The team from MAW Productions, creators of Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa, will be signing the line of Jetta graphic novels at Comics and Collectibles from noon until 4 pm on July 4th. 

Comics and Collectibles is located at 4730 Poplar Ave #2 and will be open from 10 am until 7 pm with a 20% off everything in the store sale (except new comics).   www.memphiscomics.com

Be sure to come out and buy lots of neat things at C&C and meet the MAW team!

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WOMEN IN COMICS – Sent in by Lin
 
CR Sunday Interview: Trina Robbins

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_trina_robbins/

From the interview intro:
Trina Robbins is one of the icons of the underground comix generation, a cartoonist and creative person always pushing forward in ways that have influenced and inspired her peers and admirers. She has become in the decades since an equally valuable advocate for the recognition of great female cartoonists. Her latest book in that vein is The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons 1913-1940, which was released in March of this year by Fantagraphics. While many have long been aware of the general attractiveness of Brinkley’s work, Robbins’ book forces us to look at her art in a way — and at a size — where some of the specifics of Brinkley’s appeal and the basis for her popularity become more apparent, such as the sweep of her page design and the enthusiastic way many moments, even ordinary ones, are rendered. Robbins’ book also asks for a reconsideration of Brinkley’s writing when she was allowed to pursue this element on her own, and paints an overall picture of a fiercely independent cartoonist who learned over the years to work within a system to great reward without ever becoming dominated by it. It’s really great to have The Brinkley Girls, and I was pleased when Robbins agreed to answer some questions about it. — Tom Spurgeon

The interview was also announced here:
http://www.english.ufl.edu/comics/scholars/

Met Trina at Ohio State. Greg and I talked to her a bit on a bus ride to an art show there.

Lin

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FREE INFORMATIONAL COMIC BOOKS – Sent in by Lin
 
Saw a thread on the CGS boards about the Federal Reserve Bank of New York offering free educational comic books.

They are:

The Story of the Federal Reserve System
Too Much, Too Little…
The Story of Monetary Policy
The Story of Foreign Trade and Exchange
The Story of Inflation
A Penny Saved
The Story of Banks
The Story of Money
The Story of Checks and Electronic Payments
Once Upon a Dime
Wishes and Rainbows

You can order up to 35 copies for free. Shipping and handling is free (even to Canada!). I ordered three copies each- one for me, one for my nieces/nephews, and one to take to the July MSCA meeting to pass around.

http://www.newyorkfed.org/publications/result.cfm?comics=1

I know some of us have been talking about comics for kids, but heck- I think I might learn something from these!

Thought I’d share.

Lin

JETTA ON THE BIG SCREEN!

Martheus Antone Wade of MAW Productions discusss the Jetta movie “Defiance” with Action News 5’s Ben Watson.

Be sure to visit www.toshigawa.com and read/see more about this interview!!

http://toshigawa.com/?p=474

NOEL NEILL STATUE

Like the Superman Statue , personalized bricks will be used on the base and walkway for the Noel Neill Statue. The bricks sell for $75.00 a piece and can hold 3 lines of 13 characters each. Larger bricks will be available around the base of the statue and can be personalized with your companies logo or sentiment. The price for each larger brick will depend on the amount of engraving done. Mail-In order forms are available by going to http://www.noelneillstatue.com/orderform.html  and printing off a copy. You may also place your brick order at The Metropolis Chamber of Commerce or by calling (618) 524-2714 or email at metrochamber@hcis.net. Many individuals have already ordered bricks for themselves, as a great gift or as a memorial to honor a loved one. A limited number of bricks will be sold, so don’t delay. Become a part of Metropolis history today.

http://www.noelneillstatue.com/

Parade Magazine Cartoonist, Dave Coverly, has been claimed Cartoonist of the Year.

Tags: cartoonist, coverly, dave, magazine, of, parade, the, year

Check out the cool cover over at www.toshigawa.com!

Jetta and Shi duel it out on the cover of Hi-Fi Digital Color for comics
DVD available from IMPACT Publishing. The characters have never looked so
good as Brian Miller has graced our pencils and inks with powerful color.
Want to learn how he did it? Grab the instructional DVD and learn how.

Learn the top tips, tricks, and techniques for coloring digitally. Expert
colorist Brian Miller will teach you how to break down an image into flat
color, and then show you how to add light. The artwork used in the video
is included on the DVD, so you can follow along as you learn to color the
Hi-Fi way.

More info at:
http://digg.com/d1tTbz

DVD: Special Effects for Digital Coloring with Brian Miller

Discover the inside secrets behind eye-popping visual effects for your
artwork. Colorist Brian Miller shows you how to create energy glows,
sparkles, warp effects and much more. Plus learn how to make special
“Hi-Fi Helper” effects you can use again and again. The artwork used in
the video is included on the DVD, so you can follow along as you learn to
create stunning special effects.

Tags: antone, defiance, janet, jetta, martheus, maw, of, productions, tales, the, Toshigawa, wade

Hi, Gang!

Be sure to come to the dinner meeting on June 4, 2009, for the heck of it if nothing else!  Bring things you’ve drawn, collected, your appetite, and money to order off the menu!  Much pizza goodness there at Garibaldi’s Pizza, Walker Ave. at 7 pm.

We’ll be discussing our upcoming trek to Metropolis, IL for the Superman Celebration, Nicki’s recent birthday, and kicking around some sketchbooks.

Speaking of Metropolis be sure to tune into The Travel Channel this Wednesday night, June 3rd for a segment on Metropolis and it’s love for the Man of Steel!

Here is how The Travel Channel describes the show…

Think small towns are all the same? Think again. Explore some of the world’s most unique towns where the residents’ zeal makes up for what they lack in numbers in Extreme Towns.

Premieres Wednesday, June 3rd at 8pm Eastern/Standard time on the Travel Channel!

http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Extreme