Game On! Comics: What's new this week!

Game On! Comics Weekly Digest Come  Visit Us! March 7, 2012 In this issue :: New Titles this Week :: New Game :: Game Nights  Dear Mike,   Welcome to Game On! Comics SUBSCRIBERS:  Please make sure that you come in and pick up comics at least once per month.  Thanks!!!!   HOURS CHANGE:  Tuesdays will will now be closing at 5pm.     Don't forget to go on yelp.com and write a review about us too!! Please tell your comic/game friends about our shop, we would appreciate their business.   Please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us!! Please tell your friends about us, we would love their business! New Comic Book titles this week 3-14-12   Best Discounts in the area--Not just a slogan, we really do have the best price discounts!   Comic of the Week Avengers Assemble #1    The Avengers Versus The *Brand-New* Zodiac! * One Of The Greatest Avengers Villains Of All Time Gets Reinvented For The Modern Age Just In Time For The Blockbuster Movie Event Of The Summer! * A Perfect Jumping-On Point Featuring The Cast Of The Summer Blockbuster But In Marvel Universe Continuity!      Artifacts #15 Avengers #24 Avengers Assemble #1 Batgirl #7 Batman And Robin #7 Battle Scars #5 Batwoman #7 Blue Estate #10 Buffy TVS Season 9 #7 Buckaroo Banzai #1 Captain America #9 Carnage USA #4 Charmed #19 Comeback Kings #2 Comic Shop News #1291 Conan The Barbarian #2 Crossed Badlands #1 Daken Dark Wolverine #22 Dark Matter #3 Dark Shadows #4 Deadpool #50 2nd Ptg Deathstroke #7 Demon Knights #7 Doctor Who Ongoing Vol 2 #15 Elric The Balance Lost #9 Exile On The Planet Of The Apes #1 Fantastic Four #604 Fathom Kiani Vol 2 #0 Frankenstein Agent Of Shade #7 GFT Presents Neverland Hook #4 Glory #24 Godzilla Legends #5 (L) Green Lantern #7 Grifter #7 Grimm Fairy Tales #68 Incredible Hulk #6 Infestation 2 Gi Joe #1 Journey Into Mystery #635 Knights Of The Dinner Table #184 Legion Lost #7 Lobster Johnson The Burning Hand #3 Locke & Key Clockworks #5 Man O War (William Shatner) #1 Misadventures Of Adam West #2 Mister Terrific #7 Mouse Guard Black Axe #4 My Greatest Adventure #6 (L) Nancy In Hell On Earth #2 Ninjettes #2 Northanger Abbey #5 (L) Northlanders #49 Orchid #5 Peter Panzerfaust #2 Powers #9 Punisher #9 Ray #4 (L) Resurrection Man #7 Saga #1 Saucer Country #1 Savage Sword (Robert E Howard) #4 Scarlet Spider #3 Secret History Of DB Cooper #1 Shade #6 Sherlock Holmes Victorian Knights #2 Star Wars Agent O/T Empire Iron Eclipse #4 Star Wars Dawn/Jedi Force Storm #0 2d Pt Star Wars Knights/Old Republic War #3 Strain #4 Suicide Squad #7 Superboy #7 Thief Of Thieves #1 2nd Ptg Thief Of Thieves #2 Transformers More Than Meets Eye #3 Ultimate Comics X-Men #9 Unwritten #35 War Goddess #6 Warlord Of Mars #16 Wasteland #35 Wolverine And X-Men #7 X-23 #21 X-Men Legacy #263   KIDS AND ALL AGES COMICS Adventure Time #2 Mega Man #11 Simpsons Comics #188 Super Heroes #24   TRADEBACKS & HARDCOVERS Astonishing Thor TPB Avengers Korvac Saga TPB Intrepid Escapegoat TPB Northlanders TPB 6 Thors Daughter Womanthology: Heroic HC X-Men Season One Prem HC   TOYS AND ACTION FIGURES Dc Heroes Wave 20 SinCorps Sinestro AF Marvel Universe 6" AF Asst 201202       Do you want to get the same comic titles month after month?       Do you want to get them at a discounted rate?   Then get a comic subscription box with Game On! Comics!  We will hold comics for you on a weekly basis based on the comics that you want.  The more comic titles you have the more of a discount you will get.   We have the best discounts in the Washington DC area.    Number of Regular Titles Subscribed: 10-19 Comic titles 10% off 20-39  Comic titles 15% off 40+  Comic titles 20% off All you have to do is respond to this email with the titles that you would like and we will create a box for you.      Launch Party Avengers vs. X-Men        Put this date in your calendar:   April 3rd, 2012 8pm-10pm Game On! Comics Store   We will officially be selling the new Avengers vs. X-Men one day early.   We will be having lots of itmes that will be raffled off!  I promise you will not want to miss this!   Join us for FREE giveaways, games, and snacks as we welcome in the most hyped comic of the year.  What side are you on??  Marvel comics made our store pick a side and we chose.........the AVENGERS!   More details to come for Game On! Comics first big event for 2012!      Game Nights    Tuesday Nights 7pm-11pm----ON HOLD We may change our D&D night to Saturday.  If you have mentioned that you are interested in playing then look to get an additional email this week.  C   Come play D&D at the store.  We are currently ready to start a new campaign for 1st level characters.  If you have never played before this is your time to start.  Because each story has limited space you must email us and let us know that you would like to join.  We will be starting with just 6 people.   WE ONLY NEED 2 more PLAYERS to start!!  If you are interested please email me because we are very close to starting.       Wednesday Nights 7-9pm Magic the Gathering   TONIGHT Come in tonight for casual play.   Friday Nights 7-9pm Heroclix                                     Heroclix at Game On! Comics this Friday, March 16th, celebrate St. Patrick's Day! Build an 800 point force, all characters must have green in their costumes or have green skin. Limit one Hulk and one Green Lantern per team. Silver Age rules, all figures are allowed, no Feats, BFC's, or Colossals (Sorry, Foom!) and special St Patty's Day rule announced at the beginning of the tournament. As always, there will be figures available to borrow to fill out your team if needed.   Congrats to last weeks winners:     1st: 2nd: Fellowship:     Saturday nights 7pm-?? Board and Card Games       NoVA Jacks night from 7pm to LATE NIGHT!  We have about 20-30 people that come in to play board and card games.  You can come and bring your own game or join one of the other games.  We often preview the newest games that come out.      Last weeks winners:             -Belfort:  Brian H. -Carcassonne:  Leslee -Core Worlds:  Brian H. -Dominant Species:  This one was a trial learning game -Merchant of Venus:  Still going when I left at 1:45am  -Metropolis:  Patrick -Power Grid:  Leslee -Ra:  Leslee -Railroad Tycoon:  Adam -Ticket to Ride:  Leslee -TransAmerica:  Patrick                          COMIC Review Saga   This is a Romeo and Juliet/Sci-Fi/Star Wars/Fantasy!   Ok, I know that sounds confusing.  But this comic is set in a Star Wars-like world with a war going on in the background.  It starts with the birth of a baby amidst the fact that the mom and dad are wanted criminals.    This first issue can be a little confusing though because they are introducing all of the characters and the worlds involved.  I would assume that as the issues go on everything will come into perspective.    Brian Vaughn, the artist, is known for Y the Last Man.  Fiona Staples, the writer, does a great job in that while the story is being told there is some background text that is from the baby's perspective.    I personally do not normally like Sci-Fi comics but I will continue to reading this series because of the character development that the first issue brought.    I would recommend this comic!   Lastly, this comic is for mature readers as it does contain adult language and nudity.-----Louis     Thank you so much for your support of our new comic and game shop.  We look forward to taking care of all of your comic and game needs.   Dave, J.R., and Louis Game On! Comics www.GameOnComics.com 703-242-3838 info@gameoncomics.com     Off  No coupon this week. Can only be used once per customer and can not be used in conjuction with any other discount. Offer Expires: 2/29/12

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Truitt on Deathstroke

Kyle Higgins pits father vs. son in 'Deathstroke' series
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 12 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-03-12/Deathstroke-comic-book-series/53497672/1

Peter Panzerfaust Signing with Kurtis J. Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins

Kurtis J. Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins sign at Third Eye Comics on Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 11:00am to 1:00pm.

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Press Release:

Kurtis J. Wiebe (writer of GREEN WAKE and the INTREPIDS) and TYLER JENKINS (Snow Angel) will be joining us on 3/17 for a very special in-store Third Eye signing and launch event of their brand new IMAGE series PETER PANZERFAUST.

This kick-ass new IMAGE title tells the tale of Peter, a young, mysterious boy from America who, alongside the Lost Boys of Paris, goes up against the Nazi forces of a very familiar-looking hook-handed Nazi commander.

Third Eye Comics

45 Old Solomon Island Road, Annapolis, MD 21401

Brad Meltzer, Heroes For My Daughter signing

Brad Meltzer signs at Barnes & Noble on Thursday April 12, 2012 at 7:00 PM.

About this Author
Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Fate, as well as the bestsellers The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, The Zero Game, and The Book of Lies.

He is also one of the co-creators of the TV Show, “Jack & Bobby” and is the Eisner Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed comic book, Justice League of America.

His first non-fiction book, Heroes for My Son, is a collection of heroes from Jim Henson to Rosa Parks that he’d been working on since the day his son was born. This December, he’ll be launching “Brad Meltzer’s Decoded” on the History Channel.

Raised in Brooklyn and Miami, Brad is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School. The Tenth Justice was his first published work and became an instant New York Times bestseller. Dead Even followed a year later and also hit the New York Times bestseller list, as have all six of his novels. The First Counsel came next, which is about a White House lawyer dating the President’s daughter; then The Millionaires, which is about two brothers who steal money and go on the run. The Zero Game is about two Congressional staffers who are literally gambling on Congress. The Book of Fate is about a young Presidential aide, a crazed assassin, and the 200-year-old code created by Thomas Jefferson that times them together. For authenticity, The Book of Fate was researched with the help of two former Presidents, Clinton and Bush. His last book, The Book of Lies, is about the missing murder weapon that Cain used to kill Abel, as well as the unsolved murder of Superman creator Jerry Siegel’s father. Brad is one of the only people to interview Jerry Siegel’s family about the murder and, with his charitable site, OrdinaryPeopleChangeTheWorld.com, has been the driving force behind the movement to repair the house where Superman was created.

His books have spent over ten months on the bestseller lists, and have been translated into over 25 languages, from Hebrew to Bulgarian. In The Tenth Justice, the opening lines are: “Ben Addison was sweating. Like a pig.” In the Hebrew translation, it became: “Ben Addison was sweating. Like a horse.” We’re not sure if it’s a Kosher thing or what!

Brad has played himself as an extra in Woody Allen’s “Celebrity,” co-wrote the swearing-in oath for AmeriCorps, the national service program, and earned credit from Columbia Law School for writing his first book, which became The Tenth Justice. Before all of that, he got 24 rejection letters for his true first novel, which still sits on his shelf, published by Kinko’s.

Brad currently lives in Florida with his wife, who’s also an attorney.

Barnes & Noble

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301-986-1761

Truitt on Crossed

'Crossed' creators Ennis, Burrows return for more gory glory
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 13 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-03-13/Crossed-comic-book-series/53514356/1

Doonesbury cartoon's abortion series continued

This is kind of amusing. Here's takes on the story by a Washington Post blogger in London, and a London newspaper's reporter in Washington:

Doonesbury' on ultrasound as rape
By Delia Lloyd
Washington Post's She The People blog March 12 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/doonesbury-on-ultrasound-as-rape/2012/03/12/gIQAZoQB8R_blog.html

Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers; Several papers decline to use cartoon strip, which depicts state-required sonograms as Republican-approved rape
    Ewen MacAskill in Washington
    guardian.co.uk, Sunday 11 March 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/11/doonesbury-strip-texas-abortion-law

District Comics includes SPACE Prize winners

From: Matt Dembicki:  "Congrats to District Comics contributing artists Paul Zdepski and Kevin Czapiewski for winning the SPACE Prize in the minicomics and webcomics category, respectively, and to Max Ink for getting second place in the general comics category. This is outstanding!"

 

District Comics is an upcoming anthology of truish stories about DC.

Upcoming Annapolis Comic-Con and Truitt on Fairest

Annapolis Comic-Con event brings together 60 comic book dealers; features range of speakers
  THERESA WINSLOW  The Capital of Annapolis March 12, 2012
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/41714259e4494ae0b95cb145e1583bdf/MD--Comic-Book/

'Fairest' comic lets fairy-tale characters of 'Fables' romp
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 12 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-03-12/comics-fairest/53490618/1

Matt Bors wins Herblock award

Matt Bors, an alternative cartoonist, is the winner of this year's Herblock Award.

More details at 2012 HERBLOCK PRIZE: Matt Bors becomes first alt-editorial cartoonist to win the $15K award, By Michael Cavna, Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 12 2012 including the fact that Jen Sorenson has won a runner-up cash prize.

Dan Piraro in town today

He's at Big Planet Comics at 15th & U St, NW from 6-7 signing books and then performs at 8 p.m. at Riot Act Comedy Theater, 801 E St. NW. $15. http://riotactcomedy.com (202) 697-4900.

I'll be at Big Planet, the first time I'm visiting that store.

Updated - Eden Miller interviewed Piraro for her Comicsgirl blog

The Nate Beeler departure memo

Washington Examiner Bids Farewell to Editorial Cartoonist
By Betsy Rothstein
Mediabistro's FishbowlDC blog March 9, 2012
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/washington-examiner-bids-farewell-to-editorial-cartoonist_b67152

That darn Post editorial page, and Toles too

A cartoon unworthy of The Post [Gary McCoy's; not in print edition].
James Vassar, Vienna
Washington Post,com March 9 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-cartoon-unworthy-of-the-post/2012/03/07/gIQAVKa81R_story.html

Eliciting No Laughs [online title: Eliciting less than laughs, March 9]

Stephen D. Wolpe, James L. McGee, Diane Yaworski, Julie M. Luckey

Washington Post March 10 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eliciting-less-than-laughs/2012/03/07/gIQAFNe81R_story.html

Tom Toles articulates frustration, rage

Judith Weinberg, John Richardson, Carol Peterson

Washington Post March 10 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tom-toles-articulates-frustration-rage/2012/03/07/gIQAWaT81R_story.html

Truitt on Valiant

Creators, company ready for a Valiant summer
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-03-09/Valiant-Comics-relaunches-books/53421880/1

Nick Anderson wins Berryman award

Chronicle cartoonist Anderson gets national award
HOUSTON CHRONICLE March 8, 2012
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Chronicle-cartoonist-Anderson-gets-national-award-3393193.php

The award is partly named for long-time Washington cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman.

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Comic Riffs on Doonesbury's wading into ridiculous abortion laws

ComicsDC is a product of Northern Virginia, which is currently experiencing similar legislative intrusions and depriving people of what the United Nation's Charter of Human Rights calls the Right to Life, Liberty and Security of Person. Virginia used to have a good idea, 140 years ago, what these rights meant.

"DOONESBURY": Next week's abortion strips pulled by at least one paper
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 9 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/doonesbury-next-weeks-abortion-strips-pulled-by-at-least-one-paper/2012/03/06/gIQAyTLc1R_blog.html

THE 'DOONESBURY' INTERVIEW: Garry Trudeau says to ignore abortion debate would have been 'comedy malpractice'
By Michael Cavna March 9 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-doonesbury-interview-garry-trudeau-says-to-ignore-abortion-debate-would-have-been-comedy-malpractice/2012/03/09/gIQAjTHy1R_blog.html#pagebreak

Where have you gone, Nate Beeler?

 

Tom Spurgeon scooped me again by reporting that Nate Beeler is moving back to Columbus. I'll miss Nate's work - he's the main reason I pick up the Examiner since they dropped their 3 pages of comics. I've been tear-sheeting his cartoons and sending them to the comics libraries at Michigan and Ohio State Universities too.

 

Here's the main story:

 

 'Dispatch' hires new editorial cartoonist; Nate Beeler, a 31-year-old Bexley native, has worked at the Washington Examiner since 2005.
Friday March 9, 2012 5:39 AM
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/03/09/dispatch-hires-new-editorial-cartoonist.html

April 4: One Bad Rat discussion at Ashburn Library

The Graphic Novels/Comics Book Club meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7 PM at the Ashburn Library located at 43316 Hay Road, Ashburn Virginia, 20147. Here's a link about the next meeting to discuss The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot:    http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=6457&EventID=112307

This is an excellent book - one of my favorites.

Truitt on Danger Club

'Danger Club' a 'visceral' world of teenage superheroes
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 7 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-03-07/Danger-Club-comic-book-series/53401768/1?loc=interstitialskip

Politico on Limbaugh cartoons

Cartoonists skewer Rush Limbaugh
By PATRICK GAVIN | 3/8/12
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73780.html

March 15: Jodi Picoult, former Wonder Woman writer in town

JODI PICOULT  Picoult discusses her latest novel, Lone Wolf, about a man [on] life support whose fate must be determined by his family members, who have difficult motives for keeping him alive or letting him die.  Book included in admission price.  Sixth & I Historic Synagogue.  600 I St. NW.  March 15, 7 p.m.  $28-$38.  (202) 408-3100.

Kerry G. Johnson's Spectra #4 has been completed

Following up on yesterday's link to an interview with him,Kerry G. Johnson tells ComicsDC about some local comic book work he's done -

Here is a recent project that I worked on for PhysicsCentral.com.

I'm the Art Director at the American Physical Society (APS Physics), the parent company of PhysicsCentral. Headquarters in College Park, MD (not on campus)

I recently illustrated the 4th installment of our comic book series, PhysicsQuest: Spectra #4: Spectra Heats Up! (written by Dr. Rebecca Thompson, illustrated by Kerry G. Johnson)

The Spectra series follows the adventures of a teen girl that discovers she has the powers of a laser. Spectra is also the official mascot of the 2010 LaserFest: Celebrating 50 Years of Laser Innovation.

PhysicsQuest is a set of four activities designed to engage middle school students in scientific inquiry. The 2011-2012 activities are linked together via a storyline and comic book. In the fourth issue, Spectra and her friends must combat "mean girl" Tiffany Maxwell and her impish demon. Spectra's super powers are all real things that a laser beam can do. Additionally, the students will learn via the 4 activities and by reading through the comic book.

The FREE comics and science kits are available by contacting PhysicsCentral.com:


LINKS

http://www.physicscentral.com/experiment/physicsquest/past/index.cfm

http://www.physicscentral.com/experiment/physicsquest/index.cfm

http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2011/11/spectra-saves-girls-interest-in-science.html

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Kerry G. Johnson Design & Illustration
Caricatures by Kerry
Website/Blog: http://kerrykraft.com
Twitter: caricaturekerry

Truitt on Spider-man cartoon

'Ultimate Spider-Man' leads Disney XD's new superhero series
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY March 7 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-03-07/Ultimate-Spider-Man-Marvel-Universe-animated-series/53396068/1

City Paper recommends Dan Piraro's comedy show

Dan Piraro at Riot Act Comedy Theater Sunday, March 11
By Christopher Porter • March 9, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42317/dan-piraro-at-riot-act-comedy-theater-sunday-march-11/

Disney animation music obituary

Robert B. Sherman, 86; Composer penned hit songs for Disney with his brother [online title: Disney composer wrote 'It's a Small World']
By Emily Langer,
Washington Post (March 8 2012)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/disney-composer-penned-its-a-small-world/2012/03/06/gIQAik3txR_story.html

 

Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - March 8, 2012

March 8, 2012

Dan Piraro Signing on Sunday! Don't forget Dan Piraro will be at our U Street store this Sunday, March 11, at 6! We have copies of his new strip collection, Bizarro Heroes, at all our stores now. We are also having an early release party for Avengers vs. X-Men #1, the next huge Marvel event. You can get copies of the comic a day early on Tuesday, April 3. Thanks to everyone who came out for the release party for Magic Bullet #4! It was great to see so many local DC area cartoonists all hanging out together, and eating delicious food prepared by Master Chef William is always a great treat! Luckily the weather turned out to be perfect, and many pounds of eggplants, hamburgers, hot dogs, and deliciously marinated chicken was devoured. Here are some pictures by Big Planet staff photographer Kevin https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.360870727286675.87800.111435242230226&type=1 And a lot more by Magic Bulleteer Joe Carabeo! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100468365219396.2524582.25510747&type=1 Feel free to forward on our newsletter, and please send us any comments or mailing list requests to vienna@bigplanetcomics.com Thanks!   - the Big Planet Comics kids UPCOMING March 11 - Dan Piraro Signing Dan Piraro, will be appearing at our U Street store March 11, from 6:00 to 7:00, to sign his new book, Bizarro Heroes. Bizarro Heroes is a collection of his superhero themed spoofs from the last 25 years of Bizarro. 6-7 pm Big Planet Comics of U Street 1520 U St NW Washington, DC 20009 202-342-1961 greg@bigplanetcomics.com NEW April 3 - Avengers vs. X-Men #1 Early Release Party Marvel is calling it their biggest event yet, building on the last 10 years of storytelling, but really, who doesn't just want to see the superheroes throw down against each other? We will be having a special release party for Avengers vs. X-Men #1 one day early, on Tuesday April 3! So not only will you be able to buy AVX #1 a day early, but you will have access to some other specials, including limited variant covers, and other limited items, like a pin to show your allegiance to either the X-Men or the Avengers, so start thinking now about which team you support! Poor Wolverine, he's got to fight himself. 8-9 pm All 4 Big Planet Comics stores! King City SC by Brandon Graham A mix of lots of different styles: Paul Pope, Taiyo Matsumoto, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Moebius - come together into a delightful city where ninja play soccer games, strange new drugs keep soldiers in the war against xombies, and Joe is a cat master who knows the secret kung fu of cats! Seriously one of the best comics ever. Blue HC by Pat Grant A strange look at an Australian beach town that has decayed and been repopulated with a large group of strange aliens. A man thinks back to his idyllic childhood surfing and skipping school with his friends, and the rumor that there is a dead body they could go look at. Amazing and utterly different. Age of Apocalypse #1 by David Lapham and Roberto de la Torre The saga continues! After Apocalypse was defeated, Wolverine took his place as the evil Weapon Omega! Now almost all of humanity has been killed and mutants rule a wasteland. But will new heroes rise up? A lot of familiar faces return to the age of apocalypse. The Manhattan Projects #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra Hickman returns with some of his best big scifi ideas ever! The atom bomb project in WW2 was cover for the crazy secret stuff the Americans were REALLY doing! Oppenheimer and his psychopathic twin are introduced to the projects where Einstein is locked in a room and Japanese psychic warriors assault the base! Insane and great. Fairest #1 by Bill Willingham and Phil Jimenez A new spin-off of Fables, this follows Ali Baba, Prince of Thieves, as a small genie tries to get him to rescue some of the princesses put under a magical sleep in the Fables assault on the Empire of the Homelands. Hilarious dialogue, an angry wooden soldier, and TWO princesses? At the Mountains of Madness SC by H.P. Lovecraft and I.N.J. Culbard Lovecraft's best novella is adapted to comics! One of the earliest Antarctic expeditions finds mysterious monsters from millennia past frozen in the ice, and a cyclopean alien city hidden in the mountains at the center of Antarctica. The inspiration for John Carpenter's The Thing! Great art and coloring too. Big Planet Comics Podcast #36   Kevin, Nick and Jared talk about Krispy Kreme Burgers and all the new comics! Download this week's now or subscribe on iTunes! Send us questions to podcast@bigplanetcomics.com   3/11 - Dan Piraro Signing Bizarro 6-7pm 1520 U St NW Washington, DC 20009 202-342-1961 greg@bigplanetcomics.com   4/3 - Avengers vs. X-Men #1 Early Release Party All stores! 8pm-9pm   4/14 - Justin Jordan & Tradd Moore Signing The Strange Talent of Luther Strode 11am-1pm 426 Maple Ave. East Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-9412 vienna@bigplanetcomics.com Signing The Strange Talent of Luther Strode 3pm-5pm 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com   5/5 - Free Comic Book Day All stores! freecomicbookday.com   5/5 - Jeremy Whitley Signing Princeless 11am-1pm 426 Maple Ave. East Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-9412 vienna@bigplanetcomics.com   Signing Princeless 3pm-5pm 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com 5/5 - Jorge Aguirre Signing Giants Beware! 11am-1pm 426 Maple Ave. East Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-9412 vienna@bigplanetcomics.com   Signing Giants Beware! 3pm-5pm 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com 7/4 - 20% off Sale All stores! 7/28 - Matt Dembicki Signing Xoc 11am-1pm 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com Signing Xoc 3pm-5pm 426 Maple Ave. East Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-9412 vienna@bigplanetcomics.com   Avengers Academy #27 by Christos Gage and Karl Moline The Runaways return, searching for their lost raptor! Flashpoint SC by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert The Flash finds himself in a dark world where Bruce Wayne died! Friends With Boys SC by Faith Erin Hicks A home-schooled girl who is haunted goes to high school. Hell Yeah: The Last Generation of Heroes #1 by Joe Keatinge and Andre Szymanowicz The son of some of the first superheroes finds his destiny. Night Force #1 (of 6) by Marv Wolfman and Tom Mandrake The classic supernatural mystery returns. Supurbia #1 (of 4) by Grace Randolph and Russell Dauterman Desperate Housewives of superheroes!

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Latest Toles cartoon contest winner

The winner of the Super Tuesday Cartoon Caption Contest

By Tom Toles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tom-toles/post/the-winner-of-the-super-tuesday-cartoon-caption-contest/2012/03/07/gIQANXQJxR_blog.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/super-tuesday-cartoon-caption-contest/2012/03/07/gIQAOLxIxR_gallery.html#imgid=gIQAA8wIxR

Keith Knight Kickstarter campaign

Keith is one of my favorite cartoonists - his strip Knight Life appears in the Post on Sundays and he's a regular at SPX. I've just signed up.

              Knight Life & K Chronicles cartoonist

Keith Knight Launches Kickstarter campaign

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Los Angeles, CA/March 7 , 2012- Award-winning cartoonist Keith Knight (the Knight Life, the K Chronicles, (th)ink), has launched a Kickstarter  campaign for his first graphic novel, I Was A Teenage Michael Jackson Impersonator. 

 

The book will chronicle Knight's high school senior year and college freshman year, when he performed as a Michael Jackson impersonator (circa 1984 and '85).

"It was the best paying gig I ever had, " says the semi-famous cartoonist.

Knight estimates it will take two years to complete the graphic novel and has 30 days to raise the funds on Kickstarter, a website devoted to the public providing financial support of art projects.  If the final tally comes up a dollar short of the funds requested, it all goes back to the donors.

The Harvey and Glyph award winner notes that there are some interesting rewards for backers, "Including a phone call from my evil twin sister."

Knight draws three different comic strips: the autobiographical K Chronicles, the socio-political single panel,  (th)ink, and the syndicated daily strip, the Knight Life.  His work can be found in the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Herald, Daily KOS, Funny Times, MAD Magazine and more.  He won the 2010 Comic Con Inkpot Award for career achievement in the field of comic strips.

To donate to the campaign, go to:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/190901932/i-was-a-teenage-michael-jackson-impersonator

www.knightlifecomic.com  http://www.kchronicles.com

 

Link to Kickstarter page:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/190901932/i-was-a-teenage-michael-jackson-impersonator

Here's an odd bit

Former Mayor Adrian Fenty's life told through animation

By Chris L. Jenkins
The Root DC bog March 6 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/former-mayor-adrian-fentys-life-told-through-animation/2012/03/06/gIQAl66suR_blog.html

12 parts!