PR: Fantom Comics Launches New Website: SubcultureForTheCultured.com

It's Halloween, and Fantom Comics is officially celebrating our 5th anniversary by launching a brand new website:   http://subcultureforthecultured.com/   This is the site that puts comic books at the center of the entertainment universe, and will provide our followers with all of the comic-related things that we at Fantom Comics are excited about ourselves.   The launch of the new site is timed to coincide with Halloween 2010, which brings something that we are very excited about: Tonight's premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC TV. At 10:00 PM tonight we will have the opportunity to experience the first true adaptation of a comic book to a TV series in recent memory - and possibly ever! We've been following this book since it was first published in 2003, and have been selling the monthly issues as well as the trade paperback collections like hotcakes since we opened Fantom Comics in 2005. Subculture for the Cultured is honoring this historic event by featuring 2 new columns dedicated to The Walking Dead. These columns are designed to enhance your appreciation of a series that is sure to be another hit for AMC. Could we see our first Eisner winner become an Emmy winner? Tune in or at least hit the record button on your DVR to find out.   Subculture for the Cultured  also provides an ongoing column for The Comics Journeyman, an imaginary-yet-well-traveled comic book character who will serve as the de facto host of Subculture for the Cultured. Check out The Comics Journeyman's post on the historical significance of tonight's The Walking Dead premiere, as well as a design contest inviting any artistically inclined folks to submit designs for exactly what The Comics Journeyman will look like. For a character who is as colorful as all of the comic books he has read in his life, the dude needs a visual representation....   We hope you like what you find at SubcultureForTheCultured.com and return often. To ensure that you don't miss anything, be sure to add each column to your RSS feed by subscribing to posts, or follow each column by using the Google Friend Connect link which can also be used to link in your Twitter account.   And as always, please share this email with your friends by forwarding or clicking the "Share This" link above. The more people we can connect with through our email list, the better.   Happy Zombie Watching!   Fantom Comics Union Station - 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002 | 202-216-9478 www.fantomcomics.com

In Between the Panels: DC’s Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene

In Between the Panels: DC's Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene

http://www.wnba-books.org/wash/events.php#graphicnovel

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Busboys & Poets, 5th & K Streets, Washington, DC
Cost: FREE and open to the public!

The Women's National Book Association, DC Chapter will sponsor a panel discussion on the DC graphic novel scene. The panel for the event, to be held at Busboys & Poets in Mt. Vernon, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., will include Carolyn Belefski, Molly Lawless, Matt Dembicki, and Mike Rhode. The event is free and open to the public.

Carolyn Belefski is the mastermind behind the web comic Curls. She is also one of the creators of several other comic books: Kid Roxy, Black Magic Tales, and The Legettes, and an indefatigable (nightly) poster to her blog, Sketch Before Sleep. Her work has appeared in USA WEEKEND Magazine, The Commonwealth Times, Virginia Living Magazine, Magic Bullet, CROQ Zine, and The Pulse on COMICON.com. Ms. Belefski is a nominee for the Kim Yale Award for Most Talented Newcomer for 2010.

Matt Dembicki is a DC-based cartoonist whose work includes the award-winning nature parable Mr. Big, The Great White Shark Story, Xoc, and The Brewmaster's Castle, about legendary DC brewer Christian Heurich. His latest anthology, Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection, has received rave reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal and has been nominated as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. In addition to his own work, Dembicki also hosts kids' workshops in the DC area and beyond on making comic books.

Molly Lawless, a Boston native, moved to the DC area in 2005. She has self-published mini comics as well as a compilation, Infandum! Ad Infinitum. She is currently working on a full-length graphic novel for McFarland Publishing titled Hit by Pitch. She is an avid blogger and includes stories about her family in her daily posts.

Mike Rhode, panel moderator, is co-author of the comics research bibliography, editor of Exhibition and Media Reviews for the International Journal of Comic Art, and a contributing writer for Hogan's Alley. In 2008, he was named Best (Comics) Art Blogger by the Washington City Paper for his Comics DC blog. Rhode edited Harvey Pekar: Conversations, a book of interviews with the late underground comic book writer and author of American Splendor published by the University Press of Mississippi. He has written for the Comics Journal and was selected as an RFK Journalism Awards judge for the editorial cartoon division of Comics Journal in 2009 and 2010. Rhode currently writes about comics for the City Paper.

This event is FREE and open to the public!

Jim Dougan's "SAM & LILAH" webcomic updated

Jim DouganNovember 1, 2010 at 6:43pm Subject: SAM & LILAH: The Conclusion of Chapter 3! It's the conclusion of Chapter 3! http://www.facebook.com/l/06500yrQ6t7CdAgQ7JcYTEdfFgw;www.activatecomix.com/42-3-35.comic In case you were wondering, it's right after this where the story from the ACT-I-VATE PRIMER takes place. What? You mean you haven't read the PRIMER? What are you waiting for? Pick up a copy at your local comic shop, or here: http://www.facebook.com/l/065003nD3_w_CO3wlnXtsDr-iqw;www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600105289 If you're a little behind, get caught up here: Chapter 1: http://www.facebook.com/l/06500qXajBF284yvfLWXvcxhx7Q;www.activatecomix.com/42-1-1.comic Chapter 2: http://www.facebook.com/l/06500waiWvCRTE0rVYSnTPHvWKg;www.activatecomix.com/42-2-1.comic Chapter 3: http://www.facebook.com/l/06500zfzmMFivCf53IUYOarCMJw;www.activatecomix.com/42-3-1.comic We'll be back later this month with the beginning of CHAPTER FOUR!! In the meantime, here's where to go for all the OTHER great comix at ACT-I-VATE: http://www.facebook.com/l/06500VGvBgc_-CyfVtEthKDaiIg;www.activatecomix.com

News from KAL

Kal writes in:

I have finally posted some pics and info from my recent cartoon-related trip to Russia. I also wanted to mention the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco has now made the official announcement of the open of my show later this week. ( http://cartoonart.org/2010/11/drawn-from-the-economist-the-editorial-art-of-kal/) I will at a reception at the Museum November 12.

Many thanks!

Best

Kal

Kevin Kallaugher

kal@kaltoons.com

www.Kaltoons.com

New Luna Brothers interview online

Just a couple of days ago, I had a short interview with the Luna Brothers. Now one of the big comics sites has a longer one:

SWORD's Final Cut: The Luna Brothers & Their HC
By Chris Arrant, Newsarama 01 November 2010

Nov 11: Galifianakis returns to Falls Church

Well, actually he lives there. But on Nov 11th, he won't be hiding in his studio.

Cartoonist Nick Galafianakis at ArtSpace
By FALLS CHURCH TIMES STAFF
November 2, 2010

Fredericksburg's editorial cartoonist Clay Jones blogging on election

The Daily Cartoonist noted that Fredericksburg's editorial cartoonist Clay Jones is blogging on tonight on the election

Nov 3: Orson Scott Card chat at Washington Post

Nov 3 at 1 pm, Orson Scott Card will chat at the Washington Post website, but you can submit questions now. Card wrote Iron Man, among other titles.

Marvel recently (Oct 28) put out a press release about Card's return to writing comics:

Marvel & Orson Scott Card Bring FORMIC WARS To Life!

New York Times best-selling author Orson Scott Card revolutionized science-fiction with Ender's Game and now returns to write the most requested sci-fi story in the world with Marvel Entertainment in February's Formic Wars #1 (of 7). Selling millions of copies worldwide, Ender's Game is one of the most popular science fiction epics of all time, with fans begging for Card to tell the origins of this universe! Now Orson Scott Card himself, teaming with co-writer Aaron Johnston and rising star artist Giancarlo Caracuzzo, returns to write the prequel in graphic fiction format. Long before Ender Wiggin fought the Third Formic War, humans battled the Formics on our own turf. Twice. Outgunned and unprepared, the human race stands on the brink of total annihilation.

"I've been so happy with Marvel's comic-book adaptation of Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Ender in Exile and Speaker of the Dead that I wanted my long-imagined story of the Formic Wars to appear first in this wonderfully visualized form," said Orson Scott Card, "With a whole new set of characters, putting together a ragtag fleet of improvised and adapted spacecraft to take on an alien invader, I think these are some of the best, most inspiring stories in the Ender's Game future history, and through the work of Marvel's great team of writers and artists, my tales are coming to life with a power and reality I never could have managed on my own."

This action-packed prequel to Ender's Game answers the questions fans have been asking while delivering a jaw-dropping story perfect for new  readers.

"There are few writers as prolific and popular as Orson Scott Card," said David Gabriel, SVP Sales & Circulation, Marvel Entertainment. "We're extremely thrilled to bring Formic Wars to life for the first time in any medium and even more excited to have Orson Scott Card at the helm. If you're a fan of the Ender's books, or just a fan of classic sci-fi, you won't want to miss this series."

The most requested sci-fi action-thriller of the century is now here-you can't afford to miss Formic Wars #1, hitting comic shops in February 2011.

Plus, don't miss the graphic fiction adaptations of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, now available in hardcover collections at comic shops and book stores nationwide!

For more on Orson Scott Card and Ender's Game, please visit www.hatrack.com and www.marvel.com

Cul de Sac picks up another paper

Comics page offers something new today*
Mansfield News Journal November 1, 2010

*i.e. a fine, fine strip produced here in America, and not outsourced to North Korea.

Nov 17: In Between the Panels: DC's Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene

Matt Dembicki, Carolyn Belefski and Molly Lawless will talk about comics, moderated by me. 

 

In Between the Panels: DC's Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene
Wednesday, November 17 at 6:00pm
Location: Busboys & Poets, 5th & K Streets location

Reasons to pick up the Oct 28th Onion

The paper's still on the stands and has a cartoon by 'Kelly' (ie Ward Sutton) criticizing Bil Keane for licensing a Family Circus movie, an interview with Frank Darabont on the Walking Dead tv show, and an interview with Brendon Small of the animated Metalocalypse.

Post recommends 22-year-old out-of-print Dracula comic book

In the field of news you can't use, the Post recommended Scarlet in Gaslight a comic series published 22 years ago by a minor publisher, as a Dracula story you should read. I beg to disagree.

Fiore's GU appearance covered again

From Pink Slip to Pulitzer: Mark Fiore
October 28, 2010 | by G'town Gravyboat
By  KATIE KINDELAN
http://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/pink-slip-pulitzer-mark-fiore

Linda Holmes teases Simpsons interview on NPR

Right here.

Parade Magazine in Sunday's Post features Peanuts article

It's online too.

Lessons From The Great Pumpkin
Eric Konigsberg
Parade October 31, 2010

'The Millions' recommends Cul de Sac

If You Don’t Read “Cul de Sac,” You Really Probably Should
By Jacob Lambert
The Millions October 30, 2010

Oct 31: Beyond Comics Walking Dead Premiere Party

order="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> B E Y O N D      C O M I C S Event Update Don't miss the coolest Party of the Year! Walking Dead Premiere Party Sunday October 31st 9:30 to 11:30 at WOW Frederick 5100 Buckeystown Pike Frederick, MD Directions: Visit Our Facebook Info Website Here. Check us out on Facebook    Halloween Discounts Come Buy Either  IN YOUR COSTUME store get 30% OFF any Graphic Novel Bring in a foodbank donation between now and November 6, 2010 and get 20% OFF a graphic novel. (Excludes on hold items and new arrivals. One item per person per day.) Sunday Oct 31st Walking Dead Television Premiere Event Sunday October 31 9:30 to 11:30 WOW Frederick 5100 Buckeystown Pike #174 Frederick, MD Click for Details! Second Commercial This is the Second Version of the Zombie Commercial Email Contacts Gaithersburg John Shine   Frederick Mike Imboden Jon Cohen INFO Facebook Website eBay Store New Items Added 7/1/10 Sign up for our eBay Newsletter Amazon Store Twitter Newsletter Signup Details Zombie Contest Give Aways Special Menu Walking Dead Premeier 10:00 - 11:30 Admission: Canned Goods for the Foodbank DIrections: From I-270 Exit Buckeystown Pike (Route 85) West Pass Crestwood Blvd Pass Mimi's Cafe Take next right into shopping Center Please Note, some items are not available at all store locations. For more information please speak with any store representative. Some items may also be allocated by the manufacturer and may not be available. Beyond Comics does not guarantee items being in stock; however we will do our best to keep them available. Email: Gaithersburg John Shine Mgr or Frederick Mike Imboden Mgr Gaithersburg Store 536 North Frederick Ave Gaithersburg, MD (301) 216-0007 Hours: M,Tu 11-8; W-Sat 10-9; Sun 12-6 Frederick Store 5632 Route 85 Frederick, MD (301) 668-8202 Hours: M,Tu 10-8; W-Sat 10-9; Sun 12-6

New book reviews posted at Wash City Paper

A little bit of a Halloween theme here -

International Ink: Pirates, Ghosts, and Wookies, Oh My!

 by Mike Rhode on Oct. 29, 2010

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2010/10/29/international-ink-pirates-ghosts-and-wookies-oh-my/ 

Express on Walking Dead and Tamara Drewe

Picking Zombie Brains: John Bernthal, Star of 'The Walking Dead,' Hometown Boy
By Jennifer Barger
Express October 29, 2010

Beyond Drawn: 'Tamara Drewe', in Theaters [published as 'Tactful Transition'].
By Kristen Page-Kirby
Express October 29, 2010

Mark Fiore's GU appearance

Given that this event was sponsored by the Journalism department, I'm a little surprised this article isn't credited - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Satires Politics (October 28, 2010). Fiore was a good speaker, and showed about 5 of his cartoons.