Thursday, May 15, 2014

May 21: X-O Manowar #25 Rafer Roberts/Justin Jordan Signing



X-O Manowar #25 - Rafer Roberts Variant
MEET Rafer Roberts & Justin Jordan!
Wednesday, May 21st: 11:30am to 5:00pm
    
       This is a great opportunity to meet one of the top up and coming artists in comics - Rafer Roberts. And just to make it more special he is bringing his friend and occasional partner in crime - Justin Jordan (Strange Talents of Luther Strode, Shadowman)

       In 2013 Rafer and Justin created one of the Internet's most talked about digital comics; Thanos & Darkseid: Carpool Buddies of Doom! It was so popular that they gave away every copy they printed of it at New York Comicon. And, gaming icon Wil Wheaton was so impressed that he tweeted it. We produced only the second printing of the comic - ever - and offered it a Free Comic Book Day. If you missed it, we are letting you get a copy FREE with the purchase of one of the Rafer Roberts X-Manowar #25 Variants (Only available from Beyond Comics).

       Still not sure? Well Valiant Comics loved the strip so much they hired Justin and Rafer to produce a strip in X-O Manowar #25. Well, we love Rafer so much we got them to produce this rare variant. Get one (or more) signed by Rafer and Justin.

 The appearance will run from 11:30pm to 5:00pm.


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Tim King on Grayson

GRAYSON Creators: Super-Spy DICK WILL Carry Gun, Have a Surprise Partner

by Vaneta Rogers, Newsarama 14 May 2014
http://www.newsarama.com/21124-grayson-creators-super-spy-dick-will-carry-gun-have-a-surprise-partner.html

Announcing the 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Award Honorees

David Horsey wins the editorial cartoon prize.



RFK Center



 

Announcing the 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Award Honorees

Author Thomas Healy receives 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for
The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind-and Changed the History of Free Speech in America



(Washington, D.C. - May 15, 2014) The RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights announced the winners of its annual Book and Journalism Awards winners. 

Thomas Healy will receive the 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for The Great Dissent, in which Healy presents Oliver Wendell Holmes' path from free speech skeptic to champion of the First Amendment. The gripping account brings readers inside the mind of Holmes as he served on the Supreme Court of the United States. During his tenure, the court heard cases that challenged Holmes and fellow justices to establish historic protections for freedom of expression in America.

"In The Great Dissent, Thomas Healy gives us an impeccably researched portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes as he grappled with the defining question of his time dealing with freedom of expression.  It's the story of one of our nation's great legal minds reconciling his personal politics with his duties to jurisprudence," said John Seigenthaler, Sr., Chair of the Book Award. "It is an incredibly readable take on the evolution of freedom of expression as interpreted by the nation's highest court.  The judges agreed that at this time of conflict between freedom of speech and privacy, The Great Dissent was a fitting selection for 2014 RFK Book Award."

This year's Book Award winner was chosen from 14 semi-finalists out of nearly 90 submissions.  Also this year, the judges announced a special recognition honor for Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell for the graphic novel March, which takes readers on a trip back in time to the sights and stories that defined the civil rights movement.

The 34th annual RFK Book Award will be presented by Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy at a ceremony emceed by Michael Beschloss with remarks by Kerry Kennedy on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at 6:15pm at the Newseum in Washington DC.

The ceremony will feature the presentation of the 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards. All honorees will receive a bust of Robert F. Kennedy in recognition of their award.

This year's winning journalists, in nine professional and three student categories, are:
  • International Print: Tungsten's Tainted Trail, Michael Smith, Tim Culpan, Alex Webb, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Jonathan Neumann, Bloomberg Markets
  • Domestic Print: Homes for the Taking: Liens, Loss and Profiteers, Debbie Cenziper, Michael Sallah, and Steven Rich, The Washington Post
  • International TV: Made in Bangladesh, Anjali Kamat, Laila Al-Arian, Mathieu Skene, Warwick Meade, Tim Grucza, Andy Bowley and Fault Lines Staff, Al Jazeera  
  • Domestic TV: Rape in the Fields/Violación de un Sueño, Andrés Cediel, Lowell Bergman, Lauren Rosenfeld, Bernice Yeung, Susanne Reber, Grace Rubenstein, Stephanie Mechura, Raney Aronson, Juan Rendon, Isaac Lee, Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley's School of Journalism, Frontline, Univision, The Center for Investigative Reporting
  • New Media: Myanmar Emerges, Thomas Mucha, Solana Pyne, David Case, Patrick Winn, and Jonah Kessel, GlobalPost
  • Radio: Life After War: Coverage of Veterans, Quil Lawrence, Bruce Auster, and Marisa Peñaloza, NPR News
  • Cartoon: Portfolio by David Horsey, David Horsey, Los Angeles Times
  • International Photography: CONDEMNED: Mental Health in African Countries in Crisis, Robin Hammond
  • Domestic Photography: Private Wars, Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times
  • College Journalism: A Broken Promise: Dowry Violence in India, Varsha Ramakrishnan, Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine
  • High School Print: Stop-and-Frisk: Time for a Change, Linda Sankat and Autumn Spanne, Youth Communication, YCteen
  • High School Broadcast: Homeless in the Heartland, Kaley Prier, Savanna Steffen, John Harmon, Kara Mullen, Kelsey Williams, Caleb Brown, Cody House, Ryan Lindsey, and Breanna Feemster, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Missouri


About The Robert F. Kennedy Book Award  The Robert F. Kennedy Center presents an annual prize to the book that, in the words of Award Founder Arthur Schlesinger, most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert F. Kennedy, his concern for the poor and powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity. Past winners of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award include Vice President Al Gore, Taylor Branch, Toni Morrison, Jonathon Kozol, and Michael Lewis.

The distinguished panel of judges for the 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award included John Seigenthaler, Sr., acclaimed journalist, editor, publisher, and former aide to Robert Kennedy; Michael Beschloss, author and historian; David Maraniss, journalist, author, and associate-editor for The Washington Post; and Michele Norris, radio journalist and host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered.

About The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, founded by the reporters who covered the 1968 presidential campaign, recognize outstanding reporting on issues that reflect Robert Kennedy's dedication to human rights and social justice, and his belief in the power of individual action. Winning entries provide insights into the causes, conditions, and remedies of human rights violations and injustice, and critical analyses of the movements that foster positive global change.

The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards were judged by sixty media professionals who volunteer their time in the peer review. The Grand Prize, which will be announced at the ceremony, is chosen from the winners in each category by the Awards Committee, which is chaired by Margaret Engel, author, reporter, and Director of the Alicia Patterson Foundation. 
  

Contact:
Meaghan Baron
Director of Communications, RFK Center

 

 


RFKCenter.org


Matt Dembicki's Magic Bullet interview

Logan, Teresa.

AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST MATT DEMBICKI: The Magic Bullet Interview.

5/15/2014


http://magicbulletcomics.blogspot.com/2014/05/award-winning-cartoonist-matt-dembicki.html

Some bits on Ohio State's Thompson exhibit in promo video



Spring Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts

David Filipi, director of film/video at the Wexner Center, and Jenny Robb, curator and associate professor at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, are joined by comics artist Daniel Clowes to discuss the spring exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes, Eye of the Cartoonist: Daniel Clowes's Selections from Comics History, and Comic Future are on view from May 17--August 3, 2014.


May 21: Ben Hatke in Takoma Park

Ben Hatke - The Return of Zita the Spacegirl — at Takoma Park Library

May 21 2014 7:30 pm

In the conclusion to this graphic science-fiction trilogy, Zita, who has already proven herself as a cosmic hero by battling monsters and saving worlds, is wrongfully imprisoned, and has to plan a daring escape from the high-security penitentiary planet. Ages 8 – 12. (First Second)

$12.99
ISBN-13: 9781596438767
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: First Second, 5/2014

May 17: Tamaki cousins at Politics and Prose

Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki - This One Summer — in the Children & Teens Department **FOR TEENS AND ADULTS

May 17 2014 7:00 pm
The latest graphic novel from the writer/artist cousins who created Skim is the story of Rose and Windy, friends from many summers together on Lake Ontario. This particular year, the two rely on each other more than ever as Rose faces the end of her parents' marriage and a confusing crush on the wrong boy. Ages 15 and up. (First Second)

This One Summer (Paperback)

$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781596437746
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: First Second, 5/2014

Matt Dembicki on Public Radio talking about new Wild Ocean book

The livelihood of several underwater creatures depend on the health and cleanliness of our oceans. Larry Meiller's guest is a cartoonist [Matt Dembicki] who features 12 endangered species in his new graphic novel called, "Wild Oceans: Sharks, Whales, Rays, and Other Endangered Sea Creatures."

Bruce Guthrie's photos of Roz Chast at Politics and Prose online

Bruce Guthrie's photos of Roz Chast at Politics and Prose are online now. P&P videotaped the talk so it should be on their Youtube channel at some point.

Her book sold out, both at the store and from the publisher. It's a touching, but sad story.
http://www.bguthriephotos.com/Graphlib/graphdata82.nsf/Images/2014_05_13A_0640/$File/CHAST_140513_195.JPG

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Denmark has apparently learned nothing from past cartoon furors

Denmark's insane Voteman cartoon uses porn, dolphins to get out the vote

    By Ishaan Tharoor   

    Washington Post WorldViews blog  May 13 2014

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/05/13/denmarks-insane-voteman-cartoon-uses-porn-dolphins-to-get-out-the-vote/

Comic Riffs reviews Chast book

ROZ CHAST: New Yorker cartoonist's new eldercare memoir is a soulful, singular achievement

    By Michael Cavna     

    Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 13 2014

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/13/roz-chast-new-yorker-cartoonists-new-eldercare-memoir-is-a-soulful-singular-achievement/

The Post on comics exhibit at Strathmore

A big draw at Strathmore [online as Strathmore showcases art of comics]

By  Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post May 13 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/strathmore-showcases-art-of-comics/2014/05/12/1e150432-d22f-11e3-937f-d3026234b51c_story.html

The Post interviews Roz Chast

...who is at Politics and Prose tonight at 7 pm.

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast talks about the final years of her parents' lives

By Nora Krug, Washington Post May 13, 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-yorker-cartoonist-roz-chast-talks-about-the-final-years-of-her-parents-lives/2014/05/12/1df00d02-cbb9-11e3-95f7-7ecdde72d2ea_story.html

Monday, May 12, 2014

Super Art Fight returns to Black Cat on May 17

Super Art Fight returns to it's Washington, D.C., home, the Black Cat, and finally moves on up to the main stage! Get ready for one of the most exciting SAF events yet, as the Greatest Live Art Competition in the Known Universe gets ready to play the biggest stage of its career!” (Baltimore-based comics booker Michael Bracco is one of the organizers; D.C. comics artist James Noguchi will be there.)

Graphic novelists at Gaithersburg Book Festival May 17


The annual Gaithersburg Book Festival in Maryland is this Saturday, May 17, with a bunch of graphic novelists attending (a heavy dose from the First-Second camp), including Raina Telgemeier, David Roman, George O’Connor, Ben Hatke and Garreth Hinds. Plus there will a couple sessions featuring several of the cartoonists and comics-related workshops, such as “My First Comic Cover.”

From George O'Connor's Olympians series.

Comic Riffs talks to Bendis

Brian Michael Bendis: With new Mafia book 'Murder Inc.,' writer keeps
it all in the families
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 12 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/12/brian-michael-bendis-with-new-mafia-book-murder-inc-writer-keeps-it-all-in-the-families/