'Dork Diaries' author lives in Northern VA

These books are written novels with cartoon illustrations...

 

The Grown-Up Behind a Tween Phenomenon 

By LESLIE KAUFMAN 

New York Times March 26 2013 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/books/dork-diaries-by-rachel-renee-russell.html

Milk and cookies in comics

Local comics creator Josh Kramer has a spread in the recent edition of the Washington City Paper, both in print and online. Check out his story "A Day in the Life of a Milk and Cookies Food Truck: What's It Like Being Captain Cookie?"

Batman's Arlington visit

Photos: Batman Visits Arlington YMCA

  ARLnow.com March 25, 2013
http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/25/photos-batman-visits-arlington-ymca/

Popular Culture Association meeting in DC this week

Beginning on March 27th, the Popular Culture Association is meeting in DC at the Marriot Wardman Park hotel by the zoo. To attend you need to be a member, and registered, but they have 17 Comics Area panels planned: http://ncp.pcaaca.org/schedule/topic/all?field_topic_area_value=1010

March 25 at 4 pm: Brad Meltzer live on BookTrib.com

Live Chat with BRAD MELTZER on March 25 at 4 p.m. EST on BookTrib.com!  http://booktrib.com/live-chat-with-author-brad-meltzer/

 

This is the next installment in a new series of 20 Live Chats on BookTrib.com to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of Meryl Moss Media Relations promoting authors. BookTrib is a book/publishing website that features book news, reviews, custom online promotions including giveaways, contests, live author chats, and more.

 

During the chat viewers can ask Brad questions directly and we will be giving away free copies of THE FIFTH ASSASSIN to several lucky winners.

 

Attend the event simply by going to BookTrib.com at 4 p.m. ET.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Veronica Grossman

Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc.

Celebrating 20 years working with authors

155 Post Road East, Suite 8

Westport, CT 06880

203-226-0199

@BookTrib

www.booktrib.com                  

www.mediamuscle.com

 

 

 

District Comics Spotted at the National Building Museum

Courtesy of Chris Ingram.

March 30: Cards Comics & Collectibles Welcomes Steve Conley Signing In Store

Press Release For Immediate Release

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

Staake contest results in The Post

Three weeks ago, The Post ran a special contest due to having run 1000 of Bob Staake's cartoons.

Today, they published the results.

The Post reviews The Croods cartoon

Mammoth fun, with a message
By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post March 22, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/the-croods,1158797/critic-review.html

Awesome Con DC Newsletter - Surprise Guest Announcement!

Awesome Con DC is April 20-21, 2013! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Important Info: April 20-21, 2013 Saturday 10-7 Sunday 10-5 BUY TICKETS HERE Single Day Ticket - $15 Two Day Ticket - $25 VIP Pass - $75 Kids <11 - FREE Washington Convention Center Washington, DC 20001 Mt. Vernon Square Metro station (Green/Yellow lines) Text/call (240)346-0399 for more info Buffy's Nicholas Brendon is Coming to DC!   There's less than a month left until Awesome Con DC and we are pulling out ALL the stops!! This is your chance to meet Nicholas Brendon! Nicholas Brendon is best known to audiences as the sardonic Xander Harris on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," a role he played for the seven-year run of the show. He's currently recurring as FBI technical analyst Kevin Lynch on the hit CBS series "Criminal Minds," was recently featured in a four-episode arc on the ABC drama "Private Practice," and also starred in the Fox comedy "Kitchen Confidential." We've also added: -The Walking Dead's Theodus Crane -Wolverine co-creator Herb Trimpe -30 Days of Night co-creator Ben Templesmith -Click Here for the full guest list (updated regularly) We encourage you to buy tickets early. Lines are expected at registration. If you've already bought your tickets, you'll get in a lot faster.  Adventure Time #15 This variant cover is EXCLUSIVE to Awesome Con DC's VIP Passholders. Click the ticket link to get your VIP pass before they're sold out!  Regular Show #1 This exclusive Awesome Con DC variant will be on sale at the Con.   follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2013 Awesome Conventions, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you wanted more information about the Annapolis Comic-Con and/or the Southern Maryland Comic-Con. Our mailing address is: Awesome Conventions PO Box 1901 Waldorf, MD 20604 Add us to your address book

OT: Michigan State University's comic collection

I send a lot of material here -

MSU Libraries' resident comic enthusiast oversees largest library comic book collection in the world
Marina Csomor | MLive.com contributor March 21, 2013
http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2013/03/msu_libraries_resident_comic_e.html

March 22-23: Game On! Comics weekend events

Join Us for two very special events! Game On! Comics 310 Dominion RD NE Vienna, Virginia 22180 Upcoming Events Aspen Events We've got special events coming up and we want you to be part of it. Please join us on March 22nd and 23rd!   Louis Meyer Game On! Comics Aspen Comics' Events this weekend Join Us for two very special events! Game On! Comics 310 Dominion RD NE Vienna, Virginia 22180 Upcoming Events Aspen Events We've got special events coming up and we want you to be part of it. Please join us on March 22nd and 23rd!   Louis Meyer Game On! Comics   Aspen Comics' Events this weekend Friday Night Comic Book Club Join us tomorrow for our monthly comic book club at 7pm.  We will be discussing two comic books, Legend of the Shadow Clan and Shrugged!  Then both artists will be at the store on Saturday for our store signing.  This club meeting is a great way to introduce yourself to Aspen Comic's first two of the 10 for 10 series this year.  We will read the comic and discuss it in our open forum.  You will get our exclusive Game On Comics Shrugged issue for FREE!  Did I mention snacks provided?   Click on this link to attend and register: Game On! Comics Comic Book Club Friday March 22, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT   Saturday Exclusive Store Signing This Saturday we have two artists, one from Los Angeles and the other from New York, coming to Game On! Comics to sign copies of their newest comic books.   Jonathan Marks: artist of Shrugged Cory Smith: artist of Legend of the Shadow Clan  Aspen Comics two newest titles, Legend of the Shadow Clan (about ninjas!) and Shrugged (about the adventures of a high school kid and the little creatures on his shoulders) will be on sale for only $1!  Not only that but the artist from each comic will be in the store to sign the copies. In addition we will have face painters and balloon artists there to make balloons and paint faces for you and/or your kids for free!  Even the Incredible Hulk will be there for pictures! Saturday's Schedule: 11am to 4pm Artist Signings 12pm to 2 pm Balloon Artists 1pm to 3 pm Face Painting 1:30pm and 3:30pm Pictures with the Hulk      Click this link to let us know you are coming: Aspen Comics Exclusive Event Where & When  Game On! Comics 310 Dominion RD NE Vienna, Virginia 22180 March 23rd, 2013 11:00AM-4:00PM $1 Comics! Both Shrugged and Legend of the Shadow Clan #1 are only $1.  And each one has variant covers for only $1. Offer Expires:

ChildTime Magic | 310 Dominion RD NE | Vienna | VA | 22180

Comedian cartoonist Demetri Martin in Express; at One More Page on Saturday

A profile here -

 

One-Liners, Many Lines [in print as Deadpan Drawings]: Comic Demetri Martin illustrates his droll wit in 'Point Your Face at This' 

RUDI GREENBERG 

Express MARCH 21, 2013  

http://www.readexpress.com/2013/03/one-liners-many-lines/

 

and here's a short bit from yesterday about 1 cartoon -

 

What's in the Box? 

RUDI GREENBERG 

MARCH 20, 2013 

http://www.readexpress.com/2013/03/whats-in-the-box/

  

He's signing his book of cartoons at One More Page, 2200 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington; Sat., 3 p.m., free book signing; 703-300-9746. (East Falls Church metro).

April 25: Mo Williams in town via Politics and Prose

Save the Date: Meet Children's Author Mo Willems

Thursday, April 25, 7 p.m.

at The Avalon Theatre
5612 Connecticut Ave NW
Mo Willems

When a devilishly dapper fox invites an innocent and delectable goose to dinner, disaster is in the offing. In fact, little yellow chicks warn the reader throughout that That is NOT a Good Idea! (Balzer & Bray, $17.99) But not for the reason one might expect. Ages 4-8

Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, April 2 at 9 a.m. P&P members will receive an email with the member discount code the morning of the event.

 

March 22: Batman visits Arlington

Batman to Visit Arlington YMCA

Mar 20, 2013 12:15 pm | ARLnow.com

Batman will be visiting the Arlington YMCA at 3422 13th Street N. on Friday to teach kids about poison prevention. The Caped Crusader will be at the 'Y' from 4:30...

KAL at TEDx

Daggers Drawn: Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) at TEDxJacksonHole
 2013-02-27
http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Daggers-Drawn-Kevin-Kallaugher

Kevin Kallaugher's (KAL) work for The Sun and The Economist has appeared in more than 100 publications worldwide, including Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Pravda, Krokodil, Daily Yomiuri, The Australian, The International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek and US News and World Report.

Cartoon Character: Matt Wuerker talks cartooning & politics on VMS

Welcome to The Virtual Memories Show! March 2013: Cartoon Character Check out the latest episode of The Virtual Memories Show podcast! "Political cartoonists have it easy: we turn on the TV or computer and Sarah Palin has said some inane thing . . . and the cartoons can write themselves. In the world of cartooning, we're the lazy bastards." Matt Wuerker, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, joins The Virtual Memories Show to talk about his career (including his fascinating non-comics work and his prescient move to the online world with POLITICO), the experience of winning "the Academy Award for cartoonists", his artistic and political influences, what it takes to get on the NRA's Enemies List, how moving to Washington, DC changed his perspective on politics and politicians, the opportunities for editorial cartoonists in a post-print world, how his parents felt about his decision to become a cartoonist, whether he had it easier during the Bush/Cheney era or the Tea Party era, and why he thinks the golden age of cartooning is still ahead of us! "One of the great cosmic quandaries for cartoonists is that what's bad for the world is great for cartooning." The new episode of The Virtual Memories Show is available at http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/podcast-cartoon-character where you can download it or listen through the in-browser player. This one's about 28 minutes long. If you have any problems getting the site to load, visit our tumblr page instead. (Our web-host has been migrating chimeraobscura to a new server, so there have been some hiccups.) You can also visit the archives for past episodes, or subscribe on iTunes so you'll never miss an episode! Just go to the iTunes store and search for "Virtual Memories Show" orclick here then hit "View In iTunes" to launch that program. You can also skip all that anddownload the MP3 file directly from here (14mb). The Virtual Memories Show is a biweekly podcast featuring conversation about literature, culture and the arts. Upcoming guests include Ben Katchor, cartoonist and MacArthur Fellow, John Crowley, author of Little, Big, Jesse Sheidlower, author ofThe F Word, Lori Carson, singer-songwriter and author of The Original 1982, Craig Gidney, author of Bereft and Sea, Swallow Me, Ed Hermance, owner of Giovanni's Room bookstore in Philadelphia, Ivan Brunetti, cartoonist and author of Aesthetics: A Memoir, Valya Lupescu, author of The Silence of Trees, Craig Gidney, author ofBereft and Sea, Swallow Me, Drew Friedman, artist and cartoonist, Chris Bakken, author of Honey, Olives, Octopus: Adventures at the Greek Table, David Baerwald, singer/songwriter and producer, Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, author of The Other Side of the Tiber, and Maxim Jakubowski, book editor/translator and founder of Murder One Bookshop in London. Thanks, Gil Roth Virtual Memories Tumblr • Twitter • Facebook • Goodreads P.S.: I'm always looking for good guests who can talk about books and make for good conversation. So if you have any prospects -- or think you'd be interested in sitting down for a recording -- let me know! Matt Wuerker Matt Wuerker has been POLITICO's editorial cartoonist and illustrator since its launch in 2007. In 2012, he won thePulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, POLITICO's first Pulitzer win. In 2009, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning. Over the past 25 years, his work has appeared in publications ranging from The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Timesand The New York Times to Smithsonianand the Nation, among many others. Along the way, he's also pursued other artistic tangents that have included claymation, outdoor murals, teaching cartooning in prison (as a visitor, not as an inmate), book illustration and animating music videos. Matt thinks Saul Steinberg is a cartoon god and the Peter Principle explains pretty much everything, and he also thinks the maxim "If you're not confused, you're just not thinking clearly" is one of the wisest things ever said. Matt lives in Washington, D.C., in close proximity to the National Zoo and the Swiss Embassy. Depending how bad things get, he hopes to find asylum in one or the other. Gil Roth Gil Roth is the host of The Virtual Memories Show, a podcast about books and life, not necessarily in that order. He's been blogging at Virtual Memories for 10 years and has a list there of every book he's finished since 1989. He has now interviewed three winners of the Pulitzer Prize for this podcast. He's kinda proud of that fact, although it also makes him quite aware that this is the closest he's ever going to come to an award of that magnitude. He also sighs profoundly.  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2013 Virtual Memories, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail as a friend/supporter of The Virtual Memories Show podcast. Our mailing address is: Virtual Memories 10 Alta Vista Dr. Ringwood, NJ 07456

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Weldon on Sendak

 Maurice Sendak's Blistering, Bizarre Final Interview: How Disgressions into Murder, Terror and Alec Baldwin Explain "Where the Wild Things Are"
BY GLEN WELDON
New Republic March 18 2013
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112668/maurice-sendaks-shocking-final-interview#

Missing the Big Planet Comics newsletter?

Have you been missing the Big Planet Comics newsletter? I have, so I checked in with store owner Kevin Panetta. They've fallen behind on doing it, but their podcasts have been rolling along and can be downloaded on the Big Planet website, or through iTunes. The newsletter should return as well.

Comic Riffs talks to Lisa Hanawalt and SPX head Warren Bernard

JAMES BEARD HONOR: Gifted Lisa Hanawalt is 'super-surprised' by nod for illustrated 'Chefs' work
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs March 18 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/james-beard-honor-gifted-lisa-hanawalt-is-super-surprised-by-nod-for-illustrated-chefs-work/2013/03/18/da128206-9011-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_blog.html#pagebreak

SPX's ONLINE MELTDOWN: Small Press Expo sells out — but event calls ISP crash a 'disaster'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs March 18 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/spxs-online-meltdown-small-press-expo-sells-out--but-event-calls-isp-crash-a-disaster/2013/03/18/6ec3ce44-9046-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_blog.html#pagebreak