Dec 6: The Art of Richard Thompson signing in Arlington

David Apatoff, Nick Galifianakis, Chris Sparks and Mike Rhode will be discussing the new book, The Art of Richard Thompson and signing copies. Richard will be attending, but not signing the book. A short film about Richard's career will also be premiered.

Saturday, December 6 at 2:30pm

Arlington Central Library

Auditorium

1015 N. Quincy Street 

Folks can pre-order signed copies of this and the Complete Cul de Sac from the website.

One More Page Books 
2200 N. Westmoreland Street #101 
Arlington, VA 22213 
703-300-9746 
www.onemorepagebooks.com

PR: Get your first look inside MARCH: BOOK TWO as pre-orders officially open!

Get your first look inside MARCH: BOOK TWO as pre-orders officially open! It's been a little over a year since we released March: Book One, and this graphic novel memoir by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell turned into a smash hit. Debuting at #1 on both the New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller lists, March has quickly become a key resource for parents, librarians, teachers, and readers searching for a powerful way to bring the lessons of the civil rights movement alive for the modern world. Now, after 40 weeks on the Bestseller List, after university reading programs, awards, and dozens of events making up the most ambitious book tour in Top Shelf history... it's time for Phase Two. Our distributor Diamond Comics has released their November catalog for books shipping in January, confirming your suspicions that March: Book Two is set for release in January 2015 — and you can pre-order it from your favorite retailer! To celebrate, they've also published the first interview with all three creators discussing what lies ahead in Book Two:     "If Book One is Star Wars, then Book Two is our Empire Strikes Back. The stakes are higher, the heroes are stronger, and the danger is more lethal... we show how these young people became a truly national force, and one of the key elements of the broader Civil Rights Movement." — Andrew Aydin Diamond's also showing off a few first glimpses of interior art from Book Two. Don't miss it! Retailers can now place their orders for March: Book Two with Diamond code NOV141657. In addition, there are two special editions available exclusively from Top Shelf — a hardcover edition, and a limited edition signed & numbered hardcover. Thanks for all your support. We can't wait to get this incredible book into your hands. Your friend thru comics, Chris Staros Top Shelf Productions PO Box 1282 Marietta GA 30061-1282 USA chris@topshelfcomix.com www.topshelfcomix.com

Comic Riffs on Jeremy Dale

RIP, Jeremy Dale: Friends remember 'Skyward' creator as big-hearted talent

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 5 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/11/05/rip-jeremy-dale/

Nov 8: Lost Art Books in Brooklyn

Download a handy PDF! Lost Art Books is one of the official sponsors of this year's Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB) festival to be held on Nov. 8 from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. We'll be exhibiting and can be found in the upstairs hall at table #U36. The festival is free to the public and is held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Brooklyn. You can find more information about the show's exhibitors, programming, and special guests at Comic Arts Brooklyn's website. Download a copy of our handy floor plan flier with directions to our booth. Not only will you find every book we've published, but we'll also have our new limited-edition silkscreen poster by gig poster phenom, Jeffrey Everett. Come by our booth and introduce yourself; making new friends is our favorite part of exhibiting at these festivals.

Roger, Houston, Richard Thompson has landed

The Art of Richard Thompson! A box of contributor copies arrived yesterday!

Nov 8: Russ Kick at Politics & Prose

Russ Kick - The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals

Nov 8 2014 3:30 pm

What makes a story a classic? And how are folk tales like Little Red Riding Hood enhanced with a graphic treatment? From Snow White to Harry Potter, the timeless characters of childhood retain their appeal, and adults will delight in these stories and artwork as much as children. Join Kick, visionary activist turned anthologist, as he presents the fourth volume of his Graphic Canon. (Seven Stories)

The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (Paperback)

By Russ Kick

$38.95

ISBN-13: 9781609805302
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Seven Stories Press, 5/2014

Tom King interviewed

Tom King Explores the Undercover History of "Grayson"

Kiel Phegley

Comic Book Resources October 30th, 2014

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=56655

Glen Weldon reviews Wonder Woman

Invisible Airplane, Meet Glass Ceiling: William Moulton Marston, his two wives, and the feminist origins of Wonder Woman.

By Glen Weldon

November 3 2014

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/11/william_moulton_marston_biography_jill_lepore_s_secret_history_of_wonder.single.html

Cartoonist Jeremy Dale passes away according to SL Gallant

Shannon's got a post up about his friend:

Gallant, Shannon.  2014.

Jeremy Dale, too soon.

Art of S.L. Gallant blog November 4, 2014

http://slgallant.com/2014/11/04/jeremy-dale-too-soon/

Make the Art of Richard Thompson a Goodreads' Best Graphic novel!

Go to https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-graphic-novels-comics-2014 and put the book in as a write-in choice at the bottom of the page.

Another satisfied reviewer of The Complete Cul de Sac

Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac in 5 favourite things

by Zainab

Comics & Cola blog 3 November 2014

http://www.comicsandcola.com/2014/11/richard-thompsons-cul-de-sac-in-5.html

The Post on Peanuts, Daumier and Springsteen & Caruso

'Scandal' sex scene airs right after 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,' making parents angry

By Emily Yahr
Washington Post Style Blog November 3 2014
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/11/03/scandal-sex-scene-airs-right-after-its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-making-parents-angry/

Dark wood, bright lights: Two artists' varied visions [online as Sculpture shows by Emilie Brzezinski, Bernardi Roig diverge sharply in theme]

 

By Philip Kennicott Art and architecture critic
Washington Post November 4 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/sculpture-shows-by-emilie-brzezinski-bernardi-roig-diverge-sharply-in-theme/2014/11/03/66ccc2a4-6114-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html

The Boss's new book: No average kiddie tale [online as Bruce Springsteen on 'Outlaw Pete' and not sheltering kids from the realities of life]

By Nora Krug
Washington Post November 4 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bruce-springsteen-on-outlaw-pete-and-not-sheltering-kids-from-the-realities-of-life/2014/11/03/877967a0-6394-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html

NPR: The man behind Wonder Woman

Fresh Air’s Terry Gross interviews Harvard professor and New Yorker contributor Jill Lepore about her new book The Secret History of Wonder Woman and how it related to suffragists and centerfolds.

"I got fascinated by this story because I'm a political historian and it seemed to me there was a really important political story that had been missed that's basically as invisible as Wonder Woman's jet," Lepore says.

Listen to the program.

Nov 22: Nightmare The Rat Signing with Rafer Roberts and John Shine

Rafer Roberts invited you to Beyond Comics 's event   Nightmare The Rat Signing with Rafer Roberts and John Shine Saturday, November 22 at 12:00pm Beyond Comics in Gaithersburg, Maryland   Join     Maybe     Decline   Rafer Roberts will be meeting fans and signing his new Nightmare The Rat collection, from 12 to 4, along with Beyond Comics' own John Shine, Nightmare pin-up contributor. Barbara Dale and 26 others are also in the guest list.             Pending Invites (3) Block invites from Rafer?                 Nightmare The Rat Signing with Rafer Roberts and John Shine Saturday, November 22 at 12:00pm Beyond Comics in Gaithersburg, Maryland Rafer Roberts will be meeting fans and signing his new Nightmare The Rat collection, from 12 to 4, along with Beyond Comics' own John Shine, Nightmare pin-up contributor.

"Jewish War Heroes" Canadian comic book here in DC

Rare 'Jewish War Heroes' comic from 1944 found in box of donated used books

Sarah B. Hood, Special to National Post | October 31, 2014

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/10/31/rare-jewish-war-heroes-comic-from-1944-found-in-box-of-donated-used-books/

The article says that the Holocaust Museum has a copy.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "This Time, Next Year?" on marijuana legalization

"This Time, Next Year?"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1589

Last week, I was over at a friend's house when he pulled out this lid of something really fresh, pulled out this big stinky bud, handed it to me and invited me to take a good smell -- and man, was that some stanky-ass stuff.

So, anyway, my buddy asked me to guess where it was from; I ran down the standard guesses -- Humboldt, Maui -- but you could've knocked me over with a feather when he told me that sticky, smelly bud was grown right here in DC, in Ward 8.

All I could think of is how things could possibly be, this time next year, if Prop 71 goes through, allowing three mature plants. It also reminded me that DC has a state fair now. Can't wait to see next year's Blue Ribbon Ward 8 Skunk Bud.

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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

SPX 2014 Panel - Bob Mankoff: The Past, Present and Future of The New Yorker Cartoons

SmallPressExpo

Oct 17, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYVd8sJwEE

Sunday, September 14, 2014 - White Oak Room 1:00 PM. Bob Mankoff is a cartoonist and has been the Cartoon Editor for The New Yorker magazine since 1997. He has written and edited many books including The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker, The Naked Cartoonist, and his new memoir How About Never--Is Never Good for You? In this special presentation, Mankoff discusses the historical development and evolution of the iconic single panel cartoon form and the magazine that perfected and popularized it--with an eye towards the future.

SPX 2014 Panel - Spanish Language Comics

SmallPressExpo

Oct 27, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPxb_dOSKnY&feature=em-subs_digest

The world of Spanish-language comics from South America to Europe is examined in this SPX 2014 panel. Colombian comics editor Daniel Jiménez Quiroz (Revista Larva) discusses Colombian and South American comics and leads the discussion that includes Spanish comics critic Santiago Garcia, Colombian comics critic Pablo Guerra, and North American editor Scott O. Brown

That darn WuMo, redux

 

Letters to the Editor: Save the lemmings

Chuck Smith, Woodbridge

Washington Post  November 1 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/save-the-lemmings/2014/10/31/6e28e4aa-5d3c-11e4-827b-2d813561bdfd_story.html

Comic Riffs on Wytches and Halloween reading recommendations

HALLOWEEN READING: Bewitching 'Wytches' summons some of Scott Snyder's deepest real-life fears

By David Betancourt

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 31 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/10/31/halloween-reading-bewitching-wytches-summons-some-of-scott-snyders-deepest-real-life-fears/

 

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND READING: Wanna good (graphic) scare? Here are 10 Dark and Spooky Picks for hiding between their covers

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 31 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/10/31/halloween-weekend-reading-wanna-good-scare-here-are-12-dark-and-spooky-picks-for-hiding-between-their-covers/