Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Sept 20-21: Learn drawing from Robin Ha in Northwest DC
Sept 20:
SEP20
Musical Chairs Art Workshop
Public
· Hosted by Violet Red Studio and Robin Ha
- Thursday at 7 PM – 9 PM
- Femme Fatale DC Pop-Up Store4620 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20002
- Tickets · $31.39www.eventbrite.com
Details
Ticket: $30
No Experience needed
All supplies (& HAPPY HOUR) included
A collaborative workshop where you start with a canvas and when the music stops, you move on to your neighbors'.
Have a drink, paint some canvases, and take a unique piece of art home.
Workshop lead by Violet Red's Studio, Sentient Beings Art, and Robin Ha.
No Experience needed
All supplies (& HAPPY HOUR) included
A collaborative workshop where you start with a canvas and when the music stops, you move on to your neighbors'.
Have a drink, paint some canvases, and take a unique piece of art home.
Workshop lead by Violet Red's Studio, Sentient Beings Art, and Robin Ha.
- Friday at 6 PM – 9 PM
- 4620 Wisconsin Ave NW4620 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia 20016
Remove the cap we subconsciously put over our minds and tap into that creative flow we all have within us by getting it all out onto a canvas. There will be models and props to observe and reference, but don't let your inner critic stop your momentum. Rather, let your intuition guide your strokes. This is the perfect place to experiment with new mediums, styles and colors.
The instructors will provide short demos for each activity and will be there for any technical advice should you want it, but the main purpose of this gathering is to play and express. Let's revel in the joys of simply creating for the sake of creating!
Activity examples: Blind Contour, Rainbow Portraits, Pattern Play, Musical Canvases, Costumed Figure Drawing
Tickets available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
All levels, genders, and whatnot welcome!
BYO materials, although some will be available.
*suggested donation of $10, no one turned away for lack of funds*
Held at the Femme Fatale DC art lounge.
Monday, September 17, 2018
Brigid Alverson on SPX's ComiXology ties
SPX, TCJ, OMG: A Hot Take
Brigid Alverson responds to a recent opinion piece on TCJ.com and shares her thoughts on comiXology/Amazon's presence at this weekend's Small Press Expo.
SPX's Ignatz Award brick winners...
are listed on Tom Spurgeon's Comics Reporter at http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/index/your_2018_ignatz_award_winners/
Comic Riffs on Our Archie at War
Archie Comics' newest idea? Putting its beloved characters on the front line of war.
The Post on Baby Shark animation, Spider-Man video game, and racist cartoons
The story of 'Baby Shark': How toddlers around the world made a K-pop earworm go viral [in print as Know this? If you have a toddler you doo doo doo doo doo doo].
Washington Post September 5 2018, p. C1, 2
Finally, Sony's 'Spider-Man' is the game Marvel cinematic fans deserve
By Gene Park
'Marvel's Spider-Man' is breathtaking, electrifying, and a tad too predictable [in print as Marvel's spider-Man is breathtaking but a bit predictable].
By Harold Goldberg
Washington Post September 16, 2018, p. E16.
A racist Serena Williams cartoon went viral. Here's how to caricature her the right way.
SPX 2018 day 2 in photos
Here's some more local people as well as others I bought from.
Dana Jeri Maier |
Chris Artiga-Oliver |
Nate Powell and Erin Nations at Top Shelf booth |
Mollie Ostertag |
Mike Holmes |
Aminder Dhaliwal |
Matthew Thurber |
Matthew Thurber drawing |
Maki Naro |
Rebecca Sugar |
Ellen Forney |
Der-shing Helmer |
Teresa Roberts Logan |
Charles Fetherolf |
Josh O'Neill, publisher of Locust Moon Press |
Erin Lisette |
Shan Murphy |
Saturday, September 15, 2018
SPX 2018 day 1 in photos
SPX was completely unaffected by the hurricane, but the hotel renovation did mean the restaurant was closed. I began the morning interviewing Michael Cherkas and Larry Hancock whose series The Silent Invasion is reissued from NBM with new material being done to bring the story to the present. The interview will appear later this week. The con seemed to be well-attended to me (although I did get at least one comment from an artist that it seemed slow). I appreciate receiving a press pass, and plan to be back tomorrow to see what I missed. It's always fun to see people again too. I'd also recommend stopping by Lost Art Books and picking up the Incomplete Art of Why Things Are, a collection of Richard Thompson's Washington Post cartoons that I edited last year.
Michael Cherkas and Larry Hancock with The Silent Invasion from NBM. |
The floor minutes after the doors opened |
Chris Pitzer of Adhouse Books |
John Patrick Green and Dave Roman |
Jason Rodriguez and Liz Laribee |
GE Gallas |
Dale Rawlings' t-shirt at DC Conspiracy taable |
Andrew Cohen, Mike Cowgill and Evan Keeling of DC Conspiracy |
Art Hondros |
Terry Nantier of NBM, Hancock and Cherkas |
Megan Kearney |
Jamie Noguchi |
Jared Smith of Retrofit / Big Planet |
Liv Stromquist |
David Small |
My friend Chris and Eric Colossal |
Friday, September 14, 2018
Comics Journal on atypical SPX issues arising this year
"How Do We Cope with Something Like That?": SPX and the CBLDF Confront Defamation Lawsuit Aimed at The 11
Today at noon: Carol Tyler at Library of Congress
The Triumphs and Troubles of Telling the Tyler Story
Carol Tyler will discuss her creative life in Comics to a 'T': The Triumphs and Troubles of Telling the Tyler Story. A pioneer of the "autobiographical" comics genre, she uses her own experience to tackle the complex issues of the human experience. With grace, humor, and style, her work has helped shape the direction of comics. This includes "The Hannah Story," a powerful story about loss, which was named one of the Top 100 Cartoons of the 20th Century. Carol was recently given the title 'Master Cartoonist' by CXC, at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Art Museum in Columbus.
Tyler's 2015 book Soldier's Heart, about her Dad's trauma from WWII and its impact on her family, received a Gold Medal Award from the Society of Illustrators, the Cartoonist Studio Prize from Slate Book Review, eleven Eisner Award nominations, two Ignatz Award nominations, and was twice a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Carol's latest book, Fab4Mania, details her personal obsession with the Beatles and her concert-going experience as told from her thirteen-year-old self's point of view.
Join us for an engaging talk by one of the comics industry's finest!
This is the 6th annual SPX festival program sponsored by the Serial & Government Publications Division.
Friday, September 14th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
West Dining Room, 6th Floor, Madison Building
Library of Congress
West Dining Room, 6th Floor, Madison Building
Library of Congress
Sponsored by the Serial and Government Publications Division
For further information contact: Georgia Higley ghig@loc.gov or 202-707-2963
Please request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov
For further information contact: Georgia Higley ghig@loc.gov or 202-707-2963
Please request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov
PR: Teresa Logan at SPX
Bruce Guthrie's photos of French cartoonist Jérémie Royer (Royer will be at SPX this weekend)
Takoma Park Community Center and Politics & Prose -- Jérémie Royer ("Audubon: On the Wings of the World"):
- Bruce Guthrie Photos Home Page: [Click here] to go to Bruce Guthrie Photos home page.
- Description of Pictures: Jérémie Royer - Audubon: On the Wings of the World — at Takoma Park Library (MD)
He was a man of many names and many lives, some invented and some embellished. But one thread followed John James Audubon through his life: a love of nature and an unquenchable thirst for adventure. This graphic novel depicts an eccentric character who became one of the fathers of modern-day ornithology, revered even today for his paintings of the birds of North America. Paging through the chapters of Audubon's storied life, illustrator Royer gives a sense of the American wild, as well as Audubon's wild desire to document it. Ages 13 and up.
Saturday is apparently Batman Day? Beyond Comics PR
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Trench Dogs reviewed at Comics Workbook
Annapolis' Dead Reckoning is putting out four books this month - I've read three of them and will try to get some reviews online after SPX. Here's a review of one of them (the most problematic I thought) -
Caleb Orecchio here with thoughts on Trench Dogs by Ian Densford
Read more on Comics Workbook: https://comicsworkbook.com/09-13-2018/
Read more on Comics Workbook: https://comicsworkbook.com/09-13-2018/
Thursday, September 13, 2018
How to see Rebecca Sugar at SPX 2018
How to see Rebecca Sugar at SPX 2018
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