Cavna on sports cartooning

RIP, TONY GWYNN: How a tribute cartoon ended up with the greatest hitter I ever saw.
BY MICHAEL CAVNA
Washington Post Comic Riffs June 16 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/06/16/rip-tony-gwynn-how-a-tribute-cartoon-ended-up-with-the-greatest-hitter-i-ever-saw/
 

David Apatoff on Jack Kirby

JACK KIRBY'S FAKE ANATOMY

JUNE 16, 2014

Gail Simone speaking at White House Conference

Bleeding Cool has the story, or at least screenshots of Simone's tweets, at Gail Simone To Speak At The White House About LGBTQ And Disability Issues.

From the less distant past: 2006 Washington Post chat with Richard Thompson

I'm continuing through Cul de Sac tearsheets from the Post Magazine, and ran across notice of a 2006 Washington Post chat with Richard Thompson that I had also forgotten. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? 

From the distant past: 2005 Washington Post chat with Richard Thompson

I'm going through Cul de Sac tearsheets from the Post Magazine, and ran across notice of a 2005 Washington Post chat with Richard Thompson that I had forgotten. It's still online. Return with us to the thrilling days of yesteryear....

Former DC-area writer Brad Meltzer's new comic out today

Brad says, "My  new book, I AM ROSA PARKS, is out today.  Buy a copy and help build a library of REAL heroes for your kids, nieces, and nephews.  See exclusive art from it here: http://bradmeltzer.com/book/i-am-rosa-parks/"

 

I've enjoyed these children's comics.

Catching up with local photo ops - Chast, Horsey, Pastis and Brown

Roz Chast at Politics and Prose - https://www.flickr.com/photos/42072348@N00/sets/72157644783747828/

David Horsey winning the RFK Journalism Award for cartooning and a special award for Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's March graphic story - https://www.flickr.com/photos/42072348@N00/sets/72157645186302102/

Stephan Pastis in DC (that's Richard Thompson's Reuben award)- https://www.flickr.com/photos/42072348@N00/sets/72157645143521186/

Box Brown and Paul Aulisio's stop at Big Planet Comics - https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=42072348@N00&q=box%20brown

The voice of Shaggy is silenced

Casey Kasem, king of the top-40 countdown and 'Scooby-Doo' voice-over
artist, dies

BY ADAM BERNSTEIN Washington Post June 16 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/casey-kasem-king-of-the-top-40-countdown-and-scooby-doo-voiceover-artist-dies/2014/06/15/213eed10-2ba6-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html

Michael Cavna wins another journalism award (or two)

This time it's the Society for Features Journalism 26th Annual Excellence in Features Award.

Division 3

VIDEO STORYTELLING

Third: Michael Cavna and Tom Racine, Washington Post, "March: Congressman John Lewis's Civil-Rights Story"
Judge's comments: The producers make an interesting choice in transforming their video into an animated form to talk about a graphic novel. It might have been neat to show Rep. Lewis transforming from standard video to animation, though, then again, it might have been hokey.

BLOG PORTFOLIO

Division 3

First: Michael Cavna, Washington Post, "Comic Riffs"
Judge's comments: The post defending the worth of graphic novels was epic, with a great multimedia presentation. After that, no one can ever say graphic novels aren't worthy of respect. The post on Mort Walker was engrossing. Top-notch work. 

Last year's Team Cul de Sac art auction

I got this sweet piece of Team Cul de Sac art
work by Shannon Gallant - Miss Bliss as G.I. Joe's Baroness.

Comic book summer camp June 23-27

Art Way Alliance starts its now-annual week-long comic book summer camp June 23 at Prince George's Community College in Maryland. The camp is for kids in grades 5-8. Another camp is scheduled for July 7-11.

Photo courtesy of Art Way Alliance

'Magic Bullet' contributor receives SOI award

Cartoonist Bizhan Khodabandeh received a Society of Illustrators Silver Medal in the comics strip category for his comic in the D.C.-area comics newspaper Magic Bullet called "Finding Time."  

Photo courtesy of Joe Carabeo

June 17: Comics at the Cato Institute

Economics Gone Wild: The Growing Use of Graphic Novels, Comics, Videos, Memes, and More, to Teach and Convey Economic Liberty

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Featuring Amity Shlaes, Author, The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition: A New History of the Great Depression, and chairman of the board, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation; Paul Rivoche, Illustrator, The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition: A New History of the Great Depression; and Scott Barton, Sr. Director of Online Programs, Institute for Humane Studies; moderated by Chip Bishop, Director of Student Programs, Cato Institute.

Jon Stewart once derided economists' prose as being so boring that "it turned my brain off," but it doesn't have to be that way. Pioneers in academia, the creative arts, and nonprofits have found new and provocative ways to communicate the timeless ideas of economic liberty.

Amity Shlaes, the bestselling author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, and Paul Rivoche, a professional illustrator whose portfolio includes Iron Man and Superman, have teamed up to produce The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition which introduces the Great Contraction of the 1930s to younger readers. Such history is vital to our time and to the future. The myths and half-truths of the 1930s remain a potent cause of current policy failures. The combination of ideas and images define much of the new media and should interest younger readers who increasingly turn to unconventional publications.

Scott Barton directs LearnLiberty.org, an online education platform that seeks to be a resource for learning about the ideas of a free society. LearnLiberty has earned 19 million views from 300 videos in the past three years. In 2011 Learn Liberty earned a Templeton Freedom Award for Innovative New Media.

Please join us on June 17 as we have a look at an intriguing effort to use new media to communicate free-market economics creatively and effectively.

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A forgotten Clifford Berrryman poster

I'm reading Nancy K. Bristow's book American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, and she mentions a US Public Health Service poster drawn by a "well-known Washington cartoonist.

The poster is titled "Use the handkerchief and do your bit to protect me!" The National Library of Medicine has a scan online.They don't credit the artist though.

It was pretty obvious that Clifford  Berryman is the cartoonist. A little more research found the article about the poster that Nancy cited, Droplet Infection Explained in Pictures (Public Health Reports 33: 46, November 15, 1918) is online in the Internet Archive.

Smithsonian.com on mapping Gotham City

The Cartographer Who Mapped Out Gotham City

Batman has been guarding Gotham for 75 years, but its city limits weren't defined until 1998

By Jimmy Stamp

smithsonian.com
May 29, 2014
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/cartographer-gotham-city-180951594/?no-ist

June 27: Animezing: From Up on Poppy Hill

Animezing Series Presented by the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan Never miss an event! Follow us on Twitter @JapanEmbDC  From Up on Poppy Hill Friday, June 27, 6:30 p.m. Our Location: JICC, Embassy of Japan 1150 18th St, NW Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036 Driving directions © 2011 Chizuru Takahashi, Tetsuro Sayama, GNDHDDT. All rights reserved | 91 min | Rated PG | In Japanese with English subtitles | Directed by Goro Miyazaki The setting is Yokohama in 1963, and Studio Ghibli lovingly brings to life the bustling seaside town, with its misty harbor, sun-drenched gardens, shops and markets, and some of the most mouthwatering Japanese home-cooking ever drawn!      The story centers on an innocent romance beginning to bud between Umi and Shun, two high school kids caught up in the changing times. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics - and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past.     While the children work together to save a dilapidated Meiji-era club house from demolition, their tentative relationship begins to blossom. But - in a twist that parallels what the country itself is facing - a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart. Register Now! This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee guests a seat. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp in the event of cancellation. Doors open at 6:00 pm. No admission or re-entry after 7:00 pm.

The Express on Train Your Dragon 2

The director of 'How to Train Your Dragon 2′ helped mold its top-flight beasts [in print as Dragons, Dragons Everywhere: Animated sequel's director helped mold its top-flight beast].

• BY KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY

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• [Washington Post] Express June 13  2014

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The fantastical creatures in "How to Train Your Dragon 2" were designed to share characteristics with real-world animals. (Dreamworks Animation)

Father's Day cards explained by cartoonist

Do Father's Day cards that portray dad as an incompetent boob reflect today's fathers?
BY KATHERINE SHAVER June 13 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/do-fathers-day-cards-that-portray-dad-as-an-incompetent-boob-reflect-todays-fathers/2014/06/12/5cdae6c8-ecc4-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html

Comic Riffs talks to Steve Breen

A FATHER'S GIFT: How Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Steve Breen bonded with his boys over, um, 'Unicorn Executions'

BY MICHAEL CAVNA 

Washington Post Comic Riffs June 12 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/06/12/a-fathers-gift-how-pulitzer-winning-cartoonist-steve-breen-bonded-with-his-boys-over-um-unicorn-executions/

The Post reviews Train Your Dragon 2

'How to Train Your Dragon 2' movie review
STEPHANIE MERRY Washington Post June 13 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-movie-review/2014/06/11/9a77638c-efdd-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html