Cartooning for the White House: A chat with the artist behind the #GetCovered comics
01/29/2015
http://fusion.net/story/41243/cartooning-for-the-white-house-a-chat-with-the-artist-behind-the-getcovered-comics/
Thursday, January 29, 2015
New Eric Shansby painting for Team Cul de Sac
Washington Post cartoonist Eric Shansby has done a painting for Team Cul de Sac's fundraising effort to defeat Parkinson's disease. The painting will be auctioned this spring, but money can be donated at any time.
Shansby took over illustrating Gene Weingarten's Below the Beltway column from Richard Thompson, when Thompson moved on to doing Cul de Sac.
The painting shows Alice and Petey from Cul de Sac, climbing on Ben Franklin, an inspiration for Richard's other Washington Post strip, Richard's Poor Almanac. It is acrylic on canvas board and measures approximately 9"x12".
The painting will also be reproduced in the forthcoming fundraising book, Compleating Cul de Sac, which includes interviews, sketches and 100 Washington Post strips left out of the Complete Cul de Sac.
Telnaes and Galifianakis on being on the other side of the caricature
2015 REUBEN AWARDS: So what's it like to be caricatured by MAD's Tom Richmond? (Event speakers talk back.)
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (January 29 2015):
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
3 of 8 speakers at NCS annual meeting from DC
Tom Richmond, president of the National Cartoonists Society has posted the following:
Medina, Telnaes and Galifianakis are local to us.2015 Reuben Awards Cover Art and Speakers
Clockwise from far left: Nick Galifianakis, Mort Drucker,
Brian Crane, Doug Mahnke, Mark Anderson, Jeff Keane,
Ann Telnaes and Juana Medina- (Clicky to Embiggen)
Members of the National Cartoonists Society will be receiving the official brochure for the 2015 Reuben Award Weekend in their mailboxes in the next week or so. My cover art above. With it goes the announcements of the speaker lineup and special award winners:
- Mort Drucker- First recipient of the "NCS Medal of Honor"; Speaker
- Jeff Keane- Recipient of the NCS "Silver T-Square" for outstanding dedication to the Society
- Brian Crane- Reuben winning creator of the syndicated comic strip "Pickles"; speaker
- Doug Mahnke- Superstar comic book artist; speaker
- Mark Anderson- Gag cartoonist, "Andertoons.com"; speaker
- Juana Medina- Illustrator, first recipient of the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship; speaker
- Nick Galifianakis- Cartoonist, author, illustrator; speaker
- Ann Telnaes, Pulitizer prize winning editorial cartoonist; moderating a panel on "Cartooning and Free Speech"
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Second Story Books window display
The used book store Second Story Books (Dupont Circle) has some neat original pulp magazines (and a few Robert Crumb comics) with fantastic covers in their storefront window. (I couldn't get a photo without a glare from the plastic display bags.)
Carolyn Belefski's cartooning for the White House
Wow. Click through to see them.
Remind You of Someone? You Should Share These:
As more Americans gain coverage and we near the February 15th HealthCare.gov enrollment deadline, one artist highlights what these diverse Americans have in common in a series of shareable graphics.
Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's remarks on March vol. 2 at Fantom Comics
This past Sunday, Fantom Comics on Dupont Circle had Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's in to sign their book on civil rights, March vol. 2. This recording is of their introductory remarks.
Prickly City draws the Prophet in today's Washington Post
I was surprised to see Scott Stantis' strip Prickly City drawing the Prophet in today's Post. You can see it yourself here.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Fantom Comics profiled last fall
We really need to do a series like this....
Local Comic Shop Spotlight: Fantom Comics
Hondros' Hometown of the 50 Foot Woman
Allison Hayes: The actress who got the FDA's attention … too late
A graphic tale of how Allison Hayes, star of the 1950s B-movie "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," created a legacy with the FDA. Text and graphics by Art Hondros.
Washington Post Magazine (January 25 2015).http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/allison-hayes-the-actress-who-got-the-fdas-attention--too-late/2015/01/14/17324012-9b60-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_graphic.html
Comic Riffs talks to Roz Chast
ROZ CHAST: Eldercare graphic-novel author embraces an audience whose appreciation is as profound as she is
By Michael CavnaWashington Post Comic Riffs blog January 26 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/26/roz-chast-eldercare-graphic-novel-author-embraces-an-audience-whose-appreciation-is-as-profound-as-she-is/
The Hill on caricature
The dangers of caricaturing caricature
By Sharon Marcus, contributor
The Hill's Pundits blog (January 26, 2015)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/230610-the-dangers-of-caricaturing-caricatureComic Riffs talks to Justice League writer
JUSTICE LEAGUE: Scripting a villain? Geoff Johns is basking in the joy of Lex
By David BetancourtWashington Post Comic Riffs blog January 23 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/23/justice-league-scripting-a-villain-geoff-johns-is-basking-in-the-joy-of-lex/
Comic Riffs explains yesterday's Pearls Before Swine
'Pearls Before Swine': Why Stephan Pastis decided to play 'inside baseball' today with the syndication business
By Michael CavnaWashington Post Comic Riffs blog January 25 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/25/pearls-before-swine-why-pastis-decided-to-play-inside-baseball-today-with-the-syndication-business/
Sunday, January 25, 2015
The Post opinion section on Charlie Hebdo
Let's not overreact to these terrorist attacks [online as Europe has survived terrorist attacks before]
By Anne Applebaum
Washington Post January 25 2015
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on the U.S., Syria and the Islamic State
By Lally Weymouth
Washington Post January 25 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
March vol. 2 reviewed by Cavna in the Post
Cavna, Michael. 2015.
A second look at '60s civil rights.Washington Post (January 25): E13
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