Monday, October 18, 2010
Columbian caricaturist exhibit opens downtown tomorrow
The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), the Art Museum of the Americas and the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the Organization of American States (OAS), cordially invite you to the inauguration of an exhibition of caricatures by five Colombian artists:
"Mujeres en su Tinta"
Opening Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 3 p.m.
OAS Main Building - Marcus Garvey Hall
17th Street and Constitution Ave, NW
On view until Friday, October 29th
Smithsonian magazine on Superman
Comic book fans and city activists hope that people think of the Ohio city, and not Krypton, as the home of the Man of Steel
By Anne Trubek
Smithsonian.com, August 19, 2010
Smithsonian magazine interviews Jules Feiffer
Weldon on Jaffee
by Glen Weldon
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog (October 14, 2010)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/10/13/130536664/the-writer-side-of-mad-magazine-s-al-jaffee
Brodner cartoon of Obama as Superman
cartoon of Obama as Superman for this article -
In this recovery, Washington has less power over the economy than you think
By Allan Sloan, Tory Newmyer and Doris Burke/ Fortune
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Nick Galifianakis' new blog and book announcement
Nick's book and website can be found at:
www.NickandZuzu.com
and his official blog can be found at:
www.nickandzuzu.blogspot.com/
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Peanuts surprise in Post
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Curls Studio at Crafty Bastard fair pics online
Cartoon characters are imaginary, even in porn. Really, they are.
Beyond a trademark violation, I still don't see how this can actually be illegal.
Former teacher pleads guilty to downloading 'Simpsons' porn
By KBOI Web Staff
Oct 13, 2010
BOISE, Idaho - A former middle school teacher in Meridian has pleaded guilty to
possession of visual representations of child sex abuse.
The U.S. Attorney's office said [he] had downloaded more than 70 animated cartoon pornographic images on his computer. Many of them depicted child characters from The Simpsons.
These are imaginary characters. They're not real. They're never going to be real or be hurt or ever feel anything.
How can this be a crime, with in this case, "a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000"? And the federal government is spending tax dollars prosecuting this? There's no other crime in Idaho to worry more about?
For the record, this type of comic art doesn't interest me at all. I also don't care about furries (but if you do, more power to you). I do care about free speech and justice though, and this is wrong.
I'm a member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and I urge all my readers to join as well.
Japanese anime music band played in DC last night
Boom goes the dynamite
By May Wildman
University of Maryland Diamondback October 12, 2010
So Richard and Mike go to Columbus...
The first event is the Columbus Marathon, which is taking place from 7:30 am until 3:00 pm. The route includes the portion of High Street between the Hyatt and OSU's campus. Here is a link to the map showing the route: http://www.columbusmarathon.com/race-information/course-map.
The second event is a recently-scheduled Moving America Forward rally on the OSU Oval featuring President Barack Obama. Doors open at 5:15 pm, but people may begin arriving even earlier. It is possible that the President's visit will cause some flight and traffic delays.
...I thought we were leaving these problems in DC!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Post ombudsman follows up on censoring Non Sequitur
By Andy Alexander
Washington Post's Omblog October 12, 2010
Monkey See blog on Simpsons
'The Simpsons' Tries To Get Its Edge Back With A (Kind Of) Daring Opening
by Linda Holmes
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog October 12, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
CBS Overtime rerunning 1999 Charles Schulz interview
Charlie Brown Turns 60: A look back at "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz
Comic Riffs on Joe Simon
'Superheroes': Turning 97 today, JOE SIMON reflects on his legacy with JACK KIRBY (*As do STAN LEE and NEIL GAIMAN)
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 11, 2010
Hoxwinder Hall from Post contest launches as webcomic
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 10, 2010
Politics and Prose's Carla F. Cohen 1936-2010
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Carla F. Cohen With deep sorrow, I am writing to inform our friends and neighbors that my beloved store co-owner Carla Cohen died this morning. For all of us here at Politics & Prose, it is difficult to believe that someone larger than life is gone, and I will deeply miss my friend and partner. In lieu of flowers, her family has requested that contributions may be made to Jews United for Justice, the Washington Literacy Council or Community Hospice. A funeral will be held at Tifereth Israel, 7701 16th Street, N.W. Please read the obituary from the Washington Post here.
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Oct 30: Frank Cho Appearing at Big Planet College Park
Frank Cho will be appearing at Big Planet Comics in College Park on October 30th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Frank will have some updates about some new Liberty Meadows projects he is working on. So stop by and check it out. Also new comics will be on time this week, no delay for Columbus Day. And this week looks like a really good week for superhero comics. Finally, Big Planet College Park has a new sale table, we just set up, with T-shirts and hard cover books at 50% off. Peter Casazza Big Planet Comics College Park 7315 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 301.699.0498 |
Comics scholarship issue of the French web journal Transatlantica online now
Transatlantica 1 | 2010
American Shakespeare / Comic Books
There's an article I wrote a couple of years ago on the state of comics bibliography, but there's other good stuff in this French journal's look at American culture.