#!&% CARTOONS!!
Program
#!&% Cartoons!! 2012 A Festival Celebrating the Political Cartoon |
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Friday, September 14th Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington University |
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9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. | Welcome remarks from AAEC President John Cole and GWU’s Frank Sesno |
9:10 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | The Great American Political Cartoon: When Cartoonists Ruled the Day! Speakers: Sandy Northrop and Stephen Hess, authors of “American Political Cartoons, 1754-2010” |
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. | Into the Matrix: Man vs. Machine Steve Brodner (Brodnersbicycle.com) draws by hand, Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle draws by Cintiq. |
10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m | Cartooning Outside the Box: The Political Cartoon Evolves Panelists: Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle; Steve Brodner; Mark Fiore, Daily Kos; and Ann Telnaes, The Washington Post |
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Comics Journalism: Cartoonists Are on the Story Panelists: Mat Bors, Universal Press Syndicate and Susie Cagle, Cartoon Movment |
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch break |
1:45 p.m. - 2:05 p.m. | Man vs. Machine, Round 2 Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press vs. Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch. Refereed by Joel Pett, Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader, and Steve Kelley, Times-Picayune, New Orleans. |
2:10 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. | Campaign 2012, The View from Left Field Panelists: Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press; Jen Sorensen, Daily Kos; and Tom Tomorrow, This Modern World |
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Blown Covers, New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See Speaker: Francoise Mouly, Art Editor, The New Yorker, Editorial Director, TOON Books |
4:05 p.m. - 5:05 p.m. | Campaign 2012, The View from Right Field Panelists: Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch; Chip Bok, bokbluster.com; and Scott Stantis, Chicago Tribune |
5:05 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Dinner Break |
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Cartoon Death Match: A Field of Memes A wild must-see cartoon smackdown, complete with top-secret celebrity judges. 4 Cartoonists, 3 Judges, 2 Rounds, 1 Epic finale! Cash bar opens at 5:30 p.m. Contestants: Mike Peters, Jen Sorensen, Keith Knight, Mark Fiore Emcee: Todd Zuniga of Literary Death Match fame. Celebrity judges: TBD |
Saturday, September 15th Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington University |
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10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Ink & Pixel Cartoon Slideshow Activities will include: Wacom Station -- demonstrations and instruction on Cintiq drawing tablets and Inkling Digital Pens, a Cartoon Jam -- a live drawing cartoon mural where different cartoonists show off their graphic stylings, various tables where people can meet, greet and draw with cartoonists, as well as other activities. |
10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Chalk Talks - 15 minute presentations by political cartoonists
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12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Chalk Talks - 15 minute presentations by political cartoonists
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