Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Climate Consensus (Bipartisanship no.3)

Now we're up to date with DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock.

"Climate Consensus (Bipartisanship no.3)"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2794

Just so we're clear, here: The GOP thinks climate change is a hoax, 
and the Democrats think Putin can shut off our electricity and freeze 
us to death by remote control.

Oh, yeah, and the Amazon rainforest — which provides 20% of Earth's 
oxygen — is still on fire.

Good; that's sorted, then.

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"Climate change denial is killing the GOP's future", The Hill  12.26.2018 
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/422930-climate-change-denial-is-killing-the-gops-future

"Why Won't the Democrats Hold a Climate Change Debate?", Rolling Stone  06.10.2019 
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/climate-change-debate-democrats-2020-primary-846376/

"Russia could 'flip the off switch' on US electricity at any time, 
warns Maddow in new conspiracy", RT 01.31.2019 
https://www.rt.com/usa/450268-maddow-russia-weather-power/

"Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as Amazon outrage grows", Agencie  France Presse 08.24.2019 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hundreds-of-new-fires-in-brazil-as-amazon-outrage-grows/ar-AAGgMJD

Flugennock's "Golden Showers", the Brazilian Flag Mix

Riffing on the previous cartoon....

Flugennock's 3rd from Latest'n'Greatest: "Golden Showers"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist -

"Golden Showers"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2788

So, just so we're straight, here: Trump is pissing all over everybody, 
but the Democrats' main complaint is that the GOP is behaving 
boorishly and insists on calling it piss – as they blow off impending 
global disaster and put the kibosh on a climate crisis debate.

Meanwhile, the Amazon rainforest is burning, and wildfires are raging in Africa.
The world is literally on fire and meanwhile, the Democratic Party 
insists "please, it's not piss, it's Chardonnay".

We aren't going to be able to "election" our way out of this. It's 
time to vote in the streets.


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"Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as Amazon outrage grows", MSN 
08.23.2019 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hundreds-of-new-fires-in-brazil-as-amazon-outrage-grows/ar-AAGgMJD

"Wildfires scorch Africa but world's media stay focused on Brazil's 
blazes", RT 08.24.2019 
https://www.rt.com/news/467228-fires-amazon-brazil-africa/

"Why Won't the Democrats Hold a Climate Change Debate?" Rolling Stone 
06.10.2019 
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/climate-change-debate-democrats-2020-primary-846376/

NPR on Raina Telgemeier and fine art comics

On Making Friends With Raina Telgemeier

Juanita Giles

August 26, 2019 

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/26/753508422/on-making-friends-with-raina-telgemeier

When Comic Art Meets High Art, the Results Will Surprise You

Etelka Lehoczky

August 26, 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/26/753528482/when-comic-art-meets-high-art-the-results-will-surprise-you 

Sept 4: EXHIBIT: 100 YEARS OF CARTOON IN EL UNIVERSAL

Sep 04

EXHIBIT: 100 YEARS OF CARTOON IN EL UNIVERSAL

by Mexican Cultural Institute

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exhibit-100-years-of-cartoon-in-el-universal-tickets-69951379459

Date and Time

Wed, September 4, 2019

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

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Location

Mexican Cultural Institute

2829 16th Street Northwest

Washington, DC 20009

Description

The Mexican Cultural Institute is proud to announce its newest exhibit, 100 Years of Cartoons in El Universal: Mexico - United States as Seen by Mexican Cartoonists, taking place from September 4 through October 30, 2019. The exhibit collects a brief sample of the thousands of cartoons published in 100 years in the widely known newspaper, El Universal, where almost all Mexican cartoonists of the 20th century have traveled through. This exhibit reads as a nodal part of the history of the cartoon in Mexico and includes a brief representation of the artists who traced and portrayed the history of the country. The pages of El Universal have shown the critical work, with aesthetic greatness, by artists such as Andrés Audiffred, Eduardo del Río Rius, Helioflores and Rogelio Naranjo, who have all shaped Mexican national events with art and humor.

August 16th Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Sorry About The Airport"

I got a bit behind on posting these, and will catch up through out the day.

"Sorry About The Airport"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2781

If the fact that this and the previous "revolution" in Hong Kong have 
been backed by the National Endowment for Democracy and "Freedom 
House", and the fact that current "pro-democracy" leaders have been 
peeped meeting with US Consulate officials, and the fact that the mob 
in Hong Kong have been spotted waving US flags and singing 
"Star-Spangled Banner" – not to mention that most of the signs are in 
English – perhaps the fact that the Hong Kong "revolutionaries" are 
getting big fat shout-outs from Nikki Haley should convince you that 
the "revolution" in Hong Kong is a massive, bogus US-backed astroturf 
show.

This past Tuesday, a mob affiliated with the "revolution" in Hong Kong 
took over the international airport and brought the chaos, confronting 
police and causing spectacular disruptions in air travel. The real 
kicker was when the "revolutionaries" spent the next day greeting 
travelers at the airport wearing symbolic eye bandages in solidarity 
with an injured comrade, holding signs apologizing for the previous 
day's havoc. That's right, apologizing. Idiots, why the hell were they 
there, then? Isn't that the whole point of protest? Hell, that sure 
was the point of getting upwards of 100,000 people into the streets of 
Seattle and Washington DC to bring the city to a standstill and 
disrupt the meetings of the WTO, IMF and World Bank. Disuption was our 
jam that day, f'crissake; we sure as hell weren't apologizing for 
anything.

Christ, man, c'mon.

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"Hong Kong Activist Goes On Defensive After Being Photographed With US 
Consulate Official", at RT,
08.12.2019
https://www.rt.com/news/466078-hong-kong-us-joshua-wong/

"Hong Kong Airport In Chaos After Protesters And Police Clash", at RT, 
08.14.2019
https://www.rt.com/news/466421-hong-kong-airport-clashes/

"HK Protesters Apologise After Airport Chaos, Take Day To Regroup", at 
Al Jazeera 08.14.2019
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2019/08/hong-kong-protesters-apologise-airport-chaos-190814151751512.html

"Hong Kong Gets New US-Backed Party, Funded By Washington", Tony 
Cartalucci at Global Research 04.18.2016
https://www.globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-gets-new-us-backed-party-funded-by-washington/5520536

"Circulating on Chinese social media: Hong Kong protest activists 
Joshua Wong Chi-fung see meeting Julie Eadeh, political chief of US 
Consulate. Venue: JW Mariott Admiralty." Carl Zha on Twitter, 08.07.2019
https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1159247350516211712

"The eyes of the world see that the people of Hong Kong are not 
terrorists. They are freedom fighters. To the people of Hong Kong, we 
are praying for your safety and believe that democracy is worth 
fighting for. We hear you and we stand with you! #FreedomForHongKong", 
Nikki Haley on Twitter, 08.14.2019
https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1161706111046754313

Sept 10: Comic Art Orientation & Tour [Prints & Photographs Division]

Sep 10

Comic Art Orientation & Tour [Prints & Photographs Division]

by Research Orientations to the Library of Congress

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comic-art-orientation-tour-prints-photographs-division-tickets-69783661811

Date and Time

Tue, September 10, 2019

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

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Location

Madison Building, LM-337

101 Independence Avenue Southeast

Washington, DC 20540

Description

The Prints & Photographs Reading Room will highlight the Division's rich collections of comic art materials in connection with the opening of the Library of Congress exhibition Comic Art (opens September 13). Researchers 16 years of age and older are invited to join us for this specialized tour looking at original artwork for indie comics, dailies, superheroes, and political cartoons.

Individuals requiring accommodations for any of these events are requested to submit a request at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

For information on research in the Prints and Photographs Division, please visit: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/.

Header image is a detail of Arlington, Virginia. Reading the Sunday comics on the back porch at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work for U.S. government for the duration of the war, 1943. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d29084. spptr

Sept 12: Jaime Hernandez in Conversation with Gary Groth [Lecture/Presentation]

Sep 12

Jaime Hernandez in Conversation with Gary Groth [Lecture/Presentation]

by Library of Congress

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jaime-hernandez-in-conversation-with-gary-groth-lecturepresentation-tickets-68792952573

Date and Time

Thu, September 12, 2019

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

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Location

LJ-119

Thomas Jefferson Building, First Floor

10 First Street SE

Washington, DC 20540

Description

Jaime Hernandez in Conversation with Gary Groth

LJ-119, First Floor

Conversation with comic artist Jaime Hernandez, co-creator of the alternative comic Love and Rockets. Hernandez was the winner of the 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best graphic novel/comic and the 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Writer/Artist. He will be interviewed by Gary Groth, founder and president of Fantagraphics, about his work and creative process, representing Latinx experiences in comic art, and changes in the field over the course of his career.

Tickets are recommended but not required, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

This is the SPX Lecture at the Library of Congress, held annually in conjunction with Small Press Expo, which this year celebrates its 25th Anniversary at its yearly festival September 14-15.

The presentation is held in connection with the opening of the Library of Congress exhibition Comic Art, opening on September 13.

Sept 13: "For Better or Worse" Cartoonist Lynn Johnston [Lecture]

Sep 13

"For Better or Worse" Cartoonist Lynn Johnston [Lecture]

by Library of Congress

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/for-better-or-worse-cartoonist-lynn-johnston-lecture-tickets-68014881341

Date and Time

Fri, September 13, 2019

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

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Location

LJ-119

Thomas Jefferson Building, First Floor

10 First Street SE

Washington, DC 20540

Description

"For Better or Worse" Cartoonist Lynn Johnston, in Words and Pictures

LJ-119, First Floor

Cartoonist Lynn Johnston, creator of the long-running syndicated comic strip For Better or Worse, will discuss her career and artistic process while illustrating the presentation in real time.

Tickets are recommended but not required, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

Held in conjunction with Small Press Expo, which this year celebrates its 25th Anniversary at its yearly festival September 14-15.

Cavna on Pia Guerra

How Pia Guerra became one of the Trump era's most moving political cartoonists

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post August 23 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/08/23/how-pia-guerra-became-one-trump-eras-most-moving-political-cartoonists/

Editorial Cartoon by Steve Artley

"White Powered" (click on Image for larger view)

Malaka Gharib talks to the NY Times

How to Draw Yourself Out of a Creative Funk

Malaka Gharib, the author of the coming-of-age graphic memoir "I Was Their American Dream," shares her tips.

By Melissa Guerrero

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 23, 2019, Section C, Page 16 of the New York edition with the headline: Creative Funk? Draw Yourself Out of It.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/books/malaka-gharib-american-dream-creativity.html

Comic strips in staff picnic ad from 1971 military newspaper

There's Beetle Bailey, B.C. and the Wizard of Id in this drawing from US Naval Hospital Memphis' newspaper in March 1971

Danielle Corsetto remembers Richard Thompson via his original art

Danielle Corsetto remembers Richard Thompson via his original art - more at

https://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2019/08/danielle-corsetto-remembers-richard-via.html 

Sept 25: Music Graphic Novel Book Club

Music Graphic Novel Book Club

• Wednesday, September 25, 2019
• 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

• Solid State Books 600 H St NE Washington (map)

• Google Calendar ICS

Join audiophile Jeremiah Foxwell in an engaging discussion of the life of Thelonious Monk. This vividly illustrated biography of jazz legend Thelonious Monk brings to life his relationship with the headstrong baroness who would become a life long friend and patron. Set against the backdrop of New York in the 1950s, this graphic biography explores the rare alchemy between two brilliant beings separated by an ocean of social status, race, and culture, but united by an infinite love for music. 

Thoroughly researched by author Youssef Daoudi and rendered in his spontaneous, evocative pen and ink, Monk! seems to make visible jazz itself.

Upcoming mystery event with Greg Pak in DC

From Greg Pak's twitter feed:

Yes, I'll be at the @NY_Comic_Con and the @baltimorecomics con and one yet-to-be-announced event in Washington, DC this year!

Scoop talks with anime director Hiroshi Nagahama at Otakon

Otakon Interview: Hiroshi Nagahama

Carrie Wood 

Scoop August 23 2019

http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=232944

Dana Maier on the New Yorker website

Know Your Drinks: A Beginner Barfly's Guide

By Dana Maier

August 20, 2019

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/know-your-drinks-a-beginner-barflys-guide

PR: Small Press Expo Announces 2019 Ignatz Award Nominees

Winners to be announced on Saturday, Sept. 14

For Immediate Release Contact: Dan Stafford Email: dan@smallpressexpo.com   Small Press Expo Announces 2019 Ignatz Award Nominees Bethesda, Maryland - August 22, 2019   Media Release - The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce the 2019 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.  The Ignatz, named after George Herriman's brick-wielding mouse from his long running comic strip Krazy Kat, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz Awards are a festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry. . The nominees for the ballot were determined by a panel of five of the best of today's comics professionals, MK Czerwiec, Kelly Froh, Chris Kindred, Nola Pfau and Rob McMonigal. Congratulations to all our nominees!, with the votes cast for the awards by the attendees during SPX. The Ignatz Awards will be presented at the gala Ignatz Awards ceremony held on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 9:30 P.M. This years Ignatz logo is by 2018 Promising New Talent winner, Iasmin Omar Ata. SPX is proud to have Kickstarter as the sponsor for the 2019 Ignatz Awards. Their generous sponsorship will go towards ballot printing, manufacture of the awards, room & A/V costs for the ceremony and the Ignatz After Party. More information on Kickstarter's exciting support of SPX's 25th Birthday will be announced in the next few weeks. Outstanding Artist Rosemary Valero-O'Connell - Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me (First Second) Koren Shadmi - Highwayman (Top Shelf Productions) Lucy Knisley - Kid Gloves (First Second) Sloane Leong - Prism Stalker (Image Comics) Ezra Claytan Daniels - Upgrade Soul (Lion Forge) Outstanding Collection Love Letters to Jane's World - Paige Braddock (Lion Forge) Girl Town - Carolyn Nowak (Top Shelf Productions) Dirty Plotte - Julie Doucet (Drawn & Quarterly) Leaving Richard's Valley - Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly) This Woman's Work - Julie Delporte (Drawn & Quarterly) Outstanding Anthology Electrum - Edited by Der-shing Helmer (Alloy) Wayward Sisters - Edited by Allison O'Toole (TO Comix Press) Family - The Nib Magazine - Edited by Matt Bors, Matt Lubchanksy and Eleri Harris (The Nib) Death - The Nib Magazine - Edited by Matt Bors, Matt Lubchanksy and Eleri Harris (The Nib) We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology - Edited by Tara Avery and Jeanne Thornton (Stacked Deck Press) Outstanding Graphic Novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me - Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (First Second) Upgrade Soul - Ezra Clayton Daniels (Lion Forge) Woman World - Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly) Highwayman - Koren Shadmi (Top Shelf Productions) Gender Queer - Maia Kobabe (Lion Forge) Outstanding Series The Nib Magazine - Matt Bors (The Nib) Daygloayhole Quarterly - Ben Passmore (Silver Sprocket Press) Heavenly Blues - Ben Kahn/Bruno Hidalgo (Scout Comics) Frontier - Youth in Decline Endgames - Ru Xu (NewsPrints) Outstanding Minicomic Trans Girls Hit the Town - Emma Jayne (Diskette Press) Gonzalo - Jed McGowan (Shortbox) Silver Wire - Kriota Willberg (Birdcage Bottom Books) Cherry - Inés Estrada (Kilgore Books & Comics) YLLW YLLW YLLW - Mar Julia (Diskette Press) Outstanding Comic Lorna - Benji Nate (Self-Published) Infinite Wheat Paste #7 - Pidge (Pidge Comics) The Saga of Metalbeard - Joshua Paddon & Matthew Hoddy (Self-Published) Egg Cream - Liz Suburbia (Silver Sprocket & Czap Books) Check Please! - Ngozi Ukazu (First Second) Outstanding Online Comic Isle of Elsi - Alec Longstreth That's Not My Name! - Hannako Lambert What Doctors Know About CPR - Nathan Gray About Face - Nate Powell Full Court Crush - Hannah Blumenreich Promising New Talent Haleigh Buck Ebony Flowers Emma Jayne Mar Julia Kelsey Wroten Outstanding Story Sacred Heart Vol 2 Part 1: Livin' in the Future - Liz Suburbia (from Egg Cream #1) (Czap Books) Sincerely, Harriet - Sarah Winifred Searle (Graphic Universe) Woman World - Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly) The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea - Vannak Anan Prum (Seven Stories Press) Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me - Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (First Second) Visit the SPX 2019 Website for the Complete List of Nominees Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com. Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824 www.smallpressexpo.com Email: press@smallpressexpo.com STAY CONNECTED ‌ ‌ ‌

Editorial Cartoon by Steve Artley

"GREENland NEW DEAL" (click on Image for larger view)