Friday, December 07, 2012

Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - 7 December 2012

 
Big Planet Comics
December 7, 2012

2X podcast + Best of 2012 Countdown!


Aw yeah extra podcasts for you!

Speaking of, we are compiling our Best of 2012 lists and it is already gargantuan! But as much as we try to read everything, we always miss something! So if you read a graphic novel you LOVED this year, make sure it is on our list for consideration! The starter list is posted on facebook, so reply on there or email us with additions!

Or anything else you thought was amazing! You can listen to our Best of 2011 podcast and see how many categories we cover, so let us know what is great from 2012 so far!

Feel free to forward on our newsletter, and please send us any comments or mailing list requests to vienna@bigplanetcomics.com

Thanks!
 
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Avengers #1

by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena

Nick calls it the best Marvel Now book yet! Hickman brings scifi adventure on an epic scale to the Avengers! Plus Opena knocks it out of the park AGAIN! Must buy!

Nowhere Men #1

by Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellegarde

After a team of super genius scientists attempt to change the world, a group of researchers are all trapped in a lab after being infected with a strange virus. Bizarre and interesting start to scifi thriller!

FF #1

 
by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred
 

Another Marvel Now new direction! As the Fantastic Four prepare for their voyage, they each elect someone to fill in for them while they're gone, leading to some hilarious character exchanges and interviews with all of the supporting cast in this fun issue!

The Legend of Luther Strode #1

by Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore
 
Luther Strode is back! But it's five years later, and after the brutal ending of the first series, what has he become and what is he doing? Insane violence kicks this back off!

Remake 3xtra SC

by Lamar Abrams

A new set of Remake stories! Even better, one focuses on Cardigan and a night out on the town with space disco! Plus ice attacks. Super hilarious adventures and cartooning, and amazing stories by local creator Lamar! Get it now!

The Adventures of Leeroy and Popo SC

by Louis Roskosch

A great new Nobrow book about two video game slackers and their strangely affecting and moving life, especially as one dreams of asking out the cute girl at the coffee shop! Plus they're animals.

My Little Pony #1

by Katie Cook and Andy Price

The smash TV sensation comes to comics! Queen Chrysalis is back! Some of the ponies are acting really weird! What's going on? Plus some cute short stories in the back!

all ages!
 

Hellboy in Hell #1

by Mike Mignola
 
Hellboy finally returns with Mignola both writing and drawing! Threads are woven together in this journey that, well, you see the title!

All New X-Men #3
Fury Max Vol 1 My War Gone By SC
Great Pacific #2
House Of Fun One Shot
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol 4 SC
Pigs Vol 2 SC
Storm Dogs #2
Think Tank SC
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man By Bendis Vol 2 SC
X-O Manowar Vol 1 By The Sword SC
 


Big Planet Comics Podcast #67
"Legend of Man of Steel"
This week, Kevin, Nick, and Jared review a bunch of new comics! Download now or subscribe on iTunes!
 
PODCAST REVIEWS:

August Moon SC by Diana Thung
Avengers #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena
BlackAcre #1 by Duffy Boudreau and Wendell Cavalcanti
Human Bomb #1 by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and Jerry Ordway
The Legend of Luther Strode #1 by Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore
Thunderbolts #1 by Daniel Way and Steve Dillon

Send us questions to podcast@bigplanetcomics.com or leave a voicemail at 1-703-539-CAST! (1-703-539-2278)

Big Planet Comics Podcast #66
"It's All A Blur"
This week, Kevin, Nick, and Jared review a bunch of new comics! Download now or subscribe on iTunes!
 
PODCAST REVIEWS:

Captain America #1 by Rick Remender and John Romita Jr.
Clone #1 by David Schulner and Juan Jose Ryp
Comeback #1 by Ed Brisson and Michael Walsh
FF #1 by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred
The Grand Duke HC by Yann and Romain Hugault
Indestructible Hulk #1 by Mark Waid and Leinel Yu
The Adventures of Leeroy and Popo SC by Louis Roskosch
Nowhere Men #1 by Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellegarde
Remake 3xtra SC by Lamar Abrams


12/25 Xmas
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1/1 New Year's Day Sale!
All our stores!

New Next Week 12/12

(Let us know if you want any of these!)
 
Activity #10                                             
Adventures of Dr McNinja Vol 2 Timefist SC
Adventure Time Cover Showcase One Shot    
Adventure Time Marceline SCream Queens #6 
Age of Apocalypse #10           
Age of Bronze #32 
Amazing Spider-Man #699.1       
Ame Comi Girls #3 (of 5) Featuring Duela Dent       
Archer & Armstrong (New) #5 
Army of Darkness Ongoing #7     
Artifacts #23                 
Atomic Robo Flying She Devils of the Pacific #5 (of 5)
Atomic Robo Real Science Adventures SC
Attack On Titan Vol 3 SC
Avengers Arena #1 Now         
Avengers Assemble #10 Now       
B & V Friends Double Digest #230  
Batgirl #15 (DOTF)               
Batman #15 (DOTF)              
Batman and Robin #15 (DOTF)     
Batman Arkham Unhinged #9        
Battle Angel Alita Last Order Vol 16 SC
Battlefields #2 (of 6) Green Fields Beyond Pt 2
Before Watchmen Dr Manhattan #3 (of 4)
Before Watchmen Rorschach #3 (of 4) 
Big Book of Mischief SC
Billy Kids Oddities & Orm Loch Ness #3 (of 4)  
Blood Lad Vol 1 SC
Bloodshot #6 
Body Bags Vol 2 SC
BTVS Season 8 Library Vol 3 HC
BTVS Season 9 Freefall #16 
Cable and X-Force #1 Now
Caligula Heart of Rome #1 (of 6)
Captain America By Ed Brubaker Vol 2 SC
Carnage USA SC  
Change #1 (of 4) 
Clone #2                        
Conan The Barbarian #11          
Couriers Complete Collection SC
Courtney Crumrin #8      
Creep #4                       
Criminal Macabre/Final Night 30 Days #1 
Crossed Badlands #19 
Dan The Unharmable #8 
Daredevil By Mark Waid Vol 2 SC
Dark Avengers #184              
Deadman Vol 3 SC
Deadpool Dead HC              
Deathstroke #15                
Demon Knights #15              
Elephantmen Vol 5 Devilish Functions SC
Essential X-Factor Vol 5 SC
Ex Sanguine #3 (of 5)
Exile On Planet of the Apes SC
Extermination #7 
Fanboys Vs Zombies #9 
Fangoria #319 
Fantastic Four #2 Now          
Fear Agent Vol 1 HC
Ferals Vol 1 SC
Frankenstein Agent of Shade #15 (Rot)     
Garfield Vol 1 SC
Garth Ennis Jennifer Blood #20 
Ghostbusters #16       
GI Joe Vol 2 #20       
Grandville Bete Noire HC 
Green Lantern Corps #15 (Rise)   
Green Lantern The Animated Series #9   
Grendel Omnibus Vol 2 Legacy SC
Grifter #15                      
Hollows #1 (of 4)              
Incredible Hulk By Jason Aaron Vol 1 SC
Iron Man #4 Now              
It Girl & The Atomics #5         
Justice League of America Omega SC
Kamandi Last Boy On Earth Omnibus Vol 2 HC
Knights of The Dinner Table #192 
Legion Lost #15                  
Lenore Volume II #7              
Life With Archie #25
Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man #9   
Marvel Universe Vs Avengers #3 (of 4)   
Massive #7                       
Mega Man #20 
Mega Man Vol 4 Spiritus Ex Machina SC
Monsters Inc #1 (of 2)          
Nancy In Hell (On Earth) SC
New Avengers By Brian Michael Bendis Vol 3 SC
Parker The Hunter SC           
Point of Impact #3 (of 4) 
Popeye #8                  
Ravagers #7                    
Red Sonja Atlantis Rises #4     
Revival Vol 1 You're Among Friends SC
Rocketeer Adventures Vol 2 HC
Rust Vol 2 HC
Saucer Country #10 
SCarlet Spider #12              
Sherlock Holmes Liverpool Demon #1 (of 5)  
Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow Vol 1 SC
Space 1999 Aftershock & Awe 
Spider-Man Danger Zone HC   
Spongebob Comics #15          
Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi Vol 1 Force Storm SC
Star Wars Lost Tribe of the Sith #5 (of 5) Spiral 
Strain #9 (of 12) 
Suicide Squad #15 (DOTF)        
Sumo GN
Superboy #15                  
Supurbia #2 
Team 7 #3                   
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17 
To Hell You Ride #1 (of 5)       
Transformers Robots In Disguise #12     
Transformers Spotlight Orion Pax One Shot    
Uglies Cutters SC
Ultimate Comics Iron Man #3 (of 4)  
Ultimate Comics X-Men #20       
Venom #27                      
Walking Dead #105 
Walking Dead Omnibus Vol 4 HC
Winter Soldier #13                
Wolverine #317                    
World of Archie Double Digest #24  
X-Treme X-Men #7.1

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Of Bear Cubs and Bookplates

Of Bear Cubs and Bookplates
By Michael Rhode (originally appeared on Hogan's Alley's website in 2006)

Political cartoonist Clifford Berryman is largely forgotten today. When he is remembered, it is for his 1902 creation of the Teddy bear. President Roosevelt refused to shoot a captured bear cub while hunting, and Berryman drew his most famous cartoon, "Drawing the Line in Mississippi," showing Roosevelt's refusal. His cute cub drawing was turned into a toy Teddy bear and has comforted millions of children.

But in his day, Berryman was considered the dean of cartoonists and, according to Wendy Kail in an article on him in the International Journal of Cartoon Art, drew over 15,000 political cartoons. Like many other cartoonists, he worked in several fields including book illustration. Berryman may be the only cartoonist to have drawn bookplates--the small slip of paper glued in the front cover of a book to proclaim ownership.

Berryman's interest in doing this work may have been influenced by his daughter, Florence, who produced a slim book, Early American Bookplates (1926). The book, reprinting an article she did for the yearbook of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers, included illustrations of American Revolution figures by her father. 

Due to the generosity of a private collector, I'm pleased to be able to present these rare examples of a cartoonist's art.

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Thursday, December 06, 2012

Oddity from the Library of Congress

Government librarian Sara Duke mentioned a bookplate collection today - so I did a quick look in the Library of Congress catalogue and came up with this Bookplate of English caricaturist Phil May.
It's part of the 14,000-piece  Ruthven Deane Bookplate Collection. It's out of copyright so you can download a hi-res version.

Years ago I wrote a brief piece for Hogan's Alley about Clifford Berryman's bookplates. It doesn't appear to be online anymore, so I'll recreate it here in the next day or so. 

Comic bits from The Post

The Weingarten's Barney & Clyde for today (Dec 6 2012 if you're reading this later) tips a hat to Hilary Price of Rhymes with Orange - in a strip that make no sense without David Clark's good artwork.

On page A13 is another one of those Life Without Fossil Fuels faux-editorial cartoons from EnergyTomorrow.org.


Get a Cul de Sac ornament for 50% off tonight

Richard Thompson has an ornament of Alice dancing on the manhole cover for sale at Cafe Press. Tonight you can get it for 1/2 price ($6.25) by putting in the code SPRUCE at checkout. I assume Richard still gets his full share of the sale.


Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Peanuts humor on Post blog

Peanuts Envy: Charles Schulz's secret love letters
by Alexandra Petri
Washington Post ComPost blog December 4, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2012/12/04/peanuts-envy-charles-schulzs-secret-love-letters/

This didn't do much for me, but, hey, I cover comic news in DC, so here it is.

Monday, December 03, 2012

Comic Riffs on Jeff Millar's death and Symbolia cartoon journalism

'SYMBOLIA' DEBUTS TODAY: Tablet magazine founder wants to change 'illustrated journalism'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog December 3 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/symbolia-debuts-today-tablet-magazine-founder-wants-to-change-illustrated-journalism/2012/12/03/282c73ac-3d74-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_blog.html#pagebreak

RIP, JEFF MILLAR: 'Tank McNamara' co-creator Bill Hinds memorializes his good friend's 'bewildered' sense of humor [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog December 3 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/rip-jeff-millar-tank-mcnamara-co-creator-bill-hinds-memorializes-his-good-friends-bewildered-sense-of-humor/2012/12/03/e0a9f574-3d5d-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_blog.html#pagebreak

'Unknown' Richard Thompson hits the web

RICHARD'S POOR ALMANAC: GoComics.com to rerun Richard Thompson's classic Post comic starting today
 
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (December 3 2012):
 
- This comic strip just appeared in the weekend's Washington Post. It's well-worth reading.

Sunday, December 02, 2012

Jeffrey Thompson's Etsy art page

Jeffrey Thompson clerks at Big Planet Comics Vienna, but he also illustrates children's books and comics. He's got a lot of scratchboard artwork for sale on his Etsy art page. I'm mulling over what to pick up for myself.

Snyder, King and Hatke at Capicons

The bi-monthly Capicons con at Tyson's Corner saw a few new faces today. I picked up a couple of pieces of original art as a result (and blew my budget, but if you go to the show with friends, you can borrow money from them).

101_4763 JK Snyder III Shadow sketch

Baltimore County's John K Snyder III did this Shadow sketch with the money going to Hero Initiative charity. Keep an eye out on IDW's variant covers for the Shadow as John is doing one in 2013.

 101_4766 Hatke - Zita the Spacegirl original art p98

Front Royal's Ben Hatke's Zita the Spacegirl original art for page 98. Zita's aimed at kids, but I like it a lot.

 101_4767 Hatke - Zita the Spacegirl original art chapter breaks

Ben Hatke's Zita the Spacegirl original art for chapter breaks. He tossed this one in after I bought the previous.

Washington's Tom King was signing his book A Once Crowded Sky, a novel about what happens when all the superheroes vanish, but the supervillains don't. I reviewed it for the City Paper and had the strange experience of seeing my words as a pull quote on his banner.  I liked the book enough to buy another copy for a comics-collecting buddy's Christmas present. King told me that some additional comic book news from him should come out this week - remind me to follow up if I don't post something here.



Today: John K Snyder III at Capicons

Baltimore artist John K Snyder III is appearing at Capicons on December 2.
http://capicons.com


John did a lovely page in the Team Cul de Sac book, so you should buy a copy and have him sign it. He's appearing on behalf of Hero Initiative charity.

I just bought a beautiful sketch of the Shadow for $20 for Hero Initiative!

Friday, November 30, 2012

Weldon on 'No Straight Lines' for the New York Times

Congratulations, Glen!

Comics: 'No Straight Lines,' Edited by Justin Hall
By GLEN WELDON
New York Times Book Review December 2 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/books/review/no-straight-lines-edited-by-justin-hall.html

NO STRAIGHT LINES
Four Decades of Queer Comics
Edited by Justin Hall
Illustrated. 308 pp. Fantagraphics Books. $35.

Comic Riffs on African-American animation director

'RISE OF THE GUARDIANS': 'The Obama of animation'? Director Peter Ramsey deflects the comparison — but not the responsibility
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 30 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/rise-of-the-guardians-the-obama-of-animation-director-peter-ramsey-deflects-the-comparison--but-not-the-responsibility/2012/11/30/b2dac3c0-3aa7-11e2-a263-f0ebffed2f15_blog.html#pagebreak

Mal Jones intervew at City Paper

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Mal Jones
by Mike Rhode on Nov. 30, 2012

Truitt on Bastian's 'Cursed Pirate Girl'

Bastian sails the detailed seas of 'Cursed Pirate Girl'; Writer/artist used Dorothy and Alice as role models for a buccaneer lass seeking her dad

Katie Coleman covers today's Express

Illustrator Katie Coleman (of Atlanta, GA, not our area) did the cover and a lot of illustrations for today's Express.

Dec 15: Jonathan Luna signing

Jonathan Luna is signing 12-3 pm on December 15th at Laughing Ogre Comics – Fairfax, 10647 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA 22032

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Submissions open for DC Conspiracy's Magic Bullet newspaper

Submissions are open for DC Conspiracy's Magic Bullet #6 newspaper. Carolyn Belefski is editing this issue which full of one-page comic stories and is free.

The Post reviews Seussical


'Seussical': Very busy having fun [online as Easy to get lost in lively, crowded 'Seussical'].
By Celia Wren,
Washington Post November 28 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/easy-to-get-lost-in-lively-crowded-seussical/2012/11/27/e382820e-38c4-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html

Comic Riffs on crowdfunding Bill Day

CROWDFUNDING AN ARTIST'S 'SALARY': Pink-slipped political cartoonist is 'overwhelmed' by Indiegogo campaign
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (November 27 2012)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/crowdfunding-an-artists-salary-pink-slipped-political-cartoonist-is-overwhelmed-by-indiegogo-campaign/2012/11/27/f0dd073e-390b-11e2-a263-f0ebffed2f15_blog.html#pagebreak

Editorial cartoonist Nina Allender needs you


This past weekend, I met a woman Washington political cartoonist I hadn't known before. Not in person - Nina Allender died in 1957 - but her drawings live on in the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum on Capitol Hill. The Museum has about 20 of her cartoons on display - but houses over 100 more. You can see them online. Allender's sex is important because she was a single theme cartoonist on suffrage and the vote for American women.

The Museum is holding a fundraising drive to conserve Allender's cartoons. They're asking people to sponsor a drawing at $250. Their website lists the reasons why and the benefits to you: Many of these cartoons, sketches on paper, are critically in need of conservation. Conservation includes cleaning, repairing any losses of the paper, and stabilization of the original drawings. Your contribution to our Allender fund can help underwrite the cost of conserving the cartoons to preserve these images for future generations to view. The benefits of sponsorship include: Recognition of your adoption displayed alongside the cartoon in the Museum and if the original is lent out for exhibit; An 8 x 10 print of the adopted Allender; An adoption certificate.


Who was Nina Allender? According to the Museum website:
Nina Allender was the official cartoonist for the National Woman’s Party. She contributed over 150 cartoons to the suffrage campaign, mostly original drawings created for The Suffragist, the weekly publication of the National Woman’s Party from 1913 until 1921, and later its successor, Equal Rights, published from 1923 until 1954.

Allender’s cartoons were instrumental in changing the mainstream image of the suffragist as unattractive, selfish and rowdy to one who was young, slender and energetic – a capable woman with an intense commitment to the cause. This suffragist image, titled the “Allender Girl”, appeared in many of Allender’s cartoons. Today she is considered one of the most significant political artists of the era, capturing the spirited struggle for women’s rights as it happened and providing a unique window into this intense chapter in women’s history.

Allender gave the majority of the cartoons she drew during this time to the National Woman’s Party; at this point it is believed that the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum houses the only collection of Nina Allender cartoons.


The Museum's biography probably overstates her importance as a cartoonist, but last year Slate Magazine had a small feature on her - Nina Allender's Suffrage Cartoons by Elizabeth Weingarten. Overall, I think Allender could use some wider recognition.

The Museum itself is having some financial difficulties and after December 31, 2012, will close for the winter except by appointment. They hope to reopen for regular hours in the spring, but as of now, if you're interested in seeing her work in person, you've got a month left to visit. If sponsoring a cartoon is a financial stretch for you, the gift shop sells 9 postcards and 2 magnets of her cartoons. I've got one of each now.

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Some more pictures of the Sewall-Belmont House can be seen here.

Jason Rodriguez and Andrew Cohen have new works out

Andrew Cohen has a non-fiction shipwreck story in The Appendix, a new history journal.
 
Jason Rodriguez wrote a story for the comics/fairy tales anthology, Once Upon A Time Machine. He's also been releasing short prose science fiction stories through Amazon.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Truitt on Talon

'Talon' claws into Gotham City lore with Calvin Rose: The escape artist and former assassin now fights the good fight in the land of Batman.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 26. 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/11/26/talon-batman-comic-book-series/1726339/

Nick Galifianakis print sale (from the Washington Post relationship cartoonist)

  • Hello Everyone! Check out my Holiday SALE for Signed Prints!     Perfect gifts that reflect your Love Life (or someone else's, if you're really judgmental), Family (dysfunctional or not), Friends (if we could read minds there wouldn't be two pals in the world) and the Animals that are our reason for getting out of bed in the morning!     Enjoy!    http://nickandzuzu.com/
    Hello Everyone! Check out my Holiday SALE for Signed Prints!

    Perfect gifts that reflect your Love Life (or someone else's, if you're really judgmental), Family (dysfunctional or not), Friends (if we could read minds there wouldn't be two pals in the world) and the Animals that are our reason for getting out of bed in the morning!

International Ink book reviews part deux

International Ink: Gift Ideas for Comics Nerds (Part 2 of 2)
by Mike Rhode on Nov. 27, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/11/27/international-ink-gift-ideas-for-comics-nerds-part-2-of-2/
 
And remember, these are not necessarily my holiday recommendations, but rather books that I was sent for review.

Feb 16-17: Success in the World of Comics Seminar

David Paccia, the man behind the excellent David-Wasting-Paper interview blog, pointed me to The Third Annual Success in the World of Comics Seminar that will be held in Annapolis, MD. It's run by Chad Carpenter and Bill Kellogg who've made a success of the self-syndicated Tundra comic strip. Amy Lago of the Washington Post syndicate will be there as will other cartoonists such as Tom Richmond, MAD caricaturist and head of the National Cartoonists Society. The seminar is Feburary 16-17th and costs $375 - register for it on the site which also has hotel information.

Truitt on Retrovirus

'Retrovirus' an infectious mix of pandemics and cavemen; An interest in science and a run-in with H1N1 influenced Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti's new graphic novel.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Project Update #3: The Super-Shakespeare Series by David Miller

Ryan North's Shakespeare project is wildly over-funded - consider a local cartoonist's project!

Project Update #3: A Rose by Any Other Name

by David Miller Like

Greetings, Culture Vultures,
I hope this update finds everyone well and enjoying the holiday spirit. Today's update is a preview of some of the characters that will be performing the immortal words of the Bard. Courtesy of my sketchbook.

 I've included some bios so that you can see how I've put some thought to matching up these characters to their Shakespearean counterparts. I know it's a bit obsessive to cast the appropriate super-person to the appropriated cast member. Especially since none of the super-folks' personality will come through. But I just thought it would be more fun this way.

So feel free to scroll down and meet the visual cast of Much Ado About Nothing:


 

Marc Tyler Nobleman says "Book signing THIS Wednesday evening - 40 authors"


From: Marc Tyler Nobleman:

Because you probably thrive on the challenge of getting a sitter on short notice, I hereby invite you to the annual University Club Book Fair this Wednesday. I'm honored to be one of the 40 authors who will sign books; personalized books, I'm told, make thoughtful holiday gifts. (No one's yet asked but I will also sign Kindles/Nooks/iPads.) At least two of my titles will be there, including my latest, which has been seen/heard on outlets including NPR, MTV, and TED (see below). The event is free and open to the public and here's all else you need to know:

The University Club of Washington DC
1135 16th Street, N.W.

Wednesday 11/28
5:30-8 p.m.

Hope to see you there; truly no pressure to buy one of my books. It looks like a classy event. Oh, and come to think of it, it does start early enough that you actually don't need a sitter...

Thank you,
Marc Tyler Nobleman
noblemania.blogspot.com
twitter.com/MarcTNobleman

Buzz on Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman:


My TED talk about Bill Finger and the tragedy of creators' rights


My interview on NPR's All Things Considered


Why we bid - Cartoons & Cocktails results

101_4643 - Barbara Dale

A few days ago, we linked to Michael Cavna's article on the upcoming Cartoons & Cocktails charity editorial cartoon auction. (Their site is here).

In case anyone was wondering, here's a link to the art I won - all in the silent auctions where I bid first on people I know, then on local cartoonists, then on cartoons I like. I usually make about 50 bids (at a minimum of $25) so I wander around feeling nervous. And don't bid much on the live auction. But you can talk to cartoonists like Matt Wuerker and KAL who were running parts of the show this year. And Lynn Johnston stopped in briefly and signed my Team Cul de Sac book.

The art I won was:

It's Time We Clean House! Artley, Steven G
These People Here For The "Kiss Protest" Are Really Freaking Me Out… Jones, Clay
Norbert: I Never Noticed the Size of His Teeth Before Fett, George
Can You Please Play Ruffles and Flourishes Just for Me, and Does Anyone Know the Words? Ganz, Anne
Mitt's Way On The Highway Dale, Barbara
Wee Pals: What's Your View On Euthanasia, Guys? Turner, Morrie
Don't Blame Me… My Gun Only Bops People On the Schnoz! Jackson, Tim
Free Speech, Free Speech, Free Speech, Reason To Boycott Sutliff, Joe

Joe, Steve, Barbara, Clay and Anne are local to DC/Baltimore.The Fett and Turner pieces are comic strips - I didn't know Fett's work, but it was nice (he was big in Australia) and Morrie Turner's an early African-American cartoonist in the strip world, influenced and helped by Charles Schulz. Tim Jackson's take on a comic book villain was appealing.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Grand Bargain" (NSFW)

From: mike flugennock: (and passed through unedited - MR)

Grand Bargain
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1234

You know that when politicians and pundits start throwing the phrase "grand bargain" around on TV, it's time to look the fuck out.

Speaking of which, I'd love to find the Liberal think tank hack who came up with the phrase "grand bargain", so I can beat the shit out of him/her/it. The GOP's transparent, cheesy euphemisms -- like "job creators" -- are bad enough; just imagine that bullshit with an extra added helping of smarm, and you've got the Democrats' transparent, cheesy euphemisms.

Of course, El Presidente will have his sycophantic minions out beating the drum for the Grand Bargain™, trying to convince us that we have a duty to give up our Social Security and Medicare benefits and bend over for austerity -- as if putting up with those zombie clowns during two Presidential campaigns wasn't bad enough. I can just see them down at Busboys'n'Poets now, buttonholing all those Liberals who paid way too much for their burgers and Sam Adams, flocks of so-called Progressives shilling for right-wing policies. Just makes you want to smack the shit out of them, huh?

--


"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
 Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"

                                               --grateful dead.
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Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

Truitt on Hulk and Alpha

With 'Alpha,' Pittsburgh gets a cocky kid superhero
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 1. 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/11/01/alpha-spider-man-series/1675057/

Waid takes the Hulk from incredible to 'Indestructible'; In new series, Bruce Banner joins S.H.I.E.L.D. as a big brain and a weapon of mass destruction.
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY November 21. 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/11/21/indestructible-hulk-marvel-comic-book-series/1719061/

Help fund editorial cartoonist Bill Day for 2013

Editorial cartonist Bill Day won the Robert F. Kennedy journalism award here in DC a couple of years ago, but lost his newspaper cartooning job, and then his replacement package deilivery one.  Daryl Cagle is putting together a crowdfunding campaign to put Bill back to work creating cartoons.
 
From: Bill Day:
 
A campaign to help me has been started by Daryl Cagle, my syndication director. Daryl runs Cagle.com, a syndication service that sends my cartoons to newspapers and websites around the world. Daryl is using his blog and a website called Indiegogo to accomplish a set of goals to help me after I lost my job three years ago. I am deeply moved by his desire to help me. If it is possible fo
r you, please join this effort and pass this message around to those who enjoy my work.
 
The site with all the information is: 
http://www.indiegogo.com/billday and Daryl's blog is: www.cagle.com/2012/11/help-us-save-an-editorial-cartoonist/
  
Again, I am very grateful to you for believing in me.

Sincerely,  Bill

International Ink: Gift Ideas for Comics Nerds (Part 1 of 2)

International Ink: Gift Ideas for Comics Nerds (Part 1 of 2)
Posted by Mike Rhode on Nov. 26, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/11/26/international-ink-gift-ideas-for-comics-nerds-part-1/

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Weingarten's Bazooka Joe interview


Chewish humor: The secrets of 'Bazooka Joe'.
By Gene Weingarten, Washington Post Magazine November 25 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-chewish-humor/2012/11/14/0882d6ec-2512-11e2-ba29-238a6ac36a08_story.html

SPX panel programmer's new publishing venture featured

Publisher Q&A | Bill Kartalopoulos
by Chris Mautner
November 24, 2012
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/11/publisher-qa-bill-kartalopoulos/

David Miller's Super-Shakespeare on Kickstarter

Just a reminder that local cartoonist David Miller has a Shakespeare comics project at Kickstarter. He's got 15 days left.

PR: Beyond Comics Extended Black Friday Sale!



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Dec 2: JK Snyder III at Capicons convention

Baltimore artist John K Snyder III is appearing at Capicons on December 2.
http://capicons.com


John did a lovely page in the Team Cul de Sac book, so you should buy a copy and have him sign it. He's appearing on behalf of Hero Initiative charity. I'm sure he'll have some of his own current work too.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Jason Axtell has a new Facebook page

Jason Axtell reports he has a new Facebook page at Axtellustration, which will replace his previous one. I'm sure he'd like all ComicsDC readers to Like it.

That darn Peanuts, and Clay Bennett too

A wrong message in 'Peanuts'
Mariah Finkelstein, Washington
Washington Post November 24 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-wrong-message-in-peanuts/2012/11/22/5b0c48bc-3273-11e2-92f0-496af208bf23_story.html

Letter to the Editor - Good employees create success [Clay Bennett cartoon].

H. S. Meade Gwinn, Cyndy Martin, Asher Roth

Washington Post November 24 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/good-employees-create-success/2012/11/22/4eaa803a-3268-11e2-92f0-496af208bf23_story.html