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Tuesday, June 30, 2015
PR: Small Press Expo Announces Michael DeForge, Gemma Correll and Noah Van Sciver
WJLA reports on Montgomery Sentinel's cartoon plagiarism
Lewis, Kevin. 2015.
Cartoon plagiarism at issue in Montgomery County.
WJLA's ABC7 news 06/26/2015
http://www.wjla.com/video/2015/06/cartoon-plagiarism-at-issue-in-montgomery-county.html
(caught by Alan Gardener's Daily Cartoonist)
Monday, June 29, 2015
SPX 2014 videos online, suddenly en masse
These are by Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley.
SPX 2014: Tom Scioli
Joe and Rusty convene with Tom Scioli to discuss comics, Transformers, GI Joe, and Transformers vs. GI Joe.
SPX 2014: Rafer Roberts
Rusty and Joe have a heartfelt sit-down with Rafer Roberts talking about comics, giant books as flotation devices and weapons, and the state of snakes.
SPX 2014: RM Rhodes
Joe and Rusty chat with RM Rhodes about comics, liquor laws, and the importance of purple.
SPX 2014: MDT & Sam Marx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VwezgQLufE
Rusty and Joe chat with MDT and Sam Marx about comics, unrepentant manliness, and vertical exhibiting because gravity is for losers.
SPX 2014: Katy Rex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ClGP3zToAU
Joe and Rusty sit down with faux-Joe Katy Rex to talk about comics, the mystery of dinosaurs, and emotional naps.
SPX 2014: Matt Dembicki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBaB9W9igzM
Rusty and Joe talk with Matt Dembicki about editing anthologies, teaching comics, and making comics about what's happening right now!
SPX 2014: Luke Humphris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFVZSZpvhm4
Joe and Rusty speak the devil's tongue with Luke Humphris and chat about comics, Australian handshakes, fresh-pressed vinyl emotions.
SPX 2014: Joey Weiser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6S0ai8GX1Y
Rusty and Joe kick back with Joey Weiser to talk about comics, the challenges of writing and drawing, and a confluence of Joes.
SPX 2014: Claire Folkman & Kelly Phillips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKbKSBBabWQ
Joe and Rusty sit down with the ladies of Dirty Diamonds to talk about their anthology, sPromX, and Joe's last days as a contributing member of society.
SPX 2014: Neil Brideau & Kenan Rubenstein
Rusty and Joe team up with Neil Brideau and Kenan Rubenstein to talk about comics, creating new avenues for sharing comics, and that old guy over there.
SPX 2014: Caitlin Major & Matt Hoddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGtZxzIQRSY
Joe and Rusty make magic happen with Caitlin and Matt as they breakdown comics, the benefits of eating trash, and wondrous meat pies!
SPX 2014: Catherine Fraas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEwzyxFWMpo
Joe and Rusty chat with Catherine Fraas about comics, being fancy at the prom, and question opinions on maximum macaroni and cheese intake.
SPX 2014: Jessica Anderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAEcvhfZGmc
Rusty and Joe interview Jessica Anderson about things that aren't comics, regrettable crimes, and the sort of sandwiches that change the game.
SPX 2014: Hannah Lee Stockdale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdENCKmtTtE
Joe and Rusty talk to Hannah Lee Stockdale about a plethora of topics including comics, dreams, and the mortality of tires.
SPX 2014: Alexis Sugden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JY4rNRqMo
Rusty and Joe chat with Alexis about Australian comic conventions, spooky stories, and a pinch of murder.
SPX 2014: Frank Candiloro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0bAPDrW5xw
Joe and Rusty have a time with Frank Candiloro as they ruminate on comics, traveling the world, and the skill of romance.
SPX 2014: Jeff Zwirek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TifRcYPy9Ig
Rusty and Joe verbally cohabit with Jeff Zwirek to exchange ideas about comics, impressive website addresses, and unwanted children finding new homes.
SPX 2014: Matt Czap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od3wW0_EfCw
Rusty and Joe have a mighty discourse with Matt Czap to discuss comics, approved bootlegging, and the art of pantomime.
Dembicki on 'Pilot Waves' podcast
Sunday, June 28, 2015
The Post reviews Inside Out game
Burst bubbles with Joy, Sadness and Anger in 'Inside Out' app
June 28 2015
"Inside Out" animator Pete Docter wants to draw like Richard Thompson
Pete Docter
By KATE MURPHY
JUNE 28, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/opinion/sunday/pete-docter.htmlCompleating Cul de Sac
by Richard Thompson, Michael Rhode and Chris Sparks
Asheville, NC: Team Cul de Sac & Arlington, VA: ComicsDC, 2015.
Available in paperback: http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-rhode/compleating-cul-de-sac/paperback/product-22163926.html
hardcover: http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-rhode/compleating-cul-de-sac-hardcover/hardcover/product-22163989.html
ebook pdf: http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-rhode/compleating-cul-de-sac-ebook/ebook/product-22185584.html
Saturday, June 27, 2015
July 10: Animezing: Mai Mai Miracle
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Friday, June 26, 2015
July 1: Sevara #1 available on ComiXology
Damian Wampler writes in:
I just wanted to let you know that Sevara #1 will be released on ComiXology on Wednesday, July 1, sometime during the day.NOTE: this link won't be live until July 1.
July 29: Bill Plympton in Silver Spring
- at 7:00pm in EDT
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
- Tickets Availablewww.afi.com
After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV and Spike and Mike's, Plympton turned his talent to feature films. The subject of his 7th animated feature film Cheatin' (film), is a newlywed wife who proves the depth of her love by becoming her cheating husband's mistresses.
"Strife and sexual humor reign in this energetic romp, one of Bill Plympton's best long form animated works." --Dennis Harvey, Variety
John Cuneo on Richard Thompson
- Illustrator Profile - John Cuneo: "The act of making marks on paper is a rare and singular pleasure"
By Robert Newman Thursday June 25, 2015
http://www.ai-ap.com/publications/article/14337/illustrator-profile-john-cuneo-the-act-of-maki.html
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Andrew Cohen has illustrated his grandfather's new book
Ullman returns to the City Paper
PR: Small Press Expo Announces Kate Beaton, Luke Pearson and Noelle Stevenson
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National Library of Medicine historian Michael Sappol on WWII animation
The Inside Story
Circulating Now on June 25, 2015
By Michael Sappol
Inside Out, Pixar's latest hit animated feature, is mainly set on the inside of a young girl's brain. Riley, an eleven-year-old, is operated by a committee of characters, each representing an emotion, who collectively try to deal with her troubles at school and home. It seems like a very contemporary way to depict consciousness, and critical reaction from psychologists and neuroscientists has been largely favorable.
But, strangely, the film echoes an older and quite obscure piece of animated cartooning: a 1944 movie made during wartime for the U.S. Coast Guard, The Inside Story. That film, now preserved in the historical audiovisual collection of the National Library of Medicine, deals with the typical emotional problems suffered by men entering the military service and argues that psychotherapeutic approaches may help.
Continued at http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/06/25/the-inside-story/
Frank Cho to illustrate new Hulk title
The Hulk Gets Totally Awesome In New Series From Greg Pak and Frank Cho
- Andrew Steinbeiser
- - 06/25/2015
Comic Riffs wins awards
The Washington Post wins 14 awards in Society of Features Journalism contest
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Kevin ‘Kal’ Kallaugher video online
Kevin Kallaugher (KAL)
Moses Znaimer's Ideacity conference
http://www.ideacityonline.com/video/kevin-kal-kallaugher-entertaining-enraging-with-cartoons/
Julian Lytle quoted in article about black cartoonists reaction to racial violence
"If James Baldwin didn't change fucking America, what's a comic essay going to do?"
Seven cartoonists discuss race, outrage, and black grief after Charleston
June 24 2015
With words and work from Ron Wimberly, Whit Taylor, Keith Knight, Chris Kindred, Richie Pope, Shannon Wright and Darryl Ayo.
July 7: KAL at Goethe-Institut
FuturePerfect - Telling Stories for a Better Future: How Art and Narratives Can Change the World
Forging the Future
Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 6:30 pm
Goethe-Institut Washington, GoetheForum and FotoGalerie
English
No charge
+ 1 (202) 289-1200
info@washington.goethe.org
FuturePerfect stories show that the transformation of modern society toward sustainability is not principally the domain of experts in the fields of science, economics, and politics. It is the business of each individual to use their scope of action to experiment with what is possible in the here and now. FuturePerfect is a joint venture of the German foundation FUTURZWEI and the Goethe-Institut. Since its launch in 2012, FUTURZWEI has presented the stories of hundreds of pioneers of new and different economic, social, and cultural practices.
This panel discussion will explore how art and narratives can change the world by spreading visions of a utopian future. Questions to be discussed will include: Is art just utopia? Can stories lead people to change their behavior and work towards a better future? And what is the best way to make people pay attention to the problem of sustainability and to act on it?
Panelists:
KAL (Kevin Kallaugher) – KAL is an editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine and The Baltimore Sun. He won the 2014 Grand Prix for Cartoon of the Year in Europe as presented by Press Cartoon Europe, and his work has appeared in more than 100 publications worldwide. KAL's work has been widely displayed at exhibitions including at the Tate Gallery in London and the Library of Congress in Washington. Many of his cartoons deal with climate change, the dependence on oil, and environmental pollution.
Sarah Browning – Browning is a poet and co-founder and executive director of Split This Rock (a project that calls poets to a greater role in public life). She is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and a featured writer for Other Words. She is the recipient of artist fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, and has been a community organizer for Boston public housing and a grassroots political organizer on a host of social and political issues.
Marc Gunther – Gunther is an editor-at-large for Guardian Sustainable Business US and a contributor at Fortune where he writes about business and sustainability. He is the creator and co-chair of Brainstorm Green, Fortune's annual conference on business and the environment. Gunther is the author or co-author of four books, including Faith and Fortune: How Compassionate Capitalism is Transforming American Business. His newest book, Suck It Up: How Capturing Carbon from the Air Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis, was published in 2012.
Nancy Averett – Averett is a freelance science journalist who writes for a variety of national publications like Pacific Standard, E! The Environmental Magazine, Inc., and Discover.com. She is a member of the Society for Environmental Journalists and a contributor to FuturePerfect.
Erik Assadourian – Assadourian is a Senior Fellow at the Worldwatch Institute, contributing editor to Adbusters and Managing Editor of FuturePerfect (US). He has published two editions of Vital Signs and four editions of State of the World, including State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible? He is currently producing Yardfarmers, a reality TV show about young Americans moving back in with their parents to farm their yards and neighborhood green spaces, and in the process help solve issues such as the obesity epidemic and food insecurity.
A reception follows the discussion.
This event is part of the Forging the Future series.
Promoted by the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development and the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Forging the Future is supported by a generous contribution from the Elysée-Fonds for German-French cultural programs abroad. This event is also made possible with support from Friends of the Goethe-Institut.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Captain America comes to Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C.
Summer of Superheroes
School is out and superheroes are in! Just in time for summer break, Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C. welcomes Captain America.
Captain America, the famed Marvel character known for his super powerful and virtually indestructible shield, was greeted in the Nation's Capital by local children. The children and their families were on hand to unveil the wax figure to press and fans alike.
Captain America will be with Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C. for a limited period of time, so be sure to visit him while you can!
PLUS, wear you superhero themed attire (Captain America t-shirt, Spiderman suit, Hulk mask, and more) and save $5 off your admission to Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C. during the month of June.
The Post reviews novel on 200-year old cartoonist
'Death and Mr. Pickwick' asks if Dickens stole his famous first novel [in print as Did Dickens steal his first novel?]
Daily Cartoonist follows up on Montgomery County Sentinel cartoon plagiarism
Investigation called in Sentinel plagiarism; 81 of 84 cartoons found to be copies; paper owner: 'meh'
by Alan GardnerJune 23, 2015
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2015/06/23/investigation-called-in-sentinel-plagiarism-81-of-84-cartoons-found-to-be-copies-paper-owner-meh/
Monday, June 22, 2015
Spider-Man cited in Supreme Court patent decision today
Elena Kagan brings her Spidey sensibility to Supreme Court ruling
6/22/15 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/elena-kagan-spider-man-supreme-court-ruling-119279.html
'With great power': How Supreme Court went fanboy-ish today in ruling for Marvel
By Michael Cavna June 22 2015http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/06/22/with-great-power-how-supreme-court-went-fanboy-ish-today-in-ruling-for-marvel/
July: Teresa Logan teaches comics at Politics & Prose
Four Fridays: July 17, 24, 31, August 7, 6 – 8 p.m.
The medium of graphic novels is a great way to combine words and pictures to tell a story, and can bring a personal memoir to life.
The class will delve into the ways the graphic novel can be an advantageous medium for writers exploring difficult themes. For instance, Ellen Forney uses humor in her work Marbles to depict her struggles in identifying and coping with bipolar disorder, whereas Marjane Sartrapi relies on the visual aspect of the narrative to make the political more personal in Persepolis, which is a moving depiction of the Iranian revolution. Graphic novel basics will also be covered, as well as how to put your own stories down in a way which will capture your readers' imaginations.
Recommended Reading:
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
Marbles, Ellen Forney
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast
T.R. Logan is a Reuben Award-nominated cartoonist, and has been a professional writer/artist for over 30 years, making a living from her words, as well as her pictures, from stage to page. A regular contributor to the D.C. Comics-only paper MAGIC BULLET, she is also a regular on comedy stages, and a storyteller at Storytalks in NYC and at Speakeasy D.C. As a standup comic, she has been an opening act for Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Carey, Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey, and more. Her personal stories come through in her standup comedy act (HBO, Comedy Channel, A&E), and have been published in chapter books from a variety of publishers, including the upcoming Dirty Diamonds, an All-Girl Comics Anthology. Her work was also chosen to appear in the nationally distributed Cartoon Crier, published by the Center for Cartoon Studies, and her own book of cartoons, The Older I Get, The Less I Care, is available from Andrews McMeel Publishing.She is a regular exhibitor and frequent guest at ComicCons, including New York ComicCon, AwesomeConDC, and CreativeCon Panama City.
REFUND POLICY: Please note that we can issue class refunds up until seven (7) days before the first class session.