Tom Spurgeon, RIP

Photo by Bruce Guthrie at the 2019 Baltimore Comic Con.

Tom Spurgeon died yesterday, presumably in his adopted city of Columbus, Ohio where he was recruited by Jeff Smith to be the organizer of the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) festival. He was literally one of the giants of the field of comics journalism (as he stood well over 6 feet tall), and his passing is a major loss to everyone who knew him, or appreciated his work. I think his editorship of The Comics Journal was its golden age. I followed his Comics Reporter religiously and I'll miss his knowledge of and love for the field.

Comics lawyer and editor Mitch Berger has passed away

Mitch Berger's Facebook page is full of people noting that he passed away on November 12, 2019. Comments from Jackie Estrada, Steve Bissette, Ed Hall, Karen Green, Michael Gilbert, Craig Yoe, and Ted Rall in particular attest to his influence in the comics world.

Last month, we ran a notice that Mitch was in hospice, and tried to begin to get a handle on his career. 

We at ComicsDC share our condolences to Mitch's wife and friends.

Cavna on Seuss and green eggs animation

'Green Eggs and Ham' showed us how to get along with people we don't understand

By

Michael Cavna 

Washington Post November 9, 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/11/09/green-eggs-ham-showed-us-how-get-along-with-people-we-dont-understand/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Another Star For Their Flag"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock, commentary on Bolivia's political crisis -

"Another Star For Their Flag"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2865


F#ck the CIA.
That's pretty much all I've got for you on this one.

F%ck the CIA, and f@ck the USA.

Italy's Topo Gigio creator dies

...appeared in comic strips and magazines....

Maria Perego, Italian puppeteer who created the mouse Topo Gigio, dies at 95 [in print as Italian puppeteer created the mouse Topo Gigio, a fixture on 'Ed Sullivan Show].

By

Harrison Smith 

November 12, 2019 p. B6

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/maria-perego-italian-puppeteer-who-created-the-mouse-topo-gigio-dies-at-95/2019/11/10/448db904-03cc-11ea-ac12-3325d49eacaa_story.html

Gareth Hind's The Iliad reviewed in the NY Times

"a careful, informative and compelling rendering of the Greek epic poem of the legend of the Trojan War"

The Graphic Novel Versions of Literary Classics Used to Seem Lowbrow. No More.

By Hillary Chute

• Nov. 12, 2019,
  
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/books/review/the-iliad-a-graphic-novel-adaptation-gareth-hinds.html

That darn Peanuts

A 'Classic' timely message

Don Greenwood, Washington Post November 9 2019 p. A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/readers-critique-the-post-dc-the-district-of-champions/2019/11/08/5085f7e8-0265-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Another New DC Flag"

From MIke Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist

"Another New DC Flag"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2841

Just the other night here in Your Nation's Capital, an off-duty cop shot and wounded a couple of people over in Southeast. Cripes, it's as if they get even worse when they go off-duty; what's the damn deal with THAT?

I don't know about anybody else in this town, but I didn't like living in the "Murder Capital" the FIRST time around.

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"Off-Duty Officer Shoots Man, Teen in Southeast DC", NBC Washington 11.08.2019
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Off-Duty-Officer-Shoots-Man-Teen-in-Southeast-DC-564689211.html



"@DCPoliceDept officer (off duty🙄 sounds too familiar) just shot 2 
people in SE...
REMEMBER #DQuanYoung
Watch each story after this one and watch the discrepancies and 
character assassination begin. @ChiefNewsham is a pathological liar. 
#StopMPD"

—Black Lives Matter/DC on Twitter, 11.08.2019
https://twitter.com/DMVBlackLives/status/1193003251848712192

PR: Tomorrow is our 1st ever Kids Comics Day on 11/9/19!

Free kids comics! Chances to get free kids graphic novels & t-shirts and more!

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Xavier Riddle at Library of Congress part 2

Melissa Lindberg and Adam Silvia have curated a little exhibit for Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos appearance at the Library of Congress.

Xavier Riddle at Library of Congress part 1

This is an original drawing from the Dumbo cartoon.

Little Brad Meltzer from the new Xavier Riddle cartoon.


Melissa Lindberg and Adam Silvia have curated a little exhibit for Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos appearance at the Library of Congress. More to come in the next post.

Hornaday on Scorsese on Marvel

Scorsese is right about Marvel. Except when he's wrong. [You talkin' to us? Try lookin' in the mirror.]

By Ann Hornaday Movie critic

Washington Post November 8, 2019 , p. C1, 4

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/scorsese-is-right-about-marvel-except-when-hes-wrong/2019/11/07/308e699a-00ab-11ea-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour watches Watchmen

We're Watching 'Watchmen'

Linda Holmes; Glen Weldon; Daisy Rosario; Soraya Nadia McDonald

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour November 6, 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/02/766528478/were-watching-watchmen

Regina King plays Tulsa Police detective Sister Night in the new HBO series Watchmen.

Mark Hill/HBO

HBO's series Watchmen is not strictly an adaptation of the landmark comic book series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons — it's technically a sequel. It stars Regina King as an ex-cop in Tulsa Oklahoma who's not-so-secretly the masked vigilante Sister Night. It also stars Don Johnson and Tim Blake Nelson, alongside Jean Smart and a very odd Jeremy Irons, who are both playing characters from the comic. Showrunner Damon Lindelof has set the show within a big, weird world that keeps getting bigger and weirder, even as it seeks to comment on some very contemporary, real-world issues.

Lawyer (and comic collector) Mark Zaid conspiracy theory

That Mark Zaid Hydra Quote That's Suddenly In The News

  November 7, 2019 | by Rich Johnston

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/11/07/mark-zaid-hydra-quote/

Library of Congress blog on military comics

Let's Talk Comics: War and Military

Library of Congress' Headlines and Heroes blog November 6, 2019 by Megan Halsband

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/11/lets-talk-comics-war-and-military/

Richmond's RVA magazine's latest comics column

RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 30

Ash Griffith | November 6, 2019

https://rvamag.com/art/zines-books/rva-comics-x-change-issue-30.html

Former Big Planet Comics' Dan Nadel on Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination

FAST COMPANY

Dan Nadel on Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination

Art Forum September 2019

https://www.artforum.com/print/201909/dan-nadel-on-robert-williams-the-father-of-exponential-imagination-81064

Nov 10: Bob Mankoff in Annapolis

New Yorker Cartoonist Bob Mankoff to Speak at Mitchell Gallery on Sunday November 10th

EOA Staff | November 06, 2019,

https://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2019/11/new-yorker-cartoonist-bob-mankoff-to-speak-at-mitchell-gallery-on-sunday-november-10th/

The Post on Watchmen's former Silk Spectre

'Watchmen' actress Jean Smart on how Laurie has (and hasn't) changed since her Silk Spectre days [in print as Transition for Watchmen's' Laurie wasn't exactly silky]

By

Sonia Rao 

Washington Post November 6, 2019 : C2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/11/03/watchmen-actress-jean-smart-how-laurie-has-hasnt-changed-since-her-silk-spectre-days/

Bruce Guthrie's photos of Zach Weinersmith at the Cato online now

http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2019_11_04A_Open_Borders