In January, 2015 terrorism attacked freedom of expression with the assault on the satire magazine Charlie Hebdo. The slogan "Je suis Charlie" became ubiquitous. All of Europe showed its solidarity with France. The European media reproduced caricatures as a show of solidarity.
European cultural organizations hold on to the belief in the freedom of expression, and refuse to avoid difficult topics. Four caricaturists gathered on February 11, 2016, at NYU's Washington, DC campus to discuss these questions: Steven Degryse (LECTTRR) from Belgium, Ann Telnaes (The Washington Post), Kevin Kallaugher (The Economist), Matt Wuerker (Politico).
This event was held in cooperation with the Embassy of Belgium and the House of Flanders, New York. The program was also supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, the British Council, the Embassy of Slovenia, the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Goethe-Institut, EUNIC and New York University.
Hi guys! My comics will be appearing daily on GoComics starting today! This will be a mix of stuff from my archives and some new stuff. I'm really excited about meeting new readers through GoComics and showing off my years-old comics archives as well. You can check out my GoComics page here!
Play by Amy Thompson
Adapted from the Comic Strip, Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson
http://www.encorestageva.org/2015/05/19/cul-de-sac/
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.
Performance Dates and Times:
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
All performances are held at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre (125 S. Old Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA 22204)
Tickets: $15 Adults; $10 Children, Students, Military and Seniors with valid ID. Includes all box office fees. Click here to purchase your tickets online, or call our box office (703)548-1154.
This production is sponsored by Michael Rogers, DDS.
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by Erin Allen
"Dogear Wryde Postcards: Neglected Murderesses Series," 1980. Set 208 of 250, numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Photo by Shawn Miller.
'The Neil Gaiman Coloring Book' Helps Support Independent Bookstores
Kristian Wilson
March 11 2016
Cartoonists Roundtable: One Year After "Charlie Hebdo"
March 9th, 2016
https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/cartoonists-roundtable-one-year-after-charlie-hebdo
http://krieger.jhu.edu/visualarts/2016/03/11/ben-katchor/
Katchor's talk, "Hand-Drying in America and Other Stories," starts at 5:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the F. Ross Jones Building, Mattin Center, on the Homewood campus at 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. A book-signing will follow. Admission is free and open to the public.
Subtitled "Picture-recitations from 18 years of comic-strips about architecture and urban design from Metropolis magazine," Katchor's talk bears the same title as his most recent anthology, published by Pantheon Books in 2013. Hand-Drying in America and Other Stories was included in Time Magazine and NPR's Best Books of the Year lists and was named one of The Daily Beast's Top Coffee-Table Books of 2013.
Tom Chalkley, a cartooning instructor at the university's Center for Visual Arts, describes Katchor as "the rare cartoonist who raises the picture-story to the level of literature – his stories are mysterious, allusive, at once banal and surreal, examining the random forces of history and culture in the America of his imagination."
"Katchor is an urban visionary, building his stories brick by brick from the detritus of the metropolis: the derelict buildings, the unremembered districts, the flotsam and jetsam of the streets," writes Los Angeles Timesbook critic David L. Ulin. "His is an aesthetic of ephemera, but an ephemera that transcends itself, in which loss leads to wonder and then, inevitably, back to loss."
Katchor's other books include Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, Hotel & Farm, The Jew of New York, The Cardboard Valise, and Shoehorn Technique. In addition to Metropolis, his work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Jewish Daily Forward and numerous weekly newspapers. He has collaborated with composer Mark Mulcahy on six music-theater shows, most recently The Imaginary War Crimes Tribunal.
In 2000, Katchor became the first cartoonist to receive a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a fellow of the American Academy in Berlin. He is an associate professor at Parsons School of Design/The New School in New York City, where he directs the Illustration program.
Katchor's appearance, his first at Johns Hopkins since 1999, is co-sponsored by the Center for Visual Arts and Homewood Arts Programs.
Annie Tuesday through March 20 at the National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-6161. thenationaldc.org. $48-$108.
Ulysses E. Campbell
Taped on location at the Annapolis Comic Con! Producer/host Ulysses E. Campbell talks with publisher, author, educator and lecturer Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg about MEDIA MARVELS the University of Baltimore's course on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Dr. Blumberg uses the comic book based movie to teach students about critical thinking using analysis of the messages conveyed in cinema.
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