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UPCOMING EVENTS WITH WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED ARTISTS The next...

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:50:00 -0400

UPCOMING EVENTS WITH WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED ARTISTS

The next few weeks will be a busy time for World War 3 Illustrated artists. We will be presenting our comics in a number of public events across New York City—you’re invited to all of them!

Ongoing — Pop-Up Exhibit In Support of CHARAS/El Bohio
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, 155 Avenue C.
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is hosting a pop-up exhibit in support of the movement to Save Our CHARAS Community Center (SOCCC). Come celebrate and learn about the vibrant history of CHARAS/ El Bohio and demand the return of this historic cultural institution. The exhibit features the original art of Sabrina Jones’ story about CHARAS from issue #27 of World War 3 Illustrated.

June 6 — Thurs., 7pm-9 pm — Bluestockings Books
172 Allen St., Lower East Side
WW3I artists celebrate the launch of new and upcoming books with a joint reading at Bluestockings. Featured will be Peter Kuper (Drawn To New York), Sabrina Jones (Race To Incarcerate), Seth Tobocman (various books), and Kevin Pyle (various books).

http://www.facebook.com/events/461104653969840/

June 7-9 - Left Forum
Pace University, 1 Pace Plaza (near City Hall)
Sat., June 8 - 10am-11:50 am - Rm W522
World War 3 Illustrated: 33 Years Of Confrontational Comix:
Since 1980 World War 3 illustrated has been addressing personal and political ideas using the medium of comics to illustrate these ideas. The magazine has been an historical document of our history from Reagan to Obama as well as international history. Contributing editors will discuss this history and our magazine’s future with visual presentations and question and answer.

Sun., June 9 - 12pm-1:50pm - Rm W522
Political Cartooning:
Cartooning is a highly effective tool for conveying complex ideas in a widely disseminated format. Avant-garde leftist cartoonists like Peter Kuper (“World War 3 Illustrated”), Ted Rall (“Search and Destroy”), and Stephanie McMillan (“Minimum Security”), utilize the cartoon form to spread propaganda designed to shift the discussion, helping the struggle to save the Earth from ecocidal capitalism. If words won’t be enough to save what’s left of the environment—-try cartoons.

June 10 — Mon., 6pm-8pm —
The Graphic Canon Vol. 3 Book Release And Art Show
El Taller Latino, Grady Alexis Gallery - 2710 Broadway, 3rd Floor
Join artists Sandy Jimenez, Peter Kuper, and Rebecca Migdal as well as Robert Sikoryak, Lauren Weinstein and many more for the book launch of The Graphic Canon Vol. 3 and the opening reception of a show of original art from the book.
Exhibit on view June 10 - July 17

June 13 — Wed, 7pm-9pm — Book Release For Peter Kuper’s Drawn To New York
Desert Island Comics - 540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn
Join artist Peter Kuper for a presentation and discussion of his new book, Drawn To New York, released by PM Press.

World War 3 Illustrated presents a collaborative comic Magdy El...

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:01:47 -0400

World War 3 Illustrated presents a collaborative comic Magdy El Shafee and several Egyptian artists, including WW3I contributor Ganzeer, made for issue #43 of our magazine. It is titled “What No-one Will Tell You (About The Fire At The Science Academy) and captures the mood in Egypt one year after the revolution, under the regime of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces.

Magdy El Shafee was arrested by the current regime in mid-April, freed on bail, and is awaiting trial on trumped-up charges of violence. You can read all of our coverage and updates here (including more comics) and by following the tag #freemagdy

You can buy a copy of World War 3 Illustrated #43 from Top Shelf here.

COMICS FROM TAHRIR SQUARE Meet Magdy El Shafee, graphic novelist...

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:03:00 -0400

COMICS FROM TAHRIR SQUARE

Meet Magdy El Shafee, graphic novelist of the ongoing Egyptian Revolution

Saturday, May 11 — 2pm to 4pm — FREE

School of Visual Arts Auditorium
209 East 23rd street, room 311

co-sponsored by the BFA Illustration and Cartooning Department of SVA

Magdy El Shafee’s 2008 graphic novel, Metro: A Story of Cairo has been called the first Arabic-language graphic novel. It was banned by the regime of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and El Shafee and his publisher were arrested, jailed and fined. In 2012, one year after the fall of Mubarak, it was finally republished in Arabic, French, Italian, German and English.

El Shafee has continued to chronicle his own involvement in the tumultuous Egyptian politics of street protest and repression through comics, several of which have now appeared in English in World War 3 Illustrated magazine, the U.S’s longest-running political comix anthology.

In late April he was again arrested with a group of protestors demonstrating against the new Egyptian regime of Mohammad Mursi. After his arrest made international news, he was released on bail, but still faces extreme charges in an Egyptian legal system known for targeting demonstrators.

On Saturday, May 11th at 2pm, at the School of Visual Arts auditorium on 23rd Street in Manhattan, El Shafee will give a presentation via live Skype from Cairo talking about the new movement of cartoonists that has emerged from the Arab spring, about the changing situation in Egypt, about his own case and his own art.

Introducing and interviewing El Shafee will be Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman, co-founders of World War 3 Illustrated.

All are welcome, admission is free.

https://www.facebook.com/events/391171170998275/

“Egypt is burning.” This is Magdy El Shafee’s...

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:01:24 -0400

“Egypt is burning.”

This is Magdy El Shafee’s untitled single page comic, drawn approximately a year after the January 2011 revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak, reflecting on how the military junta that replaced him was scapegoating the protestors who had been the heroes of the revolution. It appeared in print in World War 3 Illustrated #43, which you can buy from Top Shelf here. Translation by Eman Morsi. You can read his comic about the revolution we posted yesterday here.

WW3I is proud to present Magdy El Shafee’s first...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:18:00 -0400

WW3I is proud to present Magdy El Shafee’s first contribution to our magazine on the web for your reading pleasure. We had been aware of Magdy’s graphic novel Metro when it was released in Egypt in 2008, and the legal difficulties it faced, so when we started to put together issue #42 of World War 3 Illustrated in the early months of 2011, dedicated to the spirit of liberation that was sweeping from the Arab world to the U.S. and the world over, Magdy was one of the first cartoonists we contacted to contribute. He turned in this 7 page story, “The Anonymous”— dedicated, he said, to the real heroes of Tahrir Square, whose names and faces would never be known.

We are enormously proud to have brought Magdy’s work to print in the U.S. for the first time, and we post this now in the hopes that it will increase Magdy’s visibility and profile in the U.S. after his recent arrest. Although he has been freed on bail, we still want to support Magdy in his upcoming legal battles. We are trying to organize an event in NYC now for Magdy— stay tuned!

You can also follow updates from WW3I on our facebook page, facebook.com/worldwar3illustrated,

twitter account @ww3illustrated

and contact us at worldwar3illustrated @ gmail

You can order a copy of WW3I #42, and all of our recent issues, from Top Shelf by clicking here.

Sabrina Jones presents a slide talk about her new book, Race...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:01:00 -0400

Sabrina Jones presents a slide talk about her new book,

Race to Incarcerate, A Graphic Retelling

at the 15^th Street Friends Meeting on Sunday April 28^th at 1PM.

The audience will also hear from American Friends Service Committee and Milk Not Jails about current actions to resist mass incarceration.

15^th St. Ministry and Worship Committee presents:

The Race to Incarcerate and Quaker Prison Witness

Slide Talk and Book Release Celebration

Sunday, April 28th, 1PM

15^th Street Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

15 Rutherford Place at 15^th St between 2^nd and 3^rd Aves.

New York NY 10003

How did the US become the world leader in locking its people up?

How are comics part of the solution?

Race to Incarcerate, A Graphic Retelling tackles these questions with the vivid artwork of graphic novelist and15^th Street member Sabrina Jones and the expertise of Marc Mauer, director of the Sentencing Project.

A thoroughly researched analysis of the “war on drugs” and “tough on crime” policies adapted in the form of a graphic novel, Race to Incarcerate may be particularly useful to Friends concerned with prison issues and racial justice.

Come see, hear and discuss how we can engage in this urgent issue.

Books will be available.

Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, states in the introduction:

“Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands.”

At forty-second meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:37:40 -0400

At forty-second meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium…

Peter Kuper will present Drawn to New York— an illustrated chronicle of three decades in Manhattan and New York as a subject for artists— rolling up to the book’s official release in June.

Monday, April 29, 2013 at 7:00 PM

Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street in The Bark Room (off lobby).

Kids Drawings For Magdy L Shafee Sunday morning, as we all...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:00:19 -0400

Kids Drawings For Magdy L Shafee

Sunday morning, as we all waited for news of Egyptian cartoonist Magdy El Shafee, who had been arrested at a demonstration, WW3’s Sabrina Jones shared his story with the children at the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Here are the drawings they produced in support of him. Thanks to Dwight, Kiana, Juliet and Joy! They will be happy to know that he is free again.

Sabrina Jones discusses her new book, “Race to...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:02:00 -0400

Sabrina Jones discusses her new book, “Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling” alongside her co-author Marc Mauer with GritTV’s Laura Flanders.

Magdy’s brother Omar el Shafie just posted this photo to...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:35:00 -0400

Magdy’s brother Omar el Shafie just posted this photo to his Facebook page with the caption: Magdy is free!

Thank you so much to everyone who contacted the embassy or helped spread the word. Magdy still needs our support, as he still faces ridiculous and trumped-up charges. We are going to try to organize an event in NYC with him soon!

TWO EVENTS THIS WEEK IN NYC WITH WW3I ARTISTS On Monday April...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:01:00 -0400

TWO EVENTS THIS WEEK IN NYC WITH WW3I ARTISTS

On Monday April 22nd, Sabrina Jones will be presenting on her new book Race To Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling as part of an all-day conference at the CUNY Grad Center titled “Resisting Criminalization through Academic-Media-Activist Partnerships”. Her presentation will be part of a roundtable at 2pm called “Visualizing Big Data, Resisting Criminalization.”

Info about the event here:
http://justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Sabrina was also recently interviewed alongside her co-author Marc Mauer on the progressive television show GritTV hosted by Laura Flanders:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lstKXYtRqjA

On Tuesday, April 23rd at 7pm, WW3I editors Carlo Quispe and Ethan Heitner will be joined by longtime contributors Jennifer Camper, Katie Fricas, Mike Diana and Sabin Calvert for a presentation of comics at the bookstore Bureau of General Services - Queer Division for a reading of new comics.
Facebook event page here:
http://www.facebook.com/events/193872390760636/?ref=22
Bookstore event page here:
http://bgsqd.com/event/nyc-comics-underground/

UPDATE 3 MONDAY 9:13AM - Apologies, Magdy has not been released...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:07:00 -0400

UPDATE 3 MONDAY 9:13AM -

Apologies, Magdy has not been released yet. Twitter reports that they are at the station signing papers for him and waiting as of this morning:

https://twitter.com/metahatem
https://twitter.com/MuhAladdin

UPDATE 2 (1:12 PM EST):

Magdy has been released on LE1000 bail (approximately $150), but the charges have not been dropped and the case will continue. We can only speculate that international pressure was key to his early release, and we will be maintaining our campaign of solidarity and support throughout the case until these false charges are dropped.

El-Watan newspaper report on Magdy’s bail in Arabic:

http://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/16887

Translation:

ARTIST MAGDY EL SHAFEE TO BE RELEASED ON LE1000 BAIL

The Qasr al Nil prosecution decided today to release Magdy El Shafee, the comics artist and pioneer of the graphic novel, on LE1000 bail, after he was arrested during Friday’s “cleanse the judiciary” clashes on charges of possession of firearms, illegal assembly, attacks on security forces and damage to public property.

The prosecution had sentenced him yesterday to 4 days of interrogation.

However, Magdy’s brother, Omar El Shafee, told El-Watan that the case is continuing, and that he had not been released yet, but that he was expected to be released from either the Darb al-Ahmar or Qasr al-Nil station when they pay his bail, which they were on the way to do. He also emphasized that the solidarity vigil in front of the Journalists’ Syndicate for Dr. Shafee is continuing.

Later reports on Facebook confirm that Magdy has now been released. Stay tuned for more information and a possible upcoming solidarity event in NYC.

UPDATE ON MAGDY L SHAFEE:

Magdy L Shafee was arrested in Cairo Friday night. He has been charged, along with 38 other protestors arrested, with clearly trumped up charges, including possession of molotov cocktails, attempted murder of police officers, and destroying public property. According multiple witnesses, El Shafee had gone down to try to stop the clashes and was arrested at random, while walking through the square, because he didn’t run away from the cops. He has been taken to the infamous Tora Prison for 4 days of interrogation.

We continue to urge our friends to call the Egyptian embassy in Washington, D.C. and demand they release Magdy L Shafee and all unarmed demonstrators. You can call them at: 202-895-5400

More information at:

http://wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/magdy-el-shafee-arrested-and-held-at-tora-prison

https://www.facebook.com/magdy.shafee

Follow #freemagdy on twitter for updates

(The top poster says “Magdy is not a thug!” and gives information about his arrest, the bottom image is a drawing by Ammar Abo Bakr of police officers outside the court where Magdy made an appearance yesterday in handcuffs— it says “Free Magdy L Shafee” at the top and “police are dogs”)

Friends in Cairo have informed us that last night Egyptian...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:28:00 -0400

Friends in Cairo have informed us that last night Egyptian cartoonist Magdy L Shafee was arrested along with dozens of other demonstrators against the Muslim Brotherhood and the government of Egypt. His friends tell us he was unarmed and went down to the protest to urge calm. Shafee is known as the creator of the first Arabic graphic novel, Metro, and was a contributor to issues #42 and #43 of World War 3 Illustrated (pictured here is his wraparound cover for #42). Second photo of Shafee from today’s appearance in court. We urge our readers to call the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and demand they release Magdy L Shafee and all unarmed demonstrators. You can call them at: 202-895-5400

This weekend in NYC it’s the Anarchist Book Fair and...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:01:00 -0400

This weekend in NYC it’s the Anarchist Book Fair and MoCCAFest! And you bet WW3I will be at both, so drop by our tables and say hi to us! On Saturday, from 2:30-4 WW3I founder Peter Kuper will be speaking at MoCCA and from 3-4:15 a bunch of WW3I artists will be presenting new material at the ABF! Come say hi! Buy magazines!

by Jenny Gonzalez-Blitz

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:05:44 -0400

by Jenny Gonzalez-Blitz

The Red Umbrella Project has commissioned comics and...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:01:20 -0400

The Red Umbrella Project has commissioned comics and illustrations as part of their campaign against police harassment and arrest of sex workers, LGBTQ and non-gender-conforming people for carrying condoms, including this one by artist K. Funk:

http://www.redumbrellaproject.org/nycondom/#comics

WW3I artist Jordan Worley made this flyer for Refugee Protest...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:01:17 -0400

WW3I artist Jordan Worley made this flyer for Refugee Protest Camp Vienna:

http://refugeecampvienna.noblogs.org/

https://www.facebook.com/RefugeeCampVienna

Palestinian cartoonist Mohammed Saba’aneh has been held...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:01:24 -0400

Palestinian cartoonist Mohammed Saba’aneh has been held without charge since February 16th by the Israeli military. You can find more about his case, including regular updates, petitions and statements from Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists, solidarity cartoons from around the world (like this one by Fadi Abou Hassan) and information about who to call to demand his release at CartoonMovement: http://blog.cartoonmovement.com/2013/03/mohammad-sabaaneh-arrested.html

See the rest of this mysterious image by Pat Perry in World War...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:01:44 -0500

See the rest of this mysterious image by Pat Perry in World War 3 Illustrated #44, out this week! Come to our release party on March 7th, or order a copy online now!

Who would dare? Read the rest of “Single Lens...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:01:24 -0500

Who would dare? Read the rest of “Single Lens Reflex” by Sandy Jimenez—full comic in World War 3 Illustrated #44, out this week! Come to our release party on March 7th, or order a copy online now!