Friday, May 07, 2021

Weldon reviews 'Jupiter's Legacy'

'Jupiter's Legacy' Decodes The Superhero Genre Without Subverting It

Pop Culture Happy Hour May 7, 2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/07/993801866/jupiters-legacy-decodes-the-superhero-genre-without-subverting-it

L to R: Walter/Brainwave (Ben Daniels) and Sheldon/The Utopian (Josh Duhamel) agree to table their discussion in Netflix's Jupiter's Legacy.

Marni Grossman/Netflix
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PR: Announcing Virtual SPX 2021


For Immediate Release

Contact: Warren Bernard


Bethesda, Maryland – May 7, 2021

Dear SPXers,

First, a sincere thank you from all of us. So many of you reached out to us over the last few weeks with words of encouragement and well-wishes as we attempted to navigate the treacherous waters surrounding the fate of an in-person SPX 2021. Many of you did even more than that. You offered to come to our aid, to help us organize, to raise funds, to kick ass (ok, maybe that part was implied) -- whatever would be necessary to keep the show alive. We are so grateful for your support. And today...we have news.

Today we can officially announce that SPX 2021 will be held virtually. Although we would have loved to gather talented creators, fantastic comics, and enthusiastic fans under one roof, we've decided that a virtual show is the best choice for the health and safety of our community. SPX 2021 will feature a full slate of programming along with a livestream of the Ignatz Awards ceremony. We will also be announcing special guests who will take part in the virtual panels and workshops. Stay tuned this summer for all the details.

Along with this announcement, we are relieved to share that we have come to manageable terms with the Marriott, regarding the cancellation penalty for our in-person event. Under the terms of the agreement, we will incur higher costs for our shows in 2022 and 2023, in lieu of what would have been a catastrophic cancellation penalty.

To address these additional expenses, SPX will pause funding for our charitable initiatives until 2024, at the earliest. It is painful to temporarily suspend our Graphic Novel Gift Program and our creator support of the National Book Festival but we are grateful to have come to an arrangement that gives us confidence SPX will continue for many years to come.

We appreciate the patience and understanding of the SPX community in waiting for this decision, and look forward to bringing SPX 2021 to your laptop or mobile phone, wherever you may be!!

Thanks SO Much,
The SPX Executive Committee
Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.

The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. The SPX Collection at the United States Library of Congress is dedicated to preserving the works of the SPX community for future generations.
Small Press Expo
P.O. Box 5704
Bethesda, Maryland
20824
STAY CONNECTED
Small Press Expo | P.O. Box 5704, Bethesda, MD 20824


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PR: Watch The SpongeBob Musical — Streaming This Weekend!

Watch The SpongeBob Musical — Streaming This Weekend!

Gonzaga College High School is thrilled to present the Tony award-winning Spongebob Musical online this weekend!

Three performances will stream "live" on Friday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 9 at 2:30 p.m. This show is an ocean of fun for the whole family! Watch the preview trailer and purchase tickets at the link above.

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NPR talks to Bechdel

Alison Bechdel Discusses A Lifelong Affair With Exercise In New Memoir

Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Weekend Edition Sunday May 2, 2021 

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/02/992846159/alison-bechdel-discusses-a-lifelong-affair-with-exercise-in-new-memoir

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Lehoczky talks to Barry Windsor-Smith

Comics Hero Barry Windsor-Smith Is Back, And He's Brought Something Monstrous

May 2, 2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/02/992500125/comics-hero-barry-windsor-smith-is-back-and-hes-brought-something-monstrous
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Cavna talks to Bechdel

Alison Bechdel thought she was writing a book about exercise. It became a metaphysical adventure.

Michael Cavna
Washington Post May 7, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/05/07/alison-bechdel-secret-superhuman-strength/
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Thursday, May 06, 2021

Betancourt on Invincible, Falcon and Star Wars

'The Bad Batch' proves Star Wars animation still has a story to tell

David Betancourt
Washington Post May 6, 2021 , P. C2
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/05/04/bad-batch-clone-wars-disney-plus/

'Walking Dead' creator Robert Kirkman explains his new show 'Invincible,' and the importance of Asian superheroes

David Betancourt
May 1, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/05/01/invincible-robert-kirkman-walking-dead/

Superhero veteran Carl Lumbly returns for a crucial role in 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier' [in print as Marvel actor is no stranger to super roles].



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Jim Lee and Asian American Superheroes

Jim Lee and Asian American Superheroes 

Gene Luen Yang, Jim Lee, Bernard Chang, Sarah Kuhn , and Minh Lê 

The Library of Congress  Behind the Book.

May 6 2021
https://www.facebook.com/libraryofcongress/videos/764817974235459

For Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, an event that celebrates the life work of DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee. He will appear in conversation with illustrator Bernard Chang ("Generations Forged") and writers Sarah Kuhn ("Shadow of the Batgirl") and Minh Lê ("Green Lantern: Legacy"). Moderated by former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Gene Luen Yang ("Superman Smashes the Klan").
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Peanuts play in Falls Church high school

F.C. High Students Show Ingenuity in 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'

By Mark Dreisonstok
Falls Church News-Press May 6, 2021 p. 3, 18.
online at https://www.fcnp.com/2021/05/06/f-c-high-students-show-ingenuity-in-youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown/
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Doonesbury's Trudeau: Trump was a 'full-blown comic strip character'

The Beat with Ari

Doonesbury's Trudeau: Trump was a 'full-blown comic strip character'

Doonesbury's Garry Trudeau joins MSNBC's Ari Melber to talk about satirizing Trump and politics in the Biden era.

May 5, 2021

https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/doonesbury-s-trudeau-trump-was-a-full-blown-comic-strip-character-111412805968

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Ann Telnaes andSergio Peçanha on cicadas

Opinion: After 17 years, cicadas catch up with the news

Ann Telnaes and Sergio Peçanha

May 6, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2021/cicadas-catch-up-with-the-news/

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Wednesday, May 05, 2021

May 6: Jim Lee, Gene Yang and other cartoonists online at Library of Congress

Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month with Jim Lee and Asian American Superheroes on May 6 

by Deziree Arnaiz

Library of Congress' From the Catbird Seat blog May 5, 2021

https://blogs.loc.gov/catbird/2021/05/celebrating-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month-with-jim-lee-and-asian-american-superheroes-on-may-6/


During the video premiere on Facebook, panelists Bernard Chang, Sarah Kuhn, Minh Lê and Gene Luen Yang will be available in the chat to greet attendees and answer questions.

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Library of Congress acquires Tomine print based on photo of his grandmother

"Her Name is Shizuko"—A Mother's Influence [Adrian Tomine].

by Karen "Kara" Chittenden
Library of Congress' Picture This blog May 5, 2021 
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2021/05/her-name-is-shizuko-a-mothers-influence/
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Tuesday, May 04, 2021

May 17 BookPage Live with Alison Bechdel

MAY 17, 2021 AT 12 PM EDT

BookPage Live with Alison Bechdel

Facebook Live

Details

Event by BookPage
Online with Facebook Live
Monday, May 17, 2021 at 12 PM EDT
Price: Free
Public  · Anyone on or off Facebook
BookPage associate editor Christy Lynch chats with Alison Bechdel about her deep and deeply funny new graphic memoir, The Secret to Superhuman Strength (HMH). Read more about the book here: http://bkpg.it/6OQ
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Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Deadly Class creators about music

'Deadly Class': The Creators Drop Their "Save Your Generation" Mixtape

Apr 27, 2021

Playlist by Wes Craig and Rick Remender

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/251371-Deadly-Class-The-Creators-Drop-Their-Save-Your-Generation-Mixtape

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Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews webcomic creators of new Hostess ads

The Art of Comic Book Ads with Andrew Gutierrez and Jon J. Murakami

Apr 26, 2021

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/251325-The-Art-of-Comic-Book-Ads-with-Andrew-Gutierrez-and-Jon-J-Murakami

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Friday, April 30, 2021

PW's Calvin Reid recommends Bill Campbell and Bizhan Khodabandeh’s ‘The Day the Klan Came to Town’


More To Come 466: Stargazing Staff Picks and Summer Reads [ Keilor Robert's 'My Begging Chart,' and Bill Campbell and Bizhan Khodabandeh's 'The Day the Klan Came to Town']

Calvin Reid and Meg Lemke 
04/30/2021

This week on More to Come, a Stargazing special as Calvin talks with PW graphic novels reviews editor Meg Lemke about their personal Staff Picks: Keilor Robert's irresistibly droll collection of autobiographical vignettes 'My Begging Chart,' and Bill Campbell and Bizhan Khodabandeh's 'The Day the Klan Came to Town', a fictionalized version of a real event in 1923 that pitted a town of immigrants against white supremacists. Plus graphic novel recommendations on PW's Summer Reads listing.
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Weldon reviews new Netflix / Sony cartoon movie

In 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines,' A Dysfunctional Family Gets A Hard Reboot

Pop Culture Happy Hour April 30, 2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/991293250/in-the-mitchells-vs-the-machines-a-dysfunctional-family-gets-a-hard-reboot
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Thursday, April 29, 2021

Goodwyn Cartoons 4/27/21 newsletter

EDITORIAL CARTOONS

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Cavna talks to Hanuka about NY'r covers

Students created faux New Yorker covers about the pandemic — and they were so good they went viral

April 29, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/04/29/student-new-yorker-cover-class-art-pandemic/
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Randall Munroe answers a science question from DC

Where Does a Candle Go When It Burns?

Just saying, maybe go easy with the candelabras.

By Randall Munroe

A version of this article appears in print on April 27, 2021, Section D, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: What Goes Up in Smoke in a Candle's Glow?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/science/randall-munroe-candle-xkcd.html

Where does a candle go when it burns, anyway? Is it healthy to be breathing in melted candle particles? How concerned should I be?

— Abigail B., Washington, D.C.

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Library of Congress buys Loco Foco Witches print (or two)

An Acquisition Adventure: "Loco Foco Witches Laying a Spell Over the Country"

Library of Congress' Picture This blog April 29, 2021 by  Sara W. Duke,
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2021/04/an-acquisition-adventure-loco-foco-witches-laying-a-spell-over-the-country/

"Exceptionally rare and believed to be previously unknown," in the seller's letter intrigued me. On offer, an 1836 anti-Martin Van Buren woodcut print, depicting Van Buren as a witch and riding the coattails of President Andrew Jackson. As a curator who acquires cartoon art for the Library, when offered a work of art that no other institution in America has recorded, I am concerned about authenticity, and set to research the contents and background of the print. The cartoon, entitled "Loco Foco witches laying a spell over the country" depicts five witches in black dresses flying on a single broom over a farm; their faces are masculine. The first witch, President Andrew Jackson, smokes a pipe from which the smoke spells the word "Veto." The last witch on the broom is incumbent vice president Martin Van Buren, called The Red Fox of Kinderhook, and he sports a bushy foxtail.

continued on their blog
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

April 30: comics as the new form of protest art... Discussion

The Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop,
Rice University, Houston, and Printed Matter, NYC,

invite you to join 

SUE COE | CHRISTOPHER SPERANDIO|
RYAN STANDFEST | STAN WANY

for a discussion about comics as the new form of protest art...

and the artist as publishing auteur


FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1 PM EST



For more information, please reply to Anne Edgar, anne@anneedgar.com

FREE and ONLINE, AT:
 





About the Panelists
 
The artist Sue Coe has found a way to serve a broad audience through printmaking, disseminating her messages through affordably-priced prints accessible to people of all financial means. Numerous books and visual essays published over the years have served a similar purpose, includingCruel, a critical look at the animal industry, built upon her groundbreaking Dead Meat (1996), and The Animals' Vegan Manifesto, published in 2016, featuring 100 original woodcuts and linocuts. American Fascism Now, published in October 2020 by Rotland Press, presents 16 linocut prints with text by the art historian Stephen F. Eisenman.  Coe's work has been recognized by a number of major awards and her 2018 solo exhibition at MoMA PS1, "Sue Coe: Graphic Resistance," received rave reviews. Since 2016, the artist has focused on documenting the misdeeds of the Trump administration.

Next month, the artist Christopher Sperandio releases his latest graphic novel, GREENIE JOSEPHENIE (Argle Bargle, Ottawa, Canada) about a super heroine who wages war against global conglomerates. He has long addressed issues of labor and class inequality and is an obsessive on comic history and production, having made his first comic strip-inspired font more than 25 years ago and produced/co-produced more than 20 comic books. Sperandio is the founder of CATS, the Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop at Rice University, where he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art.  
 
Ryan Standfest is an artist, arts writer, and the editor-in-chief and publisher of Rotland Press, which presents satirical publications of a culturally relevant nature, including the recently released THE PLAGUE REVIEW, a digest of pandemic dispatches, humor and musing. His publications and prints are in numerous major collections, and his work has been exhibited widely, both in the United States and abroad. Standfest has penned criticism and essays for the Detroit arts and culture journal Infinite Mile, Detroit Art Review, and Essay'd. He contributed a chapter on André Breton and l'humour noir to the book Radical Dreams: Surrealism, Counterculture, Resistance, edited by Elliott H. King and Abigail Susik, forthcoming from Penn State University Press in 2021. Websites: ryanstandfest.com (studio) and rotlandpress.com (publishing).

Stanley Wany is a multidisciplinary artist whose main focus is creating graphic novels. His practice also includes experimentation in painting and ink. He holds a degree in arts and design from the Université du Québec en Outaouais where he also founded Trip magazine. In 2016, his first graphic novel, Agalma, was nominated for a Doug Wright Award (Toronto Comics and Arts Festival) for best alternative comic, and for a Prix Expozine (Expozine, independent editors' festival in Montreal). Past trips include the Helsinki Comics Festival (Finland), the Festival de bande dessinée d'Angoulême (France), the Festival de bande dessinée de Colomiers (France), and Amadora BD: International Comics Festival (Portugal). He was an artist in residence at the Arteles Creative Centre in May 2018 and in the latter part the same year, he was awarded a creation grant from the Canada Council for the Arts for the production of his next graphic novel.
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The Astounding Space Thrills Kickstarter launches!

A quick update to let you know that the The Astounding Space Thrills Kickstarter just launched! I'm so excited for this story to finally be collected after 23 years!

Astounding Space Thrills was my first webcomic series and it launched in 1998. 

Here's the link to learn more (including a video introduction)...

http://astoundingspacethrills.com/kickstarter

Here's a look at the new cover art...
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Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker Exhibition book talk (online) and exhibit in Singapore



Comics and Covid

Sat May 1, 2021
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM SGT

Description
A year after Singapore's circuit breaker, author of Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker, Joseph Chiang joins book editor, CT Lim in reminiscing the quirky, and sometimes, downright perplexing days of the lockdown. In this special book launch event with Mulan Gallery, learn how comics play a role in recording the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Date: Saturday, 1st May 2021
Time: 11.30AM-12.30PM SGT
Location: Zoom and FB Live

*For those who want to participate in the Zoom session, please fill up the attached form. Invitation to the Zoom session will be sent via email.


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ABOUT THE BOOK
Funny and stark, this comic strip memoir relives the surreal days of Singapore's circuit breaker days from April to June 2020. Cartoonist Joseph Chiang records the strangeness and the mundanity of daily life during the circuit breaker such as the toilet paper shortage, mask-wearing woes and forced family time. Chiang's slice-of-life stories provide humour during unprecedented times and document local events and idiosyncrasies that stemmed from this new-normal era.

Get the book here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joseph Chiang is a visual artist and printmaker. He is the founder of Monster Gallery, a creative print studio; and the Young Printmakers League, a mentorship programme supported by Noise Singapore. He was commissioned by the National Arts Council to organise the Contemporary Printmaking Festival as part of Singapore Art Week 2017. He has exhibited in Singapore and internationally, and was invited to show his work at the 10th World Triennale of Original Prints and Engravings in Chamalieres, France in 2017.

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Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker Exhibition
Exhibition Day: 1 - 15 May 2021
Event Address: 36 Armenian Street, #01-07 s(179932)
Contact us at (65) 6738 0810 or enquiry@mulangallery.com.sg
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "God Damn You All To Hell"



From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock -

"God Damn You All To Hell"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3200

Saturday Night Live died with John Belushi. That's it. That's the blog post.

https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus/status/1386032490062569472



Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
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May 4: Book Talk: In the Jaws of the Crocodile

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