I'm heading off to SPX. I hope to see a lot of old friends and make new ones. If you see me, say hello. I'm still shaking off a cold so if I look a bit dazed, it's not you.
Mike
Mike
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
Pre-SPX interview of Michael Wenthe on Cartozia Tales
Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Pre-Small Press Expo Chat with Michael Wenthe
Comic Riffs on SPX
SPX 2013: From John Lewis to 'Margaret Sanger,' the pioneers will abound at weekend's Small Press Expo
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog September 13 2013
City Paper on Small Press Expo
This Weekend Brings the Biggest Small Press Expo to Date
by Mike Rhode on Sep. 13, 2013
Sept 13 at noon: Heidi MacDonald at Library of Congress
This is from Georgia Higley, in the Library's Serials Division:
Should you be in the DC area for the 2013 Small Press Expo, consider
visiting the Library of Congress a day earlier for a talk on Friday,
September 13:
Heidi MacDonald, creator of The Beat, a daily news blog about comics,
and former editor at DC Comics, will discuss "After Watchmen and Maus:
Exploring the Graphic Novel" at the second annual SPX talk sponsored
by the Serial & Government Publications Division.
We will also display some of our recently acquired SPX mini-comics
and selected works by Heidi MacDonald.
Please join us on Friday, September 13, at noon in the West Dining
Room, located on the 6th floor of the Madison Building, Library of
Congress, 101 Independence Ave, SE, Washington, DC.
The program is free and open to the public.
Should you be in the DC area for the 2013 Small Press Expo, consider
visiting the Library of Congress a day earlier for a talk on Friday,
September 13:
Heidi MacDonald, creator of The Beat, a daily news blog about comics,
and former editor at DC Comics, will discuss "After Watchmen and Maus:
Exploring the Graphic Novel" at the second annual SPX talk sponsored
by the Serial & Government Publications Division.
We will also display some of our recently acquired SPX mini-comics
and selected works by Heidi MacDonald.
Please join us on Friday, September 13, at noon in the West Dining
Room, located on the 6th floor of the Madison Building, Library of
Congress, 101 Independence Ave, SE, Washington, DC.
The program is free and open to the public.
Sept 12: Laura Lee Gulledge at Hooray for Books in Alexandria
Whoops, we missed this, but I'm sure they still have signed copies.
http://www.hooray4books.com/events.htm
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 6:30-7:30 PM—LAURA LEE GULLEDGE AUTHOR EVENT
Laura Lee Gulledge, author of the graphic novel Page by Paige, will be visiting Hooray for Books! and signing her newest book, Will & Whit. Ages 12 +
"Wilhelmina is a creative soul struggling to come to terms with a family tragedy. Gulledge's signature visual metaphors are on full display in this all-new graphic novel, a moving look at shedding light on the dark corners of life."
Pop culture night at the Artisphere
Here are a few photos from tonight's opening of Andy Warhol's 'Silver Clouds' exhibit at the Artisphere in Arlington, Va. The D.C. Conspiracy's Comics Making Studio is right next to the Warhol exhibit and it was an incredible dual show. The diversity of folks sitting down and drawing comics at our gallery was amazing. Plus local cartoonist Carolyn Belefski (editor of Magic Bullet) and writer Joe Carabeo did a great job of drawing folks in with their chalkwall illustrations.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Obama's Syrian 'Red Line'"
Our local anarchist cartoonist draws again. I've missed some recently so go to his website to catch up.
"Obama's Syrian 'Red Line'"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1368
Now, I didn't actually watch Obama's Syria speech last Tuesday -- the very sound of his soulless, pompous, officious delivery gives me a Hot Dog Burp Of Disgust -- but from all accounts, the whole thing basically boiled down to "Aww, FUUUUUUUUU--"
What really gives me a giggle, though, is all the talk from Obummer and his mob about a "red line". After all, how long has that whole brouhaha been going on over there -- two years or so? Then, after sitting around and pretty much ignoring it all that time, President Sparkle Pony suddenly gets a bug up his ass and decides we -- "we" being the US State and corporate elites -- need to "do something"? Christ, that's rich.
And whose idea was it to start slinging around the expression "red line", anyway? That's got to be one of the stupidest expressions to come from inside the Beltway since "reset button". You know the Washington insiders and punditocracy are really scraping the bottom of the barrel when they start picking up on a phrase coined by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in that third-grade show'n'tell he put on at the UN last year.
For me, that's a sure sign that the elites have completely jumped the shark.
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"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
--grateful dead.
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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org
"Obama's Syrian 'Red Line'"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1368
Now, I didn't actually watch Obama's Syria speech last Tuesday -- the very sound of his soulless, pompous, officious delivery gives me a Hot Dog Burp Of Disgust -- but from all accounts, the whole thing basically boiled down to "Aww, FUUUUUUUUU--"
What really gives me a giggle, though, is all the talk from Obummer and his mob about a "red line". After all, how long has that whole brouhaha been going on over there -- two years or so? Then, after sitting around and pretty much ignoring it all that time, President Sparkle Pony suddenly gets a bug up his ass and decides we -- "we" being the US State and corporate elites -- need to "do something"? Christ, that's rich.
And whose idea was it to start slinging around the expression "red line", anyway? That's got to be one of the stupidest expressions to come from inside the Beltway since "reset button". You know the Washington insiders and punditocracy are really scraping the bottom of the barrel when they start picking up on a phrase coined by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in that third-grade show'n'tell he put on at the UN last year.
For me, that's a sure sign that the elites have completely jumped the shark.
11x17 medium-res color .jpg image, 428kb
--
.
"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
--grateful dead.
________________________________________________________________
Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org
Sept 14: Vincent Giarrano at National Portrait Gallery
Bad timing on this since SPX will be underway...
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Lisa Hanawalt featured in today's Express
Creature Features: Artist Lisa Hanawalt turns animals and daily actions into the fantastical and freaky
By Shauna Miller September 12, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Ohio State's Billy Ireland Library & Museum will be at SPX
Both they and the Library of Congress will be looking for donations to add to their collections.
Sal Buscema wins life-time achievement award at Harveys
He lives in Northern VA. Andrew Aydin is also mentioned in this article:
Fantasy Becomes Reality at Baltimore Comic-Con
By Heidi MacDonald | Sep 10, 2013
Free passes for SPX
The Artisphere in Arlington, Va., will be giving away a limited number of free passes to this weekend's Small Press Expo at the opening of its Andy Warhol exhibit tomorrow night (Sept. 12) at 7:30 p.m. To be eligible, visit the D.C. Conspiracy's Comics Making Studio (right next to the Warhol exhibit) and draw your own comic! Artisphere provides the paper and pencils!
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Drink and Draw photos from Baltimore Comic-Con
The event was set up by Joe Sutliff. Joe, anything left of these neat art coasters?
Carolyn Belefski posts Self-Publishing panel from Baltimore Comic-Con
Miss SELF PUBLISHING - You Can Do It panel Baltimore Comic-Con? No fear, you can listen to the audio here: http://carolynandjoeshow.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/baltimore-comic-con-self-publishing-panel/ Featuring: Amy Chu, Jimmy Palmiotti, Danielle Corsetto, George O'Connor, Dean Haspiel, Carolyn Belefski |
Monday, September 09, 2013
Ryan Holmberg interviews Indian cartoonist Iyer
Indie India: An Interview with Kailash Iyer
BY Ryan Holmberg
Sep 9, 2013
http://www.tcj.com/indie-india-an-interview-with-kailash-iyer/
BY Ryan Holmberg
Sep 9, 2013
http://www.tcj.com/indie-india-an-interview-with-kailash-iyer/
Guthrie on B'more Comic Con
Local photographer Bruce Guthrie has started to post the
hundreds (maybe thousands) of photos he took at the 2013 Baltimore Comic Con. Check ‘em out and
check regularly to see what new ones Bruce has put up.
Don Rosa mulls a sketch. Photo: Bruce Guthrie
Pop Culture a Deux!
This Thursday at the Comics Making Studio at the Artisphere:
Carolyn Belefski with Joe Carabeo will be working their magic on the chalkboard
during the opening of the new Andy Warhol’s ‘Silver Clouds’ exhibit. The
galleries are side-by-side so you can enjoy both. The fun runs from 7:30-10:30
p.m.
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