Richard Thompson tipped me to this year's Cartoons and Cocktails auction. A silent auction of editorial cartoons starts at 6 pm followe...

The Washington Examiner , one of the new free papers, has a Spider-Man Collectible Series #7 comic book (reprinting a continuation of Amazin...

KAL aka Kevin Kallaugher, the current Economist and former Baltimore Sun political cartoonist, will be appearing at the Baltimore Book Fe...

Since I mentioned this in a comment earlier today, I'll put it up for those who missed it. This is a few days old, but hopefully not muc...

Politics & Prose Bookstore October 31, 7 pm Her new book is Chicken with Plums. Given that it's Halloween, I won't be there unfo...

The Washington City Paper's artist festival Crafty Bastards, running in Adams Morgan on 18th St, NW from 10-5 on Sunday has some carto...

I'm not sure if I'll keep this up, but there was quite a bit on comics in today's papers. A quick rundown revealed the followin...

Doonesbury's Gary Trudeau was in DC this week. He was at Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Fisher House, where recovering soldiers s...

Tom Spurgeon's invaluable Comics Reporter blog pointed out this story: Kelly, Geoff. 2006. The Uncensored Tom Toles. Buffalo Artvoice 5...

The event was sparsely attended with less than 10 of us in the audience, which is a shame as Danziger was an interesting speaker. He showed ...

At the Woolly Mammoth, live from Texas. The Houston Chronicle ran a generally favorable article - see EVANS, EVERETT. 2006. Get Your War O...

This is an excellent book. I highly recommend it. Mike Politics and Prose Monday, October 2, 8 p.m. ALISON BECHDEL FUN HOME (Houghton Miffli...

Von Allan emailed this press release a few minutes ago, along with some kind words about the idea of this blog. I hadn't thought about p...

Politics and Prose reports: NEIL GAIMAN EVENT VENUE MOVED - SAME TIME *NEW VENUE* Wesley United Methodist Church 5312 Connecticut Avenue, N...

The Eleventh AnnualInternational Comic Arts Festival (ICAF) Festival International de la Bande Dessinée -->OCTOBER 12-14, 2006 Washington...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 26 September 2006 Contact: Marc Singer msinger@howar...

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-165.html Press contact: Donna Urschel (202) 707-1639 September 12, 2006 Library of Congress Exhibiti...

Brad's a really nice guy and will gladly sign and talk about his comics work. Library of Congress National Book Festival http://www.loc....

Provisions Library on Dupont Circle http://microsites.provisionslibrary.org/cartoons_site/index.html Provisions presents a two-part cartoon ...

[a smaller version of the Walters show in Baltimore, this will be excellent - well worth seeing] from the Baltimore Sun: Mightier than the S...