Friday, February 22, 2019
The City Paper reviews Train Your Dragon 3
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Is An Elegant Kids Film For All Ages [in print as Stop Dragon My Heart Around].
The third and final film in the nearly decade-long series is an appropriate coda for a story about friendship and acceptance.
Washington City Paper Feb 22, 2019 : 22
Feb 23-24: Animation at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse
Your Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons + Booze & Free Cereal + a Special Menu of Cartoon Episodes With Musically-Inclined 'Toons!
Live out your rock n' roll fantasies at Spoons, Toons & Booze Rocks! We've got your favorite Saturday morning and weekday afternoon cartoons on the big screen plus a special menu of episodes featuring rock stars, band breakups, musical numbers, band parodies, battles of the bands, some bodacious shredding from an animated Bill & Ted and maybe something that's truly, truly, truly outrageous. Hosted by SecretFormula's cartoon and cereal experts Michael Austin and Nell Casey.
Catching up with Shannon Gallant
by Mike Rhode
Next month, I'll be moderating a Nerds in NoMa panel on March 12th on "Comic Converts: The World of Comic Illustrators in D.C.” One of the attendees will be Shannon Gallant, a local comic book artist whom I've interviewed several times. He recently finished his work for the miniseries G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero vs. the Six Million Dollar Man.
So what's new?
I’m contributing strips to Beano (the UK kids magazine), I’ve got an issue of Ghostbusters coming out in April as part of the anniversary celebration of the franchise, and I’m doing a fill in issue for GI Joe:Real American Hero.
Next month, I'll be moderating a Nerds in NoMa panel on March 12th on "Comic Converts: The World of Comic Illustrators in D.C.” One of the attendees will be Shannon Gallant, a local comic book artist whom I've interviewed several times. He recently finished his work for the miniseries G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero vs. the Six Million Dollar Man.
So what's new?
I’m contributing strips to Beano (the UK kids magazine), I’ve got an issue of Ghostbusters coming out in April as part of the anniversary celebration of the franchise, and I’m doing a fill in issue for GI Joe:Real American Hero.
You're
known for your work on GI Joe in America, with a long run drawing it
for IDW. How did you begin working on a traditional British comic?
Ned Hartley, who used to be an editor at Titan Comics (where I drew Shrek, and Torchwood) is a contributing writer for BananaMan in Beano; some might know the cartoon that aired on Nickelodeon alongside Danger Mouse.
He recommended me, and after some audition pages, I’m getting to fill
in for a few artists on maternity leave. As a friend said to me, let’s
hope the regular artists continue to expand their families!
Any idea how people can buy it in the States?
The easiest way I know that someone can get Beano is digitally through
their app. Otherwise, it would be a hunt for a store that specializes in
British imports, or a comic shop that does the leg work. I barely have
any because the company doesn’t send copies. I’ve had friends who were
traveling, or have relatives, smuggle... I mean, bring some over. Weird
thing is, it’s the highest circulation comic I’m involved with. Last issue
apparently almost hit 50K.
Here are some scenes from the Ghostbusters comic dropping in April. This
was fun, because I got to ink it all myself, both cover and interiors. My
upcoming GI Joe work will have an inker on my pencils.
Which GI Joe title are you on?
It’s the classic title “Real American Hero”, but I'm not sure of the number that I restart on.
Katsucon pictures at Scoop
Carrie Wood.
Scoop February 22, 2019
Katsucon returned for its 25th annual convention, a celebration of anime, manga, cosplay and much more, from February 16-18, 2019 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. The show is considered a highlight event of the year when it comes to cosplay due to the picturesque nature of the venue, resulting in many over-the-top costumes gracing the show floor over the course of the weekend.
Take a look at some of the sights from the show below, with photography from Gemstone Assistant Editor Carrie Wood.
March 7-8: Fabien Cousteau's Great White Shark Adventure
Fabien Cousteau - Great White Shark Adventure (Fabien Cousteau Expeditions series)
Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 10:30 a.m.
Famed explorer Fabien Cousteau and his junior explorers set off on an expedition to the coast of South Africa, home to the world's largest concentration of great white sharks. They, along with his team of research experts, have heard of a massive shark in the area—bigger than any in recorded history—and want to investigate so that it can be tracked, studied and protected. As the team navigates the ocean, they encounter and learn about many types of aquatic life, creating an enlightening maritime adventure in this graphic novel. Ages 8 to 12.
This event is free to attend and open to the public, however, reservations are required for school groups interested in attending. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
5015 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20008
Fabien Cousteau Great White Shark Adventure — at Takoma Park Library (MD)
Friday, March 8, 2019 - 7:30 p.m.
Famed explorer Fabien Cousteau and his junior explorers set off on an expedition to the coast of South Africa, home to the world's largest concentration of great white sharks. They, along with his team of research experts, have heard of a massive shark in the area—bigger than any in recorded history—and want to investigate so that it can be tracked, studied and protected. As the team navigates the ocean, they encounter and learn about many types of aquatic life, creating an enlightening maritime adventure in this graphic novel. Ages 8 to 12.
Takoma Park Public Library (MD) 101 Philadelphia Ave Takoma Park MD 200912
$19.99
9781534420885
Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now
Margaret K. McElderry Books - March 5th, 2019
March 9: Jaime Hernandez - Is This How You See Me? in conversation with Sarah Boxer
Jaime Hernandez - Is This How You See Me? in conversation with Sarah Boxer
https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jaime-hernandez-how-you-see-me-in-conversation-sarah-boxer
Saturday, March 9, 2019 - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
With his brothers Gilbert and Mario, Jaime Hernandez created Love and Rockets, one of the first comics to appear in the 1980s alternative comics movement. Hernandez has continued and expanded that series with his award-winning Locas narrative, chronicling the lives of a group of Latinas from their teenage years to today. Following 2014's Love Bunglers, the latest installment gathers all the Locas work Hernandez has published serially over the last four years, tracking the story of Maggie and Hopey as they make a pilgrimage back to their old neighborhood, relive the early days of their relationship, and re-experience several decades worth of exuberance and heartbreak. Hernandez will be in conversation with Sarah Boxer, cartoonist and critic with pieces in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and more. Hernandez will be in conversation with Sarah Boxer, cartoonist and critic with pieces in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and more.
Click here for more information.
5015 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20008
March 6: P.C. and Kristin Cast - The Dysasters—at Connie Morella Library (formerly Bethesda Library)
(a mother-daughter writing team that has written for Dark Horse)
P.C. and Kristin Cast - The Dysasters—at Connie Morella Library (formerly Bethesda Library)
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 7 p.m.
Hearing airwaves and controlling clouds definitely sets seventeen-year-old Foster apart from other teenagers, but she wouldn't want to be like everyone else anyways. So she is shocked when she meets football star Tate "Nighthawk" Taylor, who has never given his night vision much thought. Their worlds collide in a night that proves disastrous for them both, and they discover that together, they can control the air element. This is the first in a new paranormal romance series from the duo that created the House of Night phenomenon. In conversation with Pintip Dunn, YA author of the Star-Crossed series. Ages 12 and up.
Click here for more information.
Connie Morella Library (formerly Bethesda Library) 7400 Arlington Rd Bethesda MD 20814
March 2: Mindy Johnson Disney Artist
Mindy Johnson Disney Artist
Join us at ArtInsights for a celebration of women in art with the leading historian on women in animation and film, Mindy Johnson. The premiere of a collection of vintage animation accompanies the event, as well as the introduction of illustration art by famed Disney concept artist Lorelay Bove. Bove contributed images for Johnson's upcoming book, Pencils, Pens, & Brushes: A Great Girls' Guide to Disney Animation.
Entrance is free, but RSVPs have first priority. Pre-orders of Ink & Paint are strongly recommended through our website. Email artinsights@gmail.com or call ArtInsights at 703-478-0778 to secure your spot at the event.
Event date:
Saturday, March 2, 2019 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Event address:
11921 Freedom Dr
Reston, VA 20190
$60.00
ISBN: 9781484727812
Availability: Available to Order
Published: Disney Editions - September 5th, 2017
March 10: Chip Kidd - Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal
Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal (Paperback)
$24.99
Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now
Description
Shazam made his debut in Whiz Comics in 1940, and outsold his biggest competitor, Superman, by 14 million copies a month. It wasn't long before a variety of merchandise was licensed—secret decoders, figurines, buttons, paper rockets, tin toys, puzzles, costumes—and a fan club was created to keep up with the demand. These collectibles now sell for outrageous prices on eBay and in comic book stores and conventions. Seventy years later, an unprecedented assortment of these artifacts are gathered together by award-winning writer/designer Chip Kidd and photographer Geo Spear. Join Kidd, Spear, and the World's Mightiest Mortal in this first, fully authorized celebration of ephemera, artwork, and rare, one-of-a-kind toys, and recapture the magic that was Shazam!
About the Author
Chip Kidd is a graphic designer and writer, and editor-at-large for Pantheon. A three-time Eisner Award winner, he has written and designed over a dozen books on comics including Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz. His novels, The Cheese Monkeys and The Learners, were national bestsellers, as was True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World (with Lisa Birnbach). Other books include Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design and the forthcoming Judge This. He lives in New York City.
Geoff Spear shot all the photography for Batman Collected, Batman Animated, Bat-Manga!, Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz, and Mythology: The D.C. Comics Art of Alex Ross. His award-winning photographs have appeared regularly in Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, Newsweek, and the New York Times, and on numerous book covers.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "2020 Sweet Spot"
Our local anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock has strong opinions about the Democratic field:
"Sweet Spot"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2678
Never mind for a moment the idea that you'd ever see a pompous-ass
big-city morning tome like the Post use the phrase "sweet spot" on top
of the fold on A1: http://sinkers.org/posters/2020sweetspot/wapoA1_Feb2019_2020sweetspot.jpg
This is some of the best news I've seen smack on the front page in
years. "Candidates Fear Socialist Label..." Why am I so overjoyed at
that?
And why am I still somehow smiling at this steaming-ass little plopper
from the Anointed Heir To Our Exalted Slay Qween...?
https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1092938170956693504
All my fellow Lefties on Twitter are bitching about how there's still
no platform or policy page at Harris' Web site – a valid bitching
point, for sure – while she's right out here in public, showing us
what her freakin' platform is.
I'm also surprised that I'm surprised that the US Left, a massive
cupcake, would actually be able to make the current crop of candidates
afraid of us. Judging from the media frenzy, I'm guessing the
Democrats have finally found their sweet spot, and will continue
hitting the hell out of it because it feels so good when they stop.
"Sweet Spot"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2678
Never mind for a moment the idea that you'd ever see a pompous-ass
big-city morning tome like the Post use the phrase "sweet spot" on top
of the fold on A1: http://sinkers.org/posters/2020sweetspot/wapoA1_Feb2019_2020sweetspot.jpg
This is some of the best news I've seen smack on the front page in
years. "Candidates Fear Socialist Label..." Why am I so overjoyed at
that?
And why am I still somehow smiling at this steaming-ass little plopper
from the Anointed Heir To Our Exalted Slay Qween...?
https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1092938170956693504
All my fellow Lefties on Twitter are bitching about how there's still
no platform or policy page at Harris' Web site – a valid bitching
point, for sure – while she's right out here in public, showing us
what her freakin' platform is.
I'm also surprised that I'm surprised that the US Left, a massive
cupcake, would actually be able to make the current crop of candidates
afraid of us. Judging from the media frenzy, I'm guessing the
Democrats have finally found their sweet spot, and will continue
hitting the hell out of it because it feels so good when they stop.
Karl Stevens interviewed about his new Retrofit / Big Planet book
Karl Stevens
Karl Stevens joined me to talk about his painting and comics work. His latest book, The Winner from Retrofit/Big Planet, is a great move forward in his work and shows some amazing growth and introspection. I am really excited by his work and where he is taking it.
Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Malaka Gharib
Next month, I'll be moderating a Nerds in NoMa panel on March 12th on "Comic Converts: The World of Comic Illustrators in D.C.” One of the attendees will be Malaka Gharib, and I must confess to not being familiar with her work previously, even though she has a book I Was Their American Dream coming out soon from Penguin Random House which describes it thusly:
One part Mari Andrew, one part Marjane Satrapi, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir is a triumphant tale of self-discovery, a celebration of a family’s rich heritage, and a love letter to American immigrant freedom. Malaka Gharib’s illustrations come alive with teenage antics and earnest questions about identity and culture, while providing thoughtful insight into the lives of modern immigrants and the generation of millennial children they raised. Malaka’s upbringing will look familiar to anyone who grew up in the pre-internet era, but her particular story is a heartfelt tribute to the American immigrants who have invested their future in the promise of the American dream. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigates her childhood chasing her parents’ ideals, learning to code-switch between her family’s Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid. I Was Their American Dream is at once a journal of growing up and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children.
Sounds good, right? Here's her short bio, grabbed from Catapult, where she has a cute slice of life travel story, Special Request:
Malaka Gharib is a journalist at NPR. She is the author of "I Was Their American Dream," a graphic memoir (Clarkson Potter, April 2019) about being Filipino-Egyptian-American. She is the founder of The Runcible Spoon, a food zine, and the co-founder of the D.C. Art Book Fair. She lives in a rowhouse with her husband in Washington, D.C.
She's answering our usual questions before the talk.
What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?Comics and spot illustrations, also flash installations and little zines.
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
Traditional pen and ink and compute.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
198.
Why are you in Washington now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?
Work! But it's become my home, have been here for a decade. Kingman Park.
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
None, but I've been doodling and making cartoons since I was a kid. Comics and zines started in high school in Southern California.
Who are your influences?Roz Chast, Marissa Moss, Adrian Tomine, Christoph Niemann, Maira Kalman, Mari Andrew.
If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?
Go to art school!
What work are you best-known for?
The Runcible Spoon, my zine about food. We got profiled once in the New York Times and it was honestly my proudest moment. And now my forthcoming graphic memoir, I Was Their American Dream, about being first-generation Filipino-Egyptian-American. My book will be on sale at Solid State Books on April 30, the publication date [note that this is an event that Malaka will be speaking at].
What work are you most proud of?
My little zines that I make on my Instagram continue to delight me https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6Ys2ZhjoU/.
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
Children's books, game books. I've got an idea for a new book called 101 Impossible Games And How To Play Them.
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
I think about how writing or drawing is all about discipline, but that it takes as long as it needs to take -- and that blocks are part of the process.
What do you think will be the future of your field?
For print zines and comix? I think it will be like vinyl, rare and cultural phenomenon, so then perceived as special. What local cons do you attend? DC Zinefest? The Small Press Expo, or others? Any comments about attending them?
Those, of course, and the event I cohost: the DC Art Book Fair (July 7 at the National Museum for Women in the Arts).
What's your favorite thing about DC?
The feeling of seeing the National Monuments on the taxi drive from DCA to home, and knowing that this beautiful, fucked up city is mine.
Least favorite?
The color palette of the city in winter.
The atrium in the National Gallery of Art for a coffee.
How about a favorite local restaurant?
I like the meatloaf at Ted's Bulletin.
Do you have a website or blog?
http://instagram.com/malakagharib
RIP Richmond TV cartoonist Sailor Bob of Richmond
Bob Griggs, known as Richmond's 'Sailor Bob,' dies
By WWBT NBC12 Newsroom
Robert Griggs, 'Sailor Bob' on beloved children's show in Richmond, dies at 85
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The Beat reviews Panetta's Bloom
REVIEW: BLOOM is a Blissful, Unflinching Look at Millenial Love and Ennui
by
Beyond Comics closed today; Third Eye Comics open
|
|
|
|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THIRD EYE ANNAPOLIS is OPEN NORMAL HOURS 11AM-9PM today at both THIRD EYE COMICS & THIRD EYE GAMES, and 11am-8pm THIRD EYE ST MARYS and THIRD EYE RICHMOND! Please Read Below for Info on How To Find Out If That Changes! Please follow our Twitter & our Facebook for any updates (just in case that snow actually becomes more than the few flurries we saw this morning) |
| All right, Third Eye Faithful - we thought the snow may have had the upper hand, but things are good, and we're able to open up and make sure you get that new comic day goodness! However, please please please make sure to follow our FACEBOOK (click here) and TWITTER (click here) in case the weather changes, and our hours have to change. If our stores do have to close early due to the weather this afternoon or evening, we'll make sure to post it on those two networks to let you know. In the meantime though, we're here 11AM-9PM to help you get all the comic & game goodness you need! |
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
March 2: JICC + DCIFF: Penguin Highway
|
| ||||||||||||||
| |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)