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New Occupy Site ArtIsMyOccupation Launches!

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Gan Golan announced yesterday the launch of ArtIsMyOccupation a great concept to get social conscious artists involved and making it easier to do so.

ArtIsMyOccupation (AMO) is a project founded by artists and for artists who are involved in Occupy and other movements for Economic Justice. Our sole mission is getting artists who are working on the front lines of social change the resources they need.

The site allows for collaboration and makes it easier to find things like grants.

Have a great idea for a project? Apply for a grant.
Want to collaborate other Occupy artists or campaigns? Get Connected
Want to see what upcoming mass actions to create work for? Get inspired

They are now accepting applicants for the first round of grants. Visit their website for more information.

Find AMO online:
website
Facebook
Twitter

Be sure to JOIN so they can update you about ongoing opportunities to receive support. Also, anyone can donate to the AMO Artists’ Fund, where 100% goes to the 99%.

Shepard Fairey Changes Occupy Hope

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A bit ago we brought you the story that Shepard Fairey had modified his iconic “Hope” image for the Occupy Wall Street cause.  After a bit of drama the artist has modified the image at the request of the movement.  The original poster “hoped” the President was with  the movement.  Well that didn’t sit too well with some and they sent a letter to Fairey according to the Village Voice:

I myself and several other organizers cannot in any way be connected to this design. The 99% movement is wholly non-partisan and we have been repeatedly attacked as being a front for Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. Our movement is about uniting people, from all different walks of life and all different political viewpoints, against the global financial elite who have bought control of our government through campaign finance, lobbying and the revolving door.

I don’t read Fairey’s original poster as saying such, it implores the President to be a part of the movement, not the movement endorsing the President, there’s a difference.  Would the movement be against the President taking a stand and implementing the changes espoused by them?  In fact, I think the as for the change voices exclusion by the movement.  You can compare the two images below:

The original:

The newest version:

Aroung the Tubes

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For our readers in the US, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  For those living abroad, HAPPY THURSDAY!  That is all….

Around the Blogs:

CBCNews – Graphic novel wins Quebec children’s book prize – Congrats!

The Beat – More Occupy Comics reports: Sarah Glidden in Miami – Nice to see what’s going on in Miami.

Bleeding Cool – Marc Andreyko, on Manhunter and Being Out – An interesting read.

Bleeding Cool – Police Drop All Charges Against Phoenix Jones – I know what someone is thankful for.

CBR – Millar Draws A Line On Digital Distribution – Can’t everyone get along?

 

Around the Tubes Reviews:

IGN – Batman: The Black Mirror

IGN – Fantastic Four #600

Complex – Review: “Fantastic Four” Celebrates Its 600th Issue In Grand Fashion

Occupy Hope

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Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic Barack Obama “Hope” art has decided to modify it a bit to show his support for the 99%.  But, the comic connection is interesting.  As you can see below, a person wearing a Guy Fawkes mask now stands in for the President.  The mask began to hit pop culture awareness with it’s use in Alan Moore and David Lloyd‘s graphic novel V for Vendetta and has since been adopted by the disruption movement Anonymous.

You can read Fairey’s statement here.

99% Bat Signal

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Through all of the protests this week when it comes to Occupy Wall Street, one took a comic spin as a “bat-sginal” was used projecting slogans on a Verizon building during the Brooklyn Bridge #N17 march.  First reported on Boing Boing, the slogans included:

99% / MIC CHECK! / LOOK AROUND / YOU ARE A PART / OF A GLOBAL UPRISING / WE ARE A CRY / FROM THE HEART / OF THE WORLD / WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE / ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE / HAPPY BIRTHDAY / #OCCUPY MOVEMENT / OCCUPY WALL STREET / list of cities, states and countries / OCCUPY EARTH / WE ARE WINNING / IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING / DO NOT BE AFRAID / LOVE.

Screwing with Verizon brings back my memories of working against FISA and doing so while renting space from Verizon.  There was something entertaining about fighting a company while being inside their building.  Mark Read is the person behind the signal and in an interview with Boing Boing he goes over the how and why he did this.

Around the Tubes

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Yesterday was new comic book day, I haven’t had a chance to get to the shop, but did folks get anything good?  While you’re making your way through your comics, here’s the news you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

IGN – Which Comic Books Could Be Coming to TV? – How long before it’s too many?

Greene County Daily World – Linton Public Library to offer comic strip seminar – So many libraries are turning to comic books to get people through the door.

CBLDF – Listen to CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein Talk to the Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future – Support this group!

Comics Alliance – Cartoonists Occupy Webcomics in ‘Beginning of the American Fall’ and ‘Occupy Sketchbook’ – Great to see so many in the comic book industry getting involved.

Kotaku – Should You Buy Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3? Yes. – Too many good games coming out.


Around the Tubes Reviews:

IGN – Batman #3

CBR – Batman #3

IGN – Justice League #3

MTV Geek – Justice League #3

Around the Tubes

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It’s Wednesday, so it’s new comic book day.  What’s everyone getting?  While you contemplate that, here’s the news you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

The Beat – Must read: How to Beat The Haters by Rob Liefeld – Liefeld was popular today.

Comics Alliance – Rob Liefeld is Right: How To Deal With Haters – I might not like his art, but he generally handles it really well and I have to give him props.

Washington Post – A TALE OF TWO OCCUPY CARTOONISTS: From arrest to arresting humor — how diverging journalists respond to the movement – A good read.

Journal Star – $15,000 comic missing from Lincoln home – So that’s a couple of long boxes.

GamePolitics – Warner Bros. Asks For Help with Arkham City Save Game Glitch – Smart of them…

 

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Wired – CIA: Operation Ajax

Graphic Policy Radio – Episode 11 – The One Where We Talk Occupy

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This Sunday was the latest episode of Graphic Policy Radio and the discussion was solid moving from the Occupy Movement to Frank Miller’s comments, the community’s reaction, Occupy Comics and reviews of X-Men Regenesis, Batgirl, Batwoman and PIGS.  You can listen to the latest episode below and download it to listen later.

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