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Monday, July 16, 2012
Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - July 16, 2012
July 23: The Rabbi's Cat animation
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Damn Cartoons - AAEC 2012 con website
Washington DC
Sept. 14th & 15th, 2012
9am - 5pm
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Jack Morton Auditorium
Friday Night
Cartoon Death Match
Emceed by Todd Zuniga creator of
Literary Death Match
Mike Peters
Keith Knight
Jen Sorensen
Mark Fiore
Celebrity Judges TBD
Special Guests:
Francoise Mouly
Art Editor, The New Yorker
Steve Brodner
Tom Tomorrow
2012 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award
Presented to
Ali Ferzat ( Syria )
Aseem Trivedi ( India )
July 21: Batman Book signing with Marc Tyler Nobleman
Ever wonder how the Batman character was created? Bill the Boy Wonder: the Secret Co-Creator of Batman is the first book about the unsung man behind the Dark Knight. A struggling writer named Bill Finger was involved from the beginning, helping to invent Batman from concept to costume to character.
Join us as Marc Tyler Nobleman talks about the amazing Bill Finger and the creation of Batman, one of the most famous and beloved superheroes. Get your copy just in time to see the latest movie installment in theaters! Ages 8 and up. Saturday, July 21, 2012, 3:00 p.m., at Hooray For Books! 1555 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-548-4092, www.hooray4books.com
Friday, July 13, 2012
The Post reviews The Addams Family play
Peter Marks reviews the Kennedy Center's 'Addams Family' [in print as It's balky and it's rocky; it's altogether schlocky: Kennedy Center strikes up the brand in a lackluster 'Addams Family'
By Peter Marks,
Washington Post July 13 2012 p. C1, 7
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/peter-marks-reviews-the-kennedy-centers-addams-family/2012/07/12/gJQATfXmgW_story.html
Special cartoon feature in this week's City Paper
Lunch, Cubicled
Things Could Be Worse featured in Express
A new ComicsDC logo courtesy of Michael Pohrer (MJ)
Grab a quick Laugh! Visit my TOONED IN© Blog
Creator of:
FIDDLESTIX©
The Nightmare Diaries©
Welcome To The Jungle©
"A Cat in Paris" reviewed in Examiner
Steve and Kathy Artley's photographs of TCDS signing
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Post remembers Doug Marlette
Team Cul de Sac TONIGHT at Politics and Prose
Sparks, Chris
Artley, Steven
Auger, Michael
Belefski, Carolyn
Galifianakis, Nick
Gallant, Shannon
Lewis, Donna A.
Lunsford, Annie
Mitchell, Bono
Sutliff, Joe
Wuerker, Matt
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Truitt on Gene Simmons, Comic-Con, the Joker, Archie's Glee and others
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/Gene-Simmons-comic-book-universe/56107696/1?csp=34life
Comic-Con offers an impressive array of pop-culture stuff
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 8 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-08/San-Diego-Comic-Con-pop-culture-items/56097700/1
The Joker returns to haunt Batman this October
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/The-Joker-Batman-comic-book/56110176/1
Sidekicks past, present battle in 'Batman and Robin'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/Batman-and-Robin-comic-book-series/56115694/1
New 'Batman Incorporated' issue is 'one for the girls'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY 6/18/2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-18/Batman-Incorporated-comic-book-series/55667438/1
Archie, pals to find 'Glee' in crossover
By Matt Moore, Associated Press Jul 9 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-09/glee-joins-archie-comics/56107724/1
King Oblivion exudes evil in his 'Supervillain Handbook'
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY July 6 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-06/King-Oblivion-Supervillain-Handbook/56059062/1
Intervention 2012 details!
INITIAL GUESTS ANNOUNCED FOR INTERVENTION 2012
Noted Webcomics creators to grace Maryland's only "Internet Convention"; Founders mark convention's 3rd year of inspiring digital creators.
ROCKVILLE, MD — March 28, 2011 – The initial round of twenty-eight guests for the third annual event Intervention, Maryland's only "Internet Convention", have been announced – and, in keeping with the convention's focus, all of the guests are creators who have made a name for themselves by sharing their creations on the Internet.
Among the first announced guests are Rob Balder, creators of the webcomic Erfworld – picked as one of TIME Magazine's top 10 graphic novels of 2007 – Shaenon Garrity, creator of the award-winning Narbonic and Skinhorse webcomics, Matt Blum, Managing Editor of Wired.com's GeekDad blog, Girls With Slingshots creator Danielle Corsetto, Devil's Panties creator Jennie Breeden, Sluggy Freelance creator Pete Abrams (one of the forefathers of the webcomics movement), and T. Campbell and Phil Kahn, whose webcomic, Guilded Age, is shelved in comic book stores across the country.
These creators – and more still to be announced – will be present at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville in Rockville, MD, from September 21st through September 23rd, for a weekend celebration of cyber-culture, geek life, and the creative opportunities of the internet. The event's co-founder, Onezumi Hartstein, said, "[co-founder] James Harknell and I wanted to put together an event that would compliment the existing print-centric conventions – we wanted to showcase the creators who use the Internet as their primary publishing method. We felt that web creators needed their own space, We're giving them that with Intervention." After successful runs in 2010 and 2011, this year will mark Hartstein's third time organizing the event.
The convention also features panels, educational content, children's programming, board and video gaming, an extensive Artist Alley, Live Action Roleplaying, musical performances, and plenty of giveaways. As in past years, there will be a charity auction to benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an international non-profit digital advocacy group that helps to defend civil liberties in the digital space.
Tickets for Intervention 2012 can be bought at http://www.interventioncon.com for $35 for the full weekend (through June 30, 2012); standard pre-order prices will increase to $40 afterwards.
Sunday, July 08, 2012
The Post on Spider-Man actor and Addams Family composer
By John DeFore,
Washington Post July 8 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/andrew-garfield-shapes-a-character-web-that-suits-his-spider-man/2012/07/05/gJQAuVKtPW_story.html
Andrew Lippa, the musical force behind 'The Addams Family'
By Nelson Pressley,
Washington Post July 8 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/andrew-lippa-the-musical-force-behind-the-addams-family/2012/07/05/gJQAa1HmPW_story.html
The Post on Oatmeal lawsuit
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 6 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-oatmeal-v-funnyjunk-lawyer-why-charles-carreon-dropped-his-indiegogo-charity-lawsuit/2012/07/06/gJQAND0pQW_blog.html#pagebreak