Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
Seeking scans of 5 Cul de Sac strips from the Washington Post
Awesome Con grows to Indianapolis, Milwaukee
We will be at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis October 3-5, and the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee on November 21-23. We want to bring something new and exciting to these markets, and our expected attendance for each show is at least 20,000.
We are going to advertise as aggressively in Indianapolis and Milwaukee as we did in DC. We will be all over TV, radio, print, Facebook, and billboards in those respective cities. We also partner with local PR agencies to make sure the local media knows about us, and as you probably saw in DC, we are very good at getting our conventions in the news.
Please let me know if you have any questions that can't be answered by visiting our website. Exhibitor applications can be found for Indianapolis here and Milwaukee here. We're excited about bringing our brand of awesome to the Midwest, and hope to see you there!"
KAL in Bermuda
Box Brown story features Big Planet Comics DC in photo
The picture is by John Kinhart and that's Jared at Big Planet Comics DC in the background.
Cranford native Box Brown publishes 'Andre the Giant' graphic novel
Richard Thompson and 'Cul de Sac' mentioned twice relative to Barnaby
Talking 'Barnaby': An interview with co-editors Eric Reynolds and Phil Nel
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/06/talking-barnaby-an-interview-with-co-editors-eric-reynolds-and-phil-nel/
Monday, June 30, 2014
Comic Riffs on editorial cartoonist Etta Hulme
RIP, ETTA HULME, 90: Political-cartooning colleagues salute her as 'trailblazer' and 'friend'
Etta Hulme's self-portrait. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Dave Lasky at Big Planet Comics
Dave Lasky and Martha Burns were at Big Planet Comics Bethesda this week, with Dave signing his graphic biography on The Carter Family and Martha Burns performing their songs. Since she was performing, I didn't get a chance to talk to him and ask about the book, but I did get the only copy of Oregon Trail they had in the store.
Afterwards I stopped across the street at South Street Steaks and avoided the Misteak Challenge. My Italian sub was just fine though.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Tickets are Now On Sale for the 2014 Baltimore Comic-Con!
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City Paper reviews Snowpiercer, a Korean film based on a French graphic novel
Snowpiercer
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
By Noah Gittell
Washington City Paper June 27, 2014
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/46030/snowpiercer-reviewed/
Josh Kramer journalism cartoon in the City Paper
The Consequences of Smoking Pot in D.C. Depend on Where You're Standing [in print on June 6, as Joint Initiative].
Teresa Roberts Logan whiteboard animation now online
http://www.storystoremedia.com/990-2/
When our friends at Blue Engine Message and Media wanted a pointed,
rational way to say coal-fueled power plants have a choice to comply
with EPA regulations, they asked us to create an animation in the
"whiteboard" genre. We enlisted popular cartoonist Teresa Roberts
Logan to lend her clever hand to the project.
Written, produced and created by the Story Store Media team.
Southern Maryland comics collectors
Kevin Rechin wins Colorado Book Award
Tumbleweed Wins Colorado Book Award
Thursday, June 26, 2014
July 1 Bonus Screening: From Up on Poppy Hill
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Tim King's Grayson featured on Daily Beast
The CIA Spook Turned Comic Book Scribe: Robin Grabs a Gun in 'Grayson'
Rich Goldstein
06.24.14
Watterson's comic art to benefit Parkinsons research in honor of Richard Thompson
Small Press Expo Announces 20th Anniversary Guests Charles Burns, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Ben Katchor
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Joe Procopio and others featured in Bethesda magazine
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Comic Riffs talks to John Romita Jr.
John Romita Jr.: Drawing Superman? Artist's new gig surprises even himself
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 24 2014
Fantom Comics needs subscribers to come in before move
Also, please note that all subscriber folders MUST be emptied by our move date of July 19th! We reopen in Dupont Circle on July 23rd, at which point pulls will continue as usual. To be clear: we will continue to pull subscriptions per normal up to the move date, we just need to have the folders cleared out on our move date.
'90s animation returns
BY LORI MCCUE
[Washington Post] Express June 25 2014, p. 22 http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/06/25/networks-are-trying-to-reel-in-millennials-by-capitalizing-on-their-90s-nostalgia-will-it-work/
Porcellino documentary to debut at SPX
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
More on the Hamanaka elephant gn at LOC
Retrofit, co-published by Big Planet Comics, announces new book
http://retrofitcomics.com/post/89763671512/theth-retrofits-first-book-with-a-spine-is-an
THETH , Retrofit's first BOOK WITH A SPINE is an 80 page epic story of the naieveté of youth, the struggle to survive the circumstances we are placed in and the ways we are influenced by those around us for better or worse. "Theth", or Seth (with a lisp) is made fun of by his peers, criticized by his family and hated by the owners of the local comic shop. In Josh Bayer's unique style we see Theth going to school on the day after John Lennon was shot. All Theth wants to do is read comics but school bullies, home bullies, teachers and weirdoes keep getting in the way. Where can Theth turn to escape from this horror?
80 pages, black and white
Shipping in a few weeks!!
DC's zines, close relatives of minicomics
DC's zinesters prove the art form is alive and well, even in the digital age
KAL on creating covers
Kevin 'Kal' Kallagher
June 24 2014
https://medium.com/the-nib/the-front-page-2f33ab69b59a