Local cartoonists at Intervention con today and tomorrow

There's a handful of local cartoonists at Intervention con today - here's some that you can head up to Rockville and meet.

Chris Flick

Chris Flick

Raechel Hixon

Reuel Smith

Simon Ladd and Viga

Megami Jadeheart and Jennifer Zyren Smith

Darren E. Canton

Kathleen Brenowitz

Shawn Padraic Murphy

Novelist Bill Campbell

Shaenon Garrity and Jeffrey Wells (not local)

Death is Good

Cartoon curator Andrew Farago at Intervention

Meet a Visiting Comics Curator: A Chat With Andrew Farago

 by Mike Rhode on Aug. 23, 2013

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2013/08/23/meet-a-visiting-comics-curator-a-chat-with-andrew-farago/

PR: John Lewis' MARCH is the New York Times' #1 Bestseller!

Congratulations to Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell -- their graphic novel March: Book One is on its way to becoming a bona fide phenomenon. John Lewis' MARCH is the New York Times' #1 Bestseller! Since the New York Times introduced its "Graphic Books" bestseller chart four years ago, Top Shelf has had several titles make the list -- but as usual, March: Book One is breaking records! This landmark graphic novel is our first time in the #1 position, all thanks to the powerful storytelling of Congressman Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, and the immense support of readers like you. MARCH on the airwaves! The press response to March has been terrific as well. After the wave of coverage from Comic-Con, we kicked off the book's release with The Colbert Report, then hit public radio! Terrific reports came out of California's KPBS and KCRW, Congressman Lewis was a guest on NPR's "Here and Now," and then he did a full hour on NPR's "On Point" with Tom Ashbrook! That's not all: stay tuned this Sunday, August 25 and Wednesday, August 28, when you can catch Congressman Lewis on (deep breath) CNN's "Newsroom," CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, CBS's "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, BBC's "World News America," PBS's "Charlie Rose," and CNN's "The Lead" with Jake Tapper! As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, it's an honor to know that Congressman Lewis continues to look to the future and reach out to new generations through this book. And it's not just important: it's actually GOOD! Critics agree that March is terrific entertainment, education, and inspiration in one: "A riveting and beautiful civil-rights story… Lewis's gripping memoir should be stocked in every school and shelved at every library." — The Washington Post "Essential reading... March is a moving and important achievement. While it looks a little different than your average comic, it does tell the story of a true American superhero." — USA Today "An astonishingly accomplished graphic memoir that brings to life a vivid portrait of the civil rights era, Lewis' extraordinary history and accomplishments, and the movement he helped lead... its power, accessibility and artistry destine it for awards, and a well-deserved place at the pinnacle of the comics canon." — NPR "March offers a poignant portrait of an iconic figure that both entertains and edifies, and deserves to be placed alongside other historical graphic memoirs like Persepolis and Maus." — Entertainment Weekly "When a graphic novel tries to interest young readers in an important topic, it often feels forced. Not so with the exhilarating March: Book One... Powerful words and pictures." — The Boston Globe Plus starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus, Library Journal, & School Library Journal! Don't miss out on the top graphic novel of the year... Join the MARCH! Your friend thru comics, Chris Staros Top Shelf Productions PO Box 1282 Marietta GA 30061-1282 USA chris@topshelfcomix.com www.topshelfcomix.com

Shaenon Garrity at Intervention - City Paper interview online

Meet a Visiting Cartoonist: A Chat with Shaenon Garrity

by Mike Rhode on Aug. 23, 2013 

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2013/08/23/meet-a-visiting-cartoonist-a-chat-with-shaenon-garrity/

City Paper on DC Conspiracy's Artisphere exhibit

Comics-Making Studio at ArtisphereWednesday, August 28

By Alex Baca •
Washington City Paper August 23, 2013
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/44687/comics-making-studio-at-artisphere-wednesday-august-28/

Dust Elves sneak preview before SPX premiere

From: Gordon Harris

August, 23 2013 Dust Elves Sneak Peek As promised, here's a sneak peek into Gordon's all-new, original, 36-page mini-comic, The Secret Origin of the Dust Elves - premiering at the Small Press Expo September 14 and 15. (click to see more)

Michael Wenthe in Cartozia Tales anthology

Michael's a long-time area teacher about comics. I'm going to pledge to the Kickstarter campaign as soon as I figure out the option I'd prefer. 

From: Michael Wenthe 

 I am pleased to share the news that I am part of a core group of cartoonists who have launched a an all-ages anthology series set in a shared fantasy world. The anthology, called Cartozia Tales after the fictional world where the stories are set, has released its first issue and has been getting good press. The second issue will debut at SPX, where the editor, contributing cartoonist Isaac Cates (who teaches English at the University of Vermont), will be tabling alongside the cover artist for issue #1, Leah Palmer Preiss.

I am the lone DC-based cartoonist in the core group, but my contributions go beyond the pages and stories that I have directly written or drawn because of the highly collaborative nature of the project. For example, the final story in issue #1, by guest artist Dylan Horrocks (of Hicksville fame), uses characters and settings that I suggested--though the final story is all Dylan's (and quite charming).

The URL for the general Cartozia Tales website is pretty straightforward: cartozia.com

We've crossed the 25%-funded threshold on Kickstarter after one week, but still have a way to go to fund the first ten issues fully. (Backers so far include such comics creators as Kurt Busiek, Roberta Gregory, R. Sikoryak, Mike Dawson, Alec Longstreth, K. Thor Jensen, Scott Koblish, and Colleen Frakes, to whom much thanks!). The Kickstarter page may be found here: 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1765342446/cartozia-tales-ten-issues

Matt Rawson drawing at Artisphere for 1 more hour tonight

Here's Matt doing chalk sketches of three silent movie monsters. He'll be there until 9:30 tonight.

More pictures of the exhibit are here.

Reviews of Gaiman's Neverwhere

How the Nether Half Lives
'Neverwhere' descends into Neil Gaiman's mad subterranean London
By Rachel Sadon
[Washington Post] Express August 22, 2013          
http://www.readexpress.com/2013/08/how-the-nether-half-lives/


'Neverwhere' puts Rorschach Theatre's inventiveness on full display [in print as 'Neverwhere' has troupe really going places]
By Nelson Pressley,
Washington Post August 21 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/neverwhere-puts-rorschach-theatres-inventiveness-on-full-display/2013/08/20/2dd340d8-09b1-11e3-89fe-abb4a5067014_story.html

DC Conspiracy members onsite at Artisphere throughout the next month

COMICS MAKING STUDIO WITH MEMBERS OF THE D.C. CONSPIRACY

Meet and Greet: Sat Sep 21, 6-8pm

ON VIEW WED AUG 21 – SUN NOV 3
FREE
Works in Progress Gallery

Meet + greet with artists: Sat Sep 21 / 6-8pm with live music by Triage in the Lower Town Hall at 7pm and 8:15pm
Artists' onsite residency hours: Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm + Saturdays 1-4pm (+ Wednesday September 18)

Members of the DC Conspiracy, a comics-creating collaborative, will be working on their actual page submissions for the Spring 2014 edition of Magic Bullet, a free, semi-annual comics newspaper distributed throughout the greater Washington, DC area. The artists will each have onsite working hours so you can watch the artists draw and see the magic unfold. There will be "blank" comic pages available if you want to try your own hand at making a comic and leave it behind where it will be hung in the Gallery and posted by Artisphere to a Facebook album you can tag and share.

Residency dates:
Thu Aug 22 & Sat Aug 24: Matt Rawson
Thu Aug 29 & Sat Aug 31: Matt Dembicki
Thu Sep 5 & Sat Sep 7: Rafer Roberts
Thu Sep 12 & Sat Sep 14: Steve Loya
Wed Sep 18 & Sat Sep 21: Evan Keeling*
Thu Sep 26 & Sat Sep 28: Eric Gordon
Thu Oct 3 & Sat Oct 5: Jamie Noguchi
Thu Oct 10 & Sat Oct 12: Christiann MacAuley
Thu Oct 17 & Sat Oct 19: Art Hondros
Thu Oct 24 & Sat Oct 26: Jacob Warrenfeltz
Thu Oct 31 & Sat Nov 2: Andrew Cohen

*Please note that Evan Keeling will be on-site on Wed Sep 18 instead of Thu Sep 19.

SPX 2013 Announces Surprise Guests Adrian Tomine and Anders Nilsen

Two good talents with new books out - Tomine has a new issue of Optic Nerve and Nilsen has a followup to his Don't Go Where I Can't Follow memoir.

Small Press Expo Announces Surprise Guests Adrian Tomine and Anders Nilsen at SPX 2013 For Immediate Release              Contact: Warren Bernard                                                     Phone: 301-537-4615                                                     E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com Bethesda, Maryland; August 22, 2013 – Small Press Expo is pleased to announce Adrian Tomine and Anders Nilsen as surprise guests to SPX 2013, to be held September 14 and 15. Adrian and Anders will be in addition to previously announced guests Seth, Jeff Smith, Raina Telgemeier, Lisa Hanawalt, Gary Panter, Liza Donnelly, Gene Yang, Congressman John Lewis, Rutu Modan, Peter Bagge, Ed Piskor, Dash Shaw, Liniers, Domitille Collardey, Frank Santoro, Farel Dalrymple and Michael Kupperman. Making his second appearance in as many years, Adrian Tomine will be on hand to sign his latest release Optic Nerve 13. In June, Adrian was a guest of Michelle Obama at the White House for a reception honoring a cross section of American artists, writers and historians. More information on Adrian can be found at http://www.adrian-tomine.com/ as well as http://www.drawnandquarterly.com. Anders Nilsen will be at SPX debuting his latest book, Rage of Poseidon from Drawn & Quarterly, as well as signing his latest from from Fantagraphics, The End, an expanded hardcover edition of his work published as part of the Ignatz Series with Coconino Press. As with last year's, Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, The End deals with the death of Nilsen's fiance. More information on Anders work can be found at http://www.andersbrekhusnilsen.com/ as well as http://www.drawnandquarterly.com and http://www.fantagraphics.com/. 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 500 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. A series of of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests will be featured. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. 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 also supports the Small Press Expo Collection at the Library of Congress, which preserves the history of both the artistic output of the creators who come to SPX, as well as the art that SPX itself generates as part of its yearly festival. It the first program of its type by a major institution in the United States to preserve the works of the indie comics community. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com. Copyright © 2013 Small Press Expo, All rights reserved. We got your e-mail from either last years SPX signup list or you gave it to us online via our web site. Thanks a ton!!! Rest assured SPX will not sell, share, disclose, rent or in any way allow a 3rd party access to our e-mail list. We hate when people do that to us, and we sure ain't gonna do that to you. Our mailing address is: Small Press Expo P.O. Box 447 McLean, Virginia 22101

Matt Rawson is going to do some chalk drawing at Artisphere tonight

Matt Dembicki Aug 22 Matt Rawson is going to do some chalk drawing tonight at Artisphere. Here are a few doodles he did with some street chalk recently.

Telnaes caricatures for Post opinion blogs

Ann Telnaes has done the caricatures of writers for The Post's opinion blogs.

She says she "did the Sargent, Wemple, Rubin, and Eskew & Rogers ones."

Work in progress at the Works in Progress

Evan Keeling and I spent the day preparing the D.C. Conspiracy's comics show at the Works in Progress Gallery at Artisphere in Arlington, Va. It will feature: 

• Original art from Magic Bullet
• Posted pages from MB #6
• A reading area featuring D.C. Conspiracy creators' comics
• A table where the resident artist-of-the-week will work on his/her next MB page
• A huge chalkboard featuring a drawing by the resident artist
• A draw-your-own comics area (submissions will be posted at the gallery and online)
• And much more! 

D.C. Conspiracy's Evan Keeling and Artisphere's Cynthia Connelly lay out Magic Bullet #6 before pinning the issue on the wall.

ComiXology Presents Congressman John Lewis

from comiXology

August 15 2013

http://vimeo.com/72448463

Watch an interview with John Lewis and hear more about his story, why he chose the graphic novel to tell his tale, and what he hopes readers will take away from his experiences.

Magic Bullet #7 cover revealed

http://magicbulletcomics.blogspot.com/2013/08/magic-bullet-7-cover-and-contributor.html ... and it's by .... Steve Conley!

Works by Ed Piskor, Seth and Jeff Smith Lead Books Debuting at SPX 2013

Works by Ed Piskor, Seth and Jeff Smith Lead Record Number of Books Debuting at SPX 2013 For Immediate Release            Contact: Warren Bernard                                                   Phone: 301-537-4615                                                   E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com Bethesda, Maryland; August  19, 2013 – Small Press Expo is pleased to announce that a record 183 titles (as of the posting of this press release) will make their first public appearance at SPX 2013, which will be held September 14 and 15. Showing the range and depth of the over 600 creators that will be at the show, this years debuts include: Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 1 by Ed Piskor from Fantagraphics Palookaville 21 by Seth from Drawn & Quarterly Delusional by Farel Dalrymple from Adhouse Books RASL (Complete Hardback Color Edition) by Jeff Smith from Cartoon Books World Map Room by Yuichi Yokoyama from Picturebox Softcore #1,#2,#3  self published by Box Brown The Fez #2 self published by Roger Langridge Little Tommy Lost: Book No. 1 by Cole Closser from Koyama Press The Big Wet Balloon by Liniers from Toon Books A full list of the debuts along with descriptions and links to the books web sites can be found at http://www.spxpo.com/spx-2013-debut-books. 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 600 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. A series of of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests will be featured. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. 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 also supports the Small Press Expo Collection at the Library of Congress, which preserves the history of both the artistic output of the creators who come to SPX, as well as the art that SPX itself generates as part of its yearly festival. It the first program of its type by a major institution in the United States to preserve the works of the indie comics community. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com. Copyright © 2013 Small Press Expo, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail as a result of your being on our long standing press release list. Our mailing address is: Small Press Expo P.O. Box 447 McLean, VA 22101

PR: "Rex, Zombie Killer" returns

Rob Anderson notes, "My comic book "Rex, Zombie Killer" is returning
as a new 4-issue miniseries from Big Dog Ink. It's in the current
Previews and #1 will be shipping in October.

P.S. my first issue writing "My Little Pony" for IDW will be in *next*
month's Previews, shipping in November... "



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PRESS RELEASE
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DOGS VS. APES VS. ZOMBIES IN THE NEW "REX, ZOMBIE KILLER" MINISERIES
The Gorilla with a Baseball Bat Returns!

This Halloween, three dogs, a cat, and a gorilla with a baseball bat
continue their battle against the walking dead in the new four-issue
miniseries REX, ZOMBIE KILLER from publisher Big Dog Ink.

And if the zombies weren't bad enough, they're now also being pursued
by an aggressive group of primates from a zoo!

"It's going to be dogs versus apes versus zombies in the first
issue...and then things are going to get REALLY crazy from there,"
said writer Rob Anderson.

REX, ZOMBIE KILLER tells the story of a hyper-intelligent Golden
Retriever named Rex, a sign language-speaking gorilla, and a small
pack of animals making a perilous cross-country journey to find
safety...and a home.

Rex is trying to reach the doctor who raised him, but the doctor's
been relocated to an underground military bunker in Nevada," Anderson
said. "So even if they make it across a zombie-infested California,
there's not necessarily a cozy fireplace waiting for them."

Issue #1 picks up right from the end of the one-shot from 2012, and
will make a great jumping-on point for new readers.

"We're extremely pleased to have REX, ZOMBIE KILLER back on the
stands," said Big Dog Ink Publisher Tom Hutchinson. "The double-sized
one-shot received acclaim from both horror and comics outlets, and
fans have been asking for more, so here it comes!"

REX, ZOMBIE KILLER #1 is written by Rob Anderson (MY LITTLE PONY:
SPIKE MICRO, GREAT ZOMBIES IN HISTORY) with interior and cover art by
DaFu Yu (GRIMM FAIRY TALES, WONDERLAND ANNUAL), interior colors by
Juan Romera, cover colors by Kevin Volo, letters and design by E.T.
Dollman, and edited by Paul Allor (TMNT: FUGITOID MICRO, ORC GIRL).

Issue #1 of the bi-monthly four-issue miniseries ships on October 30,
2013, just in time for Halloween! Each issue will be a full-color,
28-page, standard trim comic book, priced at $3.50, and may be
pre-ordered at your local comic shop. (Diamond Previews Order Code:
AUG131097) It is rated TEEN+ (13 & up) for mature themes and zombie
violence.

About Big Dog Ink
Founded in 2009, Big Dog Ink (http://www.BigDogInk.com) is the
publisher of comic book properties such as the acclaimed monthly
ongoing series, THE LEGEND OF OZ: THE WICKED WEST, along with diverse
titles like PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL, CRITTER, URSA MINOR, and the all-ages
title SERUSIS.

For more information on REX, ZOMBIE KILLER, visit:
http://www.RexZombieKiller.com

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CONTACT:
ROB ANDERSON
rob@RexZombieKiller.com

IMAGES & ONLINE MEDIA KIT: http://www.RexZombieKiller.com/p/press-info.html