The Sharpie Image: Trump's third year sketchbook
by Steve Brodner
Washington Post January 19 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/opinions/amp-stories/brodner-sharpie-image/
The Sharpie Image: Trump's third year sketchbook
by Steve Brodner
Washington Post January 19 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/opinions/amp-stories/brodner-sharpie-image/
Longtime political cartoonist Ron Rogers dies at 65
1/17/2020
http://richmondfreepress.com/news/2020/jan/17/longtime-political-cartoonist-ron-rogers-dies-65/
BOOK REVIEW: 'Screwball!'
Washington Times January 16, 2020
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/16/book-review-screwball/
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Here's a little bit of cartoon wisdom.
Robin Ha
Almost American Girl (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, Jan.; $22.99 hardcover, $12.99 trade paper; 65,000-copy paper first printing; ages 13–up)
Why the buzz: "A graphic memoir is the ideal format for this story of immigration, assimilation, and the transformative power of art. Through Robin's eyes, we experience—on a visceral level—her confusion and hurt, but ultimately her triumph, when she is suddenly transplanted from Seoul, South Korea, to Huntsville, Alabama, as a girl."—Alessandra Balzer, v-p, co-publisher, Balzer + Bray
Opening: "I was 14 years old."
Evening author reception
Jillian Tamaki, illustrator
My Best Friend, written by Julie Fogliano (Atheneum, Mar.; $17.99; 100,000-copy first printing; ages 4–8)
Why the buzz: "This pitch-perfect friendship story is stunning in every way. Julie has the brilliant ability to write the way children feel and play and speak, and in this book she captures childhood friendship in all of its quirky, lovely detail. Jillian's lush illustrations are done in a limited palette of soft, warm colors that feel like a hug. My Best Friend has the feel of an instant classic from two incredible talents."—Reka Simonsen, editorial director, Atheneum
Opening: "i have a new friend."
Evening author reception
National Archives 16th Annual Showcase of Academy Award®-Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects
February 5 - February 9, 2020
The screenings are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in partnership with the National Archives Foundation.
Reservations for the screenings will open to the general public at 10 a.m. ET on Friday, January 17, 2020, at www.archivesfoundation.org/events/ or call 202-357-6814.
Theater doors will open 45 minutes prior to start time. Walk-ins without reservations will be admitted 15 minutes prior to start time, depending on available seats. Please note that some films may not be appropriate for general audiences.
The William G. McGowan Theater is located in the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC. Metro accessible on Yellow or Green lines, Archives/Navy Memorial station. The public should use the Special Events entrance on Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW. To verify the date and times of the programs, call the National Archives Public Programs Line at: (202) 357-5000, or view the Calendar of Events online.
Screening Schedule (subject to availability)
Animated Short Film Nominees
Saturday, February 8, 3:30 p.m.
Dcera (Daughter)
Daria Kashcheeva
Hair Love
Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
Kitbull
Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
Memorable
Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
Sister
Siqi Song
Total Running Time: 51 minutes
Calling out racists in cartoons makes them angry [Jen Sorensen]
by Michael O'Connell
It's All Journalism 392, January 16, 2020
https://itsalljournalism.com/392-calling-out-racists-in-cartoons-makes-them-angry/
A look back at the career of cartoonist Pat Oliphant
Tracy Bowden (filmed by David Brill)
ABC's 7.30 Report 14 Jan 2020
https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/a-look-back-at-the-career-of-cartoonist-pat/11867960
BILL KARTALOPOULOS: You currently have a large, retrospective exhibit touring the U.S. called Modern Cartoonist. This has been in Oakland and Chicago, and now it's in Columbus, right?
DANIEL CLOWES: Yeah, and I think that's it.
It's not coming anywhere to the East Coast?
Originally, our idea was to travel across the country, and it was going to go to the Corcoran in D.C. I'm not so up on all the intrigue in the museum world, but I guess they had some huge funding deficit, and they had to fire their board and hire some new president and all that, and in that whole shuffle they cancelled all outside shows. And I heard all this stuff about the board, and they were not so excited about the idea of putting comics in there anyway. And so, when they later came back and wanted to try to talk to us again about getting it back there, I just had lost interest after hearing all that. When the exhibit started, it seemed like this abstract thing, and I didn't have any sense of how it would feel. But now I want all of this stuff back. [Laughs] I keep seeing it hundreds of miles away from my house, and I'm like, "I want my artwork back in my room." I don't know. It feels weird. It's like having children away at camp for two years or something.