Ted Rall will speak on Afghanistan at Kramerbooks on Dupont Circle at 6:30. KAL will be joining him and C-Span is filming it.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Cartoon journalist Josh Kramer on DCist
Drawn to Flavor: DC Noodles
Illustrator Josh Kramer highlights the beef ragu and chili mojito in watercolor....http://dcist.com/2014/09/drawn_to_flavor_dc_noodles.php
Comic Riffs on Thor
THE NEW (FEMALE) THOR: Writer Jason Aaron hammered out the groundwork ahead of this week's debut [+SNEAK PEEK]
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog September 29 2014
Oct 21: Art Spiegelman's Wordless at GWU
Art Spiegelman's WORDLESS! with music by Phillip Johnston
Presented by GW Lisner as part of the Washington DCJCC's Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival
Presented by GW Lisner as part of the Washington DCJCC's Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 8:00pm
Tickets: $35, $40, $45
Art Spiegelman and Phillip Johnston unite in WORDLESS! -- a new and stimulating hybrid of slides, talk and musical performance. With original music by Phillip Johnston and live narration and text by Art Spiegelman, this live performance delves into Art's premise around comics, their history, and their capacity for images to go right to the brain as wordless messages. Experience the art of comics as Spiegelman probes further into the nature and possibilities of his medium.
15% discount for Students/Alumni/Faculty/Staff with GWID and Seniors/Military with ID at the Lisner Box Office.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
That darn Lio and Hagar
Letters to the Editor: The wrong image of shock therapy [Lio].
Lois F. Morris, Silver Spring
Washington Post September 27 2014
Letters to the Editor: Offended by anything [Hagar the Horrible].
Frank Carpenter, Riverdale
Washington Post September 27 2014
The Apple Creek News from Rob Steibel
From: Robert Steibel
I'm posting samples from all 10 volumes of my The Apple Creek News books at my website robertsteibel.com over the next few weeks. Here are the covers for the first nine books (attached). This was an experiment where I just riffed on the news and current events in the early part of 2014. It takes me about 15 minutes to do a black and white comic now, so after a few months I suddenly had a stack of 800 comics! If I published them as dailies they would run until 2018, so I decided to just publish the stuff in books. In 2015 I'm going to focus on two new projects at gocomics/apple-creek one called 'Picatzo' the other called 'The Surreal World.'
Oct 2: Gene Weingarten & Eric Shansby
Comic strip writer Gene and cartoonist Eric are at Politics and Prose bookstore at 10:30 AM for their new children's book.
Bell, Roman and Telgemeier photos
One More Page bookstore in Arlington, VA gets a goodly amount of cartoonists coming through.
Recently Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier spoke to a big crowd of mostly girls.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Friday, September 26, 2014
Sept 27: Disney, Dali and animation in Lobster Alice
Lobster Alice at the Writer's Center, Saturday, Sept. 27
By Diana Metzger • Washington City Paper September 26, 2014, p. 52
The Post reviews Boxtrolls
'The Boxtrolls' movie review: Intricate stop-motion animation carries a sweet story
By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post September 26 2014
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Sept. 26-28: Baltimore Book Fest
The Baltimore Book Fest is the weekend, Sept. 26-28. The Charm City Comics Book Pavilion (Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Rash Field) will include Phil Cho, Darren Soto, Steve Anderson, Andrew Aydin and Art Way Alliance.
I'll be at the fest, too. At noon, I'll be at the National Aquarium's Ocean Exploration Stage (Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, Area 10, between the National Aquarium and World Trade Center), talking about Wild Ocean and using comics to spread the word about conservation.
At 3 p.m. I'll be at the Charm City Comics Book Pavilion with fellow D.C. comic booker Jason Rodriguez (editor of the upcoming Colonial Comics anthology), where we will give examples of how schools and libraries are using comics in the classroom, from teaching English to bringing history to life.
I'll be at the fest, too. At noon, I'll be at the National Aquarium's Ocean Exploration Stage (Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, Area 10, between the National Aquarium and World Trade Center), talking about Wild Ocean and using comics to spread the word about conservation.
At 3 p.m. I'll be at the Charm City Comics Book Pavilion with fellow D.C. comic booker Jason Rodriguez (editor of the upcoming Colonial Comics anthology), where we will give examples of how schools and libraries are using comics in the classroom, from teaching English to bringing history to life.
Bill Brown's artwork for the Capital Maritime Music Fest
Bill Brown says this is one of two versions he did for the Capital Maritime Music Fest. You can see the other version that he prefers here.
Fantastic Forum's interview with Gail Simone
Washington's own comics tv show Fantastic Forum was at Baltimore Comic Con, where Devon Sanders conducted with Gail Simone.
Their website is www.fantasticforum.tv and their Facebook page is www.facebook.com/FantasticForum
Oct 1: Dork Diaries at Politics and Prose
Rachel Renee Russell - Dork Diaries 8: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After with Erin Russell and Nikki Russell
Oct 1 2014 10:30 am
The team behind the Dork Diaries is back with another entry in Nikki Maxwell's life. This time around Nikki has some particularly interesting dreams after a bad bump on the head. In them, she, and all of her, friends, enemies, crushes, and everyone in between, become the main players in a series of fairy tales. Of course, things don't play out quite as you'd expect, because when Nikki's telling the story, everything is sure to have a twist. Ages 9 – 13 (Aladdin)
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- Washington
- District Of Columbia
Sept 30: Scott Campbell at Politics and Prose
Scott Campbell - Hug Machine
Sep 30 2014 10:30 am
Watch out! The hug machine is coming! And no one, no matter how grumpy or mean, can resist his hugs. This whimsical, sweet, and charming book from Scott Campbell will conquer the world. One hug at a time. Ages 4 – 6 (Atheneum)
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- Washington
- District Of Columbia
Oct 1: Ars Electronica Animation Film Festival
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Dreams Really Did Come True at Disney's ToonFest
by Steve Artley
I was honored to be a part of the annual ToonFest event in Walt Disney's hometown of Marceline, Missouri last week. The two-day celebration honors the memory of Walt Disney and the cartooning profession through activities including programs that feature guest cartoonists. Among the other headliners brought in to give presentations were Hilary Price, Bill Hinds, Eddie Pittman and the dynamic Guy Gilchrist.
On Friday, the team spoke to over 400 high school and college students, who were bused in from surrounding communities. Event organizers reported that this year's attendance was a record high.
One of the highlights, is a street parade complete with strolling performers and several bands. Guest artists are each featured as "Grand Marshal" and ride the parade route down the original Main Street USA (inspiration for the Disney parks' street of the same name) in the back of classic pickups. Following the parade, the team reprises their talks at the Marceline Community Center. Later, we were taken to Walt Disney's boyhood farm for a ceremony at the "Dreaming Tree," where youngsters Walt and his sister, Ruth reportedly spent many childhood hours gazing up through the branches, to wish upon their star. With much pomp and flair, each artist was re-introduced, brought before the assemblage and inducted into the "Order of Plantears" (each are crowned with a hardhat featuring Mickey ears). Young Mouseketeers led each of us to our respective spots to plant our own "dreaming tree." A grand BBQ picnic at the farmstead brought the event to a festive conclusion.
Throughout our entire visit, we artists were met with an abundance of genuine welcoming warmth and charity by the good folks of Marceline. Shortly after landing at the Washington airport, I walked through the crowded corridors of fast-paced indifference. I was shoved aside without apology from one of the self-absorbed pushing his way to the VIP lounge. It took every effort to restrain myself from boarding a return flight to Marceline with intent to seek asylum.
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| Friday night was a banquet and tour of the Disney Museum. |
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| Hilary Price and Bill Hinds |
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| A horse-drawn wagon full of cartoonists and friends |
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| The door to Walt Disney's boyhood bedroom |
ToonFest Parade: Awesome. Vehicle carrying Hilary Price along the parade route: Priceless.
During the last leg of the parade route, the classic pickup carrying Hilary Price overheated and came to an abrupt Disneyesque halt, complete with gurgling sound FX and billowing steam. Disney animators and Foley artists couldn't have done it better. Not to be left knuckle biting and helpless at the roadside, the ever resourceful Hilary got out and pushed with assistance by a couple of onlookers.From my vantage point of the tailgate of the vehicle ahead of Hilary, I gleefully iPhone photographed the following sequence.
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