Flow Chart: D.C.'s Thriving Comic-Creator Scene
Washington City Paper Mar. 27, 2015
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2015/03/27/flow-chart-d-c-s-thriving-comic-creator-scene/
Submit to the Ignatz Awards! It's time to submit your comics for consideration in Small Press Expo's festival prize, the Ignatz Award! The nominees are selected by a jury of creators and voted on by attendees and exhibitors of Small Press Expo. Previous winners include Kate Beaton, Michael DeForge, Lisa Hanawalt, Jaime Hernandez, Nate Powell, Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, Ulli Lust and Sophie Goldstein. Categories are:
All work will be eligible in all applicable categories. We need six copies of work published between June 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015 sent to: SPX Ignatz Awards c/o Big Planet Comics 4849 Cordell Ave. Bethesda, MD 20814 When submitting, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hCrJzVJ9x9MP6ZyqCKiiMvkRSuflsW39QQy-cQfdZZc/viewform (If you have already submitted, please go ahead and fill it out now!) Links to online comics should be emailed to spxignatz@gmail.com All submissions must be received by June 7, 2015. Full guidelines are available at: http://www.spxpo.com/ignatz-guidelines. All questions should be sent to Ignatz Award coordinator, Eden Miller, at spxignatz@gmail.com. This year's image of Ignatz, as seen above, was created by 2014 Promising New Talent Winner Cathy G. Johnson. The 2015 Ignatz Awards is once again sponsored by Comixology Submit! |
This cartoon, courtesy of the Defense Department, depicts two extremist fighters at a "recruiting office" leading young people toward a blood-splattered meat grinder.
Dharavi Comics Epidemic: An Interview with Chaitanya Modak
BY Ryan Holmberg Mar 26, 2015
http://www.tcj.com/dharavi-comics-epidemic-an-interview-with-chaitanya-modak/
Group Art Exhibit with MF DOOM Inspired Artwork, MC Ciphering and MF Doom Cover songs by local MC's
Art Whino presents "We're all DOOMed" a group art show with artwork inspired by MF Doom. MF Doom is engraved in psyche of many artists, with a career that spans over 26 years and a relentless push for creativity with each album. It's this creativity with references from comic books, freestyle, and instrumentals second to none that a vast pool for artists will to pay homage to in their artwork. With a vast lineup of worldwide artists there will a diverse array of work presented in the exhibit. To continue the theme we will have a MC Ciphering as well at live performance of MF Doom Cover songs by top MC's such as DC's Own Flex Mathews.
Saturday, April 25th, from 8pm - Midnight
Come out for a full night of all things MF Doom!
MF Doom Inspired Group Art Show
Open to the public MC Ciphering
MF Doom Cover songs performed by the dopest local MC's such as Flex Matthews
DJ Oso Fresh on the Turntbales
This event is Free
Location:
BLIND WHINO:Sw Arts Club
700 Delaware Ave, SW Washington, DC 20024
About MF DOOM
Daniel Dumile ("doom-uh-lay") is a British born American hip-hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most famously MF DOOM (standing for metal fingers/metal face doom). He has also been known as Zev Love X, King Geedorah, Metal Fingers, Viktor Vaughn, Doom, and has appeared in several collaborative projects such as DANGERDOOM (with Danger Mouse), Madvillain (with Madlib), JJ DOOM (with Jneiro Jarel) and NehruvianDOOM (with Bishop Nehru). Little is known about his personal life.
About Flex Mathews
Flex Mathews has been a rising star in the Mid Atlantic regional Hip Hop scene for much of the last 9 years. He was named one of URB Magazine's Next 100 Artists in 2005, and his transition from the local DC underground to national recognition has been the product of his dedication, quality live show performance, as well as his numerous victories in MC battles. On top of that Mr. Mathews has been voted best rap artist of 2009 in Washington DC area. I'm telling you, this South Dakota boy has drive, and then some.Flex Mathews is a 2x Guerrilla Grammar Battle Champion, and 3x Tru Skool Rip The Mic Battle Champion, 2x Kool Cigarettes Battle Champion (That he now regrets), and a 8x H.E.R Battle Champion to name a few. He has also made appearances on the 2004 and 2005 Vans Warped Tour on the Code of the Cuts Stage. A familiar face in the local scene – Flex has come to represent a new generation of the DC Underground. Versatility? Mr. Mathews has it and has shown when he was the MC for the Drum and Base group "Common Knowledge". This group made several appearances at Nations Night Club and open for such greats as Chase and Status and MC Armoni. So basically the boy got skills.
About DJ Oso Fresh
The first hip hop song I heard was "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugar Hill Gang shortly after I arrived in the United States in 1979. In the early 80's as B-boying (or breakdancing) started to get national exposure, my friends and I formed our own B-boy crew. We practiced after school for hours on end. We performed at all of our High School events. As I was always into art, it was easy for me to fall in love with graffiti art, as well. A DCU student named Frank Ski hosted an hour-long radio show called "Breaker's Delight", which turned me on to a lot of new music. I hadn't started deejaying yet, but I bought all my favorite records and recorded the music on cassette tapes, so my friends and I could listen to them while we practiced dancing. Soon, I was known as the guy with the newest music and was regularly asked to bring my records to local parties. In 1985, I met a Puerto Rican guy from the Bronx named Juan Ortiz, aka DJ Boom, who lived in my building and had his own deejaying equipment. I began to practice and when he moved out, he used to bring his equipment (one turntable, mixer, and a crate of records) to school and after school he would ride the bus to my house to set up and practice until i pieced together my own deejay set. I started making mixtapes and deejaying parties, but I was still too young to work in nightclubs. Finally, in 1993, I entered a deejay competition at a club called The Vault in downtown DC and came in second place. I didn't realize the club owner, Kommi, had been standing behind me during my set. He contacted me through the promoter, M.C. Bitch, a few days later and offered me a chance to play at the Vault on a regular basis.
Participating Artists in the Doom inspired group art show
Art Whino is located at the National Harbor waterfront in Maryland. Click here for contact info.
Robin Ferrier
March 25, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kbjht3vz28Cul de Sac interpreted by Flippo for Parkinson's fundraising |
It's got to be the monuments and museums!
1st collection of strips with an original sketch on the back cover |
I'm very pleased to announce I will have another Splotch Monster solo art exhibit, this time at The Griffin Art Center in beautiful downtown Frederick, Maryland. The exhibit will start April 1st, however, my opening reception will take place on Saturday, April 11, from 5-8pm. The following Saturday I will be holding an artists' talk and workshop from 3-5pm, same location. Contrary to what the flyer says, the exhibit will actually take place in the large, front gallery. Hope to see folks there! (lifted from his Facebook feed)