WaPo's Friday's comic content - Gropper exhibit, Flow, and Creature Commandos

An artist's outrage at the injustices of World War II-era America [in print as Acid indictments of American injustice]

The biting social realist William Gropper attacked demagogues of his time in political cartoons, stylish art and populist murals.

Review by Mark Jenkins

Washington Post December 6, 2024: Weekend 12, 16

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/12/04/william-gropper-phillips-collection/

Go with the 'Flow' on a magical, wordless animated adventure [in print as Get swept away on a wordless adventure]

From Latvia, a four-star, epic tale of five animals surviving a flood.

Review by Ty Burr

(4 stars)

Washington Post December 6, 2024: Weekend 12, 16.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/12/06/flow-animated-movie-latvia/

What to know about 'Creature Commandos' and James Gunn's new DC universe [in print as The features of Gunn's 'Creature Commandos']

Gunn launches his new DC Comics cinematic universe (known as the DCU) with the new Max series.

By Herb Scribner

Washington Post December 6, 2024: C1, 4.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/2024/12/05/creature-commandos-dcu-james-gunn-explained/