Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Andy and Lucy may live 40,000 years in the past, but these Neanderthal siblings have problems—crushes, squabbles, and baby brothers— that persist today. Brown tells their story alongside nonfiction sections that serve to dispel misinformation about these human relatives.

In Winick's sequel to Hilo, the titular heroic alien robot unexpectedly returns to Earth and human friends DJ and Gina. Then, mysterious portals pop up all over town and disgorge one terrifying creature after another. An enormous mutant chicken and a million killer vegetables are only some of the foes that Hilo, DJ, and Gina must confront in order to save their community. Ages 9-12

Takoma Park Library (MD)

101 Philadelphia Ave

Takoma Park MD20912

Jim Henson profiled on WETA's blog

The Muppets Take Maryland

by Benjamin Shaw

WETA's Boundary Stones blog 9/14/2015
http://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2015/09/14/muppets-take-maryland

Sept 28: Juana Medina at Hooray for Books

Wednesday, September 28th: Author and illustrator Juana Medina (1 Big Salad) will be at Hooray for Books! to present her newest novel for the elementary school crowd, Juana and Lucas. This beautifully illustrated chapter book will appeal to fans of Judy Moody and Clarice Bean! 6 pm.

Juana loves many things: drawing; eating Brussels sprouts; living in Bogota, Columbia; and especially her dog, Lucas. She does not love wearing her itchy school uniform or going to dance class, and she especially doesn't love learning English. But when her grandparents tell her about a special trip they are planning -- a trip where they will need Juana to speak English -- she begins to think learning English might be a good use of her time, after all

1555 King Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

(703) 548-4092

info@hooray4books.com

www.hooray4books.com

Sept 26: Kate Beaton at Hooray for Books

Monday, September 26th: We are thrilled to announce that author and cartoonist extraordinaire Kate Beaton is coming to Hooray for Books! If you are a fan of webcomics, then you might already love Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant series. If you frequent our Wednesday Story Times, then you definitely know how much we love her first picture book, The Princess and the Pony. Now, come to Hooray for Books! as Beaton presents her second and newest picture book, King Baby. Just as hilarious as all of Beaton's work, King Baby is sure to be a story time favorite that will resonate with everyone who has ever been a parent, aunt or uncle, sibling, or even just seen a baby in action. This event is free and open to the public, but you must purchase at least one Scholasti

c title from Hooray for Books! in order to join the signing line. 6 pm.

1555 King Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

(703) 548-4092

info@hooray4books.com

www.hooray4books.com

Sept 24: Cartoonists at the National Book Festival

Information clipped from the main book festival page.

Kate Beaton

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Children II
Saturday, September 24
noon - 12:30 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Cartoonist Kate Beaton is well-known for her online work "Hark! A Vagrant!" and her first published book of the same name was a best-seller. Her illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's and Marvel's Strange Tales anthology. Beaton has received several Harvey awards, an Ignatz award and a Doug Wright Award. Her work explores historic and literary topics through a modern perspective and with a light comedic touch. Some of Beaton's published books include "Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant! Collection" and "The Princess and the Pony." Her latest children's book is "King Baby" (Scholastic). Beaton lives in Canada.

Juana Medina

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Children I
Saturday, September 24
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Juana Medina is an illustrator and author of children's books, as well as a teacher at George Washington University. She grew up in Bogotá, Colombia and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. Medina was the first winner of the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, an award given yearly by the National Cartoonists Society to a top college cartoonist in North America. Her books for children include "1 Big Salad: A Delicious Counting Book" and "Smick." Her latest picture book, "Juana and Lucas" (Candlewick), tells the story of a young girl's decision to learn English. Medina lives in Washington, D.C.

Gene Luen Yang

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Teens
Saturday, September 24
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Graphic Novels
Saturday, September 24
9:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Saturday, September 24
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Gene Luen Yang is a writer of both graphic novels and comics. His first graphic novel "American Born Chinese" is about a teenager struggling with his identity – a theme that is common in much of Yang's work, which emphasizes the importance of celebrating our diverse culture. It was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association's Printz Award; it was also a winner of the 2007 Eisner Award. His next solo work, "Boxers & Saints," is a two-volume project set during the Boxer Rebellion and a National Book Award finalist. His most recent work is the second in his Secret Coders series, "Secret Coders: Paths and Portals" (First Second), and combines adventure and mystery with logic puzzles and basic programming instruction. Yang has been drawing comics since the fifth grade and believes both graphic novels and comics can be used effectively as educational tools in the classroom. He teaches at Hamline University as part of the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults.

Raina Telgemeier

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Main Stage
Saturday, September 24
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Raina Telgemeier is an author, illustrator and cartoonist. Her graphic novels "Smile" and "Drama" are both No. 1 New York Times best-sellers. "Smile," Telgemeier's autobiographical account of her childhood dental drama, is a Boston Globe-Horn Award Honor title and an Eisner award winner for Best Publication for Teens. "Drama" won the 2013 Stonewall Book Award Honor from the American Library Association. Telgemeier has also adapted and illustrated four graphic novel versions of Ann M. Martin's "Baby-Sitters Club" series. Her latest graphic novel is "Ghosts" (Graphix).

Rep. John Lewis

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Graphic Novels
Saturday, September 24
5:10 pm - 5:50 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

John Lewis has served as the U.S. States representative for Georgia's 5th Congressional District since 1987. He is senior chief deputy whip for the Democratic Party. Rep. Lewis had been serving America long before his congressional career began, as he is revered as a major civil rights icon, lending his resounding moral voice to the cause for more than 50 years. He was a key player in the movement to end racial discrimination and segregation as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In his graphic memoir trilogy, "March," published with co-writer Andrew Aydin and New York Times best-selling artist Nate Powell, Rep. Lewis recounts his lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, chronicling the days of Jim Crow to the broader civil rights movement, and telling of his experience at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. "March" has been recognized as the winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and an American Library Association Notable Children's Book. His most recent release is the final volume, "March: Book Three" (Top Shelf).

Andrew Aydin

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Graphic Novels
Saturday, September 24
5:10 pm - 5:50 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Andrew Aydin is co-author, with Rep. John Lewis, of the best-selling graphic memoir series "March," which chronicles the life of Rep. Lewis as a civil rights icon and is illustrated by Nate Powell. The book series has received a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award special recognition and a Coretta Scott King Book Award author honor. His most recent publication is the final volume in the series, "March: Book Three" (Top Shelf). Aydin frequently lectures about the history of comics in the civil rights movement and has appeared as a guest on the Rachel Maddow Show, NPR, CBS This Morning, CNN, the BBC and many other programs. Currently he serves as digital director and policy advisor to Rep. Lewis in Washington, D.C.

Berkeley Breathed

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Graphic Novels
Saturday, September 24
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Berkeley Breathed is a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, children's book author and illustrator, director and screenwriter best known for the comic strip Bloom County. His children's books include "Pete and Pickles," "Flawed Dogs: The Shocking Raid on Westminster" and "Mars Needs Moms!" His cartoon collections include "Berkeley Breathed's Academia Waltz and Other Profound Transgressions," "Opus: 25 Years of His Sunday Best" and his most recent Bloom County collection, "The Bill the Cat Story: A Bloom County Epic" (Philomel). Breathed lives and works in California with his family and splendidly flawed dogs.

Noelle Stevenson

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Graphic Novels
Saturday, September 24
6:50 pm - 7:30 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Cartoonist and writer Noelle Stevenson is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her debut graphic novel "Nimona" won the Slate Cartoonist's Studio Prize, was nominated for a Harvey Award, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was a finalist for the National Book Award, making Stevenson—at age twenty-three—the youngest finalist in the history of the award. Her next graphic novel, "4 Wizards," which she is co-writing with Todd Casey, will be published in 2017. Stevenson is also the co-writer of the multiple Eisner Award-winning comic series "Lumberjanes" and has written for Disney's "Wander Over Yonder," Marvel, and DC Comics, among others. Her most recent published volume is "Lumberjanes Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max" (BOOM! Box). Stevenson lives and works in Los Angeles.

Michael Ramirez

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Graphic Novels
Saturday, September 24
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Michael Ramirez is a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist. His work has been collected in "Everyone Has the Right to My Opinion" and has appeared in various publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Post, Time Magazine, National Review and US News and World Report. Ramirez has appeared on various broadcast television shows and his cartoons have been featured on CNN, Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor and The Rush Limbaugh Show. In addition to two Pulitzers and many other honors, he has received three Sigma Delta Chi Awards, the Mencken Award and the Rueben Award. Ramirez's new collection of conservative political cartoons, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Obamacare" (Threshold), presents a satirical history of the Obama era, with a foreword by Dick Cheney and an afterword by Rush Limbaugh.

Darrin Bell

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Graphic Novels
Saturday, September 24
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Darrin Bell is an award-winning comics artist and writer best known for his work on nationally syndicated comic strip "Candorville" and "Rudy Park." He is also a syndicated editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post Writers Group and a storyboard artist. Bell's work challenges social, political and cultural assumptions by exploring issues such as civil rights, pop culture, family, science fiction, scriptural wisdom and nihilist philosophy while often casting subjects in roles that are traditionally denied them. His most recent published "Candorville" collection is "Goodnight Grandpa: The 7th Candorville Collection" (Lulu.com). Bell lives in California.

Ed Piskor

At the 2016 National Book Festival

Presentation

Graphic Novels
Saturday, September 24
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm

Book Signing

Saturday, September 24
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Ed Piskor is the researcher, writer and artist of Hip Hop Family Tree, the New York Times best-selling series that won the 2015 Eisner Award for best reality-based work. Hip Hop Family Tree is a thoroughly researched, richly detailed history that channels the music, style and language of the hip hop culture into a comic book chronicle that has been embraced by both the media and the hip hop community. The series is available on the web and in several print volumes, including the latest, "Hip-Hop Family Tree: 1984-1985" (Fantagraphics). Piskor's other published works include, in collaboration with Harvey Pekar, "American Splendor" and "The Beats: A Graphic History." Piskor teaches classes on comics and lives in Pennsylvania.

Michael Cavna's comic strip Warped in reruns on the web

It starts today on GoComics. Michael says he did it for seven years, but not all of it will be online now.

http://www.gocomics.com/warped

New Facebook page for editorial cartoonists

Clay Jones has started Drawing Fire. America's Best Political Cartoonists for cartoonists to post their own work. Clay has one of the better blogs on political cartooning because he always writes a bit explaining his thinking as he created the cartoon.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Small Press Expo day two photographs

Gemma Correll

Roger Langridge doing a sketch

Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell of March. (I can't recommend this trilogy highly enough).

Rebecca Mock

Jim Dougan, Esther Kim and Robin Ha admire a minicomic.

Wren McDonald at the Nobrow table

Joe Flood drawing a triceratops dinosaur.

MK Reed

Sean Causley, a local creator

Matt Dembicki's 'ReDistricted' project, open to a page written by Mike Rhode & drawn by Kevin Rechin.

Matt Dembicki and ReDistricted

Kate Leth

Small Press Expo day one photographs

SPX returns today at noon.

Joe Procopio of Lost Art Books

Ben Hatke

Rob Ullman

Drew Friedman

Erica Jang of Red Stylo Media

Joe Sutliff

DC Conspiracy

Lindblom Brothers

Hobbes Holluck and Karly Perez

Joe and Carolyn of Curls studio

Tom Gauld

Glen Baxter

Aimee de Jongh of Holland

Sara Glidden

Richard Thompson memorial panel - Shena Wulf, Nick Galifianakis, David Apatoff and Joe Procopio

Gary Groth, of Fantagraphics, earlier at the Library of Congress

Friday, September 16, 2016

Son of Zorn on NPR's Monkey See

'Son Of Zorn,' 'The Last Man On Earth' And Ditching Sitcom Normalcy

September 13, 2016

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2016/09/13/493769458/son-of-zorn-the-last-man-on-earth-and-ditching-sitcom-normalcy

Tomorrow is Batman day at local comics stores and Barnes & Noble

Batman Day celebrates the Dark Knight with free comics and signings

by Evan Slead

September 1 2016

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/01/batman-day-celebrates-dark-knight-free-comics-signings

Pre SPX-events today (starting this morning)

Fantagraphics Books and the Advent of the Graphic Novel
SPEAKER: Gary Groth, editor and publisher, Fantagraphics Books.

Legendary comic book editor and publisher Gary Groth recounts the history of Fantagraphics Books. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, Fantagraphics grew from a small, upstart press operating in College Park, Maryland, into the influential and noteworthy publisher it is today. Groth will discuss the struggles, achievements and highlights of a comic book publisher that has accomplished much in its forty-year history. Join us as we celebrate its milestone anniversary.

This is the fifth annual SPX festival program sponsored by the Serial & Government Publications Division.

Where: Library of Congress, West Dining Room, 6th floor, Madison Building
When: Friday, September 16, 2016, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Ed Luce at East City Bookshop
September 16 @ 6:30pm: Indie comics sensation Ed Luce talks about his underground hit series,Wuvable Oaf, an endearing and hilarious look at the San Francisco queer music scene.

East City Bookshop
645 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20003

Thursday, September 15, 2016

PR: Lost Art Books at Small Press Expo Sept. 14-15

LOST ART BOOKS exhibiting at the SMALL PRESS EXPO

Sept. 17-18

Booth i2

Dear Friends,

We will be exhibiting again at this year's Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland (booth i2). It's the best convention of its kind anywhere, and we're all lucky it is in our proverbial backyard.

Our publishing company Picture This Press (the publisher of the Lost Art Books imprint) is also taking part in SPX's programming this year. In conjunction with last spring's announcement that Picture This Press will publish The Richard Thompson Library, as series editor I organized a panel discussion devoted to Thompson. We hope you'll find the time to attend. The details are below:

RICHARD THOMPSON: A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE AND ART

White Flint Auditorium

September 17, 2016, 5:30 pm–6:30 pm

Richard Thompson (1957–2016)—one of his generation's greatest cartoonists and caricaturists—was beloved by readers and fellow artists alike. Pat Oliphant called him "Michelangelo with a sense of humor," and Bill Watterson, who had not said anything publicly in almost 20 years, sent out a note crediting Thompson with "giving me a reason to read the comics again." A short documentary celebrating Thompson's art and generous spirit will be followed by a conversation among Thompson's long-time intimates—his close friend and fellow cartoonist Nick Galifianakis, Shena Wolf, who is the Uclick acquisitions editor and was Richard's editor on Cul De Sac, as well as friend and art historian David Apatoff—concluding with an opportunity for questions and reflections from the audience. Moderated by publisher (Lost Art Books) and editor of the forthcoming Richard Thompson Library series, Joseph Procopio.

In addition to bringing copies of every Lost Art Book still in print, this year we are debuting a chapbook that spotlights one of our favorite artists, Russell Patterson (see the chapbook's cover and a description below). These chapbooks are exclusively available at our convention appearances.

The Lost Art of Drinking (with Drawings by Russell Patterson)

You don't need some fancy pants "mixologist" to make your drinks! Give 'em the high hat, and make your own with this beautifully illustrated cocktail chapbook adorned throughout with the art of cartoonist and illustrator Russell Patterson. These cocktails and illustrations come from a time when men understood the art of imbibing, and women could match them drink for drink. Patterson was a top Jazz Age drinker and drawer of his day, with a style that overflows with savoir faire and urbanity, frivolity and fun, and this book provides a glimpse into both Patterson's mastery and an era when drinking culture put a premium on sophistication and wit.

Please find below a map of the exhibitor's hall that will get you to our booth. Ellen and I really hope you'll find some time on the weekend of Sept. 17-18 to drop by and say hello. I promise you won't be disappointed in the abundance of creativity on display by the talented artists and small publishers who exhibit at SPX every year (go to www.SPXPO.com for more information about exhibitors, special guests, panel discussions, etc.)

Warm regards,

Joe Procopio and Ellen Levy

Co-publishers

Lost Art Books

www.SPXPO.com

www.LostArtBooks.com

Three pre-SPX events happen tonight in DC

Sept 15: Finnish Comics Now
http://www.finland.org/Public/default.aspx?contentid=351234&culture=en-US

The Embassy of Finland is excited to host an exhibition that showcases modern Finnish comics. Comic art has been a noticeable part of the Finnish art scene for a long time. Think about Tove Jansson and her beloved Moomin characters. Most Finns remember reading the Finnish Donald Duck magazine as a child, a habit that for many has continued past adulthood.

Please join us at the opening reception of the exhibition on September 15, 2016 at 7pm.
RSVP is required by Tuesday, September 13 at wasevents@formin.fi.

The exhibition is open to the public from 11am to 4pm on the following dates:
September 18
September 24-25
October 1-2

Address: Embassy of Finland, 3301 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008

Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists U.S. Tour
September 15, 2016
6:30 pm

Where @ Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th St NW Washington, DC 20009

Join us for the kick-off event of this exciting tour and meet five talented graphic novelists in conversation with Harvey Award winning artist José Villarrubia to discuss how Spanish indie comics are finding a larger voice in Spain and around the globe.

SPAIN arts & culture is pleased to present Spanish graphic novelists –Santiago García, Javier Olivares, David Rubín, Ana Galvañ, and José Domingo– some of the many gifted artists featured in Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists (Fantagraphics, 2016). Based on 2013's Panorama: La novela gráfica española hoy, this anthology showcases the talents of a contemporary wave of Spanish comic authors, from winners of Premio Nacional del Cómic, to rising stars and experimental artists, and calls attention to the high quality of graphic novels emerging from a country with one of the strongest cartoon traditions in Europe.

The Other Side of the Wall (drüben!)
09/15/2016
6:30 PM
Goethe-Institut Washington
1990 K Street NW, Suite 03
(Entrance on 20th Street NW, lower level)
Washington, DC

Cartoonist and author Simon Schwartz was born in Erfurt, Germany in 1982, at a time when the repressive Socialist Unity Party controlled the region, a part of history he captures in his autobiographic debut graphic novel drüben! (The Other Side of the Wall). Recently honored with the Independent Publisher Book Award (2016), the novel tells the narrative of the protagonist's willingness to leave the communist side of the Wall in search of freedom.

Based on his own parents' painful personal experiences of reprisal and alienation in East Germany after announcing their intention to leave for the West, The Other Side of the Wall eloquently depicts the challenges faced by those whose State once inspired but ultimately turned on them. A new life on the western side of the Wall meant not only freedom, but also uncertainty and the fragmentation of relationships with family and friends.

Simon Schwartz studied Illustration at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW). He taught editorial illustration at HAW and the BTK University of Art & Design, Berlin, and works as a freelance illustrator for several well-known magazines, newspapers and agencies. Schwartz is the winner of several awards, including the Max and Moritz Prize (2012) and the ICOM Independent Comics Award (2010).

Moderated by Antje Krüger, Assistant Professor of German at Goucher College.

A Hagenized "Grandma Rose" will be at Intervention Con this weekend.

David Hagen reveals another painting, saying "Grandma Rose at it again! Was she a big Dr Who fan?"

This will be on sale at Intervention Con this weekend.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Cartoonists from Spain in town this week

For SPX this weekend, but also at an earlier event.

The New Wave of Spanish Cartoonists Swings Through The District

by Dominic Griffin
DCist Sep 14, 2016
http://dcist.com/2016/09/the_new_wave_of_spanish_cartoonists.php