Monday, July 05, 2010
Richard Thompson interview by Tom Spurgeon online now
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Post and Times on Norman Rockwell exhibit
Norman Rockwell exhibit opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, By Blake Gopnik, Washington Post Sunday, July 4, 2010; E01. There are 86 comments now on this one mostly bashing Gopnik.
America, Illustrated, By DEBORAH SOLOMON, New York Times July 4, 2010
Truitt on Batwoman
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 2 2010
Brooke A. Allen at Big Planet Comics Vienna on July 4th
I'm heading out to this in 5 minutes.
...you are cordially invited to the Big Planet Comics 24th Anniversary Sale! Come by on Sunday, July 4th (Saturday, too, in College Park!) and save 20% off your entire purchase at any of our four locations!
We'll also be having Home For Mr. Easter Signing with Brooke A. Allen on Sunday! Come by the Vienna store between 12PM-2PM on July 4th to meet the author of A Home For Mr. Easter and get a signed copy of the book that the Comics Journal called "a delightful debut from an artist who has a fine grasp of storytelling"!
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Washington Times reviews Feiffer autobio
By Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
Washington Times July 2, 2010
It's been out for months, so I'm not quite sure why it took so long, but the Post just got to Clowes' Wilson a couple of days ago too...
Friday, July 02, 2010
Beyond Comics July 4th - 5th Sale!
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Weldon on digital comics
by Glen Weldon
National Public Radio’s Monkey See blog (July 1, 2010)
Big Planet 4th of July Sale and "Home For Mr. Easter" Book Signing!
...you are cordially invited to the Big Planet Comics 24th Anniversary Sale! Come by on Sunday, July 4th (Saturday, too, in College Park!) and save 20% off your entire purchase at any of our four locations!
We'll also be having Home For Mr. Easter Signing with Brooke A. Allen on Sunday! Come by the Vienna store between 12PM-2PM on July 4th to meet the author of A Home For Mr. Easter and get a signed copy of the book that the Comics Journal called "a delightful debut from an artist who has a fine grasp of storytelling"!
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Morgan Bramlet's graphic novel plans
More with author Morgan Bramlet
Avis Thomas-Lester
Washington Post's On Success Rapid Reinvention blog June 30, 2010
and the preceeding day's interview had more details on who he is.
Givhan on Wonder Woman's new fashion
By Robin Givhan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 1, 2010; C02
The Post's fashion critic weighs in on DC's latest PR stunt.
Post on The Last Airbender and an interview with the director
Talking with director M. Night Shyamalan about 'Last Airbender,' race and more
By Jen Chaney
Washington Post's Celibritology 2.0 blog July 1, 2010
and here's the paper's review -
It's easy to drift away from 'Last Airbender'
By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post July 1, 2010: C10
Olivia Walch's paper worries about conflict of interest
On conflict of interest
By Mike Crump
College of William and Mary's Flat Hat June 30, 2010
-which seems kind of silly to me since she's become a story in herself.
Dirda on Clowes
By Michael Dirda
Washington Post July 1, 2010; C03
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Bruce Guthrie on the Norman Rockwell exhibit @ American Art
I did a staff tour of the Norman Rockwell exhibit that opens on Friday (I think). There's a decent video for it, a good variety of preliminary work and final oils, helpful signage, etc. No photography is allowed in the exhibit of course.
There's a study cart available some times where you'll be able to pose people with props in front of a Saturday Evening Post backdrop. That takes a while to set up -- they want to teach you about posing "in the Rockwell way" -- but people did some creative group shots.
The exhibit including film takes about 45 minutes to go through. They have crowd control for lines -- you have to queue through the courtyard and they're expecting lots of visitors. They're also planning for lines outside the building before the museum opens in the morning.
There's a big opening with Lucas and Spielberg Thursday night for donors at the $5k level. I wasn't eligible for that, but it would have been fun. For that event only, they're building four sets in the courtyard -- a little school house, a diner, a barber shop, and ... something else -- to recreate Rockwell's Americana.
The exhibit's there for about 6 months. See it!
Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Donna Lewis
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
SPX new animation showcase podcast interview
Posted by Sohaib Awan, Jun 14, 2010 12:51 PM
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2. Paul Nadjmabadi, Committee Co-Chair for the SPX Animation Showcase at the 2010 Small Press Expo (www.spxpo.com)
Thanks to Matt Dembicki for the tip