Feeling prickly over 'Prickly City'
Ted White, Falls Church
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Capicons Show This Sunday, Dec. 1!
Capicons Comic Book & Pop Culture Con
This Sunday, December 1, 2013
10 am - 3 pm
Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Hall,
2148 Gallows Rd, Dunn Loring, Virginia
Admission $3 - Kids FREE!
Open to the public from 10 am - 3 pm. Buy, sell & trade: Gold, Silver, Bronze Age comics; Indie & Modern comics, Publishers & Creators, TV & Movie Collectibles. Non-sport cards; Videos & DVDs; Horror/Sci-Fi; figures, toys; Star Wars & Star Trek memorabilia; original artwork, posters and other comic-related collectibles.
Directions to DLVFRD: Take I-495 (DC/Capital Beltway) to Exit 47A (Rt. 7 West). Go 1/2 Mile, Left on Gallows Rd. 1 mile to 2148 Gallows Rd
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Booking Info
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8 Ft. Tables: $95 Vendor Tables; 2 Tables-$185; 3 Tables-$270; 4 Tables-$355
Artist Tables: $50 (on a limited basis; merchandise restricted to artist/publisher's unique creations or promotions of their creative work.
Email laura@capicons.com to reserve a table.
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Today's Small Business Deal at Game On! Comics
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Friday, November 29, 2013
Comics-related art at Workhouse Arts Center
The Workhouse Arts Center (housed in a former prison in Lorton, Va.) features some comics-related artwork, such as the oil painting "Fortress of Solitude," by artist Nicholas Zimbro, and a quilt called "A Funny Page?" by artist Sandi Goldman, who used comics images from a fabric she found to make this neat quilt.
Image courtesy of Sandi Goldman
Captain 20 promos and photos
The Facebook page Captain 20 was my afterschool friend has some neat '70s photos of the Captain 20, a show on local D.C. TV station WDCA (Channel 20). Here are a couple images of a Washington Post ad and the Channel 20 Oath Card. There's also a photo of Captain 20 (who also played Count Gore De Vol, the station's horror host), the Banana Splits (characters of the the Krofft Saturday morning show of the 1970s) and kids on the Potomac.
DC Comic Books Examiner on local Black Friday sales
| Black Friday 2013: D.C. region starts comics-centric sales | |
| Mark Ruffin | DC Comic Books Examiner | |
| November 29, 2013 Midnight was a few locales storefront opener.for the super powerhouse sales event Black Friday, D.C. and Maryland area comic book stores had their sales beginnings for ready customers hungry for the second feasting in new titles, graphic... | |
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Cartoonist Tony Sarg behind Thanksgiving balloons says Smithsonian
The Puppeteer Who Brought Balloons to the Thanksgiving Day Parade
Jimmy Stamp, Smithsonian.com November 27 2013
Comic Riffs' best superhero comics of 2013
Best Books of 2013: Comic Riffs' Top 10 Superhero Comics of the year
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 26 2013http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/best-books-of-2013-comic-riffs-top-10-superhero-comics-of-the-year/2013/11/26/8036d3c6-5713-11e3-835d-e7173847c7cc_blog.html
The Busy Librarian's comics podcasts
The Busy Librarian is Matthew C. Winner of Ellicott City, MD, which is midway between DC and Baltimore. He's talked to a few cartoonists over the past six months for his Let's Get Busy podcast:
Matthew C. Winner
Let's Get Busy with graphic novelist Ben Hatke.
Episode 24: November 12, 2013
http://www.busylibrarian.com/2013/11/lets-get-busy-with-graphic-novelist-ben.html
http://lgbpodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-11-11T22_21_56-08_00.mp3
Let's Get Busy with graphic novelist Zack Giallongo.
Episode 20: October 15, 2013
Matthew C. Winner
http://www.busylibrarian.com/2013/10/lets-get-busy-with-graphic-novelist.html
http://lgbpodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-10-14T18_02_11-07_00.mp3
Let's Get Busy talking Graphic Novels with Rebecca Oxley.
Matthew C. Winner
July 9, 2013
http://www.busylibrarian.com/2013/07/lets-get-busy-talking-graphic-novels.html
http://lgbpodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-07-09T04_31_28-07_00.m4a
Let's Get Busy with author Dave Roman.
August 6, 2013
Matthew C. Winner
http://www.busylibrarian.com/2013/08/lets-get-busy-with-author-dave-roman.html
http://lgbpodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-08-04T14_40_29-07_00.mp3
Let's Get Busy with graphic novelist Matt Phelan.
Matthew C. Winner
November 18 2013
http://lgbpodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2013-11-18T17_31_46-08_00 Let's Get Busy with author
http://lgbpodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-11-18T17_31_46-08_00.mp3
Let's Get Busy with author Colleen AF Venable
Matthew C. Winner
October 18 2013
http://lgbpodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2013-10-28T17_37_20-07_00
http://lgbpodcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-10-28T17_37_20-07_00.mp3
Ben Hatke to be guest at Angouleme
From Ben's blog:
Art and Adventure |
| Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:59 AM PST Well, the news is official: Zita the Spacegirl (or more precisely, Zita la fille de l'espace, the French edition published by Rue de Sevères) is one of the official selections for this year's Angoulême festival! And I will be going to France to attend!
 Angoulême is one of the largest comics festivals in the world and attending the event has been on my dream-list for some time now. France has quite possibly the strongest comics-as-literature culture in the world and some of my very favorite artist/writers (or at least their publishers) will be at the festival. I can't wait. Here's the list in The Comics Reporter, and here's another article about the selections (and Hawkeye). |
Aphelion Arc uses cinema-style trailers to preview stories
Steve Artley notes:
On my APHELION ARC website, I will be previewing upcoming stories using cinema-style trailers that I create myself using images from storyboard rough sketches and music that I compose and perform. As these stories are in production, it gives readers a glimpse of stories in the anthology series. The Aphelion Arc opening sequence will be common to all the trailers. One such trailer for the story, "On Target" is currently available for viewing on the Aphelion Arc STORIES page http://aphelionarc.com/stories.html. Click the STORY TWO button.
President/Creative Director http://aphelionarc.com
On my APHELION ARC website, I will be previewing upcoming stories using cinema-style trailers that I create myself using images from storyboard rough sketches and music that I compose and perform. As these stories are in production, it gives readers a glimpse of stories in the anthology series. The Aphelion Arc opening sequence will be common to all the trailers. One such trailer for the story, "On Target" is currently available for viewing on the Aphelion Arc STORIES page http://aphelionarc.com/stories.html. Click the STORY TWO button.
Steven G. Artley
artleytoons
Artley Design Inc.
OT: Solomon on Norman Rockwell at Politics and Prose
Thursday, December 5
7 p.m. - Deborah Solomon - American Mirror (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28) | |||
Arlingtonian lectured at Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum
Tad Suiter (George Mason University) gave a talk on "The Katzenjammer Kids go to the Armory Show: Cartoonists and Modern Art, 1913" at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum academic conference this month. I was quite surprised to hear the introduction of another local cartoon historian. His paper was excellent and I hope we'll see it in print soon.
Mike
Mike
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
The Post reviews Disney's Frozen
Disney gives us two princesses without the usual stereotypes [online as 'Frozen' movie review: Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel dazzle in Disney's latest].
By Stephanie Merry, Washington Post November 27 2013, p. C10
Wolk reviews Sacco's Great War for The Post
A disastrous World War I battle unfolds in just 24 feet [online as 'The Great War,' a 24-foot-long drawing by Joe Sacco].
By Douglas Wolk,
Washington Post November 27 2013
Steve Artley returns to editorial cartooning
Steve Artley writes in,
President/Creative Director http://aphelionarc.com
Here's a bit about my resumption of editorial cartooning. Frankly, I missed the soapbox. After walking away from the editorial side of the drawing board in October of last year, editor/publisher of Connection Newspapers, Mary Kimm (http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/staff/mary_kimm/) has been urging me to resume, and has been gently hinting she'd like to have me at the Alexandria Gazette Packet. So, a couple of weeks ago, I wandered into her office and madly threw myself on the floor at her feet. Sobbing pathetically, I begged her to take me in. Taking pity on me, she consoled me, wiped my tears with her cardigan and gave me hot cocoa and a Graham cracker, and told me that I could bring in my crayons and my Big Chief drawing pad to scribble my little political renderings. So, I started this week. Meanwhile, I am continuing with my Aphelion Arc project and other professional duties in the commercial arts, as-well-as charitable work, community service, and hobbies. It's a full plate, but I prefer much being over-worked to being idle.
It'll be nice working with Mary Kimm and other professional journalists such as Michael Pope (http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/staff/michael-lee-pope/), Jeannie Theisman (http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/staff/jeanne-theismann/) and Steven Mauren (http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/staff/steven_mauren/) at this award-winning newspaper.
I'll likely be focusing more on local issues than I have in the past. Local issue cartooning is a challenge and in many ways more daring than tackling national and international topics. You're rubbing shoulders with and living alongside those who may be targets of your political commentary. I firmly adhere to a principle of avoiding personal ridicule in my cartoons. It's not about the person. It's about her/his policies. Still, feathers do get ruffled and it's a bit different when you're standing close enough to feel those ruffled feathers pressing against you.
Please refer to my blog for other particulars: http://artleytoonsonline.blogspot.com/
The attached cartoon is one I did last week as a warm-up. Another one will appear in tomorrow's Gazette, so it's not yet available for distribution. The attached has been distributed to my syndicate (ARTIZANS) and other media outlets.
Steven G. Artley
artleytoons
Artley Design Inc.
Cartoonist Rajan Sedalia is a yarn-bomber
Here's proof.
Coming soon - an interview with Rajan, who was a caricaturist at Cartoons and Cocktails.
KAL profiled in Baltimore City Paper
LIFE IN CARICATURE
KAL has been drawing—and occasionally influencing—history for 35 years
KAL
Caricature of KAL by artist Paul Moyse
BALTIMORE CITY PAPER NOVEMBER 27, 2013
HTTP://CITYPAPER.COM/ARTS/STAGE/LIFE-IN-CARICATURE-1.1591674
President goes to Dreamworks, emerges as alien
Obama speaks on economy with DreamWorks studios as background
By Philip Rucker, Washington Post November 27 2013
Family Guy shot the dog instead of jumping the shark
RIP Brian Griffin on 'Family Guy' — the dog always dies
BY ALEXANDRA PETRI
Washington Post's ComPost blog November 26 2013
There's a new comic shop in Fair Oaks Mall
Randy T reports:
I was at Fair Oaks Mall and I noticed across the hall was a new store, "The Comic Shop"! I went over and talked to the guy working there who told me they've been opened just over 3 weeks now, and are owned by the same guy that runs Comics & Gaming in Fairfax and Gainesville. They coordinated the Fairfax City store (which is near George Mason University) with Gary at Laughing Ogre to make sure they didn't poach from each other, so that one just sells older comics. Fair Oaks approached them to open a store which sells new comics, and started as something seasonal, but is now successful enough that they're taking subscriptions!
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thecomicshopfairfax
Email: thecomicshopffx@gmail.com
Phone: 703-273-4695
Address: 11774U Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax, VA 22033 (upper level - across from The Cheesecake Factory)
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Jim Scancarelli's bullying in DC, leads to cartooning career
Kurt Kolka
Cartoonist for oldest American comic led to art by bullying
Petoskey News November 24, 2013
Beyond Comics Black Friday Sale!
