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+++++ Award-Winning Political Cartoonists Announce Northeast Slideshow Cartoon Tour Details: Laugh While You Can Tour 2005 "Since the election it's not even funny anymore." Maybe not to amateurs. But three of America's most incisive young political cartoonists have made it their job to find the funny side of the Patriot Act, the War on Terror, and the end of American democracy. In slides, animation, and discussion, Tom Hart (Hutch Owen), Tim Kreider (The Pain-When Will It End?), and Jen Sorensen (Slowpoke), retrace our steps through the absurdist landscape of the last four years and look to the even more hilarious desolation ahead. An evening of outrage, catharsis, and laughter. Where and when: Wednesday March 23, 4 pm RISD, Providence Two College Street (401) 454-6100 Thursday March 24 Million Year Picnic, Boston 99 Mt. Auburn St (617) 492-6763 Friday March 25 Jim Hanley's Universe, NYC 4 West 33rd Street (212) 268-7088 Saturday March 26 4 pm Atticus Books, New Haven 1082 Chapel St. (203) 776-4040 Sunday March 27, 7pm Slideshow, KGB Bar, NYC 85 East 4th St (212) 505-3360 Monday March 28, 7 pm Robin's Book Store, Philadelphia 108 S.13th Street (215) 735-9600 Tuesday March 29, 7 pm Warehouse Theater sponsored by Olssons Book Store, DC 1021 7th Street (202) 783-3933 Some recent quotes on the work: "I have the cartoon 'male anorexia' on my bathroom mirror for sixteen months. I cannot shave, pimple-scan, or floss without it. It is I; He is me. Kreider rules." -David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest "Tim Kreider is the unsung superhero of contemporary cartooning, able to pierce the darkest, most clandestine corners of the American subconscious in a single panel. He is crazy and brilliant and funny enough to proclaim as truths the things the rest of us are too chickenshit to say out loud." -Myla Goldberg, author of Bee Season "Smart and sharp" -Get Your War On creator David Rees "All life is a blur of Republicans and meat. Slowpoke roasts them both over the coals... with gusto!" -Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith "Finally, thanks to Jen Sorensen, we have conclusive evidence that it's actually fun to think!" - Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America "Hart's angry nonconformist Hutch Owen is a modern comics icon; a pissed-off homeless man who stands up for idealism and represents the individual against looming corporate hegemony. But the tales in this collection are not angry diatribes. Instead, they mix slapstick and verbal humor to create high-level social satire." -Publisher's Weekly "It's so accurately dead-on that it's scary... an amazing character... his refusal to become another interchangeable part in society's machine is believable, amusing, and intensely applicable at the same time." -Savant Magazine Tim Kreider http://www.thepaincomics.com Tim Kreider was born in Baltimore in 1967, and graduated from the Johns Hopkins University's Writing Seminars program in 1988. He has been stabbed in the throat in Crete, ridden the Ringling Brothers circus train to Mexico City, attended to a friend's recovery from gender reassignment surgery in Neenah, Wisconsin, and addressed the Forum on Innovative Approaches to Outer Planetary Exploration 2001-2020 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. He is also the author of groundbreaking critical essays on films such as "Eyes Wide Shut" and "The Straight Story", which originally appeared in Film Quarterly and have subsequently been anthologized. Tim Kreider self-published issue #1 of The Pain--When Will It End? as a mini-comic in 1994. The cartoon began running weekly in the Baltimore City Paper in 1997, and has since been picked up by the Jackson Planet Weekly and The Indy in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Tim Kreider's original artwork has been exhibited in Baltimore, Chicago, and New York. His cartoon "Blowing One's Cool in the Clutch" was included in the Catholic League's 2002 Report on Anti-Catholicism. He is among the artists featured in Attitude 2: The New Subversive Social Commentary Cartoonists, edited by Ted Rall. A collection of his more recent political work, to be titled Why Do They Kill Me?, will be released by Fantagraphics in 2005. He migrates seasonally between an A-frame cabin on the Chesapeake Bay and New York City. Jen Sorensen http://www.slowpokecomics.com Jen Sorensen is the cartoonist behind "Slowpoke," a weekly strip which appears in alternative newspapers around the country, and in such national publications as Ms. Magazine, Funny Times, and Z Magazine. The cartoon can also be seen on Workingforchange.com and Cagle's Cartoon Index on Slate.com, and will soon be featured on CampusProgress.org, part of the Center for American Progress. Slowpoke made its debut as a weekly strip in 1998, and has since won two awards from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, in 2003 and 2004. The strip is also featured in Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists, an anthology edited by Ted Rall, and in The Best Political Cartoons of the Year, 2005 Edition. Jen grew up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, best known for its Amish population and delicacies such as scrapple, chow-chow, and hog maw. She went on to attend the University of Virginia, where she penned a popular daily strip entitled "Lil' Gus" and successfully avoided taking any classes before 11a.m. except one, which happened to be worth getting up for. In 2000, Jen won a Xeric grant to publish Slowpoke:Cafe Pompous, a collection of the first two years of Slowpoke strips. Her new book, Slowpoke: America Gone Bonkers, was released in late 2004. In addition to Slowpoke, Jen also does freelance illustration for Nickelodeon Magazine and other publications. She lives with her anthropologist husband in Charlottesville,Virginia. Tom Hart http://www.hutchowen.com Tom Hart is the creator of the comic book series Hutch Owen, described as "Peanuts for the Post-Enron Generation." Born in Kingston, NY, Tom lived in numerous American cities including Austin, Seattle, while developing his surly hobo who hassles corporations. Tom Hart has been a popular underground/alternative cartoonist since the early 90s. He published the first Hutch Owen as one of the earliest recipients of the Xeric Foundation grant for self- publishing cartoonists, a foundation created by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle co-creator Peter Laird. He has released numerous books to critical and audience acclaim, and has been nominated for two industry "Ignatz" awards and also for the "Eisner" and "Harvey" awards. He has created a series, Pitch Unger, for a publisher in Japan, has been translated into French and Portuguese, and has had his work shown in show from Seattle, Washington to Porto, Portugal to Lubjiana, Slovenia. Tom Hart teaches cartooning all over the New York City area and has also worked in public relations for 4 years, creating many materials for large-scale advertising and PR campaigns. He recently appeared on Air America Radio's "The Majority Report." +++++ From Darren Kane at Marvel Comics http://www.marvel.com True Believer Alert 2-22-2005 Black Panther, Young Avengers, and Wolverine! BLACK PANTHER #2 and Limited Edition Variant of #1 on the way. With a wave of continuing national press in publications such as US News & World Report and Upscale, Reggie Hudlin's new BLACK PANTHER #1 ran right out of stores. This week brings the retailer order cut-off for BLACK PANTHER #2, which continues the "WHO IS THE BLACK PANTHER?" six-issue arc. Illustrated by veterans John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson, the Black Panther epic is told in cinematic scope with social satire and all-out action -- a take that has been embraced by fans. "I can't believe I hit a home run my first time at bat! Writing the BLACK PANTHER has been a dream of mine for over a decade. Now it's flown out of stores.", beams Hudlin. "What's particularly gratifying is that we have shattered the myth that black superhero characters can't sell. This reminds me of 15 years ago, when HOUSE PARTY proved the then-controversial idea that rappers could be movie stars. Now they're getting Oscar nominations. Hopefully the success of the BLACK PANTHER will expand the comic book market and strengthen the industry overall." For those who missed the chance to jump onboard with issue #1, Marvel is pleased to produce a Limited Edition Variant of that launch issue.timed to go on-sale the same day as issue #2. Both books feature phenomenal painted covers by Esad Ribic, hot off of the Loki limited series. For more about BLACK PANTHER, be sure to check out Marvel.com and Reggie Hudlin's website www.hudlinentertainment.com! BLACK PANTHER #1 LTD ED VARIANT (JAN058035) ON SALE 3/16 BLACK PANTHER #2 (JAN051824) ON SALE 3/16 32 PGS. (each) / Marvel PSR .$2.99 (each) Who are the YOUNG AVENGERS? Questions being answered. Also getting considerable national press attention in publications such as Newsweek is the white-hot YOUNG AVENGERS, helmed by TV superstar writer Allan Heinberg (The O.C., Sex and the City, and Party of Five). "We did our best to protect the 'Kang twist' at the end of issue #1, holding back online previews of the last couple of pages.", says Marvel's Director of Marketing, John Dokes "It's one of those things where we do our best to show how incredible the book is before launch, but at the same time don't want to spoil what makes it as good as it is: the twists and turns! Now that it's out there, it's full steam ahead." Illustrated by Young Gun Jim Cheung, YOUNG AVENGERS emerges out of the ashes of AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED. But who IS this new team? Patience, True Believers, the answers are on the way. The upcoming YOUNG AVENGERS #2 has Captain America, Iron Man, and Jessica Jones learning the secret origin of Iron Lad, Patriot leaving the team to go solo.and a familiar face showing up, demanding a spot on the team. The issue goes on sale March 16th. .and for fans who are looking for a deeper behind-the-scenes of this 'Marvel Next' series, that same day will bring the YOUNG AVENGERS #1 DIRECTORS CUT -- featuring Heinberg's script, Cheung's character designs, and much, much more! YOUNG AVENGERS #1 DIRECTORS CUT (DEC048294) ON SALE 3/16 48 PGS. / Marvel PSR $3.99 YOUNG AVENGERS #2 (JAN051848) ON SALE 3/16 32 PGS. / Marvel PSR $2.99 Silvestri does variant for start of Millar's second WOLVERINE arc. Legendary artist Mark Silvestri will once again be drawing the mutant that drove him to the top -- in the form of the variant cover to WOLVERINE #26! WOLVERINE has been on a blistering pace, since writer Mark Millar took the reins of the title with issue #20. Now onto his second arc with the six-part "AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D.", Millar's issue #26 has Wolverine in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, Hydra celebrating the coronation of a new leader, The Hand picking off the meta-humans one by one, and the secret origin of the Gorgon! Interior pencils will continue to be provided by the phenomenal John Romita Jr. To celebrate this new storyline, Marvel is producing a variant cover of issue #26 by Mark Silvestri, with the regular cover illustrated by the white-hot Greg Land (X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong). Retailers may order one copy of the Silvestri variant, for every fifteen copies they order of the regular Land cover. WOLVERINE #26 Written by Mark Millar Pencils by John Romita Jr. Part 1 of 6 32 PGS. / Marvel PSR+ .$2.25 WOLVERINE #26 LAND (JAN051831) ON SALE 3/16 WOLVERINE #26 SILVESTRI (JAN051832) - Retailers may ORDER 1 Silvestri variant for every 15 Land covers ordered ON SALE 3/16 +++++ From THE PULSE by Heidi MacDonald and Jennifer Contino at: http://www.comicon.com/pulse/ ZORRO RETURNS TO COMICS This November, Zorro returns to the big screen with an all-new, big-budget motion picture, once again starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Papercutz, the mass-market division of respected graphic novel publisher NBM, has announced plans to publish all-new, full-color comics and graphic novels featuring Zorro. "The timing is perfect for Zorro's return to comics," said Terry Nantier, Papercutz publisher. "With the excitement being created by the upcoming film, the awareness for Zorro will be at an all time high. Part of the Papercutz philosophy is to produce high quality comics material featuring well-known characters, for the ever-growing tween comics and graphic novel market." Writer Don McGregor, who has previously written Zorro for both comics (Topps) and comic strips (collected by Image Comics), was the obvious choice to write the new Papercutz series. "Besides contributing Lady Rawhide to the Zorro mythos, Don is great at coming up with deadly new villains to pit against Zorro. In 'Scars,'- the title of the first story- we meet Lucifer Trapp and Ripklaw - the two latest, and greatest additions to Zorro's colorful Rogues' Gallery," reports Papercutz editor-in-chief Jim Salicrup. "Don's devised all sorts of death traps for Zorro - pitting him against both sadistic foes and the uncontrollable forces of nature in the frigid but breath-taking Yellowstone Park. All while Zorro attempts to liberate the beautiful Eulalia Bandini from the clutches of Captain Monasterio." Artist Sidney Lima's style combines the best elements of many top fan-favorite superhero artists with a manga influence. This is essential in appealing to today's discriminating young comics fans. While maintaining the classic swashbuckling style and humor of Zorro, Lima creates a look for Zorro that is new and contemporary. Creating exciting fresh visuals is a Papercutz priority! "With the continuing success of manga graphic novels, and such manga-sized paperbacks of popular tie-ins such as "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Lizzie McGuire," can there be any doubt that Zorro will be major hit?" says Nantier. "While our Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew graphic novels are flying out of the bookstores, the comic book market has been a little slow to realize just how powerful the Papercutz titles really are. With traditional comic book sales still not what they used to be, savvy comic shop owners know that Nancy Drew and Zorro can attract new customers. But it only works if comic shops position our books where potential new customers can see them." The quarterly Zorro graphic novels will be pre-serialized in comic book form, with the first 32 page, full-color issue coming out in May. SEE PREVIEWS AND MORE INFO AT http://www.papercutz.com/ +++++ From the Comics Continuum at http://www.comicscontinuum.com/: WONDERCON: BONGO COMICS PANEL SAN FRANCISCO -- The next Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror comic will reunite two pairs of horror comics teams from the 1970s, Bongo Comics' Bill Morrison said at a WonderCon panel on Friday. "We actually got Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan to do a Dracula parody with Mr. Burns cast again as Dracula," Morrison says, "and we got Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson to do a Swamp Thing story, which is known as 'Squish Thing,' where Homer gets engulfed in a squishy accident and becomes a Squish Thing." The other half of the flip-book, arriving in September, will feature an EC parody with art by John Severin, Angelo Torres, Al Williamson and Mark Schultz. Schultz pitched in when health issues forced Williamson out of the project, but Williamson later recovered and inked Schultz's pencils. The wraparound story is by James Lloyd. * The Simpsons Super Spectacular is a new book featuring a Radioactive Man story and another story featuring Simpsons characters as super-heroes. Ty Templeton is writing and drawing a Pie-Man story for the first issue and is teaming with writer Chuck Dixon for the first time on a story called "Crisis on Springfield 2," where Bart and Millhouse go through a storm drain and come out in a strange new world. Ian Boothby is writing a story for the second issue called "The League of Extraordinary Barts," where various Barts from different dimensions come together to battle an evil Bart who uses Professor Frink's devices in a plot to take over the world. "It's just a good, smack-em-in-the-mouth, silly super-hero story," Boothby said. "It's a lot of fun." Another Boothby story involves the League of Women Voters banning super-heroes. * Templeton is also working on a Simpsons Comics story. * Gail Simone and Mark Waid are collaborating for the first time on a story. "It's basically a story about revamping things that really don't need to be revamped," Simone said. "It's called 'Maximum Simpsons.' Lisa has written a little comics story about her family and Hollywood gets ahold of it and decides they really got to pump it up. * Simone is also working on a series of Lisa detective stories. * Morrison said that he is getting interest in Heroes Anonymous as a live-action television series. "I'm getting really good response from producers," Morrison said, adding that no new comics are currently planned. * Scott Shaw! said an upcoming story in Bart Simpson Comics will see Principal Skinner's mother insist he crack down on Halloween costumes. He is also writing a story for Simpsons Super Spectacular #4, a solo Senor Ding-Dong story. * In an upcoming Simpsons Comics issue, the Simpsons get their own Broadway show. BONE PC GAME Cartoon Books and Telltale announced that Jeff Smith's Bone will be developed for PC gaming. "Detailed rich characters and incredibly immersive story telling are everything to us," said Telltale's CEO Dan Connors. "We are proud that Jeff Smith and Cartoon Books have decided that we are the best partners to bring Bone to life in a series of PC games. The Bone world has so much texture and depth and combines a unique blend of superb adventure, mystery and humor -- it is a great first license for Telltale." "We are very impressed with the work the Telltale team has done in the past," said Cartoon Books publisher Vijaya Iyer. "We're confident they can bring the fun and adventure of the Bone story to life. Bone has been a big hit with comic-book lovers everywhere and reaching the PC market will allow even more people to boldly go where no Bone has gone before." Bone is also the flagship title for Scholastic's new graphic novel imprint Graphix, which launched in February. Telltale Games will compliment this with its first Bone PC episode. +++++ From Newsarama at http://www.Newsarama.com/ MARVEL REVISES RATINGS SYSTEM Marvel has announced it will institute a revised rating system on its comics, beginning in June. The new versions of its ratings will be the publisher's second since it withdrew from the Comics Code Authority in 2001 and established its own, in house rating system. Marvel's first rating system was based on the Motion Picture Association of America system used for movies, with such classifications as "PG" and "PG+." Reportedly, the MPAA took umbrage at the comic book publisher copying its system (the specific ratings used by the MPAA are registered trademarks of the Association), forcing Marvel, in August of 2003 to adopt the current system of "PSR, PSR +, All Ages" and "Parental Advisory/Explicit Content." Marvel's new system will be similar to that used by TokyoPop and other manga publishers, starting with "ALL AGES" and then "T+" for teen and up, followed by "PARENTAL ADVISORY" and "MAX: EXPLICIT CONTENT." In a statement, Marvel Publisher Dan Buckley said: "As we continue to seek ways to expand the comic market we want to equip our retailers with the tools for success. That starts with giving them the confidence of knowing which books are suitable for kids." The definitions of the ratings are: ALL AGES - Appropriate for readers of all ages. T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEEN AND UP - 13+ years old Appropriate for most readers, parents are advised they may want to read before or with younger children. PARENTAL ADVISORY - 15+ years old Similar to T+ Suggested for Teen and Up, but featuring more mature themes and/or more graphic imagery. Recommended for teen and adult readers. MAX: EXPLICIT CONTENT - 18+ years old Most Mature Readers books will fall under the MAX Comics banner, (created specifically for mature content titles) MAX and Mature-themed titles will continue to be designed to appear distinct from mainline Marvel titles, with the "MAX: Explicit Content" label very prominently displayed on the cover. MAX titles will NOT be sold on the newsstand, and they will NOT be marketed to younger readers. Ratings for the T+ and PARENTAL ADVISORY titles will move, from under the Marvel logo in the trade dress (where they currently appear) to the UPC code box. MAX and ALL AGES will continue to appear at the top of the cover. +++++ From ComiX-Fan at http://www.comixfan.com/xfan WONDERCON 2005 DAY 1 REPORT This year, WonderCon came out early to start off the convention season on the right foot. WonderCon is being held this weekend in San Francisco, California. Today, DC held it's Beyond the DCU panel feature news on it's Vertigo, WildStorm, etc imprints. On the panel are Bob Wayne Director of DC Comics Marketing, writer Howard Chaykin, Vertigo editor, Witching writer Jonathan Vankin and Swamp Thing writer Josh Dysart. The panel began with news of J. Scott Campbell's new book, Wildsiderz. A special priced issue #0 in June. Astro City: Dark Ages with Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson and Alex Ross on covers. Silent Dragon, a six issue mini-series by Andy Diggle and Lentil-Yu. Warren Ellis's new book, Desolation Jones, arrives in May. Humanoids Publishing will release Olympus with Geoff Johns and Butch Guice. Howard Chaykin has two books, Legend with Russ Heath and City of Tomorrow. Chaykin also revealed he is working on a sequel to Bite Club with artist David Hahn and to expect the new six issue mini-series to arrive at the end of 2005. Bob Wayne revealed that the second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen mini will be the next Absolute Hardcover Edition and that Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill will have a new LXG mini-series for 2006. The Authority: Revolution mini-series will continue and there will be more Authority on the horizon says Bob Wayne, but he would not elaborate any further. Planetary will also continue to at least to issue #36 according to Wayne. Swamp Thing will be revisiting it's past, a sort of year one approach. Josh Dysart wants to re-examine the whole Alec Holland/ Swamp Thing relationship and tackle environmental issues. 100 Bullets continues with same creative team, Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso. Loveless is a new book from Azzarello and Marcelo Frusin. It was described as a western set after the Civil War. Mnemovore is a supernatural thriller. The Fountain is an original graphic novel by Darren Aranofsky and Kent Williams, which has ties to the movies of the same name, although it's not a direct tie in to the film itself according Jonathan Vankin. Harvey Pekar's latest project is called The Quitter, which details his life prior to American Splendor, it's set for an October release. Mike Carey is adapting Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere with art by Glen Fabry. Phil Jimenez's 12 issue mini-series, Otherworld begins soon, described as a world at war with itself. Hellblazer: All His Engines is an original graphic novel. Brian K. Vaughn is helming a graphic novel called Pride, all that was said about the project was it was about the lions of Baghdad. Peter Milligan is talking about writing a series for Vertigo. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillion's latest Vertigo collaboration, City Lights, is coming along slowly and was described as a different kind of work and a very personal story to Ennis. Judd Winick has plans to do a sequel to his Vertigo mini- series, Blood and Water, but is currently bogged down with his Cartoon Network project and several DC Universe books. Y the Last Man is being developed as a feature film. V for Vendetta is currently underway with the Watchowski Bros directing, it sounded like they want the film done quickly, so it could be released on November 5th of this year. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. 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