PR: KREMOS: Lost Art of Niso Ramponi / SPX 2015 [Lost Art Books]

▪ ▪ KREMOS: Lost Art of Niso Ramponi Vols. 1 & 2 ▪ ▪ Lost Art Books celebrates fifth year at Small Press Expo ▪ ▪ Forthcoming No. 8 – September 2015 Like   Tweet   Pin   +1   ▪ ▪ KREMOS: Lost Art of Niso Ramponi Vols. 1 & 2 ▪ ▪ Lost Art Books celebrates fifth year at Small Press Expo ▪ ▪ Forthcoming No. 8 – September 2015 KREMOS: Lost Art of Niso Ramponi, Vols. 1 & 2 World's first Kremos collection available now! Lost Art Books publishes the first collection of its sort anywhere in the world: a grand two-volume set on Niso Ramponi (1924–2002), covering the Italian cartoonist and animator's entire career. As part of the ongoing Lost Art Books imprint, Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi was a decade in the making and represents the publisher's ninth collection of never-before-reprinted art. Although Ramponi worked under numerous names—Kremos, Niso, Nys O'Ramp—he occupies a singular space as Italy's premiere pin-up cartoonist. From the mid-1940s through the early 1960s, Ramponi's work was everywhere. In an Allied-occupied Rome, Ramponi and future film legend Federico Fellini industriously set up shop, collaborating on caricatures to sell to American soldiers (Ramponi worked out the backgrounds, and Fellini filled in the likenesses). Capitalizing on Ramponi's war-time career in television animation, the pair parlayed their skills and experience into a collaboration on an animated featurette for Roberto Rossellini's film Rome, Open City (1945). Watch the Kremos video! By the late 1940s, Ramponi found himself in high demand as a movie-poster artist for the likes of Walt Disney and as a gag cartoonist and cover artist for some of Italy's more irreverent satirical magazines. It was in these sometimes-confiscated periodicals that Ramponi made his name drawing some of the world's best "good girl" art for over a decade. As contemporary cartoonist Jerry Carr describes in Volume 2's foreword, "Kremos's work reminds us of the layouts of Hank Ketcham, the polish of Bill Ward, the humor of Dan DeCarlo, and the grace of Jack Cole—while exemplifying something entirely original." Eventually, however, beautifully drawn covers were slowly displaced by photography on the newsstands, and in the mid-1960s Ramponi returned to working in animation for the remainder of his career. Benefiting from careful restoration, Volume 1 collects over 200 of Kremos's bodacious black and white cartoons and illustrations and is fronted by a 6,000-word introduction by Ramponi's friend and current-day animator, Mario Verger. Volume 2 adds 250 curvaceous color comics and covers to the set, with a foreword by contemporary comic artist Jerry Carr. Combined, these volumes offer nearly 500 examples of his work and a comprehensive overview of a maverick artist at the height of his powers. Vol. 1: $27.95 • 200 pp. • B&W • paper • ISBN: 978-0-9906932-3-9 Vol. 2: $34.95 • 260 pp. • Color • paper • ISBN: 978-0-9906932-4-6 PRE-ORDER COMBO SPECIAL Volumes 1 & 2 Pre-Order: $49.95 (Retail: $62.90) PUBLICATION DATE: October 2015 To reward our early supporters we are offering the two-volume set at a pre-order discount. Amazon's recent policies for book publishers of all sizes, including this one, make it impossible for us to offer these books to Amazon for distribution. Pre-orders will ship in October. Thanks in advance for your continued support. Lost Art Books celebrates fifth year at Small Press Expo Find us at table #M7 at the Small Press Expo! Lost Art Books made its debut at the Small Press Expo in 2010 launching with three titles right out of the gate. We haven't missed a show since, and this year we will debut our latest release, Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi, Vols. 1 & 2 (we're air shipping some advanced copies from the printer just for the SPX faithful). We'll also have the full line of Lost Art Books releases available at the show, as well as the usual convention-only items we bring along, like the Lost Art Chapbooks, t-shirts, and limited-edition posters and prints. Stop by and introduce yourself...meeting all of you is our favorite part of exhibiting at these shows! Click above for a PDF of the SPX map! Forthcoming The Lost Art of Dan Smith Another book that has been years in the making, Lost Art Books is proud to officially announce our most ambitious project yet, The Lost Art of Dan Smith. This massive tome will include hundreds of pieces by this unsung master reproduced from original art, proof sheets, and meticulously restored newspapers and books. We are working closely with Smith's only known descendants not only to provide a wealth of beautiful art but also to weave together a tapestry of an artist's life that has been shrouded in obscurity. Look for more information in future newsletters or on our website. Spring 2016 The Lost Art of Ethel Hays Foreword by Trina Robbins / Essay by Katherine Roeder Hundreds of beautifully rendered pen-and-ink drawings from this pioneering flapper-era cartoonist. Spring 2016 Sharing is caring! We need your help... Publishers Joe and Ellen Please help us spread the word! Most of our resources go toward producing our books, with little left for paid promotion and advertising. It means the world to us when you share our videos, pictures, and this newsletter with your friends on social media. Lost Art Books needs you! Thanks for anything and everything! Picture This Press is dedicated to broadening the appreciation and awareness of artists who work in the fields of illustration, cartooning, graphic arts, photography, and poster design. Picture This Press founder Joseph Procopio and co-publisher Ellen Levy have a combined 40 years of publishing experience as writers, managing editors, and publications directors for a variety of organizations. Lost Art Books, the award-winning flagship series from Picture This Press, collects and preserves the works of illustrators and cartoonists from the first half of the 20th century. Too many of these artists have gone underappreciated for too long, with much of their work uncollected or unexamined for decades, if at all. The Lost Art Books series aims to preserve this cultural heritage by re-introducing these past masters to new generations of working artists, historians, and admirers of things beautiful.      ©2015 Lost Art Books / Picture This Press | Silver Spring, Maryland

Oct 19: Cartoons for Victory at Busboys and Poets

From http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/busboys-and-poets-takoma-warren-bernard-cartoons-victory

@ Busboys and Poets Takoma: Warren Bernard - Cartoons for Victory

Monday, October 19, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.

Busboys and Poets Takoma

235 Carroll Street NW

WashingtonDC20012

Cartoons for Victory (Hardcover)

By Warren Bernard, Bob Dole (Introduction by)

$34.99

9781606998229

Q&A: Goldfield on 'Captive of Friendly Cove'

Rebecca Goldfield is a local documentary film producer who recently has ventured into the world of graphic novels and comics to tell her stories. This week, her first graphic novel, Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journal of John Jewitt (Fulcrum Publishing) its bookstores. A summary of the story: After his ship is burned and his shipmates killed, British sailor John Jewitt lived for nearly three years as a captive of the Mowachaht people, a Native American tribe on the west coast of Vancouver Island. During his captivity, Jewitt kept journals of his experiences and of tribal life. Follow his adventures as he plies his skills as a blacksmith, saves the life of his only remaining crew member, and comes up with a strategy to free them both.

Later this month, Goldfield will be signing at the Small Press Expo in Rockville, Md. 

Below, Goldfield answers a few questions about Captive. (Editor’s note: Matt Dembicki, who conducting this Q&A, inked Captive.)

How did you come up this story? What was it that grabbed your interest?

I was living in Vancouver BC and was in Horseshoe Bay one day, when I discovered this whacky little shop--a combination post office-candy counter-bookstore. I was soon poking through a creaky rotating rack that displayed just a handful of books--and one turned out to be John Jewitt’s journals. I thought it was a great story; a sympathetic young protagonist sets out alone to make his way in the world and suddenly finds himself caught up in an historical conflict he had no idea existed. His personal story was that he was injured in a bloody massacre aboard his ship and then spent several years having to survive both physically and mentally in the wilderness, as a slave in a culture that was utterly alien to him. But the larger story is the conflict between the native world and the explorers and traders of the time and that gave it another whole dimension.

Of all the ways to tell this story—a prose short story, article, documentary, etc.—why did you decide to make it a graphic novel?

Part of it was a matter of my own background, having produced and written TV documentaries for so long, it just felt natural to choose another visual medium. But as I read the source material I found a great adventure story that was a bit buried in descriptions of daily life, of rituals, of hunting techniques, of migratory patterns. I thought the art could very effectively depict those elements as well as action sequences, and even emotion, while I as a writer could focus more on building the characters and structuring plot and creating dialogue and narration. 

You previously wrote a short story for the comics anthology District Comics, but this is your first longer comics project. What were your impressions about the process, from researching and writing, to collaborating with the artists?

I had absolutely no idea of the scope of what I was undertaking. I went from having never created a single panel to committing to a full length graphic novel and the learning curve was about as steep as they come. I was used to writing for film but despite the similarities, I soon learned that producing a graphic novel is its own art form, one that plays out in space, not time, as film does. And structuring a story that took place over several years, a number of locations, different seasons, many characters, all taking place in an environment and culture that was new to me--it was a lot to figure out. My wonderful artists were incredibly generous about letting me, a novice, take the lead--teaching me as we went--because I had a lot to learn.  I’m sure they rolled their eyes often.

This is a historical graphic novel. What was the hardest part of researching it? Did you reach out to any of the descendants of the people in the story?

Research is always the most pleasurable part of any project for me, and I could not have been happier reading every book I could find on the contact period in the Pacific Northwest, and speaking with historians, anthropologists and museum curators. The hard part was connecting with the Mowachaht people themselves---it took a very long time for anyone to really talk to me. After all, they’d been living very successfully in the area for thousands of years, John was there for under three and so was not even a footnote to a footnote in their history. Ultimately, though, I did spend a wonderful day in Yuquot (Friendly Cove) and found the people to be extraordinarily open and willing to share their collective memories of John and contribute their perspectives. And though the story is told through our protagonist’s point of view, I did get some of that in.

Who is the target audience for this book? Do you envision it being used in classrooms?

It is targeted to middle school students and older, and yes, the hope is that it will be used in schools and libraries. It’s a great, true adventure story, with memorable characters and a dramatic historical conflict. I think it will appeal to young adults and not so young adults as well. Hope so, anyway!

Graphic novels live at Library of Congress book festival

Michael David Thomas of SPX, Michael Cavna,  Keith Knight, Lalo Alcaraz and Scott Stantis.

Peter de Seve at Library of Congress book festival now

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "'Progressive' Sanders Loves Him Some Drones"

From Mike Flugennock:

"Progressive" Sanders Loves Him Some Drones
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1780

I was just checking out this short article in The Hill today about Pwogwessive hero Bernie Sanders and his declaration that he wouldn't end the US drone warfare program. Can somebody please tell me again why I should so much as lift a finger to support this brazen hypocrite? Check this out:

"I think we have to use drones very, very selectively and effectively. That has not always been the case," Sanders said.

No shit, Sherlock. Christ, is this clown really the Great Progressive Hope? Are you friggin' kidding me, man?

"What you can argue is that there are times and places where drone attacks have been effective," he added.

Oh, yeah, especially against weddings, funerals and schools. Now we know why Bernie doesn't spend much time discussing foreign policy, and prefers to keep beating the shit out of that old economic inequality riff. If Pwogwessive America found out too much too soon, they'd bolt the Donkeycratic Party and run like the place was on fire.

Basically, what we're got here is a warmed-over Obama, with the economic inequality rhetoric dialed up a notch or two for all the gullible bougie pwogwessives. Dude had to be dragged kicking and screaming into addressing the ongoing police reign of terror against Black America, and he'd probably still be ignoring the issue if #BlackLivesMatter hadn't publicly gotten all up in his shit about it.

This doorknob needs to stop referring to his sheepdog campaign as a goddamn' "revolution". It's really offensive.

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/252270-sanders-i-wouldnt-end-drone-program

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Comic Riffs' pre-National Book Festival interviews

National Book Festival: Are you 'cynical' and 'twisted'? Stephan 'Pearls' Pastis wants you.

By Michael Cavna September 4 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/04/national-book-festival-are-you-cynical-twisted-stephan-pearls-pastis-wants-you/

National Book Festival: Miss Lasko-Gross enchantingly taps the art of our unease

By Michael Cavna September 4 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/04/national-book-festival-miss-lasko-gross-enchantingly-taps-the-art-of-our-unease/

National Book Festival: Pioneer Trina Robbins ever a vital voice for women creators

By Michael Cavna September 4 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/04/national-book-festival-pioneer-trina-robbins-ever-a-vital-voice-for-women-creators/
 

ED. NOTE: Tomorrow at 7 p.m., Comic Riffs will host and emcee the Graphic Novel Night pavilion at the Library of Congress's National Book Festival. The participating cartoonists will include Lalo Alcaraz, Keith Knight, Miss Lasko-Gross, Diane Noomin, Stephan Pastis and Scott Stantis.

Jennifer Holm at Hooray for Books

Today: Jennifer Holm in Alexandria

Editorializing here - this is one of my favorite graphic novels of the year so far. I'm going to this signing. - Mike

Friday, September 4th at 4 pm: Join us for an exclusive sit-down with Newbery honoree Jennifer Holm! She will drop by to chat and sign copies of her new graphic novel, Sunny Side Up, on her way to the National Book Festival on Saturday, September 5th. Her new graphic novel is a collaboration with her brother, Matthew Holm, with whom she co-wrote the ALA Notable Children's Book and Gryphon Award-winning graphic novel series Babymouse.

Following the lives of kids whose older brother's delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, Sunny Side Up is at once a compelling "problem" story and a love letter to the comic books that help the protagonist make sense of her world.

EW.com on Frank Cho's new Hulk series

Marvel reveals Amadeus Cho as Totally Awesome Hulk

Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso promises that, "come December, arguably the strongest character in the Marvel Universe is going to be Asian-American."

by Andrea Towers

EW.com September 4 2015

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/04/marvel-amadeus-cho-totally-awesome-hulk

And they appear to be jettisoning some of their extraneous characters: 

"But I also want to say that he will be the only Hulk in the Marvel Universe. He will be the Hulk, the green Hulk, that will be him. Just like there’s one Thor in the Marvel Universe and she’s a she, there is one Hulk and it is Amadeus Cho."

But apparently "only" has a different meaning in Marvel-land:

"Amadeus is the main character of course, She-Hulk is right there in the very first issue — she’s got a great and big role to play in the first few issues."

 

Sept 17: Frederik Peeters in Takoma

Busboys and Poets Takoma: Frederik Peeters - Aama: 4. You Will Be Glorious, My Daughter

Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.

Peeters, the Geneva-based graphic novelist, has won world-wide acclaim for Blue Pills and Pachyderme, and was awarded the Best Series Prize at Angoul'me for the first two volumes of his four-book Aama.  Set in the distant future, the series began with Verloc, his brother Conrad, and a cigar-smoking robotic monkey named Churchill. Rejecting the technology he feels destroys old values like humanity and beauty, Verloc, with his companions, travels across the galaxy in an attempt to recover the mysterious biorobotic experiment known as aama. As the quest continues on the planet Ona(ji), which aama has populated with biorobotic creatures, the expedition dwindles to a single man: can Verloc alone, himself radically transformed, regain control of aama? Peeters will be in conversation with Sam Marx, Exhibitor Coordinator at the Small Press Expo.

Busboys and Poets Takoma

235 Carroll Street NW

Washington DC 20012

Cache of Grandma Rose's vintage NJ landscape paintings is Hagenized

For Immediate Release

Local artist and cartoonist David Hagen has undertaken the delicate and time-consuming process of "Hagenizing" a newly-revealed cache of vintage paintings from Northern New Jersey. The paintings were done from the late 1950s through the early 1970s by the mysterious Grandma Rose's. Largely a collection of landscapes, with a few still lifes known, the paintings by themselves capture the hallucinatory reality of the world made famous in Bruce Springsteen songs.







"I was pleased to be able to rescue these oddly-moving paintings from a house that was about to be demolished, and to place them with such a distinguished and groundbreaking modern artist to be safely and proudly Hagenized," said ComicsDC publisher Mike Rhode.

After a careful study of the work, Hagen applies his own particular brand of restoration to each painting, resulting in a new and improved masterwork. With about 50 paintings to work through, Hagen anticipates his production to be slow, but just in time for the holiday shopping season. The first painting, seen here in before and after versions, debuts tomorrow at the Civitan Flea Market in Arlington, VA.

Keep following this breaking story as there's more to come.

DISCLAIMER: ComicsDC's Mike Rhode provided the paintings to Hagen for free, and is not making any money from his reuse of them (but is enjoying it).

Sept. 30, 2015: Second painting is revealed.
 

Oct 1: Third painting revealed.

Oct 3: 4th painting revealed.

October 27: 5th & 6th paintings revealed.

May 2016, paintings 7-10 went on sale.

Painting 11 surfaced in September 2016 at InterventionCon.

Politico's Cartoon Carousel online today.

Politico's Cartoon Carousel is online today, as selected by Matt Wuerker.

Ben Hatke's Little Robot book tour

Ben's new book is out, and here's information on his tour for it.

Warren Peace on Liz Suburbia

I assume Liz is still in the NoVA area.

The exquisite punk expressiveness of Liz Suburbia

September 2, 2015

http://warren-peace.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-exquisite-punk-expressiveness-of.html

Small Press Expo Announces SPX 2015 Programming

Small Press Expo Announces Programming Schedule for SPX 2015 For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Phone: 301-537-4615 Email: warren@spxpo.com Bethesda, Maryland; September 3, 2015 Media Release - Small Press Expo is pleased to announce the Programming Schedule for SPX 2015. SPX is continuing the festival's established tradition of rich, thought provoking programming featuring leading comics artists and critics in conversation. As in previous years, the Programming Schedule features two simultaneous tracks on both Saturday and Sunday, September 19 and 20.   This year Bill Kartalopoulos has stepped down from the Programming Coordinator role at SPX. Over the course of nine years working in a volunteer capacity, Kartalopoulos has not only established SPX as a destination for robust and thoughtful programming, he has single-handedly elevated the standard for programming events across the entire field of comics festivals and related events. Additionally, this year Kartalopoulos co-curated, with Warren Bernard, the impressive and groundbreaking Alt-Weekly Comics exhibit at the Society of Illustrators that was sponsored by Small Press Expo. "On behalf of the SPX Executive Committee, as well as the entire SPX Community, we cannot thank Bill enough for the tremendous time and effort he put into making SPX's programming the highest level it could possibly attain." says Small Press Expo Executive Director Warren Bernard   This year's programming was developed by a committee led by Esther Kim of Fantom Comics that includes Michael Cavna and Jen Vaughn, with Kartalopoulos continuing in a consulting capacity with a focus on international guests.  The complete SPX 2015 Programming Schedule with full descriptions and participants for the 22 panels and interviews may be found at http://www.spxpo.com/spx-2015-programming. Programming will run on Saturday September 19 from Noon  until 7PM, and Sunday September 20 from 12:30PM until 6PM.    SPX 2015 programming includes Q&A sessions with Kate Beaton, Noelle Stevenson, Bill Griffith, Dylan Horrocks, Stuart and Kathryn Immonen, Jessica Abel, Scott McCloud, Luke Pearson, Philippa Rice and Phoebe Gloeckner. Highlights of this years panel discussions will include: - Black Art Matters brings together Darryl Ayo (Press (A) To Talk), Spike Trotman (Iron Circus Comics), Whit Taylor (The Fabric of Appropriation) and Rod Wimberly (Lighten Up) in a discussion of comics and the black experience in America, moderated by Keith Knight (The Knight Life, K Chronicles). - In Animate Your Life!, Michael Cavna of the Washington Post leads Lilli Carre (Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation), Sam Spina (Regular Show), Josh Frankel (Welcome to Showside), and Monica Ray (Nickelodeon's Harvey Beaks) in a discussion of the various paths people take into the world of animation. - International guests Joan Cornella (Spain), Bendik Kaltenborn (Norway) and Brecht Vandenbroucke (Belgium), led by moderator Bill Kartalopoulos, talk about European Comics And The Absurd. - Our hands-on comics workshop, led by Jon Chad (Center for Cartoon Studies) and Beth Hetland (School of the Art Institute of Chicago).

SPX 2015 Reminder: Nickelodeon Call for Submissions Due September 14

Reminder! Nickelodeon Call For Submissions at SPX 2015 Due September 14 Dear Creative Creators, If you have ever thought about getting into the animation world, the Nickelodeon Call for Submissions at SPX 2015 is a great way to try and do just that. Monica Ray and Nick Sumida (Storyboard Artists on Nickelodeon's Harvey Beaks), who will be part of the Nickelodeon contingent at this years show, both sold their mini-comics at SPX before finding themselves out in Burbank, California at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio. So be sure to sign up to submit your ideas as time is getting short with the September 14 due date fast approaching. A note from Kevin Lee at Nickelodeon is below!! See you at SPX, Warren, Mike, Sam, Eden and the rest of the SPX Executive Committee   Hi again from Nickelodeon Animation Studio! In case you missed it last time, we're taking pitches for shorts in-person at SPX 2015 and will select one to produce as part of Nickelodeon's 2015 global Animated Shorts Program!  If you're already planning to pitch, we look forward to meeting you!  If you missed it earlier and are interested or curious, please go to our website:  http://spx.nickshortspitches.com Important Update!  Comics and storyboard superstars, Monica Ray and Nick Sumida (Storyboard Artists on Harvey Beaks), will be joining in to hear your pitches!  Our global Animation Shorts Program encourages artists to work with and learn from others here at the studio, so we're grateful that they will be with us to hear your ideas and get to know you as well. Reminder!  Deadline to register is September 14th.  What this really means is we need you to enter your information via the website by then so that we can schedule a meeting.  You don't have to submit your pitch materials by this date, just be sure to bring a copy of it with you to the meeting. Also Important!  We want to meet everyone who is interested in talking with us, whether you're pitching or not.  Maybe you're just interested to know about how to get a job or internship at Nickelodeon?  Please drop by our table and say hi!  We'll have information on hand about opportunities at Nickelodeon and we'll be around all weekend. If you have any questions, please email me at  Kevin.Lee@nick.com Thank you! Kevin Sukho Lee Creative Director Nickelodeon Animation Development

Comic Riffs on the return of Bloom County

Magnet Opus: Breathed 'delighted' as 'Bloom County 2015′ joins Universal Uclick lineup

By Michael Cavna
September 2 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/02/magnet-opus-breathed-delighted-as-bloom-county-2015-joins-universal-uclick-lineup/

The third Comic Riffs article on the content of comic strips

The Taste Test: Pastis and Piccolo rail against the tameness and timidity of comics

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog September 2 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/02/the-taste-test-pastis-and-piccolo-rail-against-the-tameness-and-timidity-of-comics/

Comic Riffs talks to Bob Mankoff about the computerization of humor

Can robots now write quality jokes? How the notion is becoming less laughable.

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog September 2 2015

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/02/can-robots-now-write-quality-jokes-how-the-notion-is-becoming-less-laughable/

The Vision moves to suburban Northern Virginia via Tom King

Tom King Shares His Familial "Vision" for Marvel's Synthezoid Avenger

Dave Richards 

Comic Book Resources September 2 2015
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/tom-king-shares-his-familial-vision-for-marvels-synthezoid-avenger-2015

Teresa Logan on Internet radio show POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS

The Savage & Starbuck Show

Hosted by Joie Savage and SB Starbuck

An Hour With Teresa Roberts Logan

POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thesavageandstarbuckshow/2015/08/27/an-hour-with-teresa-roberts-logan

The Laughing Redhead is Teresa Roberts Logan.
She's made a living with humor for several decades, on page and on stage.
Teresa writes and draws humor for publication, for standup comedy, for storytelling, for cartoons . . . as well as spooky stuff, and provides content for publishing, animation, books, and product.
As a professional artist and illustrator, she has done thousands of paintings and drawings, kabillions (math!) of cartoons and jokes for products such as animations, cocktail napkins, partyware, tissues, and greeting cards. She was nominated for a Reuben Award by the National Cartoonists Society for her greeting cards. Currently she's working on a graphic novel, HAINT BLUE, (an autobiographical supernatural story), some horror short stories, and a web comic, FOG OF WORRY.
Books which contain her funny stuff (cartoons and columns): "The Older I Get, The Less I Care" (Andrews McMeel Publishing), "Laughing Out Loud" (Hallmark Gift Books), "Humor for a Sister's Heart" (Howard Publishing), "Mug of Woe," "All Woe Great and Small," "Woe of Dating," (just released) "Wreck the Halls," (Mug of Woe Publishing).
Teresa has done a lot of standup comedy and storytelling, through such venues as: HBO, Comedy Channel, A&E, Catch A Rising Star, Gotham Comedy Club, The Metropolitan Room NYC, Zanies, and Comedy Works . . . and was an opening act for Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey, Drew Carey, and Paula Poundstone, as well as many other famous and not–so-famous funny people. "Rich Jeni called me 'the Meryl Streep of comedy' and I thought that was so cool that he loved my dialects and accents so much. But one day, when he found out that's what I thought, he laughed really hard and told me, 'No, I meant you have the same NOSE!'"

Nate Powell talks about March

CBR TV: Working on "March" Has Changed Artist Nate Powell

Jonah Weiland,
Comic Book Resoures September 1, 2015

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/cbr-tv-working-on-march-has-changed-artist-nate-powell

Comic Riffs talks to a syndicate censor ... editor

The Comics Taste Test: Dilbert, 'Uranus-Hertz' & the birth of the substitute strip

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog September 1 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/01/the-comics-taste-test-dilbert-uranus-hertz-the-birth-of-the-substitute-strip/

Amy Lago is a friend of mine, but I still think the comics are way too tame, and thus boring, compared to the rest of American media.

 

Fwd: Small Press Expo Announces Guests Brandon Graham and Phoebe Gloeckner

Small Press Expo Announces Guests Brandon Graham and Phoebe Gloeckner at SPX 2015 For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Email: warren@spxpo.com Bethesda, Maryland; September 1, 2015   Media Release ­— ­— SPX is pleased to announce Brandon Graham and Phoebe Gloeckner  as guests at SPX 2015. This is in addition to the previously announced guests to SPX's 21st Birthday Party, Kate Beaton, Luke Pearson, Noelle Stevenson, Michael DeForge, Gemma Correll, Noah Van Sciver, Matt Bors, Lilli Carré, Theo Ellsworth, C. Spike Trotman, Jennifer Hayden, Stuart Immonen, Scott McCloud, Bill Griffith, Kathryn Immonen, Derf, Jessica Abel (Sat. Only) and Ted Rall, as well as international guests, Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks, Brecht Vandenbroucke, Bendik Kaltenborn, Anna Ehrlemark and Joan Cornellà. Previously announced special guest Raina Telgemeier will be unable to attend this years show. From his beginnings as a graffiti artist in his hometown of Seattle to his recent run as writer on the Image comics series Prophet as well as creator of his own comics Multiple Warheads, King City, Elevator and Universe So Big, Brandon Graham has been a vocal and passionate proponent of independent comics. Mr. Graham will sign his books as a fundraiser for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Stop by the CBLDF table to buy his works, including his latest from Image Comics, 8House: Arclight #2, as well as issues #2 and #3 of the science fiction anthology series he co-edits with Emma Rios, Island. Diary of a Teenage Girl, Phoebe Gloeckner's semi-autobiographical graphic novel published in 2002, was released earlier this year as a critically acclaimed movie starring Kristen Wiig. Garnering a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Ms. Gloeckner co-wrote the screenplay to Diary that was a selection at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Influenced by the women's comics anthology Twisted Sisters, Ms.Gloeckner work was published in such titles as Wimmen's Comix, Young Lust and the Robert Crumb edited magazine, Weirdo. A compendium of all of her comics work to date, A Child's Life and Other Stories, was published in 1998, generating significant controversy, with public schools and library systems banning the book due to its frank portrayal of sex and drug use. Ms. Gloeckner is a trained medical illustrator and is an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Art and Design. Ms. Gloeckner will also be signing her books at the CBLDF table. SPX 2015 takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 19-20, and will have over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables and 22 programming slots to entertain, enlighten and introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics. Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 600 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which funds graphic novel purchases for public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, visit their website at http://www.cbldf.org. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.

Sept 16: "Sequential Art in Science Communication” by David Clarke

https://gnsi.org/event/meeting/gnsi-dc-sept-16th-sequential-art-science-communication
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

PRESENTATION: "Sequential Art in Science Communication" by David Clarke
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.

The word "comics" might bring to mind well-thumbed copies of Scrooge McDuck, Spiderman, or the newspaper's Sunday funny pages, but today sequential art is being used to communicate and teach subjects such as science, medicine and history. David Clarke is creating comics about the history of science. His first large scale project is a graphic novel of the voyage of "Captain" James Cook and Joseph Banks to Tahiti for the Transit of Venus and their subsequent travels around the South Pacific mapping New Zealand and the east coast of Australia. David will describe the development process – what's involved - in creating a graphic novel.

David Clarke, former GNSI DC President, is the CEO of his own studio. He creates animations, illustrations, comics and graphics and works with a small programming team to create interactive learning objects for the university's online classrooms. He is an Adjunct faculty member of Northern Virginia Community College and a multimedia/graphic artist at the University of Maryland University College. He has a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the Academy of Art University, based in San Francisco.

LOCATION:
Smithsonian Natural History Museum
10th St. & Constitution Ave., Washington, DC.

Wait for an escort in the Constitution Avenue lobby between 5:30 and 6:10 p.m. (about every 15 minutes)

EVENING'S SCHEDULE:
— 5:30 p.m. for snacks and socializing (Please bring a food item to share, or $3.00 for the donation jar.)
— 6:00 p.m. Business and announcements
— 6:10 p.m. (approx.) Presentation begins

World War II cartoons from the Navy's medical historian's office

The Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery's historian's office holds a collection of newsletters and newspapers from various naval hospitals. U.S. Naval Hospital Aiea Heights had two issues and 2 fragments of an issue that are now online at the Medical Heritage Library. Here's the cartoons from them.

Robert Woodcock was one of the best of them and had two in the November 11, 1944 issue, and is featured in an article here.

Virgil Partch, aka VIP, was one of the best cartoonists and went on to a serious postwar career in cartooning. This is from December 15, 1945.

Al Santamauro (Nov. 11, 1943) and Bill Pietsch (Dec. 12, 1945) both seem to have disappeared from the cartooning world.

PR: Niso Ramponi book from Lost Art Books

KREMOS: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi Vols. 1& 2 are now officially available for pre-order from our website. Here's our book trailer.

KREMOS: Lost Art of Niso Ramponi, Vols. 1+2

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