Here's why that irritating Olaf short film doesn't work as a lead-in to 'Coco'
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog
reprinted as It's not Olaf's fault the short film didn't work.
Express (November 30 2017): 56
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Liniers interviewed in Takoma Park
This interview was done at Busboys & Poets at Takoma Park. I was Linier's ride so I had a drink while they talked. If you haven't read his comics, do so now.
The Argentine Cartoonist Who Moonlights As A Nerd Rockstar
Camilo Garzón
NPR's Alt.Latino blog November 30, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
World War II "Made in Washington" propaganda comic article
Kimble, J. J. 2017.
Framing the president: Franklin D. Roosevelt, participatory quests, and the rhetoric of possibility in World War II propaganda.
Speaker & Gavel, 54 (1): 94-112.
Online at https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.fr/&httpsredir=1&article=1142&context=speaker-gavel
Framing the president: Franklin D. Roosevelt, participatory quests, and the rhetoric of possibility in World War II propaganda.
Speaker & Gavel, 54 (1): 94-112.
Online at https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.
This essay examines The Life of Franklin D. Roosevelt, a comic book distributed internationally by the Office of War Information (OWI) in late 1942, as a creative form of international propaganda. Drawing from existing research in comic scholarship, narrative theory, and visual inquiry, this case study suggests that OWI's booklet represented a fusion of verbal and visual appeals, which together worked to produce a potent depiction of President Franklin D.Roosevelt's character traits and exceptionality. The analysis concludes that this depiction ultimately presented the president as the protagonist of a romantic quest narrative, one that actively invited foreign readers to envision an Allied victory in the ongoing war.
Jim Scancarelli, Class of 1959 in Wakefield High School's Hall of Fame
Reprinted with permission from Warrior News, Fall 2017. For information on alumni from Wakefield High School (Arlington,VA) and the scholarship program, click here.
2017 Inductees into the Hall of Fame
Jim Scancarelli, Class of 1959
Provided by David Mitchell '65,
Hall of Fame Committee, Chair
Jim is a cartoonist who writes and draws the syndicated comic strip "Gasoline Alley". He is also a well-known and prize-winning bluegrass fiddler.
Jim's cartoon career started at Wakefield. The student newspaper and literary magazine of his era are filled with his drawings. The student newspaper featured a cartoon "Gus Todian", about a Wakefield custodian. Fifty years later, Jim revived Gus, the custodian at Wakefield, in "Gasoline Alley". During his time at Wakefield, Jim says "Comics were my escape ... The characters became my friends." He says he wasn't a good student and it was the work of several teachers who channeled his desire to draw and taught him the skills he needed to be successful.
Jim has been a freelance magazine illustrator, wrote and acted in radio programs, and was even the Art Director for "The Johnny Cash Show" in the early 1960s. Jim began his work on Gasoline Alley in 1986, and has collaborated on the Mutt and Jeff comic strip, as well.
His comic strip often has social and community meanings. Through his comic strip, he brought attention to the construction of the World War II Memorial and the National Museum of the United States Army. In 1988, he received the National Cartoonists Society's Story Comic Strip Award. As a bluegrass fiddler, he founded the Kilocycle Kowboys and was a prizewinner at the Old Fiddlers Convention. The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress has his fiddle recordings. He jokingly says "I've been playing the fiddle too long to be bad at it."
2017 Inductees into the Hall of Fame
Jim Scancarelli, Class of 1959
Provided by David Mitchell '65,
Hall of Fame Committee, Chair
Jim is a cartoonist who writes and draws the syndicated comic strip "Gasoline Alley". He is also a well-known and prize-winning bluegrass fiddler.Jim's cartoon career started at Wakefield. The student newspaper and literary magazine of his era are filled with his drawings. The student newspaper featured a cartoon "Gus Todian", about a Wakefield custodian. Fifty years later, Jim revived Gus, the custodian at Wakefield, in "Gasoline Alley". During his time at Wakefield, Jim says "Comics were my escape ... The characters became my friends." He says he wasn't a good student and it was the work of several teachers who channeled his desire to draw and taught him the skills he needed to be successful.
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| From the November 10, 1955 Signal, Wakefield's Student Newspaper |
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| From the December 7, 1955 Signal, Wakefield's Student Newspaper |
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| Jim donated the original boards for the Gasoline Alley Gus Todian strips he did in 2015 and they are on display at school. Photo courtesy of Conchita. |
Heroic Aleworks to close on Dec. 15
In a Facebook post today, Heroic Aleworks, a superhero-themed brewery in Woodbridge, Virginia, that opened in January, announced that it will close on December 15, citing that "the numbers just weren't in our favor."
From the post: "We are deeply saddened to announce that Heroic Aleworks will be closing on December 15. Thank you all so much for your support over the past year and for sharing this experience with us. But we still have a few weeks left, and you know we're gonna go out in style, so stay tuned for the announcements. We hope you'll be able to join us before it's all done to make some more great memories!"
From the post: "We are deeply saddened to announce that Heroic Aleworks will be closing on December 15. Thank you all so much for your support over the past year and for sharing this experience with us. But we still have a few weeks left, and you know we're gonna go out in style, so stay tuned for the announcements. We hope you'll be able to join us before it's all done to make some more great memories!"
Dec 8: Animezing!: Ghost in the Shell
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Nov. 30: Animators Happy Hour @ Franklin Hall
Per The Duke & the Duck animators regarding a happy hour on November 30 at Franklin Hall:
"Hey DC animators! We're hosting a happy hour to bring together all the awesome talent that is in DC. It'll be a pretty low key event, just hanging out chatting about new projects, clients from hell and the latest and greatest cat videos (well maybe not the last one...) We're meeting up at Franklin Hall, they have a huge selection of drinks and an awesome open space. Hang out starts at 6, but feel free to come by whenever. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! -The Duke & The Duck Team"
"Hey DC animators! We're hosting a happy hour to bring together all the awesome talent that is in DC. It'll be a pretty low key event, just hanging out chatting about new projects, clients from hell and the latest and greatest cat videos (well maybe not the last one...) We're meeting up at Franklin Hall, they have a huge selection of drinks and an awesome open space. Hang out starts at 6, but feel free to come by whenever. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! -The Duke & The Duck Team"
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Catching up with Comic Riffs on Coco, Justice League and Watchmen
How Pixar's 'Coco' became a huge box-office hit [in print as After early missetp, Pixar guided 'Coco' to cultural authenticity]
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog , Washington Post November 28 2017, p. C1, 3
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/11/26/how-pixars-coco-became-a-huge-box-office-hit/Frida Kahlo empowered an actress to fight harassment. Now she voices Frida in 'Coco.'
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog 2017
How 'Justice League's' Ray Fisher took on fan-favorite Cyborg as his first major movie role
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/11/20/how-justice-leagues-ray-fisher-took-on-fan-favorite-cyborg-as-his-first-major-movie-role/ The Post on McDonnell's Goodall play
'Me . . . Jane' offers a musical look at a famous scientist when she was just a girl [in print as The wild dreams of a future scientist]
Sunday, November 26, 2017
SpongeBob Squarepants used to go to school in DC...
... or rather the actor in the new musical went to Georgetown Day School...
11/22/theater/spongebob-squarepants-broadway-ethan-slater.html
He Knows Bikini Bottom. Now He Gets to Swim There.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/Arlington's Chip Beck becomes Gettysburg battlefield artist
Gettysburg National Military Park U.S. Veteran, Chip Beck, as the NEW National Park Service Artist-in-Residence
http://nbherard.com/business/gettysburg-national-military-park-u-s-veteran-chip-beck-as-the-new-national-park-service-artist-in-residence/12314Nov. 28: Charlie Brown Movie and Craft
Rosedale Library in D.C. celebrates Charles M. Schulz’s birthday on November 28 with a viewing of one of the Charlie Brown TV movie specials and making a Peanuts-themed craft. For ages 6 and up. Event starts at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 25, 2017
That darn Curtis and Sally Forth
Thanks, but it's not a feast day [in print as It's actually not a feast day].
Sherri Deck, Rockville
'Sally Forth' provides a gentle reminder on a sensitive, important subject [in print as A gentle reminder on a sensitive subject].
David Garner, Woodbridge
Friday, November 24, 2017
Dec 9: Nilah Magruder at East City Books
Nilah Magruder @nilaffle
Hey MD/DC/VA, I'm coming to visit soon! I'll be at @eastcitybooks to read and sign HOW TO FIND A FOX on Dec. 9 at 11 am! #howtofindafox
She's done work for Marvel, IDW, Action Lab Entertainment, Insight Comics, and Lion Forge.
Back to the Future with Winsor McCay
by Mike Rhode
Warren Bernard is known to many as the Executive Director of the Small Press Expo, but he's also an indefatigable collector of specialties in the comic art field. He and I refer to these as the "Secret History of Comics." Lately, he's been providing a lot of ads drawn by New Yorker cartoonists to Michael Maslin's Ink Spill. When I visited him recently, he pulled out a whole box of Winsor McCay's editorial cartoons clipped from the Chicago Herald and Examiner. I looked through barely any of the box (there's always something more to see at his house), but what struck me was how sadly relevant are these cartoons dating from 1929-1930 by McCay (who was also creator of Little Nemo, and Gertie the Dinosaur, and a founding father of animation). Almost 90 years later, we're still dealing with many of the same issues and Warren provided scans for me to share with you.
Warren Bernard is known to many as the Executive Director of the Small Press Expo, but he's also an indefatigable collector of specialties in the comic art field. He and I refer to these as the "Secret History of Comics." Lately, he's been providing a lot of ads drawn by New Yorker cartoonists to Michael Maslin's Ink Spill. When I visited him recently, he pulled out a whole box of Winsor McCay's editorial cartoons clipped from the Chicago Herald and Examiner. I looked through barely any of the box (there's always something more to see at his house), but what struck me was how sadly relevant are these cartoons dating from 1929-1930 by McCay (who was also creator of Little Nemo, and Gertie the Dinosaur, and a founding father of animation). Almost 90 years later, we're still dealing with many of the same issues and Warren provided scans for me to share with you.
There's a narcotics problem hollowing out the social and civil life of our country....
and an international drug problem...
...although it's apparent to everyone that the War on Drugs dating back to Ronald Reagan and the 1980s has been a stunningly expensive failure.
Distrust and ill will lead to tariffs that block trade and business...
...while a President's speech disrupts international organizations.
Schools are failing their students, leading to high levels of ignorance...
... which is infecting the mood of the country...
... leading to an endemic lack of trust in government among certain Americans ...
...while also filling prisons, which now are being run for profit, and thus prime for overcrowding.
Public works projects, including highways, are desired by 'common citizens and tax payers' ...
... but the large companies in the country are using their power to manipulate Congress and the media on their own behalf...
...while farmers suffer from high seed prices, low commodity prices and high debt while big agribusinesses like Monsanto and Archer Daniels Midland Company get even bigger.
Meanwhile, there's ongoing probes of the Executive Branch and Congress for sexual, ethical, lobbying and foreign interference issues...
that's going to take a lot of effort to resolve and preserve democracy.
Meanwhile, 16 years of ongoing wars have led to tens of thousands of veterans, many with medical issues, having problems integrating back into society.
Sadly, I'm afraid that Warren and I could have added many more cartoons if I had time to look through more than a tenth of the box.
The Post reviews The Breadwinner animated movie
'The Breadwinner,' about a Kabul girl, features gorgeous animation but a so-so story [in print as Heavy subject matter drawn from a medium for kids].
The Post's Thanksgiving Day parade
Yesterday, the Post ran a small satirical piece that looks better online. NY artist Al Murphy did the cartoon illustrations.
and Al Murphy
The Washington Post Thanksgiving Day Parade
Glen Weldon on Marvel's Runaways tv adaption
'Runaways' Finds A Sunny Corner Of The Marvel Universe — And Stays There
Thursday, November 23, 2017
The City Paper reviews The Breadwinner
The Breadwinner Is a Rich and Rewarding Animated Film
Nora Twomey's deep film highlights a cultural struggle in the Middle East.
Nov 22, 2017
https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/film-tv/blog/20983683/the-breadwinner-reviewedWednesday, November 22, 2017
NPR reviews Body Music
In 'Body Music,' Love Is Sweet, Sexy And A Touch Sentimental
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