art or science or the two fields working in tandem, it also encourages examinations of the scientific text; the book as a work of art; the art and science of manuscript, print, or digital textual production; the role of censorship and politics in the creation, production, distribution, or reception of particular scientific or artistic texts; the relationship between the verbal and the visual in works of art or science; art and science titles from the standpoint of publishing history or the histories of specific publishers; and much more.

Such topics raise a host of possible questions:

What tensions exist between the book in art and the book in science? What collaborations emerge? How do these tensions or collaborations differ according to time or place? What roles have materialforms-manuscript, print or digital embodiments or books, periodicals, journals, editions-played in the histories of artistic and scientific works?  How does the lens of art or science inform histories of reading and readers?  What does this lens reveal about histories of authorship?
How have commercial factors or economics influenced the production or distribution of scientific or artistic works? What roles have states or institutions played in the history of the book in art and science?

The conference hopes to welcome many longstanding SHARP members but also aims to attract new members. The conference's address of art and science in its title invites those working on the history of science, technology, knowledge production, or the scientific book, to join us.

The full CFP is available now at www.sharpweb.org

Eleanor F. Shevlin, Ph.D.
Dept. of English
548 Main Hall
West Chester University
610-436-2463
eshevlin@wcupa.edu


Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP)
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Comic Riffs talks to Pastis on Pearls before screens

Casting 'PEARLS BEFORE SWINE': Stephan Pastis & RingTales take aim at screens big and small
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (October 22, 2010):
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/10/pearls_before_swine_animations.html

Note that Ringtales also did an interview with Richard Thompson, according to this.

"Tamara Drewe" movie review in Post

I love Posy Simmonds' work and the graphic novel this was based on.

 

A silly tale that wins by a nose
By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post October 22, 2010

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/tamara-drewe,1167026/critic-review.html

Cartoons continue to show up in weird court cases

`South Park' Cartoon Threats Result in Terror Guilty Plea for Virginia Man
By William McQuillen - Oct 20, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-20/-south-park-threats-result-in-terrorism-guilty-plea-for-virginia-man.html

Joe and other local cartoonists will be at the DC Counter Culture Festival downtown tomorrow.

Meet a Local Comic Book Writer: A Chat with Joe Carabeo

Posted by Mike Rhode on Oct. 22, 2010

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2010/10/22/meet-a-local-comic-book-writer-a-chat-with-joe-carabeo/

Nate Beeler Youtube interview that we may never have linked to

Cartoonist Nate Beeler interviewed by Daryl Cagle
CagleCartoons | June 20, 2010


Daryl Cagle, the political cartoonist for msnbc.com and owner of the Cagle Cartoons syndicate, speaks with Nate Beeler, the editorial cartoonist for the Washington Examiner, at the 2010 AAEC Convention in Portland, Oregon.

Our Man Thompson on Our OSU Trip

Richard blogs about the trip to OSU's Cartoon Festival, so I don't have to. However, I do have pictures waiting to go up on Flickr. And more people knew who he was - must be something about having your name in a couple hundred papers, rather than a blog and a local paper, that leads people to recognize you. At least that's the only thing I can figure.

PR: Lynd Ward graphic novel prize established

Wordless comics have been a minor interest of mine - you can still buy a 2008 bibliography of them I did. Lynn Ward actually had more influence on me via his illustration work - my grandfather had a copy of the Frankenstein that Ward illustrated. His engravings for that are stunning. It's one of my favorite books, partly due to Pop's owning it, of course. Georgetown University here in DC also has a sizable Ward collection in its Library's special collections.

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2010

Penn State announces new graphic novel award in honor of Lynd Ward

University Park, PA—Penn State University Libraries and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book are pleased to announce the creation of the Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year.

The Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize honors Ward's seminal influence in the development of the graphic novel and celebrates the gift of an extensive collection of Ward's wood engravings, original book illustrations and other graphic art donated to Penn State University Libraries by his daughters, Robin Ward Savage and Nanda Weedon Ward. Between 1929 and 1937 Ward published his six ground-breaking wordless novels—"Gods' Man," "Madman's Drum," "Wild Pilgrimage," "Prelude to a Million Years," "Song without Words" and "Vertigo"—which are being re-issued this month by

The Library of America in a two-volume boxed set entitled "Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts," the first time the nonprofit publisher has included a graphic novelist in its award-winning series.

Sponsored by Penn State University Libraries and administered by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize will be presented annually to the best graphic novel, fiction or non-fiction, published in the previous calendar year in the United States by a living American citizen or resident. The announcement of the award will take place each spring and the prize of $2500, the two volume set of Ward's six novels published by

The Library of America, and a suitable commemorative will be presented each fall to the winner at a ceremony to be held at Penn State.

The selection jury for the award will have representatives from various Penn State academic departments who use the graphic novel in their teaching or research, as well as representatives with graphic novel expertise from among Penn State's alumni. The inaugural selection jury for 2011 includes John Meier, an assistant librarian in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library; Jarod Rosello, a cartoonist, writer and doctoral student in curriculum and instruction in the College of Education; Jean Sanders, an associate professor of art in the School of Visual Arts; Scott T. Smith, an assistant professor of English and comparative literature in the College of the Liberal Arts; and Jerry Zolten, an associate professor of communication arts and sciences and American studies at Penn State Altoona.

For more information about the selection criteria and how to submit books for consideration for the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, contact Steven Herb at 814-863-2141 or visit the Pennsylvania Center for the Book website http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/activities/ward/index.html

Dustin Harbin draws me in a comic strip

My buddy Dustin Harbin drew me (and Richard Thompson and Roger Langridge) in a comic strip about a meal at SPX - how cool is that?

Zadzooks on Spider-Man videogame and comic book movies

Zadzooks: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions review
Re-piecing reality in 4 Spidey universes
By Joseph Szadkowski
Washington Times October 13, 2010

Zadzooks: Jonah Hex, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and 30 Days of Night
By Joseph Szadkowski
Washington Times, October 20, 2010

Oct 28: Cartoons & Cocktails

The annual auction of editorial cartoons at Cartoons & Cocktails is coming on October 28th. Tickets are on sale now.

Comic Riffs' Cyanide and Happiness webcomic interview

The 'Riffs Interview: 'CYANIDE & HAPPINESS's' Dave McElfatrick tackles visas, viscera & American humor
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 20, 2010

OSU Festival of Cartoon Art report from Isaac Cates

My friend Isaac Cates (who has a very cute Halloween minicomic to give out to kids in his neighborhood) has a good report on the OSU Festival on his blog. I'll try to get one of mine written up soon.

Mark Zaid's comic book lawyer exhibit continued

Mark Zaid's exhibit on the law in comic books continues to spin off online interest. Here's some new bits:

Video of "Superheroes in Court!" talk is now available by Mike Widener, Yale Law Library - Rare Books Blog October 18, 2010

Mark's talk on the exhibit - Superheroes on Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books by Yale Law Librarians Oct 18, 2010

An audio interview - Where We Live: It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A Lawyer! Today Lawyers become Superheroes and Comics, Kind of

Host: John Dankosky

Guest: * Mark S. Zaid
* Michael Widener
* Joey Novick
* Dale Cendali
WNPR's Where We Live Oct 04, 2010 and the mp3.

And an interview by lawyers - Abnormal Interviews: Lawyer/Comic Book Collector Mark Zaid, by Phil Reeves and Stephanie Flynn, Abnormal Use blog October 18, 2010

And finally, Mark's other career as a lawyer is mentioned here in the NY Times - A Stimulus Plan, Disguised as Censorship, By JOHN SCHWARTZ, October 9, 2010

Jim Dougan's "SAM & LILAH" webcomic updated

Jim Dougansays Subject: SAM & LILAH Updated Today! We're getting close to the end of Chapter Three! Grab on tight! http://www.facebook.com/l/d8ba6dTdlIm6iozbtIy3oBdDumg;www.activatecomix.com/42-3-33.comic Need to catch up first? Start here: Chapter 1: http://www.facebook.com/l/d8ba6nyOitWBrXT3pzwkQaQLGgA;www.activatecomix.com/42-1-1.comic Chapter 2: http://www.facebook.com/l/d8ba62Jcu0GtKLk8YfyjzA38NAw;www.activatecomix.com/42-2-1.comic Chapter 3: http://www.facebook.com/l/d8ba6JkWo22aM4Z7WWhH6OxbvzQ;www.activatecomix.com/42-3-1.comic We'll be back with more in just two weeks! See you November 1! In the meantime, here's where to go for all the OTHER great comix at ACT-I-VATE: http://www.facebook.com/l/d8ba6vr23tgin9ixCOlsk7xdbHw;www.activatecomix.com If you haven't already, why not pick up a copy of the ACT-I-VATE PRIMER? We didn't win the Harvey Award, but being nominated still counts! Right? http://www.facebook.com/l/d8ba6Kbi51vGFLLaRpqBm7Ha8Dg;www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600105289

Beyond Comics zombie commercial makes newspaper

Zombies invade downtown Frederick in the name of small business promotion
Beyond Comics shoots zombie-themed commercial downtown Sunday
by Courtney Pomeroy
October 18 2010
http://www.gazette.net/stories/10182010/frednew153745_32548.php

Berkeley Breathed talks to Comic Riffs

MOVIE POSTER OF THE DAY: Berkeley Breathed talks 'Mars Needs Moms'
By  Michael Cavna 
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 19, 2010

Nostalgia rears its head in Baltimore

The tabloid comic book is being reprinted and fans are getting ready.

Superman! Vs. Muhammad Ali!
By Vincent Williams
Baltimore City Paper October 20, 2010

Frederick cartoonist Mark Burrier's websites

Mark Burrier wrote a nice note to me today, so I clicked through his links and discovered he's in Frederick, MD and has been nominated for an Ignatz at SPX. I've sent him my City Paper interview questions - in the meantime you can start checking out his work at these sites.

http://markburrier.com

http://rarewords.org - "Rare Words is a collaborative blog where you submit words or a phrase that become the creative starting point for drawings."

http://twitter.com/markburrier

Post on 'Train Your Dragon' home release

A fabulous 'Dragon' tale on DVD and Blu-ray
By Jen Chaney
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 12, 2010; 12:41 PM
published as Extras Make for a Powerful 'Dragon', October 15 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/12/AR2010101202914.html

Post's review of Red

This is based on a comic book by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner

Armed and still very dangerous
By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post October 15, 2010

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/red,1147995/critic-review.html

Oct 20-24: Disney on Ice's Toy Story 3 in town

Disney on Ice has Toy Story 3 at the Patriot Center from October 20-24th. Tickets run between $14 and $70 dollars.

Tonight! Peter Sis at Politics and Prose

Illustrator Peter Sis is at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Ave, NW; 202-364-1919) in DC tonight at 7 pm signing his new book Madlenka Soccer Star.

Kal on Iraqi Cartoonists, his exhibit in San Francisco and his trip to Russia

Kal just wrote in with a pile of news:

 

First, if you haven't seen this CNN video about cartooning in Iraq, I thought you'd appreciate it...

http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2010/10/iraqi-cartoonists-on-cnn/

Also below is a press release from the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco which will be hosting an exhibition of my work starting November 6.

Finally, I am just back from St Petersburg, Russia where I was featured in a cartoon exhibition at the State Museum Russian Political History. I will be posting photos later this week on my blog:

http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/

For Immediate Release:  October 13, 2010
Contact Andrew Farago, 415-227-8666, ext. 309;
Amy Jaick,Communications Manager, The Economist, AmyJaick@economist.com, 212-641-9834
Images Available on Request

Drawn From The Economist: The Editorial Art of KAL

Cartoon Art Museum exhibition:  November 6, 2010 – March 13, 2011

Opening Reception Friday, November 12, 2010, 7:00 – 9:00pm 
Please RSVP to reception: cartoons@economist.com

San Francisco, CA:  For 30 years, Kevin "Kal" Kallaugher has been a prominent editorial cartoonist for The Economist, the world renowned magazine focusing on commentary and analysis of world politics, business, finance, science, technology, culture, society, media and the arts.  The Economist and the Cartoon Art Museum will present a special limited-run exhibition of Drawn From The Economist: The Editorial Art of KAL. 

This exhibition will feature over 40 of Kal's favorite cartoons from his time with The Economist, during which he has published approximately 3,000 cartoons, including 120 covers.  Kal has used his wit and his pen to expose political hypocrisy, illuminate crises in the environment and the economy, and deconstruct complex international events.  His art has captured the faces and foibles of US President's and world leaders, using caricature to create a window into their personalities. The works featured in this exhibit focus on national and international political satire and cover a broad range of social issues.

"Editorial cartoons are amazing parcels of information," says Kevin "Kal" Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist for The Economist. "They can arouse, engage, inspire, educate and entertain. I am delighted to share some of my favorites from the past three decades at The Economist in this show." 

Opening Reception with KAL

All Economist fans and Cartoon Art Museum supporters are welcome to join KAL at the Cartoon Art Museum for a personal introduction to the exhibition on Friday, November 12, from 7:00 to 9:00pm.  Please RSVP to this free event at cartoons@economist.com

About The Economist 

Edited in London since 1843, The Economist is a weekly international news and business publication offering clear reporting, commentary and analysis on world politics, business, finance, science, technology, culture, society, media and the arts.  The Economist has a North American circulation of more than 800,000, a global circulation of more than 1.4 million and more than 4 million monthly unique visitors at The Economist online.  Because of its international editorial perspective, it is read by more of the world's political and business leaders than any other magazine.

About The Cartoon Art Museum

From editorial cartoons to comic books, graphic novels to anime, Sunday funnies to Saturday morning cartoons, the Cartoon Art Museum has something for everyone. Located downtown in San Francisco's Yerba Buena cultural district, the museum is home to over 6,000 pieces of original and cartoon and animation art, a comprehensive research library, and five galleries of exhibition space. Join us for one of our many book signings, lectures, cartooning classes or workshops; mix and mingle with professional and aspiring cartoonists; or visit our bookstore. Whether it's nostalgic, educational, or just plain fun, a trip to the Cartoon Art Museum will be an experience you will never forget.

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Cartoon Art Museum - 655 Mission Street - San Francisco, CA 94105 - 415-CAR-TOON - www.cartoonart.org
Hours:  Tues. - Sun. 11:00 - 5:00, Closed Monday
General Admission: $7.00 - Student/Senior: $5.00 - Children 6-12: $3.00 - Members & Children under 6: Free

The Cartoon Art Museum is a tax-exempt, non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the collection,
preservation, study and exhibition of original cartoon art in all forms.

Oct 24: DC Counter Culture Festival 5

This Sunday, the DC Counter Culture Festival 5 will see a lot of cartoonists hanging around downtown, many of them with the DC Conspiracy. Click here for a list of attendees.

This Sunday, October 24th
12 noon -- 8pm
RFD's
810 7th St NW
Washington DC 20001

Mark Zaid's comic book lawyer exhibit profiled in Scoop

Comic Book Heroes at Yale Law School
Forrest C. Helvie,
Scoop October 15 2010

Our local attorney / comic book collector / curator's presentation at Yale is reported on.

TPM on anti-Michelle Bachman political comic book

TPMDC ran a review on an anti-Michelle Bachman political comic book - the fourth issue of one actually. The comic book is about a politician in Washington, of course, but I think the review is also written by someone in the TPM's DC bureau.

The Bachmann Comic, Issue 4: Michele Talks With God
Eric Kleefeld | October 18, 2010

Columbian caricaturist exhibit opens downtown tomorrow

Bruce Guthrie has passed along this information which looks neat. I can't find much at the OAS's website though.


The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), the Art Museum of the Americas and the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the Organization of American States (OAS), cordially invite you to the inauguration of an exhibition of caricatures by five Colombian artists:

"Mujeres en su Tinta"

Opening Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 3 p.m.
OAS Main Building - Marcus Garvey Hall
17th Street and Constitution Ave, NW
On view until Friday, October 29th

Smithsonian magazine on Superman

Cleveland, the True Birthplace of Superman
Comic book fans and city activists hope that people think of the Ohio city, and not Krypton, as the home of the Man of Steel
By Anne Trubek
Smithsonian.com, August 19, 2010

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Cleveland-the-True-Birthplace-of-Superman.html

Smithsonian magazine interviews Jules Feiffer

Q and A: Jules Feiffer

The cartoonist, illustrator, author and playwright reflects on happy memories and the positive side of failure

By Jesse Rhodes

Smithsonian magazine, September 2010

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Q-and-A-Jules-Feiffer.html

 

This online version is an expansion of the print one.

Weldon on Jaffee

In A New Book, See The Writer Side Of ... MAD Magazine's Al Jaffee
by Glen Weldon
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog (October 14, 2010)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/10/13/130536664/the-writer-side-of-mad-magazine-s-al-jaffee

Brodner cartoon of Obama as Superman

Yesterday's print edition of the Washington Post had a lovely Brodner
cartoon of Obama as Superman for this article -

In this recovery, Washington has less power over the economy than you think
By Allan Sloan, Tory Newmyer and Doris Burke/ Fortune
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Nick Galifianakis' new blog and book announcement

Nick Galifianakis just wrote in to say:

 

Nick's book and website can be found at:

www.NickandZuzu.com

and his official blog can be found at:

www.nickandzuzu.blogspot.com/

Peanuts surprise in Post

In the print Washington Post's Style section for Oct 14 2010, there's an article about the lawyer Dick Cheney shot while the two were hunting. There's a picture of him with what appears to be an original signed Peanuts strip on his wall.

Curls Studio at Crafty Bastard fair pics online

And now in lighter news, Carolyn's got pictures of this year's Crafty Bastards fair, which I missed, on her blog.

Cartoon characters are imaginary, even in porn. Really, they are.

Every year, there's a new case of someone being arrested in America for having images of cartoon characters having sex. Here's the latest.

Beyond a trademark violation, I still don't see how this can actually be illegal.

Former teacher pleads guilty to downloading 'Simpsons' porn
By KBOI Web Staff
Oct 13, 2010

BOISE, Idaho - A former middle school teacher in Meridian has pleaded guilty to
possession of visual representations of child sex abuse.

The U.S. Attorney's office said [he] had downloaded more than 70 animated cartoon pornographic images on his computer. Many of them depicted child characters from The Simpsons.

These are imaginary characters. They're not real. They're never going to be real or be hurt or ever feel anything.

How can this be a crime, with in this case, "a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000"? And the federal government is spending tax dollars prosecuting this? There's no other crime in Idaho to worry more about?

For the record, this type of comic art doesn't interest me at all. I also don't care about furries (but if you do, more power to you). I do care about free speech and justice though, and this is wrong.

I'm a member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and I urge all my readers to join as well.

Japanese anime music band played in DC last night

Well, I missed the Boom Boom Satellites at the 9:30 Club. How about you?

Boom goes the dynamite
By May Wildman
University of Maryland Diamondback October 12, 2010

So Richard and Mike go to Columbus...

...for the 2010 Ohio State University's Festival of Cartoon ...

...and darned if DC doesn't follow them there. Here's the warnings we just got about Sunday's travel being interrupted by events...

 

The first event is the Columbus Marathon, which is taking place from 7:30 am until 3:00 pm.  The route includes the portion of High Street between the Hyatt and OSU's campus.    Here is a link to the map showing the route: http://www.columbusmarathon.com/race-information/course-map.

 

The second event is a recently-scheduled Moving America Forward rally on the OSU Oval featuring President Barack Obama.  Doors open at 5:15 pm, but people may begin arriving even earlier.   It is possible that the President's visit will cause some flight and traffic delays. 

...I thought we were leaving these problems in DC!

Post ombudsman follows up on censoring Non Sequitur

Readers insist on equal treatment for 'offensive' cartoons
By Andy Alexander
Washington Post's Omblog October 12, 2010

Monkey See blog on Simpsons

Since I've arbitrarily decided that Linda Holmes lives around here -

'The Simpsons' Tries To Get Its Edge Back With A (Kind Of) Daring Opening
by Linda Holmes
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog October 12, 2010

CBS Overtime rerunning 1999 Charles Schulz interview

We don't normally pay much attention to things beyond our Washington, DC scope, but in honor of the Peanuts 60th anniversary and Mrs. Schulz's recent donation to the National Gallery, here's a link to 60 Minutes Overtime site -

Charlie Brown Turns 60: A look back at "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz

Comic Riffs on Joe Simon

Joe Simon was one of the important early creators of superheroes, including Captain America -

'Superheroes': Turning 97 today, JOE SIMON reflects on his legacy with JACK KIRBY (*As do STAN LEE and NEIL GAIMAN)
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 11, 2010

Hoxwinder Hall from Post contest launches as webcomic

'NEXT GREAT CARTOONIST': Finalist launches 'Hoxwinder Hall' webcomic
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 10, 2010

Politics and Prose's Carla F. Cohen 1936-2010

This is one of my all-time favorite bookstores, and they've had a lot of cartoonists come through in recent years. Ms. Cohen was one of the two owners. Politics and Prose's release follows.

Carla F. Cohen 1936-2010

Carla F. Cohen 1936-2010 With deep sorrow, I am writing to inform our friends and neighbors that my beloved store co-owner Carla Cohen died this morning. For all of us here at Politics & Prose, it is difficult to believe that someone larger than life is gone, and I will deeply miss my friend and partner. In lieu of flowers, her family has requested that contributions may be made to Jews United for Justice, the Washington Literacy Council or Community Hospice.  A funeral will be held at Tifereth Israel, 7701 16th Street, N.W.  at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13th.   The store will be closed from 12- 4 p.m. on that day. We will have a memorial service in the store at a date to follow in November. Apart from this closing, all other events will proceed as scheduled.)  Please read the obituary from the Washington Post here. We welcome and encourage your condolences, tributes, and memories here.

Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse www.politics-prose.com 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 (202) 364-1919 or (800) 722-0790 Fax: (202) 966-7532

Oct 30: Frank Cho Appearing at Big Planet College Park

Frank Cho will be appearing at Big Planet Comics in College Park on October 30th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.  Frank will have some updates about some new Liberty Meadows projects he is working on.  So stop by and check it out. Also new comics will be on time this week,  no delay for Columbus Day.  And this week looks like a really good week for superhero comics. Finally, Big Planet College Park has a new sale table, we just set up, with T-shirts and hard cover books at 50% off. Peter Casazza Big Planet Comics College Park 7315 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 301.699.0498

Comics scholarship issue of the French web journal Transatlantica online now

Transatlantica 1 | 2010
American Shakespeare / Comic Books

There's an article I wrote a couple of years ago on the state of comics bibliography, but there's other good stuff in this French journal's look at American culture.

Brainstorm Comics moves within Frederick, MD

Frederick comic store moves, doubles space
Associated Press
10/10/10

Truitt on Dapper Men and X-Force

'Dapper Men' descend upon New York Comic-Con
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY October 8 2010

'Uncanny X-Force' swings into action against mutant terrorism
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY October 6 2010

Right wing blogosphere notices Ted Rall interview

A few weeks ago I interviewed Ted Rall about his new manifesto prior to his local appearance.

The interview's being negatively noticed by the right now, although honestly, I think Rall's so far to the left that he's curving around to meet the right on this issue. I like Ted personally, but we're agreeing to disagree on this book.

Radical Cartoonist Ted Rall, Off the Deep End: New Book Calls for Violent Overthrow of the Government
By Tim Graham
Newsbusters.org's Tim Graham blog 10/09/2010

This next one misses the point that Rall's just calling for revolution of any sort, although he would prefer a Marxist one.

Is America Ready for a Marxist Dictator?
by Donald May
LubbockOnline.com's Mr. Conservative blog 2010-10-10

And I am ashamed to admit that Graham found a local interview that I missed -

Man Of Action: Ted Rall, 'The Anti-American Manifesto,' Buboys (sic) and Poets
Written by Express contributor Roxana Hadadi
Express September 27, 2010

Post ombudsman on censoring Non Sequitur

The ombudsman has issues with the Post not running the Non Sequitur comic strip last weekend.

Where was the 'Where's Muhammad?' cartoon?
By Andrew Alexander
Ombudsman
Washington Post October 10, 2010; A17

Why are some of the Post's Sunday comics colored pink?

It's a Breast Cancer awareness campaign thought up by Dan Piraro and done by King Features Syndicate. All of the strips can be seen at Cartoonists Care: The Sunday Funnies Pink Project. There's a link to donate to cancer charities from the main page.