Tonight: Cullen Murphy at Politics and Prose

Cullen Murphy | Cartoon County

· Hosted by Politics and Prose Bookstore

• December 5 at 7 PM - 8:30 PM

• Politics and Prose Bookstore 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20008

Details

Cullen Murphy, editor at large at Vanity Fair and the author of books including God's Jury, grew up in the middle of a thriving community of illustrators and cartoonists in southwestern Connecticut. His father, John Cullen Murphy (1919-2004), who had been a student of Norman Rockwell's, drew the popular comic strips Prince Valiant and Big Ben Bolt. Their neighbors were the artists responsible for classic comics ranging from Beetle Bailey to Hi and Lois to Family Circus. Murphy's memoir pays tribute to these many creative individuals and warmly evokes the spirit of a bygone era.

This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

NPR's best of the year book list is out

NPR's Book Concierge

Our Guide To 2017's Great Reads

Produced by Nicole Cohen, Rose Friedman, Petra Mayer and Glen Weldon | Executive Producer: Ellen Silva
Designed by Juan Elosua, Geoff Hing, Katie Park and Matthew Zhang – Published Dec. 5, 2017

https://apps.npr.org/best-books-2017/#/tag/comics-and-graphic-novels

Also, in other catagories, but related:

Meddling Kids

http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2017/#/book/meddling-kids-a-novel

 

Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)

by Jason Reynolds (who is a local author)

http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2017/#/book/miles-morales-spiderman-a-marvel-ya-novel

 

Boy, I've read very few of these...

Dec 7: R.M. Rhodes on French comics in Alexandria, VA

Lecture: "An Introduction to French Comics" (The Lyceum)
On 12/7/2017

A high-level introduction into how a closely neighboring culture views the humble comic book in a completely different way.About the Speaker: RM Rhodes has a day job and lives in Arlington, but he would prefer to be known as a comics creator and historian. He has written articles and reviews for sites like Forces of Geek, Need Coffee, The Hooded Utilitarian, and Comics Workbook. He is learning French so he can read his French comics and enjoys talking about himself in the third person. $5, Doors at 6:30 p.m., lecture at 7 p.m., followed by a wine and dessert reception.

He's also blogging on Heavy Metal comic books at

A page from Heavy Metal, every day

PCHH on Coco

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Lands Of Life And Death In Pixar's 'Coco'

Linda Holmes

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour November 29, 2017

https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/11/29/567012301/pop-culture-happy-hour-lands-of-life-and-death-in-pixars-coco

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/npr.mc.tritondigital.com/PCHH_PODCAST/media/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2017/11/20171129_pchh_pchh_396_coco__-_final.mp3

Jan 8: Nick Bruel at Takoma Park Library

Nick Bruel - Bad Kitty Camp Daze — at Takoma Park Library (MD)

Monday, January 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.

 http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/nick-bruel-bad-kitty-camp-daze-takoma-park-library-md

 

Takoma Park Library (MD)   101 Philadelphia Ave   Takoma Park   MD    20912

Bad Kitty Camp Daze (Hardcover)

By Nick Bruel

$13.99

9781626728851

Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now

Roaring Brook Press - January 2nd, 2018

Dec 5: Mark Siegel, founder of First Second, at Chevy Chase Library

Mark Siegel - 5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior — at Chevy Chase Library (DC)

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 4:30 p.m.

Chevy Chase Library (DC)   5625 Connecticut Avenue NW   Washington   DC    20015

5 Worlds Book 1: The Sand Warrior (Paperback)

By Mark Siegel, Alexis Siegel, Xanthe Bouma (Illustrator)

$12.99

9781101935880

In Stock—Click for Locations

Random House Books for Young Readers - May 2nd, 2017

   pre-order a signed book  

Teaser video for Comic Strip, a local documentary

COMIC STRIP demonstration video

Eaton Creative, Inc.PRO

COMIC STRIP is a 90-minute theatrical documentary film, in development by two-time Emmy® award winning producer/director Leo Eaton and Communication & Cinemas Professor Robert Lemieux, that reveals how the 'funny pages' – and their evolving form of comic books and graphic novels – captured the essence of American culture and left a dynamic cultural imprint on America from the 1890s to the present day. Comic strip artist & scholar Brian Walker is executive producer.

Winsor McCay on communications neutrality... in 1929

In this 1929 cartoon, McCay shows that issues stay the same - now, instead of radio, Internet neutrality is being discarded in favor of corporate media interests.

Photographed from the collection of Warren Bernard. See our earlier post of cartoons here.

A reading list of comics by a former colleague of mine

We worked together at the archives of a medical museum; who knew she'd go on to write about comics too?

A Course in Comics | Collection Development: Graphic Novels & Nonfiction

By Emilia Packard on November 27, 2017

This article was published in Library Journal's December 1, 2017

http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/collection-development/a-course-in-comics-collection-development-graphic-novels-nonfiction/

Jim Scancarelli, Arlington high school cartoonist

Yesterday, we reprinted a piece about Gasoline Alley cartoonist Jim Scancarelli being selected for Arlington's Wakefield High School's Hall of Fame. Today we present some of the cartoons he did for the school newspaper, again courtesy of the Alumni group which also sponsors scholarships.

The Signal, November 10, 1955

The Signal, November 21, 1955

The Signal, December 7, 1955

The Signal, February 9, 1956

The Signal, March 28, 1956

The Signal, May 17, 1956

 

The exhibit at Wakefield High School featuring the original art for Gus Todian's return to comics in Gasoline Alley.

PR: Ron Wimberly's LAAB MAGAZINE Needs Your Help!

Wimberly is from the DC area... I backed this earlier today.

Hello friends!   OK. It's crunch time, and we need your help With 36 hours left on our campaign to fund LAAB MAGAZINE, Ron Wimberly's art tabloid on identity, race and visual culture, we still have a ways to go. Time is a-tickin'.    This magazine is exploding the dangerous stereotypes of black identity, and exploring the ways that individuals can create themselves in the face of an oppresive culture. These mythologies of identity could not be more relevant in the world we find ourselves in today.   So we figured we'd drop one more line to our pals out there, asking you to consider supporting and spreading the word about this broadsheet paper from a finer Afrofuture where Black Panthers run the New York Times.   The existence of this vital publication rests in your hands.   So please, give us one last big push to get us across the finish line. We can't do it without you.   Gratefully,   Josh O'Neill Publisher Beehive Books   p.s. We have a TON of Ronald's original artwork up for sale. A rare opportunity to own Wimberly pieces for low prices, while helping something wonderful happen.     Beehive Books 4701 Chester Ave. suite 1B Philadelphia PA 19143 beehivebook@gmail.com

Dec 13: J-Film: Our Little Sister

Enjoy a free Japanese film at the JICC!

From internationally acclaimed director Hirozaku Kore-eda, comes an adaptation of Yoshida Akimi's best-selling graphic-novel. "Irresistible. An intimate, warm embrace of a film that radiates joy and harmony. Deeply charming and quietly moving."  Dave Calhoun (TIME OUT) Three twenty-something sisters - Sachi, Yoshino and Chika - live together in a large old house in the seaside town of Kamakura. When they learn of their estranged father's death, they decide to travel to the countryside for his funeral. There they meet their shy teenage half-sister Suzu for the first time and, bonding quickly, invite her to live with them. Suzu eagerly agrees, and begins a new life with her older sisters. Starring Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose Japanese with English subtitles | Not Rated | 126 min | 2015 | Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Registration is required. Presented with Japan Commerce Association of Washington, D.C., Inc. You are invited to J-Film: Our Little Sister Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EST) Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan 1150 18th Street Northwest Suite 100 Washington DC 20036 US CLICK HERE TO REGISTER! This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. In the event of a cancellation, please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. Program begins at 6:30PM. Doors open 30 minutes before the program. No admittance after 7:00PM or once seating is full. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee a seat. The JICC reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at any event sponsored by JICC without the expressed written permission of those included within the photograph/video. 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 100 | Washington, D.C. 20036-3838 TEL: 202-238-6900 | FAX: 202-822-6524 | jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp © 1981-2017 Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan