Tuesday, January 31, 2017
ReDistricted: 'Act of God'
"Act of God" by 2016 Eisner and Harvey Award Nominee Rebecca Goldfield and artist Jason Axtell (both locals) is the newest story on ReDistrictedComics.com. It's a story about the 2011 earthquake that damaged the Washington National Cathedral and the stone-mason in charge of fixing the damage.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Brad Meltzer, former local resident, on his books about heroes
A Best-Selling Author's Heroes for Our Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/nyregion/a-best-selling-authors-heroes-for-our-time.htmlJason Rodriguez's new Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/
The Little Particle That Could was originally released as a black & white eBook in 2012. Noel Tuazon supplied the illustrations and Dylan Todd did the cover. Today we're launching The Little Particle That Could KickStarter for a new version of the book, in print for the first time, with color for the first time by Rob Croonenborghs and re-lettered by Jason Hanley.
The Little Particle That Could is about the friendship between two elementary particles - a graviton, which guides the force of gravity, this invisible force that pulls you down to earth, and a photon, which is the source of the electromagnetic radiation we know as light.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Fascism Is Not An Option"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock:
"Fascism Is Not An Option"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2190
A follow-up to the poster in solidarity with the rogue National Park Service Twitter feed, here's one in solidarity with all the guys'n'gals working the new rogue NASA feed.
Big ups from an old "Apollo Kid".
"Fascism Is Not An Option"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=21
A follow-up to the poster in solidarity with the rogue National Park Service Twitter feed, here's one in solidarity with all the guys'n'gals working the new rogue NASA feed.
Big ups from an old "Apollo Kid".
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Smokey the Bear, Remix"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock:
"Smokey the Bear, remix"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2184
Here's a quick one -- a remix of a poster I did about 11 years or so ago -- in solidarity with the dissident National Park Service employees running a "rogue" Twitter account on their own time to continue posting environmental information currently under lockdown by the White House.
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=21
Here's a quick one -- a remix of a poster I did about 11 years or so ago -- in solidarity with the dissident National Park Service employees running a "rogue" Twitter account on their own time to continue posting environmental information currently under lockdown by the White House.
Ru Xu's News Prints
Webcomics cartoonist Ru Xu has a News Prints new graphic novel out from Scholastic's Graphix imprint. She was at Fantom Comics on Dupont Circle yesterday and I'm sure they still have signed copies.
The book is the start of a steampunk series about a young girl who pretends to be a boy to sell newspapers on the street after her family is killed in an ongoing war. She falls in with a crazed inventor and then gets involved with high-level hijinks about the conduct of the war, and also has to contend with what journalism and truth really mean.
The art is heavily-manga influenced, and I liked it quite a bit. Ms. Xu told me that one of her influences for this book is Miyazaki and one can certainly see that. She's working on the next book in the series now. Her webcomic, Saint for Rent is here.
Recommended for tweens (and aging men who like Miyazaki)
Second Story Books' great expectations
I walked past Second Story Books on Dupont Circle yesterday and saw this copy of The Art of Cartooning, usually a $10 book at best, for $1200.
Next to the Cartooning book was an early, perhaps first edition of the Star Wars novelization for $50.
As you can see, it's signed by several cartoonists, some of whom have passed away such as Ziegler and Fradon. Still, you could almost recreate this today.
Instead I spent $4 on Robert Osborn's How to Shoot Quail from the outside selection. It's beat-up but I enjoyed it.
Next to the Cartooning book was an early, perhaps first edition of the Star Wars novelization for $50.
Friday, January 27, 2017
City Paper reviews The Red Turtle
The Red Turtle is Another Studio Ghibli Delight [in print as Life's a Dream].
Michael Dudok de Wit's hand-drawn film is surreal and heartwarming.
Washington City Paper Jan 27, 2017 p. 24
online at http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/film-tv/blog/20850266/the-red-turtle-reviewed
Comic Riffs calls out the Times, in spite of the Post's shortcomings
Like killing their Book World section...
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog
The New York Times just killed its graphic novel bestseller lists — and authors aren't happy
NPR on Riverdale
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Riverdale' and Teen Soaps
Pop Culture Happy Hour
KJ Apa plays Archie Andrews on the CW's Riverdale.
'Archie Got Hot' Is A Sentence You'll Hear In New, Noir 'Riverdale'
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/26/511672776/archie-got-hot-is-a-sentence-youll-hear-in-new-noir-riverdale and
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2017/01/20170126_atc_archie_got_hot_is_a_sentence_youll_hear_in_new_noir_riverdale.mp3 and
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=511672776
Jan 29: NewsPrints Book Release Party! at Fantom comics
Details
In celebration of the release of Ru Xu's graphic novel from Scholastic, NewsPrints, Fantom Comics will be holding a release party! There will be a presentation by the author, a Q&A, and a book signing! Also, feel free to enjoy our newsie themed photo area!
Synopsis for NewsPrints:
"Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There's a war going on, and girls are expected to help the struggling economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves living and working at the Bugle, the only paper in town that tells the truth. And what's printed in the newspapers now matters more than ever.
But Blue struggles with her secret, and worries that if her friends and adopted family at the Bugle find out that she's a girl, she'll lose everything and everyone she cares about. And when she meets and befriends Crow, a boy who is also not what he seems, together they seek the freedom to be their true selves... and to save each other."
Synopsis for NewsPrints:
"Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There's a war going on, and girls are expected to help the struggling economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves living and working at the Bugle, the only paper in town that tells the truth. And what's printed in the newspapers now matters more than ever.
But Blue struggles with her secret, and worries that if her friends and adopted family at the Bugle find out that she's a girl, she'll lose everything and everyone she cares about. And when she meets and befriends Crow, a boy who is also not what he seems, together they seek the freedom to be their true selves... and to save each other."
The Post on 'The Red Turtle' cartoon
'The Red Turtle,' from Studio Ghibli, is a lyrical escape into silence and solitude [in print as Cast away with no words... and a rosy reptile].
, p. Weekend 29
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-red-turtle-from-studio-ghibli-is-a-lyrical-escape-into-silence-and-solitude/2017/01/26/fdd4ff70-e193-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.htmlQ&A: 'The Red Turtle' director talks about making his first feature film
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Washington Blade contributing editorial cartoonist papers donated
Mike Ritter Collection donated to The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
January 24, 2017 / /https://library.osu.edu/blogs/cartoons/2017/01/24/mike-ritter-collection-donated-to-the-billy-ireland-cartoon-library-museum/
He did cartoons for the Washington Blade and the library would like to hear from you if you knew him or own original art.
Real life continues to get comic book weird
A comic book nerd won a city council seat — and was sworn in holding his Captain America shield
Another cartoon diary of the Women's March
Drawing the Women's March and the Way Forward
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/drawing-the-womens-march-and-the-way-forwardThe Post (and NY Times) on Archie's Riverdale tv show
Both liked it.
Washington Post
There's something arch about 'Riverdale' [online as 'Riverdale' isn't about the same old Archie. (For starters, he's having sex with Ms. Grundy.)]
Washington Post
In 'Riverdale,' Archie Is Hot and Haunted
A version of this review appears in print on January 26, 2017, on Page C2 of the New York edition with the headline: Sex, Drugs and Archie
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/arts/television/review-in-riverdale-archie-is-hot-and-haunted.htmlWednesday, January 25, 2017
Comic Riffs rounds up editorial cartoonists on Obama
What America's cartoonists will miss — and won't miss — about drawing President Obama
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
More on "March's" new awards
"March: Book Three" Makes History at the YMAs | ALA Midwinter 2017
ByJanuary 24, 2017
http://www.slj.com/2017/01/industry-news/march-book-three-makes-history-at-the-ymas-ala-midwinter-2017/
Lauren Weinstein also draws the Women's March
Drawing the Women's March on Washington
Lauren Weinstein, an illustrator who draws the Normel Person strip for the Voice, attended the Women's March on Washington with her family this past weekend.
Another diary strip on the Women's March
Half a Million March on Washington
The Women's March drew people from all over the country - and the globe.
The Nib January 23 2017
https://thenib.com/half-a-million-march-on-washingtonA Washington cartoon (presented without comment)
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97511830/
- Title: "To begin with, 'I'll paint the town red'" / Hamilton.
- Creator(s): Hamilton, Grant E., artist
- Date Created/Published: 1885 January 31.
- Medium: 1 print (2 pages) : chromolithograph.
- Summary: Cartoon showing "Democracy" portrayed as the devil holding a bucket labeled "Bourbon Principles" and a paintbrush (in which appears a profile caricature of Grover Cleveland), both dripping red paint with which he plans to "paint the town"; he is standing on a wall overlooking a view of Washington, D.C. showing mostly government buildings.
- Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-10482 (digital file from original print) LC-USZC4-5418 (color film copy transparency)
- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
- Call Number: Illus. in AP101.J8 1884-1885 Case X [P&P]
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
- Notes:
- Illus. in: Judge, v. 7, no. 172, 1885 January 31, pp. 8-9.
March marches on
John Lewis' Graphic Memoir Wins 4 American Library Association Awards
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/23/511230924/john-lewis-graphic-novel-wins-4-american-library-association-awards
Monday, January 23, 2017
A cartoonist on the Inaugural protests
The First Day of the Resistance
Dispatches from the front lines at the inauguration
The Nib January 23 2017
https://thenib.com/welp-people-came-out-to-protestAnother cartoon diary of the Women's March
Cartoonist Katie Fricas draws the march on Washington – in pictures
Katie Fricas interviewed women at the anti-Trump march in DC on Saturday – here's what they had to say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2017/jan/22/cartoonist-katie-fricas-draws-the-march-on-washington-in-pictures
A cartoon diary of the Women's March
My Cartoon Diary of the Women's March on Washington
Migraines, bad signs, and heartbreak.
January 22 2017http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/01/liana_finck_s_cartoon_diary_of_the_women_s_march_on_washington.html
Former DC resident Robert Aguirre-Sacasa on his Archie fandom
Archie and Betty and Veronica and Zombies
How a 76-year-old gang of teenagers wound up fighting the undead, meeting the Ramones, and starring in a sex-infused murder-mystery show on the CW.
By Abraham Riesman
*A version of this story appears in the January 28, 2017 issue of New York Magazine.
http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/archie-riverdale-cw-c-v-r.html
Covering Donald Trump as an editorial cartoonist
Covering Donald Trump as an editorial cartoonist
CBC News January 22, 2017
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/860179011996/
Host John Northcott speaks with Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post about the role of an editorial cartoonist today.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
'Magic Bullet' on the streets
The DC Conspiracy on Friday and Saturday fanned out across the city to distribute its new issue of the Magic Bullet comics newspaper during the inauguration and Women's March. Below MB Editor Andrew Cohen provide a brief account of the days' distort via Facebook:
"David Ross and I took Magic Bullet 14 to the Inauguration protests this weekend. At the Capitol, a guy from CSPAN ran up to us because he recognized the newspaper from picking it up at the comic stores. Later, near the security check in Chinatown, someone else flagged us down because his mother, an art teacher, would read it. Further west, around Franklin Square, we had a pleasant conversation with an anarchist, while the police set off concussion bombs and tear gas, beside us. We gave our last issues to a guy in McPherson Square, who told us that when he was in high school, his bedroom walls were decorated with show posters, and Magic Bullet pages."
"David Ross and I took Magic Bullet 14 to the Inauguration protests this weekend. At the Capitol, a guy from CSPAN ran up to us because he recognized the newspaper from picking it up at the comic stores. Later, near the security check in Chinatown, someone else flagged us down because his mother, an art teacher, would read it. Further west, around Franklin Square, we had a pleasant conversation with an anarchist, while the police set off concussion bombs and tear gas, beside us. We gave our last issues to a guy in McPherson Square, who told us that when he was in high school, his bedroom walls were decorated with show posters, and Magic Bullet pages."
Photos from Andrew Cohen
MB contributor Jason Rodriguez heads to the inauguration with bundles of MB14.
MB contributor Jason Axtell reports he flew through his bundles at the Women's March.
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Comic Riffs talks to editorial cartoonists about Joe Biden
It's at the end - Rob Rogers and Michael Ramirez.
2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/01/19/as-joe-biden-exits-comedy-bids-farewell-to-a-one-man-gold-mine/
As Joe Biden exits, comedy bids farewell to a one-man gold mine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/01/19/as-joe-biden-exits-comedy-bids-farewell-to-a-one-man-gold-mine/
Comic Riffs talks to women creators before the March
Women's March: 8 great creative thinkers offer this advice for the sisters who follow in their footsteps
Today: Mocomcon at the Silver Spring library.
Beginning at noon is Mocomcon at the Silver Spring library.
January 21, 2017
12–4 pm
Doors open for registration at 11 am.
900 Wayne Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910
We are very excited to be holding our very first comic convention, MoComCon. This event is open and accessible to all. We want to attract seasoned comic conventioneers, novices, and the curious of all ages. The event will include a variety of panels, workshops, programs, displays, exhibits and cosplay — all free of charge.
Friday, January 20, 2017
Glen Weldon on superhero fashion
Jacket Required: With The Return Of 'The Ray,' Superhero Fashion Gets Layered
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/01/18/510264892/jacket-required-with-the-return-of-the-ray-superhero-fashion-gets-layered
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Fantom Comics is safe haven during protests
Comic book store provides safe space for DC inauguration protesters
http://www.comicsbeat.com/comic-book-store-provides-safe-space-for-dc-inauguration-protesters/
'Pigheaded' at DC Indie Film Fest next month
Local comics creator/filmmaker John Kinhart will have his
film Pigheaded — a
documentary about underground cartoonist Skip Williamson — shown at the
DC Independent Film Festival Feb. 15-20.
