Feeling prickly
Charles Patch, Baltimore
Washington Post May 9 2020
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Friday, May 08, 2020
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Hands Across The Sea"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist - Mike Flugennock -
Name the two countries whose leadership has been the most comically ignorant and incompetent in the face of this crisis.
Give up...?
Name the two countries who currently lead the world in COVID-19 deaths.
Name the two countries whose public health services are the most ravaged by budget cuts and privatization.
Name the two countries whose leadership has been the most comically ignorant and incompetent in the face of this crisis.
Give up...?
Otakon 2020 cancelled
Message from the President & Con Chair
April 27, 2020
We are very sad to announce that we must join the countless other events around the world and announce the cancelation of Otakon 2020. While we had been clinging to the last bits of hope that our later dates would allow us the potential to hold an event, on April 17th it was announced that our venue, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, would be converted into an Alternate Care Facility. After discussing the timelines with the Convention Center staff and Destination DC, even in the most optimistic scenario that the facility is not needed to be used they would still be in the move-out/clean up process by the dates of our event.
We know this is not the news you wanted to hear. For those of you who may not know, Otakon, is run, planned, staffed, and organized by an ALL volunteer organization. As our staff have been trying to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe, we have also continued planning, and holding out hope that Otakon 2020 would still happen. All of the best things that make up our community are needed more than ever right now. We need fandom, we need inclusion, we need acceptance, we need family and friendship, we need creativity and escape; we need FUN! We held out hope as long as we could that we could be all of that this year. Please know that this decision breaks our hearts as much as it does yours.
So, we are at least happy that we can announce our dates for next year:
Otakon will return to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, August 6-8, 2021
All registrations for 2020 will automatically be registered for 2021. No additional action will be needed.
If you are unable to attend in 2021, or need to request a refund for other reasons, we are making an exception to our standard no-refunds policy for this year. Please fill out the Refund Request form on our website before May 31st.
Dealers and Artists will have the option to transfer their registrations to next year, or request a refund.
Hotel reservations made through Experient (our official housing provider) will automatically be cancelled. According to our records, no deposits for any rooms booked inside our room block have been taken. If you booked outside our housing portal you will need to contact your hotel directly.
We'd like to say thank you to our partners at Destination DC, Events DC, Experient, Hargrove, DSL, Simmons Security, and more. Thank you to all of our industry partners and guests, both foreign and domestic, and thank you to all of our artists and dealers.
To our members, thank you for your support and encouragement through this crisis. Our motto has always been "for fans, by fans". This is truly a labor of love for us, and we will need your continuing support more than ever in the weeks and months to come.
Finally, we want to publicly thank all the volunteers who work behind the scenes to bring you Otakon and are working so right now to readjust things for 2021. Our volunteers are more than just a group of people who work to put on a convention each year; we're very much a family. We'll just need to wait till next year for our big reunion.
Stay safe, and we'll see you in 2021!
Nick Avgerinos, President
Andrew Zerrlaut, Convention Chair
Thursday, May 07, 2020
Cavna checks on the Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper shows up often in pandemic cartoons — whether to provoke or provide dark humor [in print as Grim Reaper rears its head for cartoonish purposes]
The Post on Disney's parks
Disney is about to reopen its Shanghai theme park. It could be a lot longer before that happens in the U.S. [in print as Disney takes cautious approach to reopening U.S. parks].
Washington Post May 7, 2020 , p. A26
Howl’s Moving Castle versions interpreted by DC's Elyse Martin
Elyse Martin is a Chinese-American Smith College graduate who lives in Washington DC with her husband and two cats. She writes reviews for Publisher's Weekly, and her essays and humor pieces have appeared in The Toast, Electric Literature, Perspectives on History, The Bias, Entropy Magazine, and Smithsonian Magazine. She spends most of her time writing and making atrocious puns—sometimes simultaneously—and tweets @champs_elyse. She's at work on several novels.
The Swamp by Yoshiharu Tsuge: An Interview with Ryan Holmberg
The Swamp by Yoshiharu Tsuge: An Interview with Ryan Holmberg
Tom Devlin
Erin Entrada Kelly and Terri Libenson, "We Dream of Space" and "Becoming Brianna" in conversation with Karen MacPherson
Erin Entrada Kelly and Terri Libenson, "We Dream of Space" and "Becoming Brianna" in conversation with Karen MacPherson
Politics and Prose Bookstore May 7, 2020Comics on The Lily - Sage Coffey and coronavirus
Coronavirus caused chaos. Cutting my hair gives me a sense of control.
Changing an aspect of my appearance is soothing, even if it doesn't come out perfectly
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
The Post on Disney's coronavirus problems
Disney sees profit drop because of coronavirus, but worst is likely yet to come
No plan yet for reopening U.S. theme parks, no stock dividend contemplated for next six months, executives tell analysts
Washington Post May 6, 2020
Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Cooking Korean, Robin Ha, and Bulgogi
Cooking Korean, Robin Ha, and Bulgogi
I'll catch up with Robin Ha, author of Cook Korean! A Comic Book with Recipes, while making bulgogi.
Editorial Cartoon by Steve Artley
Recent Cartoon in mixed media (click on Image for larger view)
"Dystopia at the Piggly Wiggly"
Wash Post's coronavirus art call - a chance to appear in the Post
We'd like to see the artwork you're creating during the coronavirus crisis
Sunday, May 03, 2020
Telnaes' full-page Post cartoon on Trump
Trump's hunka hunka daily love
The president has turned his coronavirus briefings into an odd variety show.
By Ann Telnaes
Washington Post May 3 2020, p. A28
May 8: A Conversation with Roz Chast “Is Now When I Should Panic?"
The Museum of the City of New York is hosting a talk with Roz Chast online, on May 8th at 4 pm. Registration is encouraged.
In case any of you might be interested:
Friday, May 01, 2020
Library of Congress on preserving Captain America #1
Preservation Week: From Captain America to Thomas Jefferson
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