2013 SPX video interviews

A new batch of 2013 Small Press Expo video interviews with creators at the show. This is a great annual tradition started by local comics/zinefest/videocast creators Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley. Below is one of the videos that includes part of the SPX crew, including Warren Bernard, Sam Marx and MDT.

Brian Biggs' brand new book Everything Goes: By Sea

Launched today at Hooray for books in Alexandria VA. Tomorrow Biggs will be at Politics and Prose at 10 AM.

Lion King theater article in today's Express

Billion-Dollar Mane Attraction: 16 years later, 'The Lion King' musical is still smashing records.

Mark Kennedy / Associated Press

Express October 21 2013, p. 29

1st show to make a billion dollars, 4th longest running show (within a month).

Swann Foundation accepting fellowship applications

The Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, administered by the Library of Congress is accepting applications for its graduate fellowship, one of the few in the field, for the 2014-2015 academic year. Deadline for receipt of applications is February 14, 2014. Please email swann@loc.gov or call (202) 707-9115 if you have questions. For criteria, guidelines, and application forms, please see:

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

 

NPR interviews Scott 'Dilbert' Adams

Scott Adams Explains 'How To Fail At Almost Everything' (Except Dilbert)

by DAVID GREENE

Morning Edition October 21, 2013

http://www.npr.org/2013/10/21/236207605/scott-adams-explains-how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-except-dilbert and 

http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2013/10/20131021_me_07.mp3

TALKIN' 'BOUT TOONS Panel Discussion | Monday, 21 October 2013

TALKIN' 'BOUT TOONS Panel Discussion | Monday, 21 October 2013

 

 

DATE:                    Monday, October 21
TIME:                    7:30 - 9 p.m.

LOCATION:         Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Va, Tyler Building | AA-270

Join us for an informative panel discussion moderated by NOVA's Rachel Martin and Chris Choi with the following cartoon artists:

Marty Bauman
Artist at Pixar Animation Studios, and illustrator for Disney on such films as Toy Story 3 and Cars 2.

Steve Conley
Award-winning cartoonist, designer and co-creator of Comicon.com. His comics work includes Star Trek: Year Four, Michael Chabon's Escapist and his own self-published Astounding Space Thrills.

Kevin Rechin
Editorial cartoonist for USA Today, National Geographic, and the Wall Street Journal among others.

Matt Wuerker
POLITICO's editorial cartoonist and the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.

Tyler Gallery, Room AT-270
Current Exhibit: Five Fantastic Cartoon Artists: A Look at Art, Process, Story, and Design

CONTACT:
For more information, contact Lisa Hill ehill@nvcc.edu or Britt Conley bconley@nvcc.edu

That darn Pearls Before Swine

Letter to the Editor: Holding the line against lazy grammar

Jack Fretwell, Reston

Washington Post October 19 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/holding-the-line-against-lazy-grammar/2013/10/18/5c65c570-34ee-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html

Oct. 20: 5 Centimeters Per Second anime at Freer Gallery

5 Centimeters Per Second

Date Sunday, October 20, 2013, 2 pm Categories Films Venue Freer Gallery Event Location Meyer Auditorium Cost Free; walk-in. Details Book club screening! Read the manga version (available in English) and then join Adriel Luis, curator of digital and emerging media for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, for an informal discussion in the Freer conference room after the screening. Watch the trailer.  Manga comics and anime movies both belong to a long, rich tradition of Japanese narrative visual art. Both versions of 5 Centimeters Per Secondillustrate how sophisticated these art forms can be. The title of Makoto Shinkai's wistful coming-of-age film, which he adapted from his own manga comic book, describes the velocity at which cherry blossom petals fall. This metaphor for the impermanence of human relationships is the theme of the film's three connected stories. Each takes place at a different point in the lives of the three main characters, from puppy love thwarted by a family move, to an unrequited teenage crush, to melancholy reminiscences in adulthood. "[A] sensitive and achingly beautiful tale of youthful love, loss and longing" (Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times). (Dir.: Makoto Shinkai, Japan, 2007, 62 min., DVD) DVD courtesy of Crunchyroll.

NPR on Afterlife with Archie; local variant editions to collect

And remember that Big Planet Comics and Game On! Comics both got special variant editions that you can buy at their stores.

World War R: New Comic Pits Archie And Friends Against The Undead

by Jody Arlington

October 18, 2013

Oct 21-22: Brian Biggs booksignings

Cartoonist turned children's book illustrator Brian Biggs will be at Hooray for Kids in Alexandria on Monday afternoon Oct 21 at 4 pm, and at Politics and Prose on Tuesday Oct 22 at 10:30 am. Here's the trailer he's made for his new book, Everything Goes: By Sea. I'm sure he'd be glad to sign your copy of Dear Julia too.

Bleeding Cool has a Washington, DC correspondent, who interviews Nobrow founder

"We Want To Print Books That Deserve To Be Printed" – The Bleeding Cool Interview With Nobrow Co-Founder Alex Spiro
October 15, 2013
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/10/15/we-want-to-print-books-that-deserve-to-be-printed-the-bleeding-cool-interview-with-nobrow-co-founder-alex-spiro/

David Dissanayake, our Washington DC Correspondent, interviews Nobrow co-founder Alex Spiro shortly after their New York office opening.

MSU Libraries reprint classic comic Tim Tyler's Luck

I'm a big fan of MSU's Comic Art Collection.

MSU Libraries' Comic Art Preservation Project releases first volume

The Michigan State University Libraries, home to one of the world's largest collections of comic art, have established the Comic Art Preservation Project (CAPP), with the goal of making classic comics more widely available to libraries, collectors, and fans.

The first CAPP volume reprints two and a half years of Tim Tyler's Luck, a Golden Age adventure strip created by Lyman Young and distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1928 to 1996. The reprint is authorized by King Features.

The reprint volume contains daily strips from July 1, 1937 to December 30, 1939, and follows young Tim as he faces wild animals, dangerous criminals, and constant excitement as a member of the "Ivory Patrol," a fictitious law enforcement organization in Africa.

The strips were scanned from original proof sheets in the collections of the Michigan State University Libraries, resulting in a clear, crisp reproduction. The MSU Libraries have more than one million proof sheets from King Features Syndicate, along with more than 200,000 comic books and an extensive collection of books and journals about comic art.

The volume also features an introduction by Reade W. Dornan, a recently retired faculty member from MSU's Department of English. In her lively essay, Dornan examines the pop culture influences of the time – including Westerns, the Rough Riders, and boys' adventure books – and compares the adventure hero Tim exemplified to the superheroes created a decade later.

"The years of Tim Tyler's Luck reissued in these volumes showcase Young's career at the top of his game," says Dornan in the introduction. "By 1937, nine years after the strip started, Young has figured out how to tell a whopping good story."

"Newspaper comic strips like Tim Tyler were – and are – read daily by millions of people, but they're virtually lost to historians if not collected into volumes like this," explains Clifford H. Haka, director of the MSU Libraries. "We're extremely happy to help preserve this wonderful piece of American popular culture."

Tim Tyler's Luck is printed on the MSU Libraries' Espresso Book Machine, and available through Amazon.com for $18 plus shipping: http://amzn.to/17L7ffK.

For more information, contact  Ruth Ann Jones, Michigan State University Libraries, 517-884-0910, jonesr@msu.edu.

Cicada: Exotic Views by Davy Shian available now

Cicada: Exotic Views by Davy Shian is available now at Big Planet Comics Bethesda. Davy owns Lulu Florist in Bethesda, around the corner from Big Planet. Davy's artist Wang Xing is a cartoonist in Taiwan. He recently answered my standard interview questions and they'll be online soon. 

Oct. 23: 'March' writers at Fantom Comics

Fantom Comics will host Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, co-authors of best-selling graphic novel March: Book One (Top Shelf Productions), on Oct. 23 from 6-7 p.m., in the East Hall of Union Station. Fantom says it will provide updates on its Facebook page.

Jeff Smith at this year's SPX video online

SPX 2013 - Jeff Smith Q&A.
Isaac Cates
SmallPressExpo Oct 15, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoUko1wOuWw

Oct 21: FIVE FANTASTIC CARTOON ILLUSTRATORS panel discussion

... also in Alexandria that day is Brian Biggs at Hooray for Kids bookstore. I think it will be possible to do both events.

Tyler Arts Life This coming Monday!!!!!! Join us for an informative panel discussion moderated by NOVA's Rachel Martin and Chris Choi with the following cartoon artists: Marty Bauman Artist at Pixar Animation Studios, and illustrator for Disney on such films as Toy Story 3 and Cars 2. Steve Conley Award-winning cartoonist, designer and co-creator of Comicon.com. His comics work includes Star Trek: Year Four, Michael Chabon's Escapist and his own self-published Astounding Space Thrills. Kevin Rechin Editorial cartoonist for USA Today, National Geographic, and the Wall Street Journal among others. Matt Wuerker POLITICO's editorial cartoonist and the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Tyler Gallery, Room AT-270  7-9:30 pm Current Exhibit: Five Fantastic Cartoon Artists: A Look at Art, Process, Story, and Design For more information, contact Lisa Hill ehill@nvcc.edu or Britt Conley bconley@nvcc.edu

DCist Loves Big Planet Comics

Eleven Classic Washington Stores DCist Loves
By Sarah Anne Hughes
 Oct 16, 2013
http://dcist.com/2013/10/the_11_classic_washington_stores.php

Comic Riffs on Watterson and Thompson, together again

'CALVIN' MEETS 'CUL DE SAC': Bill Watterson, Richard Thompson say they're 'happy' to share new two-man OSU show next March *(dates announced)
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comci Riffs blog October 16 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/calvin-meets-cul-de-sac-bill-watterson-richard-thompson-say-theyre-happy-to-share-new-two-man-osu-show-next-march-dates-announced/2013/10/16/1a3f417c-3547-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_blog.html

Monkey See on Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle

Why You, Yes You, Might Enjoy A Superhero Documentary

by LINDA HOLMES

National Public Radio's Monkey See blog October 15, 2013

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/10/15/234837378/why-you-yes-you-might-enjoy-a-superhero-documentary

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Oct 17: Seth Goldman at One More Page Books

Cold War and 10-year olds, The Founding of Honest Tea & Young Adult Authors Talk Writing Every event this week is someone's favorite!                              October 15, 2013

Thurs, Oct 17 at 7 pm
Seth Goldman - Mission in a Bottle

Terry says this is "don't miss" and bought me the book. We'll both be on hand to hear Honest Tea co-founder Seth Goldman discuss Mission in a Bottle: The Honest Guide to Doing Business Differently-and Succeeding.

"An utterly engrossing story of the frustrations and ecstasies involved in transforming a simple idea into a hugely successful business. Anyone who has ever been curious about the inner-workings of a start-up will find this intimate account both refreshing and--need it be said?--honest." Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein

Remember, in addition to street parking, there is limited retail parking available in the WestLee garage while you are shopping at One More Page.  Follow the store signs to our back door, ring the buzzer and we'll welcome you in. 

We are 6 blocks from the East Falls Church Metro!  Go to the right as you exit the Metro station and then go right on 19th Street.  As the road curves, the name changes from 19th street to N. Westmoreland Street. Our store is on the left hand side of the street.  Click here for directions from the Metro or if you are coming by car. 

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