SPX programming for 2020 is going virtual — details below!
Friday, September 11, 2020
SPX 2020 Program Schedule Tomorrow & Sunday
NCSFest Schedule 2020
NCSFest Schedule 2020
Streaming broadcast begins at 10am (EST) Saturday, September 12
10:00 am
90 mins
From Panels to Publishing
NCSFest kicks into high gear with a Quadruple-barreled dose of cartooning talent featuring 2019 Reuben Nominees MARK TATULLI and TERRI LIBENSON along with MARIA SCRIVAN, and ROB HARRELL discussing their evolution from comic strips and panels to book publishing. These four multi-award-winning cartoonists will share their distinct experiences with moving from traditional syndicated newspaper strips to multiple successful publication properties.
Hosted by: JASON CHATFIELD
11:30 am
Division Awards Round 1
Join us for the announcement of the first round of Divisional Awards:
Editorial Cartoons
Magazine/Newspaper Illustration
Newspaper Panels
Gag Cartoons
11:45 am
50 mins
The Art of Funny
Join Garfield and US Acres creator, JIM DAVIS, as he pulls back the curtain on Paws Inc. with an NCS exclusive presentation deconstructing the art of humor. Jim shares his journey from making his mom laugh, his influences, as well as his origins in Indiana attempting stand-up comedy around the time his Ball State dorm-mate, was giving it a try… and went on to become one of the most legendary Late Night Hosts in America.
Jim explores his theory on how humor can heal and get us through tough times, as well as how he believes it won a Presidential election.
This session then takes a further deep dive into the power of humor, the mechanics of gags used in cartoons and comic strips, character-construction, personalities and relationships, the importance of the reader in the writing process, which days of the week to run your strongest and weakest gags, his team's writing process, the importance of what you don't see, the art of pantomime, using real-world names and events in a comic strip, transitioning comic strips into film and television and most importantly, what he thinks is funny. This is one very special presentation not-to-be-missed!
12:35 pm
50 mins
The Superstar Cartoonists of Instagram
In this exclusive NCSFest session, Editorial Director for Comics at King Features, TEA FOUGNER, interviews some of the most popular cartoonists on Instagram, including GEMMA CORRELL, LINIERS, LUKE McGARRY, MARITSA PATRINOS and creator of The Awkward Yeti, NICK SELUK.
The session delves into the different journey of each creator in cultivating an audience on an eer-evolving visual social media platform, as well as their daily process of creating for an audience who very readily reply to their work. From people getting offended by their work, to figuring out a creative process that stays unique to the artist, this is a one-of-a-kind discussion for anyone interested in the future of making a living as a cartoonist in the digital age.
Hosted by: TEA FOUGNER
1:25 pm
Division Awards Round 2
Join us for the announcement of the second round of Divisional Awards:
Online Comics – Short Form
Online Comics – Long Form
Online Animation
Advertising/Product Illustration
1:40 pm
60 mins
Creator Spotlight: Tom Fishburne, Creating a Successful Online Cartooning Business
Cartoonist TOM FISHBURNE started doodling on the backs of business cases as a Harvard Business School student. From an emailed cartoon to coworkers in 2002, Tom's Marketoonist series has grown by word of mouth to reach more than 200,000 readers every week and his cartoons have been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and The New York Times. His cartoons have appeared on a billboard in Times Square and helped win a Guinness World Record.
Tom spoke at the TED headquarters in New York on "The Power of Laughing at Ourselves". He was Cartoonist-in-Residence and Lecturer for the Stanford GSB course on humor in business.
In this one hour session, hosted by NCS President JASON CHATFIELD, Tom shares how he came to build a successful online cartooning business from the ground up, along with the importance of finding your niche, and more importantly your 'enough'.
This talk explores the challenges of freelancing, working remotely, the importance of email marketing for all cartoonists as well as developing the correct technical skills to use social media to your advantage.
2:40 pm
60 mins
Creator Spotlight: Georgia Dunn on Breaking Cat News
Join Director of Comics and Acquisitions at Andrews McMeel, SHENA WOLF as she interviews the talented young creator of Breaking Cat News, GEORGIA DUNN about her journey from creating a webcomic to getting syndicated. Georgia outlines her process of writing, as well as her technical process of creating a comic strip in watercolor and more.
3:40 pm
50 mins
25 Years of Mutts
Keep your seats, because you won't want to miss the next session: Join host and For Better Or For Worse creator LYNN JOHNSTON in celebrating PATRICK McDONNELL'S journey over the past 25 years with his iconic comic strip, MUTTS and everything along the way. Patrick is this year's Elzie Segar Award-winner for his unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning.
Lynn and Patrick talk about everything from early influences like their friend, the late Charles Schulz, to the fantastic Lynda Barry, and working with Abrams Comic Arts Editor Charlie Kochman on Patrick's new Book, The Art of Nothing. (Which is really something.)
4:30 pm
Division Awards Round 3
Join us for the announcement of the third round of Divisional Awards:
Comic Books
Graphic Novels
Feature Animation
Television Animation
4:45 pm- 50 mins
- The Six Chix 20th Anniversary
Join the current slate of SIX CHIX cartoonists in celebrating their 20th Anniversary, with Editorial Director for Comics at King Features, TEA FOUGNER. Enjoy the journey of a multi-cartoonist feature from its early years with encouragement from Jay Kennedy, to today's iteration of the Six Chix feature and all its recent controversy. This talk is not just a reflection on the past 20 years, but gives insight into what the future holds for making a living as a cartoonist in the 21st century, as well as what other projects each of the contributors are working on right now.
5:35 pm
15 mins
Reveille: Beetle Bailey short documentary
Since its launch in 1950, Beetle Bailey has appeared every day in newspapers all over the world. After sixty-five years and 25,089 unique comic strips, new ideas are hard to come by for creator Mort Walker and his three sons, who make up the creative team. Fortunately, like any good military outfit, they have a regimented system and a sense of duty to get the job done. "Reveille – A Family Legacy in Comics", created by David Walker lifts the curtain up on the family business that produces this iconic piece of Americana.
5:50 pm
30 mins
Desert Island Comics with Watchmen's Dave Gibbons
'Desert Island Comics' – five comics, a favorite snack and a luxury item – what would you take to a desert island? Courtesy of Peter Kessler and our friends at the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival, we find out which items Dave Gibbons would choose. Gibbons, the only UK Artist to be inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame, is the co-creator of the wildly popular Watchmen comic series, and Executive Producer on the multi-award nominated HBO series of the same name.
6:20 pm
Division Awards Final Round
Join us for the announcement of the fourth and final round of Divisional Awards:
Greeting Cards
Book Illustration
Variety Entertainment
Newspaper Strips
Big congratulations to John Glynn on his Silver T-Square for his outstanding contribution to the Cartooning Industry!
Big congratulations to Garry Trudeau on his Gold T-Square for 50 Years in the industry!
6:35 pm
In Memoriam
We pay tribute to the cartoonists and industry colleagues who we've lost in the past year.
6:45 pm
The Main Event! The 2019 Reuben Award for Cartoonist Of The Year
Join us in celebrating our talented nominees for 2019:
Hilary B. Price
Lynda Barry
Terri Libenson
Mark Tatulli and
Raina Telgemeier
Heat Vision talks to Tom King about Rorschach
'Rorschach' Writer Pulls Back Curtain on "Very Angry" 'Watchmen' Followup
NPR looks at Knight's Woke and Furie's Pepe
In 'Woke,' Cartoonist Keith Knight Drew From A Real-Life 'Wake-Up Call'
September 8, 2020 All Things Considered
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/909707072
'Feels Good Man' Traces Pepe The Frog From Hate Symbol To Democracy Icon
September 4, 2020 All Things Considered
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/902617699
PCHH talks Avatar
Thursday, September 10, 2020
PR: Baltimore Comic-Con 2020 Live Announcement - 9/10/2020
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The Lily's latest comic
I've survived working from home in a studio apartment for 6 months. Here's how.
My boyfriend and I had some misadventures along the way
Margaret Flatley
September 6 2020
Fantom Comics newsletter excerpt
FCBS Books Available This Saturday, September 12th:
Kodansha Comics - Sue & Tai Chan Preview
**We also have ALL previously released FCBS titles in stock - check out freecomicbookday.com to view them and all can be picked up in store (open for Phase Two) or via fantomcomics.com!**
For further details on FCBSummer: https://www.facebook.com/events/306700033813025?active_tab=about
This year has caused a great deal of hardship, so we're suggesting that anyone who'd like to grab some free books to donate to DC non-profits like Bread For The City (breadforthecity.org), Casa Ruby (casaruby.org), So Others Might Eat (https://www.some.org/), Capital Area Food Bank (https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/), or HIPS (https://www.hips.org). You can donate in store at checkout or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "FCBS" at the top of the page, with minimum starting at $5 and no max threshold.
- SEPTEMBER IS LATINX HERITAGE MONTH:
We're kicking off with another monthly theme, Latinx Heritage Month! Just like we did with Pride Month, Independent Publishers Month, and Back to School Month, we are highlighting great reads that represent or touch upon these subjects! To start off, we have a hot new release set in Miami! Dry Foot is a brand new series out THIS WEEK by Jarred Lujan & Orlando Caicedo Add the series via customer.comichub.com or email fantomhq@fantomcomics.com to request it to be added to your pull!
PR: Tom King returns to Batman and Catwoman
Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle's 80-Year Romance Continues
in 'Batman/Catwoman' by Tom King, Clay Mann and Tomeu Morey…
…and Phantasm Debuts in Batman/Catwoman #1 on December 1!Gotham City. Today. Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle have rekindled their long-running, on-again, off-again relationship. Believing all obstacles are removed from their path, they once again begin operating as a duo in their secret lives: Batman and Catwoman working together to fight crime. InBatman/Catwoman,a crime story told across three separate timelines,Tom King, Clay Mann and Tomeu Morey return to the romantic saga of Batman and Catwoman, continuing the story they began in the pages of Batman!
There's the past, when The Bat and The Cat first fell in love. Did they meet on the street? Or was it on a boat? Rooftops, ramparts and gargoyles, and over 80 years of fans that have read their comics, are their only witnesses.
There's the distant future, where after a long and happy marriage Bruce Wayne has passed away. Selina Kyle decides to settle an old score without having to worry about the Batman objecting. Catwoman is serving a very cold dish: Revenge.
And in the present, Bruce and Selina's union is threatened by the arrival of one of Batman's past flings, Andrea Beaumont,a.k.a. Phantasm. Beaumont's return calls into question how each character chooses to operate in their costumed, and personal, lives, and any move by Phantasm could change the fate of Bruce and Selina's future.
The only other person besides Bruce and Selina to have been along for the whole ride has been the Joker, and what he did in the past is going to have direct consequences on today and tomorrow. Batman's greatest foe will intervene any time Batman and Catwoman try to take steps towards peace—he already robbed fans of a Bat/Cat wedding celebration! Any change in the Caped Crusader's life will be matched with the chaos of the Clown Prince of Crime…
…and the Joker's not leaving any witnesses. Not even a gargoyle. Will Selina make good on her final kill?
Batman/Catwoman, by Tom King, Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles, edited by Jamie S. Rich and Brittany Holzherr, will launch a 12-issue run on December 1, 2020, with a cover by Mann and Morey and a variant cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair. New issues will ship monthly with a skip month planned for aBatman/Catwoman Specialin June 2021, and the series will carry DC's Black Label content descriptor, indicating content appropriate for readers ages 17+.
Wednesday, September 09, 2020
The Post obituary for animator Joe Ruby finally appears in print
Joe Ruby, TV writer and producer who co-created Scooby-Doo, dies at 87 [in print as Co-created Scooby-Doo, who solved mysteries with meddling kids]
The Post on Christian Cooper's new comic story
Christian Cooper has written a comic book partly inspired by his viral Central Park moment
Tuesday, September 08, 2020
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "You're Helping Trump!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3062
OK, just so we're clear on this: if I ask the Democratic Party what plans they have to deal with any of the major issues of this Presidential campaign — or question their previous record on any of these issues — I'm helping Trump, and I'm a Russian asset.
Is that more or less where we're at, here?