http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/977?articleID=173503
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Paulina Ganucheau interview
http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/977?articleID=173503
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Charlie Hebdo at the Newseum
Charlie Hebdo at the Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/2016/01/11/charlie-hebdo-at-the-newseum/
On Jan. 8, the first Inside Media program of the year featured Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post and Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News talking about the role of political cartoonists in a free press, and how the deadly Charlie Hebdo attack, which killed five cartoonists at the magazine, has impacted their work.
Big Planet Comics Bethesda's January hardcover sale
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Jan 29: Animezing - Princess Arete
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The Post reviews Norm
Save the world? Start with the script
[online as 'Norm of the North' goes south, fast]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/norm-of-the-north-goes-south-fast/2016/01/14/a1ce30b4-b964-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Feb 27: Disney Fantasia: Live in Concert at George Mason
Disney Fantasia: Live in Concert
featuring Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Ted Sperling, conductor
- February 27, 2016 at 8:00 pm
Dancing hippos, ostriches, and alligators; frolicking mythical centaurs and unicorns; and one famous mouse dabbling in magic come to life with live music in this performance for all ages. Experience these animated Fantasia films as you've never experienced them before: accompanied by a full, live orchestra. Conceived as a concert work, Walt Disney's original legendary film Fantasia (1940) was considered a masterpiece when it was released and introduced generations to some of the most magnificent works of classical music as well as the most creative animation of the time. Now you can enjoy favorite scenes from this groundbreaking film and its popular sequel, Disney Fantasia 2000, with live music played by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Stunning imagery from Disney's unmatched animation studios appears on screen above the orchestra as Broadway and orchestra conductor, Ted Sperling leads it in famous works such as Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite, Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, Resphigi's Pines of Rome, and Dukas's unforgettable The Sorcerer's Apprentice. "Fantasia…reminds us of the emotional storytelling power of classical music and the wide spectrum of beauty and characters that animation can provide." (Spinningplatters.com)
Presentation licensed by Disney Concert Library ©Disney.
Pre-Performance Discussion: Member of the Company (Feb 27, 2016)
$60, $51, $36. 1 Free Student Ticket Available with Mason ID on February 16, 2016
Jan 21-24: Pixar in Concert
Pixar In Concert
- SuperPops
- Thu, Jan 21, 2016 8:00 PM
- Strathmore
- Fri, Jan 22, 2016 8:00 PM
- Meyerhoff
- Sat, Jan 23, 2016 8:00 PM
- Meyerhoff
- Sun, Jan 24, 2016 3:00 PM
- Meyerhoff
Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor
For the first time, Pixar presents a compilation of the music and imagery from Pixar's 13 feature films, performed by the BSO SuperPops. Featuring visually stunning clips and memorable scores from all your favorite Pixar films including Toy Story, Up, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and more.
Kids pricing available for the Thursday and Friday performances.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
The Post on a new tasteless Charlie Hebdo cartoon
New Charlie Hebdo cartoon suggests dead 3-year-old refugee Alan Kurdi would have become sexual attacker
By Adam Taylor
WorldViews blog January 13 2015
Monday, January 11, 2016
Cavna on comics and Congress
In the light of the Capitol, ambassadors illuminate the great power of graphic novels
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/08/in-the-light-of-the-capitol-ambassadors-illuminate-the-great-power-of-graphic-novels/
DC Conspiracy's online store
The DC Conspiracy is a collection of Washington DC area comics creators. Our work runs the gamut from witty and literary works to action, the mystical, and just plain nonsense. This DC Conspiracy Distro is run by Rafer Roberts.
Jan 13: Gallery talk on cartoonist Anne Mergen
Rafer Roberts interview in Previews
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Telnaes and Wilkinson on Washington Journal
First Anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo Attack
Ylan MuiWashington Journal January 9, 2016
http://www.c-span.org/video/?402665-5/washington-journal-roundtable-first-anniversary-charlie-hebdo-attack
Saturday, January 09, 2016
Those darn black cartoonists
There's one way The Post can support black cartoonists
Colin Jacobson, Alexandria
Marjorie Silverberg, Alexandria
Charlie Hebdo Attack and Press Freedom
Charlie Hebdo Attack and Press Freedom
January 6, 2016http://www.c-span.org/video/?402821-1/discussion-freedom-press-charlie-hebdo-attack
The Newseum hosted a panel discussion commemorating the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine headquarters in Paris. Panelists, including journalists and first amendment lawyers, discussed the impact of this attack on freedom of the press and other free expression rights. On January 7, 2015, Islamic extremists attacked the Charlie Hebdo headquarters killing 12 people. The magazine has published a 32-page special edition to mark the one-year anniversary of the attack. Caroline Fourest participated by Skype from France
Telnaes on Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo, one year later
Washington Post January 7 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2016/01/07/charlie-hebdo-one-year-later/
SPX 2013-2014 videos - Catching up
SPX 2013 Panel - Liniers Q+A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LupWAVSuFJ0
Liniers is among the most globally recognized cartoonists from Argentina, a nation with a strong cartooning tradition still largely unrecognized in the US. His diverse body of work includes formally experimental comics, painting and material for younger readers. For more than ten years, Liniers has drawn a hugely popular daily strip, Macanudo, for the Argentine newspaper La Nación. The Big Wet Balloon (TOON Books) is his first book to be published in the United States. Moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos.
2013 SPX Panel - Funding Comics Projects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8jpYLteRE4
The rise of crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter has created new opportunities for funding comics projects while raising many questions about the issues surrounding network-based fundraising. Additionally, comics artists are increasingly seeking other sources of funding, from sponsorships to grants, to support their projects. Isaac Cates discusses these issues and more with T. Edward Bak, Box Brown, Marnie Galloway, and Spike C. Trotman.
SPX 2014 Panel - Eleanor Davis: How to Be Happy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzRvoW6DYVo
Eleanor Davis (How to be Happy) shares an autobiographical presentation that has something to do with finding truth in fiction and the strange passions inside an author/reader relationship. Moderator Tom Spurgeon (The Comics Reporter) follows Davis's presentations with questions about her work, and answers audience questions.
SPX 2014 Panel - Making Art for the Internet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkZrh-wRN74
This panel considers different aspects of the process, problems and possibilities of making art for internet-based platforms. It includes questions of art-media, digital medium specificity, online platforms, audience, culture, and content. Bill Kartalopoulos leads a discussion featuring Sam Alden (It Never Happened Again), Emily Carroll (Through the Woods), Blaise Larmee (altcomics.tumblr.com), and Rebecca Mock (rebeccamock.tumblr.com).
SPX 2014 Panel - Jules Feiffer Q+A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NfA6NGaidw
Jules Feiffer has reinvented the comics form multiple times in his diverse and storied career. In 1956 Feiffer broke new ground with a truly modern comic strip intended for an adult audience in the pages of The Village Voice. In addition to his incisive comics, Feiffer has distinguished himself as a playwright, screenwriter, children's book author, and much more. His most recent books are the graphic novel Kill My Mother and the picture book Rupert Can Dance. He discusses these and more in conversation with Bill Kartalopoulos (Series Editor, The Best American Comics).
SPX 2014 Panel - Raina Telgemeier Q+A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-KbmPZ6d4
Raina Telgemeier has distinguished herself among the leading American artists producing graphic novels for younger readers. Her autobiographical graphic novel Smile has spent more than two years on the New York Times Graphic Books bestseller list, and her follow-up, Drama, has won the Stonewall Book Award among other distinctions. She has recently published a sequel to Smile titled Sisters. Telgemeier discusses her work and her process with moderator Isaac Cates (Cartozia Tales, University of Vermont) in this special spotlight session.
SPX 2014 Panel - Lynda Barry Q+A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_IU4v_oVo0
Lynda Barry changed the fate of North American comics with her pioneering comic strip, "Ernie Pook's Comeeks," which ran in alternative weekly newspapers for more than twenty years. Her celebrated books include, "One! Handed! Demon!," and, "What It Is," as well as the illustrated novel, "Cruddy." Ms. Barry is currently an assistant professor of art and Discovery Fellow at University of Wisconsin Madison. Her latest book is, "Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor." In this SPX 2014 panel, Ms. Barry discusses her career and current work in conversation with Slate Culture Editor Dan Kois.
SPX 2014 Panel - Spanish Language Comics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPxb_dOSKnY
The world of Spanish-language comics from South America to Europe is examined in this SPX 2014 panel. Colombian comics editor Daniel Jiménez Quiroz (Revista Larva) discusses Colombian and South American comics and leads the discussion that includes Spanish comics critic Santiago Garcia, Colombian comics critic Pablo Guerra, and North American editor Scott O. Brown
SPX 2014 Panel - The Closed Caption Comics Legacy
Dec 18, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yZTiSohH2I
In 2004 a group of students at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) formed the loosely-defined art group Closed Caption Comics, their collective activity centered around an eponymous comics anthology which ran for nine increasingly ambitious issues. Ten years later, the members of the group are productively focused on individual projects. Several of them discuss their common roots and current work, including Ryan Cecil Smith (S.F. #3), Molly Colleen O'Connell (Strip Mall, Poety Unlimited), Noel Freibert (Weird Magazine), and Conor Stechschulte (The Amateurs). Moderated by Brian Nicholson.
SPX 2014 Panel - Pro Tips: How Comics Get Reviewed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9YrTitc-OM
How do comics get reviewed? What role do publicists, pitching and marketing plans play in determining coverage? What kind of coverage do editors prefer? To what extent is it possible to get a reviewer's attention, and how is that best accomplished? And how do individual critics evaluate work? Johanna Draper Carlson (Comics Worth Reading) investigates these questions and more with Brigid Alverson (School Library Journal), Michael Cavna (Washington Post), Dan Kois (Slate), Heidi MacDonald (Publishers Weekly), and Douglas Wolk (The New York Times).
SPX 2014 Panel - The Roots of Frémok: Yvan Alagbé and Dominique Goblet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owpqvfPEvfQ
Yvan Alagbé and Dominique Goblet are foundational figures in the poetic comics movement represented by the the avant-garde publishing house Frémok. Alagbé's work expresses in harsh lines and soft tones his narratives of mysterious desire and explosive cultural conflict, as in his most recent book, École de la misère. Goblet's work troubles the distinctions between fiction and autobiography, and between narrative comics and poetic image-making. Her new graphic novel Plus si entente was produced collaboratively with Kai Pfeiffer to test the possibilities of narrative within the comics form. Moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos.
SPX 2014 Panel - Micro-Press and Beyond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNA4ZDi0H2I
Robyn Chapman has been documenting the movement in comics towards very small publishing, otherwise know as micro-publishing. Robyn briefly shares findings from her upcoming publication (The Tiny Report: Micro-Press Yearbook 2013) and speaks with a range of publishers—from the micro-press to traditional small press—to discuss how they print, sell, and distribute their comics. Panelists include Chuck Forsman (Oily Comics), Keenan Marshall Keller (Drippy Bone Books), Justin Skarhus and Raighne Hogan (2D Cloud), and Anne Koyama (Koyama Press).
SPX 2014 Panel - Inkstuds Live: Michael DeForge, Simon Hanselmann and Patrick Kyle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiXyPNjIlcc
Inkstuds host Robin McConnell takes his popular comics-focused radio show on the road with special guest co-host Brandon Graham in tow, in a series of live Inkstuds programs. In Bethesda, Michael DeForge (Lose #6), Simon Hanselmann (Megahex), and Patrick Kyle (Distance Mover) will kick off their own book tour live on stage as McConnell and Graham's special guests.
SPX 2014 Panel - Comics Workshop presented by the Sequential Artists Workshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4KhhUkTsZk
Comics educators Josh Bayer and Sally Cantirino from the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) in Gainesville, FL, guide the audience through a complete cartooning exercise. A fun, educational creative workshop for everyone, from experienced cartoonists to those who have never drawn a panel of comics. No matter the age or experience level, attendees leave this workshop having drawn their own comic!
2014 Ignatz Awards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpjqLM98XS0
The 2014 Ignatz Awards Ceremony. The Ignatz Award, named for the character in the classic comic strip Krazy Kat by George Herriman, is the festival prize of the Small Press Expo. Since 1997 The Ignatz has recognized outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression.
2014 WINNERS:
OUTSTANDING ARTIST
* Sam Bosma, Fantasy Basketball
OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
* QU33R, Various (Edited By Robert Kirby)
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL
* This One Summer, Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
OUTSTANDING STORY
* Brownout Biscuit from Octoups Pie: Dead Forever, Meredith Gran
PROMISING NEW TALENT
* Cathy G. Johnson, Jeremiah; Boy Genius; Until It Runs Clear
OUTSTANDING SERIES
* Demon, Jason Shiga
OUTSTANDING COMIC
* Wicked Chicken Queen, Sam Alden
OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC
* House of Women, Sophie Goldstein
OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC
* Vattu, Evan Dahm
More 2015 SPX comics panels
SPX 2015 Panel - Anthologies Aren't Easy
Herding artists for an anthology is like herding cats for a cat rodeo but when you finish the former you've got a brand spanking new comics anthology for readers everywhere to enjoy. This panel gets you together with Isaac Cates (Cartozia Tales), Josh Bayer (Suspect Device), Josh O'Neill (Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream) and Annie Stoll (1001 Knights) to talk about how to give up your life to the higher calling known as Comics Anthology Publishing. Moderated by Kelly Phillips.
SPX 2015 Panel - SPX Spotlight on Bill Griffith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrU7tBrUxtU
Bill Griffith, creator of the long-running daily comic strip Zippy the Pinhead, breaks new ground with his first long-form graphic novel, Invisible Ink from Fantagraphics. Alternating between Bohemian Manhattan and suburban Levittown of the 1950' and 60's, as well as the present, Griffith tells the story of his mother's long hidden affair with a man who was a cartoonist and crime novelist. Comics journalist Chris Mautner discusses with Griffith his move to the graphic novel form and the story of how he pieced together the true picture of his mother's life.
SPX 2015 Panel - European Comics and the Absurd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkJy7-0DjCc
The international traditions of the absurd, surrealism, dark comedy and farce come to the global internet through the hands of European cartoonists Joan Cornella (Spain), Bendik Kaltenborn (Norway) and Brecht Vandenbroucke (Belgium). Best American Comics series editor Bill Kartalopoulos talks to these artists about making comics that cheerfully transgress boundaries of nation, form and taste.
SPX 2015 Panel - Royalboiler Redux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEex2FXHLeQ
Brandon Graham returns to SPX for Royalboiler Redux. Get ready for a conversation on the state of indie comics with Farel Dalrymple (The Wrenchies), Liz Suburbia (Sacred Heart), and Ron Wimberly (Prince of Cats). Moderated by the Royal Boiler himself.
SPX 2015 Panel - Creative Collaborations in Comics Collectives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV_fP8MXBok
Build a Comics Collective in your hometown! Local creators Andrew Cohen (DC Conspiracy), Monica Gallagher (Bmore Into Comics), Emily Gillis (Square City Comics) and guests Dan Mazur (Boston Comics Roundtable), Jason Green (Ink and Drink Comics) and Cheese Hasselberger (House of Twelve) discuss the fun and friendships to be found in a comics collective! Moderated by Matt Dembicki.
SPX 2015 Panel - Queer and Here to Make Comics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oKHqul_hls
The indie comix scene is one of the best places to find stories by queer creators and comix for queer readers. SPX celebrates queer representation in comix with Anna Archie Bongiovanni (Autostraddle Saturday Morning Comics), Yao Xiao (Autostraddle Baopu Comics), Hazel Newlevant (If This Be Sin), and Kevin Jay Stanton (Burl and Fur) as the panelists discuss what it means to them. Moderated by Dylan Edwards.
SPX 2015 Panel - SPX Spotlight on Kate Beaton & Noelle Stevenson
SPX 2015 Panel - SPX Spotlight on Kate Beaton & Noelle Stevenson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoAs1DAwVBU
STEP ASIDE, I'M A SHARK! Two of our favorite creators sit down for a discussion of webcomics, writing for all ages, and their latest works. SPX is thrilled to present Kate Beaton, creator of "Hark! A Vagrant!", "The Princess and the Pony" and her SPX 2015 debut "Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant! Collection" in discussion with Noelle Stevenson, creator of "Nimona" and co-creator of Eisner Award-winning series "Lumberjanes." No sharks or ponies were harmed in the making of this panel. Moderated by Heidi MacDonald.
Friday, January 08, 2016
Grand Comics Database members interview
Interview with Grand Comics Database
Women Write About Comics January 7, 2016
http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2016/01/07/53828/
I'm a long-time on-and-off contributor, but this is a great project.
Feb 11: Cartoons and Taboos - Dancing in a Visual Minefield
Thursday, February 11, 6:30 - 8 pm
New York University, 1307 L St. NW
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris against Charlie Hebdo and the controversy ten years ago related to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons raise some fundamental questions. Some people have demanded that lines should be drawn with respect to "acceptable" and "unacceptable" forms of provocation. Discussion between Belgian cartoonist Lectrr (Steven Degryse), KAL (Kevin Kallaugher; The Economist and The Baltimore Sun), Ann Telnaes (The Washington Post), and Matt Wuerker (POLITICO).
Anomalisa animation reviews
Broken Arted [Anomalisa Directed by Charlie Kaufman]
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/47796/anomalisa-reviewed-charlie-kaufmans-imagination-sometimes-gets-the-better-of/
Desire, love and loneliness: Puppets have feelings, too [online as 'Anomalisa' contemplates desire, love and loneliness, by way of puppets]
Washington Post January 8 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/anomalisa-contemplates-desire-love-and-loneliness-by-way-of-puppets/2016/01/07/36df7140-aff1-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html
Michael Stone (voiced by David Thewlis) connects with Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh) in "Anomalisa." (Paramount Pictures)
New illustration school opens in Baltimore
Baltimore Academy of Illustration offers alternative path for artists [in print as 'A Second Chance at the Drawing Board]
By Chris Kaltenbach January 8 2016, p. B3https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/baltimore-academy-of-illustration-offers-alternative-path-for-artists/2016/01/07/0604a66c-b401-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html
Bruce Guthrie's photos of Gene Yang online now
- Bruce Guthrie Photos Home Page: [Click here] to go to Bruce Guthrie Photos home page.
- Description of Pictures: Gene Luen Yang Named Fifth National Ambassador For Young People's Literature, 2016–2017
Yang Champions Diversity with his Platform, "Reading Without Walls"
The Post on new Charlie Hebdo censorship
After finding out that Charlie Hebdo cover satirizes God, MSNBC censors it
Erik Wemple blog January 7 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/01/07/after-finding-out-that-charlie-hebdo-cover-satirizes-god-msnbc-censors-it/
AP removes images of God-as-terrorist Charlie Hebdo cover
Erik Wemple blog January 7 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/01/07/ap-removes-images-of-god-as-terrorist-charlie-hebdo-cover/
Gene Yang is Library of Congress' Pic of the Week
Barbara Dale profiled
Cartoonist Barbara Dale is a 'working woman' in Roland Park
Baltimore Messenger
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/ph-ms-cartoonist-0107-20160107-story.html
Thursday, January 07, 2016
Library of Congress story on Gene Yang's new appointment
A New Ambassador for Reading
(The following is a story written by Mark Hartsell, editor of the Library of Congress staff newsletter, The Gazette.)
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/01/a-new-ambassador-for-reading/?loclr=ealocbComic Riffs on Charlie Hebdo massacre anniversary
The Charlie Hebdo attack was one year ago today. But just what has changed?
Washington Post Comic Riffs January 7 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/07/the-charlie-hebdo-attack-was-a-year-ago-today-but-just-what-has-changed/
Liza Donnelly on Angouleme
France's greatest comics festival just snubbed women. Here's what the event doesn't get.
by Liza Donnelly
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog January 7 2015https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/07/frances-greatest-comics-festival-just-snubbed-women-heres-what-the-event-doesnt-get/
Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Keith Knight interviewed by Gil Roth
Keith Knight
Virtual Memories #149
"The talk about race in America hinges on how comfortable white people are with it. Because once white people are too uncomfortable, they'll either say you're pulling the race card, or just say, 'Enough.'"This week's show: Gentleman cartoonist Keith Knight! Keith & I met up at a cafe in Chapel Hill last month to talk about comics, race, fixing the Star Wars prequels, his career as a Michael Jackson impersonator, the literature course that made him a political artist, his campus lecture tour on race relations, the importance of crowdfunding, the reasons he continues with a daily comic strip (and two more strips), why you never see black people on Antiques Roadshow, the songs that will turn any party out (excluding tracks by MJ and Prince), the case for Off The Wall over Thriller, whether it's an honor or a disgrace to be the first non-white guest on this podcast in two years, and more! Give it a listen!
Weldon editorial on Kids comics
The War Over Comics For Kids Is Nearly Over, And Kids Are Winning
National Public Radio's Monkey See blog January 5, 2016
Author Gene Luen Yang is the author of books including American Born Chinese and Level Up.
Tuesday, January 05, 2016
Tom King reviewed at The Guardian
The Sheriff Of Babylon, The Vision, Patsy Walker: the month in comics
It's off to post-war Iraq for ex-CIA officer Tom King's new one, ass-kicking superhero Patsy Walker returns, and supernatural black ops are on the menu in Cry Havoc
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/02/strip-advisor-graeme-virtue