Comic Riffs profiles Catalyst Prime

Superheroes of color are few and far between. A new comic-book universe tries to fix that.

By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog August 25 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/08/25/superheroes-of-color-are-few-and-far-between-a-new-comic-book-universe-tries-to-fix-that/

STEAM comic book exhibit still on at AAAS

What's your science teacher doing in a comic book?

By Erin Blakemore
Washington Post August 19 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/whats-your-science-teacher-doing-in-a-comic-book/2017/08/18/5e99dc10-81c9-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html

Sequential Heart - Ben Hatke / Cartoonist of Mighty Jack and the Goblin King

Sean Edgar and Eric

Sequential Heart 
August 24, 2017
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/sequential-heart-ben-hatke-cartoonist-of-mighty-jack-and-the-goblin-king.html

Cartoonist, archer, gymnast and modern Peter Pan analogue Ben Hatke joins us for our latest episode. We chat about his upcoming graphic novel, Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, a thrilling update to the classic fantasy that also weaves larger pieces of his library together. Hatke also discusses the blurring of genre storytelling, how to properly draw archery and his growing stable of furry family members.

Aug 29: Walt Disney on WETA

Experience the Magical Legacy of Walt Disney with American Experience!

American Experience explores the complex life and enduring legacy of one of America's most influential storytellers, presenting rare footage from the Disney vaults and scenes from some of Disney's greatest films, as well as interviews with animators, artists and biographers. Part one follows the famed filmmaker from his early days creating Mickey Mouse through the making of Snow White, the first full-length animated film.   

American Experience airs Tuesday, August 29 at 8pm on TV 26 and WETA HD.

See all broadcast times →
Watch preview →

PR: Small Press Expo Announces Charles Forsman and Andrew Aydin as Special Guests

Small Press Expo is proud to announce additional Special Guests for SPX 2017. The festival takes place on Saturday & Sunday, September 16-17.

For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Email: warren@spxpo.com   Small Press Expo Announces Charles Forsman and Andrew Aydin as Special Guests for SPX 2017   Bethesda, Maryland; August 28, 2017   Media Release - Small Press Expo is proud to announce additional Special Guests for SPX 2017. The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 16-17, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center and will have over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables and 22 programming slots to entertain, enlighten and introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics.   SPX 2017 is honored to have the following creators as Special Guests to this year's show: CHARLES FORSMAN grew up in Mechanicsburg, Pa. After dropping out of high school he went on to work and flail until finding a home at the Center for Cartoon Studies, from which he graduated in 2008. He is the author of the acclaimed, Ignatz Award-winning graphic novel, The End of the Fucking World, which has been adapted into a live-action miniseries that premieres on Netflix in early 2018. He runs a micro-publisher, Oily Comics, and continues to draw comic books in Massachusetts. ANDREW AYDIN serves as Digital Director & Policy Advisor to Congressman John Lewis in Washington, D.C., with whom he co-wrote the March series. While studying at Georgetown University in Washington, Andrew wrote his master's thesis on the history and impact of Martin Luther King & The Montgomery Story. As March has grown into a bona fide phenomenon, Andrew continues to publish and lecture about the history of comics in the civil rights movement — including giving talks at the headquarters of both Google and Apple. Saturday only. Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.   The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which funds graphic novel purchases for public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, visit their website at http://www.cbldf.org. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com.

The Express on The Tick

'The Tick' knows how to balance goofiness and poignancy [in print as A caped comedian: 'The Tick' is a hero with a funny bone].

By Marc Silver
Express August 28 2017, p. 19
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2017/08/27/the-tick-knows-how-to-balance-goofiness-and-poignancy/

Arthur (Griffin Newman), left, and the Tick (Peter Serafinowicz)  (Amazon

VIP from Air California Magazine vol 2 no 11

Sometimes odd things get preserved in government archives. These November 1969  magazine pages were preserved in a scrapbook on Naval Hospital Oakland. The whole magazine is at https://archive.org/details/AirCaliforniaMagazine211



 


 

That Darn Toles, and Cavna on Kirby

A complex situation, succinctly captured [in print as Complexity captured succinctly].
Lois Ladd,
Washington Post (August 26 2017)
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-complex-situation-succinctly-captured/2017/08/25/c3223414-875c-11e7-96a7-d178cf3524eb_story.html

Mike Cavna tips his hat to Jack Kirby on his centennial -
http://www.gocomics.com/warped/2017/08/28

and local writer Jason Reynolds has his new book Patina (not his new Spider-Man novel) reviewed in the New York Times

Cavna chats with Chast

Roz Chast writes — and draws — a love letter to New York [in print as A Love letter from Roz Chast to New York]

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post (August 27 2017): Bookworld 12

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/roz-chast-writes--and-draws--a-love-letter-to-new-york/2017/08/25/3054459c-812f-11e7-ab27-1a21a8e006ab_story.html

Sept 2: Cartoonists at the National Book Festival

Speaking Time
Author
Signing Time

Children's Purple Stage

11:15 am-11:40 am

Dav Pilkey

noon-1:00 pm

1:35 pm-2:00 pm

Rachel Renee Russell

2:30 pm-3:30 pm

Graphic Novels

5:30 pm-6:00 pm
Gene Luen Yang
4:00 pm-5:00 pm

5:55 pm-6:30 pm
Ann Telnaes
4:30 pm-5:30 pm

5:55 pm-6:30 pm
Mike Lester
4:30 pm-5:30 pm

6:25 pm-7:00 pm
Roz Chast
4:30 pm-5:30 pm

6:55 pm-7:30 pm
Lincoln Peirce
5:00 pm-6:00 pm

Glen Weldon reviews The Tick

He's Big, He's Blue, And Now, He's Bingeable: 'The Tick' Returns

Glen Weldon
Morning Edition August 24, 2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/08/24/544475312/hes-big-hes-blue-and-now-hes-bingeable-the-tick-returns

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2017/08/20170824_me_hes_big_hes_blue_and_now_hes_bingeable_the_tick_returns.mp3
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=544475312

More from Scoop on Otakon in DC

A local animation voice actor is interviewed -

Otakon Interview: Jamie McGonnigal

Carrie Wood.

Scoop August 25 2017

http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=198885

Otakon in Photos, Part II

Otakon took over the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington, D.C., on August 11-13, 2017. Featuring massive concerts, plenty of panels, and more high-quality cosplay than we could keep track of, the convention's first year in the nations' capital was truly a sight to behold.

Below, take a look at our second half of photo coverage, with photographs taken by Gemstone Assistant Editor Carrie Wood. 

http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=198629

The Post grounds Leap cartoon

No great 'Leap!': Tale of an aspiring ballerina falls short by recent animated-fare standards [in print as No prima ballerina when in the company of other animated fare]

By Susan Wloszczyna

Washington Post August 25 2017

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/no-great-leap-tale-of-an-aspiring-ballerina-falls-short-by-recent-animated-fare-standards/2017/08/24/d9404aae-837b-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html

Aug. 26: Ha exhibits work in upcoming new book

Robin Ha on Saturday holds a gallery show at the Tiniest Gallery in D.C. featuring some pages ans sketches from her upcoming book Fly with Your Own Wings, A Memoir, which is scheduled to be published in late 2019. Per her Facebook event page: "Chronicling her expatriation from South Korea to Acclimating to life in the US, starting in the Alabama and ending up here in the local area. See it first at the #tiniestgallery's premiere art show. Come eat and view Robin's work with friends and activists. Korean snacks and drink's from her first cookbook, Cook Korean!"

Proceeds benefit the March for Racial Justice and half of book sales will go to the ACLU. Suggested entry donation is $10.

Learn more about Robin'a work:
http://robin.megaten.net/

 Art by Robin Ha

George Washington U magazine on Wonder Woman special effects creator

Science. Art. Magic.

Two-time Oscar winner Bill Westenhofer, MS '95, is responsible for the visual effects in some of Hollywood's biggest films of the past 20 years, including "Elf," "Life of Pi" and this summer's "Wonder Woman."

GW Magazine Summer 2017

//  By Matthew Stoss

http://magazine.gwu.edu/science-art-magic

PR: Small Press Expo Announces Programming Schedule for SPX 2017

Small Press Expo Announces Programming Schedule for SPX 2017 For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Email: warren@spxpo.com Bethesda, Maryland; August 24, 2017 Media Release - Small Press Expo is pleased to announce the Programming Schedule for SPX 2017. SPX is continuing the festival's established tradition of rich, thought provoking programming featuring leading comics artists and critics in conversation. As in previous years, the Programming Schedule features 22 sessions with two simultaneous tracks on both Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17. Here are some highlights: Tillie Walden discusses her new work, Spinning, focusing on her decade spent in competitive figure skating, with Small Press Expo executive director Warren Bernard. Jillian Tamaki (Boundless) and Eleanor Davis (You And A Bike And The Road) are two of our generation's greatest cartoonists. Both create beautiful imagery while telling incredibly poignant stories which are thoughtful and evocative. With moderator Jim Rugg. Moderator L.Nichols will explore the recent movement in comics toward exploring genderfluidity within a science-fiction context, with an emphasis on technology and utopian ideals. Panelists Jeremy Sorese (Curveball), Carta Monir (Secure Connect), Kevin Czap (Futchi Perf) and Rio Aubry Taylor (Jetty) will each discuss how their own work fits into this bold new vision of comics, Gene Luen Yang has distinguished himself as a prominent voice in youth-friendly literature through his books American Born Chinese and Boxers and Saints. He continues to inspire young readers by championing diversity as the recently appointed National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Join us for a very special conversation with Gene as we spotlight Reading Without Walls. Moderated by Johanna Draper Carlson. Join moderator Jared Gardner, publisher Raighne Hogan and an array of 2dcloud artists as they celebrate and recount the history of this cutting-edge indy publisher and look toward its future. Additionally, several panels will focus on the cartooning into today's political climate: Tom Spurgeon moderates political cartoonists Ann Telnaes, Matt Wuerker, Keith Knight and Ben Passmore as they explore the role and responsibility of being a political cartoonist in a time when the freedom of the press is under attack. In a world that seems increasingly difficult to satirize, come see how cartoonists Tommi Musturi (Simply Samuel), Aaron Lange (Trim), Sabin Cauldron (Maleficium), and Katie Fricas (The New Yorker) use different comedic tools to address the absurd, the awful and the just plain ridiculous. Moderated by Heidi MacDonald. Celebrants and detractors alike are chewing on the fact that Donald Trump was elected president. Shannon Wheeler and Robert Sikoryak will help you swallow. In their books Sh*t My President Says from Top Shelf and The Unquotable Trump from Drawn & Quarterly (respectively), these two cartoonists illustrate Trump's words for comedic effect and insight.  The complete schedule with times and descriptions can be found at http://www.smallpressexpo.com/spx-2017-programming-schedule. Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which funds graphic novel purchases for public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, visit their website at http://www.cbldf.org. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com.

Silver Spring's Ryan Holmberg on manga

Eye Drum: Yokoyama Yuichi and Audiovisual Abstraction in Comics

BY Ryan Holmberg Aug 24, 2017
http://www.tcj.com/eye-drum-yokoyama-yuichi-and-audiovisual-abstraction-in-comics/

The Post on Hiroshima anime

The reviewer seems unaware of how censored news in Japan, which was governed by the military, would have been.

'In This Corner of the World': A quietly devastating tale of Hiroshima [in print as The atomic bomb drop, as seen by people below it].

By Alan Zilberman

Washington Post August 18 2017, p. weekend 26

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/in-this-corner-of-the-world-a-quietly-devastating-tale-of-hiroshima/2017/08/17/46be2c72-7f7b-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html

Interview with Keith Knight, whose strip appears in Sunday's Post

Cartoonist Keith Knight on Politics, Satire and His Very Busy Schedule

08.22.2017 by Alex Dueben

http://www.cbr.com/keith-knight-cartoonist-politics-satire-interview/

The City Paper on Hind's Poe and King Kirby

Edgar Allan Poe Gets the Illustrated Treatment in Poe: Stories and Poems

Local author Gareth Hinds brings Poe's visceral stories and poems to life in this graphic novel.

Eve Ottenberg

Aug 11, 2017

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/books/blog/20972218/poe-stories-and-poems-reviewed

Off the Quill Retells Marvel Comics' Most Infamous Feud in King Kirby [in print as The Strangest Yard]

The story of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's long, storied history with Marvel Comics is deftly interpreted in this production.

Chris Klimek

Aug 18, 2017 , p. 22

online at http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/theater/blog/20972907/king-kirby-at-the-greenbelt-arts-center-reviewed