Gazette on Peanuts play, Truitt on The Waking comic

'Charlie Brown' provides pure fun at Olney
by Larry Bangs, THEATER REVIEW
Gazette.net February 29 2012
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120229/ENTERTAINMENT/702299991/1151/1151/-charlie-brown-provides-pure-fun-at-olney&template=gazette

Zenescope's 'Waking' rises for another horrific chapter
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 29 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-29/The-Waking-horror-comic-book-series/53303860/1

Toles muscles in on Galifianakis' gig

Dear advice cartoonist, By Tom Toles

Another Carla Speed McNeil comic

'Smut Peddler' Editor Spike Trotman Talks the Joy of Female-Created Sex Comics
Feb 28th 2012 By: Lauren Davis
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/28/smut-peddler-comics-porn/

The porno comics anthology Smut Peddler started life as a series of minicomics put together by Carla Speed McNeil, Trisha L. Sebastian, Johanna Draper Carlson and Sean Bieri...

Lost Art Books / Picture This Press publisher profiled

 

Smith, Deborah McCarty.  2011.                     

Superhero of lost art – Joseph Procopio '92; The superhero comics that captivated young Joe Procopio cast a web from which he never escaped [Lost Art Books publisher].

University of Dayton Magazine (Summer): 47.

Online at http://udquickly.udayton.edu/wp-content/files/udmagazine/UDM_2011Summer_WEB.pdf

 

Washingtonian reviews Peanuts play

Theater Review: "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" at Olney Theatre

"Peanuts" characters get a charming rendition in this good-natured musical.

By Missy Frederick

Washingtonian's After Hours blog February 28 2012

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/23020.html

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"Astro Boy and the God of Comics" review

Boy robot soars at Studio Theatre
 Barbara Mackay
Washington Examiner February 29 2012, p. 27
http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/boy-robot-soars-studio/321351

 Not to worry if you don't know much about Japanese cartoon artist Osamu Tezuka, better known as "The God of Comics" by his adoring fans. Studio Theatre can explain everything you need to know in 70 minutes in its taut, whimsical "Astro Boy and the God of Comics." ...

Post on Berenstain death, Peanuts play

Jan Berenstain, co-creator of the Berenstain Bears children's books, dies at 88
By Emily Langer, Washington Post February 28 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jan-berenstain-co-creator-of-the-berenstain-bears-childrens-books-dies-at-88/2012/02/27/gIQAvHQmeR_story.html

 

Review: Olney Theatre Center's 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'
By Nelson Pressley, Washington Post February 28 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/review-olney-theatre-centers-youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown/2012/02/27/gIQAdeGbeR_story.html

 

Richard Thompson beaten, Reuben stolen... in Pearls before Swine

Richard Thompson beaten, Reuben stolen... in today's Pearls before Swine.

 

In reality, Richard's ferocious attack cats take care of any unauthorized visitors.

Truitt on Justice League

Apokolips now: Heroes battle Darkseid in 'Justice League'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 27 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-27/Justice-League-comic-book-series/53271422/1

Catching up with Flugennock: Latest'n'Greatest: "Who's More Progressive?"

I'm afraid in the press of the winger, I've let a few of Michael Flugennock's hard-hitting cartoons slip past the blog, but here's his latest.  Click through to read his blog commentary which is obviously as pointed as the cartoon.

http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1060
Who's More Progressive?
________________________________________________________________
Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

Truitt on 'Mind the Gap,' 'F-OO Fighters,' Clone Wars and Aquabats

The Aquabats invade children's television with 'Super Show!'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY  February 24 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-24/The-Aquabats-childrens-TV-show/53234222/1

Darth Maul makes a 'Star Wars' comeback in 'Clone Wars'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 23 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-23/Darth-Maul-debuts-in-Star-Wars-Clone-Wars/53221760/1

'F-OO Fighters' series stars Axis, Allies and aliens
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY  February 22 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-22/F-OO-Fighters-digital-comic-book-series/53209280/1

With 'Mind the Gap,' McCann crafts a supernatural whodunit
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY February 22 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-22/Mind-the-Gap-comic-book-series/53206108/1

Mark Long at Big Planet Comics

After battling traffic last Friday, I was able to get out to Big Planet Comics to meet Mark Long, the writer behind The Silence of Our Friends. The book is based on his father's experience with civil rights in Houston, Texas, as a tv reporter covering the topic. It's my favorite book of the year so far and I recommend it.

April 18: Comics presentation at the Spy Museum

Graphic Intelligence: Comics, The KKK, and Covert Ops

Briefing

Comic books often reflect the time in which they are created. Since the Cold War, spies have been hot, and the world of comics has had a great assortment of espionage volumes. National security lawyer and comic collector/dealer Mark S. Zaid has assembled a rich array of comics that address spies and espionage. He'll showcase some of the coolest and rarest volumes in his collection while he describes how spy comics mirrored the intelligence issues of the time period in which they were published—some purporting to reveal true spy cases. He'll also share tales of how comics may have been used as intelligence tools and to push social agendas involving war, race, and sex. Then there is the story of the famous superhero who teamed up with actual spies to strike a blow for justice and equality in the United States. Award-winning author Rick Bowers shares the story behind his new book Superman vs. the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate. Bowers reveals how the producers of The Adventures of Superman radio show took on the resurgent Ku Klux Klan in 1946, teaming up with infiltrators within the secret society to produce a ground-breaking, 16-part radio drama in which the Man of Steel conquered the hooded hate mongers.

Rendezvous Info

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
6:30pm to 8:30pm

Additional

Call 202.654.0932 to register.

Tickets

$15

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Finder reviewed in Unshelved comic strip

Every Friday the Unshelved webcomic reviews a new book - today it's Carla Speed McNeil's Finder in a review by Faith Erin Hicks.

OT: World War II military cartoon book

I was checking out the Great Lakes Naval Museum for work today, and ran across this piece which I've never heard of before. The scans are tiny, but you can get a feel for it.

Ritter and Gadbois.  1944.
WAVES in Boots: The Story of WAVE Recruit Training.
New York: Victoria Publishing Company
Scans online at http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/greatlakes/wavesinboots/index.html

Feb 24 at 6 pm - Comic signing at Big Planet Comics in Vienna

I'm leaving for this now - The Silence of Our Friends is my favorite graphic novel of 2012 so far.

February 24 - Mark Long Signing

Mark Long, founder of the video game company Zombie Studios, will be at our Vienna store February 24, from 6:00 to 7:30. His new book is The Silence of Our Friends, a really powerful book about the civil rights movement in Texas in the 1960s and two families, one black and one white, who become friends and get caught up in the middle of everything. Mark Long based the story on the true events that took place when he was a kid, and one of the main characters is based on his father, a TV journalist in Houston.

6-730 pm
Big Planet Comics of Vienna
426 Maple Ave. East
Vienna, VA 22180
703-242-9412
vienna@bigplanetcomics.com

Feb 25: Animated Short Film Nominees at National Archives

Animated Short Film Nominees

National Archives, 9th and Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Saturday, February 25, 3:30 p.m.

FREE

Dimanche/Sunday
Patrick Doyon
9 minutes; unrated)

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
(15 minutes; unrated)

La Luna
Enrico Casarosa
(7 minutes; rated G)

A Morning Stroll
Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
(7 minutes; unrated)

Wild Life
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
(14 minutes; unrated)

Total Running Time: 52 minutes.

GWU students create comic books to help teens

A Serious Use for Comic Books: GW students help create resources for local nonprofit that aids abused teenagers.
By Magdalena Stuehrmann, Class of 2015
GWU Today Feb. 23, 2012
http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/learningresearch/aserioususeforcomicbooks

Post blog interview on Silence of our Friends book

Giving a voice to "The Silence of our Friends"
By Erin Williams
Washington Post's RootDC blog February 22 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/giving-a-voice-to-the-silence-of-our-friends/2012/02/21/gIQAOX9RTR_blog.html