For Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs, the harrowing 'Snowpiercer' revival is more timely than ever [in print as What better time for an apocalyptic revival]
Washington Post May 17, 2020 : E12
Saturday, May 16, 2020
The Post on Snowpiercer
For Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs, the harrowing 'Snowpiercer' revival is more timely than ever [in print as What better time for an apocalyptic revival]
Disney's Frozen melts off Broadway
Citing the pandemic, Disney puts Broadway's 'Frozen' permanently on ice [in print as Broadway's 'Frozen' gets put on ice permanently]
Washington Post May 15, 2020, p. C1, 3
Friday, May 15, 2020
TN paper issues an apology over a Clay Jones cartoon
The cartoon showed Pres. Obama jogging, while Trump pointed him out from a golf cart saying his crime was obvious (ie jogging while black). Here's the story -
To our readers
Blount County Daily Times May 15 2020
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Rosarium's e-books are half-price
The Rosarium Publishing
May 2020 Newsletter
It would be impossible to not acknowledge that the world is completely altered right now. Stay safe, everyone.
50% of all Rosarium Ebooks sale on our store! Use code ROSYFUTURES
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Tough Decisions at Tesla"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -
"Tough Decisions At Tesla"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2993
So... after a week or two of stomping his little feet and threatening to hold his breath until he turned blue, spoiled rotten rich punk Elon Musk re-opened his Tesla plant in California in defiance of that state's "stay-at-home" order, because he couldn't stand to lose a penny of profit on his overpriced electric hot rods.
Subsequently, this past Tuesday, Sputnik International published this report on the situation headlined "Tesla Workers Faced With Tough Decisions as Elon Musk Re-Opens California Factory"...
"Tesla Workers Faced With Tough Decisions as Elon Musk Re-Opens California Factory", Sputnik International 05.12.2020
https://sputniknews.com/us/202005121079285941-tesla-workers-faced-with-tough-decisions-as-elon-musk-re-opens-california-factory/
"Tough Decisions At Tesla"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2993
So... after a week or two of stomping his little feet and threatening to hold his breath until he turned blue, spoiled rotten rich punk Elon Musk re-opened his Tesla plant in California in defiance of that state's "stay-at-home" order, because he couldn't stand to lose a penny of profit on his overpriced electric hot rods.
Subsequently, this past Tuesday, Sputnik International published this report on the situation headlined "Tesla Workers Faced With Tough Decisions as Elon Musk Re-Opens California Factory"...
"Tesla Workers Faced With Tough Decisions as Elon Musk Re-Opens California Factory", Sputnik International 05.12.2020
https://sputniknews.com/us/202005121079285941-tesla-workers-faced-with-tough-decisions-as-elon-musk-re-opens-california-factory/
May 15: Draw a Cartoon You with Leslie Stein and The Believer
Draw a Cartoon You with Leslie Stein and The Believer
Learn to draw a cartoon portrait with cartoonist Leslie Stein and The Believer
"Graphix Panel: Tom Angleberger, Breena Bard, and Maria Scrivan" from Politics and Prose
"Graphix Panel: Tom Angleberger, Breena Bard, and Maria Scrivan"
Carolyn
Politics and Prose Live! May 14 2020
Join us for an afternoon with three graphic novelists as they discuss their delightful new releases. Each artist will share their art onscreen or do a live drawing demonstration. In the first graphic novel starring the world-famous mystery-solving mouse, Geronimo Stilton tries to uncover the source of a terrible smell pervading New Mouse City. Self-doubt is a major theme in Nat Enough, which follows a middle schooler who constantly compares herself to others. Difficult decisions abound in Trespassers, as a 13-year-old and her new friend break into an abandoned lake house to investigate the disappearance of the wealthy couple who lived there. Ages 8-13.
Click here to join the Live! event.
Politics and Prose Live! Washington DC 20008
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Malaka Gharib at The Believer - twice
April 1st, 2020 | Issue one hundred thirty
The Miracle
https://believermag.com/the-miracle/
Quaranzine: A Workshop with Malaka Gharib
On April 10, 2020, The Believer hosted a digital workshop lead by comics artist Malaka Gharib. You can pick up a copy of Malaka's book I Was Their American Dream from our friends at Bookshop, where proceeds will help benefit The Believer and independent bookstores.
Follow the instructions in the video below to create a zine about your time in quarantine. Share the result using the hashtag #quaranzine and tag @believermag.
May 26: Corcoran Virtual Talkback with Animator Radford Sechrist
Corcoran Virtual Talkback with Animator Radford Sechrist
On Tuesday, May 26th, at 7 pm ET, you are invited to a special virtual talkback with animator Radford Sechrist, creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Netflix original series, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts. Radford is a well known professional animator who has worked on classic feature films including Megamind, Kung Fu Panda 2, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and Boss Baby. He also teaches his craft at the California Institute of the Arts, Academy of Art University, Concept Design Academy, and the Los Angels Academy of Figurative Art. This will be a video chat on May 26 from 7 - 8 pm ET (4 - 5 pm PT). RSVP here. Open to all GW students, alumni, and artists in the DC community.
(The times on the poster below are PT!)
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Student journalist Alexandra Bowman wins SPJ award
Alexandra Bowman of Georgetown University is the National Winner in Editorial Cartooning in the United States by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) in the annual Mark of Excellence Awards.
PR: Fantom Comics partnering with Tiki Taco for "Curbside Pickup"
Fantom Comics and Tiki Taco DC are teaming up to serve our customers during the pandemic shutdown! Fantom will be allowing for pickup of paid customer orders through our friends downstairs at 2010 P Street NW.
Order and pay for your comics on fantomcomics.com and choose Tiki Taco as your delivery method to get a coupon for: "Buy a Taco Trio and get one extra taco for free (valid thru 7/31/2020)".
Complete your purchase before 6:00 PM on Tuesday through Friday, and your package will be available at Tiki Taco for same day pickup.
Today at 3 pm: Kal interviews Ann Telnaes
From: Kevin Kallaugher-
If you get a chance, check out the newest episode of my webcast Satire Can Save Us All, where I have a fun interview with my good friend Ann Telnaes. It goes live Tuesday, 3PM here: https://www.facebook.com/satire2020/live/
If you miss it live, I will post it Tuesday evening on our Youtube site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtVdomcNEpDA1yS9Uddb5bg
Best
Kal
Monday, May 11, 2020
Clay Jones takes 3rd in 86th National Headliner Awards winners
Localish cartoonist Clay Jones (he keeps bouncing up and down I95 between DC and Fredericksburg) took 3rd place in an editorial cartoon award.
86th National Headliner Awards winners
The 86th National Headliner Award winners honoring the best journalism in the United
States in 2019 were announced today. The awards were founded in 1934 by the Press Club ofAtlantic City. The annual contest is one of the oldest and largest in the country that recognizes
journalistic merit in the communications industry.
Editorial cartoons
First Place
Michael Ramirez
Las Vegas Review Journal
Judges' comments: Sharp, sophisticated, daring. Michael Ramirez skewers the pompous and
defends the vulnerable. Excellent work.
Michael Ramirez
Las Vegas Review Journal
Judges' comments: Sharp, sophisticated, daring. Michael Ramirez skewers the pompous and
defends the vulnerable. Excellent work.
Second Place
Clay Bennett
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Clay Bennett
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Third Place
Clay Jones
CNN/Claytoonz
Clay Jones
CNN/Claytoonz
The COVID-19 Playlist on NPR
COMIC: Hospitals Turn To Alicia Keys, U2 And The Beatles To Sing Patients Home [aka The COVID-19 Playlist]
Grace Farris
NPR May 9, 2020
May 14: P&P Live!: Graphix Panel - Tom Angleberger, Breena Bard, and Maria Scrivan
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Friday, May 08, 2020
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Hands Across The Sea"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist - Mike Flugennock -
Name the two countries whose leadership has been the most comically ignorant and incompetent in the face of this crisis.
Give up...?
Name the two countries who currently lead the world in COVID-19 deaths.
Name the two countries whose public health services are the most ravaged by budget cuts and privatization.
Name the two countries whose leadership has been the most comically ignorant and incompetent in the face of this crisis.
Give up...?
Otakon 2020 cancelled
Message from the President & Con Chair
April 27, 2020
We are very sad to announce that we must join the countless other events around the world and announce the cancelation of Otakon 2020. While we had been clinging to the last bits of hope that our later dates would allow us the potential to hold an event, on April 17th it was announced that our venue, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, would be converted into an Alternate Care Facility. After discussing the timelines with the Convention Center staff and Destination DC, even in the most optimistic scenario that the facility is not needed to be used they would still be in the move-out/clean up process by the dates of our event.
We know this is not the news you wanted to hear. For those of you who may not know, Otakon, is run, planned, staffed, and organized by an ALL volunteer organization. As our staff have been trying to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe, we have also continued planning, and holding out hope that Otakon 2020 would still happen. All of the best things that make up our community are needed more than ever right now. We need fandom, we need inclusion, we need acceptance, we need family and friendship, we need creativity and escape; we need FUN! We held out hope as long as we could that we could be all of that this year. Please know that this decision breaks our hearts as much as it does yours.
So, we are at least happy that we can announce our dates for next year:
Otakon will return to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, August 6-8, 2021
All registrations for 2020 will automatically be registered for 2021. No additional action will be needed.
If you are unable to attend in 2021, or need to request a refund for other reasons, we are making an exception to our standard no-refunds policy for this year. Please fill out the Refund Request form on our website before May 31st.
Dealers and Artists will have the option to transfer their registrations to next year, or request a refund.
Hotel reservations made through Experient (our official housing provider) will automatically be cancelled. According to our records, no deposits for any rooms booked inside our room block have been taken. If you booked outside our housing portal you will need to contact your hotel directly.
We'd like to say thank you to our partners at Destination DC, Events DC, Experient, Hargrove, DSL, Simmons Security, and more. Thank you to all of our industry partners and guests, both foreign and domestic, and thank you to all of our artists and dealers.
To our members, thank you for your support and encouragement through this crisis. Our motto has always been "for fans, by fans". This is truly a labor of love for us, and we will need your continuing support more than ever in the weeks and months to come.
Finally, we want to publicly thank all the volunteers who work behind the scenes to bring you Otakon and are working so right now to readjust things for 2021. Our volunteers are more than just a group of people who work to put on a convention each year; we're very much a family. We'll just need to wait till next year for our big reunion.
Stay safe, and we'll see you in 2021!
Nick Avgerinos, President
Andrew Zerrlaut, Convention Chair
Thursday, May 07, 2020
Cavna checks on the Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper shows up often in pandemic cartoons — whether to provoke or provide dark humor [in print as Grim Reaper rears its head for cartoonish purposes]
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