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Fangbone is a kid barbarian from another world who is sent to Earth to guard an artifact from an evil monster, but ends up getting enrolled in elementary school! Now he must survive school and the attacks of monsters at the same time!
Michael Rex, creator of Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian, will be appearing at both our Vienna and College Park stores on Saturday, August 18, for his new all-ages book Fangbone! 3: The Birthday Party of Dread! Michael Rex is a New York Times best-selling illustrator for his many excellent kids books, including Goodnight Goon, Furious George Goes Bananas, Runaway Mummy, and of course the first two excellent Fangbone books, Fangbone! 1: Third Grade Barbarian and Fangbone! 2: The Egg of Misery!
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - August 17, 2012
The Post's Paranorman review
Middle school and zombies? Awwwkward!
By Sean O'Connell
Washington Post August 17, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/paranorman,1208210.html
City Paper says buy District Comics at One More Page Books
District Comics at One More Page Books Sunday, Aug. 19
By Christopher Heller • August 17, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
NPR critic picks for graphic novels
Lit, Illustrated: Five Fantastic Graphic Novels
by Oliver Sava
NPR.org (August 15, 2012)
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/15/154441182/lit-illustrated-five-fantastic-graphic-novels
by Oliver Sava
NPR.org (August 15, 2012)
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/15/154441182/lit-illustrated-five-fantastic-graphic-novels
DC Comics history graphic novel anthology signing
One More Page Books in Arlington, Va., will hold the official launch signing of District Comics: An Unconventional History on Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Aug. 19, from 3-5 pm. About 25 contributors (writers and artists) will be there. Artist Kevin Rechin and I did a story on the Civil War's Army Medical Museum, and we'll be there.
Actor/Comedian Phil LaMarr to Host the 2012 Harvey Awards at Baltimore Comic-Con
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Phil LaMarr is best known as a cast member of Fox's MADtv, a sketch comedy show based on characters and situations from MAD magazine, which was found in 1952 by Editor Harvey Kurtzman (namesake of the Harvey Awards) and Publisher William Gaines. The show first aired in 1995 and ran for 14 seasons, of which LaMarr was a cast member for 5 seasons (1995-2000). 
As a lifeling comics reader, LaMarr says: "I'm excited and honored to be a part of the Harvey Awards this year, and I am looking forward to meeting many of the people I spend every Wednesday afternoon with."
SPX Announces Small Press Expo 2012 Programming Schedule
SPX Announces Small Press Expo 2012 Programming Schedule
Spotlight Sessions to Feature Clowes, Ware, Mouly, Tomine, and Jaime & Gilbert Hernandez
For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard
E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com
Bethesda, Maryland; August 16, 2012 – The Small Press Expo is pleased to announce the SPX 2012 Programming Schedule. SPX is proud to continue its established tradition of rich, thought-provoking programming featuring leading comics artists and critics in conversation. As in previous years, the Programming Schedule will feature two simultaneous tracks on both Saturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th.
SPX 2012 programming highlights include special spotlight discussions with headline guests Daniel Clowes, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, François Mouly, Adrian Tomine, and Chris Ware, all of whom will also join in several other panel discussions.
This year's programming schedule will include several panel discussions, with artists including Nick Abadzis, Derf Backderf, Michael DeForge, Theo Ellsworth, Renée French, Sammy Harkham, Tom Hart, Dean Haspiel, Stan Mack, John Porcellino, Katie Skelly and Lauren Weinstein.
This year's panel discussions will include:
The complete SPX 2012 Programming Schedule with full descriptions and participants may be found at http://www.spxpo.com/programming.
This year is the seventh year that SPX programming has been organized by Programming Coordinator Bill Kartalopoulos. Kartalopoulos is a comics educator, critic and curator who has taught classes about comics at Parsons The New School for Design and co-organizes the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. He is a Contributing Editor for Print Magazine, and assisted Art Spiegelman on the production of the Eisner Award-winning book MetaMaus.
Programming on Saturday will run from 11:30AM until 7 p.m. Sunday programming will run from 12:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. The complete SPX 2012 Programming Schedule may be found at http://www.spxpo.com/programming.
About SPX
Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit that brings together more than 300 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators, as well as a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.
As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which funds graphic novel purchases for public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, visit their website at http://www.cbldf.org.
SPX 2012 will be held Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.
Spotlight Sessions to Feature Clowes, Ware, Mouly, Tomine, and Jaime & Gilbert Hernandez
For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard
E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com
Bethesda, Maryland; August 16, 2012 – The Small Press Expo is pleased to announce the SPX 2012 Programming Schedule. SPX is proud to continue its established tradition of rich, thought-provoking programming featuring leading comics artists and critics in conversation. As in previous years, the Programming Schedule will feature two simultaneous tracks on both Saturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th.
SPX 2012 programming highlights include special spotlight discussions with headline guests Daniel Clowes, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, François Mouly, Adrian Tomine, and Chris Ware, all of whom will also join in several other panel discussions.
This year's programming schedule will include several panel discussions, with artists including Nick Abadzis, Derf Backderf, Michael DeForge, Theo Ellsworth, Renée French, Sammy Harkham, Tom Hart, Dean Haspiel, Stan Mack, John Porcellino, Katie Skelly and Lauren Weinstein.
This year's panel discussions will include:
• A discussion of Crockett Johnson's Barnaby, featuring Clowes, Mark Newgarden and Ware.
• A spotlight on British comics, including Abadzis, Glyn Dillon, Nobrow's Sam Arthur, Ellen Lindner, and Luke Pearson.
• A consideration of comics as children's literature with French, Mouly, Newgarden and Brian Ralph.
• Reflections on life after "alternative comics," with Clowes, the Hernandez Brothers, and Tomine, moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos.
• A discussion about the needs and challenges of institution building in comics.
• Our annual hands-on comics workshop, led by Robyn Chapman, Hart, and Alec Longstreth.
This year is the seventh year that SPX programming has been organized by Programming Coordinator Bill Kartalopoulos. Kartalopoulos is a comics educator, critic and curator who has taught classes about comics at Parsons The New School for Design and co-organizes the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. He is a Contributing Editor for Print Magazine, and assisted Art Spiegelman on the production of the Eisner Award-winning book MetaMaus.
Programming on Saturday will run from 11:30AM until 7 p.m. Sunday programming will run from 12:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. The complete SPX 2012 Programming Schedule may be found at http://www.spxpo.com/programming.
About SPX
Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit that brings together more than 300 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators, as well as a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.
As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which funds graphic novel purchases for public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, visit their website at http://www.cbldf.org.
SPX 2012 will be held Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.
The Post on Joe Kubert's death
Influential comic book artist Joe Kubert dies at 85
By Terence McArdle, Washington Post
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
DC history graphic novel anthology signing
One More Page Books in Arlington, Va., will hold the official launch signing of District Comics: An Unconventional History on Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Aug. 19, from 3-5 pm. About 25 contributors (writers and artists) will be there. Artist Kevin Rechin and I did a story on the Civil War's Army Medical Museum, and we'll be there.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Congressman Jon Lewis' graphic biography gets an artist
Nate Powell Tabbed to Draw Rep. John Lewis' Graphic Autobio
by Calvin Reid
Jul 11, 2012
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/52961-nate-powell-tabbed-to-draw-rep-john-lewis--graphic-autobio.html
by Calvin Reid
Jul 11, 2012
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/52961-nate-powell-tabbed-to-draw-rep-john-lewis--graphic-autobio.html
Marc Nobleman on Bill Finger at San Diego Comic-Con
CCI: Revealing Bill Finger's "Batman" Contributions
"Bill, the Boy Wonder" tells the story of Bill Finger and BatmanWeldon on Jaime Hernandez; RM Rhodes interview
Jaime Hernandez Bridges The Indie-Vs.-Cape Divide
by Glen Weldon
NPR.org August 2, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/02/157301000/jaime-hernandez-bridges-the-indie-vs-cape-divide
Indie on Indie Spotlight: RM Rhodes
by Ken Eppstein
August 2012
http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/columns/117320-indie-on-indie-spotlight-rm-rhodes.html
by Glen Weldon
NPR.org August 2, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/02/157301000/jaime-hernandez-bridges-the-indie-vs-cape-divide
Indie on Indie Spotlight: RM Rhodes
by Ken Eppstein
August 2012
http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/columns/117320-indie-on-indie-spotlight-rm-rhodes.html
Steve Conley launches Kickstarter campaign
Local Cartoonist Steve Conley Kickstarts his BLOOP Webcomic Graphic Novel
Eisner and Harvey Award nominee, and Eagle Award winner Steve Conley is launching a Kickstarter campaign to help produce the first print collection of his webcomic graphic novel BLOOP.
BLOOP is the story of a little green space monkey who is looking to find the perfect tree. Along the way, he makes some friends and finds that not only his tree, but the entire planet, is threatened by a corporation bent on tearing the world apart.
This BLOOP collection will showcase the first chapter of the story and will be a giant 10 inches x 15 inches. The book will have a case-bound, hardback cover with a golden foil stamp and a full-color, wraparound dust jacket. The interior will be 28-pages of full-color printing on thicker, 100# satin text paper.
"I've been doing the webcomic thing for a long while and I think crowd funding is the tool independent creators have been missing," Steve said, "Readers get to read comics like BLOOP for free online and - if they really dig the story or art or if they just want to support the project - they can get a personalized, deluxe edition that gives them an experience they can't get from their PC or iPad."
For readers new to crowd funding and Kickstarter, the concept is simple and a lot of fun. Readers pledge a certain dollar amount on the project's Kickstarter page and different pledge amounts earn contributors different rewards. Contributors help make the project happen and get cool stuff in return.
The Kickstarter campaign features a variety of rewards including a set of reto-futuristic poster prints and postcards created by Steve as set decoration in the story. The main reward, of course, is the book itself which. The top rewards are the original pages of comics art used for creating the story and the book's wraparound cover. This is the first time the original art will be available to buy and I've held on to them specifically for this campaign."
Steve has lived in Northern Virginia for the past 20 years and has been closely involved with the local cartooning and comics community. Steve was a volunteer with SPX, the Small Press Expo, for over a decade serving as Executive Director in 2004 and 2005. Steve has also been a contributor to the Baltimore Comic-Con since its inception. In 2007, Steve wrote and drew the DC-based political comic strip "Socks and Barney" through Election day 2008. Most recently, Steve contributed to the Team Cul de Sac project, celebrating Richard Thompson's brilliant comic strip Cul de Sac, and he contributed a page to the latest issue of Washington D.C.'s independent comics newspaper Magic Bullet.
It was a long road to BLOOP. "I started working on BLOOP ten years ago and each time I sat down to work on it, I felt like my drawing skills just weren't up to the task. Every time I drew that little space monkey, something wasn't quite right. After nearly a decade of sketching and practicing, one day, he just snapped into place. I feel like I finally have all the ingredients I need to do it right."
The Kickstarter launches August 14 at 2pm ET and will run until September 17.
The KICKSTARTER URL:
THE BLOOP WEB SITE:
BLOOP ON FACEBOOK:
Attached are three pieces of art.
-- The wraparound cover for BLOOP: Part 1
-- The four retro-futuristic posters
-- The Kickstarter cover image
Monday, August 13, 2012
Marc Nobleman on Batman and Bill Finger on NPR
Batman's Biggest Secret (No, It's Not Bruce Wayne)
by Guy Raz
National Public Radio's All Things Considered August 11, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/11/158494206/batmans-biggest-secret-no-its-not-bruce-wayne
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=158494206
by Guy Raz
National Public Radio's All Things Considered August 11, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/11/158494206/batmans-biggest-secret-no-its-not-bruce-wayne
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=158494206
Comic book reviews up at City Paper
International Ink: Summer Reading
by Mike Rhode
Washington City Paper Arts Desk blog Aug. 13, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2012/08/13/international-ink-summer-reading/
by Mike Rhode
Washington City Paper Arts Desk blog Aug. 13, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2012/08/13/international-ink-summer-reading/
Sara Duke on the Library of Congress' cartoon art collections
The Art of the Cartoon: Exploring the Collections of the Library of Congress by Sara W. Duke
13 Aug 2012
http://comicsforum.org/2012/08/13/the-art-of-the-cartoon-exploring-the-collections-of-the-library-of-congress-by-sara-w-duke/
13 Aug 2012
http://comicsforum.org/2012/08/13/the-art-of-the-cartoon-exploring-the-collections-of-the-library-of-congress-by-sara-w-duke/
Comic Riffs and Monkey See on the death of Joe Kubert
RIP JOE KUBERT: From 'Sgt. Rock' to the Kubert School, creator-teacher leaves a legendary legacy [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog August 13 2012
Weldon, Glen. 2012.
Comics Legend Joe
Kubert, 1926-2012: An Appreciation.
National Public
Radio's Monkey See blog (August 13): http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/08/13/158690085/comics-legend-joe-kubert-1926-2012-an-appreciation
Small Press Expo Announces the Ignatz Award Nominees for SPX 2012
Small Press Expo Announces the Ignatz Award Nominees for SPX 2012
Bethesda, Maryland; August 13, 2012 - The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce nominees for the sixteenth annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.
The Ignatz, named after George Herriman's brick-wielding mouse from his long running comic strip Krazy Kat, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz Awards are a festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry.
The Ignatz, named after George Herriman's brick-wielding mouse from his long running comic strip Krazy Kat, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz Awards are a festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry.
The nominees for the ballot were determined by a panel of five of the best of today's comic artists, Edie Flake, Minty Lewis, Julia Wertz, Dylan Meconis and Lark Pien, with the votes cast for the awards by the attendees during this years SPX. The Ignatz Awards will be presented at the gala ceremony to be held on Saturday, September 15, 2011 at 9:30 PM. Please note the new start time for the ceremony.
Additional information on the nominees and previews (as available) can be found at http://www.spxpo.com/ignatz-awards.
SPX will be held Saturday, September 15 from 11AM to 7PM and Sunday, September 16, noon-6PM at The North Bethesda Marriott Convention Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Admission is $10 for a single day and $15 for both days.
For further information on the Ignatz Awards, the nominees or to request an interview, please contact Warren Bernard at warren@spxpo.com.
For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.
Outstanding Artist
Marc Bell – Pure Pajamas (Drawn & Quarterly)
Inés Estrada - Ojitos Borrosos (Self-published)
Jaime Hernandez - Love and Rockets New Stories (Fantagraphics)
Craig Thompson - Habibi (Pantheon)
Matthew Thurber – 1 800 Mice (Picturebox)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Big Questions - Anders Nilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
Hark! A Vagrant - Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Man Who Grew His Beard - Olivier Schrauwen (Fantagraphics)
Nobrow #6 - Various artists (Nobrow)
Ojitos Borrosos - Inés Estrada (Self-published)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
Big Questions by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
Harvey Pekar's Cleveland by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant (Top Shelf)
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf (Abrams ComicArts)
Troop 142 by Mike Dawson (Secret Acres)
A Zoo In Winter by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Outstanding Story
1 800 Mice by Matthew Thurber (Picturebox)
"Keith or Steve," Mome #22, by Nick Drnaso (Fantagraphics)
Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme (Top Shelf)
"Return to Me," Love & Rockets New Stories #4, by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
"The Weeper," Papercutter #17, by Jason Martin and Jesse Reklaw (Tugboat Press)
Promising New Talent
Lauren Barnett - Me Likes You Very Much (Hic & Hoc Publications)
Clara Besijelle - The Lobster King (Self-published)
Tessa Brunton - Passage (Sparkplug Books)
Lila Quintero Weaver - Dark Room: A Memoir in Black and White (University of Alabama Press)
Lale Westvind - Hot Dog Beach (Self-published)
Outstanding Series
Black Mass by Patrick Kyle (Mother Books)
EOTMC by Leslie Stein (Self-published)
Ganges by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
Love and Rockets New Stories by The Hernandez Brothers (Fantagraphics)
Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
Outstanding Comic
Hot Dog Beach #2 by Lale Westvind (Self-published)
Passage by Tessa Brunton (Sparkplug Books)
Pterodactyl Hunters by Brendan Leach (Top Shelf)
The Sixth Gun #17 by Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn (Oni Press)
Pope Hats #2 by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
Outstanding Mini-Comic
The Death of Elijah Lovejoy by Noah Van Sciver (2D Cloud)
Hypnotic Induction Technique by Grant Reynolds (Self-published)
The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions by Corinne Mucha (Retrofit Comics)
Ramble On #2 by Calvin Wong (Self-published)
RAV #6 by Mickey Zacchilli (Self-published)
Outstanding Online Comic
Amazing Facts...and Beyond! with Leon Beyond by Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga: http://leonbeyondfacts.blogspot.com/
Black Is the Color by Julia Gfrorer: http://studygroupcomics.com/main/black-is-the-color-by-julia-gfrorer/
Lucky by Gabrielle Bell - http://gabriellebell.com/
Starslip by Kris Straub - http://starslip.com/
SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki: http://mutantmagic.com/
Marc Bell – Pure Pajamas (Drawn & Quarterly)
Inés Estrada - Ojitos Borrosos (Self-published)
Jaime Hernandez - Love and Rockets New Stories (Fantagraphics)
Craig Thompson - Habibi (Pantheon)
Matthew Thurber – 1 800 Mice (Picturebox)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Big Questions - Anders Nilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
Hark! A Vagrant - Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Man Who Grew His Beard - Olivier Schrauwen (Fantagraphics)
Nobrow #6 - Various artists (Nobrow)
Ojitos Borrosos - Inés Estrada (Self-published)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
Big Questions by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
Harvey Pekar's Cleveland by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant (Top Shelf)
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf (Abrams ComicArts)
Troop 142 by Mike Dawson (Secret Acres)
A Zoo In Winter by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Outstanding Story
1 800 Mice by Matthew Thurber (Picturebox)
"Keith or Steve," Mome #22, by Nick Drnaso (Fantagraphics)
Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme (Top Shelf)
"Return to Me," Love & Rockets New Stories #4, by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
"The Weeper," Papercutter #17, by Jason Martin and Jesse Reklaw (Tugboat Press)
Promising New Talent
Lauren Barnett - Me Likes You Very Much (Hic & Hoc Publications)
Clara Besijelle - The Lobster King (Self-published)
Tessa Brunton - Passage (Sparkplug Books)
Lila Quintero Weaver - Dark Room: A Memoir in Black and White (University of Alabama Press)
Lale Westvind - Hot Dog Beach (Self-published)
Outstanding Series
Black Mass by Patrick Kyle (Mother Books)
EOTMC by Leslie Stein (Self-published)
Ganges by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
Love and Rockets New Stories by The Hernandez Brothers (Fantagraphics)
Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
Outstanding Comic
Hot Dog Beach #2 by Lale Westvind (Self-published)
Passage by Tessa Brunton (Sparkplug Books)
Pterodactyl Hunters by Brendan Leach (Top Shelf)
The Sixth Gun #17 by Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn (Oni Press)
Pope Hats #2 by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
Outstanding Mini-Comic
The Death of Elijah Lovejoy by Noah Van Sciver (2D Cloud)
Hypnotic Induction Technique by Grant Reynolds (Self-published)
The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions by Corinne Mucha (Retrofit Comics)
Ramble On #2 by Calvin Wong (Self-published)
RAV #6 by Mickey Zacchilli (Self-published)
Outstanding Online Comic
Amazing Facts...and Beyond! with Leon Beyond by Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga: http://leonbeyondfacts.blogspot.com/
Black Is the Color by Julia Gfrorer: http://studygroupcomics.com/main/black-is-the-color-by-julia-gfrorer/
Lucky by Gabrielle Bell - http://gabriellebell.com/
Starslip by Kris Straub - http://starslip.com/
SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki: http://mutantmagic.com/
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