Friday, October 27, 2017

Comic Riffs profiles Barry Blitt

Blitt will be at Politics and Prose on Sunday afternoon.

How Barry Blitt became the New Yorker's top political cover artist

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 27 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/10/27/how-barry-blitt-become-the-new-yorkers-preeminent-and-viral-political-cover-artist/

Nov 12: Comics Q&A and Signing with Tom King!



  • Sunday, November 12 at 12 PM - 2 PM

  • Fantom Comics
    2010 P Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20036

    Batman. Vision. Sheriff of Babylon. Grayson. Mister Miracle. Omega Men.

    All of these brilliant books came out of the noggin of celebrated writer Tom King, and he's joining us at Fantom for a signing!

    Can't make it to the shop? We'll be chatting with him for a very special Fantom Friends episode before heading into the signing, so watch this space for details!

    To help move things along and let everyone get a chance to get something signed, we are capping signatures at 2 items per person.

Oct 30: Gareth Hinds POE: STORIES AND POEMS

Gareth Hinds POE: STORIES AND POEMS

Event date: 
Monday, October 30, 2017 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Event address:
East City Book Shop
645 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, #100
Washington, DC 20003

 

Get ready for an evening of spooky tales with Gareth Hinds' graphic novel adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's best-known stories and poems. Adults and younger readers alike will get shivers down their spines!


In "The Cask of Amontillado," a man exacts revenge on a disloyal friend at carnival, luring him into catacombs below the city. In "The Masque of the Red Death," a prince shielding himself from plague hosts a doomed party inside his abbey stronghold. A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, faced with a swinging blade and swarming rats, can't see his tormentors in "The Pit and the Pendulum," and in "The Tell-Tale Heart," a milky eye and a deafening heartbeat reveal the effects of conscience and creeping madness. Alongside these tales are visual interpretations of three poems — "The Raven," "The Bells," and Poe's poignant elegy to lost love, "Annabel Lee." The seven concise graphic narratives, keyed to thematic icons, amplify and honor the timeless legacy of a master of gothic horror.

About the author: Gareth Hinds is the acclaimed creator of the graphic novels Macbeth, The Odyssey, Beowulf, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and King Lear. Gareth Hinds lives near Washington, D.C.

Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds Cover Image
$14.00
ISBN: 9780763695095
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Candlewick Press (MA) - August 1st, 2017

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Library of Congress Halloween pop-up exhibit features comics

According to the exhibit checklist - at least one issue (modern) of Tales from the Crypt, and an Edward Gorey selection.

Special Pop-Up Exhibition: Oct. 27–Nov. 1, 2017

The Library of Congress is presenting a host of tricks and treats with an autumn pop-up exhibition of more than 200 collection items that embodies seasonal traditions of fantasy and folklore. Making a variety of rarely seen collection items more accessible to the general public, "LOC Halloween: Chambers of Mystery" will show-and-tell the intriguing tales of Halloween and Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, through a variety of treasures representing a wide range of resources within the Library. Learn more »

The exhibition will be on display October 27-31, from 11am-4pm, and November 1, from 11am–2pm, in the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building. Free tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, but are not required.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Nov. 15: 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows at AFI Silver Theater


The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows is coming to the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, Md., Nov. 15 from noon to 4 p.m. It will feature 16 animated shorts from eight countries. 

CAN YOU DO IT by Quentin Baillieux
• TINY BIG by Lia Bertels
• NEXT DOOR by Pete Docter
• THE ALAN DIMENSION by Jac Clinch
• BEAUTIFUL LIKE ELSEWHERE by Elise Simard
• HANGMAN by Paul Julian & Les Goldman
• THE BATTLE OF SAN ROMANO by Georges Schwitzgebel
• GOKUROSAMA by Aurore Gal, Clémentine Frère, Yukiko Meignien, Anna Mertz, Robin Migliorelli, & Romain Salvini
• DEAR BASKETBALL by Glen Keane
• ISLAND by Robert Löbel & Max Mörtl
• UNSATISFYING by Parallel Studio
• THE BURDEN by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
• LES ABEILLES DOMESTIQUES by Alexanne Desrosiers
• OUR WONDERFUL NATURE - THE COMMON CHAMELEON by Tomer Eshed
• CASINO by Steven Woloshen
• EVERYTHING by David OReilly

 
Below is what's posted on the show's Facebook page:

With the work of 9 women directors featuring Niki Lindroth von Bahr's Annecy Grand Prix winning "The Burden," David OReilly's "Everything," and Glen Keane's interpretation of Kobe Bryant's "Dear Basketball" poem, this collection offers an incredible array of beautiful, funny, insightful, inspiring, powerful and thought-provoking shorts. Woven in the show are Pete Docter's 1990 CalArts student film "Next Door," restored by the Academy Film Archive, and Paul Julian and Les Goldman's 1964 "Hangman," restored by The Animation Show of Shows, Inc. with grants from ASIFA Hollywood and The National Film Preservation Foundation.

This past year we played in over 70 theaters across North America and are working to more than quadruple our reach to colleges and universities in North America and around the world. Alums, students, faculty, contact us right away so we can arrange screenings on your campuses. We can play it in classrooms, lecture halls, auditoriums and theaters.

Last year we had invaluable volunteers like Debra Solomon who handed out postcards at an ASIFA East Awards and rode her bike across Manhattan to hang posters for our first NYC showing; the enthusiastic members of San Jose State's Shrunken Head Man Club handed out postcards around town and on campus; SMC Professor Jim Keeshan's students distributed postcards and mini posters throughout the greater Los Angeles area; and Brown University's Professor Barbara Meier's TA rallied students to stop into all the local coffee houses, bookstores, dorms, and school halls in Providence to make our two week run at the Cable Car Cinema a huge success.

This is the year for animation fans to help increase the attendance at showings of the Show of Shows in all cities by encouraging friends to attend in distant cities where we play. Be a part of this success story: help get the word out there and sign up on our mailing list so we can update you on our upcoming showings; complete our survey to tell us that you want to help and we'll all benefit from our fans' participation. Let's get the word out and spread the joy of brilliant animated shorts!
http://bit.ly/2ahY0T3

Ian Gordon on Superman for a Smithsonian site

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Positive Symbol of American Power!

Rarely an Agent of the Government, Superman Defended the 'American Way' Through Simple Decency and Acts of Charity

By Ian Gordon

October 23, 2017

http://www.whatitmeanstobeamerican.org/identities/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-a-positive-symbol-of-american-power/

Roye Okupe profiled on ICv2

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

DCist on ReDistricted

This Digital Anthology Draws Out D.C. History In Comic Form

Library of Congress to archive The Beat comic site

Lion Forge Acquires Comics Site The BEAT

Library of Congress exhibit on women cartoonists opening next month

From Hilary Price's newsletter:

One of my cartoons will be in the exhibition Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists, but the Library of Congress hasn't yet announced the show on their website.

The exhibition Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists  is scheduled to open at the Library of Congress on November 18, 2017, and will run through October 20, 2018, in two rotations, with a completely new selection in May.  Inspired by the Library's rich collections, the exhibit features the remarkable but little known contributions made by North American women to two popular art forms—illustration and cartooning. In fields traditionally dominated by men, many women have long earned their livelihoods creating art intended for reproduction and wide dissemination in newspapers, periodicals, and books. Spanning the late 1800s to the present, some sixty selected drawings and prints highlight the gradual broadening, in both the private and public spheres, of women's roles and interests, addressing such themes as evolving ideals of feminine beauty, new opportunities emerging  for women in society, changes in gender relations, and issues of human welfare. An online version of the exhibit is planned for the Library's website and a companion book Drawn to Purpose is scheduled for release in spring, 2018.

 




Monday, October 23, 2017

SPX 2017 Ignatz Awards and one last panel are online

2017 Ignatz Awards

The Ignatz Award, named for the character in the classic comic strip Krazy Kat by George Herriman, is the festival prize of the Small Press Expo, that since 1997 has recognized outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. Awards celebration on Saturday, September 16 @ 9:30 PM from The Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center in Rockville, MD. Hosted by Caitlin McGurk

SPX 2017 Panel - 1001 Knights Roundtable: An Artist Discussion About Work and People Positivity

Artists from the 1001 Knights anthology join curators Annie Stoll & Kevin Jay Stanton to discuss their work and process in relation to the journey of the 1001 Knights books. This is a safe, creative, and positive space where artists Shannon Wright, Zack Clemente, Alice Meichi Li, Barbara Perez Marquez & Deandra Tan come together to uplift and express themselves. Embracing each other in this way has made for some amazing, creative and inspiring art! We hope that the art and the spirit of 1001 Knights inspires everyone who watches this panel discussion to make the world a better place through art, dialogue, and action in their own lives!

Matt Wuerker cartoon up for auction for charity

Framed, original political cartoon by POLITICO cartoonist Matt Wuerker

Item Number
367
Estimated Value
$300 USD
Opening Bid
$100 USD
Buy Now Price
$375 USD
Online Open
Nov 6, 2017 7:00 AM EST
Online Close
Nov 15, 2017 8:00 PM EST

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Item Description

Up for auction is an original political cartoon by Pulitzer-prize winning POLITICO cartoonist Matt Wuerker. Matted and Framed in an 11x17 frame, this one-of-a-kind features Donald Trump as a Where The Wild Things Are monster

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Subastar es una caricatura política original del ganador del premio Pulitzer, el dibujante POLITICO Matt Wuerker. Enmarañado y enmarcado en un marco de 11x17, este único presenta Donald Trump como monstruo de Where The Wild Things Are

Special Instructions

  • Shipping not included
  • The glare on the auction listing image is due only to lighting and a bad photographer. The actual framed artwork does not have that glare.

 

  • Envío no incluido
  • El resplandor en la imagen de la lista de subastas se debe solo a la iluminación y a un mal fotógrafo. La obra de arte enmarcada no tiene ese resplandor.

LOC curator Sara Duke's courtroom illustration exhibit featured on tv

Courtroom illustrators: Going where cameras are banned


https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/courtroom-illustrators-going-where-cameras-are-banned/

Lee Cowan introduces us to the artists who capture the famous and the infamous in the courtroom with ink, pastels and watercolor.

Friday, October 20, 2017

Jan 18: Mary and the Witch's Flower anime premiere


This one looks beautiful, and is by two Studio Ghibli alumni.


'Mary and The Witch's Flower' to Premiere in Cinemas for Special One-Night Adventure January 18

 

The Debut Feature From Studio Ponoc Will Screen in Movie Theaters Nationwide, Featuring an Exclusive Interview With the Academy Award®-Nominated Filmmakers

 

DENVER – October 18, 2017 – GKIDS and Fathom Events are partnering on the much-anticipated debut title from Studio Ponoc, "Mary and The Witch's Flower," which will get a special one-night national premiere on the big screen this January, prior to its wide theatrical release. This stunning, action-packed fantasy adventure is the second collaboration
between Academy Award®-nominated director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (who directed Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty) and fellow two-time Academy Award®-nominated producer Yoshiaki Nishimura (Studio Ghibli's The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and When Marnie Was There). 
 

Presented by GKIDS, Fathom Events and Studio Ponoc, "Mary and The Witch's Flower" will hit cinemas nationwide on Thursday, January 18 for a special premiere event with two showings, one at 7:00 p.m. (dubbed in English featuring Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent) and the second at 8:00 p.m. (subtitled in English) local time. In addition to the feature content, audiences will be treated to an exclusive interview with the filmmakers as well as a special commemorative item (while supplies last at select locations). "Mary and The Witch's Flower" will open in select cinemas nationwide for regular screenings starting January 19

Tickets for the January 18 screenings of "Mary and The Witch's Flower" can be purchased beginning Friday, October 20, by visiting www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. A complete list of theater locations will be available October 20 on the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

Mary, an ordinary twelve-year-old girl, is bored and lonely during a summer holiday. She follows an odd cat into the nearby woods where she stumbles upon a flower and then a little broomstick.  Together the flower and broomstick whisk her above the clouds, far away to Endor College – a school of magic! At Endor, Mary tells a lie that leads to peril, and then a promise, while discovering that all is not as it seems at the school – there are experiments that horrify. Soon she confronts great danger, and a test of her resolve.
 

"Studio Ponoc has created a remarkable debut with 'Mary and The Witch's Flower,' full of the beauty and adventure we have come to expect from such an accomplished filmmaking team," said David Jesteadt, President of GKIDS. "We look forward to continuing our relationship with the filmmakers, as well as Fathom Events, to create a very special night for fans that have been anticipating this film for as long as we have."

"Fathom is thrilled to bring audiences the first look at the first film from Japan's Studio Ponoc with this special one-night premiere of 'Mary and The Witch's Flower,'" said Kymberli Frueh, Fathom Events VP of Programming. "This is an enchanting, gorgeously animated, fantasy-adventure, and the perfect event to kick off the 2018 slate of anime and animated offerings we are presenting with GKIDS."



Locally, it's showing for one night at

Nov 1: Tamora Pierce at Politics and Prose

She's written for Marvel & Dynamite Entertainment.

Tamora Pierce w/ co-authors: Julie Holderman, Timothy Liebe and Megan Messinger - Tortall: A Spy's Guide

Wednesday, November 1 at 7 p.m.
$24.99
ISBN: 9780375867675
Availability: Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now
Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - October 31st, 2017

Tamora Pierce is a fantasy legend for teens, best-known for portraying strong, believable heroines. She has penned eighteen books and several short stories set in the fantasy universe of Tortall. Here this universe is brought back to life. Spymaster George Cooper is cleaning out his office when he finds a special crate. This book is a glimpse through the crate, which contains letters, timelines, threat profiles and training documents. It's as much a historical collection as it is a spy training manual. Readers who have missed characters like Alanna, Daine, Thom and Queen Thayet will be transported back into their world. Ages 12 and up.





Annapolis publisher to add graphic novels

Dead Reckoning Will Specialize in Military and Naval GNs
by Milton Griepp on October 20, 2017
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/38720/icv2-interview-gary-thompson-new-imprint

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Nov-Dec: Patrick McDonnell's Me Jane at the Kennedy Center

Details
In this brand new musical adaptation, join a young Dr. Jane Goodall and her special toy chimpanzee Jubilee as they learn about the world around them and the importance of protecting all living species. Age 6+

Wuerker talks to Blitt

'Wry Titters' in the Age of Trump

How New Yorker cover artist Barry Blitt became the master of the political moment.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/19/barry-blitt-cartoons-interview-new-yorker-215719