A picture's thousand hurtful words [Nick Galifianakis].
Ruth Simmons
Washington Post (August 8 2020):
'I've got a bad feeling about this' [Loose Parts]
Paul Wesson, Halifax, Nova Scotia
A Looney change of Tunes
Casey Emmer
Saturday, August 08, 2020
That darn Galifianakis, Looney Tunes, and Loose Parts
A picture's thousand hurtful words [Nick Galifianakis].
'I've got a bad feeling about this' [Loose Parts]
Richard Thompson fans at Who's Out There? blog
I recently got an email from one of the writers, noting,
At WOT, we really, *really* like Richard Thompson… and so refer to him at every semi-relevant opportunity.
Beyond Richard, there's a lot of fascinating bits about cartoonists, and tentacles, on the site. I enjoy reading the 2 updates they do every week.
Friday, August 07, 2020
Weldon on the new Star Trek cartoon
With 'Star Trek: Lower Decks,' A Venerable Franchise Loosens Up
8/28: Quarantine Q&A with Jamie Noguchi & Jeremy Whitley via Fantom Comics
Quarantine Q&A with Jamie Noguchi & Jeremy Whitley
Hosted by Fantom Comics
- Friday, August 28, 2020 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM
- Live Video by Fantom ComicsA Q&A interview session with Jeremy Whitley (Princeless, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Unstoppable Wasp) and Jamie Noguchi (Yellow Peril, Super Art Fight co-founder).
Small Press Expo Executive Director Warren Bernard on Comic Conventions During COVID-19
Small Press Expo Executive Director Warren Bernard on Comic Conventions During COVID-19
Alexandra Bowman and Kevin Kallaugher
•Aug 7, 2020
August 18: Discussion of Graphic Memoirs with Malaka Gharib & Robin Ha with One More Page books
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Josh Kramer's new project launches
Dispatches from 2120 Imagines D.C. a Century From Now
730DC is publishing Josh Kramer's six-week speculative fiction newsletter and its accompanying narrative comic.
Washington City Paper Aug 6, 2020
Thursday, August 06, 2020
David Apatoff's The Life and Art of Mead Schaeffer is out
David and I worked together on the Art of Richard Thompson book, and he's a talented guy. I've gladly bought most (all?) of his illustration history books. Plus I saw him in the Arlington Library parking lot today, and that reminded me to let people know about this.
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Catching up with The Lily's comics
Closing schools is essential. But students must be able to access mental health services.
Growing up in an impoverished community, free counseling was necessary for me
(Sage Coffey)
August 2 2020
My days are spent observing my 10-month-old baby. Here's what I've learned.
Babies suck everything
Dental cartoons featured on National Library of Medicine's blog
Dental Cartoons (ca. 1945)
By Alyssa Picard ~
Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011.
https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2020/08/06/dental-cartoons-ca-1945/
Neil Gaiman talks music with David Mitchell via Politics and Prose
David Mitchell, "Utopia Avenue" (with Neil Gaiman)
•Aug 5, 2020
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
Kismet, Man of Fate - Volume 2 Patreon
Formerly local comics historian and writer A. David Lewis has a new campaign to bring the second volume of his book series, Kismet, Man of Fate.
David would like you to know a bit about the series and consider funding the second volume:
Critically acclaimed, Kismet, Man of Fate - Volume 1 (2018) brought the very first Muslim superhero back into action after decades M.I.A. He returns as an activist, an advocate, and an anti-fascist. But that was only half the story. To finish the story, David has announced a uniquely crowdsourcing campaign. Rather than resorting to Kickstarter or IndieGoGo or GoFundMe, Lewis has arranged an atypical Patreon campaign: rather than supporting him, all pledges are directed to his art team and to accelerating the next volume's progress."This is a challenging time for a lot of people," says Lewis, "and I hate to press them for some big donation. This way, many hands make light work. For the cost each month of one comic book being purchased, they can contribute each month to a comic book being made."
I enjoyed the first book, and signed up to help fund the story's conclusion, and keep the artists employed. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/kismet2/
More to Come remembers John Lewis
This week the More to Come crew—Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons—offer a tribute to the late Rep. John Lewis, go nuts over Ben Passmore's big book deal with Pantheon, recap the 2020 Eisner Awards, explain why Comic-Con@Home was not a bust, and survey Dynamite's ComicsGate debacle and an abrupt change of publisher at IDW. Photo of John Lewis: Jody Culkin.
Fantom Comics newsletter excerpts, 8/5/20
- DUPONT CIRCLE DC DOG DAYS: FREE COMIC BOOK SUMMER COMES AUGUST 8TH AT FANTOM:
The DuPont Circle business district is taking their usual Dog Days event and going VIRTUAL, making it available to anyone across the city (or anywhere)!
Fantom Comics will be continuing our Free Comic Book Summer event on Saturdays from July 18th through September 12th and will release up to six titles weekly. You can either pick up FCBS titles in store or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "Store Exclusives" at the top of the page.
This year has caused a great deal of hardship, so we're suggesting that anyone who'd like to grab some free books to donate to DC non-profits like Bread For The City (breadforthecity.org), Casa Ruby (casaruby.org), So Others Might Eat (https://www.some.org/), or HIPS (https://www.hips.org). You can donate in store at checkout or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "FCBS" at the top of the page, with minimum starting at $5 and no max threshold.
FCBS Books Available This Saturday, August 8th:
Artists, Writers & Artisans- The Resistance
Boom! Studios- Lumberjanes: Farewell To Summer
New England Comics- The Tick
Penguin Workshop- Zoo Patrol Squad: Kingdom Caper
TOKYOPOP- Bibi & Miyu/The Fox & Little Tanuki
Image Comics- Invincible #1
For further details on FCBSummer: https://www.facebook.com/events/306700033813025?active_tab=about
For further details on DC Dog Days: https://www.facebook.com/events/1149069008798021/?active_tab=about
- EVENTS:
TODAY, AUGUST 5TH @ 6PM VIA ZOOM: DRAW AT HOME WITH FANTOM COMICS:
Another chance for some community fun led by Sarahti, continuing to show you fun tricks of the trade, sharing artwork and making new friends during this isolated time!
For sign up and further details: https://bit.ly/AugustDrawAtHome
The DuPont Circle business district is taking their usual Dog Days event and going VIRTUAL, making it available to anyone across the city (or anywhere)!
Fantom Comics will be continuing our Free Comic Book Summer event on Saturdays from July 18th through September 12th and will release up to six titles weekly. You can either pick up FCBS titles in store or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "Store Exclusives" at the top of the page.
This year has caused a great deal of hardship, so we're suggesting that anyone who'd like to grab some free books to donate to DC non-profits like Bread For The City (breadforthecity.org), Casa Ruby (casaruby.org), So Others Might Eat (https://www.some.org/), or HIPS (https://www.hips.org). You can donate in store at checkout or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "FCBS" at the top of the page, with minimum starting at $5 and no max threshold.
FCBS Books Available This Saturday, August 8th:
Artists, Writers & Artisans- The Resistance
Boom! Studios- Lumberjanes: Farewell To Summer
New England Comics- The Tick
Penguin Workshop- Zoo Patrol Squad: Kingdom Caper
TOKYOPOP- Bibi & Miyu/The Fox & Little Tanuki
Image Comics- Invincible #1
For further details on FCBSummer: https://www.facebook.com/events/306700033813025?active_tab=about
For further details on DC Dog Days: https://www.facebook.com/events/1149069008798021/?active_tab=about
- EVENTS:
TODAY, AUGUST 5TH @ 6PM VIA ZOOM: DRAW AT HOME WITH FANTOM COMICS:
Another chance for some community fun led by Sarahti, continuing to show you fun tricks of the trade, sharing artwork and making new friends during this isolated time!
For sign up and further details: https://bit.ly/AugustDrawAtHome
Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Bill Brown's IT journalism in Ukraine (not comics)
President Bill cartoonist Bill Brown is in Ukraine for a while, and he's picked up a writing job - here's his first piece:
How to overcome Ukraine's IT industry brain drain
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-to-overcome-ukraines-it-industry-brain-drain/Warren Bernard returns to Cartoonist Kayfabe
Comic Tabloids, with Warren Bernard, Episode 2: The Underground Weekly's of the '60s and '70s
Jim Rugg and Ed Piskor
•Jul 30, 2020
Monday, August 03, 2020
That darn Doonesbury and Flashbacks
We no longer have to conduct ourselves by George [Flashbacks].
Nicholas Carrera
Purple prose? Ditto. [Doonesbury]
Leon Steinberg
Al Goodwyn's latest cartoon newsletter is out
...and you can see the Aug 3 edition here - http://xp4zn.mjt.lu/nl2/xp4zn/5ri0h.html
Saturday, August 01, 2020
Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum
The Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center | National Air and Space Museum has reopened via tickets, so I stopped by yesterday. It's mostly very large aircraft, but there are a few interesting small things including a ballooning exhibit that includes some early editorial cartooning prints.There is a very nice exhibit case of space-toys including a lot from Buck Rogers (soon converted from a novel to a comic strip) and Flash Gordon (originally a comic strip). Here's my set of photos.
Friday, July 31, 2020
Al Hirschfeld papers, in the Archives of American Art, and online
A Finding Aid to the Al Hirschfeld Papers, 1931-1983, in the Archives of American Art
Jean Fitzgerald
November 2006
https://sova.si.edu//record/AAA.hirsal
https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.hirsal.pdf
These were digitized and can be read online. Thanks to Bruce Guthrie for the tip
NPR talks to Tomine
Adrian Tomine's New Memoir: 'The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Cartoonist'
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Hopefully the last of the Tom King / Jae Lee Twitter kerfuffle
Tom King Issues Full Apology to Jae Lee, Removes Tweets
Adrian Tomine talks to Politics and Prose
Adrian Tomine – The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
Jason Zinoman.
Jul 30, 2020
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Tom King, Robin Ha, Greg Pak, formerly live at Fantom Comics
Catching up with some Fantom Comics videos. I was at two these events, but didn't think to check Facebook for the recordings.
It's Tom King talking about his new DC Comics series Strange Adventures
Julian Lytle
ROBIN HA LIVE Q&A W/ SOUTHERN FRIED ASIANS KEITH CHOW
Fantom Comics February 8, 2020
Greg Pak Q&A Live!
Leah Ly
Fantom Comics February 16, 2020
and previously posted here, are these Zoom pandemic talks -
Leah Ly
Leah Ly
Fantom Comics July 17,, 2020
Fantom Comics newsletter excerpts
- NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY SURPRISE: FCBS FIRE POWER ISSUE & TRADE COMBO:
A Free Comic Book Summer special available today, July 29th! It's Robert Kirkman and Chris Samnee's Fire Power #1 Free Comic Book Day Special Edition - this is the beginning of a brand new series, so grab your free first issue this week! And to celebrate, we are offering the previously released Fire Power Volume 01 trade - Prelude for the special price of $5 - a complete six issue story that lays the groundwork for the ongoing series. Supplies are limited for this $5 offer, so act fast!
You can find both items on fantomcomics.com by searching "Fire Power" at the top or stop by the shop since we're open for Phase 2!
- ANOTHER FREE COMIC BOOK SUMMER SATURDAY COMES JULY 25TH AT FANTOM:
FCBDay was cancelled, but we have FCBSummer to help us get through this strange time! FCBS will take place at Fantom Comics on Saturdays from July 18th through September 12th and will release up to six titles weekly. You can either pick up FCBS titles in store or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "Store Exclusives" at the top of the page.
This year has caused a great deal of hardship, so we're suggesting that anyone who'd like to grab some free books to donate to DC non-profits like this week's partner: Bread For The City (breadforthecity.org). You can donate in store at checkout or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "FCBS" at the top of the page, with minimum starting at $5 and no max threshold.
FCBS Books Available This Saturday, August 1st:
Archie Comics- Archie Blue Ribbon Presents
Dark Horse Comics- Stranger Things/Minecraft
Dynamite Entertainment- The Boys #1
- EVENT RESCHEDULE! MOVED FROM 8/1 TO 8/22:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd @ 4PM VIA FACEBOOK LIVE: BLACK EXCELLENCE BOOK CLUB: FIRE!! THE ZORA NEALE HURSTON STORY WRITTEN & DRAWN BY PETER BAGGE:
Hurston challenged the norms of what was expected of an African American woman in early 20th century society. The fifth of eight kids from a Baptist family in Alabama, Hurston's writing prowess blossomed at Howard University, and then Barnard College, where she was the sole black student. She arrived in NYC at the height of the Harlem Renaissance and quickly found herself surrounded by peers such as Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman.
If you would like to pre-order the book to have in time for the event, please reach out to us via email (fantomhq@fantomcomics.com), phone (202-241-6498) or coming into the store since we're open for Phase 2 and reserve your copy today!
For further details, check out the events page: https://www.facebook.com/events/214589706340688/?active_tab=about
- 2020 EISNER WINNERS HAVE BEEN REVEALED - CONTINUING THE 2020 EISNER NOMINEE SALE:
To view the winners, check out: https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info
Every year, the Eisner Awards nominate material published in the US in 31 categories, representing more than 170 printed and online titles from over 60 publishers! We're continuing the Eisner Nominee sale, so check out www.fantomcomics.com/saleitem for up to 20% off!
- MISSED AN EVENT? WATCH PAST EVENTS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE!
Swing on over to our Facebook page and check out the "LIVE" tab (https://www.facebook.com/FantomComics/live_videos/?ref=page_internal) to view any of the virtual events we've hosted in the last several months like our Draw At Home With Fantom event led by Sarahti and Minh Le's discussion with Leah on his book, Green Lantern: Legacy!
- OPEN FOR PHASE 2:
As of Monday, June 22nd, we are open to the general public and can allow up to 5 customers in the shop at a time as long as everyone WEARS A MASK! Just come through the main entrance, walk up the stairs to the third level, knock on the glass door to let us know you've arrived, and as long as we're not at capacity and you have your MASK ON, we'll let you in so you can browse the shelves and rack!
In Store Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-6pm
A Free Comic Book Summer special available today, July 29th! It's Robert Kirkman and Chris Samnee's Fire Power #1 Free Comic Book Day Special Edition - this is the beginning of a brand new series, so grab your free first issue this week! And to celebrate, we are offering the previously released Fire Power Volume 01 trade - Prelude for the special price of $5 - a complete six issue story that lays the groundwork for the ongoing series. Supplies are limited for this $5 offer, so act fast!
You can find both items on fantomcomics.com by searching "Fire Power" at the top or stop by the shop since we're open for Phase 2!
- ANOTHER FREE COMIC BOOK SUMMER SATURDAY COMES JULY 25TH AT FANTOM:
FCBDay was cancelled, but we have FCBSummer to help us get through this strange time! FCBS will take place at Fantom Comics on Saturdays from July 18th through September 12th and will release up to six titles weekly. You can either pick up FCBS titles in store or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "Store Exclusives" at the top of the page.
This year has caused a great deal of hardship, so we're suggesting that anyone who'd like to grab some free books to donate to DC non-profits like this week's partner: Bread For The City (breadforthecity.org). You can donate in store at checkout or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "FCBS" at the top of the page, with minimum starting at $5 and no max threshold.
FCBS Books Available This Saturday, August 1st:
Archie Comics- Archie Blue Ribbon Presents
Dark Horse Comics- Stranger Things/Minecraft
Dynamite Entertainment- The Boys #1
- EVENT RESCHEDULE! MOVED FROM 8/1 TO 8/22:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd @ 4PM VIA FACEBOOK LIVE: BLACK EXCELLENCE BOOK CLUB: FIRE!! THE ZORA NEALE HURSTON STORY WRITTEN & DRAWN BY PETER BAGGE:
Hurston challenged the norms of what was expected of an African American woman in early 20th century society. The fifth of eight kids from a Baptist family in Alabama, Hurston's writing prowess blossomed at Howard University, and then Barnard College, where she was the sole black student. She arrived in NYC at the height of the Harlem Renaissance and quickly found herself surrounded by peers such as Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman.
If you would like to pre-order the book to have in time for the event, please reach out to us via email (fantomhq@fantomcomics.com), phone (202-241-6498) or coming into the store since we're open for Phase 2 and reserve your copy today!
For further details, check out the events page: https://www.facebook.com/events/214589706340688/?active_tab=about
- 2020 EISNER WINNERS HAVE BEEN REVEALED - CONTINUING THE 2020 EISNER NOMINEE SALE:
To view the winners, check out: https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info
Every year, the Eisner Awards nominate material published in the US in 31 categories, representing more than 170 printed and online titles from over 60 publishers! We're continuing the Eisner Nominee sale, so check out www.fantomcomics.com/saleitem for up to 20% off!
- MISSED AN EVENT? WATCH PAST EVENTS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE!
Swing on over to our Facebook page and check out the "LIVE" tab (https://www.facebook.com/FantomComics/live_videos/?ref=page_internal) to view any of the virtual events we've hosted in the last several months like our Draw At Home With Fantom event led by Sarahti and Minh Le's discussion with Leah on his book, Green Lantern: Legacy!
- OPEN FOR PHASE 2:
As of Monday, June 22nd, we are open to the general public and can allow up to 5 customers in the shop at a time as long as everyone WEARS A MASK! Just come through the main entrance, walk up the stairs to the third level, knock on the glass door to let us know you've arrived, and as long as we're not at capacity and you have your MASK ON, we'll let you in so you can browse the shelves and rack!
In Store Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-6pm
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Back To School"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -
"Back To School"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3042
Capital and the State are trying to whip the working class back to work during a pandemic, but it won't be entirely successful unless they can whip the kids back to school.
Unsurprisingly, Texas and Arizona — two states leading the nation in Covid-19 cases and stupidity — are whole-hog into it.
11x13 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 1.1mb
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http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3042
Capital and the State are trying to whip the working class back to work during a pandemic, but it won't be entirely successful unless they can whip the kids back to school.
Unsurprisingly, Texas and Arizona — two states leading the nation in Covid-19 cases and stupidity — are whole-hog into it.
11x13 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 1.1mb
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