Friday, November 08, 2019

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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

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour watches Watchmen

We're Watching 'Watchmen'

; Daisy Rosario; Soraya Nadia McDonald

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

Thursday, November 07, 2019

Library of Congress blog on military comics

Let's Talk Comics: War and Military

Richmond's RVA magazine's latest comics column

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

FAST COMPANY

Nov 10: Bob Mankoff in Annapolis

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]

Tuesday, November 05, 2019

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

Zach Weinersmith at the Cato video online now

Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

(First Second, 2019)

Book Forum
November 4, 2019 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM EST
F.A. Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute

Featuring the authors Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University; blogger, EconLog; and Zach Weinersmith, Illustrator, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic strip; New York Times bestselling author, with comments by Tim Kane, JP Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University; moderated by Alex Nowrasteh, Director of Immigration Policy Studies, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.

In their new graphic nonfiction book Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, authors Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith turn the heated public debate over immigration on its head by proposing a radical and controversial solution: open borders. Caplan argues that opening all borders would practically eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy―greatly benefiting all of humanity, including Americans. With a clear and conversational tone, exhaustive research, and vibrant illustrations by Zach Weinersmith of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal fame, Open Borders makes the case for unrestricted immigration in a new format sure to spark lively debate. Caplan and Weinersmith will be joined by Tim Kane, the JP Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, who is a supporter of liberal immigration laws but a critic of open borders.

RJ Matson of Capitol Hill's CQ Roll Call wins Berryman Award

CQ Roll Call's RJ Matson wins Berryman Award for political cartoons


Matson's 2019 cartoons satirized McConnell's focus on Supreme Court, House Democrats' handling of impeachment and working for Trump


Off the Record bar has new coasters and artwork

I stopped briefly into the Hay-Adams Hotel bar yesterday and saw a new Trump caricature by Matt Wuerker on the wall of the stairway coming down from the main hotel. I also got a new coaster of Kamala Harris , so I checked with Matt to see what else he'd done with Kevin KAL Kalllaugher and Ann Telnaes.
 
",,,you missed the new Supreme Court!  In the booth behind the bar we've done the current bench. I also did some new coasters-- Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and a new Bernie Sanders. It was just me for this round of coasters.  They needed a quick turn around. The Supremes were evenly divided between the three of us."

Sunday, November 03, 2019

Nina Allender on exhibit in Ohio

We've mentioned DC's suffragette cartoonist Nina Allender here in the past. Some of her work is on display in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum's new exhibit.

 

Innovative women cartoonists get their due in 'Ladies First'  
Joel Oliphint                            
Associate Editor, Columbus Alive Nov 1, 2019

Saturday, November 02, 2019

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Olympic-Sized FAIL"

From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist...

OK, folks, time for some good old straight editorial:

"Olympic-Size FAIL"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2835

"Current incident estimates published by the company say that 9,120 US 
barrels (383,040 gallons) or 'approximately half the size of an 
Olympic-sized swimming pool' of crude oil were released into an 
impacted area of 2,500 square yards..."
     — Sputnik International, 11.01.2019

This past week saw the latest — the LATEST — rupture and spill on 
TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline, this time to the tune of 380,000 
gallons near the town of Edinburg, North Dakota... a big ol' 
Olympic-sized pool of Fail. Of course, it happened pretty much as 
predicted by the thousands of people who spoke up, protested, and 
tried to stop the pipeline from being built, and who are now 
designated as "terrorists" by the US Government.

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"Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Leaking 383,000 Gallons of Crude 
Oil Into US" Sputnik International 01.11.2019 
https://sputniknews.com/environment/201911011077193369-photo-keystone-pipeline-shut-down-after-leaking-383000-gallons-of-crude-oil-into-us-/


TC Energy tweet re: Edinburg, N. Dakota spill 10.30.19
https://twitter.com/TCEnergy/status/1189709635315544064

That darn Mark Trail

Thursday, October 31, 2019

NPR reviews Hex Wives

In 'Hex Wives,' The Witches Are Hunting You

Etelka Lehoczky

 October 31, 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/31/774790626/in-hex-wives-the-witches-are-hunting-you

Halloween comics are being handed out

I think I'll have more comics than necessary this time around due to the weather. However I've given complete sets to the MSU and Library of Congress comics collections.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Portrait Gallery's 2019 Outwin Competition winner is stop-motion animated piece

by Bruce Guthrie

The Outwin portrait competition -- something that the National Portrait Gallery sponsors every 3 years -- opened on Saturday with 46 finalists this year. They announced the winner of the competition at the media preview on Friday -- "A Portrait of Sarmiento Chávez" by Hugo Crosthwaite, stop-motion drawing animation (3:12 min.).

A stop-motion winner is a first for them. The current winning piece is shown in its entirety on that site -- https://portraitcompetition.si.edu/exhibition/2019-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/portrait-berenice-sarmiento-chavez

Set to the soundtrack of a dissonant guitar and a raspy voice singing in Spanish, this animated video reveals the dreams and experiences of a young woman from Tijuana who seeks to take part in the American Dream. Black ink, gray wash, and white paint—applied by the invisible hand of the artist— take turns to expose Berenice Sarmiento Chávez's humble background and the threat of violence in her home country that pushed her to immigrate to the United States. The film suggests that the immigration journey is seeded with constant danger, especially for women and children.

This video is part of a series based on artist Hugo Crosthwaite's interviews with people who are living in or are passing through Tijuana. The resultant improvised drawings represent the collective memories and oral histories from that part of the Mexico-U.S. border.

Superhero costumes, especially Spider-Man, popular in DC area this year

The DCist has the story:

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Nov 1: KAL Choose Your Own Election




KAL Choose Your Own Election


Details
Choose Your Own Election! The Improvised Campaign featuring Political Cartoonist, KAL!

American Elections have been ridiculous since men in wigs ran as Whigs. But recently the absurdity of our process brings more rage & tears than laughs.

Enough of that! Longtime cartoonist for the Economist & the Baltimore Sun, KAL, has always found the joy and laughter in politics, and, for one night, he and some friends will Make America Funny Again. KAL will be joined by half a dozen of Baltimore's best comic actors & Improvisers. Comedians who have been invited performers at Improv & Comedy Festivals From Toronto to Austin and NYC to Chicago.

In one show, you will see KAL's artistic brilliance and learn some basic political cartooning yourself, then see an entirely improvised election from first debate to a concession speech. The only thing that will be missing is the one unbearable element of our current system: The Current Candidates.

Laugh Again. Draw again. At least for One Night!

FRI NOV 1 | 8PM | $18, $15 MEMBERS (+$3 at the door)

Monday, October 28, 2019

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Raving Donkey no.5, New Text Meme Background Art"

From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist

"Raving Donkey no. 5, New Text Meme Background Art"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2831

Hey now, kids — time for a fresh piece of background art for all those text memes featuring deranged inanities queefed out by our favorite media shitlibs and Democratic Party toadies. Here's another one of my "deranged donkeys", ideal for immortalizing those priceless golden turds from Twitter.

Above, you can see a "serving suggestion", with a recent Tweet shat out by none other than Rep. Ilhan Omar, member of every Liberal's favorite girl group, The Squad™.

For the text, I recommend the Gotham family — a nice, elegant modern sans serif face, as used in Democratic Party print materials and other "branding".

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"The NRA just ran an attack ad claiming I was coming for everyone's guns. They forgot to mention that they came for our democracy -- on behalf of Russia.
It's time to take down this dangerous organization once and for all."
—Rep. Ilhan Omar on Twitter, 09.27.2019

https://twitter.com/ilhanmn/status/1177626939894439936

James D. Preston cartoon autograph book at Smithsonian's Archives of American Art

Tip courtesy of Miron Mercury.

James D. Preston autograph book


Place of publication, production, or execution
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description
Autograph Book : 1 v. : ill. ; 12 x 19 cm.
Summary
An autograph book containing 62 signed sketches by newspaper cartoonists, collected by James D. Preston during his 35 years as Superintendent of the United States Senate Press Gallery, in Washington, D.C. Some sketches were made at national political conventions.
Sketches are by (names as given in signatures, with fuller names in brackets if known): Fornaro [Carl Fornaro]; Felix Mahony; Ivan [last name illegible]; E. Frederick; J.H. Loomis; Ryan Walker; C.K. Berryman [Clifford K. Berryman]; Van Leshout [Alexander J. Van Leshout]; Felix Mahony; Brinkerhoff [R.M. Brinkerhoff]; E. Fuhr [Ernest Fuhr]; Briggs [Clare Briggs]; Swinnerton [Jimmy Swinnerton]; Hy. Mayer [Henry Mayer]; Harry J. Westerman; Homer [last name illegible]; E.W. Kemble; E.V. Nadherny; John T. McCutcheon; Nash; R. Palenske; Donahey; O.E. Cesare [Oscar Edward Cesare]; J. Harry Cunningham; I. Go[...]; C.R. Macauley [Charles Raymond Macauley]; T.O. McGill; Tom H. Walker [?]; J. Norman Lynd; E.R. Johnson; C. Kessler; Vet Anderson [Jessie Sylvester Anderson]; Herbert Johnson; Thomas; McKee Barclay; Wm. S. Nortenheim; J.N. Darling; Sara Moore; T. Gregg [?]; F.C. [?]; Tom Bee; Bill Sharp; Harry Furniss; Tad [last name illegible]; Ranv Inc. [?]; Nelson Harding; T.E. Powers; Wood Cowan; H. Methfessel; Caine; Saml. Chhan [?]; Jones Morris; F.G. Cooper; [First name illegible] Huffard [?]; Boardman Robinson; Art Young; Webster [Harold Tucker Webster]; Rollin Kirby; R.L. Goldberg [Rube Goldberg]; Gaar Williams; E. Zimmer; Franklin Collier; C.K. Berryman; unsigned; Frueh [Alfred Frueh]; Ving Fuller; Frueh [Alfred Frueh]; Carmack; [illegible]; McKee Barclay; and Dwight C. Sturges.
Citation
James D. Preston autograph book, 1904-1924. James David Preston illustrated autograph book, 1904-1924. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Topic
Caricatures and cartoons
Cartoonists
Political cartoons
Archives of American Art
Creator
Preston, James D., 1876-1959

The Post on Disney Theatricals

Read all about it: Why Disney owns the live stage, too [in print as Once an upstart, Disney made its way on Broadway].

Oct. 27, 2019 p. E2

Nov 8: Brad Meltzer & Chris Eliopoulos | Xavier Riddle

NBF Presents: Brad Meltzer & Chris Eliopoulos | Xavier Riddle


Please join us for a special evening with Brad Meltzer & Chris Eliopoulos, a Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents event.

Date and Time

Fri, November 8, 2019

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST

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Location

Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson Building

10 First Street, SE

Washington, DC 20540

About this Event

Author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Chris Eliopoulos present the new PBS KIDS series, Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, based on their bestselling children's book series, Ordinary People Change the World.

In the new PBS KIDS series premiering Monday, November 11, young adventurers will get to go back in time to meet some of the world's most inspiring historical figures — when they were kids — and learn about the character skills that helped shape their vision and lead to their success.

"I started the Ordinary People Change the World series so I could give my kids better heroes to look up to," says New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer. "I Am Marie Curie shows readers the power of discovery – and that you should never stop doing what you love. In I Am Walt Disney, readers will see that Disney used his ingenuity and creativity to make real magic. Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum's goal is the same as the books: to have kids realize that there is extraordinary within the ordinary and they are capable of finding their own heroic abilities to change the world."

We invite all PBS KIDS to catch a sneak peek, learn about the newest Ordinary People Change the World titles — I Am Walt Disney and I Am Marie Curie — and meet some of their favorite PBS KIDS characters, like Daniel Tiger and Clifford the Big Red Dog. There will be a reception to follow the on-stage presentation and screening, with complimentary refreshments and a book signing.

To join the signing line for this event and to meet Brad Meltzer, attendees must purchase a copy of one of his latest books I Am Walt Disney and I Am Marie Curie when registering for a ticket or onsite at the event. Other Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos books will be available for purchase at the event. No memorabilia or books from home will be signed.

The event is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required for entry. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. A ticket does not guarantee entry into the event.

When the auditorium reaches capacity, some ticketed guests may be seated in an overflow location and view the program on screens.

Doors open at 5:00 p.m. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of house management. We recommend arriving when doors open.

Arrive early! Ticket holders will be invited to view a display of items related to the historical figures profiled in Meltzer's Ordinary People Change the World series prior to the start of the event. The display will be available for viewing from 5:00pm – 6:00pm on the night of the program.

Please request ADA accommodations at least 5 days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

Make your gift to support the Library's free literary programs: DONATE.

East City Bookshop is proud to be the official bookseller for this event.


Comics lawyer Mitch Berger in hospice (UPDATED)

Mitch at Awesome Con 2014. Photo by Bruce Guthrie
by Mike Rhode

Local comics and cartoon lawyer, editor and collector Mitchell Berger posted on Facebook last night that he's in the final stages of hospice care, after suffering from "a rare cancer called neuroendocrine tumor, or NET" for years. Mitch was a lawyer who graduated from Antioch School of Law in the District, but he has also attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He merged his career and his hobby for decades.

From October 2010 - April 2014, Mitch edited NPR's Double Take feature showing 2 political cartoons. As far as I can tell, he did it anonymously (to the public at least. I'm sure the cartoonists knew). Mitch would frequently weigh in on legal issues in comics, including this comment from 1995 about fair use of political cartoons: "As a lawyer and as the consulting editor on NPR's Double Take Toons, while I disagree with Chip Bok's view of Net Neutrality, but I do support him on his understanding of fair use. His statement "come up with something on your own," is what resonates with me the most. Chip has the right to have the words he speaks and the images he draws to be presented as he intended them. In fact, he has an internationally recognized legal and moral right to protect the integrity of his work. Replacing his words with someone else's isn't just criticism, it supplants and therefore silences his speech. And because of the way the internet works, it is quite possible that some might mistake the parody of his work, as his work." Another of his legal comments can be seen here.

He was also cited by Tom Spurgeon as an editor of cartoons on Kaiser Health News website.

One of Mitch's long-time roles was as "Supernatural Law’s legal consultant Mitch Berger" for Batton Lash's comic book about lawyers with monsters for clients. Lash, who also had attended SVA, passed away earlier this year.

Mitch, Jackie Estrada and Batton Lash at Awesome Con 2014. Photo by Bruce Guthrie
An interview with Will Eisner that Mitch co-conducted with Mike Barson and Falls Church's Ted White, was published in Heavy Metal's November 1983 issue, of all places. He was a founding board member (1991) and vice president for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Eric Reynolds of the Comics Journal recalled that he resigned under pressure in 1994 after the failure in defending Mike Diana. He also provided other cartoonists with legal services. At some point, according to Mary Fleener, he worked for DC Comics and helped her get rights to a story back. He also posthumously assisted Dori Seda to ensure her literary rights went to the person she had wanted them to go to.

Crumb drawing donated to Columbia's library
In 2015, Mitch donated his sketchbook to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and allowed us to reproduce his Facebook post about it. In 2017, Mitch contributed money in the name of his first wife, Peggy Girsham*, to increase the print run of Resist! #2. His most recent donation was a drawing by Robert Crumb to Columbia University's Library this year. Librarian Karen Green confirmed this for me, noting it was "A very, very kind and generous donation."

I never got to know Mitch particularly well. We would run into each other infrequently at political cartoon events such as the RFK Awards, but by the time I met him he'd already been a long-time part of the comics scene and certainly didn't need me to introduce him to anyone in the field. As seen here, Bruce Guthrie has pictures of him locally at Awesome Con and the Herblock Awards.


On his Facebook post, Mitch writes,dictated to his brother, "I am not at the end yet, but I am getting weaker and losing strength. I can't say enough about how supportive hospice care has been. A hospice nurse makes sure that I have no pain or suffering. A very professional and caring hospice worker comes three times a week to give me a bed bath and change the bedsheets, so I am always clean, pain-free, and comfortable."

Mitch and Mark Fiore at Fiore's Herblock Award, 2016. Photo by Bruce Guthrie
A cross-section of the comics world have responded to his post including Rick Veitch, Mary Fleener, Keith Knight, Jim Wheelock, Shannon Wheeler, Mark Fleck, Jackie Estrada, Wayno, Rick McKee, Ted Rall, Robert Greenberger, Sean Howe, Keith Brown, Clay Jones, Karen Green, Michael Cavna, Paul Levitz, Bob Staake, Barbara Dale, Paul Mavrides, Brian Bassett, Michael T. Gilbert, Stephen Bissette, Nina Paley along with simple 'likes' from Bob Smith, Mark Wheatley, Teresa Roberts Logan, Caitlin McGurk, Carol Tilley, Jimmy Margulies, Ron Evry, Tom Heintjes, Mark Newgarden, Heidi MacDonald, Noah Van Sciver, RL Crabb, Mark Stokes, Tom Orzechowski,  Greg Wallace, John Branch, Doug Ready, Barbara Randall Kesel, Randy Bish, Jim Valentino, Ray Alma, James Owen, Matthew Hansel, Denys Cowan, Maggie Thompson, Michael Fry, Darrin Bell, Diana Schutz, Robert Gregory, Mark Zingarelli, Pete Maresca, Greg Koudoulian, Christine Tripp, and probably others. Additonal comments have been made by Glenn McCoy and Jen Sorenson, with likes from Frank Cammuso, Jeff Trexler and Mike Lester.

This post will be updated as new information or comments come in, with new pieces in italics. 

*Oct 30: Ms. Girsham's name was previously misspelled as Grisham. Thank you to Eva Zelig for the correction.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "The Democrats Have Evolved"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock...


"The Democrats Have Evolved..."
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2820

So, just to recap all the pants-crapping over Hillary Clinton's smears of Democratic White House Wannabe Tulsi Gabbard:

- Hilldawg crawls out of woods to fling smears alleging sinister Russian influence over Tulsi Gabbard candidacy.
- Defenders rightly speak out against fresh round of baseless McCarthyist smears, citing Rep. Gabbard's service in Iraq: "How dare you smear this glorious hero who defended our nation?"

Got it? Good, then.

This whole mass aneurysm illustrates the extent that the Democratic Party has shifted in the past ten, fifteen years — from howling about US involvement in Iraq and "endless war" to stanning a politician who brags about her "service" in a war based on lies which killed nearly a 
million people. Their whole response centers around smarmy "thank you for your service" babbling, dispensing with any discussion of the ethics of the Iraq war and rehabbing George W. Bush on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

As one wag on Twitter put it, the US antiwar movement has shrunk to "atomic size".

Thursday, October 24, 2019

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October 26: Halloween comics day

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