Monday, July 23, 2018

Blerdcon featured in Whurk

Blerdcon

Interview by Michelle Orobana
Whurk Issue 65 • July 2018 , p. 8-9 • Arlington
http://whurk.org/65/blerdcon

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "It's Official: The Democrats Don't Care"

from DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock:
 
"It's Official: The Democrats Don't Care"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2571

So, this makes it official: the Democratic Party doesn't care. They aren't running in the midterms on the issues of skyrocketing college tuition, income disparity, police terrorism and murder, or any other issues directly affecting anyone remaing who bothers to vote -- they think they're going to surf that "Blue Wave" into a majority on the Hill by ramping up the krazy on their empty, hollow conspiracy theories and bargain-basement McCarthyism.

Those of you from outside the US looking in on the state of politics and media discourse here might guess that you were watching a community theatre production of an Ionesco play, and you would be absolutely right. The worst of it, though, is that those of us living here are all pretty much trapped in the play whether we like it or not.

"After Helsinki, Democrats See Chance to Capitalize on Trump's Embrace of Russia",
Washington Post, 07.17.18 (WARNING: Ad Blocker Nag Screen)
https://tinyurl.com/y8o6pmzc



Comic Riffs on Rob Rogers exhibit opening

'This exhibition should have never happened': The anti-Trump cartoons that got an artist fired go on display [in print as At gallery, thumbs up for spiked cartoons]

Washington Post Comic Riffsblog July 20

That darn Mike du Jour and Non Sequitur

These punchlines fell seriously flat [in print as These punch lines fell way flat].

Sue Coco and
Margie Perscheid

Washington Post July 21 2018

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/these-punchlines-fell-seriously-flat/2018/07/20/2240190a-8a29-11e8-9d59-dccc2c0cabcf_story.html

Sunday, July 22, 2018

From the Vault of Artleytoons


From the Vault of Artleytoons
In April 1989, two Russian students from the Soviet Union faked a letter from a Moscow publication to join a friendship tour to Alaska. Upon arrival, they defected and were granted asylum. The initial meeting was originally set up during a thaw in U.S./Soviet hostilities and was initiated to help ease restrictions of travel across the Bering Straits. A fierce snowstorm stranded the delegation and prevented the Governor of Alaska to be in attendance. So, my cartoon addressed the pause in the thaw (click on image for larger view).

See more recent work by Steve Artley at Artleytoons.




Friday, July 20, 2018

NPR's Monkey See goes to San Diego, parts 1-2

The Post highlights NGA Sens of Humor exhibit

This National Gallery of Art exhibit proves humor is an artform [in print as Late-night-style barbs started early].


Washington Post July 20 2018, p. Weekend 22
https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2018/07/19/this-national-gallery-of-art-exhibit-proves-humor-is-an-artform/

This was originally published in the Express earlier in the week.

The Post on the new John Callahan biopic.

An adoring portrait of cult cartoonist John Callahan is supposed to inspire, but irritates instead [in print as You might wish this guy would just pick himself up]


Washington Post July 20 2018 p. Weekend 27
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/an-adoring-portrait-of-cult-cartoonist-john-callahan-is-supposed-to-inspire-but-irritates-instead/2018/07/18/5a7687b8-860b-11e8-8f6c-46cb43e3f306_story.html

DC Zinefest this Saturday, 7/21!


DC Zinefest

The 2018 DC Zinefest will be held on Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Art Enables (2204 Rhode Island Ave NE) from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This year's Zinefest will feature:

  • 50+ zine-makers sharing their writing, art, prints, and more
  • air conditioning!
  • 2 panel discussions
  • exclusive posters designed by Toni Lane
  • awesome buttons designed by Moose Lane
 

Thursday, July 19, 2018

August 13: Declan Shalvey Signing at Big Planet Comics of College Park


Big Planet Comics is proud to announce that Declan Shalvey, artist and writer extraordinaire, will be signing at our College Park store on Monday August 13th.
Declan is one of those rare talents who has both written and drawn hundreds of amazing pages for Marvel, DC, and Image.

If you are familiar with Declan's work on Deadpool, Batman, Moon Knight, and Injection be sure to check out his original graphic novel, Savage Town, about real events in Limerick, Ireland. It's a fascinating look at real crime in a real city.

PR: Vanessa Bettencourt - New Publisher Website with all series

Vanessa has moved to Chicago, but we consider her a ComicsDC alum.


WE ARE LIVE!
The epic fantasy series catalog from the author Jacob Falling and author and illustrator Vanessa Bettencourt on a single site. Follow THE VIOLET WEST for updates on upcoming projects and events.











The Post reviews Prentis Rollins' The Furnace

Best science fiction and fantasy books out this month [in print as Science Fiction].

Washington Post July 18 2018
The Furnace (Tor)

"The Furnace," by Prentis Rollins (Tor)

Rob Roger's political cartoon exhibit opens at GW's Corcoran

Rob Rogers
by Mike Rhode


I was able to briefly stop by last night as Rob Rogers made a few short remarks about an exhibit of his cartoons, including 10 original pen and ink drawings and the companion colored prints critical of Trump that a Pittsburgh newspaper refused to print before they fired him. Also included are prints of sketches that they turned down before they became completed cartoons. Rogers' contentious relationship with the papers new editor has been written about extensively and soon after he was fired, GW announced they would exhibit his cartoonist directly across the street from the White House complex (information from their press release follows the images). The exhibit is sponsored by GWU and the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists. AAEC president Pat Bagley and Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes contributed to the text of the exhibit.

The sold-out event drew local cartoonists Mike Jenkins, Joe Sutliff, Carolyn Belefski, Politico's Matt Wuerker, and Al Goodwyn a freelance cartoonists who appears locally in the Washington Examiner, in addition to Library of Congress curator Martha Kennedy (whose exhibit on women cartoonists is on display at the Library), and the Washington Post's Michael Cavna.

More photos can be seen here.
 





Incomplete sketch rejected by newspaper

Cavna, Goodwyn, Jenkins, Belefski

Belefski, Sutliff and Wuerker

Sutliff, Wuerker and Kennedy

 
Bagley's statement




 'Spiked: The Unpublished Political Cartoons of Rob Rogers' Opens at the GW Corcoran School of the Arts and Design

Editorial cartoonist was dismissed from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after facing censorship of his cartoons


WASHINGTON (July 18, 2018)-The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George
Washington University opened "Spiked: The Unpublished Political Cartoons of Rob Rogers"
today. This pop-up exhibition in the atrium gallery of the Corcoran School's historic Flagg
Building features 10 finished cartoons and eight sketches that went unpublished by Rob Rogers'
employer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, between March 6 and June 3, 2018.

Mr. Rogers served as the editorial cartoonist for the Post-Gazette for 25 years, until his firing in
June 2018. Prior to his dismissal, the newspaper refused to publish a series of cartoons
produced over three months.

"I believe the role of a newspaper is to be a watchdog, keeping democracy safe from tyrants. I
hope that visitors to the exhibit get a sense of the important role satire plays in a democracy and
how dangerous it is when the government launches attacks on a free press," Mr. Rogers said. "I
am excited to have my original cartoons on display at the Corcoran. The fact that these are
cartoons about the president and now they will be on shown a few blocks from the White House,
that is pretty incredible!"

The Corcoran strives to promote diversity of thought and experience, address critical social
issues and educate the next generation of creative cultural leaders.

"Mr. Rogers' work has tremendous educational value to our students by speaking to the skills of
technical virtuosity, iteration, perseverance and creative methodologies on how to critique
power," Sanjit Sethi, the director of the Corcoran said. "His work also becomes a powerful point
of departure for this community to speak with each other about issues around censorship,
freedom of the press, journalistic and creative integrity and the consequences of hypernationalism to a democracy."

The Corcoran organized "Spiked" in conjunction with University of Pittsburgh's University Art
Gallery and in collaboration with the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
"Freedom of speech is more than words. It's pictures, too," Pat Bagley, president of the
association, said. "This exhibit draws attention to Rob Rogers, a popular voice at the Post Gazette
for 25 years. It points to what people in power do to people who draw funny pictures of
the powerful and why that is an important measure of a free and open society."

In addition to the exhibition this summer, the Corcoran will host a series of conversations this fall
regarding issues around censorship, freedom of the press, journalistic integrity and the consequences of nationalism to a democracy, in collaboration with both the Association of
American Editorial Cartoonists and GW's School for Media and Public Affairs.

Comic Riffs on The Dark Knight movie, the Ant-Man movie, and a Spider-Man comic book

'The Dark Knight' changed how we see 'comic-book movies.' But 10 years ago, some critics couldn't see its greatness.

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 18 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/07/18/the-dark-knight-changed-how-we-see-comic-book-movies-but-10-years-ago-some-critics-couldnt-see-its-greatness/

'Ant-Man and the Wasp' director likes life as Marvel's humble superhero comedy


Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 11 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/07/11/ant-man-and-the-wasp-director-likes-life-as-marvels-humble-superhero-comedy/

Nick Spencer takes over 'The Amazing Spider-Man' and will focus on the Spidey basics: Laughs and love


Washington Post Comic Riffs blog  July 17 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/07/17/nick-spencer-takes-over-the-amazing-spider-man-and-will-focus-on-the-spidey-basics-laughs-and-love/

ALMOST Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: #MeltICE

I'm afraid I missed posting this commentary from DC's Anarchist Cartoonist Mike Flugennock when it came out on July 13th due to family demands...


"#MeltICE"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2562

"Schumer never once publicly criticized the Democrats who voted with the GOP to deregulate banks, give Trump more surveillance powers, or confirm a torturer as head of CIA. But this… https://t.co/LUilExPUWM "

Trevor Timm (@trevortimm) on Twitter, 06.26.2018

So, while the ICE has gone full Gestapo -- separating immigrant families, caging their children -- and people are in the streets taking direct action, occupying ICE offices, blocking detainee transfer buses and confronting officials in public, what are the Democrats doing? Well, along with hopping aboard the bandwagon for votes, they're lecturing us about "civility", with Chump Schumer and Nancy Pelosi being the worst of the bunch.

And, as usual, Democrats are waffling and mealy-mouthing, calling for "reforming", "restructuring" and re-imagining the American Gestapo; the most irksome of all has to be Kamala Harris who, after knocking herself out defending ICE, has suddenly started talking about "re-examining" ICE. Sorry, Ms. H., but "re-examining" and "reforming" are not abolishing.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Hill on Bill Bramhall's front page cartoon for the NY Daily News

Thanks to DD Degg of the Daily Cartoonist for this.

NY Daily News cover following Helsinki summit shows Trump shooting Uncle Sam

Rob Rogers in DC - for the record

Both events are either sold out, or no longer selling tickets, but for the record, he'll be at the Corcoran exhibit opening tomorrow night and the National Press Club on Thursday night.

Opening Night Reception: Wednesday, July 186 - 8 p.m.
The Atrium Galleries at Flagg Building; Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, 500 17th Street NW

Banned in Pittsburgh: A Conversation with Cartoonist Rob Rogers

July 19, 2018 6:00 PM

Journalism InstLocation: Bloomberg Room

This is a ticketed event. Click here to jump to the ticket form.

Rob RogersJoin the National Press Club Journalism Institute in a conversation with Rob Rogers and see the work that was too hot for his publisher to handle. He'll be talking with Ann Telnaes, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at the Washington Post. Join us 6-8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 19, in the NPC's Bloomberg Room. Tickets are required to attend; RSVP using the link below. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A session. Both Rogers and Telnaes will be signing copies of their books, which will be available for purchase.

This event is being hosted by the National Press Club Journalism Institute, the non-profit affiliate of the National Press Club.

Sense of Humor exhibit open at National Gallery of Art

Sense of Humor
July 15, 2018 – January 6, 2019
West Building, Ground Floor
https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2018/sense-of-humor.html

James Gillray, Midas, Transmuting All into Paper, 1797, etching with hand-coloring in watercolor on laid paper, Wright and Evans 1851, no. 168, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as an Anonymous Gift
Humor may be fundamental to human experience, but its expression in painting and sculpture has been limited. Instead, prints, as the most widely distributed medium, and drawings, as the most private, have been the natural vehicles for comic content. Drawn from the National Gallery of Art's collection, Sense of Humor celebrates this incredibly rich though easily overlooked tradition through works including Renaissance caricatures, biting English satires, and 20th-century comics. The exhibition includes major works by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Jacques Callot, William Hogarth, James Gillray, Francisco Goya, and Honoré Daumier, as well as later examples by Alexander Calder, Red Grooms, Saul SteinbergArt Spiegelman, and the Guerrilla Girls.

The exhibition is curated by Jonathan Bober, Andrew W. Mellon senior curator of prints and drawings; Judith Brodie, curator and head of the department of American and modern prints and drawings; and Stacey Sell, associate curator, department of old master drawings, all National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Passes: Admission is always free and passes are not required

About the Artists


Press Event: Sense of Humor

https://www.nga.gov/audio-video/press/press-sense-of-humor.html

At the press preview for Sense of Humor on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, remarks were given by Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. Following that, a tour of the exhibition was given by Jonathan Bober, Andrew W. Mellon senior curator of prints and drawings; Stacey Sell, associate curator, department of old master drawings; and Judith Brodie, curator and head of the department of American and modern prints and drawings.
Released: July 10, 2018