Mikhaela & Masheka (plus Keith Knight & Jen Sorensen) at SPX 2011

Masheka and I will be tabling with our Cartoonists With Attitude pals Keith Knight (creator of "The K Chronicles" and "The Knight Life") and Jen Sorensen (of "Slowpoke" fame) at the always fabulous 2011 Small Press Expo. More details to come!

What: SPX 2011

Where:
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
Bethesda, MD 20852
Subway: White Flint Station

When: Open to the public Saturday and Sunday, September 10 and 11, 2011.
Saturday: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday: noon – 6:00 pm

Bonus photo: Here we are with CWAer Matt Bors at SPX in 2006:

Cartoons: Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

According to a report by Afghanistan Rights Monitor, Afghan civilian casualties hit an all-time high in 2010. Foreign troops were responsible for a smaller portion of the deaths than previously, which is small comfort to those killed. From the archives, two pieces on this topic from 2009 and 2007, respectively:

What Masheka Did

All may be quiet on the Mikhaela cartooning front right now, but after a hiatus of his own, Masheka (aka Baby Z's "Da-Da") has been busy. In between making silly faces at Z, he's been redesigning his cartooning blog What Masheka Did, and posting regularly, starting with a series of odd doodles called Cartoon Rolodex:

He was also recently(ish) featured in the gorgeous art book anthology Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, Art and Culture. That's his art in the bottom left corner:

See the Black Comix blog for more info.

And he has another project coming up, which I'll post about when I have more details.