Saturday, January 18, 2025

Liza Donnelly was Live at the People’s March DC

Live at the People's March DC

A recording from Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome's live video

Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Jan 18, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-at-the-peoples-march-dc

Live @ the People's March, DC

A recording from Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome's live video

Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Jan 18, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-the-peoples-march-dc

Live-Drawing The People's March with Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Washington DC, two days before Trump's inauguration

Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Jan 18, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-drawing-the-peoples-march-with

Visual Reportage: The People's March in photos and video
Liza Donnelly
Seeing Things Jan 19, 2025
https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/visual-reportage

Seen in Arlington library today

My friend Dean Haspiel's book is highlighted at the Columbia Pike branch.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/17/2025

Kibbles 'n' Bits 1/17/25: Cohen to Abrams, romantasy wars and more

Heidi MacDonald on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-1-17-25-cohen-to-abrams-romantasy-wars/

Interview: Alisa Kwitney talks to us about the 1950s and HOWL

Christian Angeles on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-alisa-kwitney-talks-to-us-about-the-1950s-and-howl/

The Week in Diamond Comics Bankruptcy: a wrap-up

Heidi MacDonald on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-week-in-diamond-comics-bankruptcy-a-wrap-up/

MAD Magazine: Warping America's Brain! – free online event

John Freeman on January 17, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/mad-magazine-warping-americas-brain-free-online-event/

Authorgraph 270: Jamie Smart

Author: Paul Gravett

Jamie Smart interviewed by Paul Gravett

Books for keeps 270 January 2025

https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/authorgraph-270-jamie-smart/

Windows into Illustration: Caroline Magerl

Author: Caroline Magerl

Books for keeps 270 January 2025

https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/windows-into-illustration-caroline-magerl/

Latest free comic magazine from Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Between the Lines #4, available now

By John Freeman on January 16, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/latest-free-comic-magazine-from-lakes-international-comic-art-festival-between-the-lines-4-available-now/

Alverson, Brigid. 2025.

VAULT TO LAUNCH DIRECT-TO-RETAILER DISTRIBUTION; Early Birds Get Free Shipping for First Six Months

ICv2 (January 16): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58643/vault-launch-direct-retailer-distribution

Numerous Women Accuse 'Coraline' Author Neil Gaiman Of Sexual Assault

Amid Amidi | 01/14/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/law/numerous-women-accuse-coraline-author-neil-gaiman-of-sexual-assault-245015.html

Image Comics Launches GI Joe Silent Missions Month Every Week In April

Image Comics, Skybound and Hasbro launch GI Joe Silent Missions month, with a new one shot every week in April 2025

16 Jan 2025 Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-launches-gi-joe-silent-missions-month-every-week-in-april/

Al Milgrom Amazing Spider-Man #194 Cover Art Sells For Over A Million

Al Milgrom's original cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #194 sells at auction for over a million dollars at Heritage Auctions.

Rich Johnston 16 Jan 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/al-milgrom-amazing-spider-man-194-cover-art-sells-for-over-a-million/

Vault Comics Announces Direct-To-Retailer Distribution

Vault Comics announces direct-to-retailer distribution, after Diamond Comic Distributors declares bankruptcy

16 Jan 2025 Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/vault-comics-announces-direct-to-retailer-distribution/

Diamond In Negotiations With Image Comics Over Further Distribution

Diamond Comic Distributors now in negotiations with Image Comics over further distribution... but this week is a wash

16 Jan 2025 Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-in-negotiations-with-image-comics-over-further-distribution/

MoCCA Festival unveils 2025 plans, including Media Sponsorship by The Beat

Heidi MacDonald on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/mocca-festival-unveils-2025-plans-including-media-sponsorship-by-the-beat/

Tokyopop Pitches in $10K to Binc's L.A. Wildfire Relief

Jan 17, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5155&oly_enc_id=8353F6941023E6R

Award-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested over child abuse material

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/darrin-bell-arrest/

Darrin Bell, Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist, Faces Child Pornography Charges

Sara Ruberg

Jan. 16, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/darrin-bell-arrest-child-pornography.html

Cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges [in print as 'Candorville' cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges]

Police said some of the material owned and controlled by Bell was generated by artificial intelligence.

By Herb Scribner

Washington Post January 17, 2025 : C3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/01/16/darrin-bell-cartoons-child-pornography-arrest/

This Reform candidate reposted a 'racist' Matt cartoon. He 'was sacked' by a housing association

Saba Poursaeedi suing for political discrimination after he says he was fired over links to the party and for sharing Telegraph drawing

Robert Mendick

10 January 2025

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/10/reform-candidate-sacked-housing-association-matt-cartoon/

The Daily Heller: New Yorker Cover Artist Frank Viva Rethinks His Political Content

The Daily Heller Jan 13 2025

By Steven Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-new-yorker-cover-artist-frank-viva-reconsiders-political-content/

New Yorker Cartoon Exhibit walk-through!

Cartoons Over 100 years!

Liza Donnelly

Seeing Things Jan 16, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/new-yorker-cartoon-exhibit-walk-through

What the Songs of 'Moana 2' Owe to Beyoncé and 'Beauty and the Beast'

In writing their first film soundtrack together, the TikTok duo of Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear looked to those influences and "Anchorman." Of course.

Sarah Bahr

Jan. 17, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/movies/moana-2-abigail-barlow-emily-bear.html

With Their Lives Upended, They Practiced the Art of Resilience [Miné Okubo]

"Pictures of Belonging" traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government's imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

By Aruna D'Souza

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 17, 2025, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: They Practiced the Art of Resilience

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/arts/design/japanese-artists-smithsonian-show.html

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 655: Rick Parker Interview

Meg Lemke

on 01/13/2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1350

Batman: Modern myth or old-fashioned fiction?

In a new essay, we dig through comic history to find out if the Dark Knight's dated.

Marvel Maximus

January 14, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/14/batman-modern-myth-fiction/

It's time Spider-Man grew up for real. Here's how.

The slippery slope of Spider-Man's ongoing character development.

Michael Guerrero

January 15, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/15/spider-man-grow-up-character-development/

Taking Leave [Neil Gaiman]

Whatever blog January 15, 2025 Posted by John Scalzi

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/01/15/taking-leave/

Harvey, Devon. 2025. Falling Back in Love with Trans-Inclusive Feminism: Canadian Creative Artists Re-Story Death and Choose Transformation [Sophie Labelle's Assigned Male ]. Humanities 14, no. 1: 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/h14010004 and https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/1/4

Cold Weather Blues – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | January 17, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/cold-weather-blues-this-weeks-links/

Q & A with Maria van Lieshout

By Brigid Alverson

Jan 14, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/96851-q-a-with-maria-van-lieshout.html

Paul Peart-Smith Makes 'An Indigenous Peoples' History' Accessible in Graphic Form

By Amelia Nash

January 13 2025

https://www.printmag.com/comics-animation-design/paul-peart-smith-graphic-novel-adaptation-indigenous-peoples-history/

Off Panel #482: The Devils You Know with Charles Soule and Ryan Browne [The Lucky Devils]

David Harper

January 13 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel482-the-devils-you-know-with-charles-soule-and-ryan-browne

"Portrayal of a Person with a Long Term Disability Living Their Life is So Rare" – Jeremy Whitley on 'Navigating with You', His Slice-of-Life Graphic Novel Collaboration with Cassio Ribeiro

Ellie Egleton

January 10, 2025

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/navigating-with-you-whitley/

Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi refuses France's highest award over Iran 'hypocrisy'

AFP

The Straits Times (January 15 2025): https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/persepolis-author-marjane-satrapi-refuses-frances-highest-award-over-iran-hypocrisy

Here: this mawkishly sentimental adaptation has lost the brilliance of Richard McGuire's graphic novel

Julia Round and Alex Fitch

The Conversation UK (January 16, 2025): https://theconversation.com/here-this-mawkishly-sentimental-adaptation-has-lost-the-brilliance-of-richard-mcguires-graphic-novel-247390

Caravaggio, Jessica. 2025. Thrown to the (Were)Wolves: Sisterhood, Vengeance, and Liberal Feminism in Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle's Squad. Humanities 14, no. 1: 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/h14010003 and https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/1/3

Abrori, Fadhlan Muchlas, Zsolt Lavicza, and Adi Nur Cahyono. 2025. Socioscientific Issues Comics: A Scoping Literature Review. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, January, 1–20. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/21504857.2024.2447311 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2024.2447311

Brandt, I., Some, S., Millogo, O. et al. Effectiveness of a comic book intervention on mental health literacy among adolescents and youth in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health 25, 107 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21325-2 and https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-21325-2

Visual Narratives and Global Journeys: Unveiling Contemporary Arab Cultures

Edited by Claudia Maria Tresso, Jolanda Guardi, and Sarah L. Nesti Willard

Edizioni Centro Studi Ilà, 2024.

online at https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1992752?mode=simple

https://iris.unito.it/retrieve/9c922ca1-b7cb-46f0-bef9-52695e46030b/2024%2c%20Anzaar%2c%20Visual%20Narratives.pdf

The Anzaar Lab

9 Introduction

Claudia Maria Tresso, University of Torino

13 Fifty Years of Comics in Algeria

Jolanda Guardi, University of Torino

25 Comics and Illustrations from the UAE

Sarah L. Nesti Willard, United Arab Emirates University

37 Graphic Novels as a Reflection of Egyptian Society: the Case of Metro

Miriam Zatari and Paola de Ruggieri

51 Lawīn minwassalik yā Mārī?

Stories of Lebanese Feminism Through Words and Images

Chiara Capparelli

65 An Alternative to Marvel's Western Superheroes:

The Islam-Inspired 99 by Naif al-Mutawa

Benedetta Brossa

77 Reality in Comics: How to Show the Arab World Through Comic Strips

Paola de Ruggieri

87 Historical Evolution of Arabic Children's Literature: the Renewal of the 2000s

Samia Makhloufi

101 A Universal Call for Peace and Tolerance: the Calligraffiti of eL Seed

Manuela Talarico

111 Street Art as a Form of Protest: Haifa Subay

Tullia Armano

125 Spaces of Memory and Resistance.

Graffiti and spontaneous writings from the Arab Spring to walls of Turin

Lucia Aletto

143 Migrants and Migration Writers:

Graphic Novels and Journals on Migrants' Stories in Italy

Claudia Maria Tresso, University of Torino

I can't separate the art from the artist. But I can separate myself. [aka One longtime Gaiman fan on where we go from here]
By Glen Weldon
Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter Jan 17 2024
https://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=8370865e574d7e78faf994f7472cd66367a76fb9f65ec7f977779c67ce25c859239a06f17ea913abac81aae814afc8dcc45508c2ddc2376f08f743b2622ac20ed91253fd4fe3101e8751295d48bf6edf

Friday, January 17, 2025

Glen Weldon on Gaiman

I can't separate the art from the artist. But I can separate myself. [aka One longtime Gaiman fan on where we go from here]

By Glen Weldon

Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter Jan 17 2024

https://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=8370865e574d7e78faf994f7472cd66367a76fb9f65ec7f977779c67ce25c859239a06f17ea913abac81aae814afc8dcc45508c2ddc2376f08f743b2622ac20ed91253fd4fe3101e8751295d48bf6edf

Jan 30: Animezing! | The Deer King at Japan Information & Culture Center

Animezing! | The Deer King

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Doors open 6PM
Screening starts 6:30 pm

📌JICC Embassy of Japan,
🎟️Registration Required

Join us for a FREE film screening! Ticket registration is currently open.

Mark your calendars for our next Animezing! screening: The Deer King, an epic animated feature based on the acclaimed novel by UEHASHI Nahoko.

Directed by ANDO Masashi—whose stunning work shaped modern animation classics like Spirited Away and Your Name—this breathtaking film has captivated audiences worldwide. Co-directed by MIYAJI Masayuki and produced by the renowned Production I.G., The Deer King brings a powerful and heartfelt story to life.

Set in a land torn by war, the film follows Van, a former soldier, and Yuna, a resilient young orphan, as they navigate survival, mystery, and the bonds of newfound family in the face of a deadly plague.Don't miss this critically acclaimed masterpiece, praised as "a gorgeously realized anime epic" (Carlos Aguilar, L.A. Times).

Experience the magic of The Deer King—a must-see for fantasy lovers and anime enthusiasts alike!

In Japanese with English subtitles |
2022 | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy | Directed by ANDO Masashi & MIYAJI Masayuki

JICC EVENT & PHOTO POLICIES

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required for security purposes. Program begins at 6:30PM. Doors open 30 minutes prior. No admittance after 7:00 PM or once seating is full. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee guests a seat.

The JICC reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at any event sponsored by JICC without the express written permission of those included within the photograph/video. In the event of a cancellation or if you require further assistance, please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. Thank you for your patience and cooperation!

1150 18th St NW Suite 100 | Washington, DC 20036 US

Feb 8: Leland Melvin - Space Chasers - at MLK Library

Leland Melvin - Space Chasers - at MLK Library

https://politics-prose.com/event/2025-02-08/leland-melvin-space-chasers-mlk-library

Date:02/08/2025

Time:1:00pm - 2:00pm

Place:

901 G St NW
Washington, DC 20001

About the Book:

An unlikely group of misfit middle schoolers are chosen to take part in an exclusive NASA program. Trained by famed astronaut Leland Melvin, they are then sent to a space station orbiting the earth. But when disaster strikes with no adults and a bare bones crew, can they work together to get back home to earth? An exciting first book in a graphic novel series.

About the Author:

Leland Melvin is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. After graduating from the University of Richmond, Leland was a professional football player and the only one ever to go into space! He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on multiple flights. He currently lives in Virgina with his dogs.

Ages 8 - 12

Miné Okubo, proto-graphic novelist, in exhibit at American Art

https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/pictures-belonging-miki-hayakawa-hisako-hibi-and-mine-okubo:event-exhib-6717

Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor, Osher Galleries

and the review that made me aware of it (sadly not from the WaPo):

With Their Lives Upended, They Practiced the Art of Resilience

"Pictures of Belonging" traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government's imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

By Aruna D'Souza

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 17, 2025, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: They Practiced the Art of Resilience

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/arts/design/japanese-artists-smithsonian-show.html

WaPo substitutes Six Chix for Candorville in print

... Following the arrest of Darrin Bell. Although with no signature and them crediting everyone on the title bar, I have no idea who did this strip.

WaPo on Darrin Bell's arrest

Cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges [in print as 'Candorville' cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges]

Police said some of the material owned and controlled by Bell was generated by artificial intelligence.

By Herb Scribner

Washington Post January 17, 2025 : C3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/01/16/darrin-bell-cartoons-child-pornography-arrest/

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/16/2025

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: FORMER FANTAGRAPHICS, TAPAS MARKETING DIRECTOR JACQ COHEN TO ABRAMS As Director of Marketing & Publicity

Brigid Alverson on January 15, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58627/people-move-former-fantagraphics-tapas-marketing-director-jacq-cohen-abrams

A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE DIAMOND BANKRUPTCY

Rob Salkowitz on January 16, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/58634/a-few-thoughts-diamond-bankruptcy

Jim Keefe

Jan 16, 2025

Scouting Locations – Minneapolis

https://www.patreon.com/posts/scouting-119614337

Image Comics No Longer Available To Diamond, Dstlry Remains Optimistic

Image Comics are no longer available to be ordered through Diamond comic Distributors, only Lunar, but Dstlry remains optimistic

15 Jan 2025

Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-no-longer-available-to-diamond-dstlry-remains-optimistic/

Excerpt from Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund

Caitlin McGurk January 16, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/excerpt-from-tell-me-a-story-where-the-bad-girl-wins-the-life-and-art-of-barbara-shermund/

Reviews: Forces of Nature

Leonard Pierce | January 16, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/forces-of-nature/

Forces of Nature

Edward Steed

Drawn & Quarterly

Musical Brazilian Toon 'Lulumos' Launches on YouTube

Mercedes Milligan

January 15, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/musical-brazilian-toon-lulummos-launches-on-youtube/

FOX Toons Dominate Writers Guild Award Animation Nominations

Mercedes Milligan

January 15, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/fox-toons-dominate-writers-guild-award-animation-nominations/

'VeggieTales' Co-Creator Mike Nawrocki Uncovers the Secrets of His New Show, 'Dead Sea Squirrels,' Premiering Feb. 14

Ramin Zahed

January 15, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/veggietales-co-creator-mike-nawrocki-uncovers-the-secrets-of-his-new-show-dead-sea-squirrels-premiering-feb-14/

HERO WORSHIP: INTERVIEWING DAVID MICHELINIE [2005]

Joe Casey Writes Jan 16, 2025

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/hero-worship

Winter Carnival buttons, posters on sale now [Doonesbury]

Jan 15, 2025

https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2025/01/winter-carnival-buttons-posters-on-sale-now/

Aaron Marbone

Darrin Bell Arrested on Suspicion of Child Pornography Charges

D. D. Degg

January 16, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/16/darrin-bell-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/

Alison Buckles Hennessey, R.I.P. [California comic book shop and convention worker].

Mark Evanier

News from ME January 14, 2025

https://www.newsfromme.com/2025/01/14/alison-buckles-hennessey-r-i-p/

The 5 Best Anime Premieres of Winter 2025, Ranked

By Elijah Gonzalez | January 16, 2025 https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/anime/the-5-best-anime-premieres-of-winter-2025-ranked

Interview: Dave Cook on KILLTOPIA NANOJAMS

Christian Angeles on 01/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-dave-cook-on-killtopia-nanojams/

Jordan Riefe

Storytelling Through Animation: A Conversation with 'Flow' Director

Art & Object January 16, 2025

https://www.artandobject.com/news/storytelling-through-animation-conversation-flow-director

MacDonald, Heidi. 2025.
Vault to start selling directly to retailers.
The Beat (January 16): https://www.comicsbeat.com/vault-to-start-selling-directly-to-retailers/

How to Draw SpongeBob SquarePants • The Wrong Way
Dave Kellett, Kevin McShane, and Brad Guigar
The Wrong Way Jan 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IPbDRRrkA

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred twenty-two | Vita Ayala Returns, part two
Jan 16, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/you-know-of-the-rebellion-against

Four Questions for Kami Garcia
By Amanda Ramirez
Jan 16, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/96870-four-questions-for-kami-garcia.html

Navigating Comics Publishing & Promotion in 2025: A Fanbase Press Virtual Forum
Barbra Dillon.
Fanbase Press Jan 9, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-MkSzYhe5I

Cartoonist's Cartoonists: Who influenced Pedro X. Molina
Alan Gardner
January 16, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/16/cartoonists-cartoonists-who-influenced-pedro-x-molina/

Auster's complete New York Trilogy adapted by Mazzucchelli, Mattotti and Karasik
Heidi MacDonald on 01/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/austers-complete-new-york-trilogy-adapted-by-mazzucchelli-mattotti-and-karasik/

Fanbase Press celebrates 15 years by giving back with 'Build Your Community' Initiative
Christian Angeles on 01/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/fanbase-press-celebrates-15-years-by-giving-back-with-build-your-community-initiative/

Neil Gaiman responds to sexual assault allegations [in print as Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations, says acts were always consensual]
By Herb Scribner
Washington Post January 16, 2025: C3.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/14/neil-gaiman-responds-sexual-abuse-allegations/

Gaiman allegations article in today's print WaPo

Neil Gaiman responds to sexual assault allegations [in print as Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations, says acts were always consensual]

By Herb Scribner

Washington Post January 16, 2025: C3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/14/neil-gaiman-responds-sexual-abuse-allegations/

Jan 18: National Children's Museum welcomes Animationland to our Visiting Exhibit Hall

Discover Your Story - Animationland Opens at National Children's Museum

WASHINGTON – Calling all budding stop-motion animators, directors and sound artists! Animationland opens at National Children's Museum on Saturday, January 18, 2025. Guests are introduced to Tracey the pencil dog and her cast of fantastical friends as they make their way through the colorful and immersive environments of the exhibit, learning animation techniques along the way. Developed and produced by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), this exhibit seeks to educate young learners about how art and science intersect in the making of animation.

Hosted in the Museum's Visiting Exhibit Hall, Animationland is designed for guests of all ages and artists of all skill levels. The exhibit focuses on the basics of the animation process featuring interactive experiences including a sketching studio, a sound effects booth, and the opportunity to plan and star in a stop-motion production.

Through immersive experiences, visitors learn to use animation as a gateway into the world of math and science. This allows children to understand the interplay that occurs between art and science and how they can apply those skills to tell their own stories in innovative and dynamic ways.

As guests journey through Animationland, they explore the following realms and animation techniques:

Turtleback Island: Visit Tracey's Studio to learn about storyboarding, draw characters using transparent light tables, and make your own storyboard template.
Prickle Desert: Play with a model Mutoscope, an early motion picture device, and learn about frame rates and frame isolation.
Comfort Peaks: Create stop-motion animations at four stations supplied with a variety of props and colorful backdrops.
Blub-Glub Village: Dive into full-body stop-motion animation using a gridded floor plan and creative image capturing.
Forgotten Forest: Engage with new senses and props in a Foley sound artist studio.

"We are thrilled to host an exhibit that supports our mission to promote STEAM education, dynamically connecting the creative world of art with the scientific world of physics and math," said Kiryn Hoffman, President and CEO of National Children's Museum. "Animationland allows children to be curious and inventive in a positive space where all ideas are supported. Everyone can be an artist and bring their own stories to life."

Animationland is included in the cost of Museum admission. Tickets to the Museum are $18.95 for adults and children 1 and older and are free for children under 1 and Museum members. For more information about the exhibit at National Children's Museum, please visit the Museum's website: www.nationalchildrensmuseum.org/explore/exhibits/animationland/.

Located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW off the Woodrow Wilson Plaza, National Children's Museum is open 9:30 am – 4:30 pm every day except Tuesdays.

Animationland was created by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and is locally supported through the District of Columbia Executive Office of the Mayor – Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.

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About Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Founded in 1944, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is one of the nation's leading science museums, a world-class tourist attraction, and an award-winning educational resource for the kid in each of us. OMSI operates the largest museum-based outdoor science education program in the country and provides traveling and community outreach programs that bring science learning opportunities to schools and community organizations in nearly every county in Oregon. OMSI is located at 1945 SE Water Avenue, Portland, OR 97214. For general information, call 503.797.4000 or visit omsi.edu. Connect with the museum on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About National Children's Museum
Celebrating five decades of play in 2024, STEAM adventure awaits at National Children's Museum, located in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. With a mission to inspire children to care about and change the world, the Museum sparks curiosity and ignites creativity for children under the age of twelve and their families. Through playful science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) based exhibits, programs and virtual offerings, the Museum reaches millions of people each year. Learn more and plan your visit at nationalchildrensmuseum.org.

Funny Not Funny by Daniel Boris

Now Accepting All Applicants by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/15/2025

Women Write About Comics (WWAC) is going on hiatus

Heidi MacDonald on 01/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/women-write-about-comics-wwac-is-going-on-hiatus/

The Future of WWAC

Kate Tanski January 14, 2025

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2025/01/the-future-of-wwac/

Stripfiguur Nero is nu al publiek domein: 'Als we 70 jaar moeten wachten, is hij dood' [Comic book character Nero is already public domain: 'If we have to wait 70 years, he's dead']

Geert De Weyer

De Morgen, 20250115

https://krant.demorgen.be/titles/demorgen/7927/publications/2357/pages/26/articles/2194386/26/3

Zelfs cartoon over Vlaamse Leeuw wordt verwijderd: Lectrr draait dol in censuurmolen van Meta

Cartoonist Lectrr ziet een cartoon over Musk en zijn vrijage met extreemrechts in Duitsland steeds maar verdwijnen van de sociale netwerken van Meta.

Stijn Decock

De Standaard January 14 2025

https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250114_95418194

DIAMOND DISTRIBUTION OF IMAGE TO END; RESTRUCTURING ADVISORS

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Live at the People's March DC

Live @ the People's March, DC

Live-Drawing The People's March with Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Friday, January 17, 2025

I can't separate the art from the artist. But I can separate myself. [aka One longtime Gaiman fan on where we go from here]

Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter Jan 17 2024

Leland Melvin - Space Chasers - at MLK Library

Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

With Their Lives Upended, They Practiced the Art of Resilience

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Neil Gaiman responds to sexual assault allegations [in print as Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations, says acts were always consensual]