Arlington Reads: Damian Duffy & John Jennings, in photos

 Another excellent event at Arlington Library - it'll be on YouTube and I'll post that link, but here's the description and some of my photos.

An Arlington Reads Signature Author Event

Join us for a conversation between Library Director Diane Kresh and authors and illustrators Damian Duffy and John Jennings to talk about their graphic novel adaptations of Octavia Butler's "Kindred" and "Parable of the Sower." 

Damian Duffy and John Jennings' adaptation of Octavia Butler's bestselling classic, "Kindred," quickly became a bestseller in its own right. The graphic novel won both the Bram Stoker and Eisner Awards. John Jennings is a professor, author, graphic novelist, curator, Harvard Fellow, New York Times Bestseller, 2018 Eisner Winner, and all-around champion of Black culture. Damian Duffy is a cartoonist, scholar, writer, curator, lecturer, teacher, and a Glyph Comics, Eisner Comics, Bram Stoker, and Hugo Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novelist.

Damian Duffy

Shawn Martinbrough greeting John Jennings and meeting Damian Duffy.

Shawn Martinbrough and Bill Campbell of Rosarium Publishing

One More Page bookstore staff

Artomatic and comics in photos, part 1 - floors 4 through 1

Artomatic is a semi-annual unjuried art event in and around Washington, DC, usually in an building that is due to be redeveloped. This year, it is at 21st and M St, NW, in an 8-story building. Click the link to check hours and events, but here is a sample of the cartoonist or cartoon-style displays I found in late March, walking through just half of the exhibits. I plan to return for part 2, and I hope to get interviews with people that would be new to this blog. This post except for the initial image, starts on floor 4 and goes down because the elevators were out that day. Part 2 is here.

Nate G.:

Sue:

Christiann MacAuley's Sticky Comics:

Rosarium Publishing: 

Maurice James Jr.: 

2 arches covered in comics pages. I couldn't find any creator information:

Ralph Baden:

Art Hondros:

Denis Goris:

Rick Goulet, Digital Artist 

(these are AI-generated with a lenticular effect, 

and only 2 featured comics - Superman and Iron Man movies)

Michael Auger:

A Cathy satire sticker in a stairway on the first floor.