Feb 8, 9 Chip Zdarsky; Feb 13 Tom King at Third Eye Comics

Join us FRIDAY night for a special in-person Q&A with Chip Zdarsky at Third Eye Annapolis!

9PM-10PM -- Limited Seating Available! E-mail steve@thirdeyecomics.com to reserve your seat!

Chip has been awesome enough to give us a little extra time while he's in town this weekend, and will be doing a live in-person Q&A session from 9PM-10PM to answer your questions about DAREDEVIL, as well as his other projects like Sex Criminals, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE, and more!

Meet comics superstar CHIP ZDARSKY at our DAREDEVIL #1 Launch Signing on 2/9/19!

Click here for info

Meet Tom King at Third Eye Annapolis next Wednesday 2/13/19 at our MISTER MIRACLE TPB Launch Signing!

We're SO stoked to be hosting the release day signing party for one of our favorite books of 2018: MISTER MIRACLE!

Come by, snag your copy, and get it signed by the one and only Tom King! 

7PM-9PM at Third Eye Annapolis!

Another Latest'n'Greatest: "...and how would you like that done?"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock:

"...and how would you like this done?"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2670

So... in Venezuela, Juan Guaido, a rightist "opposition" leader who'd 
never actually run in the recent Presidential election, just out of 
nowhere declares himself "Interim President" and swears himself in, 
and the US is apparently ready to support this doorknob in a coup 
attempt against Nicolas Maduro, a Bolivarist who actually ran for 
President, won the election, and was actually sworn in as the actual 
President this past week.

Just so we're clear on that, folks, next time CNN or somebody drops 
another "bombshell" about the Russians "meddling" in our "elections".

Speaking of which, why the hell didn't Hillary think of this? Why 
didn't she just swear herself in? Cripes, she wouldn't quit screaming 
about how she won the goddamn popular vote; why couldn't she rustle up 
Lawrence Lessig or Laurence Tribe or one of those other Harvard Law 
knobs to administer the oath and just swear her own insufferable ass in?

Emoluments, 25th Amendment, Russia, bah! Have Ruth Bader Ginsburg 
swear her in on a copy of In Takes A Village, get Macron, May, and a 
couple of other EU neoliberal Blue Meanies to recognize her, and 
badda-bing, El Presidente.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Garbage In..."

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock:

"Garbage In..."
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2675

So, it's looking like the Donkeycrats have assembled their All-Star 
Team for 2020, except that they picked their All-Stars from the cellar 
dwellers.

Let's have a look at the lineup, shall we...? We've got a guy who was 
Bill Clinton's liar-in-chief, a sk8ter boy who couldn't beat Ted Cruz, 
a woman who's proud to have made a career out of prosecuting and 
imprisoning the poor and vulnerable, a woman who hangs with fascists 
from India, a woman who endorsed Hillary in '16 and brags about being 
a capitalist, a guy who pimped Bill Clinton's infamous crime bill in 
the '90s, a woman who co-sponsored the anti-BDS bill, a guy whose nose 
is so far up Big Pharma's ass it's a wonder he can breathe and – last 
but certainly not least – every old progressive's dream date, a guy 
who opposes BDS and who sat around silently, not saying jack about the 
bare-assed oil-grabbing right-wing coup going down in Venezuela for 
over 24 hours before inexplicably parroting Trump's lies about the 
Maduro administration.

Basically, garbage.

Fascism is running wild all over, millions are a broken ankle away 
from destitution, we're being dragged into another war in Latin 
America, the goddamn Earth is on fire, and the Democrats expect us to 
shut up and choose from garbage.

Garbage in, garbage out.

Richmond's RVA's latest comics column

RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 11

Ash Griffith | January 22, 2019

https://rvamag.com/art/zines-books/rva-comics-x-change-issue-11.html

Feb 15: Animezing!: A Silent Voice

Enjoy a FREE Japanese ANIME film at the JICC!

Animezing!: A Silent Voice Winner of Best Film and Screenplay at the 2017 Tokyo Anime Awards. Nominated for Best Animation Film at the 2017 Awards of the Japanese Academy After transferring into a new school, a deaf girl, Shoko Nishimiya, is bullied by the popular Shoya Ishida. As Shoya continues to bully Shoko, the class turns its back on him. Shoko transfers and Shoya grows up as an outcast. Alone and depressed, the regretful Shoya finds Shoko to make amends. A Silent Voice is a moving coming-of-age drama that depicts the struggles of adolescence through its memorable characters and beautiful animation. In Japanese with English subtitles | PG-13 | 2016 | 130 min | Directed by Naoko Yamada Registration required Images: © YK/SVM Women In Cinema Director: Naoko Yamada A graduate of the Kyoto University of Art and Design, Naoko Yamada began her career at Kyoto Animation as an inbetween artist. She made her directorial debut for the series K-On! (2009) which became a major success for the studio and was turned into a film in 2011. Her next film, Tamako Love Story (2014) garnered her the New Face Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival. This was followed by A Silent Voice (2016) which was nominated for Best Animated Film by the Mainichi Film Concurs and the Japanese Academy. Learn more about the Women In Cinema series You are invited to Animezing!: A Silent Voice Friday, February 15th, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EST) Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan 1150 18th Street Northwest Suite 100 Washington DC 20036 US CLICK HERE TO REGISTER This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. In the event of a cancellation, please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. Program begins at 6:30PM. Doors open 30 minutes before the program. No admittance after 7:00PM or once seating is full. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee a seat. The JICC reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at any event sponsored by JICC without the expressed written permission of those included within the photograph/video. 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 100 | Washington, D.C. 20036-3838 TEL: 202-238-6900 | FAX: 202-822-6524 | jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp © 1981-2019 Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan

March 9: Jaime Hernadez at Politics and Prose main store

Jaime Hernandez - Is This How You See Me?

Saturday, March 9, 2019 - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

 https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jaime-hernandez-how-you-see-me

 

This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
Click here for more information.

5015 Connecticut Ave NW   Washington   DC    20008

Annapolis' Dead Reckoning's Machete Squad author profiled

'Machete Squad' graphic novel tells of Las Vegas vet's service in Afghanistan

By John Przybys / Las Vegas Review-Journal

January 30, 2019 - 11:29 pm

 

Updated January 31, 2019 - 4:04 pm

https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/machete-squad-graphic-novel-tells-of-las-vegas-vets-service-in-afghanistan-1586297/

Tom King on Word Balloon podcast

Comic Books Tom King On Superman Heroes In Crisis Batman and Mister Miracle

john siuntres 

January 25, 2019

http://wordballoon.blogspot.com/2019/01/comic-books-tom-king-on-superman-heroes.html

A New King's Speech as we discus Tom's past present and future works . From The Walmart Superman series to Batman and the current arc Kinghtmare. We look back at Mister Miracle and scratch our heads over the puzzles laid out in Heroes In Crisis.

Weldon on movie Batmen

Batman Through The Ages: The Best — And Worst — Caped Crusaders

Ari Shapiro and Glen Weldon

  All Things Considered January 31, 2019 

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690468986/batman-through-the-ages-the-best-and-worst-caped-crusaders and https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2019/01/20190131_atc_batmen_through_the_ages.mp3

Feb 2: Wrestling Comics Day at Fantom!

FEB2

Wrestling Comics Day at Fantom!

Public

 · Hosted by Fantom Comics and BOOM! Studios

https://www.facebook.com/events/2197426770512481/?active_tab=about

Whether you're new to the Squared Circle or a lifetime Mark, wrestling has some of the most dedicated fans and amazing stories around. And what are wrestlers if not real-life superheroes and villains? Join us at Fantom for some Fables, Ladders and Chairs talk!

Highlights for the day include:

Spotlight Signing of WWE Forever #1 by BOOM Studios' Lan Pitts!

"What's Your Wrestle-Sona?" workshop with photographer Naji Copeland and Flying V wrestler Eel O'Neil!

"How To Cut A Promo Like A Pro!" tutorial with DMV indie wrestler G-Postal and Flying V wrestler Logan Easton LaRoux!

And the debut of our brand new Fantom Club shirt!

• February 2 2019, 1 PM – 4 PM

• Fantom Comics 2010 P St NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, District of Columbia 20036

Feb 13: Music Graphic Novel Book Club Discussion: Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 3

Music Graphic Novel Book Club Discussion: Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 3

• Wednesday, February 13, 2019
• 8:00 PM 9:30 PM

• Solid State Books

• 600 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

  This event is FREE and open to all. Let us know you're coming on Facebook.

• https://www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2019/2/music-graphic-novel
  

Join a group of music enthusiasts, led by Jeremiah Foxwell, as they discuss the third in the graphic novel series Hip Hop Family Tree, exploring the context in which music was created and performed. The discussion will include viewing and listening to video and audio clips.

The book is 10% off in our store through February.

Editorial Cartoons by Steve Artley

Recent cartoons from Steve Artley, "Plan BM" and "Bak to Skool."

click on images for larger view

©2019 Steven G. Artley • artleytoons • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

©2019 Steven G. Artley • artleytoons • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Art of Richard Thompson is available in French

As of last fall, The Art of Richard Thompson is available in French (in Europe at least) from Urban Comics of Paris. They have done an excellent job on the book production. Cul de Sac is also reprinted by them in three volumes. The American version is sold out from Andrews McMeel. The Incomplete Art of Why Things Are (The Richard Thompson Library Volume 1) is still currently available.

The note says that translated versions of the comics have been added at the back of this edition.

 

Panetta interviewed about Bloom, his fun new book

INTERVIEW: Kevin Panetta & Savanna Ganucheau Talk BLOOM, Baking, & Music

Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau tell The Beat about their graphic novel.

01/29/2019   by Samantha Puc

http://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kevin-panetta-savanna-ganucheau-bloom/

Danziger prose satire in The Post

As a Vermonter, I know: New Hampshire doesn't deserve the first primary [in print as Let Vermont in on New Hampshire's action].

By Jeff Danziger

Washington Post January 21 2019

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/as-a-vermonter-i-know-new-hampshire-doesnt-deserve-the-first-primary/2019/01/20/4bd7a716-0fa7-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html

but some people don't get it...

Letters to the Editor Opinion

Favoring Vermont would be no way to fix America's primary system

Ruth Skjerseth, Reston

Washington Post January 25 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/favoring-vermont-would-be-no-way-to-fix-americas-primary-system/2019/01/25/5aa8273a-200e-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html

Free Black Panther movie showings Friday

DCist has the story - https://dcist.com/story/19/01/30/these-amc-theaters-are-showing-black-panther-for-free-starting-friday/

Cavna talks Popeye with Liniers

At 90, Popeye is still going strong [in print as Popeye the sailor gets a makeover for his 90th birthday]

By Michael Cavna

January 30 2019, p. C10

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/popeye-gets-a-makeover-for-his-90th-birthday/2019/01/29/eede7df6-2350-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html

NY Times on new LoC Herblock exhibit

Library of Congress Exhibition Pairs Herblock With Other Socially Engaged Art

By Lauren Messman

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 25, 2019, on Page C5 of the New York edition with the headline: Herblock in National Exhibition.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/arts/design/herblock-library-of-congress-political-art.html

Jan 31: New Herblock exhibit opens at Library of Congress

Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
Jan. 31, 2019 – Aug. 17, 2019

            A new exhibition, "Art in Action," will explore the tradition of artists as social commentators. Drawings by renowned editorial cartoonist Herblock will be paired with historical and contemporary artists' prints, drawings and posters that respond to major issues from the 17^th century to the current day. As a political cartoonist for The Washington Post and other newspapers, Herbert L. Block, better known as Herblock, devoted his career to creating social commentary through art. Topics that drew his attention provide the exhibition's framework, including civil rights, women's rights, health, war, refugees and the role of media.

            Herblock's cartoons provide a call and response with other socially-engaged artists who expressed their opinions through art. The exhibition includes depictions of Pablo Picasso and works in the global tradition of political art by Jacques Callot, Francisco de Goya, and Leopoldo Méndez – as well as modern and contemporary American artists including Alexander Calder, Enrique Chagoya, Shepard Fairey, Kerry James Marshall, Juan Fuentes, Favianna Rodriguez and Helen Zughaib, among others.

Cavna on Steve Benson's firing

Another cartoonist loses his job. This does not bode well for the future of newspaper cartooning.

By Michael Cavna

Writer/critic

January 25 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/25/another-cartoonist-loses-his-job-this-does-not-bode-well-future-newspaper-cartooning/