It's been a few years since we checked in with cartoonist John Kinhart. We'll be interviewing him, but in the meantime, he's made three short videos about cartoonists and here are the links -
Kim Deitch : The Search For Smilin' Ed
Jul 15, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfqCgf8867c&feature=youtu.be
Finally collected in one volume, Kim Deitch's sprawling whiligig of a yarn "The Search for Smilin' Ed" chronicles his investigation into the secrets behind the life and career of a very strange children's show host and his malevolent (in fact, possibly demonic) sidekick. Directed, edited and shot by John Kinhart
BB&B Special Feature: The Archive of Jay Lynch
bbbmovie Nov 7, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_SAkUqsr-g&feature=youtu.be
Kelly Froh
Jan 5, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn4Nsa1qd0A&feature=youtu.be
Short documentary about cartoonist Kelly Froh. Kelly has released mini-comics and zines with such titles as The Cheapest S.O.B.'s, Puke Stories, Beating Up Little Brother, Unlucky, Two Days Away From Staring at Birds From a Park Bench and the autobiographical series Slither.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Aug 21-Nov 3: DC Conspiracy at Arlington's Artisphere
COMICS MAKING STUDIO WITH MEMBERS OF THE D.C. CONSPIRACY
Meet and Greet: Sat Sep 21, 6-8pmON VIEW WED AUG 21 – SUN NOV 3
FREE
Works in Progress Gallery
Meet and Greet with Artists: Sat Sep 21, 6-8pm
Members of the D.C. Conspiracy (DCC), a comics-creating collaborative, will be working on actual page submissions for the Spring 2014 edition of Magic Bullet, a free, semi-annual comics newspaper. The artists will have onsite working hours so you can watch them draw and see the magic unfold. There will be "blank" comic pages available so you can make a comic and leave it behind as part of the exhibition.
Artists' onsite residency hours:
Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm + Saturdays 1-4pm (+ Wednesday September 18)
Residency Dates:
Thu Aug 22 & Sat Aug 24: Matt Rawson
Thu Aug 29 & Sat Aug 31: Matt Dembicki
Thu Sep 5 & Sat Sep 7: Rafer Roberts
Thu Sep 12 & Sat Sep 14: Steve Loya
Wed Sep 18 & Sat Sep 21: Evan Keeling*
Thu Sep 26-Sat Sep 28: Eric Gordon
Thu Oct 3-Sat Oct 5: Jamie Noguchi
Thu Oct 10-Sat Oct 12: Christiann MacAuley
Thu Oct 17- Sat Oct 19: Art Hondros
Thu Oct 24- Sat Oct 26: Jacob Warrenfeltz
Thu Oct 31- Sat Nov 2: Andrew Cohen
*Please note that Evan Keeling will be on-site on Wed Sep 18 instead of Thu Sep 19.
Members of the D.C. Conspiracy (DCC), a comics-creating collaborative, will be working on actual page submissions for the Spring 2014 edition of Magic Bullet, a free, semi-annual comics newspaper. The artists will have onsite working hours so you can watch them draw and see the magic unfold. There will be "blank" comic pages available so you can make a comic and leave it behind as part of the exhibition.
Artists' onsite residency hours:
Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm + Saturdays 1-4pm (+ Wednesday September 18)
Residency Dates:
Thu Aug 22 & Sat Aug 24: Matt Rawson
Thu Aug 29 & Sat Aug 31: Matt Dembicki
Thu Sep 5 & Sat Sep 7: Rafer Roberts
Thu Sep 12 & Sat Sep 14: Steve Loya
Wed Sep 18 & Sat Sep 21: Evan Keeling*
Thu Sep 26-Sat Sep 28: Eric Gordon
Thu Oct 3-Sat Oct 5: Jamie Noguchi
Thu Oct 10-Sat Oct 12: Christiann MacAuley
Thu Oct 17- Sat Oct 19: Art Hondros
Thu Oct 24- Sat Oct 26: Jacob Warrenfeltz
Thu Oct 31- Sat Nov 2: Andrew Cohen
*Please note that Evan Keeling will be on-site on Wed Sep 18 instead of Thu Sep 19.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Cartoonists Rights Network profiled in Salt Lake paper
Russell: Cartoonist paying high price
By robert russell
Salt Lake Tribune Jun 28 2013
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/56505901-82/cartoonists-akram-political-rights.html.csp
The title refers to Akram Raslan of Syria.
By robert russell
Salt Lake Tribune Jun 28 2013
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/56505901-82/cartoonists-akram-political-rights.html.csp
The title refers to Akram Raslan of Syria.
Recent stories by Brian Truitt
A 'Superior' change of pace for Spider-Man comics: Big things are happening in the main Spidey book in July, which also sees the debut of three new titles.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 27, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/27/superior-spider-man-month-marvel-comics/2446727/
Two-Face a lethal lawyer in 'Dark Knight' digital series: The disfigured supervillain wants to right a wrong from his past in digital comic story.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 26, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/26/batman-legends-of-the-dark-knight-digital-comic/2459299/
Meet Marvel's new animated 'Agents of S.M.A.S.H.': The Disney XD series premieres in August with an array of musclebound superheroes.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 26, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/26/hulk-and-the-agents-of-smash/2459317/
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 27, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/27/superior-spider-man-month-marvel-comics/2446727/
Two-Face a lethal lawyer in 'Dark Knight' digital series: The disfigured supervillain wants to right a wrong from his past in digital comic story.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 26, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/26/batman-legends-of-the-dark-knight-digital-comic/2459299/
Meet Marvel's new animated 'Agents of S.M.A.S.H.': The Disney XD series premieres in August with an array of musclebound superheroes.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 26, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/26/hulk-and-the-agents-of-smash/2459317/
July 6: Mark Burrier's new t-shirt design
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June 29: Nathan Edmondson Signing "The Dream Merchant" at Big Planet Comics DC
Nathan Edmondson Signing - The Dream Merchant
June 29 3:00pm until 5:00pm
Nathan Edmondson will be appearing to sign copies of his new series, The Dream Merchant, as well as his comics The Activity, Who is Jake Ellis?, Ultimate Iron Man, Grifter, The Light, Olympus and more!
After the store closes at 6, Nathan has invited everyone to come hang out with him at Solly's down the street at 1942 11th St NW!
We will raffle off 2 free t-shirts to people at the signing, and the first 5 people at Solly's will get a free drink!
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The Dream Merchant: Haunted by recurring dreams, a boy named Winslow is hunted by mysterious beings and protected by an old traveler. Soon Winslow will realize that what is in his dreams is what the rest of the world has been made to forget–and what strange entities will stop at nothing to erase from his mind.
Nathan's website: http://www.nathan-e.com/
Big Planet Comics of Washington, DC
1520 U St NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-342-1961
dc@bigplanetcomics.com
After the store closes at 6, Nathan has invited everyone to come hang out with him at Solly's down the street at 1942 11th St NW!
We will raffle off 2 free t-shirts to people at the signing, and the first 5 people at Solly's will get a free drink!
...
The Dream Merchant: Haunted by recurring dreams, a boy named Winslow is hunted by mysterious beings and protected by an old traveler. Soon Winslow will realize that what is in his dreams is what the rest of the world has been made to forget–and what strange entities will stop at nothing to erase from his mind.
Nathan's website: http://www.nathan-e.com/
Big Planet Comics of Washington, DC
1520 U St NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-342-1961
dc@bigplanetcomics.com
June 29: Annapolis Comic-Con
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July 14: Glen Weldon on Superman at Politics and Prose
Glen Weldon - Superman: The Unauthorized Biography
Jul 14 2013 5:00 pm
Jul 14 2013 6:00 pm
As Superman turns 75, what better time to look back over his life? Weldon, NPR blogger, critic, and comics expert, considers not only the Man of Steel's adventures and achievements, but also his place in the culture as the first, and still most popular, superhero.
- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Comics artists of the New Yorker Kickstarter Documentary profiled on Comic Riffs
KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: Training a lens on The New Yorker magazine's cartoonists
By Michael Cavna
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/kickstarter-of-the-week-training-a-lens-on-the-new-yorker-magazines-cartoonists/2013/06/27/70af02fc-ddf6-11e2-b197-f248b21f94c4_blog.html#pagebreak
The fundraising goes on for a few more hours.
By Michael Cavna
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/kickstarter-of-the-week-training-a-lens-on-the-new-yorker-magazines-cartoonists/2013/06/27/70af02fc-ddf6-11e2-b197-f248b21f94c4_blog.html#pagebreak
The fundraising goes on for a few more hours.
Harvey Pekar: Conversations book on sale
Big Planet Comics to distribute Box Brown's Retrofit Comics
Heidi MacDonald's The Beat has learned that Big Planet Comics is going to distribute Box Brown's Retrofit Comics - the story by is here:
ComicsDC will be following up on this, but it appears that this is being developed by Jared Smith,
formerly the force behind Mars Import, the excellent Euro-comics source of the late 90s.
The byline to this should go to Matt Dembicki who caught it, but didn't want to type it out on
his smartphone.
ComicsDC will be following up on this, but it appears that this is being developed by Jared Smith,
formerly the force behind Mars Import, the excellent Euro-comics source of the late 90s.
The byline to this should go to Matt Dembicki who caught it, but didn't want to type it out on
his smartphone.
Art Hondros interview online at City Paper
Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Art Hondros
by Mike Rhode on Jun. 27, 2013
Gibson Girls exhibit review in today's Express
Dingfelder, Sadie. 2013.
A Belle Epoque Barbie: The Gibson Girl was a hottie who held her own with Kens.
[Washington Post] Express (June 27): E9
International Journal of Comic Art 1:1 reprint available now
You can now buy a reprint of the sold-out Spring 1999 first issue of IJoCA at Lulu.com. Lulu will print and ship the issue to you directly.
Table of contents:
1. Editor's Note: Finally, an International Journal for Comic Art
2. Comics Criticism in the United States; A Brief Historical Survey
3. A Framework for Studying Comic Art
4. Comic Art in Scholarly Writing: A Citation Guide
5. The Marumaru Chinbun and the Origins of the Japanese Political Cartoon
6. Proving "Silas" an Artist: Winsor McCay's Formal Experiments in Comics and Animation
7. William Hogarth: Printing Techniques and Comics
8. Breaking Taboos: Sexuality in the Work of Will Eisner and the Early Wordless Novels
9. Comics in the Development of Africa
10. Featuring Stories by the World's Greatest Authors: Classics Illustrated and the "Middlebrow Problem" in the Postwar Era
11. Recovering Sensuality in Comic Theory
12. The Horrors of Cartooning in Slim's Algeria
13. Mr. Punch, Dangerous Savior Children's Comics in Brazil: From Chiquinho to Monica, A Difficult Journey
14. Brazilian Adult Comics: The Age of Market Postmodern Spatiality and the Narrative Structure of Comics
PR: Small Press Expo Announces Jeff Smith and Raina Telgemeier at SPX 2013
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The Post on Annie; Weldon on Modan; CBR on March; and Fantagraphic's early U of MD years
Engaging documentaries offer glimpses of life’s ‘Homegoings’ and ‘Hard-Knocks’ [in print as On PBS, death has a whole lot of life]
By Hank Stuever,
Washington Post June 24 2013
and note Annie: It's the Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage (one hour) airs Friday at 9 p.m. on WETA.
Weldon, Glen. 2013.
Women Find More Than They Bargained For In 'The Property' [Rutu Modan].
NPR.org (June 25)
Congressman John Lewis Recalls the Civil Rights Movement in "March".
Alex Dueben,
Comic Book Resources June 18th, 2013, updated: June 21st, 2013
Panel on the Origin of Fantagraphics: Excerpt
Comics Journal (June 24 2013): http://vimeo.com/69051716
Kim Thompson, Gary Groth and Mike Catron discuss the earliest days of Fantagraphics and The Comics Journal at the 2001 Comic-Con International: San Diego.
By Hank Stuever,
Washington Post June 24 2013
and note Annie: It's the Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage (one hour) airs Friday at 9 p.m. on WETA.
Weldon, Glen. 2013.
Women Find More Than They Bargained For In 'The Property' [Rutu Modan].
NPR.org (June 25)
Congressman John Lewis Recalls the Civil Rights Movement in "March".
Alex Dueben,
Comic Book Resources June 18th, 2013, updated: June 21st, 2013
Panel on the Origin of Fantagraphics: Excerpt
Comics Journal (June 24 2013): http://vimeo.com/69051716
Kim Thompson, Gary Groth and Mike Catron discuss the earliest days of Fantagraphics and The Comics Journal at the 2001 Comic-Con International: San Diego.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Art Hondros' Song of Sandy Hook part 1
Art Hondros, a local cartoonist based in Takoma
Park, has just finished "Song of Sandy Hook," a comic strip on gun control. You
may have seen his story "Fox Guy" in the Washing Post Magazine this March.
He also did the cover to the latest free Magic Bullet comic.
When asked why he's done a comic book about gun control, Art says, "During the holidays last winter, I tried to keep my focus on comics projects I had currently in the works, but my mind kept going back to what it must've been like in the halls and classrooms at Sandy Hook Elementary School on that wretched day. Finally I realized I couldn't work on anything else but what follows here. Call it a process of dealing with the collective grief of that news. But I also felt that, as an illustrative storyteller, I could attempt something, just one more thing besides voting to keep someone in or out of office, or donating money to a cause one might think useful. No matter how feeble it may turn out, "Song of Sandy Hook" is that attempt."
An interview with Art should be up later this week at the City Paper. He's also agreed to let ComicsDC run his strip as a webcomic, although you can buy a hard copy at the DC Conspiracy store, and the money will be donated to the Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation.
Here's the cover and page 1 of Song of Sandy Hook
When asked why he's done a comic book about gun control, Art says, "During the holidays last winter, I tried to keep my focus on comics projects I had currently in the works, but my mind kept going back to what it must've been like in the halls and classrooms at Sandy Hook Elementary School on that wretched day. Finally I realized I couldn't work on anything else but what follows here. Call it a process of dealing with the collective grief of that news. But I also felt that, as an illustrative storyteller, I could attempt something, just one more thing besides voting to keep someone in or out of office, or donating money to a cause one might think useful. No matter how feeble it may turn out, "Song of Sandy Hook" is that attempt."
An interview with Art should be up later this week at the City Paper. He's also agreed to let ComicsDC run his strip as a webcomic, although you can buy a hard copy at the DC Conspiracy store, and the money will be donated to the Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation.
Here's the cover and page 1 of Song of Sandy Hook
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
International Ink extra: The She-Hulk Diaries
I'm not currently keeping up with Marvel's ever-expanding Avengers line, so I'm not sure how the book fits into continuity. In Acosta's story, Jennifer Walters and her alter-ego She-Hulk (annoyingly aka Shulky) have a Jekyll and Hyde relationship with one personality displacing the other rather than the comic book's original version of She-Hulk as a more confident, less uptight and fun-loving version of Jennifer. John Byrne even had She-Hulk practicing law (which is referenced in this novel, but not in a believable fashion). Like Byrne, Acosta has a light humorous hand with the character, and refreshingly doesn't take superheroism too seriously.
As with Hyde, She-Hulk is a released Id and has been tossed out of Avengers Mansion for being too destructive and disruptive. Jennifer, narrating the story via her diary, is living in a borrowed apartment and looking for a new life - a new job, a new apartment and a new boyfriend. Her secret identity as She-Hulk is making all of these objectives difficult.
In coincidences that could only happen in a comic book, or a romance novel, Jennifer gets a job at a law firm that is suing over failing artificial organ transplants, and her former lover Ellis Tesla is the son of the firm;s owner, engaged to its hot-shot lead attorney AND being sued by the firm in the organ case. Tesla is a former musician whose most famous song "Flesh-Eating Bacteria Girl" is about Jennifer, although she continually denies it. Acosta keeps a lot of balls in the air as Jennifer works all of these things out, as well as random attacks by a minor league supervillains, while trying to keep a lid on She-Hulk.
The story is full of lines such as "In order to get Ellis out of my head, which is already crowded by Shulky sprawling all over the place, I decided to participate in something outside my comfort zone" (which is a Game of Thrones party at a bar). After a few minutes of reading, one gets used to them and begins looking forward to the next escapade. This novel won't be for everyone, but if you're a fan of strong female superhero characters, give it a try.
Next up: Tommysaurus Rex by Doug Tennapel
Matt Wuerker interview from March
Roth, Gil.
Podcast: Cartoon Character
Virtual Memories – season 3 episode 6 –
Mar 18, '13
http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/podcast-cartoon-character
http://traffic.libsyn.com/virtualmemories/Season_3_Episode_6_-_Cartoon_Character.mp3
Podcast: Cartoon Character
Virtual Memories – season 3 episode 6 –
Mar 18, '13
http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/podcast-cartoon-character
http://traffic.libsyn.com/virtualmemories/Season_3_Episode_6_-_Cartoon_Character.mp3
Dembicki at ALA this weekend
I'll be at the annual American Library Association convention this weekend in Chicago. I'll have a table in Artist Alley (booth 2356), along with free promo posters for the comics anthology Wild Ocean, due out in spring 2014 from Fulcrum Publishing. Plus, the original art for the promotional poster (below) will be in a silent auction as an ALA scholarship fundraiser!
I'll also be a one-man panel to talk about District Comics and what's coming down the pike for the project!
Other comics-related events at ALA: Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) will be one of the featured speakers, promoting the first book of his three-volume graphic novel March (Top Shelf Productions).
There's also a slew of events centered around comics all weekend, with panels featuring Gail Simone, Paul Pope and Jeffrey Brown, among others.
I'll also be a one-man panel to talk about District Comics and what's coming down the pike for the project!
Other comics-related events at ALA: Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) will be one of the featured speakers, promoting the first book of his three-volume graphic novel March (Top Shelf Productions).
There's also a slew of events centered around comics all weekend, with panels featuring Gail Simone, Paul Pope and Jeffrey Brown, among others.
New local webcomic: 'Zodiac Starforce'
Local comics writer/podcaster Kevin Panetta is launching a new webcomic today with art by Paulina Ganucheau. 'Zodiac Starforce' is scheduled to premiere today at 8 p.m. (Last month, Panetta launched another webcomic, 'Kidd Cobbler', with artist Coleman Engle.)
Cavna on Herblock documentary film
SALUTING HERBLOCK: An open note to 'The Black and the White'
filmmakers: Send in the satirists
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 24 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/saluting-herblock-an-open-note-to-the-black-and-the-white-filmmakers-send-in-the-satirists/2013/06/24/4d398536-dd33-11e2-85de-c03ca84cb4ef_blog.html?wprss=rss_comic-riffs
filmmakers: Send in the satirists
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 24 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/saluting-herblock-an-open-note-to-the-black-and-the-white-filmmakers-send-in-the-satirists/2013/06/24/4d398536-dd33-11e2-85de-c03ca84cb4ef_blog.html?wprss=rss_comic-riffs
Monday, June 24, 2013
June 29: Herblock documentary to be screened at AAEC convention
On June 29th, the new Herblock documentary is to be screened at AAEC convention. Alan Gardener has the details.
Nobleman talked to Jerry Robinson
Jerry Robinson previously unpublished interview, 6/9/06
by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Noblemania blog June 17-19 2013
http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2013/06/jerry-robinson-previously-unpublished.html
http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2013/06/jerry-robinson-previously-unpublished_18.html
http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2013/06/jerry-robinson-previously-unpublished_19.html
by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Noblemania blog June 17-19 2013
http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2013/06/jerry-robinson-previously-unpublished.html
http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2013/06/jerry-robinson-previously-unpublished_18.html
http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2013/06/jerry-robinson-previously-unpublished_19.html
Michael O'Connell talks to Josh Kramer too
Josh Kramer takes journalistic approach to creating comics
By Michael O'Connell
It's All Journalism Podcast: June 22, 2013
http://itsalljournalism.com/josh-kramer-takes-journalistic-approach-to-creating-comics/
http://media.blubrry.com/itsalljournalism/p/content.blubrry.com/itsalljournalism/IAJ-2013-06-22-055.mp3
http://itsalljournalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Josh-Kramer-transcript.pdf
By Michael O'Connell
It's All Journalism Podcast: June 22, 2013
http://itsalljournalism.com/josh-kramer-takes-journalistic-approach-to-creating-comics/
http://media.blubrry.com/itsalljournalism/p/content.blubrry.com/itsalljournalism/IAJ-2013-06-22-055.mp3
http://itsalljournalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Josh-Kramer-transcript.pdf
Truitt's latest articles
Pak debuts 'Batman/Superman,' takes over 'Action Comics': Writer pens the first meeting of two superhero greats this week, and in the fall he starts on the iconic Man of Steel title.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 24, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/24/greg-pak-batman-superman-action-comics/2451219/
Lois Lane plays important role in 75 years of Superman: For many fans, the Daily Planet reporter is just as important as the Man (of Steel) in her life.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 22, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/21/lois-lane-superman-75th-anniversary/2444395/
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 24, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/24/greg-pak-batman-superman-action-comics/2451219/
Lois Lane plays important role in 75 years of Superman: For many fans, the Daily Planet reporter is just as important as the Man (of Steel) in her life.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 22, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/21/lois-lane-superman-75th-anniversary/2444395/
Comic Riffs on the end of Gaiman's booksignings and Time.com's cartoons
TIME.com e-mail: Cartoons of the Week feature discontinued
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 24 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/timecom-e-mail-cartoons-of-the-week-feature-discontinued/2013/06/24/9fa5e230-dceb-11e2-9218-bc2ac7cd44e2_blog.html#pagebreak
NEIL GAIMAN's FAREWELL SIGNING TOUR: In D.C., it's 'The Emotion at the End of the Line'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 23 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/neil-gaimans-farewell-signing-tour-in-dc-its-the-emotion-at-the-end-of-the-line/2013/06/23/50aef8ce-dc5f-11e2-85de-c03ca84cb4ef_blog.html#pagebreak
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 24 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/timecom-e-mail-cartoons-of-the-week-feature-discontinued/2013/06/24/9fa5e230-dceb-11e2-9218-bc2ac7cd44e2_blog.html#pagebreak
NEIL GAIMAN's FAREWELL SIGNING TOUR: In D.C., it's 'The Emotion at the End of the Line'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 23 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/neil-gaimans-farewell-signing-tour-in-dc-its-the-emotion-at-the-end-of-the-line/2013/06/23/50aef8ce-dc5f-11e2-85de-c03ca84cb4ef_blog.html#pagebreak
Live now: Editorial cartoon chat
Trib Talk: Chat with some of the nation's top editorial cartoonists
June 29: Annapolis Comic-Con
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Big News, guys! AMC's Walking Dead is the biggest thing going on TV right now, so we know you'll be excited to hear that Daniel Thomas May and Travis Love will both be at the Annapolis Comic-Con Today: Wuerker & KAL video chat from Editorial Cartoon Conference
Cartoonists on Trib Talk
Jennifer Napier-Pearce on Monday at 12:30 p.m. will moderate a live video chat at sltrib.com on the art of editorial cartooning featuring Pat Bagley of The Salt Lake Tribune; Jack Ohman of the Sacramento Bee; Kal Kallaugher of The Economist/Baltimore Sun; and Matt Wuerker of Politico.
(this is Salt Lake so it should be 2:30 pm EDT)
Saturday, June 22, 2013
International Ink extra: Zits: Chillax
First up is Zits: Chillax (Harper, $9.99) by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman. It's an illustrated novel, a form that's made a popular comeback in the comics world with the success of Wimpy Kid. The genre is old though - I've got a copy of Skippy by Percy Crosby from 1929 sitting next to my computer as I type this. Borgman's illustrations are integral to the story, as the text quits and let the picture carry the story at times.
I had no idea that a Zits young adult novel was coming out, and was rather surprised to get a copy. For any fan of the strip, it's definitely worth reading. Since the press release says the comic is in 1,700 papers, that's probably a respectable number of people. The novel features all the main characters and reads much like a comic strip continuity. Strip star Jeremy and his best friend Hector have tickets to a Gingivitis concert. The band "has a reputationf or some pretty insane stage behavior. Sure, there has been the occasional wardrobe slippage, virgin sacrifice, and live animal ingestion, but it's not like these guys use that to get attention. They are first and foremost musicians." In between ignoring homework about Richard Nixon and Watergate, the two boys need to figure out how to get permission to go to the concert. When they find out that their garage band's guitar-player Tim sold them his tickets because his mother has cancer (a revelation done solely as a splash page illustration), they decide to go to concert and buy something memorable there for Tim (with a bit of prodding from Jeremy's girlfriend Sara).
The novel slips into slapstick when they get to the concert, but even with the cancer subtext it's a light fun read. Borgman's cartoons definitely add to the story, and while Scott's language is probably not that of a real teen, he has a way with a phrase. If you or your children enjoy a drawing with an accompanying sentence such as "There's something beautiful about causing somebody to spew a mouthful of soda just by saying something hilarious (unless, you know, you're in the row in front of that person)" give this novel a try. A second book, Shredded, is previewed at the end. I'll be looking for it.
Next up - another comics-related novel: She-Hulk Diaries, a romance story.
The Post on Disney and The Rite of Spring in Fantasia
How Walt Disney got 'Rite of Spring' right
By Sarah Kaufman,
Washington Post (June 23 2013).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/how-walt-disney-got-rite-of-spring-right/2013/06/19/8d008e78-d895-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html
By Sarah Kaufman,
Washington Post (June 23 2013).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/how-walt-disney-got-rite-of-spring-right/2013/06/19/8d008e78-d895-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html
Bruce Guthrie's Pictures from Neil Gaiman event
From: Bruce Guthrie:
I went to the Neil Gaiman event last night as Politics and Prose's photographer. (Yep, as a volunteer.) It was a sold-out event with lots and lots of young folks -- it was at George Washington University which didn't hurt -- including a woman who makes puppets of people. She brought her Neil Gaiman puppet. Her manager said it takes her 40-80 hours to do each of the puppets and apparently they're pricey, but Gaiman's one was a big hit. Neil mentioned the puppet and Michael Cavna's Washington Post piece in his opening comments.
Pics are up on http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2013_06_21F_Gaiman__._,_.___
Friday, June 21, 2013
Cavna on Gaiman
Gaiman sold out George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium tonight. As number 1231, I didn't stay to get any books signed, but he was entertaining as usual. Cavna's got the background to the new novel in today's paper:
Neil Gaiman's new novel sprang from an ocean of lonely distance
By Michael Cavna,
Washington Post June 21 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/neil-gaimans-new-novel-sprung-from-loneliness/2013/06/20/9f3848e8-d9ed-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html
Neil Gaiman's new novel sprang from an ocean of lonely distance
By Michael Cavna,
Washington Post June 21 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/neil-gaimans-new-novel-sprung-from-loneliness/2013/06/20/9f3848e8-d9ed-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html
Comic Riffs on Wonder Woman
Q&A: Get Him to the Greek mythology: Brian Azzarello takes on Wonder Woman
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 21 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/qanda-get-him-to-the-greek-mythology-brian-azzarello-takes-on-wonder-woman/2013/06/21/7d30f64a-d958-11e2-9df4-895344c13c30_blog.html#pagebreak
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 21 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/qanda-get-him-to-the-greek-mythology-brian-azzarello-takes-on-wonder-woman/2013/06/21/7d30f64a-d958-11e2-9df4-895344c13c30_blog.html#pagebreak