Fwd: Big Planet Comics March 2013

30 March 2013

New DC Comicon! We've got a new comic convention at the Washington, DC Convention Center next month April 20-21, and Big Planet Comics will be representing! Stop by our table and say hi (and get some good deals). Info on the con's guests, hours, tickets, and all that jazz are at their website: www.awesomecondc.com Don't forget Free Comic Book Day is fast approaching as well - May 4th! We've started adding artwork to our webpage from all the books we review on our podcast, so click over to our webpage to see how things look! We are also offering special discount coupons in our podcasts, so be sure to catch up and listen for those, as they are only good for a limited time! Feel free to forward on our newsletter, and please send us any comments or mailing list requests to vienna@bigplanetcomics.com Thanks!   - the Big Planet Comics kids ___________________ BEST OF THE WEEK East of West #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta After America is split into 7 nations during the Civil War, a new religion arises, prophesying the end of the world, and in the distant future, the three Horsemen return to track down Death! Scifi western insanity! Reviewed on this week's podcast at 40:38 Guardians of the Galaxy #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven The action heats up as Iron Man joins the Guardians in space, just as Earth is declared off limits to all aliens - leading all of Earth's enemies to plan to invade, of course! Reviewed on this week's podcast at 51:54 Black Paths by David B. After WW1, an anarchist poet leads his soldiers to take over the city of Fiume and make it a dada-ist free state. Into this brawling chaos come soldiers with PTSD, lounge singers, tax collectors, and gangsters. A completely nonstop ride through unexpected events that are amazing! Reviewed on this week's podcast at 30:45 Time Warp #1 by Damon Lindelof, Jeff Lemire, Tom King, Tom Fowler, Gail Simone, Gael Bertrand, Simon Spurrier, Michael Dowling, Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham, Victor Santos, Peter Milligan, M.K. Perker, Ray Fawkes, Andy MacDonald, Matt Kindt, Dan Abnett, I.N.J. Culbard A new time-travel themed anthology from Vertigo! Amazing short stories with Twilight Zone twists, and some amazing art, including newcomer (?) Gael Bertrand! Reviewed on this week's podcast at 55:15 All New X-Men Vol 1 Yesterday's X-Men HC American Vampire Vol 5 HC Avengers Vs X-Men SC BPRD Vampire #1 (OF 5) Complete Zaucer Of Zilk Doom 2099 Complete Collection By Warren Ellis SC Fantastic Four #5AU Golden Age Human Torch Marvel Masterworks Vol 1 SC Kick-Ass 2 SC Mary Perkins On Stage Vol 1 New Printing SC Big Planet Comics Podcast #76 Download now or subscribe on iTunes!   PODCAST REVIEWS: Black Paths HC - David B. B.P.R.D. Vampire #1 - Mike Mignola, Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon Constantine #1 - Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes, Renato Guedes District 14 Season 1 HC - Pierre Gabus, Romuald Reutimann East of West #1 - Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Grey #1 - Frank J. Barbiere, Chris Mooneyham Green Hornet #1 - Mark Waid, Daniel Indro Guardians of the Galaxy #1 - Brian Michael Bendis, Steve McNiven Time Warp #1 - Damon Lindelof, Jeff Lemire, Tom King, Tom Fowler, Gail Simone, Gael Bertrand, Simon Spurrier, Michael Dowling, Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham, Victor Santos, Peter Milligan, M.K. Perker, Ray Fawkes, Andy MacDonald, Matt Kindt, Dan Abnett, I.N.J. Culbard X-Termination #1 - David Lapham, David Lopez When David Lost His Voice HC - Judith Vaanistendael Send us questions to podcast@bigplanetcomics.com or leave a voicemail at 1-703-539-CAST! (1-703-539-2278)   4/20-21 - AwesomeCon DC 4/20 10am-7pm 4/21 10am-5pm Washington Convention Center Washington, DC 20001 http://awesomecondc.com/ 5/4 - Free Comic Book Day All our stores! All day! http://www.freecomicbookday.com New Next Week 4/3 (Let us know if you want any of these!)   68 Jungle Jim #1 (OF 4) Abe Sapien Dark & Terrible #1 (OF 3) Action Comics #19 Adventure Time Fionna & Cake #2 (OF 6) 2nd Ptg Adventures Of Jodelle HC Age Of Apocalypse #14 Age Of Ultron #4 (OF 10) All New X-Men #10 Ame Comi Girls #2 Animal Man #19 Archie #642 Archie Meets Glee Pt 2 Archie & Friends Double Digest #26 Are You My Mother A Comic Drama SC Armies HC Attack On Titan Vol 4 SC Batman Detective Vol 1 Faces Of Death SC Batwing #19 Bedlam #6 Benjamin Bear In Bright Ideas HC Blackacre #5 Bleach Vol 56 SC Brody's Ghost Vol 4 SC Caligula Heart Of Rome #4 (OF 6) Castle A Calm Before Storm #4 (OF 5) Complete Peanuts Vol 19 1987-1988 HC Complete Crumb Comics Vol 2 More Struggle SC Dark Shadows #15 Dark Tower Gunslinger Evil Ground #1 (OF 2) DC Universe By Alan Moore SC DC Universe Secret Origins SC Deadpool #7 Detective Comics #19 Dial H #11 Earth 2 #11 Fairest #14 Fashion Beast #8 Five Weapons #1 (OF 5) 2nd Ptg G.I. Combat Vol 1 War That Time Forgot SC G.I. Joe Special Missions #2 Glory #34 Godzilla Half Century War #5 (OF 5) Great Pacific #6 Green Arrow #19 Green Lantern #19  Harbinger Wars (VU) #1 (OF 4) Helheim #1 2nd Ptg Hypernaturals #10 Indestructible Hulk #6 Injustice Gods Among Us #2 2nd Ptg Iron Man Extremis New Ptg SC Iron Man Vol 1 Believe HC Iron Man Season One HC Iron Man 3 Prelude SC Judge Dredd #2 2nd Ptg Julio's Day HC Kill Shakespeare Tide Of Blood #2 (OF 5) Knights Of The Dinner Table #196 Last Of Us American Dreams #1 (OF 4) Legends Of The Dark Knight #7 Letting It Go HC Locke & Key Omega #4 (OF 7) The Lone Ranger #14 Looney Tunes #212 Masks #5 The Massive #1 For $1  Memorial Imaginary Fiends #2 (OF 3) Mice Templar IV Legend #1 Mind The Gap #9 Miss Fury #1 Mobile Suit Gundam Origin Vol 1 Activation SC My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #2 2nd Ptg Nowhere Men #3 3rd Ptg Phantom Stranger #7 Planet Of The Apes Cataclysm #8 Popeye #12 Polarity #1 (OF 4) Princeless Vol 2 #1 Punisher Nightmare SC Punk Rock Jesus SC Red She-Hulk #64 Red She-Hulk Hell Hath No Fury SC Repossessed #4 (OF 4) Sailor Moon Vol 10 SC Savage Dragon #186 Savage Sword Of Conan Vol 13 SC Scooby Doo Where Are You #32 Sex #1 2nd Ptg Shadowman (VU) #6 Slam Dunk Vol 27 SC Smallville Season 11 #12 Snapshot #3 (OF 4) Snow Angel One Shot Son Of Merlin #3 Sonic The Hedgehog #247 Spawn #230 Star Wars Dark Times Fire Carrier #3 Stormwatch #19 Super Dinosaur #18 Superior Spider-Man #4 2nd Ptg Superior Spider-Man #7 Superman Secret Identity New Ptg SC Swamp Thing #19 Thanos Rising #1 (OF 5) Totally Useless Mad Sc Transformers Spotlight Trailcutter #1 Tyrex GN Uber #0 Ultimate Comics X-Men #25 Venom #33 William And The Lost Spirit GN Winter Soldier #17 Witchblade #165 Worlds Finest #11 X-O Manowar Vol 2 Enter Ninjak SC

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March 29-30: Flash Gordon onscreen

The Express reports that the 1980 film version of Flash Gordon is showing tonight and tomorrow at Landmark E Street Cinema on 11th St, NW at midnight for $11.50.

Nina Allender exhibit at Purdue

The cartoons are on loan from the Sewall-Belmont house in DC.

 

Black Cultural Center presents history through cartoons

 Mar. 28, 2013  

 http://www.jconline.com/article/20130329/ENT15/303290003?nclick_check=1

Anime/manga workshops

As part of the annual Cherry Blossom Festival March 20-April 14, the Freer and Sackler Galleries are presenting the Gerhard Pulverer collection of Japanese illustrated books, a Japanese design festival, tours, and highly anticipated anime workshops and an anime film marathon. 

SPX adds more tables

SPX expands exhibitor space after registration meltdown
by Kevin Melrose
March 27, 2013
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/03/spx-expands-exhibitor-space-after-registration-meltdown/

and Warren's original note is here: http://spx.tumblr.com/post/46386800429/warrens-note-to-exhibitors-to-be-followed-within

"Gibson Girl's America" and "Herblock Looks at 1963" Open at Library of Congress on March 30

  "The Gibson Girl's America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson"
Opens at Library of Congress on March 30

WHAT:
"The Gibson Girl's America," a Library of Congress exhibition of 24 works, primarily drawings, that highlight the rise of the Gibson Girl from the 1890s through the first two decades of the 20th century.  It also illuminates how women's increasing presence in the public sphere contributed to the social fabric of turn-of-the-20th-century America.

The items on display trace the arc of the artist's career.  Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) came of age when women's roles were expanding and social mobility was increasing.

WHEN:
Saturday, March 30, through Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.  Free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

WHERE:
The Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground level of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.

 "Herblock Looks at 1963: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons"
Opens at Library of Congress on March 30

WHAT:
A 10-cartoon exhibition featuring the work of Herbert Block (Herblock), the award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post, during 1963.

Topics addressed include the "March on Washington" and the Civil Rights Movement, and the presidency of John F. Kennedy, who faced repeated opposition to legislative initiatives—the nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union, tax cuts to reduce economic stagnation, efforts to increase resources for schoolchildren and protection of the wilderness.

WHEN:
Saturday, March 30, through Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013.  Free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

WHERE:
The Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground level of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.

Glen Weldon on the Superman musical revival

http://glenweldon.tumblr.com/post/46251107842/the-frug-prince-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its

Comic Riffs talks to Dave Whamond

NCS REUBENS 2013: To his 'disbelief,' Dave Whamond leads impressive class of finalists

 By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog March 26 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/ncs-reubens-2013-to-his-disbelief-dave-whamond-leads-impressive-class-of-finalists/2013/03/26/ccc367a8-9685-11e2-af7c-0aa3dca5a203_blog.html

Politics and Prose Graphic Novel group Wednesday Meeting

From: Becky Little

The graphic novel book group will meet this Wednesday, March 27th (tomorrow) at 7:30 pm to discuss "The Nao of Brown" by Glyn Dillon.  Hope to see you there!

'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

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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