Friday, January 14, 2011

Truitt interviews Green Hornet

Seth Rogen: Hollywood's latest comic book hero
BRIAN TRUITT
USA Weekend January 16, 2011
http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20110114/ENTERTAINMENT03/101160315

City Paper on Green Hornet

Don't see it in 3-D.
The Green Hornet Directed by Michel Gondry
By Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper January 14, 2011
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/40249/the-green-hornet-reviewed-dont-see-it-in-3-d/

Cul de Sac for FREE

...if you're a newspaper, and want to buy it for six months, you get one month of Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac for free. Alan Gardner caught the story at his Daily Cartoonist site.

Ruffin on Party Crashers exhibit

Out of print: comic book art reaches exhibition in Arlington

By Mark Ruffin, DC Comic Books Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/comic-books-in-washington-dc/torn-out-of-pages-part-1-review

Post review of anime "Summer Wars"

A visit to Oz, but no Dorothy
By Stephanie Merry
Washington Post January 14, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/summer-wars-sama-wozu,1178158/critic-review.html

A mom on 'Cars' and a for the record item

Today's Express also has an article about a two-year old's love of Pixar's Cars, -
 
Kristen Page-Kirby
Express January 14, 2011, p. 29
 
Yesterday the Post ran a wire story on a Captain America educational comic -
 
Moore, Matt / Associated Press.  2011.
Suicide help is comic's aim.
Washington Post (January 13): C6

Summer Wars anime interview in today's Express

Destruction of Oz: Mamoru Hosoda's anime 'Summer Wars' illustrates the perils of a networked world.
Written by Express contributor Ryan Little
January 14, 2011
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2011/01/mamoru-hosada-summer-wars.php

Washington Examiner on Green Hornet

'Green Hornet' falls short of expectations
 Sally Kline
Washington Examiner January 14 2011, p. 29
http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/movies/2011/01/green-hornet-falls-short-expectations

The Express ran the Post's review by Kois to.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

New Flugennock cartoon online

Flugennock checks in on Wikileaks and Twitter.

Kois on Green Hornet in Post

Harnessing the power of humor
By Dan Kois
Washington Post January 14, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/the-green-hornet,1158839/critic-review.html

He appears to like it, for the most part.

Post blogger recommends 'Paper Doll Orgy' collection

By Ezra Klein, January 12 2011.

The webcomic is by Ted McCagg.

USA Today on King!

'KING!' lays a rock and roll smackdown on evil
By John Geddes, USA TODAY January 13 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-01-13-king-blacklist13-ST_N.htm


SF Examiner on KAL's exhibit

Prime political cartoons from KAL
Cathy Bowman
San Francisco Examiner 01/12/11
http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/fine-arts/2011/01/prime-political-cartoons-kal

Beeler cartoon questioned on something called Sodahead

Nate's Beeler recent vulture cartoon is questioned on something called Sodahead. There's over 400 opinions logged now, if you can't get enough of that type of thing.

Third Eye Comics explains green superheroes

Green Good Guys: Steve Anderson on Green Superheroes

 

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Truitt and USA Today on comics

Mission creep alert!

On the assumption that USA Today is based in northern Virginia, and it's reporters probably are too, I'm going to expand to listing all their comic articles, and not just the ones by ex-Washington Examiner reporter Brian Truitt.

Captain America puts focus on suicide prevention
By John Geddes, USA TODAY January 12 2011

Take a trip to alternate realities with 'The Infinite Vacation'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 12 2011

Archie to go day-and-date digitally with titles in April
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY January 12 2011

Weldon on new comics news

Tonight, tomorrow: Brad Meltzer in town

I'm going to the one at Borders which is close to my house if anyone wants to meet up. For the record, many years ago I worked at the National Archives. Mike

Brad Meltzer
The Inner Circle


January 12, 2011 7:30 PM

Baileys Crossroads - Borders
5871 Crossroads Center Way
Baileys Crossroads, VA 22041

There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work in the National Archives, I find those stories for a living. So says Beecher White, a young archivist who spends his days working with the most important documents of the U.S. government.

January 13 at 7 pm, at Politics and Prose.

Brad's site