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Photos: Awesome Con 2017

jenn tisdale and Nicholas Karlin

Brightest Young Things Jun 19, 2017

https://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/photos-awesome-con-2017

Former 'The Hill' cartoonist Weyant interviewed

Digital Publishing: Why Newspapers Need to Invest More in Political Cartoons

By: Rob Tornoe

June 20 2017

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/digital-publishing-why-newspapers-need-to-invest-more-in-political-cartoons/

Michael Cavna of Comic Riffs talks to Lynda Carter

Washington Post was live — at The Library of Congress.

June 16 at 4:07pm · Washington ·
https://www.facebook.com/washingtonpost/videos/10155229127457293/

Before "Wonder Woman" made history on the big screen, it made history on television. We're talking to actress Lynda Carter about the show that turned her into an icon.

Carter played the superhero and her alter ego, Diana Prince, on the TV version that aired from 1975 to 1979.

David Apatoff's new book on Bernie Fuchs

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Comic Riffs on the value of merchandising for Pixar

'Cars 3': Why Pixar should lose no sleep over one of its lowest debuts ever

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 19 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/06/19/cars-3-why-pixar-should-lose-no-sleep-over-one-of-its-lowest-debuts-ever/

Comic Riffs on Rhymes with Orange's doubling down

Rina Piccolo joins Hilary Price -

'Rhymes With Orange' comic welcomes aboard a new collaborator

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 19 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/06/19/rhymes-with-orange-comic-welcomes-aboard-a-new-collaborator/

DCist on Awesome Con

 'Awesome Con' Is An Alternate Universe Heaven For All Geeks

by Dominic Griffin
DCist Jun 19, 2017
http://dcist.com/2017/06/awesome_con_is_an_alternate_univers.php

NPR on Cars 3

'Cars 3' Comes Roaring Back With A Swapped-Out (Story) Engine

Andrew Lapin

NPR June 15, 2017
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/15/532302666/cars-3-comes-roaring-back-with-a-swapped-out-story-engine

That darn Snoopy

Letters to the Editor

Are we already forgetting D-Day?

Jeffrey A. Schaler, Ellicott City

Washington Post June 17 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/are-we-already-forgetting-d-day/2017/06/16/c9bcec30-5122-11e7-b74e-0d2785d3083d_story.html

The Post reviews house-cleaning manga

Marie Kondo transforms into a comic book character to sell you KonMari

By Everdeen Mason
Washington Post (June 12 2017): https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/marie-kondo-transforms-into-a-comic-book-character-to-sell-you-konmari/2017/06/08/7ae5f50e-4a18-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html

North Carolina caricaturist Al Phillips dies in suburban MD retirement

Al Phillips, illustrator of Charlotte's big moments and famous people for Observer, dies at 83

By Tim Funk

Charlotte Observer June 14, 2017

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article156172574.html

Marc Hempel and John Gallagher at Awesome Con

John Gallagher has his children's comics for sale while Marc Hempel had Death from Sandman stop by.

Awesome Con continues today

Here's some cosplayers from Saturday.

New award announced for Baltimore Comic-Con

The Ringo Awards – Named After Mike Wieringo – To Replace Harvey Awards At Baltimore Comic Con

by Rich Johnston June 16, 2017
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/06/16/ringo-awards-named-mike-wieringo-replace-harvey-awards-baltimore-comic-con/

1970s TV Wonder Woman visits Library of Congress

Pic of the Week: Wonder Woman Visits the Library

by Wendi Maloney

Library of Congress blog June 16, 2017
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/06/pic-of-the-week-wonder-woman-visits-the-library/

Whiplash - Comic Riffs' Cavna on Cars 3 and Delisle's Hostage (within 24 hours)

How 'Cars 3' became a tale of female empowerment

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 16 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/06/16/how-cars-3-became-a-tale-of-female-empowerment/

A Doctors Without Borders worker's harrowing kidnapping becomes a riveting graphic novel

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 15 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/06/15/a-doctors-without-borders-workers-harrowing-kidnapping-becomes-a-riveting-graphic-novel/

Pop Culture Happy Hour on 'Wonder Woman'

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Wonder Woman' And The Tony Awards

Linda Holmes

Pop Culture Happy Hour

June 16, 2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/06/16/532777141/pop-culture-happy-hour-wonder-woman-and-the-tony-awards
https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/npr.mc.tritondigital.com/PCHH_PODCAST/media/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2017/06/20170613_pchh_352.mp3

Gal Gadot stars in Wonder Woman.

Clay Enos/Warner Bros and DC Comics

This week, now that more of you have had a chance to see it, we're finally getting around to talking about the critical and commercial success that is Wonder Woman. Petra Mayer of NPR Books joins us to talk about Diana, her island of fighters, her romance, the inevitable Great Big Ending, representation that does and doesn't exist in this movie, and more.

That darn Toles speaks up

The baseball gunman posted my cartoon on his Facebook page. Here's my response. [in print as The gunman and my cartoon].

By Tom Toles
Washington Post June 16 2017, p. A23

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2017/06/15/the-baseball-gunman-posted-my-cartoon-on-his-facebook-page-heres-my-response/

'Fine artists' comics at the Baltimore Museum of Art

The Sequential Art, Comics & Cartoons of Famous Artists

By: Steven Brower | June 6, 2017

http://www.printmag.com/comics-and-animation/the-comics-cartoons-of-famous-artists/

Awesome Con's local faces

I was able to make into Awesome Con's main floor before it closed for the day, and tried to say hello to local cartoonists.



In no particular order:

Evan Keeling represented the Smithsonian.





National Geographic's booth, with my wife's colleagues.



Joe Carabeo of Curls Studio.



A token Canadian, Ryan North (aka writer of Dinosaur Comics and Squirrel Girl).



Cuddles & Rage with their new picture book.



Arsia Rozegar.



Dawn Griffin of Baltimore.



Matt Dembicki.



Vanessa Bettencourt and novelist Jacob Falling.



The Frazetta family's booth (they've got some originals for sale!)



SL Gallant.



Jamie Noguchi in motion.



Marc Hempel of Baltimore.



The Red Skull with a cosmic cube cosplayer.