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Friday, June 23, 2017
July 7: Animezing!: Robot Carnival
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Washington Post's Awesome Con cosplay photos
See the scene during Awesome Con in Washington
Linda Wang
Washington Post.com June 20 2017
The Washingtonian on Wonder Woman Lynda Carter at the Library of Congress
The Original Wonder Woman Slays the Crowd at the Library Of Congress
The library packed in a huge, adoring crowd for Lynda Carter.
June 22 (today): Big Planet Comics graphic novel book club
Big Planet Comics graphic novel book club June '17
7 PM - 9 PM
Big Planet Comics of College Park
7315 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
The second meeting of our Big Planet Comics Graphic Novel Book Club! Our theme this month is "Girl Power", coinciding with the release this month of the upcoming Wonder Woman film this month!
This month's picks are:
💥 Princeless vol 1 by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin
💥 I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and J. M. Ken Niimura
💥 Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson
Reading all three books is not necessary, so feel free to pick and choose what you are interested in! All three books will be offered at a 15% discount up until the evening of the book club meeting at the U Street DC, Vienna VA and College Park MD locations.
We will begin the evening's discussion with Princeless for younger members who may be attending, and move on from there. Snacks will be provided!
The second meeting of our Big Planet Comics Graphic Novel Book Club! Our theme this month is "Girl Power", coinciding with the release this month of the upcoming Wonder Woman film this month!
This month's picks are:
💥 Princeless vol 1 by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin
💥 I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and J. M. Ken Niimura
💥 Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson
Reading all three books is not necessary, so feel free to pick and choose what you are interested in! All three books will be offered at a 15% discount up until the evening of the book club meeting at the U Street DC, Vienna VA and College Park MD locations.
We will begin the evening's discussion with Princeless for younger members who may be attending, and move on from there. Snacks will be provided!
The Post on the new Dr. Seuss museum
From the children's page:
Will Seuss museum be one of the places you go?
The NY Times is more critical:Will Seuss museum be one of the places you go?
At the Dr. Seuss Museum: Oh, the Places They Don't Go!
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/arts/design/dr-seuss-museum-theodor-geisel-political-cartoons.htmlWednesday, June 21, 2017
e-Bay's Spider-Man variant cover comic book
I get a lot of press releases here, and once in a while an off-topic-for-us one catches my eye. As a longtime member of the Grand Comics Database comic book indexing project, I was interested to hear that e-Bay was branding a Spider-Man comic book that would only be available on their site. The internal content of the book is the same as the standard issue; this is just a cover variant.This isn't exactly a new development - Books-a-Million does it for instance. As of this writing, 394 copies, or slightly over 1/10th of the run are sold.
Honestly though, you shouldn't buy this unless you're a collector of Spider-Man, variant covers, John Cassidy, or e-Bay. Variant covers were a significant factor in the last bust cycle of comic book collecting.
Here's the relevant information from e-Bay's PR:Honestly though, you shouldn't buy this unless you're a collector of Spider-Man, variant covers, John Cassidy, or e-Bay. Variant covers were a significant factor in the last bust cycle of comic book collecting.
The variant cover features a unique cover design created in partnership between Marvel, eBay and eBay seller My Comic Shop, who commissioned artist John Cassaday to bring the idea to life. An homage to an Amazing Spider-Man cover from the early 1970's, this new limited special variant edition will be available on eBay for $5.99 with free shipping—and just 3,000 copies are being produced.
Evan Keeling's free downloadable minicomics
On Facebook, Evan Keeling notes:
All my Smithsonian and other zine comics are all linked in one place now...
http://etkeeling.tumblr.com/freecomics
http://etkeeling.tumblr.com/freecomics
More Awesome Con photos online
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
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Michael Cavna of Comic Riffs talks to Lynda Carter
Washington Post was live — at The Library of Congress.
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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Monday, June 19, 2017
Comic Riffs on Rhymes with Orange's doubling down
Rina Piccolo joins Hilary Price -
Comic Riffs blog
'Rhymes With Orange' comic welcomes aboard a new collaborator
NPR on Cars 3
'Cars 3' Comes Roaring Back With A Swapped-Out (Story) Engine
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/15/532302666/cars-3-comes-roaring-back-with-a-swapped-out-story-engine
Sunday, June 18, 2017
The Post reviews house-cleaning manga
Marie Kondo transforms into a comic book character to sell you KonMari
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.
Friday, June 16, 2017
New award announced for Baltimore Comic-Con
The Ringo Awards – Named After Mike Wieringo – To Replace Harvey Awards At Baltimore Comic Con
by June 16, 2017https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/06/16/ringo-awards-named-mike-wieringo-replace-harvey-awards-baltimore-comic-con/
Whiplash - Comic Riffs' Cavna on Cars 3 and Delisle's Hostage (within 24 hours)
How 'Cars 3' became a tale of female empowerment
Washington Post Comic Riffs
A Doctors Without Borders worker's harrowing kidnapping becomes a riveting graphic novel
Washington Post Comic Riffs
Pop Culture Happy Hour on 'Wonder Woman'
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Wonder Woman' And The Tony Awards
Gal Gadot stars in Wonder Woman.
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.
'Fine artists' comics at the Baltimore Museum of Art
The Sequential Art, Comics & Cartoons of Famous Artists
http://www.printmag.com/
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.
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.
The Express and Post on Cars 3
Watch 'Cars 3' and feel like a kid again [in print as Getting into 'Cars'"It's fun when a film revs up the crowd].
Thursday, June 15, 2017
New Muslim Superhero book by A. David Lewis
David used to live in DC, and this is a good interview.
One Scholar On What Comic Books Reveal About Attitudes Toward Muslims
Here & Now's Robin Young
June 15, 2017
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/06/15/muslims-comics-refugees
The Express on Awesome Con
'I'm marrying Deadpool at Awesome Con.' Three superfans share their plans for this year. [in print as Is Awesome Con in your future?]
"Who are the new superwomen of the universe?" - the morning after
Thanks to the courtesy of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, I was invited to attend this panel last night.
The Museum described it as:
Followed by Catalyst, a cocktail hour with a topic and a twist.
DC Zine Fest reps, including my neighbor Anna Tecson, set up in the lobby before and after the show. The main event, in the Museum's 5th floor auditorium appeared to be sold-out. The crowed was probably 90% women. After a two introductions by museum staff, the panel began, slightly late due to Metro delays.
Carolyn Cocca gave an academic overview of the problems with women in superhero comics over a fifty-year period, including helplessness, cheesecake, under-representation, and 'fridging' or abuse to highlight a male superhero's feelings. While she spoke in a very academic fashion, she got her point across especially with her visuals, and I'll be looking for her book.
Ariell Johnson gave a very entertaining account of her decision to open a 'safe-space' comic book and coffee shop in Philadelphia.
Gabby Rivera had one young adult novel published when Marvel Comics sought her out to write a Puerto Rican, lesbian hero named America. Rivera was irrepressible during her talk, and I plan on following her career.
Ashley Woods talked about growing up in Chicago and discovering comics via a convention that she attended with her mother, and then self-publishing a comic through college, until finally landing the Niobe title. Her art is anime/manga-influenced and now done digitally, but she talked briefly about not being able to afford computer tools earlier in her career.
The talks ran a bit long, so the panel session was short and mostly taken up with the panelist's impressions of the Wonder Woman movie (which were generally positive). Everyone agreed that there should be more non-white-male work and representation in comic books. After the panel, there was a cocktail party in the main lobby, but unfortunately I had to leave at that point.
The panel was recorded and should appear online soon.
The Museum described it as:
FRESH TALK: Who are the new superwomen of the universe?
Join us for FRESH TALK on the superwomen changing the universe of comics and beyond.
For much of comics history, women characters were introduced as plot devices for the leading male characters. Join us for a conversation about the new wave of superheroines entering the comic universe, leading the fight for justice and dispelling traditional stereotypes in fiction and beyond. Followed by Catalyst, a cocktail hour with a topic and a twist.
SPEAKERS:
- Carolyn Cocca, author of Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation
- Ariell Johnson, owner of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, Philadelphia
- Gabby Rivera, YA author and writer for Marvel’s AMERICA series
- Ashley Woods, illustrator, graphic novelist, and artist for the Stranger Comics series, NIOBE: She is Life
DC Zine Fest reps, including my neighbor Anna Tecson, set up in the lobby before and after the show. The main event, in the Museum's 5th floor auditorium appeared to be sold-out. The crowed was probably 90% women. After a two introductions by museum staff, the panel began, slightly late due to Metro delays.
Carolyn Cocca gave an academic overview of the problems with women in superhero comics over a fifty-year period, including helplessness, cheesecake, under-representation, and 'fridging' or abuse to highlight a male superhero's feelings. While she spoke in a very academic fashion, she got her point across especially with her visuals, and I'll be looking for her book.
Ariell Johnson gave a very entertaining account of her decision to open a 'safe-space' comic book and coffee shop in Philadelphia.
Gabby Rivera had one young adult novel published when Marvel Comics sought her out to write a Puerto Rican, lesbian hero named America. Rivera was irrepressible during her talk, and I plan on following her career.
Ashley Woods talked about growing up in Chicago and discovering comics via a convention that she attended with her mother, and then self-publishing a comic through college, until finally landing the Niobe title. Her art is anime/manga-influenced and now done digitally, but she talked briefly about not being able to afford computer tools earlier in her career.
The talks ran a bit long, so the panel session was short and mostly taken up with the panelist's impressions of the Wonder Woman movie (which were generally positive). Everyone agreed that there should be more non-white-male work and representation in comic books. After the panel, there was a cocktail party in the main lobby, but unfortunately I had to leave at that point.
The panel was recorded and should appear online soon.
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