Monday, October 22, 2012

Comic Riffs interviews Matt Bors on his Kickstarter

MATT BORS HITS KICKSTARTER: Pulitzer finalist launches campaign for 'Life Begins at Incorporation' book [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog Ocgtober 22 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/matt-bors-hits-kickstarter-pulitzer-finalist-launches-campaign-for-life-begins-at-incorporation-book-updated/2012/10/22/dd4f8c72-1bb6-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_blog.html#pagebreak

PR: Annapolis Comic-Con is THIS SATURDAY!

Annapolis Comic-Con Halloween Edition 10-27 10am-6pm!
 

Show Schedule

12:00 - Carolyn and Joe Show! live podcast
1:00 -  Matt Slay live painting demo
2:00 - Identity Comics presentation
3:00 - ADVANCED Zombie Survival
4:00 - Halloween Cosplay Discussion
5:00 - Costume Contest
5:30 - Insane Ian LIVE CONCERT!

KIDS STUFF
12:30 - Coconut Cosplay
1:30 - Create a supervillain with K. Michael Crawford
2:30 - Kids Costume Contest!

Annapolis Comic-Con

Halloween Edition

Saturday, October 27 - 10am-6pm

It's alive!! The Annapolis Comic-Con: Halloween Edition is coming back to life this Saturday! Join us at the Pip Moyer Community Center for a whole day of fun! Here's what we've got: 
  • 50 Artists, writers, and comic book creators.
  • 30 Exhibitors selling comics, toys, manga, games, shirts, and even more!
  • A very full day of special events
  • Fun giveaways all day long
  • Tons of extra special stuff for kids!
  • CANDY!!
Come in costume and get a FREE reusable Trick-or-Treat bag! 
The Kids' Costume Contest is at 2:30pm. Top three get prizes and the winner gets a trophy!
The grown-ups' Costume Contest is at 5:00pm. Top three get prizes and the winner gets a HUGE trophy!

Important details:
Annapolis Comic-Con: Halloween Edition
Roger "Pip" Moyer Community Center
273 Hilltop Lane
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
10am-6pm
Come in Costume and get Candy!
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Claassen's Halloween minicomic

Ben Claassen III's weekly Dirtfarm comic is a Halloween minicomic that you can print out and build yourself.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

City Paper's review of Lichtenstein exhibit

"Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective" At the National Gallery of Art to Jan. 13; Roy Lichtenstein's comic-book Pop art gave him modernist cred, but he was a painter's painter, too.
By Jeffry Cudlin • October 19, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/43354/roy-lichtenstein-a-retrospective-reviewed-roy-lichtenstein-helped-establish-pop/

Cudlin wraps up his review talking about comics, "One sour note: The names of the comics artists that Lichtenstein borrowed from in the mid-'60s—people like Tony Abruzzo, Irv Novick, and Jack Kirby—are not mentioned in the show's wall text..." and ComicsDC readers should check out his conclusions.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Gene Weingarten as comic strip author

Weeks interviews his former Post colleague (both have left the paper) Gene Weingarten about what comic characters the presidential candidates may be.

Obama And Romney, Metaphorically Speaking
by Linton Weeks / NPR.org
http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/163145646/obama-and-romney-metaphorically-speaking
Oct 20, 2012

Friday, October 19, 2012

Cartoonists Rights Network supports editorial cartoon contest


Draw Attention to Impunity: IFEX launches the International Day to End Impunity Editorial Cartoon Contest

10/18/2012
http://www.cartoonistsrights.org/recent_developments_article.php?id=68
Artwork courtesy of the design and branding firm The Public Society

im·pu·ni·ty \im-'pyü-nə-tē\ n. without punishment, without consequences

Attention all cartoonists!  Help us draw the world's attention by creating an editorial cartoon about impunity. IFEX, an international network of free expression groups, is launching an editorial cartoon contest.  Titled the Draw Attention to Impuniity: Editorial Cartoon Contest, this cartoon contest will be part of the second annual International Day to End Impunity on November 23, 2012.  The deadline for entries is November 4, 2012.  Some of the entries will be featured on the International Day to End Impunity website, and the top three winners will receive cash prizes.

Journalists, photographers, musicians, writers, human rights defenders and others continue to be sued, threatened, attacked and even murdered with impunity in countries like Mexico, Russia, Iraq and Somalia for simply practicing their right to free expression.  In our free expression community, impunity consistently ranks among the top concerns and remains a global issue that has defied all borders and political structures. 
IFEX, based in Toronto, Canada, is the most extensive community of leaders defending and promoting freedom of expression around the world.  The Cartoonists Rights Network International is a proud member of IFEX.  Executive Director Robert Russell and Deputy Director Drew Rougier-Chapman will be two of the judges on the panel which will consist entirely of IFEX affiliated indivduals who are fighting for free speech rights.  

For contest details in English, see www.daytoendimpunity.org/contest/.
For contest details n French, see http://daytoendimpunity.org/fr/contest/.
For contest details in Spanish, see http://daytoendimpunity.org/es/contest/.
For contest details in Arabic, see http://daytoendimpunity.org/ar/contest/.
For contest details in Russian, see http://daytoendimpunity.org/ru/contest/.

Steve Artley retires from editorial cartooning (UPDATED)

Mere weeks after he helped organize the Annual Association of Editorial Cartoonist's annual meeting in Washington, DC, 2nd generation editorial cartoonist Steve Artley has just announced on his Facebook page that he's retiring from doing them -

Steven George Artley updated his status: "My editorial cartoons are no more. I am done, finished, kaput. Earlier today, I stepped down from the Alexandria Times. I guess it's time to try something else. What that something else may be, I don't know. Anyway, thanks to those of you who "liked" my work and left supportive comments."

In the following discussion, Steve (who is a friend of mine) also noted, he was "Tired of being an invisible Quixote. Feel like no one is out there. I make a sound and all I get back is my own echo. Or, I'm a ghost. I cast no shadow. There's no indication of measurable readership, no following, no community support... I get virtually no feedback, 'cept for the occasional hate mail. All that tells me it's time to go."
  
"Coincidentally, when I called my editor today, he said the mayor had just called, asking "who is that guy?" Meaning me, of course, who drew the local issue cartoon that portrayed him as an anthropomorphized bulldozer. I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR FOUR FREAKIN' YEARS, MISTER MAYOR!!!! And only NOW, you notice I'm there? This all underscores that I made the right decision."

Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - October 17, 2012


 
 
Big Planet Comics
October 17, 2012

District Comics next weekend!

It's getting close! We are now up to TWELVE writers and artists appearing at our signing event for District Comics at our Washington DC store! More info is below!

It's also only a week and a half until Halloween, which falls on Wednesday this year, so it is also time for Halloween ComicFest! Stop by any of our stores to pick up some Halloween themed comic books to give away to trick or treaters! The publishers started this up a few years ago as a second big event for the comics year, much like Free Comic Book Day, where they publish a group of Halloween comics that stores can distribute so that more people are getting some good comics! This year we have comics from Johnny Boo to Axe Cop to Batman to Adventure Time! Come in and grab some to make sure your trick or treaters think you are the coolest house on the block on Halloween! Here's a picture of some of the comics! http://www.halloweencomicfest.com/Home/1/1/78/1147

We are also proud to be partnering with the brand new arthouse movie theater in Merrifield, Virginia, close to our Vienna store, the Angelika Film Center! In addition to showing new films, they are having some events of special interest to us! This Sunday they started free showings of the new season of The Walking Dead new season on Sunday nights, and they will do After Hours retro movies every Friday and Saturday night. This week they are showing Labyrinth! More info below!

Feel free to forward on our newsletter, and please send us any comments or mailing list requests to vienna@bigplanetcomics.com

Thanks!
 
- the Big Planet Comics kids


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UPCOMING - October 27 - District Comics signing

 

The gang behind the smash hit anthology Trickster is back with another great anthology all about the history of Washington, D.C.! Many of the writers and artists of District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington D.C. will be appearing at both our Washington DC store on Saturday, October 27.

The Washington City Paper is running a preview of the book along with two stories in their September 6 issue. Pick one up for free or read the article on their webpage!

(We will update our list of artists as we confirm more of them.)

District Comics creators appearing include:
Michael Brace
Andrew Cohen
Michael Cowgill
Matt Dembicki
Mal Jones
Dale Rawlings
Kevin Rawlings
Kevin Rechin
Mike Rhode
Rafer Roberts
Jason Rodriguez
Jacob Warrenfeltz
Tabitha Whissemore

4PM-6PM

Big Planet Comics of Washington DC
1520 U St. NW
Washington, DC 20009

202-342-1961
dc@bigplanetcomics.com


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Angelika After Hours retro movie series - Friday and Saturday nights at 11:45PM
THIS WEEK: LABYRINTH (1986)
This 1986 cult classic from the beloved creator of The Muppets pits Jennifer Connelly against a motley collection of monsters. The story follows a teenage girl who ventures through a mythical world to rescue her baby brother from the evil Goblin King, played by David Bowie (who also provided the film's music.)
Admission: $7 - advance tickets available at angelikafilmcenter.com and the box office.

The Walking Dead Season 3 - Sundays at 9pm
Live on the big screen.
Free admission - tickets available from the box office 1 hour before the show.

Angelika Film Center & Café
8200 Strawberry Lane (near Lee Hwy & Gallows Rd)
Fairfax, VA 22031
angelikafilmcenter.com

Marvel Now! Point One

by Bendis, Fraction, Loeb, Nick Spencer, Kieron Gillen, Dennis Hopeless, Steve McNiven, Allred, Ed McGuinness, Jamie McKelvie, and Salvador Larroca

Whew! Here we go! This super sized issue has 6 stories in it, all featuring all new stories about the characters in the upcoming new Marvel Now books, including Nick Fury and Agent Coulson interrogating a time traveler, Young Avengers, Nova, FF, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more!

The Hive HC

by Charles Burns

The second chapter of Burns' ultra disturbing tale started in X'ed Out! Doug confesses his past and tries to talk about the incident that shattered his life, all while he explores a different reality that is a dark and alien reflection of our own, full of aliens and monsters and trademark Burns creepiness! So good!

Mudman 1 SC

 
by Paul Grist
 

The super strange adventures of a young man gifted with the powers of mud! Kane brings more of his unique style to a new superhero story, as Owen gets detention and gets hit by a car and his dad is taken hostage! All while slowly turning into Mudman!

The Zaucer of Zilk #1

by Brendan McCarthy and Al Ewing

Utter insanity from the psychedelic mind of McCarthy, where the Zaucer finds his number one fan has been trapped in a depressing dimension! Will the self-absorbed superstar actually do something about it? Super different, super bright, super cool!

Mind the Gap 1: Intimate Strangers SC

by Jim McCann and Rodin Esquejo,

The compelling supernatural mystery has the first storyline out for only 10 bucks! When Elle is attacked by a mysterious assailant and put in a coma, she finds she can leave her body as a spirit. But when everyone around her is acting suspicious, who could have been behind the attack? A great mystery with a cool twist!

Limite 1 SC

by Keiko Suenobu
 
A modern high school drama, dealing with popularity and bullying, when five girls from school must try to survive together in the wilderness!
Art Of Betty And Veronica HC
Billy Kids Oddities & Orm Loch Ness #1 (OF 4)
Godzilla Half Century War #3 (OF 5)
Hawkeye #3
Judge Dredd Digest Dark Judges SC
Lookouts Riddle Vol 1 #2
Lovecraft Anthology Vol 2 SC
Not My Bag SC
Punishermax Homeless SC
Skullkickers Vol 3 Six Shooter SC
Sword Of Sorcery #1
Totally Mad 60 Years Of Humor Satire & Stupidity HC
Ultimate Comics Iron Man #1 (OF 4)
Unwritten Vol 6 Tommy Taylor War Of Words SC
Walking Dead #103

Big Planet Comics Podcast #62
"McGyver??"
This week, Kevin, Nick, and Jared interview Raina Telgemeier, and we review a bunch of new comics! Download now or subscribe on iTunes!
 
PODCAST REVIEWS:

Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
Bigfoot Boy 1 Into the Woods SC by J. Torres and Faith Erin Hicks
MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet #1 (of 5) by Lee David Zlotoff, Tony Lee, and Will Sliney
Red She-Hulk #58 by Jeff Parker, Carlo Pagulayan and Wellington Alves
Secret Prison 7 SC by Ian Harker, Tom Hart, Mare Odomo, Zach Hazard Vaupen, Ryan Cecil Smith, Katie Skelly, Alex Schubert, Mickey Z, James Harvey, Pat Aulisio, Noel Freibert, Keenan Marshall Keller, Art Baxter, Charles Forsman, Luke Pearson, Benjamin Constantine, Lamar Abrams, Angie Wang, Box Brown and The Family Sohn
Uncanny Avengers #1 by Rick Remender and John Cassaday
Valentine 1: The Ice Death SC by Alex de Campi and Christine Larsen

Send us questions to podcast@bigplanetcomics.com or leave a voicemail at 1-703-539-CAST! (1-703-539-2278)


 


10/27 - District Comics
4pm-6pm
1520 U St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-342-1061
dc@bigplanetcomics.com

11/3 - Ben Hatke
Signing Legends of Zita the Spacegirl
11am-1pm
426 Maple Ave. East
Vienna, VA 22180
703-242-9412
vienna@bigplanetcomics.com

Signing Legends of Zita the Spacegirl
3pm-5pm
7315 Baltimore Ave.
College Park, MD 20740
301-699-0498
bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com

New Next Week 10/24

(Let us know if you want any of these!)
 
A-Babies Vs X-Babies #1
Adventure Time #9
Alan Robert Killogy #1 (of 4)
All Star Western #13
Amazing Spider-Man #696
Archie #636
Archie Double Digest #234
Archies Giant Kids Jokebook SC
Artifacts #22
Astonishing X-Men #55
Astonishing X-Men 9 Exalted SC
Avengers #32 AXFO
AVX Consequences #3 (of 5)
Bart Simpson Comics #76
Batman Incorporated #4
Batman the Dark Knight #13
Bravest Warriors #1 (of 6)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Spike #3 (of 5)
Captain America Marvel Masterworks Vol 2 SC
Captain America #19
Captain America and Black Widow #638
Chosen #1 (of 3)
Cobra #18
Crossed Badlands #16
Dancer SC
Dark Horse Presents #17
Deadpool #63
Debris #4 (of 4)
Disney Junior Magazine #9
Extermination #5
Fables #122
FF #23
Flash #13
Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Men #13
Gambit #4
Gft Halloween Special 2012
Gft Myths & Legends #21
Ghost #1
Giant-Size GFT 2012
Grimm Fairy Tales #78
Hellraiser #19
Hero Worship #4 (of 6)
Huntress Crossbow at the Crossroads SC
I Vampire #13
Ice Age Past Present & Future One Shot
Incredible Hulk #15
Invincible #96
Invincible Iron Man #527
Journey Into Mystery #645
Justice League Dark #13
Knights of the Dinner Table #191
Let's Play God #1 (of 4)
Lil Depressed Boy #14
Lord of the Jungle #8
Mad Magazine #518
Maggie #1
Marvel Super Heroes #4
Marvel Tales by Alan Davis SC
Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man #7
Marvel Vs Capcom Official Complete Works SC
Mike Nortons Curse GN
Mind Mgmt #6
Multiple Warheads Alphabet To Infinity #1 (of 4)
National Comics Madame X #1
Phineas and Ferb Magazine #13
Prophet #30
Punisher War Zone #1 (of 5)
Ralph Azham Vol 1 Why Lie Someone Love HC
Red Lanterns #13
Red Sonja #70
Revival #3 2nd Ptg
Revival #4
Robert Jordan Wheel of Time Eye of the World #30
Rue Morgue Magazine #127
Savage Hawkman #13
Savage Hawkman 1 Darkness Rising SC
Secret Avengers #33
Shadow #6
Shaolin Cowboy Adventure Magazine TP
Showcase Presents the Flash Vol 4 SC
Spawn #224
Spider-Man Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 6 SC
Spider-Man Flying Blind SC
Star Trek Tng Doctor Who Assimilation #6
Star Wars Agent of the Empire Vol 1 Iron Eclipse SC
Supercrooks HC
Superman #13
Talon #1
Teen Titans #13
Terry Moore How To Draw #5 Comics
Thargs Creepy Chronicles GN
Ultimate Comics Ultimates #17 UWS
Untold Tales of Dog Mendonca & Pizzaboy One Shot
Unwritten #42
Walking Dead #102 2nd Ptg
Walking Dead Magazine #1
Walking Dead Novel Vol 2 Road To Woodbury HC
Warriors of Mars #5
Wolverine #315
Wolverine and X-Men By Jason Aaron Vol 1 SC
Wolverine Max #1
X-Factor Vol 16 Together Again For First Time SC
X-Treme X-Men #5
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Comic Riffs on the passing of Newsweek's cartoon page

A NEWSWEEK APPRECIATION: Saluting the cartoon-friendly 'Perspectives' page
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (October 19 2012):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/a-newsweek-appreciation-saluting-the-cartoon-friendly-perspectives-page/2012/10/19/49b84c6c-1a01-11e2-aa6f-3b636fecb829_blog.html

Matt Wuerker's finger puppets at Politico

POLITICO's political puppetry

Photo by Jay Westcott/POLITICO

NY Times reviews NGA Lichtenstein exhibit

 Cool. Commercial. Unmistakable.
By HOLLAND COTTER

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

CNN talks to Adam Zyglis in DC

Political cartoons in 2012 [Adam Zyglis]

Sep 24, 2012 by CNN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=njLKCdMUpX0

 

The decline of newspapers & rise of social media creates a new landscape for political cartoonists. Karin Caifa reports.

E&P interviews Thompson on ending his strip

Syndicates: Richard Thompson On Ending His Beloved Comic Strip 'Cul de Sac'
by: Rob Tornoe
Editor and Publisher  10/16/2012
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Newsletter/Columns/Syndicates--Richard-Thompson-On-Ending-His-Beloved-Comic-Strip--Cul-de-Sac-

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with William L. Brown

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with William L. Brown
by Mike Rhode on Oct. 17, 2012

Joe Procopio blogs on Henrich Kley


I am honored to be the guest blogger this week...
Joe Procopio 9:59am Oct 17
I am honored to be the guest blogger this week at Today's Inspiration. For years it has been one of my favorite sites, and blogmaster Leif Peng is one of the true champions of the art of illustration. I hope you'll visit this great site and read my post on Heinrich Kley (which includes some nifty art from my recent books). Thanks!
Today's Inspiration: The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley
todaysinspiration.blogspot.com
A place for those with an interest in illustration from the '40s and '50s to share their knowledge, ...



Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Marc Tyler Nobleman on Fanboy Radio

Fanboy Radio #462 - Marc Tyler Nobleman
1 October 2012
http://fanboyradio.libsyn.com/fanboy-radio-462-marc-tyler-nobleman
http://traffic.libsyn.com/fanboyradio/fbr642.mp3

The author of 'Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman' joins Scott and Rick to discuss the impact of Bill Finger on the creation of Batman and why the relatively unknown writer has been omitted from comics history.

NBC Washington reviews Looney Tunes dvd

Blu-Ray Bunny: Bugs and Pals Shine Anew in New Looney Tunes Collection
Another volume of the best of the Golden Age of Warner Bros delivers artistic anarchy
By Scott Huver
 Oct 16, 2012 
http://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/television/Blu-Ray-Bunny-Bugs-and-Pals-Shine-Anew-in-New-Looney-Tunes-Collection-174269851.html

Monday, October 15, 2012

Our man Thompson speaks, and Riffs on Little Google and Harvey Pekar

Catching up on some news, we've got Richard Thompson writing about his brain surgery and Michael Cavna writing on Google's Little Nemo tribute, and Cleveland's new Harvey Pekar statue.

Back to Work

By Richard Thompson

October 15 2012

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2012/10/back-to-work.html

 

HARVEY PEKAR: With a dream completed, memorial desk sculpture to be unveiled today in Cleveland

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 14 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/harvey-pekar-with-a-dream-completed-memorial-desk-sculpture-to-be-unveiled-today-in-cleveland/2012/10/14/564dce38-161f-11e2-9855-71f2b202721b_blog.html#pagebreak

 

WINSOR McCAY: Google's amazing Doodle celebrates great 'Little Nemo in Slumberland' cartoonist

By Michael S Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 15 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/winsor-mccay-google-doodle/2012/10/15/5055d5e0-16a9-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_blog.html#pagebreak


Sunday, October 14, 2012