Courtesy of Dale Rawlings
Friday, June 10, 2016
New 'Jesus 2016' by Rawlings
Dale Rawlings has a new installment of his webcomic "Jesus 2016," which focuses on the political adventures of Jesus, who has come back to Earth to run as a GOP candidate.
June 12: Keeling workshop
Local comic booker and D.C. Conspiracy co-founder Evan Keeling hosts a zine/comics-making workshop June 12 from 2-4 pm at the Stone Branch School of Art in Rockville, Md. The event is free.
Comic Riffs on the new Cul de Sac play
Why the 'Cul de Sac' creator found his comic strip's ideal playwright inside his own home
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 10 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/06/10/why-the-cul-de-sac-creator-found-his-comic-strips-ideal-playwright-inside-his-own-home/
Monkey See blog on Mandrake the Magician
Sacha Baron Cohen Is Mandrake The Magician! (... Wait, Who Now?)
Formerly local cartoonist Liz Suburbia's new book reviewed
Sacred Heart
Liz SuburbiaFantagraphics
$25, 312 pages
BUY IT NOW
REVIEWED BY Rob Clough Jun 10, 2016
http://www.tcj.com/reviews/sacred-heart/
June 12: Nina Allender documentary coming to C-Span
Political Cartoonist Nina Allender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO2c7Por-TQ
Full program airs on Sunday, June 12 at 6 and 10 pm ET
Nina Allender worked as a political cartoonist for the National Woman's Party from 1914 until 1927, contributing over 150 cartoons for women's suffrage.
Former local comics writer Brad Meltzer inerview online
Meltzer Opens His "House of Secrets," Reflects On "Identity Crisis" In DC Comics' Rebirth Era
Comic Book Resources June 10 2016
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/meltzer-opens-his-house-of-secrets-reflects-on-identity-crisis-in-dc-comics-rebirth-era/
Kiel Phegleyhttp://www.comicbookresources.com/article/meltzer-opens-his-house-of-secrets-reflects-on-identity-crisis-in-dc-comics-rebirth-era/
June 12: Nick Sousanis at National Gallery of Art
- Unflattening: Revolutionizing Thought in Comics
June 12 at 2:00
East Building Auditorium
- http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/calendar/lectures/lectures-signings/unflattening.html
Nick Sousanis, comics artist, educator, and postdoctoral fellow in comics studies, University of Calgary.
Book signing of Unflattening follows.
Cul de Sac play returns to Encore Stage tonight
Cul de Sac
Encore Stage & Studio
Thomas Jefferson Theatre
Thru Sun, June 12
$10-$15 buy tickets
Call 703-548-1154 to order
official website
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.
Dates:
- Fri, June 10, 2016 @ 7:30 pm buy tickets
- Sat, June 11, 2016 @ 11:00 am buy tickets
- Sat, June 11, 2016 @ 3:00 pm buy tickets
- Sun, June 12, 2016 @ 3:00 pm buy tickets
Thursday, June 09, 2016
Teresa Roberts Logan's eulogy for her father
Our local cartoonist lost her dad a few weeks ago, and has written a nice memorial for him.
Cartoons and Crying
by The Laughing Redheadhttps://laughingredhead.me/2016/06/09/cartoons-and-crying/#comment-2656
PR: March: Book Three - John Lewis's award-winning trilogy concludes in August!
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Cosplayers at Awesome Con at Washingtonian
PHOTOS: The Beautiful, Magical, Incredible Characters at this Year's Awesome Con
Two-Face, Khal Drogo, Elvira, Shadow Link, and Harley Quinn all made appearances.
Cul de Sac play reviewed
I saw it and enjoyed it, but I'm friends with the principals, so won't be reviewing it - Mike
Review: 'Cul de Sac' at Encore Stage & Studio
By Kendall Mostafavi on June 8, 2016
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/06/08/cul-de-sac-encore-stage/
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/06/08/cul-de-sac-encore-stage/
Ann Telnaes' cartoons picked up by French site
Ann Telnaes in French Biggest Newspaper, Ouest-France.
It's a little hard to tell how to read this but it looks like they've just signed up to use Anne's cartoons like a syndicate would.
Comic Riffs' Michael Cavna gets twice awarded and mentioned, honorably
Here's parts of the press release.
"Michael Cavna of the Washington Post, who received a first place and honorable mention in Digital Innovation and a second place in Feature Writing Specialty Portfolio."
The Society for Features Journalism has honored three Pulitzer Prize winners and a host of other journalists as part of its 2016 Excellence-in-Features Awards contest.
Three newspapers also were recognized with the inaugural Finest in Features Sweepstakes Awards, which goes to those publications that received the most honors in the annual contest. The first-ever Best College Features Journalist in the Country also was named. Winners in the 19 categories were announced today.
More than 700 entries were judged in the contest, which honors the craft of feature storytelling and the people who do it for a living at news organizations in the United States and Canada. Winners will be recognized at SFJ's national conference Aug. 10-13 in Austin, Texas.
SFJ President Lisa Glowinski said, "I am beyond impressed with the variety of winners this year. Excellent features journalism is truly alive and well – in print, online, on social media and in our readers' lives."
"Michael Cavna of the Washington Post, who received a first place and honorable mention in Digital Innovation and a second place in Feature Writing Specialty Portfolio."
Here's the specifics:
Feature Speciality Writing Portfolio
Three stories by the same writer on one features specialty topic, such as arts and entertainment, fashion, food, health, religion, technology or travel.
First place: Ben Terris, The Washington Post
Judge's comments: Snazzy, free-flowing writing. Ben Terris proved that the 2016 campaign has been a gift not only to late-night comedians but also to political reporters. The Trump golf story was a hoot – maybe something that will prove to be much less funny down the road. In the meantime, we can take pleasure in sentences like this one, from his piece on tiny Dixville Notch, N.H.: "On a visit in late July, it was a humid and musty place, like walking through a recent sneeze." Bless you, Ben Terris.
Second place: Michael Cavna, The Washington Post
Judge's comments: The alternative storytelling was wonderful, but the conventional storytelling was spectacular. The "Peanuts" piece was brilliant, with life imitating art.
Digital Innovation
New or improved online ventures, including websites, apps, social-media experiments or other ways to share information in the digital world.
First place: Michael Cavna, "#Draw4Atena: The Social-Media Experiment That Went Global," The Washington Post
Judge's comments: Beautiful in its simplicity. The community impact couldn't be denied either. Loved this.
Second place: John Sutter, "You're Making This Island Disappear," CNN.com
Judge's comments: Particularly good use of video to discuss the problem, but the Snapchat video gave a more casual look at the people. Photos were gorgeous. (The editorial tone at the end of the main video could have been edited to let the research and body of work make that point rather than the reporter.)
Third place: Alex Baldinger, Kennedy Elliott, "Holiday Cookie Generator," The Washington Post
Judge's comments: Great idea and wonderful execution. I will be using this during the holidays.
Honorable mention: Michael Cavna, "Experiments in Instagram Short-Lived Art," The Washington Post
Wednesday, June 08, 2016
Chuck Jones sculpture at National Portrait Gallery
A guest post by Bruce Guthrie
I love the museum (Donald Reynolds Center = NPG and the Smithsonian American Art Museum) anyway and encourage all to visit. They also just put up an "In Memoriam" photo of Mohammad Ali.
The Chuck Jones piece is hard to photograph because of the case it's in but the following pictures give you the idea.
The National Portrait Gallery had recently updated its exhibits in the Bravo! and Champions sections. These are the galleries that are kind of on the third-and-a-half floor. It had been awhile since I went up there but had some time Monday sooo...
I was happy to see that one of the pieces they had rotated into the Bravo! gallery was a sculpture of Chuck Jones done by Paul Moore in 1994. It shows a bust of the then-82-year-old Chuck being constructed by many of the Warner Brothers cartoon characters to which he was associated. Chuck even signed the piece.I love the museum (Donald Reynolds Center = NPG and the Smithsonian American Art Museum) anyway and encourage all to visit. They also just put up an "In Memoriam" photo of Mohammad Ali.
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Tuesday, June 07, 2016
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Surge!"
From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist -
"Surge!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1974
This week begins WMATA's SafeTrack "surge" of massive, long-overdue repairs and rebuilding on the Metro subway, plagued over the past year or so with a rash of fires, derailings, and other accidents.
This parody is a "truth in labeling" version of the current WMATA subway map poster seen in rail stations and train cars.
"Surge!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1974
This week begins WMATA's SafeTrack "surge" of massive, long-overdue repairs and rebuilding on the Metro subway, plagued over the past year or so with a rash of fires, derailings, and other accidents.
This parody is a "truth in labeling" version of the current WMATA subway map poster seen in rail stations and train cars.
Washington's Commercial Comics
Stuart McIntyre suggested that we link to information about Commercial Comics, which had been based at 1507 M St NW, Washington DC. (That building appears to be gone).
So, here's an interesting story about comics in DC: Malcolm Ater and the Commercial Comics Company
by Tom Christopher
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