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Thursday, November 08, 2012
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - November 8, 2012
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Truitt on Iron Man
Kieron Gillen explores the ultimate human of 'Iron Man'; And the character is all about his toys
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 6. 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/11/06/kieron-gillen-iron-man-comic-book-series/1686293/
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 6. 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/11/06/kieron-gillen-iron-man-comic-book-series/1686293/
Al Goodwyn in International Day to End Impunity contest
Northern Virginia cartoonist Al Goodwyn writes in:
If you have a moment check out Day to End Impunity. I have a cartoon in their contest that can be voted on with "likes." If you like their page, you can like my cartoon.
The site:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.474699385907345.103682.251673968209889&type=1
My "squeezed globe" cartoon:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=474704755906808&set=a.474699385907345.103682.251673968209889&type=3&theater
If you have a moment check out Day to End Impunity. I have a cartoon in their contest that can be voted on with "likes." If you like their page, you can like my cartoon.
The site:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.474699385907345.103682.251673968209889&type=1
My "squeezed globe" cartoon:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=474704755906808&set=a.474699385907345.103682.251673968209889&type=3&theater
OT: Michael Pohrer (aka MJ) interview
Michael Pohrer (aka MJ) is based in St. Louis, but kindly he has provided two logo drawings for ComicsDC (see the bar going down on the right). Now he's been interviewed by David Paccia at:
FIDDLESTIX© 25th Anniversary Exclusive Retrospective Interview and Giveaway
November 7 2012
David's site is a great source for cartoonist interviews so click around. He's also having a contest for giving cartooning books away to teenagers.
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Rafer Roberts on the Carolyn & Joe Show podcast
"Well lookie here, veteran and legendary comic book creator of the mind bending classic – Plastic Farm and Nightmare the Rat – Rafer Roberts is the guest on this weeks wild episode of the Carolyn and Joe Show! This is a historic episode of the Carolyn and Joe Show with this being the Rafer's first appearance on the podcast and it will definitly not disappoint."
Download it here.
Download it here.
PR: AnimeUSA charity auction
DC Collaborative Selected to Be Beneficiary of AnimeUSA Auction
Nov. 6, 2012
(Washington, DC)- The DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative was selected by AnimeUSA benefit from their auction to be held November 11 at 1 pm at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. AnimeUSA will be holding their convention for the first time in Washington DC.
What: AnimeUSA Convention Auction
Where: Marriott Wardman, 2660 WoodleyRoad, NW Washington, DC 20008
When: Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, 1 p.m.
AnimeUSA began in 1999 as a northern Virginia convention started by Anime fans. By 2004, it had grown into a non-profit educational organization with the mission to promote and educate the public about Japanese arts and popular culture. True to its beginnings, the organization remains a convention of fans, by fans, and for fans, however it expands its community outreach by selecting a nonprofit organization to benefit from the annual auction held at their conventions.
"We're very pleased to be selected as the organization benefitting from the AnimeUSA auction this year, particularly as this is the first year that AnimeUSA comes to Washington DC," said Louise Kennelly, Executive Director of the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative.
AnimeUSA wanted to contribute to a local DC charity, specifically one that benefits children through a focus on arts and education. "We share with the DC Collaborative an appreciation of the importance of imagination and creativity. The DC Collaborative mission to ensure access to arts and humanities for all DC public school students captures the spirit of our convention," said said Danielle Pomfrey, Charity Auction Coordinator for AnimeUSA.
The AnimeUSA convention takes place at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park on the weekend of November 9th-11th. The auction will be hosted on the Sunday afternoon of the convention. In previous years, auction proceed recipients have included the Taylor Anderson Memorial Foundation, Child's Play, and the Suicide Prevention Hotline.
About the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative
The DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative (DC Collaborative) provides equitable access to quality arts and humanities education for all DC public and chartered public schools. Working with its partners, since its founding in 1998, the DC Collaborative produces such exemplary programs as Arts for Every Student, sending about 30,000 students each year to member events.
About AnimeUSA AnimeUSA is a non-profit educational organization dedicating to raising awareness and educating the public about Japanese arts and popular culture. AnimeUSA is a convention of fans, by fans, and for fans.
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Comic Riffs on Superman's home planet
FOUND: SUPERMAN'S KRYPTON: Neil deGrasse Tyson 'locates' Kal-El's home planet in the known universe
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (November 6 2012): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/found-supermans-krypton-neil-degrasse-tyson-locates-kal-els-home-planet-in-the-known-universe/2012/11/06/09fe7640-27c2-11e2-b4f2-8320a9f00869_blog.html#pagebreak
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (November 6 2012): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/found-supermans-krypton-neil-degrasse-tyson-locates-kal-els-home-planet-in-the-known-universe/2012/11/06/09fe7640-27c2-11e2-b4f2-8320a9f00869_blog.html#pagebreak
More cartoon murals in Navy Hospitals
Here's 3 more pictures from the Navy's Bureau of Medicine & Surgery's files...
Where Else? - The Pediatric Waiting Room. US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines. Dedicated June 5, 1973. [Note Peanuts comic strip mural on wall].Published in Navy Medicine, October 1973.
Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Subic Bay, Philippines 12-0232-025
Light and Airy - Pediatric waiting room and clinical spaces. US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines. Dedicated June 5, 1973. [Note Disney cartoon mural on wall].Published in Navy Medicine, October 1973.
Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Subic Bay, Philippines 12-0232-026
Pediatric Waiting Room - CDR G.W. Baldauf, MSC, USN, AO, at US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, communes with an articulate art critic. US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines. Dedicated June 5, 1973. [Note Disney cartoon mural on wall].
Published in Navy Medicine, October 1973.Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Subic Bay, Philippines 12-0232-027
Where Else? - The Pediatric Waiting Room. US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines. Dedicated June 5, 1973. [Note Peanuts comic strip mural on wall].Published in Navy Medicine, October 1973.
Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Subic Bay, Philippines 12-0232-025
Light and Airy - Pediatric waiting room and clinical spaces. US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines. Dedicated June 5, 1973. [Note Disney cartoon mural on wall].Published in Navy Medicine, October 1973.
Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Subic Bay, Philippines 12-0232-026
Pediatric Waiting Room - CDR G.W. Baldauf, MSC, USN, AO, at US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, communes with an articulate art critic. US Navy Hospital Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines. Dedicated June 5, 1973. [Note Disney cartoon mural on wall].
Published in Navy Medicine, October 1973.Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Facilities - Subic Bay, Philippines 12-0232-027
PR: Citizen Bill Calendars - GET YOURS!
Friends of Citizen Bill,
These calendars, as you may already know, are designed to be useful as well as attractive and amusing.
You get 14 months (including January 2014) with holidays, lunar and solar phases, and school dates (Montgomery County).
There's plenty of room to write in your own appointments, special days, etc.
Still featuring, as we have for the last 12 years, "Bonus Typos and Errors, All in Politically Correct Black and White!"
$13.50 is a GOOD PRICE, and it includes shipping! Calendars ship in December.
Follow the link to get more info and to order: http://www.wmlbrown.com/wmlbalert.htm
Thanks, and happy holidays!
Bill Brown
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email: wmlbrown@earthlink.net (William L. Brown)
http://www.wmlbrown.com
email: wmlbrown@earthlink.net (William L. Brown)
http://www.wmlbrown.com
AnimeUSA is this weekend
Here's their first AnimeUSA podcast which features staff members Theo Bugtong (Director of Marketing), Tom Stidman (Director of Guests), and Mark Pope (Vice Chair of Programming).
Monday, November 05, 2012
Mark Tatulli at Hooray for Books!
Mark Tatulli cartoonist of 'Heart of the City' and 'Lio' spoke, drew and took questions for an hour tonight at Hooray for Books! in Alexandria, VA. I took some photos that I've put online. I'll try to get some of his more memorable quotes up here soon, because he's an entertaining speaker.
PR: Lost Art Books exhibiting at Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Just a reminder that Lost Art Books will be exhibiting at booth #7D (downstairs) at this year's Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival.
In addition to selling our full slate of books, we'll also have some of our convention-only items, including the limited edition prints and our latest Lost Art Chapbook devoted to pulp-era maestro, Edd Cartier.
Check out Lost Art Books at the regular place (www.LostArtBooks.com), and learn more about the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, and all of the attendant events and programming, at: http://www.comicsandgraphicsfest.com/.
Warm regards,
Joe Procopio
Publisher
Lost Art Books / Picture This Press
A Rake's Progress, or Richard Thompson: Cyborg Cartoonist
Nick Galifianakis was with Richard Thompson today (November 5 2012) as the electricity began to flow:
I'm in the room with Richard Thompson at what is the first of several sessions to calibrate and then fine-tune the electrodes in his brain.
To quote a friend: "I had no idea they could fine tune the stimulation. I figured they threw a switch, and dialed a knob back if they started to smell meat cooking."
They're right now sending varied electricity into his brain putting him though a variety of tests and movements, big and very, very small, as well as constantly repeating the phrases that make me think I'm actually in the play "My Fair Lady."
The process is quite nuanced and requires tremendous patience to achieve the right balance (Richard has never complained, not once)
Too much juice here or not enough there, might fix the targeted area but it also may mean it negatively affects another area - at this moment, Richard no longer trembles in his right hand - but he's suddenly fluent in Korean. Only Korean.
(I'm kidding...do I really have to write that?)
Truly remarkable to watch, again, a very, very refined process. My friend's patience and good-naturdeness during the session is extraordinary as each switching on and off of a section and each re-calibration instantly brings a new physicality, increased or diminished, and even a new emotional state, up or down. This will take a while to get right - it's the ultimate borrowing from Peter to pay Paul situation.
Oops, gotta go..., I'll have more later. Right now I want to watch Richard finish his needlepoint...while figure skating.
Sunday, November 04, 2012
11/5: Martk Tatulli in Alexandria
Monday 11/5, 7:00-8:00 p.m. --Cartoonist Mark Tatulli
Award-winning, internationally-syndicated cartoonist Mark Tatulli, creator of the comics Lio and Heart of the City will visit the store. His newest collection, Lio: There's a Monster in my Socks, is compiled especially for younger readers! The world of Lio is filled with the extraordinary - monsters under the bed, wild reptile pets, robot inventions, weird science - but it's all commonplace for this most uncommon kid. Lio explores the twisted realm of a kid's imagination - at once bizarre, creepy and fun. Email us to reserve a copy or to let us know you're coming. Ages 6 and up.
Hooray for Books! | 1555 King St., Ste. 101, Alexandria, VA 22314 | Phone (703) 548-4092 Fax (703) 548-4094 | info@hooray4books.com
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Cavna gets MAD
'Totally MAD' celebrates 60 years of satire
By Michael Cavna, Washington Post November 4 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/totally-mad-celebrates-60-years-of-satire/2012/11/01/9c0f2944-229a-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html
By Michael Cavna, Washington Post November 4 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/totally-mad-celebrates-60-years-of-satire/2012/11/01/9c0f2944-229a-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html
Arthur Szyk pieces on exhibit at Library of Congress
Szyk's work is noted at the end of this article:
Library of Congress exhibit celebrates Jewish history, artifacts
By Debra Rubin, — Religion News Service
Washington Post November 4, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/library-of-congress-exhibit-celebrates-jewish-history-artifacts/2012/11/01/f519d8c0-23a0-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html
Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress, 1912-2012, South Gallery of the library's Thomas Jefferson Building through March 16, 2013.
Library of Congress exhibit celebrates Jewish history, artifacts
By Debra Rubin, — Religion News Service
Washington Post November 4, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/library-of-congress-exhibit-celebrates-jewish-history-artifacts/2012/11/01/f519d8c0-23a0-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html
Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress, 1912-2012, South Gallery of the library's Thomas Jefferson Building through March 16, 2013.
Friday, November 02, 2012
Jonathan Luna interview
A Bright New Vision: An Interview With Jonathan Luna
Diamond Bookshelf November 2012
http://www.diamondbookshelf.com/Home/1/1/20/835?articleID=127317
Diamond Bookshelf November 2012
http://www.diamondbookshelf.com/Home/1/1/20/835?articleID=127317
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - November 2, 2012
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Original art on view in Hello Kitty for President
As previously noted, Hello Kitty is busy setting up her campaign HQs at the LivingSocial's 918 F St space, which is open to the public from November 1-6. They've sent some images of original art on display there, two of which are by local artists:
Tim Conlon is a graffiti artist from Washington, DC. His graffiti art revolves around pop culture icons and current events. He likes to incorporate vibrant colors as well as characters/themes that draw people's attention. Tim has a strong passion for readable, traditional, bar-style graffiti, which has incorporated into his own personal style.
Tim Conlon
"Get on Board"
Spray paint and acrylic On wood panel
24x36
Nicole Bruckman
Nicole is an Ohio native artist, currently living in LA. She received a B.F.A, with a major in illustration from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 2000. Nicole's artistic inspiration comes from sources such as children's tales and folklore, National Geographic, nature and animals… Her pieces are usually displayed in vintage frames.
Nicole Bruckman
"Campaign Trail"
mixed media on wood panel
18x24
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| Linas Garsys - "Spirit of Kitty" |
Linas Garsys
Linas lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and is a graphic editor for The Washington Times. Lina's inspiration comes from punk movements in music and art, Lithuanian folk art, Victorian patterns, Pop Art and other "punk" inspiration that blends into his unique style. Music tendencies are the underline of most of his artwork.
Linas Garsys
"Spirit of Kitty"
Acrylic on wood panel
18x24
Lastly, we have commissioned two pieces with Globe Printing (one pictured above):
Globe Poster Printing was established in 1929 and is one of the nation's largest showcard companies. They have been telling the story of R&B and all forms of American music and entertainment through bright and iconic posters ever since. Globe began by printing posters for vaudeville acts, movie theaters, burlesque houses and carnivals, and became known for its work with R&B and soul performers-including James Brown, Ike and Tina Turner and Solomon Burke-and later hip-hop acts. Big, bold, fat type, DayGlo colors and distinctive lettering were hallmarks of the Globe style.
Sanrio/Artist Relationship:
Sanrio has worked with a number of celebrated artists from around the globe, initially developing relationships for Hello Kitty's 35th Anniversary (2009) and Sanrio's 50th Anniversary (2010). Over 100 artists have created pieces over the years, that have been showcased in gallery events and illustrate the inspiring ways Hello Kitty and Sanrio have influenced both the artists' work and personal lives. The pieces have ranged from edgy to obscure to adorable, using a variety of mediums including canvas, spray paint, watercolor and ink, aerosol and acrylic on wood, mixed media, oil on panel and silkscreen. Most recently, the works were bound to create the collectible, hard cover book, Hello Kitty, Hello Art! (launched in mid-October).
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