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DC, Mark Your Calendars: Cartoonists With Attitude 7/7/07

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

The Cartoonists With Attitude gang storms the capital on July 7 with an edgy satirical cartoon slideshow and book signing!

  • When: Saturday, July 7, 2 p.m.
  • Where: Borders 18th & L Streets NW Washington, DC 20006 ( 202.466.4999)
  • Price: Free!

Celebrate Independence Day weekend with a slideshow and signing with edgy, groundbreaking and controversial alternative cartoonists from around the country! Be there or the torturers, bombers, ex-gays and wire-tappers win! Meet:

And in case you weren’t aware, you should really read our group blog (also available as an RSS feed if you want to get all our blogs and most of our cartoons in one convenient place. We also have a not-so-frequently updated Cartoonists With Attitude MySpace page if you want to be our friend.

DC Rall-tastic Event #2: 7/7/07 Cartoonists With A…

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

DC Rall-tastic Event #2: 7/7/07 Cartoonists With Attitude Slideshow w/ Rall, Reid, Knight, Bolling, Bors, McMillan and more!
Posted by Mikhaela Reid

The Cartoonists With Attitude gang storms the capital on July 7 with an edgy satirical cartoon slideshow and book signing!

  • When: Saturday, July 7, 2 p.m.
  • Where: Borders 18th & L Streets NW Washington, DC 20006 ( 202.466.4999)
  • Price: Free!

Celebrate Independence Day weekend with a slideshow and signing with edgy, groundbreaking and controversial alternative cartoonists from around the country! Be there or the torturers, bombers, ex-gays and wire-tappers win! Meet:

And in case you weren’t aware, you should really read our group blog (also available as an RSS feed if you want to get all our blogs and most of our cartoons in one convenient place. We also have a not-so-frequently updated Cartoonists With Attitude MySpace page if you want to be our friend.

DC Rall-tastic event #1 is, of course, Cartoonapalooza.

DC Rall-tastic Event #1: 7/3 Cartoonapalooza Cockt…

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

DC Rall-tastic Event #1: 7/3 Cartoonapalooza Cocktails w/ Rall, Toles, Knight, Bolling, Fiore and more!
Posted by Mikhaela Reid


Cartoons & Cocktails and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Present:

Cartoonapalooza: Fireworks in Pen and Ink!

Meet prize-winning political cartoonists from across the country as they discuss their most controversial cartoons.

Why did Tom Toles of The Washington Post get dressed down by the Joint Chief of Staff? How did Ted Rall invoke the wrath of a legion of 9/11 widows? Why did a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Atlanta take out a half-page ad to apologize for a Mike Luckovich cartoon? Meet ten of the nation’s best political cartoonists as they discuss their most controversial cartoons. Cartoonapalooza, the kick-off event for the 50th anniversary convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC), is a rare opportunity for the public to meet prize-winning political cartoonists from across the country as they discuss their most controversial cartoons. Join Tom Toles, Ted Rall, Mike Peters, Mike Luckovich, Rob Rogers and five other brilliant, ground-breaking editorial artists as they talk politics, the election, Bush and beyond. The public is invited to a cocktail reception before the panel discussion to meet the artists.

The proceeds from this event will go to support Newspapers In Education’s “Cartoons for the Classroom” program, a non-profit program that provides editorial cartoon-related lesson plans for teachers. Cartoonapalooza is the must-attend event of the year for all political buffs and cartoon afficionados!

Door prizes at the reception will include signed original cartoons and books.

Featured Cartoonists:

  • Ted Rall, Universal Press Syndicate
  • Tom Toles, Washington Post
  • Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
  • Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News
  • Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • Jack Ohman, The Oregonian
  • Ruben Bolling, Tom the Dancing Bug
  • Ann Telnaes, Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate
  • Keith Knight, The K-Chronicles
  • Mark Fiore, Animated Political Cartoonist

DC Rall-tastic event #2 is, of course, the free Cartoonists With Attitude Slideshow at Borders at 2 p.m. on 7/7/2007. More on that in another post.

Cartoonists With Attitude at MOCCA NYC 6/23-24: Mikhaela Reid, Masheka Wood, Keith Knight and more!

Friday, June 15th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

  • Date: Sat. and Sun. June 23-24 from 11 am – 6 pm
  • Location: Puck Building (293 Lafayette at Houston), New York City
  • Admission: Hours: 11:00am – 6:00pm

We’re not on the exhibitor list, but Masheka and I just scored a last-minute table with our pal Ayo and “Big Fat Whale” cartoonist Brian McFadden! There will be tons of amazing cartoonists in attendance, including fellow Cartoonist With Attitude Keith Knight the awe-inspiring Alison Bechdel, Diesel Sweeties cartoonist Rich Stevens and Ampersand’s Barry Deutsch.

Our Bluestockings Slideshow Was Awesome!

Thursday, June 14th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood 6/12 Slideshow at Bluestockings
Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood 6/12 Slideshow at BluestockingsMikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood 6/12 Slideshow at Bluestockings

I have to admit I was nervous. The Village Voice and Time Out New York mysteriously lost our listings info, and a half hour before the signing the skies opened up in an intense downpour. But the signing was fantastic–I sold out of all the books I brought, and all kinds of friends and cool cartooning fans came out. Not to mention genius cartoonist Dan Piraro (“Bizarro”), Vanessa Valenti (of Feministing fame), Melody Berger (The F-Word Zine), Gwynn Cassidy (of the Real Hot 100), animator Dan Meth and cartoonist Ayo. Thanks to my best friend Márta for taking the photos!

Bluestockings is just a fantastic space, and you must go there ALL THE TIME. You can buy both our books there, too.

Cartoonists With Attitude Storm DC July 7!

Thursday, June 14th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

The Cartoonists With Attitude gang storms the capital on July 7 with an edgy satirical cartoon slideshow and book signing!

  • When: Saturday, July 7, 2 p.m.
  • Where: Borders 18th & L Streets NW Washington, DC 20006 (202.466.4999)
  • Price: Free!

Celebrate Independence Day weekend with a slideshow and signing with edgy, groundbreaking and controversial alternative cartoonists from around the country! Be there or the torturers, bombers, ex-gays and wire-tappers win! Meet:

And in case you weren’t aware, you should really read our group blog (also available as an RSS feed if you want to get all our blogs and most of our cartoons in one convenient place. We also have a not-so-frequently updated Cartoonists With Attitude MySpace page if you want to be our friend.

NYC June 22: Let’s Talk About Sex! Planned Parenthood book event w/ Mikhaela Reid, Jessica Valenti and Amber Madison!

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

Let’s Talk About Sex! (If You’re Into that Sort of Thing)

  • Location: Think Coffee, 248 Mercer Street New York, NY (212) 228-6226
  • Date: 6/22/2007 from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Hosted By: Planned Parenthood, choicevoice@ppnyc.org
  • RSVP by: June 21, 2007 at 2:00 pm

A bold and brazen discussion with three writers who know their stuff:

Jessica Valenti, 28, is the founder and Executive Editor of Feministing.com and the author of Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters.

Amber Madison, 23, is currently touring colleges throughout the country giving sex talks, and has made a number of television and radio appearances in support of her book, Hooking Up: A Girls All-out Guide to Sex and Sexuality, most recently on NBC’s Today Show. www.ambermadisononline.com

Mikhaela Reid, 27, recently published her first book, Attack of the 50-Foot Mikhaela, available June 4th, 2007. She graduated from Harvard University in 2003, where she studied social anthropology and photography and drew weekly political cartoons for the Harvard Crimson. www.mikhaela.net

Join us for a conversation about what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s just plain weird about being young and sexual in today’s America.

Note: I’ll be doing a mini cartoon slideshow for this one, focused on the cartoons I’ve done about sexuality and reproductive rights.

Our Green Brain Comics Signing in Dearborn ROCKED!

Monday, June 11th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

Goofy at Green Brain: Green Brain's Katie and Dan Merritt (on outside) with Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood

Goofing Off at Green Brain: Green Brain Comics owners Katie and Dan Merritt (on outside) with Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood

Eric Millikin ("Fetus-X") & Sean Bieri ("Jape")Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood outside Green Brain Comics after our signing there

Eric Millikin ("Fetus-X") & Sean Bieri ("Jape"); Mikhaela and Masheka outside Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, MI

And here are some pix from the fine proprietors of Green Brain:

Anyway, the signing ROCKED. We put it together on really short notice, and a beautiful sunny June Saturday is hardly a good day for a comics signing, but we got a great and enthusiastic turnout. (I was so worried it wouldn’t happen at all due to me being so ill, but I pulled it together and despite having almost no voice, coughed and sniffled my way through my portion of the slideshow!)

We also got to hang out and talk shop with notorious “Fetus-X” creator Eric Millikin, “Jape” cartoonist Sean Bieri (who also wrote a really cool piece about me for the Metro Times, “Drawing Ire”), and the famous Cynicalman himself, Matt Feazell. We even did a comics jam on a piece of pita!

If you are ever in even the vague general Detroit/Dearborn area, run and do not walk to Green Brain Comics, and tell Dan and Katie we sent you! What a great store!

Heads up, DC: Cartoon Extravaganza with Ted Rall, Keith Knight, Ruben Bolling, Mikhaela Reid & other Cartoonists With Attitude July 7!

Monday, June 11th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

More info here.

DC: Meet Ted Rall, Keith Knight, Ruben Bolling, Mi…

Monday, June 11th, 2007 by Mikhaela Reid

DC: Meet Ted Rall, Keith Knight, Ruben Bolling, Mikhaela Reid & other Cartoonists With Attitude July 7!
Posted by Mikhaela Reid

More info here. Ted will be moderating the slideshow/panel, and signing copies of his latest books, Silk Road to Ruin and American Gone Wild.

Also, if you happen to be in New York tomorrow, come see a free political cartoon slideshow with Cartoonists With Attitude Mikhaela Reid (that’s me!) & Masheka Wood. You won’t be sorry!:

Tue Jun 12, 7pm | NYC: Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood Cartoon Slideshow & Book Launch Bash @ Bluestockings, 172 Allen St., NYC.