Friday, January 23, 2015
It was a Moment never to be forgotten.
ASK/Chicago: The Temperature
read as 29 degrees with the windchill zooming in at 18 (above zero). But that would not deter me as I stood in
line from 5:15 AM on @ & got the 3RD Edition of 5 of @Charlie_Hebdo this AM: January 23, 2015.
During that time and a bit later, I
conducted 10 Interviews w
ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX/WGN/WLS Radio, The Evanston Review with Bob Seidenberg & an
assortment of local & college Newspapers. As the Founder/Creator/Curator
of:
Cartoonists Against Crime ©1991
&
Cartoonists Against Terrorism ©2001
I had lots of insights to share with
how the Dynamics of Comic Art says so much even without any words being spoken;
the language not being readable and all within 1 panel or a few sequences.
Only one outlet was carrying the
Controversial Paper that brought Paris to its knees on January 7 and that was
City Newsstand centrally located on Main & Chicago in South Evanston. The Shop opened at 7 AM and was sold out by
7:01 AM.
I stuck around till 8:45 talking to
People who were so interested in wanting to see the COVER OF CONTROVERSY, plus,
many were anxious to see its insides. I was not hesitant to turn every page for
them. Why not! We’re all in this GAME called Life
together. There was great Camaraderie in
THE CROWD that gathered, although only 5 issues were sold. Next week (if you prepay) another 125 will be
sold and then the Stand does not intend to sell future issues. Personally, I would have guessed that Barnes
& Noble may have picked it up. Time
will tell.
Even at 7:50 AM, the last of the
Crowd went thru the Doorway at City Newsstand.
It was really a beautiful show of Solidarity. It would have brought a tear to your eye,
knowing what that means to the future of our Democracy.
Thumbing through my Edition to show
People what was inside, the Paper is written in French, but I’m told there is an
APP that now immediately translates for you. Showing those pages indeed will
put ‘THE BAD GUYS’ in their place.
“IF you don’t stand for something,
there won’t be anything left to stand for at all,” was the Mantra I told Robert
before I left THE NEST today at 4:30 AM.
I will be taking my copy (the 3rd
of 5 sold in Chicago on January 23, 2015) to the various landmarks in Chicago
to take Pictures of the Newspaper there & uploading it to my various Social
Media Network Accounts within the next few days.
MY INITIAL INTENT: I really went there to Evanston’s City
Newstand to show my SOLIDARITY for my
Fellow Cartoonists, Euro Friends and
Charlie Hebdo (the Satirical Newspaper) for
the horrific bloodpath they had
taken in the name of:
Liberty
Equality
Solidarity
Fraternity.
IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES, altho I am
indeed one of the ‘lucky’ ones. I took
a BLOOD PATH on December 23, 1991 which was the Catalyst for my formation of
Cartoonists Against Crime ©1991 (endorsed by President Wm. J. Clinton 3 times)
as well as Mayor Richard M. Daley who made October 25, CARTOONISTS AGAINST
CRIME Day in Chicago (with the official Proclamation in 1993) at my urging and
December 3 as Day Without Crime ©1993 per Governor Jim Edgar.
Our Motto is: CAC: We draw Cartoons
– NOT Guns!” But these People (The French Cartoonists) lost their Lives in the
most atrocious of all Crimes. This was
not just a Crime, but it was blunt
Terrorism, premeditated that turned a Page in the Civilization’s Story and how
we carry ourselves and think as individuals, not only as a Democracy.
I could go on…But I was extremely
happy; basically dumbfounded to have even gotten this COPY - #3 of the 5 they
were selling and am extremely grateful to be part of this Elite American Mob.
Chicago is the 3rd largest marketplace in the USA and a Place of
Great Intellect – Talent. Yes, it does
pay to get up early.
BUT IT’s THE WEEKEND, BOB, and
there’s lots yet to do and accomplish. Yes, just another Day in the life of an Early Bird with
a Mission.
Cheers,
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Koopersmith’s Global Communications
“People read what ASK writes about…”
Chicago – IL USA
Twitter: @ASK_Koopersmith
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