Sunday, September 29, 2013
Colleen Clark featured in Huffington Post
Ryan Holmberg takes another look at manga's origins
The Name Garo: Shirato Sanpei and the Indo-Manga Connection
http://www.tcj.com/the-name-garo-shirato-sanpei-and-the-indo-manga-connection/
More to Come podcast on March
Produced by Kate Fitzsimons
on 09/27/2013
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=149
In a More To Come interview special, Calvin speaks with Andrew Aydin, Rep. John Lewis's staffer and his coauthor on the graphic novel March Book One about the book as well as the historical impact of the 1957 comic Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Story about MLK, nonviolent disobedience and how that strategy and the comic spread around the world.
Jen Sorensen's RFK Journalism award photos
V.E. Schwab's superhero novel Vicious booksigning
On Sept 27 2013, One More Page bookstore hosted Victoria Schwab (aka V.E. Schwab) "at a book signing for Vicious, a twisted tale of ambition, jealousy, betrayal and super-powers, set in a near-future world." I just finished the novel and enjoyed it.
Here's a recording of her reading and Q+A in which Ms. Schwab declares herself for Marvel over DC. Here's more photographs.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Richmond Zine Fest Oct. 5
Friday, September 27, 2013
Tonight: Victoria Schwab - Launch Party for Vicious
Victoria Schwab - Launch Party for Vicious
Cloudy Meatballs 2 reviewed in The Post
Rechin art in new kid's book
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Jen Sorenson to get RFK Award for editorial cartooning tonight
Horse_eComics interview in Wash Post
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Sept 27: Victoria Schwab - Launch Party for Vicious superhero novel
'Breaking Bad' online comic
Comic Riffs on Daredevil
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog September 25 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/comic-book-day-pick-high-flying-mark-waid-never-dreamed-hed-be-a-good-fit-for-daredevil/2013/09/25/666f89f2-2594-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_blog.html#pagebreak
Hernandez Brothers interview from the National Book Festival
"We Don't Know How To Sell Out" – Talking With Los Bros Hernandez At This Year's National Book Festival
By David Dissanayake
Broken Frontier September 23, 2013
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/09/23/we-dont-know-how-to-sell-out-talking-with-los-bros-hernandez-at-this-years-national-book-festival/
Aydin signs 'March' at Big Planet this Saturday
(Photo courtesy of Big Planet Comics)
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
'Pirate Eye' artist Yonder at Beyond Comics
PR: Reader's Digest Searches For The Next Great Cartoonist
CALLING ALL CARTOONISTS!
READER'S DIGEST SCOURS THE COUNTRY FOR THE NEXT GREAT CARTOONIST
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Make Reader's Digest judges laugh with your best visual humor and you could win cash prizes and the chance to appear in Reader's Digest print and digital editions. Four finalists will receive $500 with the Grand Prize winner taking home $1,000.
The contest starts now! All entries must be received by noon ET on December 2, 2013.
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