Cartoons and holocaust exhibit designed in DC opens in NY

Excoriating the Apathy That Aided the Nazis
By SYLVIANE GOLD
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/nyregion/a-review-of-cartoonists-against-the-holocaust-in-new-rochelle.html

"Created in Washington by the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, brought to Westchester by the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center and installed at the Museum of Arts and Culture in New Rochelle High School's new wing, "Cartoonists Against the Holocaust" merits its subtitle, "Art in the Service of Humanity."..."

Create a superhero for The Post Style Invitational contest

Style Invitational Week 1006: It's a ... a ... — Create a new superhero

Bob Staake's already done one - click through the link for The Flush.

I will try to remember to link to the contest results, but please remind me if I don't.

That Darn Beetle Bailey, continued

Letter to the Editor: 'Beetle Bailey' always wins the battle
David Burns, Fairfax and Paul Belschner, Kensington
Washington Post January 19 2013
online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/beetle-bailey-always-wins-the-battle/2013/01/18/123e8716-5e8e-11e2-8acb-ab5cb77e95c8_story.html

Comic Riffs interview on pop-up political cartoon exhibit

2013 INAUGURATION: Top political cartoons — and their creators — on display for Saturday's 'Art Soiree'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (January 19 2013): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/2013-inauguration-top-political-cartoons--and-their-creators--on-display-for-saturdays-art-soiree/2013/01/19/115a6a54-61b3-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_blog.html

SEEING DOUBLE: Looking for truth, originality and plagiarism in an Internet world

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comics Riffs blog January 18 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/seeing-double-looking-for-truth-originality-and-plagiarism-in-an-internet-world/2013/01/18/5689bc70-619e-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_blog.html#pagebreak

Matt Rawson interviews CEO of Ape Enertainment

Matt Rawson New Episode! We interview CEO of Ape Entertainment, David Hedgecock, the publisher of the massive-seller Temple Run Comic app for iOS, and the upcomicg relaunch of Poison Elves. Episode 16: Runnin' Through The Temple – An Interview with David Hedgecock » ComicCritique.Com www.comiccritique.com Episode 16: Runnin' Through The Temple – An Interview with David HedgecockJan172013 In episode 16, D...

Ben Hatke interview online at City Paper

Meet a Semilocal Cartoonist: A Chat with Ben Hatke
by Mike Rhode

Jan. 18, 2013

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2013/01/18/meet-a-semilocal-cartoonist-a-chat-with-ben-hatke/

PR: Kal Kickstarter gets #1 billing

Kal writes in -

 

I wanted to alert you that my Kickstarter campaign has be selected as the #1 Project of the day on today's site.

www.Kickstarter.com

Kevin Kallaugher 

daggersdrawnbykal@gmail.com

Join my Kickstarter Campaign!

Daggers Drawn: 35 Years of KAL Cartoons in The Economist

Donkeys & Elephants exhibit reviewed

Reviewed: "Donkeys & Elephants" at Studio Gallery

by Louis Jacobson 

Washington City Paper Jan. 18, 2013 , p. 46

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2013/01/07/reviewed-donkeys-elephants-at-studio-gallery/

 

KAL will be speaking at this on Jan 22nd at 6 pm

Presidential caricatures cover today's Express

Artist Ryan Snook has caricatured a bunch of past Presidents for the cover of today's Express.

Jan 19 First-Term Retrospective Editorial Cartoon Exhibit

Toles, Kal, Cagle, Keefe, Telnaes, Margulies, Glez, Wilkinson and Komarnitski will have cartoons in the exhibit and Toles' band is playing.

FIRST-TERM RETROSPECTIVE: 3rd Annual Cartoonist Exhibit

Art Soiree

Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 8:00 PM - Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 2:00 AM (EST)

Washington, DC

More details: http://firsttermretrospective.eventbrite.com/

Archer and Bob's Burgers animation tv shows cross-over tonight

Cartoon Crossover

By Rudi Greenberg

[Washington Post] Express January 16, 2013, p. 18

http://www.readexpress.com/2013/01/cartoon-crossover/

The Post interviews Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer on his new novel, 'The Fifth Assassin,' and presidential killers

 By Carole Burns,

 Washington Post January 16 2013

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/brad-meltzer-on-his-new-novel-the-fifth-assassin-and-presidential-killers/2013/01/15/01baf6dc-5915-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html

Library of Congress Swann Fellowship applications due Feb. 15

 

A reminder that Feb. 15, 2013 is the deadline for receipt of applications for the Swann Foundation Fellowship, one of the few that supports scholarly graduate research in caricature and cartoon. For criteria, guidelines, and application forms, please see:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html

 

 

Please email swann@loc.gov or call (202) 707-9115 if you have questions. We appreciate the opportunity to post this notice. Apologies for cross listing.

Thank you! 

 

Martha  Kennedy

 

 

Whats new at Game On Comics this week

Some nice "inside comics" information about sales figures included in here.

Game On! Comics Weekly Digest Come  Visit Us! January 15th, 2013 In this issue :: New Titles this Week :: Game Nights  Dear Mike,   Welcome to Game On! Comics     All Back Issues only $2 for the entire month of January!!   Spidey tops 1.6 million!    Marvel sold over $1.6 million retail worth ofAmazing Spider-Man #700 to comic stores in December, the top dollar comic in recent memory.  Sell-in of over 200,000 copies was supported by an extensive variant program, including numerous "exceed orders," 1:200, and 1:700 variants, and at a $7.99 retail price, the dollars piled up fast.  Extensive publicity about the storyline helped make this a major event book.  The lead-in book, #699, appears to have unfilled demand; #698 sold more than #699 (both #698 and #699 have second printings already released). Marvel also had a big hit with Avengers #1 at over 186,000 copies, but the scale of the dollars wasn't even close, with less than half the dollars of the #1 book. The books in DC's "Death of a Family" event were up and down:Batman, for example, was down around 5%, but all of the tie-in titles saw some pretty substantial bumps-- Detective Comics #15 (+31,835), Batman and Robin (+14,335), Batgirl #15 (+2127),Nightwing #15 (+23,687), Teen Titans #15 (+28,962), and Red Hood and the Outlaws #15 (+26,393).  Also of note, DC's Justice League (Part 1 of the "Throne of Atlantis" storyline crossing over with Aquaman) saw an uptick of 2% while Aquaman #15 saw orders increase over 30%. The Walking Dead Vol. 1 mustered nearly 10,000 sales out of the direct market in December, with gifts of the first volume a great sign for the future of the franchise.                                  Don't forget to sign up for a free Comixology account!    Game On! Comics is now working with Comixology!  What does this mean for you? You can manage your subscription list online.  You can add or delete comics from your Game On! subscription list either at Comixology or by simply sending us an email. Our store will get credit any time you buy digital comics online How do you sign up?  It's free and easy. Click here to create your account and create your sub list:   Create your Pull List First create an account, then click on the Store Locator, type in our zip code 22180, and choose Game On! Comics as "your store". How to sign up for the store to get credit for digital comic purchases?  Simply buy comics from our digital Comixology store front page:  Game On! Comics digital Store Front               Game On! Comics Loyalty Members: Please remember that while we will hold comics for you every week and give you the discounts/perks, we do ask that you pick up your comics at least once per month.  Please help us out by coming in at least once per month or by communicating with us about any delays  Thanks!!              New Comic Book titles this week 1-15-13   Best Discounts in the area--Not just a slogan, we really do have the best price discounts when you become a Game On! Comics Loyalty Member!  Details here:  Loyalty Membership     Savage Wolverine #1      A MUST READ THIS WEEK!      All New X-Men #6 Ame Comi Girls (Featuring Power Girl) #4 Archer & Armstrong #6 Avengers Assemble #11 Avenging Spider-Man #16 Batgirl #16 Batman #16 Batman And Robin #16 Batman: Arkham Unhinged #10 Billy Kids Oddities & Orm Loch Ness #4 (L) Bionic Man (Kevin Smith) #15 Bionic Man Vs Bionic Woman #1 Black Beetle: No Way Out #1 Black Kiss II #6 (L) Bloodshot #7 Caligula Heart Of Rome #2 Captain America #3 Captain Marvel #9 Comeback #3 Conan The Barbarian #12 Creator Owned Heroes #8 Crossed Badlands #21 Crow: Skinning The Wolves #2 Daredevil #22 Dark Avengers #185 Dark Shadows #12 Deathstroke #16 Demon Knights #16 Elephantmen #45 Ex Sanguine #4 Executive Assistant Assassins #7 Fashion Beast #5 Ferals #12 Fly Vol II #4 Frankenstein: Agent Of Shade #16 (L) Freelancers #3 G.I. Joe Vol 2 #21 Garth Ennis Jennifer Blood #21 (Mr) Green Hornet: Year One Special #1 Grifter #16 (L) Grimm Fairy Tales #81 High Ways #1 Indestructible Hulk #3 Insurgent #1 Legion Lost #16 (L) Li'l Depressed Boy #15 Lord Of The Jungle #11 Mars Attacks Real Ghostbusters 1-Shot New Avengers #2 Pathfinder #4 Peter Cannon Thunderbolt #5 Punisher Nightmare #3 Ravagers #8 Saga #7 2nd Ptg Saga #9 Savage Wolverine #1 Stitched #11 Suicide Squad #16 Superboy #16 Team 7 #4 Thor (Marvel Movie) Adaptation #1 Threshold #1 Todd, The Ugliest Kid On Earth #1 Ultimate Comics Iron Man #4 (L) Venom #30 Warlord Of Mars: Dejah Thoris #21 Wolverine Max #3 X-Factor #250 X-Men #40         ALL AGES COMICS AND MAGAZINES   Green Lantern The Animated Series #10 Marvel Super Heroes Magazine #6 Simpsons Comics #198       COLLECTIONS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS   Captain America By Brubaker HC Vol 4 Fables TP Vol 18: Cubs In Toyland     Game Nights    Sunday Nights, 5pm-9pm        Wednesday Nights 7-11pm Magic the Gathering       Casual Play and booster Draft.   Sunday Afternoons, 12:30pm     Come check out Kaijudo on its new day, Sundays!! Brand new card based game by the makers of Magic the Gathering.  Geared to be a little easier than MTG.  Want to try it out?  Come on Sundays, weekly demos.      Friday Night, 7pm  Booster Draft Tournament--$15  Return to Ravnica!  Win promo cards and boosters from Ravnica!     Saturdays 4-7pm Heroclix--Batman       Heroclix at Game On! Comics Saturday, January 19th, at 4 p,m, Gang Warfare! Build a 500 point Modern Age force with representation from the Batman and/or Streets of Gotham sets, bring your best Mastermind/Minions team (Batman and Batman Family, Joker and Joker Henchmen, et al). No Colossals, no Feats or BFC's; Vehicles are okay, special objects are okay including the Infinity Gauntlet and Utility Belt.   Each week adds cumulative points for another territory, Join your Gang and compete to claim it! Lord of the Rings/Hobbit, Gears of War, and HALO figures can be used for this event but without the special rules that accompany them. Prize support from other venues which has not been given out yet at Game On! Comics is not eligible for play. For our venue, Modern Age is defined as anything from the Secret Invasion set forwards unless otherwise specified. Using Unicorns, Polar Bears, or Dinosaurs as objects is not required but is encouraged.    Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and Fellowship!        Congrats to last weeks winners:    1st: Mike H. 2nd: Francisco and Alex A. Fellowship: George   Batman Gang won the day!! Yeah!!      Comic Review  Black Beetle #1                The Black Beetle is a comic book character created by Eisner Award-winning artist Francesco Francavilla.  The character has been appearing on Francavilla's blog and in the anthology series,Dark Horse Presents.  The Black Beetle has more than a passing resemblance to DC Comics' Batman because they share conceptual DNA.   The Black Beetle blends the aesthetics of pulp fiction, mystery, noir, and the superhero.  The character is not only part superhero, but he is also a costumed vigilante and weird detective in the vein of such classic pulp heroes as The Shadow and The Spider, with some of Zorro and Sherlock Holmes thrown into the mix.  Black Beetle is a super-heroic sleuth, and his base of operation isColt City, a classic pulp and noir-type urban landscape.  Black Beetle debuts in his own comic book series, entitled The Black Beetle.   As The Black Beetle #1 begins, the Black Beetle is about to make himself an uninvited guest in a meeting of two crime families, the Galazzos and the Fierros.  In this summit, which will determine the future of Colt City's criminal empire, Black Beetle sees an opportunity to take out two major crime bosses, Don Pasquale Galazzo and Joe Fierro.  When the hero makes his move at Spencer's, the neutral sight where this crime conference is being held, he discovers that he is not the only hunter.   The Black Beetle: No Way Out #1 is clean comic book storytelling.  This is classic, two-fisted, masked-man comic book action.  It's gritty and pure, lacking in pretension or the goal to be the soap opera version of character drama that most superhero comic books offer.  This is the kind of pulpy mayhem that first made me fall in love with comic books.   I don't think that I can adequately describe just how gorgeous Francesco Francavilla's art is.  Some of the pages use a standard comic book page layout, but most of them are more imaginative and inventive.  Some pages resemble movie posters and movie theatre lobby cards; others are similar to narrative paintings.  Some pages are designed as splash pages, but with details and assorted art embedded on them.   The Black Beetle is pure pop comics.  Between the new Stars Wars series and The Black Beetle, Dark Horse Comics is doing their own version of Marvel NOW and The New 52.  Dark Horse is just doing a better job of making classic seem so fresh.   $3.99     Review by Leroy Douresseaux Thank you so much for your support of our new comic and game shop.  We look forward to taking care of all of your comic and game needs.   Don't forget to go on yelp.com and write a review about us too!!     Please tell your comic/game friends about our shop, we would appreciate their business.       Please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us!!      Please tell your friends about us, we would love their business!     Follow us on Twitter too!     Dave, J.R., and Louis Game On! 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Another Brad Meltzer interview on mysterious medical museums

Brad Meltzer Hunts "The Fifth Assassin"
Kiel Phegley,
Comic Book Resources January 15 2013
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=43191

Brad Meltzer's new book

Brad Meltzer wrote Justice League and Green Arrow and is glad to sign them both. He'll be at Politics and Prose on Jan. 16th and Mclean's Barnes & Noble on the 17th. Here's an article about his new book (and some of you may know the "government employee" who's not the President):

 

Brad Meltzer's new thriller gets Oval Office insight

Mon, Jan 14 2013

By Kurt Anthony Krug

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/14/entertainment-us-books-bradmeltzer-idUSBRE90D15P20130114

 

and some straight PR from: Brad Meltzer's wife

Here we are: the big day when Brad's new novel, The Fifth Assassin, is finally out.  It's a thriller about a serial killer who's meticulously recreating the crimes of all the Presidential assassins, from John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald.  And yes, as always, it's filled with obscure and amazing real details from history (you know Brad's obsessive about that).

To buy The Fifth Assassin, you can go here:
http://bradmeltzer.com/book/the-fifth-assassin/buy-the-fifth-assassin/

To see if Brad will be coming to you on book tour (and yes, this time he has decoder rings with him.  I mean it.) go here:
http://bradmeltzer.com/appearances/

Otherwise, for those in the NY area tonight, Brad (with the help of John Hodgman) is trying to break the Guinness Book World Record for "most decoder rings in one place," so please bring friends.  :-)

This has been a wild roller coaster of a year for Brad (up and down), so if you go see him on tour, give him a hug from here.

Thank you so much for all you've done for us -- personally and professionally.  For those who really know Brad, he never forgets it.

Always,

- Cori

Donkeys and Elephants: A Celebration of American Political Cartoons exhibit is open

Donkeys and Elephants: A Celebration of American Political Cartoons

January 4 - January 26, 2013

Studio Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Friday, 1 - 7pm
Saturday, 1 - 6pm

Directions To The Gallery

  2108 R Street N.W. Washington, DC 20008   |   info@studiogallerydc.com   |   202.232.8734

Jan 29: WETA shows Pioneers of Television: Superheroes

Starting tomorrow night, tune into WETA Television for new episodes of Pioneers of Television, the Emmy-nominated series that reveals intriguing behind-the-scenes stories and fascinating facts about your favorite old television shows. Each episode melds new interviews with iconic clips and never-before-seen photos to offer an insider's look at television's biggest celebrities. Ryan Seacrest hosts the new programs. This week's installment, Funny Ladies, spotlights the first standup comediennes and the sitcom stars that followed. Future episodes include Primetime Soaps (January 22), Superheroes (January 29) and Miniseries (February 5). Don't miss these great programs! Pioneers of Television airs Tuesdays, January 15 - February 5 at 8:00pm on WETA Television.

Comic Riffs features Google computer animator

New Doodle4Google student contest announced: Team artist Mike Dutton spotlights the vital role of teachers
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 14 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/new-doodle4google-student-contest-announced-team-artist-mike-dutton-spotlights-the-vital-role-of-teachers/2013/01/14/cee8242a-5e7b-11e2-90a0-73c8343c6d61_blog.html#pagebreak