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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
PR: Are You Ready for The Intergalactic Nemesis?
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Tom King to write DC comic book Grayson
Local writer Tom King's first novel was the entertaining superhero story, A Once Crowded Sky. He'll be writing a comic book for DC next.
Batman's sidekick leaves the cave for 'Grayson' comic
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY April 14, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2014/04/14/grayson-comic-book-series/7480853/
Lincoln Peirce's new Guinness record
This is a nice story. I interviewed Lincoln Peirce in 2013* - he's a real nice guy. Big Nate appears in the Washington Post where I read it. Lincoln also did a week of Cul de Sac when Richard Thompson was recovering from surgery.
*at Meet a Visiting Cartoonist: A Chat with Lincoln Peirce and More with Lincoln Peirce and Big Nate Toon-size: Guinness Record for longest comic strip set on TODAY
Scott Stump
TODAY April 11, 2014 http://www.today.com/news/toon-size-guinness-record-longest-comic-strip-set-today-2D79517765
Comic Riffs talks to Siers and Bechdel about Pulitzers
2014 PULITZER PRIZES: 'Fun Home's' Alison Bechdel 'thrilled' with theatrical nod
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 14 014
2014 PULITZER PRIZES: Charlotte Observer's Kevin Siers calls his Editorial Cartooning win 'surreal'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 14 2014
For a local content footnote, Kevin Siers is a fan of Richard Thompson, and came out to meet him when Richard attended Heroes Con in Charlotte.
Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Nguyen Nguyen (updated regarding a paper version)
Nguyen Nguyen (pronounced Win Win) is self-publishing a graphic novel drawing on his family's experiences in the Vietnam War. He's posting it by chapter in the iTunes store. His website has a nice biographical note, so I'll just repost it here:Nguyen Khoi Nguyen is a multi-disciplinary artist. He was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, raised in Cape Coral, Fl. and resides in Washington D.C. He studied visual art at the Cooper Union, music and integrated arts at Bard College and completed a master’s degree in jazz piano at the University of Maryland. Nguyen leads the jazz trio, “Superior Cling,” which performs in the D.C. metro area and released its first album this summer. As a filmmaker, Nguyen produces a wide range of content including art films, documentaries and promotional videos for non-profits and institutions. He was the recipient of the 2013 Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission for the Arts. Nguyen is currently a 2014 Strathmore Fine Artist in Residence.
This week he's holding a release party for the third chapter of ten (details at the bottom of the post)
ComicsDC: What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
Nguyen Nguyen: I make multimedia comics that include stories, drawings, music and animation. I am working on my first graphic novel called "The Gulf." The first three chapters are available now in the iBooks store.
"The Gulf," a digital mutlimedia comic, is about a
Vietnamese-American man and his family. The stories are set in
D.C., my hometown, the Gulf Coast city of Cape Coral, FL, and in Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam. Each chapter includes music and animation. I'm
releasing the individual chapters in the iBooks store. They can be
viewed on the iPad, iPad mini, and any Mac with OSX Mavericks.I received a 2013 Artist Fellowship to work on this project from the DC Commission on the Arts and I've been selected for a Strathmore Fine Artist Residency to keep working on it in 2014.
I do hope to make paper versions of "The Gulf" in the future and to add a Kindle version. The trick is that I try to make the multimedia elements not just add-ons but essential to the story. So a paper version of the gulf would be a different experience.
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
I draw and ink everything by hand. The images are then scanned, colored and laid out on the computer. I write and perform the music with various instruments and software. I draw the animation on the iPad.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
I was born in 1981, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Why are you in Washington now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?I have found a great community of artists and friends here in DC. I live in the wonderful Le Droit Park neighborhood.
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
I've always loved to draw and began taking drawing classes when I was ten. I was very fortunate to attend an arts high school in Florida, and then went on to art school in New York.
Who are your influences?
My influences in comics include: Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Alison Bechdel, Adrian Tomine, Bill Watterson.
Nothing.
What work are you most proud of?
I'm very proud of the most recent chapter of my graphic novel that I've released: "The Gulf: #3 Fifty Needles."
The story is based on my mother's memories of learning how to sew as a girl in Vietnam in the 1960's.
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
I've set a goal to do ten chapters of "The Gulf." I'm three-tenths done now and that's taken over a year and a half of research, planning and then finally making the art! I'll be super happy when I finish but I'm sure I'll look to the next challenge. Ten more chapters?! Who knows?
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
I try to work in a different medium or discipline to scramble my brain like playing piano or dancing. Also, I'll go for a run around the neighborhood reservoir.
Digital comics.
What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Intervention, or others? Any comments about attending them?
I've had great experiences at the conventions; talking shop with artists, meeting my heroes and just seeing what's out there. I love going to SPX and I attended the first Smudge convention a month ago. I'm looking forward to Awesome Con!
What's your favorite thing about DC?
Metro's green line.
Least favorite?The red line.
What monument or museum do like to take visitors to?
The Hirshhorn for their exhibits and the American Indian Museum for their cafeteria.
How about a favorite local restaurant?
So many to choose from: Fast Gourmet, Woodlands, The Big Greek Cafe in Silver Spring. La Mano Coffee bar is a fantastic coffee shop.
Do you have a website or blog?
My blog for "The Gulf:" http://ngknguyen.com/175725/978020/home/sketches-for-the-gulf
My website: http://ngknguyen.com
My etsy shop: http://etsy.com/shop/Nguyenmade
Nguyen is launching the third chapter of his story this week:
The Gulf 3/10ths Party
Thursday, April 17th at 7:00 PM
Shaw's Tavern, 2nd Floor
520 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC
Thursday, April 17th at 7:00 PM
Shaw's Tavern, 2nd Floor
520 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC
Monday, April 14, 2014
Hershel Kanter, friend of ComicsDC, wins civic award
Hershel Kanter, a comic art aficionado and friend of ComicsDC, won the Sun Gazette Cup, a civic award. For more information, see Kanter wins Sun Gazette Cup at Arlington Civic Federation ceremony.
Congratulations Hershel!SPACE Prizes
Got the "hardware" this weekend at the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo in Columbus, Ohio, for First Place for Xoc and Second Place for District Comics. Big thanks to all the contributors in the anthology and double kudos to my pal Evan Keeling, who pulled coloring duties on Xoc and for a story in District Comics.
Comic Riffs talks to Gene Yang about his latest book award
COMICS LIT AWARDS: Gene Luen Yang, Ulli Lust among big winners at L.A. Times Book Festival Prizes
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 13 2014
Tom Toles' fundraising campaign for a musical comedy
Catapult Love
Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles joins forces with satirical comedy sensations Katie Goodman & Soren Kisiel in a high-wire musical-comedy.
Catapult Love is a high-wire musical-comedy adventure of a woman in search of herself crow-barring her way through a catastrophic line-up of lovers. It is a head-to-head onstage throw-down between the comedic genius of Katie Goodman, her co-writer Soren Kisiel, and the high-energy, addictive wit and music of Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles and his riotous band, Lethal Bark.
PR: X-Men Burlesque Comes to Washington DC
The Cyn Factory Presents: Burl-X-Men
Have you always known that you are different? Feel lost among a society that hates and fears you? Afraid to let anyone know who you really are?
Come to Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted, where you will learn to understand and control your powers to strip to the betterment of mankind.
Featured professors:
Mary Cyn
Fem Appeal
Lefty Lucy
Charles Stunning
Sarah Tops
Mr. Tops
TWO Chances to matriculate:
7pm for mutants 18+ (doors 6:30)
10pm for mutants 21+ (doors 9:30)
There will be a costume contest so be proud and dress like the mutant you are.
Also, Mary Cyn will be teaching a special nerdlesque class before the show. Space is limited so reserve early!
Come to Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted, where you will learn to understand and control your powers to strip to the betterment of mankind.
Featured professors:
Mary Cyn
Fem Appeal
Lefty Lucy
Charles Stunning
Sarah Tops
Mr. Tops
TWO Chances to matriculate:
7pm for mutants 18+ (doors 6:30)
10pm for mutants 21+ (doors 9:30)
There will be a costume contest so be proud and dress like the mutant you are.
Also, Mary Cyn will be teaching a special nerdlesque class before the show. Space is limited so reserve early!
https://www.facebook.com/events/644912175574612/
Venue Info:
Bier Baron is located at 1523 22nd Street NW
Washington DC 20037.
Tickets $12
http://burl-x-men.brownpapertickets.com/
Venue Info:
Bier Baron is located at 1523 22nd Street NW
Washington DC 20037.
Tickets $12
http://burl-x-men.brownpapertickets.com/
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Amazing Spider-Man 2 promotion with the Postal Service
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 promotion with the Postal Service, on a van at M and 19th St, NW, Washington, DC, in a photo by Nick Galifianakis, Spider-Man is also appearing on the fixed price small box that you can get at the Post Office.
Friday, April 11, 2014
Lumberjanes reviewed
Brooke Allen is now a local cartoonist, having moved here from SCAD. Her new comic book, Lumberjanes is reviewed here, and Big Planet Comics has a special variant cover. I got mine today at Bethesda.
March 1975: Pat Oliphant joins the Washington Star
Introducing Oliphant, New Cartoonist for The Washington Star
Washington Star (March 30 ,1975)
Braaten, David. 1975.
Meet Pat Oliphant, The Washington Star's New Cartoonist.
Washington Star (March 31 ,1975) A-1, 7
OT: Courtney Utt, graphic designer at Viz, has passed away
A former Viz employee has informed me: "The graphic designer Courtney Utt, who worked on many of Viz’s finest book covers, died the week of April 7, 2014." A death notice will run on Sunday (found courtesy of D.D. Degg), but it doesn't mention her comics work.
Off-topic, but posting, with respect, for the historical record.
Updated, 4/11/14.
Updated, 4/11/14.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Comic Riffs on comiXology purchase
This just in: Amazon.com reaches deal to buy comiXology
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 10 2014
Cartoonists at National Book Festival
Nice list: Bob Staake, Jules Feiffer, Rep. John Lewis, Gene Luen Yang, Jeffrey Brown, Liza Donnelly, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Dav Pilkey
April 10, 2014
Kai Bird, Kate DiCamillo, Francisco Goldman, Alice McDermott Among Authors at 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival
Renowned Illustrator Bob Staake Will Create Festival Poster Art
A wealth of authors, poets and illustrators for readers of all ages—including such writers as Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes, Peter Baker, Ishmael Beah, Kai Bird, Billy Collins, Kate DiCamillo, Francisco Goldman, Henry Hodges, Siri Hustvedt, Cynthia Kadohata, U.S. Reps. John Lewis and James Clyburn, Alice McDermott, George Packer, Lisa See, Maria Venegas, and Gene Luen Yang—will thrill book-lovers at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival. The festival, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 10 a.m to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
The festival for the first time in its history will hold evening hours, with special events between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. including a poetry slam, a session featuring "Great Books to Great Movies," and a "super-session" for graphic-novel enthusiasts. The theme of this year’s festival is "Stay Up With a Good Book."
The festival’s new location also facilitates an expanded selection of genre pavilions. In addition to the longtime pavilions History & Biography, Fiction & Mystery, Poetry & Prose, Children’s, Contemporary Life, Teens and Special Programs, this year’s festival also will offer new pavilions focused on Science, Culinary Arts, Small Press/International and for children, Picture Books.
"The world of books always offers us something new. This year, the Library’s National Book Festival will return the favor, offering our fresh approach to the world of books," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.
Authors who have accepted the Library’s invitation to speak and sign books at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival also include Bob Adelman, Paul Auster, Andrea Beaty, Eula Biss, Kendare Blake, Paul Bogard, Jeffrey Brown, Peter Brown, Eric H. Cline, Bryan Collier, Raúl Colón, James Conaway, Ilene Cooper, Jerry Craft, H. Allen Day, Liza Donnelly, Margaret Engle, Percival Everett, Jules Feiffer, David Theodore George, Carla Hall, Molly Idle, Peniel E. Joseph, Nick Kotz, Nina Krushcheva, Louisa Lim, Eric Litwin, Adrienne Mayor, Meg Medina, Claire Messud, Anchee Min, Elizabeth Mitchell, Richard Moe, John Moeller, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Alicia Ostriker, Laura Overdeck, Dav Pilkey, Paisley Rekdal, Amanda Ripley, Cokie Roberts, Ilyasah Shabazz, Lynn Sherr, Brando Skyhorse, Vivek Tiwary, David Treuer, Ann Ursu, Lynn Weise, Rita Williams-Garcia, Natasha Wimmer, Jacqueline Woodson and Tiphanie Yanique.
Details about the Library of Congress National Book Festival can be found on its website at www.loc.gov/bookfest. The website offers a variety of features, and new material will be added to the website as authors continue to join this year’s stellar lineup.
Among those notables, Alice McDermott, born in Brooklyn and educated in New York and New Hampshire, won the National Book Award for Fiction for her novel "Charming Billy" (1998). Her latest novel is "Someone" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2013). McDermott’s other novels include "A Bigamist’s Daughter" (1983), "That Night" (1987), "At Weddings and Wakes" (1992), "Child of My Heart" (2002) and "After This" (2006). McDermott, who also writes extensively for The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Washington Post, is the Richard A. Macksey Professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Kai Bird is the author of the soon-to-be-released "The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames" (Crown/Random House). He also wrote "Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978" (2010) and was co-author with Martin J. Sherwin of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" (2005), which additionally won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and the Duff Cooper Prize for History in London. A contributing editor of The Nation, Bird is also the author of the books "The Chairman: John J. McCloy, the Making of the American Establishment" (1992) and "The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy & William Bundy, Brothers in Arms" (1998).
Kate DiCamillo, the Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, wrote "Because of Winn-Dixie" (a Newbery Honor book), "A Tiger Rising" (a National Book Award finalist), "The Tale of Despereaux" (the 2003 Newbery Medal winner) and "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" (winner of the Boston Globe Horn Book Award), among others. Her most recent book, a New York Times best-seller, is "Flora & Ulysses" (Candlewick Press, 2013).
Francisco Goldman’s most recent novel is "Say Her Name," which won the 2011 Prix Femina Étranger. His novel "The Long Night of White Chickens" was awarded the American Academy's Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. Goldman’s novels have been finalists for several prizes, including The PEN/Faulkner Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His other books include "The Ordinary Seaman," "The Divine Husband," "The Art of Political Murder" and "The Interior Circuit." Goldman has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Cullman Center Fellow at the New York Public Library and a Berlin Fellow at the American Academy. He has written for The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Harper's and other publications. He directs the Aura Estrada Prize. Goldman teaches at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.
Well-known artist and illustrator Bob Staake has designed the artwork for this year’s Library of Congress National Book Festival poster, a collector’s item throughout the 14-year life of the festival.
Staake has been the author or illustrator of more than 60 books, including "The Donut Chef," "Bluebird," "Bugs Galore," "Hello Robots," "Look! A Book," "This Is Not A Pumpkin," "Pets Go Pop" and others. He has also illustrated extensively for magazines, including several covers for The New Yorker, and for newspapers and advertising.
The festival’s new setting will offer many familiar and popular activities. Representatives from across the United States and its territories will celebrate their unique literary offerings in the Pavilion of the States. The Let’s Read America area will offer reading activities that are fun for the whole family. The Library of Congress Pavilion will showcase treasures in the Library’s vast online collections and offer information about Library programs.
The 2014 National Book Festival is made possible through the generous support of National Book Festival Board Co-Chairman David M. Rubenstein; Charter Sponsors the Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Washington Post and Wells Fargo; Patrons the National Endowment for the Arts and PBS KIDS; Contributor Scholastic Inc. and—in the Friends category—the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Library of Congress, the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, is the world’s preeminent reservoir of knowledge. Many of the Library’s rich resources and treasures may be accessed through its website, www.loc.gov.
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Wonder Woman's granddaughter talks to Marc Nobleman
Granddaughter of Wonder Woman's creator - her first interview
by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Noblemania blog April 7, 2014
http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2014/04/granddaughter-of-wonder-womans-creator.html
by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Noblemania blog April 7, 2014
http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2014/04/granddaughter-of-wonder-womans-creator.html
The Post's Act Four on Archie's death
Why Archie Andrews’s impending comic-book death makes me so sad
BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG
Washington Post's Act Four blog April 8 2014
Comics delayed until this afternoon at Big Planet Bethesda
Because of shipping delays, Big Planet Comics Bethesda store will open at 1 PM Wednesday, hopefully with new comics on the rack.
--The management
--The management
-- Joel Pollack BIG PLANET COMICS 4849 Cordell Ave. Bethesda, MD 20814
Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Brooke Allen's Lumberjanes reviewed at The Comic Age
Five Reasons To Read Lumberjanes
by: Alex Lupp - April 8th, 2014http://www.thecomicage.com/2014/04/08/five-reasons-why-you-should-pick-up-lumberjanes-this-week-or-any-week/#more-5296
Cartoonists Draw Blood Returns May 31st
Cartoonists Draw Blood will be returning this May.
Last year's Cartoonists Draw Blood was a great success! Because of you, the American Red Cross has asked us to do another on May 31, 2014! Once again, the event will be held at Seeker's Church in Washington, DC and all blood donors will receive a complimentary sketch by one of our cartoonists while they wait.
Blood donors, sign up by email for appointments between 10:00AM and 3:30PM BEFORE the 31st of May.
To sign up and donate, e-mail us at CARTOONISTSDRAWBLOOD@GMAIL.COM with your preferred appointment time.
On the day of your blood donation:
-drink plenty of fluids
-include iron-rich foods in your diet
-bring a list of medications you are taking
-bring a photo ID
Even if you can't attend the event, please tell your friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/1437807213121707/
Cartoonists Draw Blood
Seekers Church, Takoma Park
Saturday, May 31, 2014
10am to 3:30pm
276 Carroll Street NW, Washington, DC 20012
Sponsored by: Cartoonists Draw Blood, American Red Cross, National Cartoonists Society, and Seekers Church
We hope to see you on the 31st!
Troy-Jeffrey Allen and Carolyn Belefski
Drive Coordinators
Make an appointment: CartoonistsDrawBlood@gmail.com
Get more info: CartoonistsDrawBlood.Blogspot.com
Monday, April 07, 2014
Comic Riffs on next year's Peanuts movie
You're a Good Plan, Charlie Brown: A peek into the meticulous vision behind 2015′s 'Peanuts' feature film
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 7 2014
Sunday, April 06, 2014
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Ripple Of Action"
"Ripple Of Action"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1467
Apparently, some kind of Worldwide Wave Of Action started last week, billed as a rekindling of the Occupy movement. Having covered at least half a dozen previous "international days of action", my well-honed cynicism kicked into gear as I remembered how all the previous "worldwide" action days drew hundreds of thousands in cities outside the US -- while inside the US, the turnouts could be generously described as pathetic.
The current "worldwide" Wave Of Action was no different, judging from what I was seeing on my Twitter feed. Cities in the UK and Europe turned out healthy numbers while in the meantime, in the US, I saw the usual sad smattering of thin, weak protests, with small veterans' contingents and others gathering in places like the NYC Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Zucotti Park, only to be chased off or arrested by police.
I was also somewhat less than inspired by the vagueness of their rhetoric and sloganeering. On Twitter I saw pronouncements like "movement of movements" and "bring your own goals", with no mention of any specific issues, such as war and militarization, unemployment, state-enforced economic austerity, the destruction of civil liberties, or the US-instigated "revolution" in the Ukraine -- just lots of lofty faux revolutionary hype and empty poetic slogans.
I won't speak for the rest of the world, but in the US, the "Wave Of Action" was more like a "ripple of action".
Oh, yeah -- and, cupcakes.
________________________________________________________________
Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org
The Post talks to Pixar's president
An animated leadership talk with Pixar’s president
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By Jena McGregor
Washington Post April 6 2014
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/04/04/an-animated-leadership-talk-with-pixars-president/
Ed Catmull is photographed on January 15, 2010 at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, Calif. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)
April 6: Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch at Big Planet College Park
- Show MapBig Planet Comics of College Park7315 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch for a signing of the first collection of their new series, Rat Queens!
Rat Queens is a dark humor/fantasy book, where an all-female team of mercenaries goes on adventures and missions while trying to get as much money as possible (and trying to get out all the trouble they get each other into!)
You can download a preview of Rat Queens for free at Image's website: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/rat-queens-free-preview
Kurtis's website: http://kurtiswiebe.wordpress.com/
Roc's website: http://johnnyrocwell.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/RatQueens
Rat Queens is a dark humor/fantasy book, where an all-female team of mercenaries goes on adventures and missions while trying to get as much money as possible (and trying to get out all the trouble they get each other into!)
You can download a preview of Rat Queens for free at Image's website: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/rat-queens-free-preview
Kurtis's website: http://kurtiswiebe.wordpress.com/
Roc's website: http://johnnyrocwell.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/RatQueens
Saturday, April 05, 2014
May 15: R.M. Rhodes is teaching a free class on French comics
An Introduction to French Comics (reprise)
At the Petworth Citizen (829 Upshur St NW in Washington, DC)
May 15 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
This class will highlight the past 150 years of French-language comics, including the works of Rodolphe Töpffer, Hergé, René Goscinny, Moebius, and Lewis Trondheim — some of which are available in English. You’ll depart with a road map for exploring this fascinating comics culture.
For more information and to register visit: http://knowledgecommonsdc.org/classes/
The registration for the class isn’t live yet, but it should be up in the next week or two.
This is a reprise of the class I taught in January, which went so well that they asked me to teach it again. If this one goes like the last one, there will be a lot of questions and some good discussion. Plus I bring in part of my collection of BD as examples.
At the Petworth Citizen (829 Upshur St NW in Washington, DC)
May 15 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
This class will highlight the past 150 years of French-language comics, including the works of Rodolphe Töpffer, Hergé, René Goscinny, Moebius, and Lewis Trondheim — some of which are available in English. You’ll depart with a road map for exploring this fascinating comics culture.
For more information and to register visit: http://knowledgecommonsdc.org/classes/
The registration for the class isn’t live yet, but it should be up in the next week or two.
This is a reprise of the class I taught in January, which went so well that they asked me to teach it again. If this one goes like the last one, there will be a lot of questions and some good discussion. Plus I bring in part of my collection of BD as examples.
The Post talks to Captain America 2 directors
'Captain America 2′ directors talk filming in D.C., casting Robert
Redford and the movie's very timely politics
By Emily Yahr
April 4 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/04/04/captain-america-2-directors-talk-filming-in-d-c-casting-robert-redford-and-the-movies-very-timely-politics/
Redford and the movie's very timely politics
By Emily Yahr
April 4 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/04/04/captain-america-2-directors-talk-filming-in-d-c-casting-robert-redford-and-the-movies-very-timely-politics/
That darn Toles and Luckovich
Letter to the Editor: Caveats for cultural critiques
Eric R. Carey, Arlington
Bruce G. Kauffmann, Alexandria
Washington Post April 5 2014, pp. A13
Friday, April 04, 2014
The Post on the new Captain America movie
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ review: Maybe the most grown-up Avengers movie yet
By Ann Hornaday, Washington Post April 4 2014
What makes ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ so great? It’s the little things.
Cohen workshop at Art Enables, April 12
Andrew Cohen will hold a workshop on making your own superhero April 12 from 1-4 p.m. at Art Enables in Washington, D.C. The event is free but space is limited so reservations are encouraged. Email: bbaldwin@art-enables.org
"Andrew Cohen is a comic booker in Washington, DC. In addition to his self-published
comics, such as Howzit Funnies and Dr. W, he has also
created comics for the Washington Bach Consort and the Washington Mandarin
Oriental Hotel. His book Surrealia: Chapter One, with Billy Lopez,
appeared in Mount Hope, the literary journal of Roger Williams University, and
his comic for the Harvey Award nominated District Comics, was
featured in the Washington City Paper. He is an original member of the D.C.
Conspiracy, a local comics collective, and helps put out the free comics
newspaper, Magic Bullet.
This
workshop is free to the community and all materials are provided."
Thursday, April 03, 2014
SPX's Ignatz Award nominations open
2014 Ignatz Awards Submissions Are Open!
Tis the time to submit your comics for consideration in Small Press Expo’s festival prize, the Ignatz Award. Submissions are open to all independent comics creators and publishers.
Note: You do not need to be an SPX 2014 exhibitor to submit, nor do you need to attend Small Press Expo to win.
Fame, fortune, glory and drink tickets galore await you!
Ignatz nominees are selected by a super-secret jury of creators (a new group each year) and voted on by attendees and exhibitors of Small Press Expo 2014.
As a part of the SPX Permanent Collection at the Library of Congress, all Ignatz nominees will automatically be sent to the LOC for permanent preservation.
Previous Ignatz winners include Kate Beaton, Michael DeForge, Lisa Hanawalt, Jaime Hernandez, Kevin Huizenga, Jillian Tamaki and Craig Thompson to name just a few!
The Ignatz Categories
All work will be eligible in all applicable categories, which include:
- Outstanding Artist
- Outstanding Anthology or Collection
- Outstanding Graphic Novel
- Outstanding Story
- Promising New Talent
- Outstanding Series
- Outstanding Comic
- Outstanding Minicomic
- Outstanding Online Comic
Dat Rat
Speaking of “Promising New Talent,” starting in 2012 we began asking the winner of this particular award to create their own version of George Herriman’s brick-throwing rat (thank you Daryl Ayo and Lale Westvind!).
Last years’ well-deserved winner, Sam Alden produced the wonderful illustration above for our use in 2014.
The Ignatz Submission Process
In order to be considered for an Ignatz nomination, six copies of a work published between June 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014 should be sent to:
SPX Ignatz Awards
c/o Big Planet Comics
4849 Cordell Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814
In order to be considered for an Ignatz nomination, six copies of a work published between June 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014 should be sent to:
SPX Ignatz Awards
c/o Big Planet Comics
4849 Cordell Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814
USA
** Please note this is a different address from last year. **
Links to comics eligible for the Outstanding Online Comic category should be emailed to spxignatz@gmail.com.
** Please note this is a different address from last year. **
Links to comics eligible for the Outstanding Online Comic category should be emailed to spxignatz@gmail.com.
All submissions must be received by June 7, 2014.
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How the Archie Comics CEO rescued ol’ Riverdale High from being ‘old school’
BY DAVID BETANCOURT
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog April 2 2014
"Herblock Looks at 1964" Exhibition Opens April 5
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington DC 20540
April 3, 2014
Public contact: Sara Duke (202) 707-3630, sduk@loc.gov
“Herblock Looks at 1964” Exhibition Opens April 5
The Civil Rights Movement and the struggle to pass the Civil Rights Act will be the main focus of a 10-cartoon display of Herblock drawings at the Library of Congress. Herblock was the Pulitzer-Prize winning political cartoonist at the Washington Post for more than 55 years.
The exhibit, “Herblock Looks at 1964: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons,” will open Saturday, April 5, 2014, in the Herblock Gallery of the Graphic Arts Galleries, ground floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, the exhibit runs through Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014.
Six of the cartoons in the exhibit deal with Civil-Rights issues. The other four drawings cover the Barry Goldwater nomination, the ill effects of cigarettes, unregulated mail-order purchases of firearms, and the strained relationship between China and the Soviet Union.
The Herblock Gallery, part of the Graphic Arts Galleries, celebrates the work of Herbert L. Block with a rotating display of 10 original drawings. The display changes every six months. A second set of drawings from 1964 will be placed on exhibition from Sept. 20, 2014 to March 14, 2015.
One of the cartoons depicting the struggle to pass the Civil Rights Act is “SAFE!” published in the Washington Post on June 21, 1964. Baseball was one of Herblock’s visual metaphors for the game of politics. In this drawing, he used the slide into home plate as a celebration for the end of the 54-day filibuster that delayed passage of the Civil Rights Act in the Senate until June 19, 1964. The House agreed to the Senate’s language and ended the era of Jim Crow legalized segregation. President Lyndon Johnson signed the bill into law on July 2, 1964.
The Herb Block Foundation donated a collection of more than 14,000 original cartoon drawings and 50,000 rough sketches, as well as manuscripts, to the Library of Congress in 2002, and has generously continued to provide funds to support ongoing programming.
“Herblock Looks at 1964” is part of the Library of Congress commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act which is anchored by the web-based Civil Rights History Project and the exhibition, “The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom.” The exhibition, opening June 19, is made possible by a generous grant from Newman’s Own Foundation and with additional support from HISTORY®.
The Library has been collecting original cartoon art for more than 140 years. It is a major center for cartoon research with holdings of more than 100,000 original cartoon drawings and prints. These works, housed in the Prints and Photographs Division, span five centuries and range from 17th-century Dutch political prints to 21st-century contemporary comic strips.
The Prints and Photographs Division holds the largest-known collection of American political prints, the finest assemblage of British satirical prints outside Great Britain and holdings of original drawings by generations of America’s best cartoonists and illustrators that are unequaled in breadth and depth. Extensive runs of rare satirical and comic journals from Europe and the United States represent another distinguishing facet. The Library acquired these materials through a variety of sources including artists’ gifts, donations by private collectors, selective purchases and copyright registration.
The Library of Congress, the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and the largest library in the world, holds more than 158 million items in various languages, disciplines and formats. The Library serves the U.S. Congress and the nation both on-site in its reading rooms on Capitol Hill and through its award-winning website at www.loc.gov.
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PR14-58
4/3/14
ISSN: 0731-3527
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