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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Collector's World re-opens under new ownership

The comics-and-sports cards store Collector's World in Annandale, Va., re-opened this weekend with former Washington Bullets player Gheorghe Muresan (7’ 7”) making a special appearance. Previous owner Ron Savino (who owned the shop for 21 years) sold the store last month to Damon Hudson, Stephen Weber and Doug Steele.

Photo courtesy of the blog Annandale VA/Ellie Ashford

Kickstarter campaign for Awesome Con D.C. 2014

Double news about Awesome Con D.C. 2014 (April 19-20): First, organizers are running a Kickstarter funding campaign to help grow the show. Second, legendary comics writer/artist George Perez is a confirmed guest!

George Perez

Rep. John Lewis at SPX 2013

Major guest announcement for Small Press Expo 2013: Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) will be there promoting his new autobiographic graphic novel March: Book One (Top Shelf Productions), which he co-wrote with Andrew Aydin. Art by Eisner-Award winner Nate Powell.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Barney & Clyde picked up in place of Doonesbury

The news that Gene Weingarten's Barney & Clyde has picked up another paper for the summer is at the end of this article -

Editorial cartoon aimed at specific cases explained
By Andy Howell
Standard-Examiner 06/07/2013
http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/06/07/editorial-cartoon-aimed-specific-cases-explained

PR: Congressman John Lewis wows BookExpo crowds with MARCH: BOOK ONE!

	Congressman John Lewis wows BookExpo crowds with MARCH: BOOK ONE!

BookExpo America, held a week ago in New York, is the American book industry's biggest
trade show -- and also happened to be the first event in our long promotional tour with Congressman John Lewis for his graphic novel with Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell,
March: Book One! And judging from the reaction, we're off to a fantastic start.

Rep. Lewis and Andrew Aydin first turned heads with an "early bird" booth appearance on
Friday, welcoming a continuous line of fans to get their free 24-page MARCH excerpt
booklets signed, before rushing off to the Huffington Post studio for a live interview on HuffPost Live! This feature, hosted by rising star Alicia Menendez, featured insightful questions from
both Menendez and viewers at home, as Lewis and Aydin expressed their hope that MARCH
could pass on the lessons and tools of the 1960s to young activists fighting for equality today.
Watch it now!

Then came the big day: Saturday! It began with perhaps BEA's flagship event, the Author Breakfast, featuring host Chris Matthews together with Helen Fielding (Bridget Jones), Congressman Lewis, and Diana Gabaldon (Outlander). Rep. Lewis kept the crowd of 1,000
industry pros spellbound, alternating between stories of his rural childhood, memories of the
civil rights movement, and passionate calls to action. After another short video interview, we were off to another stage for the "Road to a Bestseller" panel featuring Rep. Lewis and acclaimed debut novelist Jason Mott (The Returned) -- two generations of African-American authors
with huge books this year.

At last, we came to the official signing -- this one with a line stretching "down the block"! (P.S. Did we mention a camera crew from Bill Moyers & Company had been following us since breakfast?) After two straight hours (and a few drained markers), it was time to call it a day.
Andrew and Rep. Lewis said goodbye to BEA, exhausted but energized... Just in time to see the starred review in Booklist, the official review journal of the American Library Association,
calling March "a grand work," and see it featured in the Washington Post's "Summer Reading
List: Eight Books to Make You Smarter"!

Thanks to everyone who came out to see us, to the BEA staff for making it happen, and to the March co-authors for their generosity and stamina... See you next time (ALA in Chicago June 29, Comic-Con in San Diego July 20-21, and beyond)!

March (Book One), a deluxe softcover graphic novel with french flaps and black & white interiors, 6.5" x 9.5", 128 pages
-- ISBN 978-1-60309-300-2
-- $14.95 US
-- Release Date: August 13, 2013.

For more information and a 14-page preview, visit http://www.topshelfcomix.com/march.


	Your friend thru comics, Chris Staros Top Shelf Productions PO Box 1282 Marietta GA 30061-1282 USA

Cleveland pretends to be DC for Captain America, even though Superman would be more accurate

Why is there a bit of Washington in Cleveland?
By John Kelly,
Washington Post June 8 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/why-is-there-a-bit-of-washington-in-cleveland/2013/06/08/6608a480-ce05-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html

(Superman was created of course by Cleveland's Siegel and Shuster)

Catching up with Comic Riffs - Kirkman, Superman and Fort Knox

In his Reuben Award win,'Baby Blues' creator RICK KIRKMAN sees key links to Johnny Hart
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 7 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/in-his-reuben-award-winbaby-blues-creator-rick-kirkman-sees-key-links-to-johnny-hart/2013/06/07/0b1de70c-cf26-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_blog.html#pagebreak

'SUPES' OF THE DAY: Upon 75th anniversary, we ask creators: Why does Superman endure?
By Michael Cavna and David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 10 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/supes-of-the-day-upon-75th-anniversary-we-ask-creators-why-does-superman-endure/2013/06/10/a44afc80-d16f-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_blog.html#pagebreak

POST PICKS UP 'FORT KNOX': Military strip will replace 'Doonesbury Flashbacks' for the summer
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 9 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/post-picks-up-fort-knox-military-strip-will-replace-doonesbury-flashbacks-for-the-summer/2013/06/09/9b1cdcc6-d167-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_blog.html#pagebreak

Sunday, June 09, 2013

Fort Knox coming to Washington Post

Paul Boscacci notes, on Facebook, "After almost four years in syndication, Fort Knox will appear in THE Washington Post. Happy days."

June 12: Martha Kennedy on Charles Dana Gibson

On June 12, Martha Kennedy of the Library of Congress' Prints and Photos division and Margaret Wagner (of LoC Publishing Office) giving a gallery talk on Charles Dana Gibson and WWI at noon in the Graphic Arts Gallery in the Jefferson Building. Martha is the curator of the neat Gibson exhibit on view now.

Friday, June 07, 2013

Another March interview (Rep. Lewis' graphic novel, not the month)

The Long Road To Change: An Interview With The Creators Of March
By Mark Banaszak
Diamond BookShelf e-Newsletter June 2013
http://www.diamondbookshelf.com/Home/1/1/20/835?articleID=134908

Another Glen Weldon interview on Superman

Glen Weldon knows what makes Superman soar
by Michael May | June 6, 2013
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/06/glen-weldon-knows-what-makes-superman-soar/

Marvel vs. DC: The Art of Superheroes

Marvel Vs. DC: The Art of the Superheroes--"The show will feature animation cels as well as artwork by Jim Lee, Bruce Timm, Randy Martinez, Glen Orbik, and more. Some pieces are signed by Stan Lee, and that is pretty neat. Also, we have never-before-seen works from Alex Ross--including an exclusive pre-release Batman painting."

Runs June 7-July 7 at Artinsights Animation & Film Art Gallery in Reston, Va.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Funny Moms And Funny Pages

by Linda Holmes

June 7, 2013

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/06/07/189511883/pop-culture-happy-hour-funny-moms-and-funny-pages

"We then turn to the part of comics we've focused on less over the show's history: comic strips. We talk about Peanuts, The Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes, Doonesbury, Foxtrot, Cathy, Zippy, Ziggy, Boondocks ... well, the list really does go on and on. We talk about this one, and this one, and Stephen mentions a stunner from the days after September 11, 2001, which you can see here."

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund notes Post's Barney & Clyde inaction

The Washington Post Forbids Fake F-word in Funnies

June 4, 2013

By Maren Williams

http://cbldf.org/2013/06/washington-post-forbids-fake-f-word-in-funnies/

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Nail gun safety comic

Friend of ComicsDC Nick Thorkelson has done the art for a government safety comic. Here's Nick:

Friends & colleagues:

My nail gun safety comic just went online. You can take a look by downloading a PDF from either of the links below or, if you wait a while, by ordering the print version from CDC/NIOSH. Many thanks to Jim Albers of NIOSH who put this together, and who was very patient with me in the course of a long and complex development process.

English
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-149

Spanish
http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh/docs/2013-149_sp/