NPR on superhero cartoon sex and Tuca & Bertie

A Censored Sex Scene In 'Harley Quinn' Sparks Debate On Depictions Of Female Pleasure

AILSA CHANG and Glen Weldon

NPR's All Things Considered June 22, 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1008857092/dc-blocked-a-scene-in-harley-quinn-setting-off-a-debate-about-sexism-in-comics

'Tuca & Bertie' Is Beak TV Glen Weldon, Aisha Harris, Inkoo Kang

Pop Culture Happy Hour June 21, 2021

 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/15/1006816792/tuca-bertie-is-beak-tv

Mark Wheatley's Frankenstein Mobster Kickstarter wrapping up soon

Tomorrow at 8pm ET, Mark Wheatley and Mark Redfield are going to start a live-stream video on Mark Wheatley's Facebook Page   And while the stream is running. Mark Wheatley is going to be drawing one Frankenstein Mobster after another. Why? 

Because EVERYONE who is backing this project at a physical reward level will be getting a free, original art sketch of FRANKENSTEIN MOBSTER!

You will be in the studio with Mark Wheatley, looking over his shoulder as he works at his drawing board. 

Meanwhile, please keep sharing the campaign link.  

https://bit.ly/FMdrama

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "For All Pigkind"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -

Y'know, it says it right there in my social media profiles, so it's time for a little space geekery:


"For All Pigkind"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3241

In the space of about two weeks, I'm hit with the news that 
trillionaire serial worker abuser Jeff Bezos has found someone willing 
to throw down $28 mil for a suborbital joyride with him — and that 
Elon Musk will refuse to recognize Earth laws in his gated suburbs on 
Mars. Doubtless Musk will have some Space Force grunts on-call to keep 
a lid on things out there.

I'm especially bugged that Bezos has chosen July 20 as his launch 
date; I'm sure he thinks he's making some deep statement or something, 
but instead I'm just insulted somehow. Christ, 28 million dollars to 
go suborbital with Jeff Friggin' Bezos. Bah, I'd rather be a stowaway 
on Apollo 13.

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"Elon Musk's firm says they will not recognize Earth laws in planned 
Mars colony" Stacy Liberatore at London Daily Mail, 10.30.2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8897601/Elon-Musks-SpaceX-says-not-recognize-Earth-laws-planned-Mars-colony.html

"Blue Origin auctions New Shepard ride with Jeff Bezos for $28 
million", Joey Roulette at The Verge, 06.12.2021
https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/12/22530907/blue-origin-auction-new-shepard-jeff-bezos-space-28-million

"The Battle For Mars: How Elon Musk, Blue Origin and the US Could Set 
Up The First Extraterrestrial Government" Adam Smith at The London 
Independent, 06.19.2021
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/elon-musk-mars-spacex-nasa-b1777746.html


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No sex please, we're superheroes

If even superheroes can't have fun sex, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Alyssa Rosenberg

Washington Post June 15, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/15/if-even-superheroes-cant-have-fun-sex-what-hope-is-there-rest-us/

Tom King Talks Supergirl and His Other Books

Jun 18, 2021

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mv-0VaDRNs

That darn Michael de Adder

A deeply distasteful depiction [Michael de Adder letter]

Harold T. DeWeese III, Germantown

Washington Post June 19 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/readers-critique-the-post-this-photo-really-needed-some-extra-context/2021/06/18/3e8b5dea-d044-11eb-a7f1-52b8870bef7c_story.html

The Post on ‘Tuca and Bertie’s return

'Tuca and Bertie' is back, on Adult Swim. Thank goodness for these anxious and flirty birds. [in print as These birds failed to launch on Netflix. Now, they have landed on Adult Swim].

Sonia Rao

Washington Post June 17, 2021 : C5

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/06/15/tuca-and-bertie-adult-swim-season-2/

Super-Powered Panel — Miles Morales: Shock Waves online

Super-Powered Panel — Miles Morales: Shock Waves

Angélique Roché, Justin A. Reynolds, Jason Reynolds, and Nic Stone

Politics and Prose Jun 18, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmVt-b9sAdM

Join Marvel Creators for an exciting conversation about all things Marvel, representation in superhero stories, and the newest Spider-Man graphic, Miles Morales: Shock Waves. YA authors Jason Reynolds and Nic Stone will also welcome Shock Waves author Justin A. Reynolds to the Marvel author club and talk about what it's like writing for a massive franchise with established characters and how they made them their own.

Purchase Book Here: https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781338648034

The City Paper reviews Pixar's Luca, the Post doesn't

Luca, About a Sea Monster on Dry Land, Proves Pixar Has New Legs

The rich personal touches in Luca are elevated by Pixar's signature clever humor, sharp storytelling, and watchable scenery.

by Noah Gittell

Washington City Paper June 17th, 2021

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/519876/luca-about-a-sea-monster-on-dry-land-proves-pixar-is-growing-new-legs/

That darn Reply All

This joke needs a makeover

Caryn Ginsberg, Arlington

Washington Post June 12 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/readers-critique-the-post-invite-neglected-female-artists-to-the-table/2021/06/11/a32cf8b4-cac0-11eb-afd0-9726f7ec0ba6_story.html

Cavna on the Pulitzer's Editorial Cartoon no-prize

The Pulitzers did not pick a winner for cartooning this year. Artists feel 'mystified' and 'insulted.'
Michael Cavna

June 15, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/06/15/political-cartoons-pulitzer-prize/

Alexandra Bowman wins 2x in National Society of Newspaper Columnists awards

National Society of Newspaper Columnists 2021 Columnist Contest Award Winners
https://www.columnists.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-NSNC-Contest-Winners-Slides.pdf

Editorial Cartoon
FIRST PLACE: Student
Alexandra Bowman, The Lincoln Project
Newsletter

Humor (Online)
FIRST PLACE: Student
Alexandra Bowman, The Georgetown
Independent
Georgetown University

'Sweet Tooth' Is A Weird And Wonderful Hybrid

Glen Weldon and Audie Cornish

Pop Culture Happy Hour June 14, 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/08/1004337854/sweet-tooth-is-a-weird-and-wonderful-hybrid

https://play.podtrac.com/510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2021/06/20210614_pchh_pchh_210614_sweet_tooth_final.mp3

Christian Convery as Gus in Netflix's Sweet Tooth.

Kirsty Griffin/Warner Bros./Netflix

The Netflix series Sweet Tooth is a strange mix. It's a dystopian tale of societal collapse in the wake of a deadly virus and the rise of human-animal hybrids. It's also a warm, humane, lushly shot fable of hope and humanity. Which is to say, it is itself a kind of strange hybrid — think The Road meets Paddington 2; The Walking Dead meets Pushing Daisies.

The audio was produced by Mike Katzif and edited by Jessica Reedy.

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Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Auditioning for QAnon"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock -

"Auditioning for QAnon"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3237

This time last year, it was Tom Cotton, Steve Bannon and those 
doorknobs at the Epoch Fail — uh, sorry, Epoch Times — pushing the 
100% evidence-free "Wuhan Lab Leak" conspiracy batshittery, and the 
Washington Post — along with anyone else with two synapses to rub 
together — were laughing that shit right outta the room.

So, this past week, it was with more than a little begrudging awe that 
I watched the Democratic Party, the Washington Post, CNN, Wall Street 
Journal and friends slam on the brakes, jerk the wheel around, kick in 
the afterburners and execute a full 180° Emergency Bat-Turn on the 
Wuhan Lab Leak zaniness. China's the new Enemy Of The Month, and 
Gropin' Joe needs some dirt on China, so they're dragging Steve 
Bannon's dirty hot mess out of the dumpster.

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"The Wuhan lab conspiracy theory: American capitalism's 'big lie'", 
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial 
Board 05.28.2021 
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/29/pers-m29.html

"How the US media declared the "Wuhan lab" lie "credible'", Andre 
Damon at the World Socialist Web Site, 05.30.2021 
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/31/wuha-m31.html

"How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing 
Coronavirus Media Sensation", Amy Qin, Vivian Wang and Danny Hakim in 
the New York Times, 01.26.2021 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/business/media/steve-bannon-china.html



Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
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A couple of MAD editorials by John Ficarra

It's hard to sell a piano these days. It's even harder to contemplate junking one. [in print as Saying goodbye to an old friend]

Opinion by John Ficarra

Washington Post June 11, 2021  p. a23

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/10/farewell-my-beloved-old-baldwin-upright-piano-hope-you-dont-end-up-dump/

How I wound up with a wound from heteronyms

Opinion by John Ficarra

Washington Post May 10, 2021 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/10/how-i-wound-up-with-wound-heteronyms/

Cavna on post-covid cartooning

How artists are capturing our return to 'normal'

Michael Cavna

Washington Post June 10, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/06/10/art-cartoons-pandemic-return-normal/

This week's Al Goodwyn cartoons

EDITORIAL CARTOONS

June 10, 2021 Al's also mentioned approvingly by Mike Peterson at the Daily Cartoonist. "You don't have to agree with him to recognize that this is a simple, concise, persuasive piece of work."

Tim Campbell & kids do covid cartoons.

Cartoonist pictures the pandemic through the eyes of middle-schoolers [COVID-19; in print as Cartoonist pictures pandemic from kids' perspective]

Tim Campbell created a cartoon-based project to give middle-schoolers a voice during the coronavirus pandemic.

Christina Barron

Washington Post June 8, 2021 p. 2021

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/cartoonist-draws-on-middle-schoolers-pandemic-reflections/2021/06/07/94c8f7c6-c2fc-11eb-93f5-ee9558eecf4b_story.html

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Brain Freeze"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -

"Brain Freeze"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3229

If you're old enough to recall Gropin' Joe's role in the Drug War, and him firing a bunch of White House staffers earlier this year for 
having once smoked marijuana, then you aren't the least bit surprised to see him screwing over DC by siding with fascists... oh, I'm sorry, 
the GOP... against the citizens of DC — who, I might remind you, voted 70% to legalize cannabis.

...which somehow brings us around to Gropin' Joe's love of ice cream — 
and his new favorite flavor, the "Brain Freeze"...

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"Biden's Shameful, Conservative Stance Against Legal Pot in D.C." Matt Ford in The New Republic, 06.03.2021 
https://newrepublic.com/article/162594/marijuana-legalization-dc-biden-harris-rider

"Congresswoman Blasts Biden Decision To Block Marijuana Sales In D.C."  Kyle Jaeger in Marijuana Moment, 05.31.2021 
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/congresswoman-blasts-biden-decision-to-block-marijuana-sales-in-d-c/


Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage

and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock