Help Patients Battling Blood Cancer at the 15th Annual Baltimore Comic-Con

CORRECTED! Help Patients Battling Blood Cancer at the 15th Annual Baltimore Comic-Con Register as a Bone Marrow Donor    BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - August 29, 2014 - Seth Kushner is a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, NY, and a proud member of the Bay Ridge community, where he and his wife, Terra are raising their almost-five-year-old son. Seth grew up knowing he wanted to be an artist and began a career as a photographer. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, L'Uomo Vogue, Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker, and other publications. Published books include The Brooklynites, Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origins of American Comics, and upcoming New York Comics. Seth is co-founder of TripCity.net, home to his CulturePOP photocomix and Schmuck comics. In 2013, Seth co-founded HANG DAI Editions, an independent publishing imprint. Back in April, Seth was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and was told he needed a bone marrow transplant. Thankfully, Seth has found a bone marrow match and a transplant has been scheduled, but there are many other patients out there that need your help. Seth and his family and friends are encouraging everyone to become someone's real-life hero. Become a registered bone marrow donor at the Baltimore Comic-Con . All it takes is completing a registration form and swabbing the inside of your cheeks. In less than five minutes, you can potentially save a life! Seth speaks with his son on FaceTime every morning and draws one superhero per day, which Terra brings home for their son. Seth stays positive and is confident he will beat his disease. ART AUCTION The art created for the 2014 Baltimore Comic-Con Yearbook will be auctioned off at the Baltimore Comic-Con Art Auction at 5pm on Saturday, September 6th in our Main hall, with art displayed in the Exclusives Booth throughout the day. A portion of the proceeds from the auction will go to Seth Kushner and his fight against leukemia. Seth is a frequent guest of the Baltimore Comic-Con and we are looking forward to his return to the show in 2015! To learn more about Seth and to contribute to his cause, please go to http://www.gofundme.com/d8gc2o.   DELETE BLOOD CANCER FACTS  Delete Blood Cancer DKMS was founded in the U.S. in 2004 and is the U.S. arm of DKMS, the German bone marrow donor center. DKMS was started by a family whose search for a donor inspired 68,000 people to register in just one year. Today, Delete Blood Cancer and DKMS make up the world's largest bone marrow donor center with branches around the globe that have registered more than 4 million donors and provided more than 40,000 patients with potentially life-saving transplants. In the U.S., Delete Blood Cancer has registered more than 500,000 potential donors and facilitated over 1,500 life-saving transplants. We have registered more than 100,000 new donors per year in the past two years. But they're not stopping there. They lead the fight against blood cancer by working with families, communities, and organizations to recruit more donors and provide more patients with second chances at life. Delete Blood Cancer is dedicated to their mission of building a critical mass of bone marrow and blood stem cell donors for patients in need. By educating about the donation process, demonstrating the impact of donation, and providing support and counsel to their patients and donors, they serve to grow their donor center and, ultimately, help more people. The donors they register are added to the Be The Match® Registry, the official registry of the United States operated by the National Marrow Donor Program®. This registry currently includes more than 11 million donors, of which more than 38 percent have been recruited by Delete Blood Cancer and DKMS combined. Register online at deletebloodcancer.org, text DELETE to 20222 to donate $5, contribute at deletebloodcancer.org, or fund raise via firstgiving.com/dkms. Delete Blood Cancer will be exhibiting at the Baltimore Comic-Con in booth #2503. Please stop by to learn how you can help!    TICKETS General Admission and VIP Package tickets for Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are now on sale! Visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets/ for more information and to purchase your advanced tickets now! In the coming weeks, look for more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking forward to highlighting our guests, the Harvey Awards, industry exclusives, and programming. The latest developments can always be found on our website, Twitter, and Facebook pages. Please take a moment to help us spread this message using the social media links embedded, reposting, or retweeting!   Contact Information Please use the following e-mail addresses to contact the Baltimore Comic-Con: press@baltimorecomiccon.com- for any general press inquiries or to be added to our PR distribution promoter@baltimorecomiccon.com- for requesting exhibitor, publisher, and Artist Alley applications registrar@baltimorecomiccon.com- for inquiries about submitted registrations harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com- for the Harvey Awards ceremony and banquet general@baltimorecomiccon.com- for general Baltimore Comic-Con inquiries   About The Baltimore Comic-Con The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 14th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com. About The Harvey Awards The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. With a history of over 20 years, the last 9 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only industry awards nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. For more information, please visit www.harveyawards.org.

9/25: George Perez at Third Eye Comics

Thursday 9/25/14

   at THIRD EYE ANNAPOLIS

Click here for event info on FACEBOOK.

First 20 in line receive a FREE gift!

Signing from 11AM-1PM!

Richard Thompson continues to have killer blog posts

The latest is nominally on Chiaroscuro.

Takoma Park Library's comics blog

Takoma Park Library's comics blog done by Dave Burbank is at The Comics Stacks.

Thanks to Randy T. for the tip. 

Read a long, but interesting, Bob Staake interview, pre-National Book Festival

Illustrator Bob Staake on Dark Humor, New Yorker Covers, and Analog Art in a Digital World

 by Mike Rhode on Aug. 28, 2014
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2014/08/28/illustrator-bob-staake-on-dark-humor-new-yorker-covers-and-analog-art-in-a-digital-world/

9/4: “Mouseguard” Author/Illustrator David Peterson, in Takoma Park

"Mouseguard" Author/Illustrator David Peterson, Thursday September 4, 7:30 p.m. at the Library:  This award-winning graphic novelist will talk about his books and do a drawing demonstration.

Takoma Park Library
7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD

Cartoons and comics at the Library of Congress

Celebrating the Graphic Tradition at the National Book Festival

August 28, 2014  http://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2014/08/celebrating-the-graphic-tradition-at-the-national-book-festival/

The following is a guest post by Sara Duke, Curator of Popular & Applied Graphic Arts, Prints & Photographs Division.

Sam Ellis of Archer and Adventure Time will be at Fantom tomorrow

Meet Sam Ellis at Fantom on Friday, August 28th! View this email in your browser Sam Ellis at Fantom Comics Archer character designer & Adventure Time writer/artist hits DC Grab your blackest turtleneck, cook up some sugar peas, and prepare for things to get REDONK because we've got artist Sam Ellis in the store for a signing! Mr. Ellis has worked with the likes of BOOM! Studios, Cartoon Network, Disney Interactive, Marvel, and was the principle designer for FX's award-winning show, Archer! He's also the co-writer and artist for this month's Adventure Time #31! The first 20 kids will receive a free Adventure Time sketch. He'll be hanging out with us this Friday, Aug 29th from 5 to 8pm, so swing on by and join the fun! Just don't drop any crumbs on the floor. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU GET ANTS. We'll have Adventure Time comics and Archer books and cards available for signing.

"Things" in MSU Library's Comic Art Collection

Special collection libraries tend to gather odd material, and sometimes things that aren't books. Michigan State University is where I send a lot of material too, and some of it will end up either categorized as realia or comic art paraphernalia. These are the types of things that can really spice up an exhibit.  

I'll be sending some more of this to them after the holiday, items passed along from my sister's kids.

The Express on ‘BoJack Horseman’

Netflix's 'BoJack Horseman' stalls right out of the gate

By Rudi Greenberg Express August 28 2014, p. 47

http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/08/28/netflixs-bojack-horseman-stalls-right-out-of-the-gate/

Sept 13: Steve Loya's Splotch Monster exhibit opens

• RETURN OF THE SPLOTCH MONSTER

  September 13 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm

• Art Enables 2204 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, District of Columbia 20018

Opening Reception featuring the Splotch Monster Art of Steve Loya

Georgetown prof quoted on Princess Fragrant

Can This Cartoon Muslim Princess Soothe China's Ethnic Tensions?
Promoting unity through animation
JEANNE KIM

AUG 27 2014, HTTP://WWW.THEATLANTIC.COM/INTERNATIONAL/ARCHIVE/2014/08/CAN-THIS-CARTOON-MUSLIM-PRINCESS-SOOTHE-CHINAS-ETHNIC-TENSIONS/379215/

""From a Westerner's point of view, trying to patch over extreme ethnic tensions with a cutesy cartoon portrayal of a minority woman might seem problematic—like screening Disney's Pocahontas after Wounded Knee," James Millward, professor of Chinese and Central Asian History at Georgetown University, said. "

Cavna on the Green Turtle

Hero emerges from history's shell with modern edge [online as The Green Turtle returns in 'The Shadow Hero,' by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny LiewBy Michael Cavna 

Washington Post August 27, p. C3

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-green-turtle-returns-in-the-shadow-hero-by-gene-luen-yang-and-sonny-liew/2014/08/26/dcea0020-26e3-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html  

I also liked this book a lot and recommend it.

The Post on Bone, Intervention, Frank Miller and BoJack Horseman

For new 'Sin City,' Frank Miller draws out performances that go beyond the scripted [in print as Drawn to direct: As Frank miller brings his 'Sin City back to screen, he's still the consummate artist].

By Michael Cavna Washington Post August 22 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/for-new-sin-city-frank-miller-draws-out-performances-that-go-beyond-the-scripted/2014/08/21/00f4ecc0-2944-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html

 

'BoJack Horseman': The equine ennui of a Hollywood stud [in print as Netflix's new 'BoJack Horseman': A Hollywood stud's equine ennui.

 Hank Stuever

Washington Post August 22 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/bojack-horseman-the-equine-ennui-of-a-hollywood-stud/2014/08/21/8898ce74-27f2-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html

 

INTERVENTION CON 2014: Co-founder Oni Hartstein cultivates D.C. region as geek-rich soil

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog August 26 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/08/26/intervention-con-2014-co-founder-oni-hartstein-cultivates-d-c-region-as-geek-rich-soil/

 

Bone in 'Mr. Bone Goes to Washington'

Jeff Smith will be at the Graphic Novels Super Session at 9 p.m. at the Library of Congress National Book Festival.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/bone-in-mr-bone-goes-to-washington/2014/08/27/4870f3fc-2e29-11e4-9b98-848790384093_graphic.html

The Express on The Simpsons

'The Simpsons' and I chat about FOX, binge-watching and family [in print as That's Impossible: My chat with 'The Simpsons'.]

By Marc Silver Express August 25 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/08/25/the-simpsons-and-i-chat-about-fox-binge-watching-and-family/

Small Press Expo Announces Programming Slate for SPX 2014

Small Press Expo Announces the SPX 2014 Programming Schedule For Immediate Release            Contact: Warren Bernard                                                   Phone: 301-537-4615                                                   E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com   Bethesda, Maryland; August 28, 2014 – The Small Press Expo is pleased to announce the SPX 2014 Programming Schedule.  SPX continuing the festival's 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 13th and 14th. SPX 2014 programming highlights include special Q&A sessions with headline guests Lynda Barry, Jules Feiffer, Charles Burns, Raina Telgemeier, Drew Friedman. Eleanor Davis, Mimi Pond and John Porcellino, many of whom will also join in other panel discussions. Highlights of this year's panel discussions will include: - James Sturm, former art/cartoon editor and contributor to Seattle's The Stranger, leads Jules Feiffer, Tom Tomorrow, Charles Burns, Ben Katchor and Lynda Barry in a roundtable discussion about the impact of the diversity of comics that came out of the alt-weekly newspaper world. - Michael DeForge, Simon Hanselmann and Patrick Kyle kick off their book tour as guests of a special session of Inkstuds Live, hosted by Robin McConnell and guest host Brandon Graham. - Stories of Girlhood has Jillian Tamaki, Ellen Lindner, Aisha Franz and Mellissa Mendez discussing the distinction between comics for young girls and comics about girlhood. - Bob Mankoff, Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker, gives an overview of the history and future of the distinctive single panel cartoon strongly associated with that esteemed magazine. - Frémok artists Yvan Alagbé and Dominique Goblet, also exhibiting at SPX, will discuss their work and the roots of avant-garde comics within the Francophone world.   - The debut screening of Root Hog or Die, a new documentary about iconic minicomics artist John Porcellino, with the artist and director Dan Stafford in attendance.  - Spanish Language Comics has Columbian comics editor Daniel Jiménez Quiroz talking with Spanish comics critic Santiago Garcia, Colombian comics critic Pablo Guerra, and North American editor Scott Brown talks about the current state of Spanish and South American comics. - Our annual hands-on comics workshop, led this year by Josh Bayer and Sally Cantirino from the Sequential Artists Workshop. The complete SPX 2014 Programming Schedule with full descriptions and participants may be found at http://www.spxpo.com/spx-2014-programming. This year is the ninth year that SPX programming has been organized by Programming Coordinator Bill Kartalopoulos. Kartalopoulos is a comics educator, critic and curator who is the Series Editor of the critically acclaimed, Best American Comics series from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He is the publisher of Rebus Books, and has taught classes about comics at SVA and Parsons The New School for Design. Programming will run on Saturday September 13 from 11:30AM  until 7PM and Sunday September 14 from 12:30PM until 6PM.

Joe Procopio and Nick Galifianakis' new comic strip

Joe noted on Facebook:

"I had the exciting opportunity to write and art direct this seven-page history of the IMF in comic strip form with the talented Nick Galifianakis. It is appearing in the special 70th anniversary issue of "F&D Magazine" published quarterly by the IMF. It was such a pleasure working so closely with Nick and getting to try my hand at producing something in a medium I'm obviously passionate about. Hope you enjoy it..."

Confronting Crisis

FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT, September 2014, Vol. 51, No. 3

Joe Procopio and Nick Galifianakis

Global cooperation and the International Monetary Fund

The strip is at http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2014/09/procopio.htm or http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2014/09/pdf/procopio.pdf

8/30: Cartoonists at the National Book Festival

Cartoonists' schedules at the National Book Festival 

10:00 am-10:30 am

Jeffrey Brown

11:00 am-noon

11:20 am-11:50 am

Dav Pilkey

12:30 pm-1:30 pm

12:45 pm-1:30 pm	Andrew Aydin	2:00 pm-3:00 pm
12:45 pm-1:30 pm	Rep. John Lewis	2:00 pm-3:00 pm

2:00 pm-2:30 pm

Brian Biggs

3:00 pm-4:00 pm

2:40 pm-3:10 pm

Bob Staake

3:30 pm-4:30 pm

4:40 pm-5:10 pm

Jules Feiffer

3:30 pm-4:30 pm

4:40 pm-5:10 pm

Gene Luen Yang

3:30 pm-4:30 pm

Graphic Novels Super Session

Time	Author	Signing
6:00 pm-6:35 pm	Raina Telgemeier	7:00 pm-8:00 pm
6:45 pm-7:20 pm	Bryan Lee O'Malley	8:00 pm-9:00 pm
7:30 pm-8:05 pm	Vivek Tiwary	8:30 pm-9:30 pm
7:30 pm-8:05 pm	Kyle Baker	8:30 pm-9:30 pm
8:15 pm-8:50 pm	Liza Donnelly	9:00 pm-10:00 pm
9:00 pm-9:45 pm	Jeff Smith	7:30 pm-8:30 pm

There will be a raffle during the Graphic Novel super session in the evening. Jeff Smith and Vivek Tiwary have donated signed items, with promises from some of the others. You must be present to win.

Politics and Prose 3rd Annual Graphic Novel Panel on Sept. 14

5015 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington DC 20008 (202) 364-1919 (800) 722-0790 Monday-Saturday: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Modern Times Coffeehouse opens daily at 8 a.m. We're doing it again! P&P is pleased to present our third annual graphic novel panel, featuring some of the most talented authors and artists of the form. The artists represent a wide array of graphic styles and include: Farel Dalrymple, wielder of all manner of strangeness in The Wrenchies (First Second); Gareth Hinds, whose thought-provoking graphic retelling of Romeo and Juliet (Candlewick) follows his highly regarded Beowulf and The Odyssey; and Jim Rugg, whose Street Angel (Adhouse Books) uses artwork evocative of golden age comics to provide a cleverly satirical alternative to the traditional superhero narrative. Heidi MacDonald will moderate our discussion. She is the creator of The Beat, a daily online resource for all things comics, from breaking news to reviews and editorials. She is also a long time comics correspondent and editor for Publisher's Weekly. Her knowledge and insight make her a unique and exciting choice to moderate the panel discussion. Ages 15 and up   Save the Date! Raina Telgemeier Sisters Dave Roman Astronaut Academy: Re-entry Jimmy Gownley The Dumbest Idea Ever! September 6 at 3:30 p.m. at Politics & Prose Three graphic novels for younger teens focus on the struggles and relationships of school and family. The long-awaited companion to Telgemeier's perpetually bestselling, Eisner Award winning graphic memoir Smile focuses on Raina's relationship with her sister. The kids (and cyborgs) are back for another school year at Roman's Astronaut Academy, playing fireball (go Chibi Sesame Seeds!) and giving their hearts away to their crushes (although sometimes the hearts get eaten). Gownley, creator of the Amelia Rules series, shares the tensions and triumphs of his own teen years, when he began self-publishing comics and met with a brief flush of fame, in his graphic memoir. Ages 11 – 14   Eleanor Davis How to be Happy   Scott Campbell Hug Machine September 15 at 7:30 p.m. September 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Takoma Park Library (MD) Eleanor Davis earned a devoted following with her comics and editorial illustrations. Her first collection of literary graphic stories showcases her extraordinary range. The images always complement the narratives, which explore a full spectrum of emotions. Ages 15 and up (Fantagraphics)   at Politics & Prose Watch out! The hug machine is coming! And no one, no matter how grumpy or mean, can resist his hugs. This whimsical, sweet, and charming book from Scott Campbell will conquer the world, one hug at a time. Campbell's earlier work includes numerous comics, children's books, and the Great Showdowns series. Ages 4 – 6 (Atheneum) Contact Us 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW www.politics-prose.com e-mail: books@politics-prose.com children & teens on twitter: KidsandProse facebook: politicsandprose tumblr: kidsandprose.tumblr.com

Sept 5: 2nd Annual Drink and Draw at Baltimore Comic Con

2nd Annual Drink and Draw at Baltimore Comic Con

Friday, September 5th from 6-9 p.m. (or longer) at Hooters in the Inner Harbor

Organizer Joe Sutliff will provide paper and pens. Sketches and donated art will be sold, and the money donated to TCDS via Chris Sparks.

Apparently Intervention Con had a complainer

The "story" follows. I couldn't make it this year, due to travel, but the people who have been there in the past years seem to be enjoying themselves. Rate this pfffft, and move on. Heidi's got plenty of other good stuff on her site, The Beat.

Update: People had a good time at Intervention

08/26/2014 by Heidi MacDonald
http://comicsbeat.com/update-people-had-a-good-time-at-intervention/

Comic Riffs on Matt Bors cartoon

MICHAEL BROWN CARTOON: How the New York Times turned Matt Bors' satire into real prescience

By Michael Cavna Washington Post Comic Riffs blog August 25 2014
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/08/25/michael-brown-cartoon-how-the-new-york-times-turned-matt-bors-satire-into-real-prescience/