Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco gets money from John Oliver

John Oliver is helping museums through the pandemic — by lending them rat erotica [Cartoon Art Museum]

Michael Cavna

Washington Post September 9 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/09/09/john-oliver-rat-art-paintings-museum/

The Post on family animated movies and superhero franchises

The delta variant may be slowly killing the family movie

A staple of the entertainment business is in trouble because of the new coronavirus strain, among other factors

Steven Zeitchik

Washington Post September 7, 2021 pA18

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/05/delta-variant-may-be-slowly-killing-family-movie/

Opinion: The movies want you to believe anything is possible within a franchise. It isn't.

Alyssa Rosenberg

Columnist

Washington Post September 8 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/08/mcu-movies-franchise-not-enough/

Ann Telnaes on cartooning during social media madness

(written by a local student cartoonist too!)

4 top political cartoonists. 1 virtual room. Here's what they had to say about virtual satire in the age of social media.

By Alexandra Bowman

SPJ News September 8, 2021 

https://thespjnews.org/2021/09/08/top-political-cartoonists-social-media/

SPJ President Matthew Hall moderated the panel "Editorial Cartooning in an Age of Cancel Culture and Death Threats" — a conversation between Pulitzer-winning cartoonists Darrin Bell, of the King Features Syndicate, Steve Breen, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Ann Telnaes, of The Washington Post, and Pulitzer finalist Marty Two Bulls Sr., a freelancer. 

No Halloween comics for handing out this year

Diamond Cancels Halloween ComicFest For 2021

 September 8, 2021

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-cancels-halloween-comicfest-for-2021/

Sept 11: BOOK SIGNING WITH JANET HARVEY at Fantom Comics

>>>IN-STORE EVENTS >>>Saturday, September 11th @ 12pm to 2pm >>>BOOK SIGNING WITH JANET HARVEY We're having an in-store signing with lovely comics writer Janet Harvey! She wrote the super cool graphic novel Curie Society, where a covert team of young women—members of the Curie society, an elite organization dedicated to women in STEM—undertake high-stakes missions to save the world. Harvey also wrote a story in the recently released Wonder Woman Black & Gold #3! We'll have copies of it in the store during the signing! Get copies of Curie Society on our website here: https://stores.comichub.com/.../products/the-curie-society Check out more about Janet here: https://www.janetharvey.com/aboutmenew As usual, masks are required at the event.

Latest Goodwyn editorial cartoons.

EDITORIAL CARTOONS

Welcome to this (usually) twice-monthly newsletter containing a sampling of nonsense, satire and commentary in the form of the latest Goodwyn editorial cartoons. September 8 2021

Baltimore Comic-Con's COVID policy, and additional guests

COVID Precautions, New Guests for the 2021 Baltimore Comic-Con

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - September 7, 2021 - The Baltimore Comic-Con, taking place October 22-24, 2021 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, is thrilled to be returning to an in-person, live event, and we have determined steps that will be taken in protecting our attendees, guests, exhibitors, and staff from further spread of the COVID-19 virus.

The health and safety of our attendees, vendors, and staff are of the utmost importance to us. Due to concerns over the spread of COVID, we will be putting some safety measures in place.

Approved face coverings will be worn by all while indoors at the convention Must fit properly and snugly, fully covering both the nose and mouth and secure under the chin. Face coverings with valves, mesh, costume masks, damaged masks, neck gaiters, and face coverings that cannot be secured under the chin will not be allowed. Face coverings must be visible at all times. Any headwear or cosplay pieces that cover the face in a way that does not visibly follow the face covering policy will not be allowed. Proof of vaccination with any vaccine approved or authorized by the WHO or the FDA, or proof of a negative COVID test within 72 hours of admission to the convention for all attendees, vendors, guests, and convention staff. Proof of vaccination may be presented on a smart phone, or with a physical copy of the card along with a government issued ID that matches the name on the proof. Self-test results will not be accepted as proof of a negative COVID test.

We appreciate everyone following these extra steps to keep everyone - particularly our older and more vulnerable attendees - as safe as possible. As noted on the website, tickets are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend due to these guidelines, please reach out to us so we can make alternate arrangements.

The Baltimore Comic-Con is thrilled to announce that John Beatty, Brett Breeding, Howard Mackie, Carla Speed McNeil, and Alex Saviuk will be joining us in 2021!

SPX announces more guests for virtual con

Small Press Expo Announces Dash Shaw, Bill Campbell, Bizhan Khodabendeh and Joe Kessler as Special Guests for SPX 2021   Bethesda, Maryland - September 7, 2021   Media Release - Small Press Expo is proud to announce the final group of Special Guests for SPX 2021. The virtual festival takes place on Saturday September 18 with live and pre-recorded programming about the amazing world of independent and small press comics, as well as a livestream of the annual Ignatz Awards. See the Special Guest page on the SPX 2021 web site for more information.   SPX 2021 is honored to have the following creators as Special Guests to this year's show:

Visit the SPX 2021 Website for More Info

Dash Shaw Dash Shaw's latest, Discipline from the New York Review Books, takes place during the Civil War, when many Quakers were caught between their fervent support of abolition, a desire to preserve the Union, and their long-standing commitment to pacifism. When Charles Cox, a young Quaker from Indiana, slips out early one morning to enlist in the Union Army, he scandalizes his family and his community. Discipline is told largely through the letters exchanged between the Cox siblings—incorporating material from an actual Quaker and soldier journals of the era—and drawn in a style that combines modern graphic storytelling with the Civil War–era battlefield illustrations of the likes of Thomas Nast and Winslow Homer. The result is a powerful consideration of faith, justice, and violence, and an American comics masterpiece. Photo courtesy Joanna Morrissey

Bill Campbell Bill Campbell's author of The Day The Klan Came To Town from PM Press, which is a fictionalized, graphic retelling of a KKK riot that occurred in Bill's hometown of Carnegie, PA in 1923, at the height of the power of the KKK in America, and the community resistance to it as seen through the eyes of Primo Salerno, a Sicilian immigrant.

Bizhan Khodabandeh Bizhan Khodabendeh is the illustrator of The Day the Klan Came to Town, a fictionalized, graphic retelling of a KKK riot that occurred in Carnegie, PA in 1923 and the resistance to it.

Joe Kessler Joe Kessler's Windowpane from London-based Breakdown Press, is a one-man-anthology of critically acclaimed narrative and experimental comics by London based artist, Joe Kessler. The book contains new work, along with reprints of Windowpane 3 and Windowpane 4.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Happy Trails"

From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist on Sun, Sep 5, 2021

"Happy Trails"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3306

Is it just me, or has The Atlantic become our one-stop shop for 
tone-deaf shit takes? My current favorite clunker concerns the fascist 
abortion law in Texas, and its potential to turn out the vote for the 
Democrats. Yeah, that's right — Texas has gone full-on fascist with 
this shit, a fistful of other states are reportedly considering going 
that way, and the Democrats' number one priority is — exploiting 
encroaching fascism to rustle up votes and money for the midterms, and 
herd the Left back into the Party. Git along, little dogies. H'yahhh.

      if you are playing games with reproduction rights to stick it to 
the other side in the midterms then you're not fighting for anyone's rights, 
you're fighting for your own power.
      And while we see you doing nothing in power except offering 
empty promises for when you get more, no
      — vegan honk thinks it's fucked, @VeganHonk666 on Twitter

C'mon, Trigger, we can still ketch 'em...! Yippie Ty yi yayy!
Time for a song, now...

11x13 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 934kb

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"Happy Trails", closing credits to "The Roy Rogers Show", 1951
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEqUyNaSdvg

"Is This How Democrats Break Their Midterm Curse?" Elaine Godfrey in 
The Atlantic, 09.03.2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/09/texas-abortion-law-means-midterms/619966/

"if you are playing games with reproduction rights to stick it to the 
other side in the midterms then you're not fighting for anyone's 
rights, you're fighting for your own power.
And while we see you doing nothing in power except offering empty 
promises for when you get more,
no" — vegan honk thinks it's fucked, @VeganHonk666 on Twitter
https://twitter.com/VeganHonk666/status/1434146247368052736

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Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock

The Post's Shang-Chi review, a few days late

Marvel's 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' breaks new ground, and has fun doing so [in print as Marvel's latest is actually a kick to watch]

Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post September 3 2021, p. Weekend 18, 20

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings-movie-review/2021/08/20/6083ca02-00f7-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

That darn Prickly City & Candorville

Opinion: A poignant question in the funny pages [ Scott Stantis  "Prickly City" letter]

David Garner, Woodbridge

Washington Post September 6 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/a-poignant-question-in-the-funny-pages/2021/09/06/dce8c8d6-0c0f-11ec-a7c8-61bb7b3bf628_story.html

Drawing a reasonable conclusion ["Candorville" letter]

Vince Krevinas, Fairfax

Washington Post September 6 2021 p. A17

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/03/readers-critique-post-what-gene-weingarten-should-know-about-indian-food/

Cavna on Ed Asner in Up

Ed Asner's most beloved roles were curmudgeons with soft hearts [in print as Curmudgeon with a soft heart; Up animation]

Michael Cavna

Washington Post August 31, 2021 P C1, 2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/08/30/ed-asner-mary-tyler-moore-lou-grant-up/

Ron Evry (aka Mr Ron) helps solve a "Mystery of the Ages"

Solved! – A Mystery of the Ages [Lucy and Sophie Say Good Bye; lesbian comic strip; R.J. Campbell]

  Posted by D. D. Degg
September 4, 2021

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/09/04/solved-a-mystery-of-the-ages/

Oct 19: Harmony Becker, Himawari House, with Sloane Leong

Virtual Event: Harmony Becker, Himawari House, with Sloane LeongTuesday Oct 19 2021  7:00 PM EDT

East City Bookshop welcomes Harmony Becker with her new book Himawari House in conversation with Sloane Leong.

Tickets are available via Eventbrite here. Registration is required.
 

About Himawari House
 

A young adult graphic novel about three foreign exchange students and the pleasures, and difficulties, of adjusting to living in Japan.

Living in a new country is no walk in the park—Nao, Hyejung, and Tina can all attest to that. The three of them became fast friends through living together in the Himawari House in Tokyo and attending the same Japanese cram school. Nao came to Japan to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, while Hyejung and Tina came to find freedom and their own paths. Though each of them has her own motivations and challenges, they all deal with language barriers, being a fish out of water, self discovery, love, and family.
 

About Harmony Becker
 

Harmony Becker was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the illustrator of George Takei's graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy. She currently lives in Mexico City.
 

About Sloane Leong
 

Sloane Leong is a self-taught cartoonist, artist and writer of Hawaiian, Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Native American, and European ancestries. Her work aims to connect personally with individuals through storytelling and to cultivate a kinder, more understanding future. She has been self-publishing her own comics since she was sixteen and has done various work for companies like Image Comics, First Second, Top Cow, Cartoon Network, DC, Dark Horse, Boom!, Namco, and BuzzFeed. She is currently living near Portland, Oregon and her latest book is A Map to the Sun.

New Notfrombrazil graphic novel out from Vanessa Bettencourt

Vanessa sent me a copy of her slim NYC travelogue, about a pre-covid visit by her Portuguese mom and brother to America - their first time in NYC. I enjoyed it quite a bit - Vanessa used to live in Alexandria, so I know her personally and her webcomic. I also really enjoy slice-of-life and travel books, and she's in the great tradition of Mark Twain even if going in the opposite direction. The post-trip covid-19 notes gave the book an unfortunate current relevance. I'm continually amazed that she picked up and moved to America, and restarted her career as an artist here. Plus today's webcomic is on cicadas.

NFB Last Summer Vacation before Quarantine -AVAILABLE

NPR on Shang-Chi, What If...? and Q-Force

'Q-Force' Trafficks In Queer Stereotypes — Then Drives Through Them

• Glen Weldon

Pop Culture Happy Hour September 2, 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1032850162/q-force-trafficks-in-queer-stereotypes-then-drives-through-them

The Mighty Marvel Mashups Of 'What If...?'

• Glen Weldon, Christina Tucker

Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR  •  Aug 31, 2021

https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1030279487:1032583858

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1030279487

'Shang-Chi' Expands The Marvel Universe In More Ways Than One

Stephen Thompson, Daisy Rosario, Mallory Yu, and Laura Sirikul

NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour  September 3, 2021

https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1030290255:1033784968

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2021/09/20210903_pchh_pchh_210903_shang-chi_final.mp3

RM Rhodes on Paul Kirchner’s “The Bus”

The Everyman Commuter: On Paul Kirchner's "The Bus"

RM Rhodes

NeoText September 2021
https://neotextcorp.com/culture/the-everyman-commuter-on-paul-kirchners-the-bus/

Paul Kirchner's The Bus

More Warren Bernard videos on Cartoonist Kayfabe

Art Spiegelman's MAUS - Pulitzer Prize Winning graphic novel about the Holocaust

Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, Warren Bernard and Tom Scioli

Aug 29, 2021

Cartoonist Kayfabe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At32JFtbavE

How to Draw Comics the U.S. Army Way?

Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, Warren Bernard and Tom Scioli

Sep 2, 2021

Cartoonist Kayfabe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFXFeDPYM5o

The Rarest Star Wars Trilogy of Comics You Can Buy. The Russ Cochran Hardcovers! Goodwin/Williamson!

Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, Warren Bernard and Tom Scioli

Aug 31, 2021

Cartoonist Kayfabe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v8SXS97fG8

The history of US Government propaganda comics

When Comic Books Were America's Secret Superpower

The cheaply produced, easily digestible stories were once the perfect cover for state-produced propaganda.

By Rebecca Onion

Aug 27, 2021

https://slate.com/culture/2021/08/american-comic-book-propaganda.html

Betancourt talks Shang-Chi

In 'Shang-Chi,' Simu Liu finally gets the role he always wanted

David Betancourt

Washington Post September 2 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/09/02/simu-liu-shang-chi/