Thursday, March 20, 2014
Rat Queen prints at Big Planet Comics College Park
Bill Watterson and Richard Thompson exhibit opens in Columbus, OH tomorrow
Caitlin McGurk of the Billy Ireland Library at Ohio State University says:
Here is the new and exclusive interview with Richard Thompson and Bill Watterson, taking the internet by storm on our blog:
The two images are from a clever brochure for advertising artists that Bono Mitchell recently gave me. Can you figure out which section of the cover Richard did?
New interviews with Watterson and Thompson
New Captain America movie poster
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
March featured in Lansing
Graphic history:‘One Book, One Community’ chooses graphic novel memoir of civil rights activist for 2014
by Bill Castanier
Lansing City Pulse March 19,2014
http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/article-10002-graphic-history.html
March 26: Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries at Warner Theatre
Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang have been called upon to help solve an epic mystery. It appears a trouble-making ghost is haunting a local theatre and Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, Velma and Scooby-Doo are off in the Mystery Machine to solve it!
Filled with wacky new characters and hilarious antics, SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! Musical Mysteries has young audiences on the edge of their seats the moment the lights go down.
Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse in new National Archives exhibit
Mickey and Minnie vs Milton and Mary:
Few cartoon characters are more recognizable around the world than Mickey Mouse and his girlfriend Minnie Mouse. This early copyright infringement case came just a few years after Mickey and Minnie Mouse had been copyrighted and trademarked. Walt Disney won his case against the creators of Mickey and Minnie look-a-likes Milton and Mary. The defendants, the Pathe Exchange and Van Beuren Corporation, were barred from ever using Milton or Mary in another animated film.
Post's Comic Riffs blog causes criticism of Zunar in Malaysia (and he criticizes back)
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Comics panel at Telegraph April 13
Monday, March 17, 2014
Lalo Alcaraz interview on Comic Riffs
Q&A with LALO ALCARAZ: ‘La Cucaracha’ creator gets a national closeup tonight on Ovation
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 16 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/03/16/qa-with-lalo-alcaraz-la-cucaracha-creator-gets-a-national-closeup-tonight-on-ovation/
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Moving story of a local autistic child who communicated through Disney movies
Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney
By RON SUSKIND
A version of this article appears in print on March 9, 2014, on page MM20 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: Animating Owen.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/reaching-my-autistic-son-through-disney.html
Animating Owen
By Roger Ross Williams March 7th, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/video/magazine/100000002755397/animating-owen.html
Roger Ross Williams, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker, spent time with Ron Suskind and his son, Owen, who has autism, to show how they learned to communicate using dialogue from Disney movies.
Greg Benton sketches still available at Big Planet Comics Bethesda
Friday, March 14, 2014
Comics art show in Frederick, Md.
Time to submit for the Ignatz Awards
All Ignatz nominees will automatically be sent for preservation in the SPX Collection at the Library of Congress.
Categories are:
•Outstanding Artist
•Outstanding Anthology or Collection
•Outstanding Graphic Novel
•Outstanding Story
•Promising New Talent
•Outstanding Series
•Outstanding Comic
•Outstanding Minicomic
•Outstanding Online Comic
Send six copies of work published between June 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014 sent to:
SPX Ignatz Awards
c/o Big Planet Comics
4849 Cordell Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814
USA
Links to comics eligible for the Outstanding Online Comic category should be emailed to spxignatz@gmail.com.
All submissions must be received by June 7, 2014.
Full guidelines are available a. All questions should be sent to the Ignatz Award coordinator, Eden Miller, at spxignatz@gmail.com.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Pictures from Smudge Expo
Photos from CARTooons second exhibit at University of District of Columbia
Missed it - John Kascht at National Portrait Gallery in 2011
Wendy Wick Reaves
National Portrait Gallery's Face to Face blog (April 7, 2011):
http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2011/04/how-does-he-do-that-the-secrets-of-drawing-a-face.html
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpUE-oMpjNE
May 7: Becky Cloonan & Shaun Simon Signing - Killjoys & By Chance Or Providence
- Becky Cloonan & Shaun Simon Signing - Killjoys & By Chance Or Providence
- Becky Cloonan & Shaun Simon Signing - Killjoys & By Chance Or Providence
Big Planet Comics Vienna is proud to welcome Becky Cloonan and Shaun Simon for a signing of the collection of their series, The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and Becky's self-published collection, By Chance Or Providence!
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is a scifi adventure where the Killjoys lost their lives battling against a controlling megacorp, and now their followers carry on the fight.
By Chance or Providence is a compilation of Becky's self-published minicomics of fantastic adventures of magic and horror!
Becky's website: http://beckycloonan.tumblr.com/
Shaun's website: http://shaun-simon.tumblr.com/
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
March 22: Magnus Robot Fighter Signing at Game On!
Special offer on 'By Chance or Providence'
Price: $20
Deadline: March 20th, 2014
How to Pre-order: Walkin, Call (202)241-6498 or email us at reservations@fantomcomics.com and ask to special order "By Chance or Providence!"
Monday, March 10, 2014
Gaithersburg Book Festival graphic novel guests
Comics-making workshops in Fairfax
May 21: Ben Hatke at Takoma Park Library
Ben Hatke - The Return of Zita the Spacegirl — at Takoma Park Library
- Takoma Park Library
- 101 Philadelphia Avenue
- Takoma Park ,
- Maryland
- 20912
- United States
Tamaki cousins at Politics and Prose
Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki - This One Summer — in the Children & Teens Department
This One Summer (Paperback)
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: First Second, 5/2014
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- Washington ,
- District Of Columbia
- 20008
- United States
April 2: Bob Mankoff at Politics and Prose
Bob Mankoff - How About Never--Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Henry Holt and Co., 3/2014
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- Washington ,
- District Of Columbia
- 20008
- United States
April 7: Danica Novgorodoff at Takoma Park library
Danica Novgorodoff - The Undertaking of Lily Chen — at Takoma Park Library **FOR TEENS AND ADULTS
The Undertaking of Lily Chen (Paperback)
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: First Second, 3/2014
- Takoma Park Library
- 101 Philadelphia Ave
- Takoma Park ,
- Maryland
- 20912
- United States
Another local blog covers Smudge Expo
March 15: Sean Chen, Jim Kuhoric to Sign Six Million Dollar Man at Cards, Comics & Collectibles
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The Comic Age on Smudge
[Smudge! Expo 2014] A Great New Event! Plus We Were Pirates, and Dear Mr. Watterson
By Alex Lupp
Yesterday I attended the very first Smudge! Expo, and I hope that it will be the first of many. It was a lovely and very creator focused show, the kind we need more of, especially as the big conventions grow into larger and larger media spectacles....I thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience, and only wish it had lasted longer than just a single day – an in depth description of my day-long venture follows below. [Read more]