May 31, 2013
If I Were In Brooklyn, I’d Go To This
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If I Were In Denver, I’d Go To This
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If I Were In San Francisco, I’d Go To This
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If I Were In Portland, I’d Go To This
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If I Were In London, I’d Go To This
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If I Were In Copenhagen, I’d Go To This
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If I Were In Munich, I’d Go To This
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Happy 33rd Birthday, Mikhaela Reid!
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Happy 30th Birthday, Frederik Hautain!
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Happy 43rd Birthday, Graham Annable!
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Happy 77th Birthday, Gerald Scarfe!
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Go, Read: The Real Mermaid
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Political Cartoonist Rob Rogers Donates His Thomas Nast Award Money To Cartoonist Rights Network
It's a pretty straight-forward story, caught by Alan Gardner
here: Rob Rogers donated his prize-winnings from this year's Thomas Nast Award to Cartoonist Rights Network International. I believe that would be $1000. The Nast prize is from the Overseas Press Club -- it is for international affairs coverage -- so there's a legacy there in terms of supporting those who work in places not North America. Gardner's article indicates the money will be put to use in support of a Syrian cartoonist's struggle not to be deported to that tortured country. Hooray for Rob Rogers.
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Go, Look: Hey Kids! Shakespeare!
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Bundled Extra: Doonesbury To Go On Summer Hiatus While Garry Trudeau Works On TV Project
Garry Trudeau's
Doonesbury will go on hiatus from June 10 to Labor Day,
according to Michael Cavna over at the Washington Post. The reason is so that Trudeau can work on his television show
Alpha House.
I'm a selfish enough comics fan to want as much work of that kind from Trudeau; I think
Doonesbury is a great strip, and still frequently a very interesting one. I am happy for his opportunities in television -- Trudeau's television work is vastly underrated, and a lot of good work of the last twenty years has resembled what he has accomplished in that medium.
It strikes me how much comics has changed in the last 30 years that Trudeau was the first cartoonist for whom a sabbatical of this kind worked and he may also be the last cartoonist for whom this strategy works.
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May 30, 2013
Go, Look: Dave Cockrum’s X-Men Design Work
this has to have appeared via either Bendis or Brevoort for me to get something this old e-mailed to me; cool stuff, though
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Atlas Comics In Chicago Announces Closure
Atlas Comics in far western Chicago
has announced its closure due to losing its lease. Its last day will be June 29. They plan on operating as a full-service store including new comics shipments through June 26. It has been open at its current location or a quarter century.
Owner John Stangeland has inking credits with various mainstream comics companies, and was the owner of Titan Comics before launching the current retail establishment. I imagine anything that can be done to help that store with the liquidation of assets -- say a trip out around CAKE weekend -- would be appreciated. I hope to provide more coverage.
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Is Richard Floethe’s Summer Holiday A Great Lost Comic?
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Exhibition In Qatar Throws Spotlight On World Cartooning
There's a small report up
here on a political cartooning exhibition in Qatar and thus about political cartooning in general. I'm never sure how much credence to give statements made in those sorts of pieces; there's something being sold, if only the legitimacy and importance of the show itself. Still, I'm taken with the notion that political cartooning has benefited in some way, if only in stature, by the incessant attacks against it since about 2000. If nothing else, it's a bracing tonic through which to interpret the more careerist struggles of North American image makers.
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If I Were In Denver, I’d Go To This
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If I Were In London, I’d Go To This
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If I Were In Munich, I’d Go To This
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OTBP: PEOW! Studio Books
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Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* James Bacon visited the Steadman exhibit at The Cartoon Museum and
tells us about it. With art.
* Shannon Smith referred to
this as the greatest drawing of all time, and indicates it was briefly an internet-thing while I was off collating my punch cards or something.
*
Bill Boichel reviews Dash Shaw's two newest major works. Corey Blake on
World War 3 Illustrated #44.
* I guess the hook to discuss
this cartoon is the option for editors to use "jerk" or "bitch." I also find the cartoon fairly fascinating as political rhetoric, but I'm not sure I can articulate why.
* I have a bunch of stuff in my bookmarks folders that I'm not sure what to do with, so I'm going to list a bunch of them here:
the guests and exhibitors list at the forthcoming, potentially awesome CAKE; a tumblr for
Submissive Guy Comics;
video reviews of Wow Cool-purchased material;
a photo from a lovely-looking Kim Deitch exhibit; Dustin Harbin makes
a t-shirt;
advice on how to use social media by Joey Manley;
new work from Noah Van Sciver.
*
a Gil Kane layout and final page from his Amazing Spider-Man run. Perhaps
the page from that run -- arguably from that series.
*
Lois Lane: Dog Murderer.
* not comics:
a very cute piece of comic strip trivia.
* I'm glad Alan Gardner caught this because I sure didn't: I guess the attempts that everyone rolled their eyes at to make the valued
Times-Picayune print newspaper a thrice-weekly with a major on-line component
pulled a Vinko Bogataj. They're scrambling plans to get some of that readership back and to fight off the other publications that have made inroads into that market. Good for New Orleans. That was a dumb idea and seemed largely unnecessary to boot.
* Paul Gravett talks to
Russell Willis. Team Inkstuds talks to
Eric Reynolds and Philip Nel. Christopher Irving and Seth Kushner profile
Bryan Lee O'Malley.
* I love how
this review of X-Men #1 introduces the characters according to their creators. Kudos to Greg Burgas. Plus I found that part of the review super-fascinating.
* finally, I just saw
this horrifying page in the comic in which it appeared via a friend.
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Happy 61st Birthday, David Anthony Kraft!
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