Tuesday, April 29, 2025

::: Unified by found materials and a love for cute, these three artists will present new comics, found materials art, comics readings & performances for a DWIGHTMESS gallery blowout!

Join us May 2nd at 7pm for an opening night extension of Exclamation Point (Philly's original comic reading by Marta Syrup) and behold trash become treasure: comic readings by Erin Lisette, Marta Syrup, and Maddie Sackett joined by Eugene Eyesoak, a VHS clip show of Dwightmess video vault selections, THEN, a punk rock comic reading and performance by Shannon Spence and her band MUTAGEN !!!! 💚💚🤢💚💚

Also, we welcome Fantom Comics as our Special Guest exhibitor for the opening; visit their table and browse comics on the first floor of the compound!!

See you there! 🙃🙃🙃🗑️🗑️🗑️

Trash and Other Filth!

Erin Lissette, Shannon Spence, Marta Syrup

May 2 -June 30, 2025

Opening Reception: May 2, 2025, 7-9pm

Location: DWIGHTMESS, 805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910

Free admission and open to the public.

Light refreshments & beverages provided.

Baltimore Comic-Con 2025 Welcomes Jeff Smith

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Baltimore Comic-Con 2025 Welcomes Jeff Smith

Don't Miss FCBD This Weekend at CC&C!

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - April 28, 2025 - The 2025 Baltimore Comic-Con returns to the Inner Harbor's Baltimore Convention Center on October 17-19, 2025. The Baltimore Comic-Con is privileged to welcome comics guest Jeff Smith to this year's event. Bone fans (and everyone else!) can purchase tickets now on our website!

Jeff Smith is the writer and artist of comics and graphic novels like Bone, RASL, Tuki, Thorn, and SHAZAM: The Monster Society of Evil. Both Bone and RASL were self-published and are New York Times Bestsellers. Bone began the current YA Graphic Novel explosion by launching Scholastic Books' Graphix imprint and has won 48 national and international awards, including 10 Eisner Awards and 11 Harvey Awards and has been published around the world in 33 countries. RASL won an Eisner for Best Graphic Novel. CXC, the Columbus comics festival co-founded by Jeff, his wife Vijaya, and Lucy Caswell, celebrated its 10th year in 2024. Jeff continues to work on Deluxe Library Editions of his catalog, with Bone Part Two: Phoney Strikes Back, shipping Spring 2026.

Cartoon Books announces BONE Deluxe Edition Part One: The Valley, an oversized compilation volume that reprints the first two BONE graphic novels and is filled with bonus extras like photos, early scripts, drawings, articles and reviews, revealing the story behind the making of BONE and Cartoon Books.

This is the second book in the Cartoon Books Deluxe Edition series. The first was launched last year with Smith's THORN: The Complete Proto- BONE College Strips 1982 to 1986, collected in its entirety for the first time. The rest of the Cartoon Books library, including RASL and TUKI, will be released in Deluxe Editions in subsequent years.

The Baltimore Comic-Con will be Jeff's only 2025 show appearance outside of his home state of Ohio.

"Like all kids young and old, I love Bone!" said Marc Nathan, show promoter for the Baltimore Comic-Con. "All of Jeff's work is spectacular, but Bone holds a special place in my heart, as does Jeff. We are so excited that he is able to join us for this year's event, and people will want to make sure they get a chance to catch Jeff at this year's Baltimore Comic-Con!"

Fans in the Baltimore area will not want to miss the show's host store Cards, Comics & Collectibles' amazing Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) event featuring Baltimore Comic-Con guests and friends Jim Calafiore (Deadpool), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Mark Morales (Thor), and Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways).

Visit us on May 3, 2025 from 10am-7pm at 51 Main St., Reisterstown, MD 21136! We will have free comics all day (while they last!), plus free food and beverages!

In addition, Saturday and Sunday, get 50% off paperbacks, hardcovers, manga, Artist Editions (excludes New This Week items and subscription holds), and modern back issue bins (back issue bins and boxes only). Don't miss it!

Tickets that are now on sale include:

Weekend
Friday only
Saturday only
Sunday only
VIP

As always, children 10 and under are free with a paid adult admission!

Click to Buy Tickets

2025 GUESTS

This year's confirmed guests for the show include: Kaare Andrews (Spider-Man: REIGN 2), John Beatty (Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars), Josh Blaylock (Mercy Sparx, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Russ Braun (The Boys), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Jim Cheung (Young Avengers), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Amy Chu (Emma Frost: The White Queen), Chris Claremont (X-Men), Matthew Clark (Adventures of Superman, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Becky Cloonan (Somna), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Michael W. Conrad (Manowar: Invictus), Jeff Dekal (Something is Killing the Children), David Finch (Moon Knight), Trish Forstner (Feral), Franco (Deadman Tells the Spooky Tales), Barbara Friedlander (Swing with Scooter), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Mike Grell (Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters), Brian Haberlin (Spawn, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Incredible Hulk), Tula Lotay (Barnstormers), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons), Shawn Martinbrough (Red Hood: The Hill), Ron Marz (Green Lantern), Mike McKone (Red Goblin), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Adriana Melo (Action Comics), Josh Middleton (Aquaman), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Mark Morales (Thor), Trevor Mueller (Albert the Alien), Sarah Myers (TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures), Tom Nguyen (The Switch), Mike Norton (Battlepug, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Kevin Nowlan (Batman: Sword of Azrael), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Andrew Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), Barbara Perez Marquez (The Cardboard Kingdom), Tom Raney (Green Lantern), Amy Reeder (Power Girl), Esad Ribic (Conan the Barbarian), Afua Richardson (Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds), Craig Rousseau (Herculoids), Jim Rugg (Street Angel), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Jeff Smith (Bone), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Mark Waid (Justice League Unlimited), Keith Williams (Web of Spider-Man), Maria Wolf (Phoenix), Rich Woodall (Electric Black), John Workman (Wild Things), and Thom Zahler (Love and Capes).

In the coming weeks, look for more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking forward to highlighting our guests, the Ringo Awards, programming, and more. The latest developments can always be found on our website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages, and follow us on YouTube, TikTok, BlueSky, and Snapchat.

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

registrar@baltimorecomiccon.com - for inquiries about submitted registrations

general@baltimorecomiccon.com- for general Baltimore Comic-Con inquiries

About The Baltimore Comic-Con

The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 26th year of bringing the comic book industry to the mid-Atlantic area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

Baltimore Comic-Con | P.O. Box 917 | Reisterstown, MD 21136 US

Mike Hawthorne was at Four State Comic Con in Hagerstown, MD

Missed it!

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Indie Comics will fill your heart

The convention seasons begins!

Mike Hawthorne

Apr 28

This weekend I attended my first convention of this year's comic con season. Four State Comic Con in Hagerstown, Maryland. It was a pleasant, leisurely start to the front facing part of this job, which can be challenging for a introvert-leaning dude like me.

This show as unique for me though. This is the first time I attended a show with my new creator-owned comic on my table. Something I haven't done in a very, very long time.

Normally folks come to me for signed Batman, Deadpool, etc. They kindly support my work, but the work I do for clients.

This time out, I had some Hysteria: One Man Gang comics with me (made possible thanks to the wonderful folks who backed the Kickstarter!) It made for a new feeling for me, a strange nervousness about "pitching" my book to folks when they're expecting a new Batman comic from me.

Some times people would give me a funny look. I subtle disbelief that I'm doing this instead of, you know… more mainstream comics.

Then I let go and talk about the comic. I catch myself sounding… proud?…maybe?

Hysteria was how I started my career. It's the comic I self published at the birth of this comics life, the book I wanted to draw my entire career. A plan that changed as I was fortunate enough to get dream gig after dream gig. But Hysteria never left my mind.

continued at https://mikehawthorneart.substack.com/p/indie-comics-will-fill-your-heart

Ann Telnaes criticized by the usual crowd

Trump Media Indignant at Telnaes' Trump Swastika Baton Toon

D. D. Degg

Daily Cartoonist April 27 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/27/right-wing-media-indignant-at-telnaes-trump-swastika-baton-toon/