Banned Books Week: How comics are fighting a hail of critical fire
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/10/01/banned-books-week-comics-move-more-in-the-cross-hairs-than-ever/
Friday, October 02, 2015
Comic Riffs on censored graphic novels
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/10/01/banned-books-week-comics-move-more-in-the-cross-hairs-than-ever/
Thursday, October 01, 2015
Third (and fourth) Hagenized Grandma Rose paintings unveiled
As revealed last month, a cache of paintings by the mysterious Grandma Rose has been acquired by David Hagen for improving with is patented (pronounced PAY-tent-ed) Hagenizing process. The third in the series has been revealed and will be for sale on Saturday at Civitan flea market in Arlington. It's an early work from 1955.
Here's a preview. 
DISCLAIMER: ComicsDC's Mike Rhode provided the paintings to Hagen for free, and is not making any money from his reuse of them (but is enjoying it).
The fourth was spotted at Civitan on October 3rd:
New Kickstarter from G.E. Gallas launches today
About this project
THE POET AND THE FLEA (VOLUME 1) is a 95-page graphic novel written and illustrated by G. E. Gallas about the poet-painter William Blake.
BY PRE-ORDERING THE POET AND THE FLEA THROUGH KICKSTARTER, YOU ARE HELPING ME SELF-PUBLISH/PRINT VOLUME ONE AND SUPPORTING WORK ON VOLUMES TWO AND THREE.Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Zodiac Starforce #2 out today
They saved the world two years ago, but when a new, monstrous threat arises, can they put aside their differences and become a team again? Hopefully they can; otherwise team leader Emma, who's been infected by an evil magical force, is a goner! Will the Zodiac Starforce reunite and enter the dark realm of Nephos to save their captain, or will a fierce rivalry on the volleyball court tear them apart?
Comic Riffs talks to Jeff Smith about CXC
CXC 2015: 'Bone' creator Jeff Smith is poised to help kick off major new festival on comics landscape
By Michael Cavna September 30 2015https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/30/cxc-2015-bone-creator-jeff-smith-is-poised-to-help-kick-off-major-new-festival-on-comics-landscape/
Former Washington City Paper cartoonist starts a Patreon
Rob Ullman used to illustrate Savage Love for many years (and it was pretty). He had an illustration in the current issue, but it's not the same as seeing his art weekly. You can support him on Patreon now. I just did.
Rob Ullman is creating
Rob Ullman is creating
Hockey Comics and Art
Illustrator and cartoonist of many swell things, including Atom-Bomb Bikini and Old-Timey Hockey Tales.
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=393206&u=393206&ty=c
Cul de Sac play coming to Encore Stage next summer
June 3-12, 2016
Cul de SacPlay by Amy Thompson
Adapted from the Comic Strip, Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson
Four-year-old Alice Otterloop and her older brother, Petey, learn about friendship and the importance of being yourself in this world premier play adaptation of Richard Thompson's nationally syndicated Cul De Sac comic strip. When Alice decides to help Petey become more exciting she risks sending Petey further into his shell. With the help other their parents, teachers, and new and old friends the Otterloop children just might be able to learn something from each other. We recommend this production for ages 4 and older.
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
Audition Dates and Times:
Auditions: March 14 and 15 from 5:00-8:00 pm.
Pre-Audition Workshop: March 12 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm. The pre-audition workshop fee is $55.
There is no audition fee.
Auditions are in the lower level of Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre (125 S. Old Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22204).
Location:
All performances are held at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre (125 S. Old Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA 22204)
Stephan Pastis: 2015 National Book Festival
Stephan Pastis: 2015 National Book Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBQrGUDXKV4
Cartoonist Stephan Pastis appears at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Stephan Pastis used to be a lawyer. Now, he is the award-winning cartoonist who creates "Pearls Before Swine," a syndicated daily comic strip that runs in 750 newspapers around the world. The humorous comic strip's host of friends -- Rat, Pig, Goat and Zebra -- deliver a smart, witty and painfully honest commentary on modern issues ranging from politics to pop culture. Pastis tends to produce his comics at an unusual five to nine months ahead of the deadline. His latest collection is "Pearls Gets Sacrificed: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury." In addition to creating "Pearls Before Swine," Pastis is the author of the best-selling children's chapter book series Timmy Failure.
For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feat...
Click here for a direct link to the transcript.
Speaker Biography: Stephan Pastis used to be a lawyer. Now, he is the award-winning cartoonist who creates "Pearls Before Swine," a syndicated daily comic strip that runs in 750 newspapers around the world. The humorous comic strip's host of friends -- Rat, Pig, Goat and Zebra -- deliver a smart, witty and painfully honest commentary on modern issues ranging from politics to pop culture. Pastis tends to produce his comics at an unusual five to nine months ahead of the deadline. His latest collection is "Pearls Gets Sacrificed: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury." In addition to creating "Pearls Before Swine," Pastis is the author of the best-selling children's chapter book series Timmy Failure.
For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feat...
Click here for a direct link to the transcript.
PR: Captive of Friendly Cove book
Three local creators, Mike Short, Matt Dembicki and Evan Keeling worked on this book; I bought mine from them at SPX. Mike
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Latest Hagenized Grandma Rose painting unveiled
As revealed earlier in the month, a cache of paintings by the mysterious Grandma Rose has been acquired by David Hagen for improving with is patented (pronounced PAY-tent-ed) Hagenizing process. The second in the series has been revealed and will be for sale on Saturday at Civitan flea market in Arlington.
DISCLAIMER: ComicsDC's Mike Rhode provided the paintings to Hagen for
free, and is not making any money from his reuse of them (but is
enjoying it).
Awesome Con's sale featured on ICv2 and The Beat
'We're Not in a Race to Collect Shows'
by Milton Griepp on September 30, 2015http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/32648/leftfield-media-acquires-awesome-con
Awesome Con joins LeftField Media as new con entity grows
09/29/2015 by
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
Meet a Local Cartoonist: Chatting with Afrofuturist's J.T. Wilkins
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| JT with Rafer Roberts' banner |
JT Wilkins was at Small Press Expo this year as part of the DC Conspiracy, and selling copies of his new Afrofuturist comics. He kindly agreed to answer our usual questions.
What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
I'm known for Black Dayz, The Afrofuturist, and stuff in Magic Bullet.
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
I'm a Pen and Ink type of guy.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
Call me an 80's Child!
Why are you in Washington now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?
I live in Southeast, but I'm really from Maryland.
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
Drawing and Sketching got my groove on!
Who are your influences?Spain, S. Clay Wilson, Crumb, Fletcher Hanks, Wood, Kirby, Beardsley, Ditko, Lee, Kubert, Lynch, Panter, Knight just to name a few.
If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?
I would have never gone in the military!
What work are you best-known for?
Mostly my Magic Bullet stuff, but my indie stuff stands the test of time.
What work are you most proud of?
Everything!
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
Anything art-related that would make me happy.
Mostly my Magic Bullet stuff, but my indie stuff stands the test of time.
What work are you most proud of?
Everything!
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
Anything art-related that would make me happy.
What do you think will be the future of your field?
Computers world wide!
What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Intervention, or others? Any comments about attending them?
MOCCA, SPXPO, PIX, STAPLE, BCC, CC.
What's your favorite thing about DC?
The Museums!
Least favorite?
Crowds.
What monument or museum do like to take visitors to?
The Smithsonian.
How about a favorite local restaurant?
How about a favorite local restaurant?
Anything with seafood.
Do you have a website or blog?
Mike Jenkins' lunch bag art display through October
Oct 22: The Comic Book Story of Beer signing in DC & Baltimore
Oh, the places we'll drink.
The Comic Book Story of Beer will be hitting the road throughout autumn 2015 on a mission of emancipating people from ignorance of and passionless equivocation over the greatest drink in the history of man on this planet.
We, the book's creators, hope to meet you at beer and brewery events, book and comic book retailer signings, comic book conventions, and mass, spontaneous, pro-beer uprisings across the North American continent. And maybe even beyond. Who knows. I've heard Angoulême, France, is truly breathtaking in late January.
Please check back here and follow us on Twitter for updates and ever-more-specific-and-refined information about where and what we're up to.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Thursday, October 22, 2015: Book Sales, Signing; Beer. Free and open to the 21+ public.
2052 West Virginia Avenue NE, Suite 102, District of Columbia 20002
Time TBD
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Saturday, October 24, 2015: Book Reading & Signing. Free and open to the public.
3620 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD 21211
Local craft brews will be available at Atomic Books' smashing in-store bar!
Time 7:00 PM
Pea Soup ephemera (UPDATED)
Here's a couple of post cards I bought a few weeks ago in Arlington's Civitan flea market, with a nice gag cartoon about making pea soup. The pea soup empire grew well - it still exists!
And here's Pea Soup Andesen's website since I'm posting their cartoon.Their website says about the cartoon: "In the early thirties a cartoon appeared in the old "Judge" magazine. It
was one of a series by the famous cartoonist Forbell, under the heading
of "Little Known Occupations." The cartoon showed the little known
occupation of splitting peas for pea soup, with two comic chefs standing
at a chopping table, one holding a huge chisel, splitting peas singly
as they came down a chute."
Sept 29: Gareth Hinds at One More Page Bookstore in Arlington
http://www.onemorepagebooks.com/events.html
Fall for the Book Illustrators Panel "Keystrokes and Brushstrokes" moderated by Madelyn Rosenberg and featuring Gareth Hinds, Kate Samworth, Rashin Kheiriyeh, Theodore Taylor III
Panelists: Gareth Hinds: Hinds is the creator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on literary classics, including Beowulf (which Publisher's Weekly called a "mixed-media gem"), King Lear (which Booklist named one of the top 10 graphic novels for teens), and Macbeth (which the New York Times called "stellar" and "a remarkably faithful rendering"). Gareth is a recipient of the Boston Public Library's "Literary Lights for Children" award. His books can be found in bookstores and English classrooms across the country, and his illustrations have appeared in such diverse venues as the Society of Illustrators, the New York Historical Society, and over a dozen published video games. For more, visit www.garethhinds.com.
Fall for the Book Illustrators Panel "Keystrokes and Brushstrokes" moderated by Madelyn Rosenberg and featuring Gareth Hinds, Kate Samworth, Rashin Kheiriyeh, Theodore Taylor III
Tue, September 29, 7pm – 8pm
Keystrokes and brushstrokes: Authors and illustrators talk about their processes, both in writing and in art, and their varied approaches for blending art and fiction into books for young people. The panelists will talk about everything from concept to publication and will answer the age-old question of which came first: the text about the chicken or the painting of the egg?Panelists: Gareth Hinds: Hinds is the creator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on literary classics, including Beowulf (which Publisher's Weekly called a "mixed-media gem"), King Lear (which Booklist named one of the top 10 graphic novels for teens), and Macbeth (which the New York Times called "stellar" and "a remarkably faithful rendering"). Gareth is a recipient of the Boston Public Library's "Literary Lights for Children" award. His books can be found in bookstores and English classrooms across the country, and his illustrations have appeared in such diverse venues as the Society of Illustrators, the New York Historical Society, and over a dozen published video games. For more, visit www.garethhinds.com.
Oct 6: Matt Davies in Takoma Park
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 7 p.m.
Nerdy Birdy is a small-winged, glasses-wearing, allergic-to-birdseed guy who just wants to be like the cool birds. When he discovers a whole group of avian companions just like him, however, he thinks he's found the true meaning of friendship— until a new girl arrives and calls everything into question. Ages 4 – 8
Oct 13: Ted Rall in DC
Busboys and Poets 14th & V: Ted Rall - Snowden
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.
Two-time winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer, Rall got his start as a political cartoonist by posting his work on the New York City streets. His venues have become more sophisticated, but in works such as the Attitude anthologies of subversive comics, The Anti-American Manifesto, and others, he shows he's as edgy and outspoken as ever. His latest book profiles Edward Snowden, celebrating his courage in revealing the government's vast surveillance network, and drawing on Orwell's 1984 to show how much is at stake in the new era of digital technology.
Busboys and Poets 14 & V
2021 14th Street NW
WashingtonDC20009
Oct 5: Ben Hatke in town
Monday, October 5, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.
In this graphic novel for early readers, a young girl exploring the junkyard near her trailer happens upon a robot as diminutive as she is. After using her mechanical skills to bring it to life, she and her new friend experience a series of small adventures—until an enormous factory robot comes to take Little Robot away. Ages 6 – 9
Politics and Prose5015 Connecticut Ave NW
WashingtonDC20008
Monday, October 5, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
In this graphic novel for early readers, a young girl exploring the junkyard near her trailer happens upon a robot as diminutive as she is. After using her mechanical skills to bring it to life, she and her new friend experience a series of small adventures—until an enormous factory robot comes to take Little Robot away. Ages 6 – 9
Takoma Park Library (MD)
101 Philadelphia Ave
WashingtonDC20912
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