Friday, September 06, 2019
More PSAs from The Hospital Clipper - Doonesbury and Wee Pals (and Love Is and Moon Mullins)
Mo Willems profiled in Washingtonian
Mo Willems's "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Will Be a Musical at the Kennedy Center This November
The world-premiere show is part of the author's two-year residency
Exhibit Review: 100 Years of Cartoons in El Universal: Mexico-United States As Seen By Mexican Cartoonists.
100 Years of Cartoons in El Universal: Mexico-United States As Seen By Mexican Cartoonists. Augustin Sánchez González. Washington, DC: Mexican Cultural Institute, September 4 – October 30, 2019. https://www.instituteofmexicodc.org/
Bruce Guthrie on Batman @ Society of Illustrators Museum in NYC
* (Second Floor) Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan
PR: Meet Justice League Dark writer James Tynion IV this Saturday & Sunday
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Sept 11: Yann Kebbi: The Structure is Rotten, Comrade at Solid State Books
Yann Kebbi: The Structure is Rotten, Comrade
- Wednesday, September 11, 2019
- 7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Sept 21: Meet Greg Pak, Asian Superheroes "Agents of Atlas" Author! at Fantom Comics
Meet Greg Pak, Asian Superheroes "Agents of Atlas" Author!
- Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 2 PM – 4 PM
- Fantom Comics2010 P St NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, District of Columbia 20036
- Hosted by OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates
Sept 12: Conversation with Jaime Hernandez
Conversation with Jaime Hernandez
Date and Location
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When: Thursday, September 12, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
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Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - Kluge Center (LJ119)
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
The event is free, but due to expected demand, tickets are recommended, and there may be special restrictions. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click the "Get Tickets" link below for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed.
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
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.
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.
Sept 11: Newsprint: The Medium That Launched Comics exhibit gallery talk
8/13 – 9/27, 2019
The Cade Art Gallery at Anne Arundel Community CollegeThe colorful world of newspaper comic strip characters and today's superheroes can be traced back to the 1890s with the development of high-speed color printing presses. Color printing gave publishers a competitive edge in the bruising newspaper circulation wars of the time.
The large size of a broadsheet newspaper gave both editors and artists a vast canvas upon which to create ground-breaking comics like Little Nemo in Slumberland, Gasoline Alley, and The Spirit.
Here in the 21st Century, we still find newsprint relevant to the comics world, even as physical newspapers and comic books fade in favor of digital content. Newsprint's cheap production price coupled with the latest digital technologies have encouraged publishers and creators of indie comics to embrace the medium.
This has led to the creation of such long-running newsprint-based publications such as Smoke Signal and Magic Bullet, both mainstays of the indie comics field. The editors and artists of these and other comics across the United States leverage the large form factor and low costs of newsprint to create stories and compositions that could not be entertained in smaller print formats like comic books or in any digital medium.
This exhibit of over 50 pieces is curated by comics historian and Small Press Expo Executive Director Warren Bernard from his personal collection. It traces the use of newsprint in comics from its first commercial application in 1892, through the adoption of this very old medium by today's indie comics artists.
Gallery Hours
Monday–Thursday: 8am–6pmFriday: 8am–4pm
Saturday: 8am–3pm
Exhibition Reception
The event is free and open to the public.