Comic Riffs: Library of Congress


Posted at 11:29 PM ET, 05/21/2013

HERBLOCK AT HALF-CENTURY: Library of Congress show illuminates cartoonist’s brilliance in 1963
By Michael Cavna
Herblock at Half-Century: Library of Congress show illuminates cartoonist’s brilliance in 1963.

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Tags:  herblock, library of congress

Posted at 12:01 AM ET, 06/28/2012

THIS JUST IN: Art from 7 top cartoonists joins SPX holdings at the Library of Congress
By Michael Cavna
Art of 7 top cartoonists joins SPX holdings at the Library of Congress

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Tags:  small press expo, library of congress

Posted at 10:53 PM ET, 06/19/2012

Dean Haspiel donates his mini-comic collection to Library of Congress’ SPX holdings
By Michael Cavna
Dean Haspiel donates his mini-comic collection to Library of Congress’ SPX holdings

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Tags:  dean haspiel, library of congress, small press expo, mini-comics

Posted at 03:34 PM ET, 05/10/2012

WHITHER POLITICAL CARTOONING? A Conversation with tonight’s Herblock Prize winner, MATT BORS
By Michael Cavna
A truth-telling conversation with tonight’s Herblock Prize recipient, young alt-cartoonist Matt Bors.

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Tags:  matt bors, library of congress, herblock prize

Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 10/18/2011

HERBLOCK TRIBUTE: Remembering The Post’s cartooning legend a decade after his death
By Michael Cavna

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Tags:  Herblock, Herb Block, library of congress, mike peters, jen sorensen, steve breen, matt davies, scott stantis, mike luckovich, matt wuerker, jimmy margulies

Posted at 09:58 AM ET, 08/30/2011

SPX 2011: Library of Congress to launch Small Press Expo collection
By Michael Cavna

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Tags:  small press expo, library of congress, sara duke

Posted at 10:50 AM ET, 05/21/2010

THE RIFF: A day after 'Draw Muhammad,' the political cartoon gets a powerful reminder

By Michael Cavna
The power of the cartoon remains. The ability of a single sketched image to provoke, prompt, incite, summon or inflame -- a virility and virality sometimes questioned in a new-media age -- is intact. Whether deemed to have been...

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Categories:  The Riffs, The Riffs | Tags:  Doug Marlette, Everybody Draw Muhammad Day, Herb Block, Herblock, Lars Vilks, Library of Congress, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Molly Norris, Political Cartoons

Posted at 10:45 AM ET, 04/16/2010

Politico's MATT WUERKER accepts the Herblock Prize
By Michael Cavna
Matt Wuerker was clearly moved by the moment. "I was just trying to keep it together up there," the Politico cartoonist told Comic Riffs afterward yesterday. The moment was Wuerker's offering words of gratitude Thursday night as he accepted...

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Categories:  General, General | Tags:  Herb Block, Herblock Prize, Library of Congress, Matt Wuerker