Wednesday, June 17, 2015
A shitty Kickstarter?
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Mike Lester's Mike du Jour nibbles at Muhammad cartoon controversy
Monday, June 15, 2015
June 21-24: The comics side of the AJL jubilee conference
From June 21st - June June 24th, the Association of Jewish Libraries will be holding its 50th annual conference in Silver Spring, Maryland. One of the sessions on Tuesday June 22nd is titled "Graphic Representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Life", which will be moderated by popular culture expert Rachel Leket-Mor. Steven M. Bergson (editor of Jewish Comix Anthology, volume 1) will share "Secret Origins of the Jewish Comix Anthology. Christopher Huh (who is currently working on a new novel about Raoul Wallenberg) will talk about his Holocaust graphic novel Keeping My Hope. Dr. Rafael Medoff, a historian who has assisted with such works as "The Last Outrage" (X-Men : Magneto : Testament #5), They Spoke Out : American Voices Against the Holocaust, and "The St. Louis Refugee Ship Blues" (Washington Post, 2009), will discuss "Cartoonists Against the Holocaust: A New Way of Teaching about Genocide".
The session is limited to conference attendees. The per diem Tuesday registration costs $184.59. To register, please go to http://www.eventbrite.com/e/association-of-jewish-libraries-conference-yoveljubilee-celebrating-50-years-of-ajl-please-scroll-registration-14689824661.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Today: SuperNoVA Comiccon in Fredericksburg
- 10:00am - 3:00pm
- Wingate Hotel, 20 Sanford Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22406
Friday, June 12, 2015
Weingarten talks to Mankoff about the New Yorker cartoon contest
The booby prize
Washington Post Magazine June 7 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/the-booby-prize/2015/05/27/fefb2eca-fa4e-11e4-9030-b4732caefe81_story.html
June 26: Animezing: Giovanni's Island
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6/13: Nate Simpson at Third Eye Comics
Comic Riffs continues support for Iranian cartoonist
#Draw4Atena: See how artists support Iranian woman sentenced to 12 years for cartoon
By Michael Cavna June 12 2015http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/06/12/draw4atena-see-how-artists-support-iranian-woman-sentenced-to-12-years-for-cartoon/
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Comics stories in today's Post
Studio Ghibli's 'When Marnie Was There' casts many spells [in print as Studio Ghibli's animated tale casts mysterious spells]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/studio-ghiblis-when-marnie-was-there-casts-many-spells/2015/06/10/aa71cb9c-0af3-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html
Alluring package, not much inside ['Gemma Bovery' movie review]
By Stephanie Merry Washington Post June 12 2015http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/gemma-bovery-movie-review/2015/06/10/f8fdc296-0ec9-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html
A Fat Cat, A Strange Circus [online as Summer fare in D.C. for theatergoers of all ages]
Washington Post June 12 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/theater-dance/summer-fare-in-dc-for-theatergoers-of-all-ages/2015/06/11/ad4a11c6-0b93-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Muslim women writers and famous signatures
In the same issue, there is an article about historical signature collector Stuart Lutz that includes a photo of a British Mickey Mouse Annual comic that was signed by Walt Disney.
Cul de Sac the Play coming next year
Cul de Sac
Play by Amy Thompson
Adapted from the Comic Strip, Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson
Friday, June 3, 2016 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 11am and 3pm
Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 3pm
Friday, June 10, 2016 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 11am and 3pm
Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 3pm
Location:
All performances are held at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre (125 S. Old Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA 22204)
This was announced yesterday on Amy Thompson's Facebook page. Amy and Richard are married so she presumably had no problem getting permissions, but you never know with that guy.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Sutliff's 'Fight the Bite' calendar
‘Pop Goes the Podcast’ at Awesome Con
(From left) Michael O’Connell of It's All Journalism, Carolyn Belefski of the Carolyn and Joe Show and Alex Vidales of Pilot Waves. Photo courtesy of O'Connell.
Comic Riffs calls for support for Iranian cartoonist
Open Call to Artists: #Draw4Atena to support appeal of Iranian artist's 12-year sentence
By Michael Cavna June 10 2015http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/06/10/open-call-to-artists-draw4atena-to-support-appeal-of-iranian-artists-12-year-sentence/
Atena Farghadani drew a mocking illustration of Parliament.
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Comics Alternatives handicaps the Eisners (and asks my opinion)
Commentary: Reactions to the 2015 Eisner Award Nominations
June 9, 2015http://comicsalternative.com/commentary-eisners2015/
UPDATE: I did pretty good on predicting. 7 right and 2 wrong.
Right: Best Continuing Series = Saga; Best for Kids (8-12) = El Deafo by Cece Bell; Best for Teens = Lumberjanes; Best Humor = Compleate Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson; Best Graphic Album = This One Summer by the Tamaki cousins; Best Archival Project = Taschen's Little Nemo; Best Cover Artist = Darwyn Cooke.
Wrong: Lovern Kindzierski for Best Colorist and Comic Book Resources for Best Journalism.
Comic Riffs talks to Stephanie McMillan
Kickstarter of the Day: Stephanie McMillan affirms your anti-capitalism (plus: goats!)
By Michael Cavna June 9 2015http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/06/09/kickstarter-of-the-day-stephanie-mcmillan-affirms-your-anti-capitalism-plus-goats/
PR: Artist Peter de Sève Creates 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival Poster
NEWS from the LIBRARY of CONGRESS
June 9, 2015
Public contact: Center for the Book (202) 707-5221; cfbook@loc.gov
Artist Peter de Sève Creates 2015 Library of Congress
National Book Festival Poster
More Than 150 Authors to Participate Sept. 5
Peter de Sève, an illustrator and character designer for feature films, is the artist for the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival poster. De Sève is perhaps best known for his many cover illustrations for The New Yorker magazine, but he has also designed characters for such popular animated films as "The Prince of Egypt," "Mulan," "Ice Age" and "Finding Nemo." In 2000, de Sève received the National Cartoonists Society Magazine Illustration Award. His book festival poster features a young girl intensely absorbed by her book while assuming several contorted positions on an overstuffed chair.
"The poster is absolutely inspired by my two daughters, Paulina, 14 years old, and Fia, 9 years old," said de Sève. "They are both voracious readers and, frankly, my heart swells every time I see one of them curled up with a book, which is basically always. More specifically, the girl on the poster is Fia, whom I have found reading in almost every position you see on the poster. For her, reading is practically an Olympic sport."
De Sève will appear at the festival and will discuss and sign his book "A Sketchy Past: The Art of Peter de Sève." The festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
The poster can be seen and downloaded at the National Book Festival website at www.loc.gov/bookfest/. Also today on the website, the Library is kicking off a new National Book Festival blog, which will feature author interviews, schedule updates and other festival news.
This year's festival will be bigger than ever, with more than 150 authors, poets and illustrators participating. Ten authors will launch their books at the festival, and a new International pavilion will feature a session with three contributors to the "Norton Anthology of World Religions." Another session, "Reading Latin America," will celebrate the excellence of Latin American literature and culture.
The National Book Festival (www.loc/gov/bookfest) is funded by private donors and corporate sponsors who share the Library's commitment to reading and literacy. Since 2010, National Book Festival Board Co-Chairman David M. Rubenstein has been the festival's lead benefactor and has pledged funding for the festival for five more years. Charter Sponsors include AARP, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Washington Post and Wells Fargo; Patron sponsor, the National Endowment for the Arts; the Contributor-level sponsors are Jacqueline B. Mars, National Geographic, Scholastic Inc. and WAMU 88.5 FM; and, in the Friends category, C-SPAN2's Book TV, Georgetown University's Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, The Hay-Adams, Susan C. Lehrman, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute with support from board chair Roger A. Strauch, Mensa Education & Research Foundation, the Mexican Cultural Institute, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Embassy of Peru, and Small Press Expo. The Junior League of Washington will also return as the Library's primary partner for volunteer support, a role the organization has played since 2003. Those interested in supporting the National Book Festival can contact the Library at devofc@loc.gov.
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and the largest library in the world. The Library seeks to spark imagination and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by providing access to knowledge through its magnificent collections, programs, publications and exhibitions.
The Library's Center for the Book, established by Congress in 1977 to "stimulate public interest in books and reading," is a national force for reading and literacy promotion. A public-private partnership, it sponsors educational programs that reach readers of all ages through its affiliated state centers, collaborations with nonprofit reading promotion partners and through the Young Readers Center and the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress. For more information, visit read.gov.
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