Crafty Bastards this weekend

The annual Crafty Bastards show is this weekend at Union Market and it will have a couple of comics folks as well as fan-favorite local graphic artists. Baltimore comics creators include Ben Claassen III (Dirtfarm) and Michael Bracco of Spaghetti Kiss (Novo; The Creators; Adam Wreck). Printer Anthony Diehl of Fire Studio (Diehl did the cover of the the free D.C. comics newspaper Magic Bullet #5) and Jeffrey Everett of El Hefe Design (Everett designed the Magic Bullet logo gracing the covers of #6 and #7). TinaSeamonster will be there, too (Tina created the time-traveling squid character in Magic Bullet #7). 

Curls Studio at Crafty Bastard fair pics online

And now in lighter news, Carolyn's got pictures of this year's Crafty Bastards fair, which I missed, on her blog.

Ben Claassen III's Crafty Bastardly Paper in City Paper

Ben Claassen's done artwork for the guide to this weekend's Crafty Bastards fair that's in the Oct 1 City Paper.

Oct 2: Crafty Bastards arts fair downtown

The City Paper's Crafty Bastards fair is coming up this Saturday. Here's some information pulled from their website:

Now in its 7th year, Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair is an exhibition and sale of handmade alternative arts and crafts from independent artists presented by the Washington City Paper. The fair is all-day, outdoors, free to attend, and will offer goods for sale, food, entertainment, prizes, and more! Crafty Bastards will take place Saturday, October 2, 2010 in Washington, DC.

Saturday, October 2, 2010, 10am-5pm at the Marie Reed Learning Center at 18th & Wyoming in the hip Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Of local cartoonists, so far Carolyn Belefski's Curls Studio will be there at Tent 80.

June 28: Crafty Bastards fair in Silver Spring

The Washington City Paper's crafts fair has gone bi-annual. There's usually cartoonists selling material of one sort or another.