Thursday, March 14, 2019

Cavna on Batman

Sen. Patrick Leahy was in 5 Batman movies. Now he's written the foreword for the superhero's 80th anniversary. [in print as Sen. Leahy answers the Bat-Signal].


And I missed this one:

Leaving Batman behind is the best thing that could happen to Ben Affleck

Re-Constitution book announced by local author Beka Feathers

You can read about the new imprint from First Second here:
The book of interest to us is:

Re-Constitution, written by Beka Feathers and illustrated by Kasia Babis

as Randy T found out that Beka Feathers is a local conflict advisor and lawyer:

March 16: Garth Ennis and Russ Braun at Third Eye Annapolis

Meet comic superstars Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys, Punisher, Night Witches) & Russ Braun (The Boys, Night Witches) at our SARA / NIGHT WITCHES
Signing at THIRD EYE ANNAPOLIS this Saturday

MARCH 16th, 2019!
One of our biggest signing events! Meet the legendary writer behind graphic novels like PREACHER (and the inspiration for the AMC series), THE BOYS, & PUNISHER MAX with his co-artist on THE BOYS!


Read all about Garth & Russ's s Other Projects!
From PREACHER to THE BOYS and more!

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Comics Journal talks to Marc Singer

"I Wasn't Writing About the Work I Find Most Valuable": An Interview with Marc Singer

BY Noah Berlatsky

March 18: Folger Library pop-up exhibit of caricature and cartoons

The Folger on Capitol Hill has a pop-up exhibition next Monday, March 18, 2019, from 1:00-4:00 pm in the Board Room.

"A scribbled form drawn with a pen upon a parchment" will present a selection of Shakespeare-themed caricatures and political cartoons from the Folger collection, poking fun at everyone from King George III to Henry Irving. 

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Tom Brevoort reads Amazing Fantasy 15 original as an editor would

The original art being in the Library of Congress lets the Marvel editor do a close reading of what changes were made in the first Spider-Man story.

Lee & Ditko: AMAZING FANTASY #15

Library of Congress blog on superheroines

Let's Talk Comics: Superheroines

Singer's Breaking the Frames excerpt at TCJ

Excerpt: Breaking The Frames

Osvaldo Oyola interviews Marc Singer


From his introduction:

Today's talk is with Marc Singer an Associate Professor of English at Howard University and holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before Howard, he taught at the University of Maryland, Mary Washington College, and Tennessee State University. He is the author of Grant Morrison: Combining the Worlds of Contemporary Comics (Mississippi UP, 2012) and the editor, with Nels Pearson, of Detective Fiction in a Postcolonial and Transnational World (Ashgate, 2009). He previously served as the chair of the International Comic Arts Forum, and his own research on comics has twice won the M. Thomas Inge Award. Most recently his book Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies (Texas UP, 2018) has arrived to a lot of acclaim and perhaps consternation, and we spent most of our talk discussing the book, rather than the usual focus on collecting I try to foster in these talks but through discussing his development of the book we also ended up talking about his reading practices.

May 8: Little Girls Graphic Novel tour at Fantom Comics

Tonight - Nerds in NoMa with four local cartoonists

March 12, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

https://www.nomabid.org/nerds-in-noma/

Comic Converts: The World of Comic Illustrators in D.C.
Telling stories through narrative illustrations and words is a centuries-old art that continues to thrive everywhere — including D.C., where there are a number of comic art practitioners. Some do it only as a private passion, while others manage to get paid for their creative endeavors. We'll dive into the local scene to learn what motivates artists, how they find ways to make money, and where the industry is headed.
>>>Moderator: Michael Rhode, Author/Publisher/Owner | ComicsDC
>>>Panelists: Malaka Gharib, Author/Illustrator, I Was the American Dream (forthcoming); Jade Feng Lee, Educator/IllustratorJosh Kramer, Journalist/IllustratorShannon Gallant, Comic Illustrator
Let us know you're coming: Facebook / Eventbrite

Monday, March 11, 2019

Disney's Aladdin coming to the Kennedy Center in July

Tickets are on sale for members now, and open to the public next week.

Disney's Aladdin

Thursday, July 18, 2019 - Saturday, September 7, 2019

Theater

Discover a whole new world at Disney's Aladdin, the hit Broadway musical! From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of Aladdin, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy, and breathtaking spectacle. 

On Sale: March 18, 2019

Members: February 19, 2019

Price

$39.00 - $179.00

Run Time

Running Time: TBA

The VIP Ticket Package includes the best seats in the theater, commemorative souvenir program and complimentary VIP show merchandise item. The VIP tickets are located in the center-front of the orchestra level.

There is a limit of eight (8) tickets for this event.


Goldstar also has tickets on sale.


Smithsonian's superhero collection via their catalog

This site seems to have gone up in honor of Stan Lee although much of it has nothing to do with his work -

Excelsior! Super Superheroes

Explore items in our collections related to superheroes, including comic books, original comic art, movie and television costumes and props, and memorabilia.


- a surprise is a John Byrne and Jerry Ordway drawing of Superman in the National Portrait Gallery. It came as part of a collection of Time Magazine covers.

Art Institute of Washington shut down

Last year we noted that the Art Institute of Washington had stopped accepting new students.

The New York Times has reported that essentially the entire chain of Art Institutes has closed, and last week, "... members of the faculty at Argosy's Chicago and Northern Virginia campuses told students that they had been fired and instructed to remove their belongings."


Friday, March 08, 2019

Tonight: City Paper recommends Super Art Fight

The Post's Captain Marvel timeline

BECOMING CAPTAIN MARVEL

How Carol Danvers's evolution, from love interest to the most powerful Avenger, mirrors the ups and downs many female superheroes have experienced.

By Shelly Tan March 7, 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/entertainment/captain-marvel-history/?fbclid=IwAR0-Rlk3jpdXwoLMZMt4ndAP32x3PDwIvI-OqbGrkb24jVatkTwJ5U7fzi4

March 23: Bill Griffith in Baltimore

MAR23

Bill Griffith's Nobody's Fool Talk & Signing

Public
 · Hosted by Atomic Books

  • Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7 PM – 9 PM

  • Atomic Books
    3620 Falls Rd, Baltimore, Maryland 21211

March 23: Josh Frank at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Josh Frank - Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781594749230
Availability: Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now
Published: Quirk Books - March 19th, 2019

In the late 1930s, the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí teamed up with the Marx Brothers, writing the script of a film to be called Giraffes on Horseback Salad. MGM rejected the project and the manuscript was believed to be lost. Then Frank, author of the Pixies oral history Fool the World, found it and, in a stroke of genius, teamed with comedian Tim Heidecker to recreate the film as a full-color graphic novel, a genre which allows perhaps more range to the original creators' fantastic absurdity than film would have. Through mind-bending patterns, wildly shifting color schemes, and flamboyant composition, the book follows the strange attraction of an ordinary businessman—to have been played by Harpo—to a siren known as the Surrealist Woman.

This event is part of P&P's Film Series at Union Market, along with David Thomson with Sleeping with Strangers, Mallory O'Meara with The Lady from the Black Lagoon, and Victoria Riskin with Fay Wray and Robert Riskin.

P&P is proud to partner with Angelika Pop-up to offer attendees the chance to win a night at the movies. At each Film Series event, you can enter a raffle for five movie passes to the Angelika with two large popcorns. You can enter the raffle once at each P&P Film Series event, so the more readings you attend, the better your chances!

Politics and Prose at Union Market   1270 5th Street NE   Washington   DC    20008