2 new SPX videos both featuring local creators

SPX 2015 Panel - SPX Spotlight on Kathryn and Stuart Immonen

SmallPressExpo Jan 16, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5yu-bWyvJg

The incredibly impressive Immonens are comics creators who have done it all! Kathryn Immonen has written for Marvel Comics (Runaways, Journey into Mystery) and Stuart Immonen has drawn for Marvel and DC (Ultimate Spider-man, All New X-men, Superman), as well as collaborating on the wonderfully written and gorgeously illustrated independent graphic novel "Moving Pictures" and their 2015 release "Russian Olive to Red King." In this panel they discuss the intricacies of their latest story, one that visits the wild haunts of the Northern wilderness and the lonely worlds inhabited by broken hearts. Moderated by Jim Dougan.

SPX 2015 Panel -Tasty Comics

SmallPressExpo

Jan 11, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtOgNKM7rvk

What's more delicious than the devastatingly perfect combination of COMICS and FOOD?! This tasty panel chews on the delectable dilemma of portraying food and its importance in our lives in comic book form! Welcome chefs Robin Ha (Banchan), Jade Lee (Dumpling Zine), Eric Colossal (Rutabaga the Adventure Chef), and Jessi Zabarsky (I Want to Eat Everything). Moderated by Head Chef Lauren Jordan.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Free Gifts With Every Fill-Up"

"Free Gifts With Every Fill-Up"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1834

If you managed to tear yourself away from the US media's 24/7 election shitshow for ten or fifteen minutes in the past month, you may have noticed that one of the biggest stories of the past month or two has been the reports of the Erdogan regime buying smuggled black-market oil from ISIS.

That's Turkey, ostensibly our ally, buying oil from ISIS, ostensibly our enemy. Just so we're straight on that.

And by the way, you know the current oil price slump is really hitting hard when even ISIS has to start offering free giveaway goodies with every fill-up.

-- Mike Flugennock

Paulina Ganucheau interview

Visit Another Castle with Andrew Wheeler and Paulina Ganucheau

January 2016
http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/977?articleID=173503

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

Hardcovers are 40% off starting today.

--
Joel Pollack
BIG PLANET COMICS

4849 Cordell Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814

Jan 16: Shane Davis at Third Eye Comics

 

at THIRD EYE ANNAPOLIS

Click here for event info on FACEBOOK.

Signing from 11am-1pm

More rare Richard Thompson art in Food News

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2016/01/more-richard-thompson-in-food-news.html

Jan 29: Animezing - Princess Arete

Princess Arete |January 29, 2016 | Friday at 6:30PM Fantasy/Adventure | 2001 | 105 min | Unrated| In Japanese with English Subtitles Directed by Sunao Katabuchi | © ARETE PROJECT  Winner of the 1st Tokyo International Anime Fair Award for Excellence, 2002. Directed by protégé of Hayao Miyazaki, Sunao Katabuchi.   Confined to the castle tower by her father, the young princess Arete spends her days reading and gazing out her window. Although expected to stay there until a worthy suitor is found, the clever princess is unmoved by the hollow proposals of the knights who try to win her hand. More than anything, Arete yearns to see the world outside, and often sneaks away to explore the castle town.   One day a new suitor, the sorcerer Boax, promises to turn Arete into a "proper" princess in exchange for her hand in marriage. Using his magic, he enchants the princess and takes her away to his castle to be locked away in its tower. Arete soon realizes that there will be no rescue: if she wants to free herself, she must discover how to break his spell and escape on her own. Adapted from the English children's novel The Clever Princess by Diana Coles.         Recommended ages: 6+   - Women in Cinema -   Featuring Producer Eiko Tanaka   After participating in theatrical movies My Neighbor Totoro (1988) and Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) directed by Hayao Miyazaki, as a line producer at Studio Ghibli, Eiko Tanaka founded STUDIO4°C.   Tanaka has produced theatrical movies such as MEMORIES (1995), Spriggan (1998), MIND GAME (2004), Tekkonkinkreet (2006), Genius Party (2007), BERSERK trilogy (2012), and more. She has also co-produced many titles with foreign companies such as ANIMATRIX, BATMAN: Gotham Knight, the video game HALO, and the TV series THUNDERCATS. STUDIO4°C has been creating cutting edge visual works in various genre from theatrical movies, short films, music clips to commercials, and has received many film awards in and outside of Japan. The latest film harmony/ (2015) was released in theaters in November 2015 (Japan).   Taken from the fact that water is at its densest at 4°C, the company name represents STUDIO4°Cs creative manifesto: "Always create works that are dense with substance and quality." Eiko Tanaka  STUDIO4°C Co., Ltd.  President /Producer This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click HERE to register. In the event of a cancellation, please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. Doors open 30 minutes before the program. No admittance after 7:00PM or once seating is full. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee a seat. Interested in more great Japan-related activities in the area? Check out our upcoming area events page, updated three times a week, for a list of the latest events in the region. Presented at: THE JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURE CENTER 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 100 Washington DC, 20036 We are located near Farragut North on the Red metro line and Farragut West on the Orange, Silver, and Blue metro lines. There is after-business-hours street parking along 18th St NW and the surrounding area. There are also multiple parking garages on 18th Street NW and the surrounding area. Unfortunately, we are unable to validate these tickets.

JICC, Embassy of Japan | 1150 18th St., NW | Suite 100 | Washington | DC | 20036

The Post reviews Norm

Save the world? Start with the script

[online as 'Norm of the North' goes south, fast]

By Jen Chaney

Washington Post January 15 2016, p. Weekend 24
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/norm-of-the-north-goes-south-fast/2016/01/14/a1ce30b4-b964-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html

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

Concert Hall

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.

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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

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Jan 21-24: Pixar in Concert

Pixar In Concert

SuperPops

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Thu, Jan 21, 2016 8:00 PM

Strathmore

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Fri, Jan 22, 2016 8:00 PM

Meyerhoff

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Sat, Jan 23, 2016 8:00 PM

Meyerhoff

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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.

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/13/a-new-charlie-hebdo-cartoon-portrays-dead-3-year-old-refugee-aylan-kurdi-as-a-sexual-attacker-in-germany/

A rare early work by Richard Thompson is online now

at http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2016/01/food-news-cover-of-cows-and-chickens.html

Cavna on comics and Congress

In the light of the Capitol, ambassadors illuminate the great power of graphic novels

By Michael Cavna January 8 2015
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

You can buy DC Conspiracy comics and original art here.

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

Martha Kennedy is at the Library of Congress speaking about "Anne Mergen (1906-1994), a wonderful editorial cartoonist at the Miami Daily News for over 20 years. Talk is at noon, this Weds. Jan. 13, in the Graphic Arts Gallery (behind the Gift Shop) on ground floor of Library's Jefferson Building."

Rafer Roberts interview in Previews

Rafer Roberts has an interview in Previews January 2016 issue. It's by his publisher, so I assume it'll be ok if I scan it and post it here.

Telnaes and Wilkinson on Washington Journal

First Anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo Attack

Ylan Mui

Washington Journal January 9, 2016
http://www.c-span.org/video/?402665-5/washington-journal-roundtable-first-anniversary-charlie-hebdo-attack

Ann Telnaes and Signe Wilkinson talked about the role of political cartoonists and the state of freedom of speech one year after the attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's Paris headquarters. Topics included cartoonists as journalists; the role of editorial cartoonists in civic and political debate; and the First Amendment. They showed various cartoons and discussed their editorial intention and what topics and caricatures were acceptable. Topics included religious subjects and the controversy over Ms. Telnaes' Christmas cartoon of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his children that was pulled by Washington Post.

Those darn black cartoonists

Letters to the Editor

There's one way The Post can support black cartoonists

Colin Jacobson, Alexandria

Marjorie Silverberg, Alexandria

Washington Post January 9 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/theres-one-way-the-post-can-support-black-cartoonists/2016/01/08/30b9c536-b302-11e5-8abc-d09392edc612_story.html

Charlie Hebdo Attack and Press Freedom

January 6, 2016
http://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

Ann Telnaes spoke on Charlie Hebdo and cartooning today at the Newseum along with Signe Wilkinson. We'll link to the podcast of the event when it becomes available, but in the meantime, here's Ann's opinion piece from earlier in the week.

Charlie Hebdo, one year later

By Ann Telnaes
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

We haven't noted these yet at ComicsDC, but they all happened in our neighborhood.

SPX 2013 Panel - Liniers Q+A

SmallPressExpo

 May 26, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

May 27, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

 Apr 3, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

Apr 3, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

Apr 4, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

 Apr 3, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

Oct 24, 2014
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

SmallPressExpo

 Oct 27, 2014
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

SmallPressExpo

 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

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 18, 2014
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

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 18, 2014
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

SmallPressExpo

 Apr 3, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

 Apr 3, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

Apr 3, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

 Apr 3, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 11, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iq71PRtHNA

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

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 22, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

 Oct 21, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 9, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

 Dec 5, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

 Nov 22, 2015
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

SmallPressExpo

  Jan 8, 2016
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.

Grand Comics Database members interview

Interview with Grand Comics Database

By Ginnis Tonik
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

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).

More and reservations

Anomalisa animation reviews

Broken Arted [Anomalisa Directed by Charlie Kaufman]

By Noah Gittell • Washington City Paper January 8, 2016, p. 23
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]

By Ann Hornaday
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. B3
https://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

DC -- Library of Congress -- National Ambassador for Young People's Literature: Gene Luen Yang:

• 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

By Erik Wemple
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

By Erik Wemple
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

Pic of the Week: Gene Luen Yang

01/08/2016 10:05 AM EST

During a special ceremony yesterday, the Library welcomed comic book author and graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The National Ambassador is selected for his or her contributions to young people's literature, the ability to relate to kids and teens, and a dedication to fostering children's literacy as a whole. The […]

Barbara Dale profiled

Cartoonist Barbara Dale is a 'working woman' in Roland Park

Larry Perl
Baltimore Messenger

January 7 2016
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/ph-ms-cartoonist-0107-20160107-story.html

Library of Congress story on Gene Yang's new appointment

A New Ambassador for Reading

January 7, 2016

(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=ealocb

Comic Riffs on Charlie Hebdo massacre anniversary

The Charlie Hebdo attack was one year ago today. But just what has changed?

By Michael Cavna
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 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/07/frances-greatest-comics-festival-just-snubbed-women-heres-what-the-event-doesnt-get/

Keith Knight interviewed by Gil Roth

This has a mention of Keith's recent talk at the National Archives around 2/3rd of the way through. Also, Keith was recently featured in Comic Riffs article on black cartoonists. You can find links to both of them in our archived pages. I'm using the Archives discussion as a lede because I really like and respect Knight's work.

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!