Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Rafer Roberts on the Carolyn & Joe Show podcast
Download it here.
PR: AnimeUSA charity auction
DC Collaborative Selected to Be Beneficiary of AnimeUSA Auction
Nov. 6, 2012
(Washington, DC)- The DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative was selected by AnimeUSA benefit from their auction to be held November 11 at 1 pm at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. AnimeUSA will be holding their convention for the first time in Washington DC.
What: AnimeUSA Convention Auction
Where: Marriott Wardman, 2660 WoodleyRoad, NW Washington, DC 20008
When: Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, 1 p.m.
AnimeUSA began in 1999 as a northern Virginia convention started by Anime fans. By 2004, it had grown into a non-profit educational organization with the mission to promote and educate the public about Japanese arts and popular culture. True to its beginnings, the organization remains a convention of fans, by fans, and for fans, however it expands its community outreach by selecting a nonprofit organization to benefit from the annual auction held at their conventions.
"We're very pleased to be selected as the organization benefitting from the AnimeUSA auction this year, particularly as this is the first year that AnimeUSA comes to Washington DC," said Louise Kennelly, Executive Director of the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative.
AnimeUSA wanted to contribute to a local DC charity, specifically one that benefits children through a focus on arts and education. "We share with the DC Collaborative an appreciation of the importance of imagination and creativity. The DC Collaborative mission to ensure access to arts and humanities for all DC public school students captures the spirit of our convention," said said Danielle Pomfrey, Charity Auction Coordinator for AnimeUSA.
The AnimeUSA convention takes place at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park on the weekend of November 9th-11th. The auction will be hosted on the Sunday afternoon of the convention. In previous years, auction proceed recipients have included the Taylor Anderson Memorial Foundation, Child's Play, and the Suicide Prevention Hotline.
About the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative
The DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative (DC Collaborative) provides equitable access to quality arts and humanities education for all DC public and chartered public schools. Working with its partners, since its founding in 1998, the DC Collaborative produces such exemplary programs as Arts for Every Student, sending about 30,000 students each year to member events.
About AnimeUSA AnimeUSA is a non-profit educational organization dedicating to raising awareness and educating the public about Japanese arts and popular culture. AnimeUSA is a convention of fans, by fans, and for fans.
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Comic Riffs on Superman's home planet
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (November 6 2012): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/found-supermans-krypton-neil-degrasse-tyson-locates-kal-els-home-planet-in-the-known-universe/2012/11/06/09fe7640-27c2-11e2-b4f2-8320a9f00869_blog.html#pagebreak
More cartoon murals in Navy Hospitals
Where Else? - The Pediatric Waiting Room. US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines. Dedicated June 5, 1973. [Note Peanuts comic strip mural on wall].Published in Navy Medicine, October 1973.
Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Subic Bay, Philippines 12-0232-025
Light and Airy - Pediatric waiting room and clinical spaces. US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines. Dedicated June 5, 1973. [Note Disney cartoon mural on wall].Published in Navy Medicine, October 1973.
Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Subic Bay, Philippines 12-0232-026
Pediatric Waiting Room - CDR G.W. Baldauf, MSC, USN, AO, at US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, communes with an articulate art critic. US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines. Dedicated June 5, 1973. [Note Disney cartoon mural on wall].
Published in Navy Medicine, October 1973.Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Subic Bay, Philippines 12-0232-027
PR: Citizen Bill Calendars - GET YOURS!
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AnimeUSA is this weekend
Here's their first AnimeUSA podcast which features staff members Theo Bugtong (Director of Marketing), Tom Stidman (Director of Guests), and Mark Pope (Vice Chair of Programming).
Monday, November 05, 2012
Mark Tatulli at Hooray for Books!
Mark Tatulli cartoonist of 'Heart of the City' and 'Lio' spoke, drew and took questions for an hour tonight at Hooray for Books! in Alexandria, VA. I took some photos that I've put online. I'll try to get some of his more memorable quotes up here soon, because he's an entertaining speaker.
PR: Lost Art Books exhibiting at Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
A Rake's Progress, or Richard Thompson: Cyborg Cartoonist
Nick Galifianakis was with Richard Thompson today (November 5 2012) as the electricity began to flow:
I'm in the room with Richard Thompson at what is the first of several sessions to calibrate and then fine-tune the electrodes in his brain.
To quote a friend: "I had no idea they could fine tune the stimulation. I figured they threw a switch, and dialed a knob back if they started to smell meat cooking."
They're right now sending varied electricity into his brain putting him though a variety of tests and movements, big and very, very small, as well as constantly repeating the phrases that make me think I'm actually in the play "My Fair Lady."
The process is quite nuanced and requires tremendous patience to achieve the right balance (Richard has never complained, not once)
Too much juice here or not enough there, might fix the targeted area but it also may mean it negatively affects another area - at this moment, Richard no longer trembles in his right hand - but he's suddenly fluent in Korean. Only Korean.
(I'm kidding...do I really have to write that?)
Truly remarkable to watch, again, a very, very refined process. My friend's patience and good-naturdeness during the session is extraordinary as each switching on and off of a section and each re-calibration instantly brings a new physicality, increased or diminished, and even a new emotional state, up or down. This will take a while to get right - it's the ultimate borrowing from Peter to pay Paul situation.
Oops, gotta go..., I'll have more later. Right now I want to watch Richard finish his needlepoint...while figure skating.
Sunday, November 04, 2012
11/5: Martk Tatulli in Alexandria
Monday 11/5, 7:00-8:00 p.m. --Cartoonist Mark Tatulli
Award-winning, internationally-syndicated cartoonist Mark Tatulli, creator of the comics Lio and Heart of the City will visit the store. His newest collection, Lio: There's a Monster in my Socks, is compiled especially for younger readers! The world of Lio is filled with the extraordinary - monsters under the bed, wild reptile pets, robot inventions, weird science - but it's all commonplace for this most uncommon kid. Lio explores the twisted realm of a kid's imagination - at once bizarre, creepy and fun. Email us to reserve a copy or to let us know you're coming. Ages 6 and up.
Hooray for Books! | 1555 King St., Ste. 101, Alexandria, VA 22314 | Phone (703) 548-4092 Fax (703) 548-4094 | info@hooray4books.com
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Cavna gets MAD
By Michael Cavna, Washington Post November 4 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/totally-mad-celebrates-60-years-of-satire/2012/11/01/9c0f2944-229a-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html
Arthur Szyk pieces on exhibit at Library of Congress
Library of Congress exhibit celebrates Jewish history, artifacts
By Debra Rubin, — Religion News Service
Washington Post November 4, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/library-of-congress-exhibit-celebrates-jewish-history-artifacts/2012/11/01/f519d8c0-23a0-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html
Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress, 1912-2012, South Gallery of the library's Thomas Jefferson Building through March 16, 2013.
Friday, November 02, 2012
Jonathan Luna interview
Diamond Bookshelf November 2012
http://www.diamondbookshelf.com/Home/1/1/20/835?articleID=127317
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - November 2, 2012
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Original art on view in Hello Kitty for President
Lastly, we have commissioned two pieces with Globe Printing (one pictured above):
Contest to win FREE 'District Comics' original art
Ben Hatke Signing - Legends of Zita the Space Girl DATE CHANGE!
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11/3: Meet the Creators of Supurbia at Third Eye Comics
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