Sunday, June 23, 2024

Storybox Comics Fair day 2 pictures

It was a mighty hot day in DC, but you could get a cold beer with your indy comics at Storybox's day 2. I don't drink beer, but I did chat with cartoonists. Unfortunately I hadn't realized that exhibitors on day 1 would not be at day 2, so I missed all of them.

Pictures below the PR.

From the press release:

The second day of the fair is a comics mini-expo taking place at Third Hill Brewing Co. in downtown Silver Spring. Featuring 19 DMV-region cartoonists,illustrators and makers, with book signings by our special guests and workshops led by DC-based autobio-cartoonist Athena Naylor, Washington Post comics editor Hannah Good, and Ray Orr, Former Design and Comics Editor of The Lily for the Washington Post Style Section. Special Guests: Sierra Barnes, Ben Claassen III, Dana Jeri Maier

Exhibitor List (Sunday 6/23): All the Old Posions, Carolyn Belefski, Kat Brenowitz, Hannah Good, Hobbes Holluck, Art Hondros, Paul Hostetler, Erin Lissette, Alex Lupp, Athena Naylor, Ray Orr, Nami Oshiro, Karly Perez, Perilous Adventure Studios, Dale Rawlings, Christine Skelly, Shannon Spence.

Sunday, June 23rd, 12-4pm Third Hill Brewing Co, 8216 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910 (closest to Bonifant-Dixon Garage)

1pm: Make a Collage Comic w/ Hannah Good and Rachel Orr

2pm: “Main Character Energy” Workshop with Athena Naylor

3pm Special Guests Book Signings

*$10 Admission.

Dale Rawlings

Art Hondros

The floor

Also the floor

Joe Carabeo of Curls Studio

Alex Lupp

Perilous Adventure Studios

Dana Jeri Maier

Paul Hostetler

Ben Claassen III

Erin Lissette

People's Book table

Kat Brenowitz

Athena Naylor

Karly Perez

Hannah Good

Kat Brenowitz

Shannon Spence

Ray Orr

Hobbes Holluck

Athena Naylor

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Netanyahu's Comin' To Town"

"Netanyahu's Comin' To Town!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3892

"The invitation of Netanyahu, signed by the 'bipartisan leadership of
the United States House of Representatives and the United States
Senate,' is a political provocation against mass opposition to the
genocide in Gaza, in the US and throughout the world. It is a
declaration of political and moral solidarity with a murderer who has
been accused by the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
of war crimes."
—from the Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board,
06.10.2024

"All over, people changin' their votes along with their overcoats;
If Adolf Hitler flew in today, they'd send a limousine anyway!"
—The Clash, 1977

The Editors of the World Socialist Web Site blog are calling for a
mass mobilization to greet Israeli Führer Benjamin Netanyahu when he
comes to slime Washington, DC on July 24 and I, for one, am absolutely
down for giving this sonofabitch the welcome he deserves when he comes
barging into my city.

So, here's my contribution to the propaganda effort, complete with
"your message here" space, suitable for printing — and wheatpasting —
at 11x17 on any walk-up digital color copier.

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"For a demonstration on July 24 in Washington D.C. to protest
congressional invitation for Netanyahu", Statement of the World
Socialist Web Site Editorial Board, 06.10.2024
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/06/10/nunh-j10.html

"White Man In Hammersmith Palais", The Clash, debut album 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI4SDH9BdD4

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Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

Clay Jones on journalistic ethics (and cartooning) at WaPo

Post With The Most

By clayjonz on June 23, 2024

https://claytoonz.com/2024/06/23/post-with-the-most/

2024 Herb Block Prize Winner - Steve Brodner

herblockvideo

Jun 17, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWnt8PCu95o

Saturday, June 22, 2024

Storybox Comics Fair day 1 pictures

I missed getting Sierra Barnes using a washing machine as a podium, but she was commanding while doing so. I'm afraid I also missed the cartoonists set up with booths. Tomorrow!

Here's the press release with my photos below:

STORYBOX Comics Fair Brings Local Comics Creators Together for a Second Year

SILVER SPRING, MD— DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts, a gallery and arts compound devoted to experimental and cutting-edge independent comics and illustration, is proud to announce the 2024 STORYBOX Comics Fair, now in its second year of convening of capital-area comic creators. Events will take place on Saturday, June 22nd at Dwightmess, and on Sunday, June 23rd at Third Hill Brewing Co. from 12-4pm. Admission to Saturday’s event is free.  Admission to the expo at the brewery on Sunday is $10.

The first day of events will be led by our Special Guests; DC-based artist Sierra Barnes, author of “Hans Vogel is Dead,” released by Dark Horse Comics; DC-based Dana Jeri Maier, New Yorker Shouts artist and author of “Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaint About the Creative Process” and Baltimore-based artist Ben Claassen III, former Washington City Paper cartoonist of the long-running comic, “Dirt Farm.”

Visitors can expect to encounter a selection of exhibitors showcasing their self-published comics, illustrations and swag, and participate in discussions and workshops surrounding the craft of making comics. Events include a show of Dana Jeri Maier’s illustration in our secret tiny gallery, an opening reception & BBQ for SWAMP MESS, the gallery’s annual DC-comics creator summer show, featuring artwork by Ben Claassen III, Andrew Cohen, Chris Combs, Liam Crooks, Brandon Geurts, Art Hondros, Marcie-Wolf Hubbard, John Kinhart, and Dale Rawlings, plus an opening reception for Halcyon Scene, our vintage boutique offering sleek 1980’s furniture and decor. (IG: @_halcyon_scene_)