'Kick-Ass 2' both celebrates and bemoans casual screen violence
By Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post August 16 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/kick-ass-2-both-celebrates-and-bemoans-casual-screen-violence/2013/08/14/1cfba850-0438-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_story.html
Friday, August 16, 2013
PR: 3 Reasons Why You Should Come to AnimeUSA 2013
Hey fellow Otaku! Are you looking for a way to meet other geeks while having fun? Check out Anime USA 2013 from September 13–15. Anime USA, affectionately referred to as "AUSA" by fans, is an annual three-day fan-hosted gathering taking place at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. Here are three reasons you should check it out!
1. Theme! Each year, Anime USA selects a theme for the event. This year's theme is "A Journey Back to Edo Japan". This theme provides a great opportunity for anime fans who don't know much about Japanese history to learn about this significant period and see how modern Japan was shaped. Popular anime series, such as Samurai Champloo, are based in the Edo Period. Throughout the weekend, Anime USA will host a variety of cultural demonstrations, performances and activities. For more advanced fans, Anime USA will be bringing in expert panelists to focus on specific issues of Edo culture and history.
2. Anime USA is friendly and welcoming to all! Time and time again, Anime USA's fans have told them that their favorite thing about event is the friendliness of the staff. Anime USA is managed by a group of all-volunteer fans that love what they do. Anime USA has a big roster of Guests of Honor, such as popular voice actors and Japanese musicians. Anime USA provides a small, intimate settings for fans to meet their favorite voice actor or band. For those looking to mingle, Anime USA offers plenty of space to hang out at locations like the Host Club and Maid Café.
3. Anime USA offers high quality programming and entertainment! There's always something to do without all the waiting at Anime USA. Anime USA offers:
● 5 video rooms with a wide range of subbed, dubbed, blu-ray and live action programming
● 5 normal panel rooms featuring lectures and discussions on a variety of topics
● A dedicated educational and Edo period discussions, learning sessions, and interactive demonstrations.
● A whole library of manga for reading
● An artist show, vendors market, and artists market
● Free concerts featuring domestic and Japanese bands
For the gamers out there, Anime USA hosts plenty of table top, board gaming, arcade, console, LAN, and rhythm game sessions.
Anime USA takes pride in giving each attendee an awesome experience, full of one-on-one conversations, unique entertainment, and interactions with the Guest of Honor. Learn more by checking out http://www.animeusa.org. Even if you only go for one day, you'll have a great time!
Aug 23-25: Intervention Con
It's Kind of Like Woodstock for Geeks! Fans and Creators come together at
Intervention: The Premier Showcase of Online Creativity this August 23-25,
2013 in Maryland
Internet + Convention = Intervention: The Premier Showcase of Online
Creativity. Featuring Webcomics, Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Makers, and more.
Many guest speakers and interactive events are planned for 2013; founders
mark 4th year of intervening, inspiring, and empowering digital creators.
ROCKVILLE, MD — July 15, 2013 – Intervention, a visionary combination of
educational conference, art exhibition, and gaming convention returns to
Rockville, MD this Aug. 23-25, 2013 for it's fourth year. It's goal? To
Intervene and Inspire the whole family to take advantage of what they can
do with creativity and technology. Many guest speakers will attend – and,
in keeping with the convention's focus all of the guests are creators who
have made a name for themselves by using the Internet to build their fan
base.
New guest speakers include Mark Frauenfelder, the founder of the incredibly
popular online site BoingBoing and Editor-in-Chief of MAKE magazine;
Ex-Disney / Nickelodeon animator Raul Aguirre, Jr. also joins the event
this year from the Man vs. Art podcast; Paul Sabourin of the music group
"Paul and Storm" will be on panels and workshops; and Pete Abrams of the
popular webcomic Sluggy Freelance returns along with numerous other art and
comics professionals.
The event's co-founder, Onezumi Hartstein, said, "[co-founder] James
Harknell and I wanted to put together an event that would empower people to
take control of their lives by going DIY with the internet and to showcase
those who have done so already. We feel that the internet is the present
and the future. This is the event for the internet generation." After
successful runs in 2010, 2011, and 2012 this year will mark Hartstein's
fourth time organizing the event.
The convention features educational content, children's programming, board
gaming, video gaming, vintage arcade cabinets, an extensive Artist Alley /
Vendor Room, live action roleplaying, musical performances, and plenty of
giveaways. As in past years, there will be a charity auction to benefit the
Electronic Frontier Foundation, an international non-profit digital
advocacy group that helps to defend civil liberties in the digital space.
Tickets for Intervention 2013 can be bought at
http://www.interventioncon.com/register for the pre-registration price of
$40 for the full weekend. They may be purchased in advance or at the door
for $45.
See more at: http://interventioncon.com/get-involvedpress/press/
Intervention: The Premier Showcase of Online Creativity this August 23-25,
2013 in Maryland
Internet + Convention = Intervention: The Premier Showcase of Online
Creativity. Featuring Webcomics, Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Makers, and more.
Many guest speakers and interactive events are planned for 2013; founders
mark 4th year of intervening, inspiring, and empowering digital creators.
ROCKVILLE, MD — July 15, 2013 – Intervention, a visionary combination of
educational conference, art exhibition, and gaming convention returns to
Rockville, MD this Aug. 23-25, 2013 for it's fourth year. It's goal? To
Intervene and Inspire the whole family to take advantage of what they can
do with creativity and technology. Many guest speakers will attend – and,
in keeping with the convention's focus all of the guests are creators who
have made a name for themselves by using the Internet to build their fan
base.
New guest speakers include Mark Frauenfelder, the founder of the incredibly
popular online site BoingBoing and Editor-in-Chief of MAKE magazine;
Ex-Disney / Nickelodeon animator Raul Aguirre, Jr. also joins the event
this year from the Man vs. Art podcast; Paul Sabourin of the music group
"Paul and Storm" will be on panels and workshops; and Pete Abrams of the
popular webcomic Sluggy Freelance returns along with numerous other art and
comics professionals.
The event's co-founder, Onezumi Hartstein, said, "[co-founder] James
Harknell and I wanted to put together an event that would empower people to
take control of their lives by going DIY with the internet and to showcase
those who have done so already. We feel that the internet is the present
and the future. This is the event for the internet generation." After
successful runs in 2010, 2011, and 2012 this year will mark Hartstein's
fourth time organizing the event.
The convention features educational content, children's programming, board
gaming, video gaming, vintage arcade cabinets, an extensive Artist Alley /
Vendor Room, live action roleplaying, musical performances, and plenty of
giveaways. As in past years, there will be a charity auction to benefit the
Electronic Frontier Foundation, an international non-profit digital
advocacy group that helps to defend civil liberties in the digital space.
Tickets for Intervention 2013 can be bought at
http://www.interventioncon.com/register for the pre-registration price of
$40 for the full weekend. They may be purchased in advance or at the door
for $45.
See more at: http://interventioncon.com/get-involvedpress/press/
Aug 16-Sept 12: Gaiman's Neverwhere in theater
Neil Gaiman's Urban Fantasy Neverwhere
Atlas Performing Arts Center, at Linden Ct NE (1333 H St. NEWashington, DC 20002)
Enter a hidden world that lurks below the London city streets, where fallen angels, monsters and magic are real and an ordinary businessman can become a hero. Based on the cult classic novel by sci-fi and fantasy master Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew, whose mundane life is changed forever when he encounters a young woman in distress named Door. His attempt to help her leads him to the parallel world of London Below, where all kinds of fantastic creatures make their home. On the run from deadly assassins, Richard and Door must make their way across the deadly darkness of Night's Bridge and through the weird and wonderful communities of London Below in search of the Angel Islington, who will help them ... for a price. Rorschach Theatre's production brings Gaiman's metropolitan wonderland to brilliant and colorful life on stage at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Phil Nel recommends Cul de Sac
BARNABY: The Greatest Comic Strip You've Never Read
by Zack Smith, Newsarama 09 August 2013
http://www.newsarama.com/18635-barnaby-the-greatest-comic-strip-youve-never-read.html
I've read the WWII strip, and recommend it. Phil Nel, one of the
editors of the current volume, recommends Cul de Sac at the end of the
article.
by Zack Smith, Newsarama 09 August 2013
http://www.newsarama.com/18635-barnaby-the-greatest-comic-strip-youve-never-read.html
I've read the WWII strip, and recommend it. Phil Nel, one of the
editors of the current volume, recommends Cul de Sac at the end of the
article.
Announcing SPX 2013 Ignatz Award Nominees
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 15, 2013
Contact:
Joe Procopio, joseph.procopio@lostartbooks.com, (240) 643‐8714
Matt Baker’s
Canteen Kate collected for first time
in volume one of new series debuting at Small Press Expo 2013
Lost Art Books revives important African American artist’s seminal 1950s work
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND—Picture This Press, a publishing house devoted to the graphic arts, will release the first volume in a planned three book set devoted to golden age “good girl” artist
Matt Baker. As part of the ongoing Lost Art Books imprint, The Lost
Art of Matt Baker: The Complete Canteen Kate
will debut in paperback and hardcover formats at this year’s Small Press Expo on September 14-15 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Every Canteen Kate story ever published—22 in all—is collected for the first time in
The Lost Art of Matt Baker, Volume 1,
judiciously restored
and enlarged 20 percent over their original published size. A rich introduction by veteran comics writer Steven
Ringgenberg
provides insightful historical and biographical context, and a bonus gallery spotlights Baker’s skills as a cover artist.
Best of all, Baker and his good
-time gal bring you weapons‐grade guffaws as well as art that will leave you eager to see more from
this master draftsman.
Matt Baker is considered by comics historians and aficionados to be the preeminent “good girl” artist working in the medium during the 1940s and 1950s. But beyond his gift for drawing some of the most beautiful women in comics, Baker’s accomplishments include
two firsts: (1) he is the medium’s
first important African American comics artist, and (2) he drew in 1950 what has been argued was
the
first graphic novel, It Rhymes with Lust.
Baker honed his skills through the 1940s for several comics publishers, but his tremendous talents came to fruition at St. John Publications, where his realistic style was showcased in western, mystery, and especially romance comics. But regardless of the comics’ genre, one quality emerged in whatever Baker drew: his naturalistically gorgeous women. During this prolific period in his career, this master of "good girl" art latched onto one of St. John’s only recurring characters, Kate of
Canteen Kate. Baker drew every installment of the candid wartime cutie, from her premiere in
Fightin’ Marines (1951) to her final bow in Anchors Andrews (1953).
Unlike the jingoistic comics typically published during the Korean War,
Canteen Kate tales were designed to be morale‐boosting screwball fun. Without radically changing his style, Baker managed to make Kate equal parts comely and kooky in a series of stories that leaned heavily on silly hijinks in a military mess hall. Volume 2 in
The Lost Art of Matt Baker series will collect his entire output for the Wartime Romances comic, and Volume 3 will
provide a sampling of his best war, western, and suspense stories. Both of those volumes are slated for a 2014 release. Volume 1 of the series is available now for pre
‐order directly from the publisher (www.LostArtBooks.com) and from Amazon.com, and will ship
in mid
‐September immediately after the Small Press Expo.
Details
The Lost Art of Matt Baker, Vol. 1: The Complete Canteen Kate
160 pages • 8 ½ x 11” • full color • paperback and hardcover editions
ISBNs:
978‐0‐9829276‐6‐3 (hardcover), 978‐0‐9829276‐8‐7 (paperback)
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 35 years of publishing experience as writers, managing editors, and publications directors for a variety of
organizations.
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 artists, historians, and admirers of things beautiful.
Links
Pre-order and sample art page:
http://tinyurl.com/pegt8qz
Lost Art of Matt Baker
book trailer on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/lostartbooks/mattbaker
Home page:
www.LostArtBooks.com
Interview with the publisher in the
Washington City Paper: http://tiny.cc/47nl4
Facebook group:
http://tiny.cc/2uw2i
Interview with the publisher in the
Washington City Paper: http://tiny.cc/47nl4
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Chicago Reader on Rep. Lewis's March
John Lewis's long march
With the help of illustrator Nate Powell, a civil rights legend's memoirs become a striking graphic novel.
By Dominic Umile
Chicago Reader August 4 2013
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/congressman-john-lewis-nate-powell-march-memoir/Content?oid=10515381
Game On! Comics Summer's Deal
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Neal Adams at Beyond Comics on Sept. 5
Comics legend Neal Adams will appear at Beyond Comics in
Frederick, Md., on Sept. 5 from 4-7 p.m. (Adams will also be at Baltimore ComicCon that weekend, but apparently you can get his signature at the Beyond Comics
event for half the convention price.) The store will have “prints,
books, sketches and all kinds of awesome Adams merchandise. First signature is
free.”
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