Small Press Expo 2012 videos online

2 panels with Jaime and Clowes, and then a bunch of interviews by Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley.  

SPX 2012 - Jaime Hernandez: The Love Bungler

 Sep 24, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-tM-RKuxr0&feature=player_embedded

 

Jaime Hernandez and his brothers launched the alternative comics era with their epoch-defining series Love and Rockets. From 1981 to the present, Hernandez has produced a singular body of work tracing the life of Maggie Chascarillo and her vast network of friends, family, neighbors, rivals and lovers. In recent years, Jaime has, again, broken new ground with brilliant comics novellas that remain accessible to new readers while building upon years of narrative to invest his stories with a profound emotionality. He will discuss his work with artist Frank Santoro.

 

SPX 2012 - Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist

 Sep 27, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v-kMyLdC_A&feature=relmfu

 

Daniel Clowes first gained fame with his iconic comic book series Eightball and graphic novel Ghost World, which he co-adapted into a film of the same name. In recent books, including The Death-Ray and Wilson, his unique visual-narrative voice expertly manipulates the position of the reader to get more deeply under the skins of his sharply rendered characters. Recently the subject of a major retrospective exhibit and monograph, Clowes will discuss his work with Alvin Buenaventura, editor of The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist, and scholar Ken Parille.

 

Mochove, Joe and Rusty Rowley.  2012.

 

SPX 2012: Charles Brownstein

 Sep 26, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyp4yH2fx7o&feature=relmfu

 

Rusty and Joe talk to Charles Brownstein, the Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, about what the fund does, the sort of cases it's working on, and how the Small Press Expo and it work together.

Mochove, Joe and Rusty Rowley.  2012.

 SPX 2012: Emily Wernet

 Sep 26, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcpscplvhGY&feature=relmfu

 

Joe and Rusty break it down with black market comic seller, Emily Wernet! No table needed for her! Witness the birth of a new genre! Learn about the sad habits of sinful children! An explosive interview by any measure!

 

For more from Emily, check out emilywernet.com!

 

SPX 2012: Patch

 Sep 27, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYTk2hlbNSQ&feature=relmfu

 

The guys sit down with Christian Patchell AKA Patch to talk about his brand new book, "I Put the Can in Cancer: A Journey Through Pictures". While going through chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer, Patch found an outlet through art and anchors his book on the 25 sketches he did during that time. Find out about the hero he got to meet, what he's working on next, and his excellent taste is shirts!

 

Find out more about Patch at artbypatch.com and find out more about the Joyce Brabner/Harvey Pekar project at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joyce-Brabners-Harvey-Pekar-Page/144029658958272.

 

SPX 2012: Michael David Thomas

 Sep 25, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1YNt-_RtAY&feature=relmfu

 

Prepare yourselves for an onslaught of manliness that will quake your knees and shake your beliefs. Rusty and Joe talk to Michael David Thomas, the king of Tumblr (at least the SPX Tumblr) and a long-time member of the SPX staff. Learn about the show and how it reaches with digital arms to hug people around the world!

 

SPX 2012: Adam Casey

 Sep 25, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh4DDZdAjYg&feature=relmfu

 

Joe and Rusty sit down with comic creator and retailer, Adam Casey! Hear stories about terrible customers who share too much, what excited him about SPX 2012 and which smaller press-er he could take in a fight!

 

SPX 2012: Hannah Lee Stockdale

 Sep 25, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-7ipzEmlfE&feature=relmfu

 

The guys sit with comic creator, Hannah Lee Stockdale, to discuss her FIRST TRIP to SPX and how she got there! There is also the declaring of an archnemesis and their identity may surprise you!

 

 SPX 2012: Henry Eudy

Sep 25, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U96YIxUGBY&feature=relmfu

 

Rusty and Joe of Full Sanction sit down with comic creator Henry Eudy to talk about his work, including DEATH PIÑATA and his habit of breaking into homes to leave comics.

 

SPX 2012: Lamar Abrams

 Sep 25, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWA9xVU19xU&feature=relmfu

 

For the second year in a row, the guys talk with COMICS SUPERSTAR Lamar Abrams. Learn about his brand new book, Remake 3xtra, and see how he handles a Mysterious Question that gets far too evil far too fast.

 

For more from Lamar, check out neo-rama.com!

 

 

SPX 2012: Evan Keeling

Sep 28, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6KKXmMGRKA&list=UUVHYsGr8jxlpE3iaXnvLGfg&index=1&feature=plcp

 

Joe and Rusty talk to Evan Keeling in an EPIC INTERIVEW covering all manner of topics, including his secret child army and how he got started in comics. One of those is more important than the other. This video also features something no other SPX interview does thanks to an unexpected happening. Shocking!

 

For more from Evan, check out evantkeeling.com!

 

SPX 2012: RM Rhodes

 Sep 27, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng4R8XGQ2hw&list=UUVHYsGr8jxlpE3iaXnvLGfg&index=2&feature=plcp

 

Rusty and Joe sit down with RM Rhodes to discuss one of the hit books of the show, Emo Galactus. There is also a modicum of discussion about porn comics as well as the dangers of reality TV. It's all over the place and you'll love it!

 

Check out RM Rhodes online at oletheros.com!

 

 

SPX 2012: Viga

Sep 27, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwSaHoOLqqk&list=UUVHYsGr8jxlpE3iaXnvLGfg&index=3&feature=plcp

 

Joe and Rusty talk to Viga and find out about the colors that make her mad!

Also, it's not enough for her to make her own comics about convention trips,

Viga is an astute critic of the modern resting rooms. Find out what to avoid!

 

For more from Viga, check out panelburg.com!

 

SPX 2012: Dave Foland & Jason Strutz

Sep 27, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMReta0p6Ec&list=UUVHYsGr8jxlpE3iaXnvLGfg&index=4&feature=plcp

 

What do you get when you mix pizza with Dracula? An interview with Dave Foland

and Jason Strutz! The guys come by to talk about their new book, Pizzula, as

well as learn about the danger of NO RULES! LIVE ON CAMERA VIOLENCE!

 

SPX 2012: Jon Jebus

Sep 27, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_5o-XtZlwQ&list=UUVHYsGr8jxlpE3iaXnvLGfg&index=5&feature=plcp

 

The guys talk with Jon Jebus, writer of the superhero comic with a sense of

humor, "C-Listers". Find out about the perils of giving someone your comic (when

they think you want their autograph)! Also, here begins the ultimate death of

Rusty.

 

For more from Jon, check out visionarycomics.com!

 

For more vampire pizza, head directly to pizzula.com!

 

 

SPX 2012: Beth Scorzato

Sep 27, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGu27kGrK6w&list=UUVHYsGr8jxlpE3iaXnvLGfg&index=6&feature=plcp

 

Rusty and Joe chat with Beth Scorzato, the managing editor of Spandexless.com.

Important subjects discussed include: the perils of live-blogging awards

results, Rusty ladylike charm, and what's up with that. Oh, and a bunch of stuff

about small press and independent comics. That, too.

 

For more from Beth, check out spandexless.com!

 

SPX 2012: James Point Du Jour

Sep 26, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ERjM9vNJ60&list=UUVHYsGr8jxlpE3iaXnvLGfg&index=9&feature=plcp

 

Joe and Rusty chat with James Point Du Jour about his comics, his first time

exhibiting at SPX, and the heart-breaking, unavoidable depression that follows

the show. Don't miss the Mysterious Question where James answers a question that

could very well change all our lives.

 

For more from James, check out jmpointdujour.com!

 

SPX 2012: Ming Doyle & Erica Henderson

 Sep 26, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMCUDiUyWCw

 

Joe and Rusty invite two guests to sit with them as they chat with Boston-area comickers (and first-time SPX attendees), Ming Doyle and Erica Henderson! The gang talk about some giant projects on the horizon for both, being the most beautiful in all the land, and watching where you step!

 

For more from Ming, check out mingdoyle.com! You can find Erica online at ericahenderson.net!

 

 SPX 2012: John Green

Sep 26, 2012 by SmallPressExpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w1SU4vXObI

 

The guys sit down with SPX veteran and "Teen Boat" co-creator, John Green! John discusses the origin of "Teen Boat", his history with SPX, and the secret to making the best looking minicomics in the land!

 

Check John out at johngreenart.com!

SPX interview with Skech Charlotte members

SPX
by Eraklis
Sketch Charlotte blog September 24 2012
http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2012/09/spx/

A few weeks back two of our members Rich Barrett and Henry Eudy set up at the Small Press Expo (SPX). They took the time to answer a few questions about their first time behind the table at such a prestigious indy convention...

Gaiman in town

LITERATI, TWITTERATI: Neil Gaiman arrives for tonight's Mason Award at full creative gallop
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog September 28 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/literati-twitterati-neil-gaiman-arrives-for-mason-award-at-full-creative-gallop/2012/09/27/efb65b50-0916-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_blog.html#pagebreak

But you won't be seeing Gaiman.  You might have a shot at Mark Tyler Nobleman or Mat Johnson.

Lalo Alcaraz interviewed in DC at AAEC con

Chicano cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz weighs in on the election
By Raisa Camargo
VOXXI September 27, 2012
http://www.voxxi.com/lalo-alcaraz-weighs-election/

Sept 29: Gordon Harris at Big Planet Comics Vienna

 

Gordon Harris, AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR

"PEDESTRIAN"

BOOK SIGNING AT BIG PLANET COMICS IN VIENNA, VA

Saturday, September 29^th   3:00 to 5:00 PM

 

 

 

ANNANDALE, VA   

Comics Bulletin is calling PEDESTRIAN "surreal and always extremely unique...dreamlike."

 

Author/illustrator, Gordon Harris will be signing copies of his original, post-apocalyptic graphic novel (WITHOUT zombies or vampires) PEDESTRIAN on Saturday, September 29^th at Big Planet Comics, 426 Maple Ave. East in Vienna, Virginia. Come on by and say hi, even if you don't like post-apocalyptic graphic novels. Gordon will be raffling off a couple t-shirts – you just might win one, or find something you do like.

What's new at Game On! this week

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Oct 6: Stephan Pastis at Politics and Prose

Stephan Pastis - Pearls Freaks the #*%# out

Start: Oct 6 2012 1:00 pm

End: Oct 6 2012 2:00 pm

 

The latest Treasury from the attorney-turned-cartoonist includes all strips from Larry in Wonderland and Because Sometimes You Just Gotta Draw a Cover with Your Left Hand, along with responses from readers and Pastis's own remarks about the sources of particular themes and motifs. 

 

Location: Politics and Prose

Street:

5015 Connecticut Ave NW

City:

Washington

,

Province:

District Of Columbia

Postal Code:

20008

Carolyn Belefski on Association of American Editorial Cartoonists meeting

Carolyn Belefski has written her impressions of the first day of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists meeting at George Washington University. She and I both missed day 2 in favor of SPX where she was making money and I was spending it. She's posted her photographs on Facebook.

Heinrich Kley: two new Lost Art Books cover his life, color illustrations

Lost Art of Heinrich Kley

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 25, 2012
Contact: Joe Procopio, joseph.procopio@lostartbooks.com

Renowned artist Heinrich Kley's life and work celebrated in new two-volume set
Lost Art Books publishes first U.S. collection of German master's work in 50 years

SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND--Picture This Press, a publishing house devoted to the graphic arts, has released two volumes on German cartoonist and illustrator Heinrich Kley as part of its ongoing series, Lost Art Books. Although Kley has long been considered one of the world's great draftsman and a noted influence on Walt Disney's films, these are the first books of his work to appear in the United States in 50 years and are by far the most comprehensive overview to date, including a large number of his seldom-seen color works.

"There'll be a lot of excitement throughout the world once these books are available to the throng," said artist Michael Wm. Kaluta, who also contributed the foreword to Volume One.

The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley Volumes One & Two collect over 450 drawings and paintings from a wide array of sources. Neither volume significantly overlaps with past books on Kley, as nearly none of these drawings have been collected and reprinted since their original publication a century or more ago. Both volumes also provide groundbreaking scholarship on Kley's life and work by German art historian Alexander Kunkel--whose recent research is presented in these volumes for the first time in English--along with incisive appreciations by contemporary artists Michael Wm. Kaluta and Jesse Hamm.

Volume One focuses on Kley's ink drawings and reprints for the first time a substantial selection of his illustration work for children's books and adult genre fiction, a side of Kley's career previously unexplored in other collections. This volume also includes a wide sampling of Kley's cartoons and magazine work, with newly collected examples taken directly from a variety of rare sources, such as Jugend, Simplicissimus, and the historic Der Orchideengarten (the world's first fantasy fiction magazine). In all, over 300 Kley illustrations and cartoons fill this first volume.

Volume Two also breaks new ground by being the first book to present a large number of Kley's paintings and preparatory drawings, some reproduced directly from the original art. These color works reveal a heretofore rarely glimpsed side to Kley's talents and expand on the subject matter traditionally associated with the artist by including examples of his landscapes and industrial paintings. This volume's preparatory drawings are culled from the untapped Kley archive of the Library of Congress and show the artist working out concepts for book illustrations, reworking ink drawings into color paintings, and doodling for his own amusement. Approximately 150 drawings, many in color, appear in this volume.

Both of these volumes represent an important advancement to the English-language scholarship on Heinrich Kley, and the abundance of art within should delight his admirers, new and old alike.

Copies can be ordered exclusively from the publisher at www.LostArtBooks.com.

About
Picture This Press is dedicated to broadening the appreciation and awareness of artists who work in the fields of illustration, cartooning, graphic arts, photography, and poster design. Picture This Press founder Joseph Procopio and co-publisher Ellen Levy have a combined 40 years of publishing experience as writers, managing editors, and publications directors for a variety of organizations in the New York City and Washington, D.C. areas.

Lost Art Books, the flagship series from Picture This Press, collects and preserves the works of illustrators and cartoonists from the first half of the 20th century. Too many of these artists have gone underappreciated for too long, with much of their work uncollected or unexamined for decades, if at all. The Lost Art Books series aims to preserve this cultural heritage by re-introducing these artists to new generations of working illustrators, historians, and admirers of things beautiful.

Links
Home page: http://www.lostartbooks.com/
Facebook group: http://tiny.cc/2uw2i
Interview in the Washington City Paper: http://tiny.cc/47nl4

Kley video book trailer on YouTube: http://youtu.be/-DPdI1F5MoM

Cover images: (.jpg) (for larger cover images, email your request or go to URL below, right click on image, and select 'copy')

The Lost Art Heinrich Kley -- Volume 1: Drawings. (larger image available at http://tinyurl.com/ck4h5xn)
224pages, black & white, perfect bound, ISBN: 978-098292765-6

The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley -- Volume 2: Paintings & Sketches. (larger image available at http://tinyurl.com/cneuvcn)
148 pages, color, perfect bound, ISBN: 978-098292767-0

 

Double DC comic strip hit

Comics update: 'Frazz,' 'Tundra' join the lineup

Tue, 09/25/2012 

John Beck

http://www.news-gazette.com/blogs/editors-desk/2012-09/comics-update-frazz-tundra-join-lineup.html

 

Comics fans have noticed some changes this week to The News-Gazette's daily and Sunday comics pages. "Frazz" and "Tundra" have joined the daily lineup, replacing "Cul de Sac" and "Barney & Clyde."

 

Barney & Clyde is written by Washington's Gene Weingarten.

The undrawn last Cul de Sac

My last strip

Richard Thompson

September 23, 2012

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-last-strip_23.html

Nov 10: Animation voice Phil LaMarr at Anime USA

Anime USA welcomes Phil LaMarr

Voice actor to appear at Anime USA 2012

 

Actor/comedian Phil LaMarr is best known as a cast member of Fox's "Mad TV" and as the guy who got his brains blown out in PULP FICTION. He has also appeared in the films, IT'S PAT (the writers are friends from the Groundlings), BIO-DOME (the director's a friend from college) and EAT YOUR HEART OUT (no reason).

 

A native of Los Angeles, Phil was a member of The Groundlings, the award-winning sketch and improv comedy group. In addition, he has studied improv at Second City and at the ImprovOlympic in Chicago with Del Close. Phil has also improvised with Cold Tofu, Off the Wall, and the Purple Crayon of Yale University of which he was a founding member.

 

His television credits include guest starring on "Happy Endings,"  "State of Georgia," "Castle," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Big Time Rush"  "Cold Case,""Reno 911," "Without A Trace," "The Bernie Mac Show," "NYPD Blue," "Living Single," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and "Murphy Brown." His stage credits include: THE TEMPEST, AS YOU LIKE IT, GUYS AND DOLLS, ASYLUM at The Actors Gang, and South Coast Repertory's MAKE THE BREAK and Sacred Fools Theatre's inaugural production of THE FATTY ARBUCKLE SPOOKHOUSE REVUE.

 

Phil was profiled in TV Guide for his voice-over work as well, which includes featured roles in HOODWINKED TOO!, ZAMBEZIA and MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA; regular roles on the animated series "Futurama," "Kaijudo," Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends," "Static Shock," "Ozzy & Drix," "Evil con Carne," "Samurai Jack" and "Justice League Unlimited" as well as recurring roles on "King of the Hill," "Family Guy," "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," "Young Justice" "The Proud Family," and "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron."

 

Phil has had a good time doing voices for video games as well. He can be heard on such projects as METAL GEAR SOLID 4, DOOM 3, JAK 3, MERCENARIES 2, MEN OF VALOR, DARKSIDERS, RAGE, INFAMOUS 2, and DEAD ISLAND

 

On the big screen, LaMarr has also appeared in the comedies STEP BROTHERS, KILL THE MAN, FREE ENTERPRISE, CHERISH and MANNA FROM HEAVEN. As well as SPEAKING OF SEX with Bill Murray and Catherine O'Hara and Rodney Dangerfield's BACK BY MIDNIGHT. Phil also played the lead role in director Tim Russ' A NIGHT AT THE BIJOU, had a supporting role in QUID PRO QUO, a 2008 Sundance Film Festival selection in the Spectrum category and a cameo in SPIDER-MAN 2, which will wind up paying more in residuals than all of the others combined.

 

Recently, Phil took on the role of "Cowboy Curtis" in THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW both on Broadway and in the  Emmy-nominated HBO special and appeared in the Dreamworks feature REAL STEEL with Hugh Jackman

 

For biographical information and pictures, please check out www.phillamarr.com.

 

About Anime USA: In 1999 Anime USA began as a northern Virginia convention started by fans, and in 2004 become a non-profit educational organization. Our mission is to educate the public about and promote Japanese arts and popular culture. As in the beginning, we remain a convention of fans, by fans, and for fans. Anime USA is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit.

 

Anime USA 2012 will be held November 9-11 in our new location: the Marriott Wardham Park in Washington, D.C. For more information and to register for the convention, visit us at www.animeusa.org.

Cartoonist Rights Network International videos on YouTube

The Northern Virginia-based anti-censorship organization Cartoonist Rights Network International has put eight videos on YouTube.

Russell, Robert.  2012.
CRNI Interview of American cartoonist Susie Cagle, Sept 2012
Sep 21, 2012 by CartoonistsRights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZVjE-lH6HM

CRNI Robert Russell ACEC 2012 Speech [aka "Cartoonists & Censorship: Past, Present and Future"].
Aug 25, 2012 by CartoonistsRights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgPBtwMHQd4&feature=plcp

Rougier-Chapman, Drew.  2012.
CRNI Interview of American-Canadian cartoonist Dan Murphy, July 5, 2012
Cartoonist Rights Network International July 10 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttgbLhMqYk

Rougier-Chapman, Drew.  2012.
CRNI Interview of Iranian Canadian cartoonist Nik Kowsar, May 2012
 Aug 19, 2012 by CartoonistsRights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqjQtyLov8

Iranian-Canadian cartoonist Nik Kowsar speaks out against the sentencing of Iranian cartoonist Mahmud Shokraye to 25 lashes for drawing a caricature of parliamentarian Ahmad Lotfi Ashtiani. Nik notes that this awful punishment if enforced will set a terrible precedent.

Rougier-Chapman, Drew.  2012.
CRNI April 2012 Interview of Matt Wuerker on Ali Ferzat
 Jun 27, 2012 by CartoonistsRights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITR4o8TT0I

This is an audio interview of CRNI Board Member Matt Wuerker, the editorial cartoonist for Politico.com, about Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat. This April 2012 interview took place shortly after Time magazine released its annual edition of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Time magazine asked Matt Wuerker to write the article on Ali Ferzat. In this interview, CRNI Deputy Director Drew Rougier-Chapman asks Matt why he believes Ali was deemed one of the most influential people in the world.

Rougier-Chapman, Drew.  2012.
CRNI Interview of Venezuelan cartoonist Rayma Suprani, March 2012
Jul 3, 2012 by CartoonistsRights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOQWOCUjolc

This is a March 30, 2012, interview of Rayma Suprani. Rayma is an opinion writer and editorial cartoonist for the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal. The interview took place in Atlanta, Georgia at the Cartooning for Peace - America Inaugural Symposium. Rayma answered questions about the threats she has received after television host Mario Silva, on the Venezuelan state-run television program La Hojilla (The Razorblade), accused her of being a hate-filled racist and elitist. The accusations were in response to a cartoon by Rayma that criticizes the government's treatment of the homeless. Despite the on-air attacks on the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV) and the ensuing threats via Twitter, Rayma continues to bravely express her opinions.

Rougier-Chapman, Drew.  2012.
CRNI Interview of French cartoonist/editor Stéphane Charb Charbonnier, May 2012.
 Jul 4, 2012 by CartoonistsRights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqetKpsuIq4

This is an interview of French cartoonist Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier, the editor of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Six months prior to this interview the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo were firebombed by Islamic extremists. The interview was conducted by Drew Rougier-Chapman, the Deputy Director of the Cartoonists Rights Network International.

Zunar 2011 CRNI Courage Award Acceptance Speech.
 Aug 19, 2012 by CartoonistsRights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zceicp3gGOs

Every year the Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) gives its Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning to a cartoonist in great danger or who has demonstrated exceptional courage in the exercise of free speech rights. On July 7, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, Malaysian cartoonist Zunar accepted the CRNI's Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning.

Wuerker on French Islam cartoons

Cartoonists Weigh In On The Cartoon Controversy
by Jordan G. Teicher
NPR.org September 25, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/24/161710200/cartoonists-weigh-in-on-the-cartoon-controversy

More on Cul de Sac's end

Furst Draft: End of the road for 'Cul de Sac'
Jay Furst
Posted: Sep 25, 2012
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1509477

Illness forces end of a comic road for 'Cul de Sac' strip
Boston Globe September 24, 2012
http://articles.boston.com/2012-09-24/arts/34037425_1_universal-uclick-happy-couples-share-ignatz

Snoopy in Navy Medicine

Naval Hospital, Port Hueneme, 1973. Of All Things--Snoopy is a permanent resident in the Pediatric playroom. [Peanuts, comic strip].


published in Navy Medicine, September 1973.

BUMED Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Port Hueneme #12-0186-015

Today is purportedly National Comic Book Day, and other comic strip bits

Today is purportedly National Comic Book Day, according to Blondie.

 

Meanwhile Sherman's Lagoon continues to explore Washington, with Sherman the shark enjoying the Reflecting Pool, thus giving park rangers another good reason to keep people from cooling their feet in the water.

 

Of note to me and a few other medical historians interested in popular culture, Baldo continues week 2 of introducing Rayna, who has polycystic kidney disease and attends school via a robot.

 

Mike Lester's Lester du Jour squeezes in 6 panels for its second appearance, but it's not carried on the Post's comics site yet.

Donald Duck in Navy medicine

I was filing some material at work today, and ran across this image of Donald Duck.

There's two other uses of the same image in the book that can be seen on the Flickr site. The caption for this one is:

Disney's Donald Duck "Mob 8 Insignia" page 160 of The Story of U.S. Naval Mobile Hospital Number 8 by CAPT. William H.H. Turville, NY: Robert W. Kelly Publishing Corp, ca. 1946.

From BUMED's Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Base Hospitals.  12-0185-003