Monday, June 02, 2025
June 14: A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant World Premiere
DC/DOX Film Festival 2025
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant
- United States |
- 2025 |
- 89 min. |
- World Premiere
-
Saturday, June 14
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Regal Gallery Place
701 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Saturday, June 14
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Regal Gallery Place
701 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant
Director
Bill Banowsky
Executive Producers
Susan Conway, Susan Banowsky
Producer
Paul O'Bryan
Editor
Dean Alioto
Cinematographers
Mayo Whaley, Dean Alioto
Music
Geneviève Gros-Louis
Contact
Paul O'Bryan, Producer paul@mutantindustry.com
Patrick Oliphant was a giant slayer, bravely taking on presidents, popes and the American corporate class with his mighty pen. An Australian transplant, Oliphant became America's most renowned and feared political cartoonist for five decades. With his biting wit and masterful drawing skills, Oliphant attacked individual and institutional corruption, collusion, greed, hypocrisy and arrogance, no matter the size or status of his targets.
A SAVAGE ART tells the story of Oliphant's life and celebrated career through interviews with Pat, his family, friends, and colleagues, alongside a rich trove of archival footage and hundreds of his cartoons. The film also traces the history of political cartoons, highlighting how influential and impactful cartoonists have been throughout the ages—and how, in today's climate of political partisanship and corporate media control, voices like Oliphant's are more essential than ever in holding power to account.
Post-screening discussion with director Bill Banowsky.
Director, A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant
Bill Banowsky is an entrepreneur and filmmaker. Bill began his career as an attorney and later served as general counsel to three publicly traded media companies. He served as CEO of Landmark Theaters, which at the time was the largest chain of art house cinemas in the USA. He has started several companies, including Magnolia Pictures, Violet Crown Cinemas, Nuckolls Brewing Co., and Sky Railway.
Bill was Executive Producer of Alex Gibney's 2010 film about criminal political consultant Jack Abramoff, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, and the producer of Starving the Beast, a film about the systemic defunding of public higher education in the USA. A Savage Art is Banowsky's directorial debut.
Bill lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Susan.
Director, A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant
Bill Banowsky is an entrepreneur and filmmaker. Bill began his career as an attorney and later served as general counsel to three publicly traded media companies. He served as CEO of Landmark Theaters, which at the time was the largest chain of art house cinemas in the USA. He has started several companies, including Magnolia Pictures, Violet Crown Cinemas, Nuckolls Brewing Co., and Sky Railway.
Bill was Executive Producer of Alex Gibney's 2010 film about criminal political consultant Jack Abramoff, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, and the producer of Starving the Beast, a film about the systemic defunding of public higher education in the USA. A Savage Art is Banowsky's directorial debut.
Bill lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Susan.
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Sonic the Comic Remembered, 32 Years On [UK]
John Freeman on May 31, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/sonic-the-comic-remembered-32-years-on/
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred thirty-nine | Ethan Sacks, part two
Jun 01, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/im-afraid-im-not-quite-sure-sir
Good Old Ink and Paper [Chris Ware interview]
Will Simpson
New York Review of Books Newsletter May 31 2025
'Finding Nemo': THR's 2003 Review
On May 30, 2003, Pixar unveiled 'Finding Nemo' in theaters.
Sheri Linden, originally published May 27, 2003.
May 30, 2018
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/finding-nemo-review-2003-movie-1115691/
'Lilo & Stitch' Box Office Mayhem: All the Records Broken as Pic Zooms Past $400M Globally
Pamela McClintock
May 28, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lilo-and-stitch-mayhem-all-the-box-office-1236229988/
'Lilo & Stitch' brings its fuzzy agent of chaos to the real world
Stephen Thompson, Aisha Harris, Candice Lim, and Shar Jossell
NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour May 27, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/1253209957/lilo-and-stitch-brings-its-fuzzy-agent-of-chaos-to-the-real-world
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR3944728252.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1253209957
'Crisis on Infinite Earths' smashed DC continuity — here's how 4 changes would've saved the day
DC Comics is still course-correcting the changes of the 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' reboot in 2025.
Diane Darcy
May 29, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/29/crisis-on-infinite-earths-fix-dc-canon/
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 330: Mark Russell on 'Polis', Protopias, and 'X-Factor' lost stories
David Brooke and Alex Schlesinger
May 25, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/25/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-330-mark-russell/
Psychic Sam with Mark Millar
The Nerdrotic Nooner with Chris Gore 490 May 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/live/1PcovQuD9Nk
Words, Images, & Worlds with Ray MacKay
Jason DeHart
Jun 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/live/EWpW3UE5VBQ
Spotlight on Rupert Kinnard [2024 panel on queer African American comic strip characters ]
CXC Festival Jun 1, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/live/InwgC9SCeC4
Bendis Book Club Live Criminal [inc Tom King]
word balloon June 1 2025
https://www.youtube.com/live/t5HRI-sI4kQ
It is Pat Bagley Day in Salt Lake and Pat Celebrates by Retiring
D. D. Degg
May 31, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/31/its-pat-bagley-day-in-salt-lake-and-pat-celebrates-by-retiring/
SLC honors Salt Lake Tribune cartoonist and 'champion of wit' with Pat Bagley Day
Pat Bagley will step back from full-time work but will continue to draw local cartoons for The Tribune.
By Lauren Gustus
| May 31, 2025,
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/05/31/pat-bagley-day-slc-honors-salt/
'Peanuts' teams up with NAACP on kids' art center in Santa Rosa
DAN TAYLOR
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT May 30, 2025,
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/peanuts-teams-up-with-naacp-on-kids-art-center/?artslide=0
It's Your Anniversary, Charlie Brown
It has been 75 years since the debut of the "Peanuts" comic strip, yet the IP is more popular than ever.
Amanda Cioletti,
May 15, 2025
This article was taken from License Global's Issue 2, 2025. Click here to read the issue
https://www.licenseglobal.com/character/its-your-anniversary-charlie-brown
Comics artist Carol Tyler still feels compelled to tell her story
The iconic writer and illustrator is the subject of a new retrospective show, 'Write It Down, Draw It Out: The Comics Art of Carol Tyler,' currently on view at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.
By Andy Downing
May 28, 2025
https://matternews.org/culture/art/comics-artist-carol-tyler-still-feels-compelled-to-tell-her-story/
May 29, 2025
Every Campus A Refuge Program Featured in National Comic Strip [Josh Neufeld]
https://www.guilford.edu/news/2025/05/every-campus-refuge-program-featured-national-comic-strip
Answering Francis' call
By Josh Neufeld
May 23, 2025,https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/23/opinion/pope-francis-refugee-ecar-college-campuses/
Seattle writer's new book shares 'How Comics Are Made' [Glenn Fleishman]
By Rebekah Denn
Special to The Seattle Times May 30, 2025
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/seattle-writers-new-book-shares-how-comics-are-made/
Drawing a blank [Dana Summers letter]
Lawrence Walders,
Washington Post May 31 2025: A13.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/30/trump-coup-biden-original-sin-winsome-virginia/
Sunday, June 01, 2025
NPRR reviews 'Lilo & Stitch' remake
'Lilo & Stitch' brings its fuzzy agent of chaos to the real world
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Making Life Interplanetary"
"Making Life Interplanetary"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4112
"Some may focus on the lows, but behind the efforts of Starship – and
other programs like New Glenn, Neutron, Vulcan, Terran, Stoke, etc – is
a massive space economy taking shape: tens of thousands of jobs,
billions in private investment, all aimed at truly opening the last
great frontier.
When these capabilities arrive, they will spearhead a new era of
exploration and discovery – and the lows will become a chapter in a much
longer story."
– Jared Isaacman, Trump NASA Administrator Nominee,
05.28.2025
I saw the news of the latest SpaceX Starship explosion with a complete
lack of surprise a few days ago, and it had me somehow flashing back to
Musk's performance at that post-Inaugural shindig, and his bluster about
putting boots on Mars... and a joyful, iconic moment on the Moon,
waaayyyy back when I was an awestruck kid of 15.
...and given Isaacman's background in — what, some kind of Internet
payment system or some shit — I'm also not surprised at the complete
lack of any mention of science, exploration, the expansion of humanity
into the solar system in his remarks... nahh, fuck that noise; there's
money to be made — once Elon can stop blowing those goddamn things up.
Speaking of blowing up giant rocket-powered dildos, apparently Elon was
supposed to have delivered a company-sponsored TED-ish talk entitled
"The Road To Making Life Interplanetary", but his plans kinda... shall
we say, "blew up in his face":
"...Ahead of the Starship Flight 9 mission, Musk said he would host a
company talk, which was dubbed "The Road to Making Life Multplanetary,"
which he said would be live-streamed. However, that was originally
scheduled before the launch, then shifted to after and now appears to be
off the table for the time being..."
– Will Robinson-Smith, reporting at Spaceflight Now, 05.28.2025
...so, I guess Making Greed Interplanetary will just have to wait, for
now.
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Isaacman quoted in Spaceflight Now, 05.28.2025
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/05/28/spacex-launches-first-flight-proven-super-heavy-booster-loses-control-of-starship-mid-flight/
"Starship tumbles back to Ocean after reaching a nominal orbit", Moises
Avila, with Issam Ahmed in Washington
South Padre Island, United States (AFP) May 28, 2025
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Starship_megarocket_blows_up_over_Indian_Ocean_in_latest_bumpy_test_999.html
"How did Jared Isaacman, billionaire behind first-ever private
spacewalk, make his money?" Tom Sanders at Metro UK, 09.12.2024
https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/12/jared-isaacman-billionaire-behind-first-ever-private-spacewalk-21591723/
"No, Elon Musk Did Not Perform a Roman Salute at Trump's Inauguration"
George Liapis at Roman Empire Times, 01.20.2025
https://romanempiretimes.com/no-elon-musk-did-not-perform-a-roman-salute-at-trumps-inauguration/
https://romanempiretimes.com/content/images/size/w2000/format/avif/2025/01/Elon-Musk-using-a-Salute-towards-the-crowd-of-Donald-Trump-s-inauguration--a-move-some-called-Nazi-salute--and-others-Roman-salute.jpg
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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Angela Hsieh and Brigitta Blair at Fantom Comics
Angela Hsieh is being interviewed by Brigitta Blair about her new book Lu and Ren's Guide to Geozoology at Fantom Comics.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/30/2025
Udon halts all shipments to Diamond
Heidi MacDonald on 05/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/udon-halts-all-shipments-to-diamond/
The Beat Digest 05/30/25: TOXIC CRUSADERS return
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 05/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-053025/
Exclusive: Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection Gets New Edition [Colleen Coover]
Liam McGuire on 05/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/small-favors-definitive-collection/
Aethon Books acquires majority stake in Vault Comics
Heidi MacDonald on 05/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/aethon-books-acquires-majority-stake-in-vault-comics/
Genre Publisher Aethon Books Acquires Majority Stake In Vault Comics
Rob Salkowitz,
May 29, 2025, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/05/29/genre-publisher-aethon-books-acquires-majority-stake-in-vault-comics/
Graphic Novel Review: Have you heard of CORNELIUS – THE MERRY LIFE OF A WRETCHED DOG? [Spain]
Michael VanCalbergh on 05/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-have-you-heard-of-cornelius-the-merry-life-of-a-wretched-dog/
Cornelius - The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog
Cartoonist: Marc Torices
Translator: Andrea Rosenberg
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Publication Date: June 2025
Author, Author: should graphic novels be shelved by author?
Rich Johnson
05/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/author-author-should-graphic-novels-be-shelved-by-author/
Dan Harmon Explained What Rick And Morty's South Park Rule Is And Why They Always Use It
By Mick Joest
May 29 2025
Rick and Morty Co-Creator Dan Harmon Explains Show's "South Park" Rule
Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon explained the Adult Swim series' "South Park" rule and how it applies to writing a season's episodes.
29 May 2025 Ray Flook https://bleedingcool.com/tv/rick-and-morty-co-creator-dan-harmon-explains-shows-south-park-rule/
Dog Man: Big Jim Believes, To Sell Millions Of Copies In 2025
Rich Johnston
29 May 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dog-man-big-jim-believes-to-sell-millions-of-copies-in-2025/
In Memoriam: Peter David
Amanda Sheriff
May 27, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/in-memoriam-peter-david/
In Memoriam: Tod Smith
Amanda Sheriff
May 27, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/in-memoriam-tod-smith/
Inside the Guide: Historic Firsts Part IV [reprinted from The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #26]
Robert M. Overstreet
May 29, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/inside-the-guide-historic-firsts-part-iv/
TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
May 29, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-130/
Live with Liza and Ann Telnaes!
A recording from Liza Donnelly's live video
Liza Donnelly and Ann Telnaes
Seeing Things May 30, 2025 https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-with-liza-and-ann-telnaes
The Independent Ink in Conversation with Ann Telnaes, Steve Brodner, and Keith "Keef" Knight
What happens when four cartoonists get together to discuss art, activism, culture, and politics without the help of visual aids? THIS is what happens - enjoy the show!
Mr. Fish, Ann Telnaes, Steve Brodner, and Keith Knight
May 29, 2025 https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/the-independent-ink-in-conversation-78a
The Daily Heller: Walking in the Footsteps of the Greats [SVA]
Steven Heller
The Daily Heller May 29 2025 https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-walking-in-the-footsteps/
Episode 204 - Bruce Eric Kaplan
New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
May 29 2025
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-204-bruce-eric-kaplan/id1558958290?i=1000710347253
DC's Summer Of Superman takes over comic shelves as the Man Of Steel flies into theaters
There are several new Superman titles, plus a Krypto The Superdog miniseries and a new Supergirl run.
By Oliver Sava | May 30, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/dc-summer-of-superman-comics-preview
Striker Complete Collections Sale Launched
John Freeman
May 29, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/striker-complete-collections-sale-launched/
Celebrating 20 Years of Hibernia Comics
David McDonald
downthetubes May 29, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/celebrating-20-years-of-hibernia-comics/
The Sandman dreams up first looks at Destruction and Puck as showrunner previews the final season (exclusive)
Allan Heinberg comments on season 2's new characters, the Neil Gaiman of it all, and the real reason why this is the story's endgame.
Nick Romano
May 28, 2025 https://ew.com/the-sandman-destruction-puck-first-looks-allan-heinberg-on-final-season-exclusive-11742056
GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Can comics add new layers to THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE?
AJ Frost on 05/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/cuzor-red-badge-review/
Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: ACES AND AROS, OF ICHOR & BONE, RIDE OR DIE and two more projects you'll love!
Diego Higuera on 05/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-round-up-aces-and-aros-of-ichor-bone-ride-or-die-and-two-more-projects-youll-love/
Then and Now, It's a Thrill to Star Alongside Stitch
Cast members from the original 2002 animated film and the live-action remake explain what lured them to — or back to — "Lilo & Stitch."
Sarah Bahr
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/movies/lilo-and-stitch-live-action-cast.html
'Lilo & Stitch' Live-Action Remake Ignites Debate Over "Harmful" Changes to Original's Story
A box office smash, the new Disney film has sparked discussion about colonialism, with one analyst telling The Hollywood Reporter that the ending "contributes to the narrative of displacement of Hawaiians from their ancestral lands."
Ryan Gajewski
May 30, 2025
All Outta Angst — This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | May 30, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/all-outta-angst-this-weeks-links/
Q&A: "THE SHINING Meets TRUE GRIT" – Chris Condon Discusses Teaming Up with Shawn Kuruneru and Oni Press for New Graphic Novella THE GODDAMN TRAGEDY
5/22/25 Derek Anderson
Picture + Panel | Peter Kuper + Allison Conway share the buzz on insects
We continue our interview series in advance of a live question-and-answer session between the two creators in Boston next week.
JK Parkin
May 26, 2025
Spent by Alison Bechdel review – the graphic novelist faces up to midlife
In this playfully fictionalised memoir, Alison runs a pygmy goat sanctuary while making a name for herself on stage and screen
James Smart
Wed 28 May 2025
French court halts trial of comic artist accused of child porn in graphic novels
Comic book author Bastien Vivès appeared in court on Tuesday to face charges of fixing and distributing child pornography in two of his comic albums. But the two-day trial, which pits issues of child protection against freedom of speech, was halted after the court north of Paris declared it lacked the territorial jurisdiction to judge the case.
27/05/2025
Why Boston is a comic book hub — and still nerdy (in the best way)
Step inside Greater Boston's thriving comic book culture — and the shops fueling it.
By Annie Jonas
May 22, 2025
https://www.boston.com/community/books/2025/05/22/boston-is-a-comic-book-hub/
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 674: Diamond Layoffs and Reorganization
Calvin Reid, Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons
on 05/23/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1369
Off Panel #501: Why We Love Comics with Kazu Kibuishi, Ryan North, and Lucy Knisley
May 26 2025
Causer, Craig. 2025. FROM CONVICTS TO COMICS: The National Taiwan Museum of Comics writes its origin story. Lighting Design + Application. 55 (6, June; online May 23, 2025):18-23. honline at ttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/03606325251344783 and https://doi.org/10.1177/03606325251344783
Comics Against Trump: How modern stories explore/satirize The Donald
This ain't your daddy's social and political satire.
Chris Coplan
May 27, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/27/comics-against-trump-feature/
Paul Buhle on Comics Scholarship
May 25, 2025
https://comicsgrinder.com/2025/05/25/paul-buhle-on-comics-scholarship/
Fanbase Press Interviews Amie Wright, Matthew Noe, and Allie Landy on TCAF 2025 and What's in Store for Libraries and Education Day
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
May 26, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56813-fanbase-press-interviews-amie-wright-matthew-noe-and-allie-landy-on-tcaf-2025-and-whats-in-store-for-libraries-and-education-day/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXHwnPHFfc4
Fanbase Press Interviews Tereza Čechová and Štěpánka Jislová on the Release of the Graphic Memoir, 'Bald,' Through Graphic Mundi
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
May 27, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56822-fanbase-press-interviews-tereza-cechova-and-stepanka-jislova-on-the-release-of-the-graphic-memoir-bald-through-graphic-mundi/
How trans comics can save the world
ANALYSIS: The world is growing increasingly hostile toward the LGBTQ2S+ community. We need superheroes now more than ever
By Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Xtra May 30, 2025
https://xtramagazine.com/culture/how-trans-comics-can-save-the-world-273980
Millar Time #39 | Rob Liefeld
Millar Time May 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ohw8_MjIBQ
UDON CUTS OFF DIAMOND Citing 'Uncertainty and Lack of Communication'
Brigid Alverson on May 30, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59677/udon-cuts-off-diamond
Cartoonist Zapiro receives 'particularly special' honorary doctorate from University of Pretoria
By Bonginkosi Tiwane
20 May 2025 https://www.citizen.co.za/entertainment/cartoonist-zapiro-receives-honorary-doctorate-calls-university-of-pretorias-recognition-particularly-special/
'Viva, freedom of expression' – Zapiro after age restriction for 'The Showerhead' overturned
By Bonginkosi Tiwane
10 September 2024 https://www.citizen.co.za/entertainment/freedom-of-expression-zapiro-tribunal-restriction-film/
Zapiro calls age restriction on his film 'silly'
By Bonginkosi Tiwane
9 September 2024
https://www.citizen.co.za/entertainment/zapiro-film-and-publication-board-rating/
Zapiro gives Zuma old shower heads and other junk for his birthday
12 April 2017 https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/zapiro-gives-zuma-old-showerheads-junk-birthday/
Zapiro taken to task for alleged racism, rape metaphors
15 August 2018 https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/zapiro-taken-to-task-for-alleged-racism-rape-metaphors/
Cartoonist Zapiro to receive France's top cultural award
13 November 2019 https://www.citizen.co.za/entertainment/celebrity-news/cartoonist-zapiro-to-receive-frances-top-cultural-award/
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