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3 May 2013

Free Comic Book Day Tomorrow! The best comic book day of the year is here again! Saturday, May 4 (tomorrow!) is the annual Free Comic Book Day, and boy, do we have a lot of comics to give away this year. The publishers have sent us around 50 titles to hand out this year, and we ordered THOUSANDS of comics, but we ran out of some of them pretty quick last year, so don't delay too long this year. Free Comic Book Day has really been getting bigger every year, so I hope you can make it! We are also proud to present EIGHT local comics creators as our guests this year! Vienna store -  S. G. Artley (Exiles of Nod) Michael Cowgill (Lil' P.I.) Matt Dembicki (XOC) U Street store -  Andrew Cohen (A Mutual Feeling) Evan Keeling (Codename: Fifinella) Bethesda store - Art Hondros (Notes from the Cave Walls) John Gallagher (Buzzboy) College Park store - John Staton (Empowered) You can go to http://www.freecomicbookday.com to see all of the comics that we'll be giving out (plus we might have some extra surprises). We had a great time at AwesomeCon and will definitely be back next year (when they said the floor space will be as big as Baltimore Comicon!). It was great to see so many Big Planet regulars there (and some of you in some amazing costumes!) 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 ___________________ UPCOMING - June 5 & 8 - John Staton signing TERRORPIN! POWERPACHYDERM! BRASS MONKEY! CYBERIAN TIGER! SUPERCOBRA! MAUL BUNNY! Can struggling superheroine Empowered foil a mass carjacking by these animal-armored criminal mecha at the 21st annual Alternate Timeline Superhero Auto Show? Can one exceedingly flimsy "supersuit" overcome 14 hostile tons of heavy metal? This action-packed new Empowered one-shot says: "MAYBE!" Our very own John Staton will be appearing to sign copies of the new issue of Empowered that he did the main story for, Empowered: Animal Style! "I should further note that Guest Artist John Staton went way, way above and beyond the call of duty in his design work for the story, which I wrote specifically for his tech-savvy skill set. He cranked out a quite frankly insane total of 40-odd pages of designs for the one-shot's mecha and superhero vehicles" – Adam Warren, Empowered creator Check out more of John's work at http://dukkeofdeath.deviantart.com/ TWO DATES! noon-6pm June 5 noon-3pm June 8 Big Planet Comics of College Park 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 collegepark@bigplanetcomics.com ___________________ UPCOMING - June 29 - Nathan Edmondson signing Nathan Edmondson will be appearing to sign copies of his new series, The Dream Merchant, as well as his comics The Activity, Who is Jake Ellis?, Ultimate Iron Man, Grifter, The Light, Olympus and more! The Dream Merchant: Haunted by recurring dreams, a boy named Winslow is hunted by mysterious beings and protected by an old traveler. Soon Winslow will realize that what is in his dreams is what the rest of the world has been made to forget–and what strange entities will stop at nothing to erase from his mind. Nathan's website: http://www.nathan-e.com/ Big Planet Comics of Washington, DC 1520 U St NW Washington, DC 20009 202-342-1961 dc@bigplanetcomics.com ___________________ BEST NEW COMICS Jupiter's Legacy #1 by Mark Millar, Frank Quitely A team of visionaries in 1932 discover a source to make them superheroes. But in 2013, their kids are decadent popstar "heroes" without much direction. A new superhero epic that contrasts these two worlds, even as the first generation begins to split along the lines of what their mission should be! Amazing Quitely art, and surprisingly toned down Millar. Reviewed on our podcast 79! The Adventures of Jodelle by Pierre Bartier, Guy Peellaert A true pop art masterpiece from the heyday of the '60s! Jodelle investigates a conspiracy to overthrow the Emperor of a strangely modern ancient Rome, all tinged with an Italian sexuality and bizarre plot directions. Plus the book also has an overview of Peellaert's work outside of comics. Amazing! Reviewed on our podcast 77! Unico by Osamu Tezuka A magical unicorn is cursed by a goddess to travel through time without his memory, yet in each adventure he attempts to help the new friends he makes as his powers return. Another amazing masterpiece from Tezuka, and this time it is in full color! Get one before it goes out of print! Reviewed on our podcast 77! Suicide Risk #1 by Mike Carey, Elena Casagrande For a family man who happens to be a cop in a world where there are more supervillains than heroes, and the cops are horribly outgunned, how far will he go to stop them? Especially if all the new superpowers seem to be coming from one source. A dark new take! Reviewed on our podcast 79! Big Planet Comics Podcast #79 This week, Kevin, Nick, and Jared interview Joe Harris, writer of Great Pacific and the upcoming X-Files, and review a bunch of new comics! Download now or subscribe on iTunes!   PODCAST REVIEWS: Rogues #1 – El Torres, Juan Jose Ryp, Ruben Rojas Ten Grand #1 – J. Michael Straczynski, Ben Templesmith The Movement #1 – Gail Simone, Freddie Williams II Mini Kus! #6: Killman/Killmens – Box Brown Suicide Risk #1 – Mike Carey, Elena Casagrande By This Shall You Know Him – Jesse Jacobs Jupiter's Legacy #1 – Mark Millar, Frank Quitely Send us questions to podcast@bigplanetcomics.com or leave a voicemail at 1-703-539-CAST! (1-703-539-2278)   5/4 - Free Comic Book Day All our stores! All day! freecomicbookday.com 6/5 - John Staton Signing Empowered noon-6pm 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com 6/8 - John Staton Signing Empowered noon-3pm 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com 6/29 - Nathan Edmondson Signing The Dream Merchant 1520 U St NW Washington, DC 20009 202-342-1961 dc@bigplanetcomics.com 7/4 - Fourth of July Sale 20% off everything! All our stores! All day! New Next Week 5/8 New comics listed on our website every Monday (Let us know if you want any of these!)   12 Reasons To Die #1 Alpha Big Time #4 (OF 5) Archer & Armstrong #0 Astonishing X-Men #62 Avengers #11 Avengers Arena #9 Avengers Arena Vol 1 Kill Or Die SC Avengers Assemble #15AU Avengers Heart Of Stone SC Avenging Spider-Man #20 Avenging Spider-Man Threats And Menaces SC Batman #20 Batman And Red Hood #20 Batman Arkham Unhinged #14 Batman Death By Design SC Batman Incorporated Vol 1 Demon Star (N52) HC Benny Breakiron Vol 1 Red Taxis HC Bomb Queen Deluxe Edition Vol 2 HC Bravest Warriors #8 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Freefall #21 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Vol 3 Guarded SC Castle A Calm Before Storm #5 (OF 5) Chin Music #1 Chronicles Of King Conan Vol 5 Black Dragons SC Comeback SC Constantine #3 Creepy Comics #12 Criminal Macabre No Peace Dead Men SC Damsels Mermaids #1 Dark Shadows #16 Deadpool #9 Deathstroke #20 Demon Knights #20 Don Quixote Comp GN Jim Butchers Dresden Files Ghoul Goblin #4 Essential Defenders Vol 7 SC Fanboys Vs Zombies Vol 2 SC Fearless Defenders #4 Ferals #14 Fever Ridge Macarthur Jungle War #3 Freaks Amour GN Garth Ennis Battlefields #6 (OF 6) Fall & Rise Pt 3 Good Riddance Graphic Memoir Of Divorce GN Green Lantern Corps #20 Harbinger #0 2nd Ptg Harbinger #12 Hatter M Looking Glass Wars Vol 4 Zen SC Hellblazer Vol 5 Dangerous Habits New Ed SC Hellraiser The Road Below Vol 1 SC I Love Trouble #5 Injustice Gods Among Us #1 3rd Ptg Iron Man #258.2 Jugheads Double Digest #192 Justice League Of America #3 Katana #4 Knights Of The Dinner Table #197 Legends Of The Blues HC Legion Of Super Heroes Vol 2 Dominators (N52) SC Life With Archie #29 Marvel Universe Avengers Earths Heroes #14 Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man Digest Vol 3 SC Mega Man #25 Memorial Imaginary Fiends #3 (OF 3) Mumbai Confidential Book 1 Good Cop Bad Cop HC Mylo Xyloto #4 Naruto Vol 61 SC Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong GN Path Of The Assassin Vol 1 Serving Dark SC Paying For It SC Planet Of The Apes Cataclysm Vol 1 SC The Playboy SC (New Ed) Plume #4 (of 5) Drew Hayes Poison Elves #1 2nd Ptg Pokemon Adventures Vol 16 SC Prophet #35 Ravagers #12 Ravagers Vol 1 The Kids From Nowhere (N52) SC Raven Girl GN Red Handed Fine Art Strange Crimes HC Red Sonja Annual #4 Rocketeer Adventures Treasury Edition Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #4 Sandcastle HC Secret Avengers #4 Showcase Presents Superman Family Vol 4 SC Smallville Season 11 #13 Smurfs Vol 15 Smurflings SC Snake Pit Gets Old GN Spider-Men SC Spongebob Comics #20 Stand Vol 6 Night Has Come SC Star Trek #20 Star Wars #5 Steed & Mrs Peel Vol 1 Very Civil Armageddon SC Storm Dogs #5 (OF 6) Suicide Squad #20 Superboy #20 Supurbia #7 Team 7 #8 Thief Of Thieves Vol 2 SC Thor God Of Thunder #8 Threshold #5 Thunderbolts Vol 1 No Quarter Now SC Two Guns Second Shot Deluxe Edition SC Uber #0 Enhanced Edition Uber #1 Ultimate Comics Spider-Man By Bendis Vol 3 SC Ultimate Comics Ultimates #24 Uncanny Avengers #8 Uncanny X-Force #4 Vampirella #29 Walking Dead #110 Walt Disney Donald Duck Vol 3 Castle's Secret HC Warlord Of Mars #24 Warlord Of Mars Dejah Thoris #25 We Can Fix It GN Will And Whit GN Wolverine #3 X #1 (OF 4) You're All Just Jealous Of My Jetpack HC Zeros Familiar Omnibus Vol 1 SC

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Beyond Comics: Free Comic Book Day! Saturday, May 4th 2013

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY Saturday, May 4th Open: 10am to 9pm    Gaithersburg  11am to 3pm  FUBAR Vol. 3 Release Party Featuring John Shine, Mike Imboden, Rafer Roberts & John Watkins-Chow    Frederick 11am to 4pm  Award Winning Comic Artist Gene Ha, and featuring Danielle Corsetto, Chris Williams, Terry Flippo & Rian Miller   Also Meet: Iron Man, Mandarin, Nick Fury and Spider-man Meet Star Wars Rebel Legion members and members of the 501st.   Frederick      Obi-Wan, Anakin Skywalker, Han Solo, Darth Vader, Zam Wessel, Jango Fett, a Sandperson, R2-D2 and Members of the 501st Star Wars.     Gaithersburg Rebel Fighter & Members of the 501st Star Wars     Check Out the Live Video Feed!    From the Frederick Location! 11:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information Gaithersburg Sales & Speicals Frederick Here are some of the Free Comics we will have available.                     We will not hold any copies of comics. Quantities may be limited. Frederick Only Saturday, May 4th to Sunday, May 5th (Hours: Sat. 11-5, Sun: 1-4)     Blow-Out Side-Kick Store! CLEARANCE PRICES 50% to 75% OFF!   COMICS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, TOYS Apparel, Displays, and more! 5630 Buckeystown Pike GAITHERSBURG Meet Comic Artists 11am to 3pm John Shine Rafer Roberts John Watkins-Chow Mike Imboden    Contact Us GAITHERSBURG 18749 B North Frederick Rd Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879 301-216-0007 Visit Our Website       Sponsors SALES & DISCOUNTS  SALES & SPECIALS  New Comics*  50% OFF      Trade Paperbacks** 25% OFF   Action Figures Mattel, Hasbro, Diamond Select and DC Direct 25%-50% OFF   Back Issues (Bin) 40% OFF   Apparel 50% OFF   Games, Posters, Select Statues, DVDs, Books, and more   10% to 50% OFF See individual stores for selection and discounts.    Excludes new arrivals, held items, special orders and subscriptions. * New Comics dated 2012 or Earlier! ** Excludes new arrivals .    Customers not in good standing may be exempt from sale prices. FREDERICK Meet Comic Artists 11am to 4pm Gene Ha Danielle Corsetto Chris Williams Terry Flippo Rian Miller   Contact Us FREDERICK 5632 Buckeystown Pike Frederick, MD 21774 301-668-8202 Join Our Mailing List! Sponsors

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Fantom Comics: Free Comic Book Day

Come visit us at Fantom Comics on Saturday... May the 4th be with you. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Costume Contests Featuring cosplay chameleon Pastel Moon as a guest judge! DC Conspiracy Creators Troy-Jeffrey Allen & Matt Rawson: Members of local comics collective DC Conspiracy will talk with fans and hand out free copies of Magic Bullet #6. Glen Weldon Author of Superman The Unathorized Biography will be on hand to celebrate Free Comic Book Day with Fantom What? Did you say "Free Comics"???? That's right. Check out the schedule of events throughout the day to celebrate the greatest comic book holiday ever invented. Come visit Fantom Comics, walk away with a bunch of free comics, and take advantage of our fantastic sale!!! Save 10% on all Graphic Novels! (except Volume 1's of GN series - on those you save 20%!!!)  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2013 Fantom Comics, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have supported Fantom Comics in the past by purchasing digital comics through our website. Our mailing address is: Fantom Comics 50 Massachusetts Ave NE Union Station - Mezzanine Level Washington, DC 20002

1976 Dental Health campaign

In 1976, the American Dental Association sponsored a National Children's Dental Health Week. This advertisement shows a cartoon done by animation shop Rick Reinert Productions and is from U.S. Navy Medicine (February 1976).

Maryland's Gazette newspapers on Free Comic Book Day

Fans, novices brace for free comics

Area shops to buzz with excitement for Free Comic Book Day

by Will C. Franklin

April 30, 2013

http://www.gazette.net/article/20130430/ENTERTAINMENT/130439992/1020/fans-novices-brace-for-free-comics&template=gazette

 

Artists, creators throw support behind comic event

Free Comic Book Day important for indie artists

by Will C. Franklin

April 30 2013

http://www.gazette.net/article/20130430/ENTERTAINMENT/130439988/1225/news&source=RSS&template=gazette

Is The Winter Soldier closing a bridge on Sunday?

Is The Winter Soldier closing the Roosevelt bridge on Sunday? This might be the next Captain America movie.

Bob Staake was in town...

and I missed him.  Hopefully Politics & Prose will post the audio. BTW, I bought the last signed copy of his new children's book from them yesterday. Sorry, everyone.

Glen Weldon is writing a Batman book

He talks about it here.

The Post on Iron Man 3

'IRON MAN 3': One Fanboy's Six Quick Questions & Answers (*Mostly Spoiler-Free)
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 2 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/iron-man-3-one-fanboys-six-quick-questions-and-answers-mostly-spoiler-free/2013/05/02/c31c89aa-b2d7-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_blog.html

An Avenger coasts out West
By Ann Hornaday
Washington Post May 3, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/iron-man-3,1175591/critic-review.html

Free Comic Book Day and more this weekend

After the success of Awesome Con, we've still got a lot of comic-related events going on this weekend too. Iron Man 3 opens on Friday, and it's already been bigger than The Avengers in Europe.

Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday, and local comic book stores will have a selection of the 52 comics that were published this year. Big Planet Comics, our largest local chain, will have eight cartoonists spread between its four locations including Steve Artley, Michael Cowgill, Matt Dembicki, Andrew Cohen, Evan Keeling, Art Hondros, John Gallagher, and John Staton. Most of the cartoonists are in the DC Conspiracy co-op or have work in the book District Comics and the new free comics newspaper, Magic Bullet #6. Other cartoonists from the two publications include Troy-Jeffery Allen and Matt Rawson (along with Superman historian Glen Weldon) at Fantom Comics in Union Station and Rafer Roberts and John Shine at Beyond Comics in Gaithersburg. According to editor Carolyn Belefski, the issue is almost 'sold-out' so pick one up this weekend and get it signed as well.  Carolyn and her co-author Joe Carabeo will be at Laughing Ogre comics in Fairfax. Local comic critic Glen Weldon has suggestions about the comics for you on NPR.

Ranging a bit further afield Jacob Warrenfeltz will be at Third Eye Comics in Annapolis. Jacob had planned to have a special new publication, but now tells us "'Bella & Bunny Man Bridge' is a short 8-page mini comic that Zarmina Sulaiman and I  came up with.  It's a cute, kid friendly story about a fluffy white dog and her cool cat sidekick as they brave the adventure of investigating Clifton VA's "Bunny Man Bridge".  Our plan was to have this ready for Free Comic Book Day.  Unfortunately we aren't going to have the book back from the printer in time, so the next opportunity to get your hands on this new mini comic will be the DC Zine Fest, which is happening on July 20." Rounding out our list of local cartoonists, Steve Conley and Frank Cho will be appearing at Cards, Comics & Collectibles in Riestertown, Md along with Adam Kubert.

On Sunday, you can attend the world premiere of the musical Big Nate at Adventure Theater in Glen Echo, MD. Lincoln Peirce, the comic strip creator (and a close personal friend of Wimpy Kid's Jeff Kinney) will be at the play and signing books.

Also on Sunday, Marc Tyler Nobleman will be speaking about Batman co-creator Bill Finger at the Washington Hebrew Congregation (3935 Macomb St, NW) from 10:30-12:00 and signing copies of his book Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman.

Again, further afield, Kevin 'Kal' Kallaugher will be speaking at the Walters Museum in Baltimore at 2 pm to launch his new book, Daggers Drawn. The Express has an interview.

And I've interviewed most of the cartoonists mentioned here (and many others) if you want to study up before meeting them.

Comic Riffs talks to Nick Anderson on Jack Ohman

RICK PERRY CONTROVERSY: Houston cartoonist Nick Anderson responds to dust-up over fertilizer-plant cartoon
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 1 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/rick-perry-controversy-houston-cartoonist-nick-anderson-responds-to-dust-up-over-fertilizer-plant-cartoon/2013/05/01/f3ed2b26-b290-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html#pagebreak

Weldon on Free Comic Book Day

Which Comics Should I Get? Your Free Comic Book Day Cheat Sheet

by Glen Weldon

May 1, 2013

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/05/01/180290321/which-comics-should-i-get-your-free-comic-book-day-cheat-sheet