Friday, December 01, 2017
Jan 8: Nick Bruel at Takoma Park Library
Nick Bruel - Bad Kitty Camp Daze — at Takoma Park Library (MD)
Monday, January 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Takoma Park Library (MD) 101 Philadelphia Ave Takoma Park MD 20912
By Nick Bruel
$13.99
9781626728851
Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now
Roaring Brook Press - January 2nd, 2018
Dec 5: Mark Siegel, founder of First Second, at Chevy Chase Library
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 4:30 p.m.
Chevy Chase Library (DC) 5625 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington DC 20015
$12.99
9781101935880
Random House Books for Young Readers - May 2nd, 2017
Teaser video for Comic Strip, a local documentary
COMIC STRIP demonstration video
COMIC STRIP is a 90-minute theatrical documentary film, in development by two-time Emmy® award winning producer/director Leo Eaton and Communication & Cinemas Professor Robert Lemieux, that reveals how the 'funny pages' – and their evolving form of comic books and graphic novels – captured the essence of American culture and left a dynamic cultural imprint on America from the 1890s to the present day. Comic strip artist & scholar Brian Walker is executive producer.
Winsor McCay on communications neutrality... in 1929
In this 1929 cartoon, McCay shows that issues stay the same - now, instead of radio, Internet neutrality is being discarded in favor of corporate media interests.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
A reading list of comics by a former colleague of mine
We worked together at the archives of a medical museum; who knew she'd go on to write about comics too?
A Course in Comics | Collection Development: Graphic Novels & Nonfiction
This article was published in Library Journal's December 1, 2017
http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/collection-development/a-course-in-comics-collection-development-graphic-novels-nonfiction/Jim Scancarelli, Arlington high school cartoonist
Yesterday, we reprinted a piece about Gasoline Alley cartoonist Jim Scancarelli being selected for Arlington's Wakefield High School's Hall of Fame. Today we present some of the cartoons he did for the school newspaper, again courtesy of the Alumni group which also sponsors scholarships.
The Signal, November 10, 1955 |
The Signal, November 21, 1955 |
The Signal, December 7, 1955 |
The Signal, February 9, 1956 |
The Signal, March 28, 1956 |
The Signal, May 17, 1956 |
The exhibit at Wakefield High School featuring the original art for Gus Todian's return to comics in Gasoline Alley. |
PR: Ron Wimberly's LAAB MAGAZINE Needs Your Help!
Wimberly is from the DC area... I backed this earlier today.
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Dec 13: J-Film: Our Little Sister
Enjoy a free Japanese film at the JICC!
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The Post on Olaf, Snoopy and Pocahantas
Here's why that irritating Olaf short film doesn't work as a lead-in to 'Coco'
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 29 2017
reprinted as It's not Olaf's fault the short film didn't work.
Express (November 30 2017): 56
Snoopy — the world's coolest dog — finally gets the book he deserves
By Michael Tisserand
Washington Post November 30 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/snoopy--the-worlds-coolest-dog--finally-gets-the-book-he-deserves/2017/11/28/56e71bde-cbdb-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html A note to Eric Trump: Many found Disney's 'Pocahontas' offensive, but not for its title
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 28 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.
From the November 10, 1955 Signal, Wakefield's Student Newspaper |
From the December 7, 1955 Signal, Wakefield's Student Newspaper |
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. |
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