My inlaws sent this ad from middle Tennessee to me recently... it was presumably for Batman day...
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Coming tomorrow - an in-depth look at the BCC
Tomorrow morning we'll have an interview with Randy Tischler of the Baltimore Comic-Con about this year's con, guests, covid precautions, and what you should be looking forward to.
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Oct 29: Berlin-based graphic novelist and illustrator Lukas Jüliger on display via Goethe-Institut
New Mark Wheatley project on Kickstarter
Edgar Rice Burroughs Visions of Adventure
A Collection of Extraordinary Art by Mark Wheatley
Insight Studios and Mark Wheatley, by arrangement with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., are thrilled to be able to offer Mark's first Edgar Rice Burroughs VISIONS OF ADVENTURE portfolio, collecting eight exceptional paintings that bring-to-life the much-loved creations of the Master of Adventure!
A young Mark Wheatley's imagination was completely captured by Edgar Rice Burroughs when he discovered a pristine copy of the original TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR in his grandfather's book case. Before long Mark was building tree houses and having his own jungle adventures. Years later, after he was already an award-winning artist, he became an illustrator and writer for TARZAN and other popular Edgar Rice Burroughs creations.
The Edgar Rice Burroughs VISIONS OF ADVENTURE portfolio. This Kickstarter project is to fund a high-quality artist edition portfolio featuring a curated group of the best of Mark Wheatley's Edgar Rice Burroughs paintings.
In the early 1990s Mark Wheatley became the editor and occasional illustrator of the Tarzan comics. He also wrote the TARZAN THE WARRIOR comic book series that re-introduced the entire cast of characters for a new generation of comic book readers. In the years since, between Mark's work on his own popular creations, he has illustrated several other Edgar Rice Burroughs creations, including the TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF TIME novel by Philip José Farmer and the SWORDS AGAINST THE MOON MEN novel by Christopher Paul Carey, as well as development and design work for Burroughs TV and live stage productions. His enthusiasm for the worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs has only grown stronger over the years and the Burroughs fans have awarded him with the Mucker Award and the Golden Lion Award for his many contributions. Now that there is a new wave of exciting creations coming from the Edgar Rice Burroughs company, the time is ripe to present the Edgar Rice Burroughs VISIONS OF ADVENTURE portfolio.
The central reward for this campaign is the Edgar Rice Burroughs VISIONS OF ADVENTURE portfolio. The Special Edition of this portfolio comes in an illustrated folder, and holds eight rich-color plates on beautiful high-quality 100lb stock. The portfolio will be issued in an edition limited to 500, with at least the first plate to be signed by the artist. For all backers of this Kickstarter campaign, the folder will also be signed. When stretch goals are met, bonus prints and additional signed plates will be added to the portfolio.
The Edgar Rice Burroughs VISIONS OF ADVENTURE portfolio is presented in a fully illustrated, wrap-around folder that features Mark Wheatley's original portrait of Edgar Rice Burroughs, pictured in the setting of one of his own fantastic jungles, caught in the act of day-dreaming new and ever more exciting adventures.
Where was Herblock? asked about Chicago exhibits
Cartoon pens really have been mightier than swords [Herblock]
By Bill Knight
Canton Daily Ledger October 11 2021
Friday, October 15, 2021
Glen Weldon on the 'gay' Superman
Note that the audio story on ATC is NOT the same as the print story both at the first link.
Superman's son comes out as bisexual in a new comic. It's a big deal — sort of
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Oct 14: Dash Shaw and Greg Hunter on comics and Discipline
Dash Shaw and Greg Hunter on comics and Discipline
Dash Shaw is one of the most innovative cartoonists around. His new book, Discipline, follows Charles Cox from his Quaker community in Indiana to the southern front of the Civil War. Shaw will talk about Discipline, and his career, with Greg Hunter, who has written a critical work, New Realities: The Comics of Dash Shaw.
Join Shaw and Hunter at a virtual event TONIGHT at 7:30 pm ET. You will need to register with Community Bookstore to attend.
FoCDC Von Allan wins big Canadian grant
Longtime friend of the blog Von Allan dropped a note saying he'd won a big grant - here's his blog post about it. Bravo Zulu! as we say in my other job.
Liza Donnelly warning on editorial cartooning
This starts off with remembering her DC childhood...
Editorial Cartooning Is in Danger
At a time when the world needs new ways to connect, there are fewer opportunities for people whose life's work is to help us do precisely that.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
This week's Lily webcomic
I used to think there was one way to have a relationship. Then I discovered polyamory.
Practicing ethical non-monogamy isn't just freeing; it's true to who I am
(Book Karnjanakit for The Washington Post)
Wash Post on animation worker Ruthie Tompson and Superman's gay son
New Superman will come out as bisexual in upcoming issue, DC Comics says
Washington Post October 13 2021 p. C2
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/10/12/superman-bisexual-jon-kent-dc-comics/
Ruthie Tompson, who died at age 111, was a Disney trailblazer in 'a man's world' [in print as A Disney trailblazer in 'a man's world'].
Washington Post October 13, 2021, p. C1-2
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
That darn Emma Allen and the New Yorker
Opinion: The far side of humor
Jerry Bradley, Springfield
Washington Post October 11 2021, p. A26
Political cartoonist Bob Taylor and The Yankee Doodle Dictionary No. 1
A new bit of political ephemera is being donated to the Library of Congress' serials division.
The Yankee Doodle Dictionary No. 1 (1962) is a satirical political and governmental dictionary of terms, by Creighton Campbell and illustrated by Bob Taylor, the Dallas Times Herald political cartoonist. Illustrations include Harry Truman, Krushchev, the Democratic donkey, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and possibly Barry Goldwater. It appears to be fairly rare, with no copies listed on the east coast (except for Warren Bernard of course).
Taylor seems largely forgotten now, although there's a collection of his cartoons in Texas, and an interview on C-Span.
Fortunately, you don't have to visit DC and wait for the Library to catalog it; you can see it online here.
Sunday, October 10, 2021
The Post's review of a Moebius-influenced video game
'Sable': An art game for people who like adventure games, and vice versa [in print as An art game for people who like adventure games]
AAEC Zoom Fest '21: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Doom
Ben Towle’s "Four-Fisted Tales" for Dead Reckoning reviewed
An Entertaining Comic: Ben Towle's Four-Fisted Tales
Saturday, October 09, 2021
That darn comics page
Comics scores a double-double Scott Price, Washington
Washington Post October 9 2021 p A19
Scott Price, Washington
Nell Minow does a Looney Tunes interview
It's Rare to Have a Funny Winner: Jaime Weinman on Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes
It's Rare to Have a Funny Winner: Jaime Weinman on Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes
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