Friday, March 08, 2019
The Post, Express, and NPR on Captain Marvel
'Captain Marvel' — Marvel's first movie built around a woman — is not the empowering thrill it wants to be [in print as You glow, girl - but a little too late].
Thursday, March 07, 2019
Gareth Hinds' new Iliad book is spawning interviews
Gareth has sent out a new email listing various bits of news about his new book. Here's some interviews he's done:
The Bronze Age Gets Eloquent: Gareth Hinds Brings Us The Illiad
by Hannah Means Shannon
GARETH HINDS INTERVIEW – THE ILIAD
March 4th, 2019 | by Dana Folkard
Unboxing The Iliad | A Guest Post by Gareth Hinds
Herblock Prize goes to Matt Davies for the second time
https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/herblock-prize/prize-winners
2019
Winner
Newsday
Matt Davies is the editorial cartoonist for Newsday in NY and has won both the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism prize. In 2004 he was awarded the first ever Herblock Prize.
In 2017 he received the National Headliner Award and was also a runner up/finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 and 2016.
Finalist
Self Syndicated
My name is Clay Jones and I do things a little differently than other editorial cartoonist.
I am not employed by a newspaper. I am nationally syndicated, but I am not with a
major syndicate. In 2013, I left Creators Syndicate to represent myself. I wanted more
control over my work and for it to be sold individually, not with a package. When editors
subscribe to my work, they're buying just my work.
Since I don't have an employer to scream at me, I don't have to…
The City Paper reviews Captain Marvel
True '90s Kids Will Treat Captain Marvel With Guarded Skepticism
The latest MCU movie has its flaws, but is ultimately inspiring when it needs to be.
Mar 6, 2019
Wednesday, March 06, 2019
March 22-31: Marvel Universe Live at George Mason's Eaglebank Arena (aka Patriot Center)
More than 25 Marvel superheroes and villains -- including Iron Man, Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor and Loki -- are ready to rumble at the Patriot Center in this all-new live-action spectacular, complete with state-of-the-art 3D projections and pyrotechnics, movie-style martial arts, mind-blowing stunts and even high-flying motocross. The exciting original story kicks off with The Mighty Thor smashing an all-powerful Cosmic Cube to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. But his villainous brother Loki comes up with a plan to pick up the pieces and destroy the universe. Now Spidey, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America and Hulk must team up against Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Red Skull, Madame Hydra, Electro and more in an epic battle of good vs. evil. This thrill ride of a show stars the world's top stunt performers and aerial artists, who bring their battles directly overhead to provide plenty of up-close excitement.
Tickets are for sale here
Goldstar has some discounted days.
Tuesday, March 05, 2019
Catching up with Josh Kramer
by Mike Rhode
Next week, 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 Josh Kramer, and it's been 6 years since I talked to him for the City Paper, so it was time to check in with him again.
You've kept doing cartoon journalism in those years, although I think you moved to the midwest for a while. Is that correct?
Yes. I was a 2017 Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, so I moved to Ann Arbor for nine months and got to learn up close from Phoebe Gloeckner and dive deeply into visual journalism. I just took a lot of different classes and tried different things. I did my own NaNoWriMo and drew a first draft of a fiction graphic novel I doubt anyone will ever read, but it was fun!
And you've started doing daily drawings on Instagram? What's your objective for those?
Yeah, I have this series, that I aspirationally draw once a day, where I just recreate something that sticks out to me and try to have fun with it. Nonfiction comics usually take a while and require lots of planning, so it's nice to just sit down and draw something in one go — they're easy to start and finish. I like the "first draft" quality of it, and I don't think people are expecting a masterpiece or perfect composition. I've always liked watercolor and colored pencil, and now I have an excuse to mess around with them a lot more. I'm already working on a freelance piece where I'm using this style, so it's creeping into my other work, in a good way.
You mentioned to me that you've moved on from concentrating on food stories to being interested in cities and transit. Can you give us more details?
Sure. I started as a generalist, moving from one weird, idiosyncratic story to the next. But a little while ago I noticed a pattern: I like drawing and writing about cities. So while I'll still write about cheese and other topics with no urban connection, I've been dialed into issues like transit, housing and architecture. I'm writing regularly for Mobility Lab and writing comics like this one that dig into urban policy. I've been doing a lot of drawn infographics, which have really focused me.
Is Cartoon Picayune, your zine collection of cartoon journalism still being published?
I don't have any plans to publish new issues, but you can still buy the old ones. I've very proud of those comics and think they hold up pretty well. Meanwhile, venues like The Nib have really unlocked the potential of nonfiction comics on the internet. There's so much good content being published online, that instead of editing a print publication, I write this newsletter and curate the best of what's out there.
I've seen your byline on some graphic novel reviews lately too. How did you get into that? What do you typically like to read?
Yeah I'm doing some writing about comics, mainly for The Comics Journal. I'm really leaning into the confusion about what "comics journalism" means. Since the Fellowship, I've been trying to live fulltime as a freelancer and that has meant trying to write and draw as much as I can, wherever I can. I'm new to comics criticism, but I'm hoping, as a working cartoonist, to bring more nuance and depth to the critical conversation around drawing and to write in an accessible way. My bread and butter is obviously nonfiction comics, but I like fiction as much as the next guy and grew up sitting on the floor at Borders, reading superhero comics and manga. So I'll read anything! For a little more about my recent journey in freelancing, I wrote about it here.
March 9: Deandra Tan: Comics talk at Arlington's Aurora Hills Library
Deandra Tan: Comics
On exhibit at the Aurora Hills Branch Library, February 6 - March 31.
https://arlingtonva.libcal.com/event/5186677
https://arlingtonva.libcal.com/event/5186677
Artist Statement:
Meet the artist and view an exhibition of her artwork in the Aurora Hills lobby.
Deandra "Nika" Tan is a Virginia-based writer and artist who primarily leverages the medium of comics to tell her stories. Her visual art style combines elements of Japanese manga and vintage art illustrations, which she then further adapts to fit the tone of whatever project she's working on. Initial concept work is done traditionally with a pen and paper, whereupon the comic is drafted and completed on a tablet computer. Recurring themes in her stories explore the tensions between romantic and familial relationships and the desire for societal recognition.
Artist Reception: Deandra Tan
Please join us at the Aurora Hills Branch Library for a reception honoring local artist Deandra Tan.
Meet the artist and view an exhibition of her artwork in the Aurora Hills lobby.
- Date:
- Saturday, March 9, 2019
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Location:
- Aurora Hills Branch Library
- Categories:
- Artist Talk
- Calendar:
- Aurora Hills
June 30: Fresh Talk: Accessory to Action—Adorning Wakanda
Fresh Talk: Accessory to Action—Adorning Wakanda
 |
Sunday, June 30 | 4:30–6 p.m.
Working with Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth Carter as Marvel Comics' first licensed jewelry designer, Douriean Fletcher created the power-packed accessories for the blockbuster film Black Panther (2018). The Afro-futurist-inspired design propelled audiences into a world where power and gender roles were based on expertise and ability. With the jewelry in a starring role, Fletcher created looks that reflected gender equity in Wakandan society. Join us for a conversation that explores how we communicate gender, power, and expertise through adornment.
Reservation required. $25 general; $20 members, seniors, students. Price includes museum admission and Catalyst cocktail hour.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave NW | Washington, DC 20005 | 866-875-4627 | info@nmwa.org
Monday, March 04, 2019
Local comic shops in 1979
Dan Gearino has posted a list created by Murray Bishoff of comic shops in 1979. The list is definitely not complete because it doesn't have the shop I was going to in the Bergen Mall in Paramus, NJ at the time, but it does show a lot of shops around Washington, although none in the city itself.
Here are some clips showing the local shops, only one of which still exists, I think. The Maryland list shows Barbarian Book Shop, now Barbarian Comics, which is still roughly at the same location. UPDATE: It's beyond our coverage area, but Randy commented that Zeno's Books is still in business too, and on their Facebook page, they say "40 years of serving Tidewater Virginia’s oldest Comic Book Store."
Here are some clips showing the local shops, only one of which still exists, I think. The Maryland list shows Barbarian Book Shop, now Barbarian Comics, which is still roughly at the same location. UPDATE: It's beyond our coverage area, but Randy commented that Zeno's Books is still in business too, and on their Facebook page, they say "40 years of serving Tidewater Virginia’s oldest Comic Book Store."
Sunday, March 03, 2019
Zeitchik on Thompson refusing to work with Lasseter on animation
'It dropped like a bomb': Emma Thompson's letter could change the face of #MeToo [in print as A star's letter and the future of #MeToo]
Saturday, March 02, 2019
March 7 : Mindy Johnson on Animation at Smithsonian Associates
The Women Who Animated the Movies: Uncovering a Colorful History
Event Location
S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, Metro: Smithsonian (Mall exit),
Sorcerer's Apprentice at Artinsights in Reston
Leslie Combemale is holding an album of Disney art including a drawing of Mickey Mouse from the Sorcerer's Apprentice just prior to Mindy Johnson's talk about women who worked for Disney. The talk starts in fifteen minutes.
Friday, March 01, 2019
Local comics journalist launches new comic series
Emily Whitten has announced that her book, The Underfoot, will be in comics stores on April 10th. It's co-written with Ben Fisher and drawn by Michelle Nguyen. It's the start of a three-book series anthropometric (aka funny animal) story about post-apocalyptic hamster kingdoms.
Kevin Panetta at NoVA Teen Book Festival
More information here: http://novateenbookfestival.com/authors/
City Paper likes Ruben Brandt
Art is Everywhere in the Charming Ruben Brandt, Collector
Milorad Krstic debut feature film is an animated love letter to the art world. [in print as Art Me Up].
WASHINGTON CITY PAPER MARCH 1 2019, P. 23
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