The Post on Awesome Con

How Kickstarter helped Awesome Con DC grow — and why they won't use it next year

    By Andrea Peterson

    Washington Post's The Switch blog April 21 2014

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/04/21/how-kickstarter-helped-one-comic-con-achieve-massive-growth-and-why-organizers-say-they-wont-use-it-next-year/

 

Superheroes on the Mall are dressed the part, but can they break a record?

[in print as Dressed for success?! Superheores swoop in on the Mall in an attempt to break a Guiness record].

By Maura Judkis, Washington Post April 19 2014, p. C1, 2

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/superheroes-on-the-national-mall-are-dressed-the-part-but-can-they-break-a-record/2014/04/18/947f975c-c66a-11e3-9f37-7ce307c56815_story.html

 

Awesome Con draws out D.C.'s nerds and secret superheroes

    By Christina Cauterucci       

    Express April 16 2014

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/04/16/awesome-con-guide-dc-convention-center/

 

How two D.C. locals will transform into 'Saga' characters for AwesomeCon

    By Christina Cauterucci       

    Express April 16 2014

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/04/16/saga-cosplay-awesome-con-dc/

That darn Mike Peters!

Letter to the Editor

Guns don't cause harm; people do

John Murphy, Vienna

Washington Post  April 19 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/people-not-guns-cause-harm/2014/04/17/11e3f2d0-c4ed-11e3-9ee7-02c1e10a03f0_story.html

CBS Sunday Morning on Mo Willems, including his Kennedy Center show

For kids' book author Mo Willems, childhood is an awful time

CBS News Sunday Morning April 20 2014

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/for-kids-book-author-mo-willems-childhood-is-an-awful-time/

 

Knuffle Bunny is one of the creations of Mo Willems, a best-selling author and illustrator for children, and as Rita Braver discovered, very much a man of the world.

Shelton Drum's original comic art exhibit in Southern VA

"Heroes Aren't Hard to Find: The Comic Art Collection of Shelton Drum" exhibit at the William King Museum, Abingdon, VA, is absolutely fantastic, especially for someone around age 50-60. Shelton bought the art that we all would have, especially Spider-Man pages. Here's a set of pictures I snapped quickly, which don't do the art justice.

Why mention this on ComicsDC? Because local hero Richard Thompson is represented with two Cul de Sac strips.

Caitlin McGurk talks about the Richard Thompson exhibit in Columbus

Virtual Memories – season 4 episode 15 – Hello, Columbus

Gil Roth
Virtual Memories podcast Apr 21, '14
http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/podcast-hello-columbus
http://traffic.libsyn.com/virtualmemories/Season_4_Episode_15_-_Hello_Columbus.mp3

Cullen Bunn at Third Eye Comics in Annapolis

This Saturday at Third Eye Annapolis, the writer behind the DEADPOOL Killogy (DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL, DEADPOOL KILLUSTRATED, and DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL, as well as NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL and DEADPOOL VS. CARNAGE) will be in-store signing from 11AM-1PM and we could not be more amped! 

 

Cullen has also done HELHEIM, SIXTH GUN, and of course, the brand new SINESTRO from DC.

 

Click here for more event info!

Marc Nobleman interviews the illustrator Ross MacDonald

Interview with Ross MacDonald, illustrator of "Boys of Steel"

Mark Tyler Nobleman

April 18, 2014

http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2014/04/interview-with-ross-macdonald.html

I love MacDonald's work.

Animation historian Charles Solomon reviews Cul de Sac

Book Review: "The Complete Cul de Sac"

by Charles Solomon
Animation Scoop blog April 21, 2014
http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/book-review-the-complete-cul-de-sac

Lumberjanes interview with Brooke Allen's co-creator

Interview: Noelle Stevenson talks about her hit book Lumberjanes

 by Shannon OLeary

04/21/2014
http://comicsbeat.com/interview-lumberjanes-noelle-stevenson/

SL Gallant "Who?!"

My buddy Shannon "SL" Gallant is the artist on G.I. Joe, and he pulled out the stops on this piece of art he did for my Whovian daughter at Awesome Con.

Cosplayers record attempt at Awesome Con on Friday fails

Awesome Con Organizers Attempt, Fail To Set Cosplaying World Record

Eric's Awesome Con Pics, a guest post

My name is Eric and I have been shooting amateur photography for over six years off and on. I normally shoot up in Columbia Height, DC is a private studio (really really small). I completely agree with the the creator of Awesome Con that the DC area has been under served by comic book conventions so in my own little way I hope this support the hometown convention.

I am hoping to make contact with the various convention cosplay attendees so that I can email back their image(s). I snapped approximately 1200 images at the convention and now I am editing it down to one image per cosplayer to post to DeviantArt and Flickr. If you are a cosplayer that would like their respective image emailed to them (or really anything else people would like to communicate about such as Photoshop talk or setting up a shoot) then the best way to contact me is through my email (EricPhotoNow@Yahoo.com).

Below were Friday's Cosplayers (better quality images are at my DeviantArt site).

Bruce Guthrie's Awesome Con photos

Bruce Guthrie has some Awesome Con photographs online.

April 24: Mark Wheatley art on CBS sitcom

Mark Wheatley's Art featured on CBS' The Millers

Rep. Lewis' March nominated for an Eisner award

Roll Call has a short story.

You can meet Rep. Lewis and Andrew Aydin at Awesome Con this weekend.

Awesome Con Newsletter

ZERO days left until Awesome Con! WE OPEN TODAY! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. TODAY IS THE DAY...   We are throwing the doors open to Awesome Con at 3:00 pm TODAY and we'll be open until 8:00 pm! Make sure you have your 3-Day tickets and are ready to experience all we have to offer, from comic artists and dealers to table top gaming and video games!  It's going to be a great time!  Tickets for today only (Friday) are $15 and will be available at the door, and tickets for Saturday and Sunday are available, too! Buy them here or at the door! Also, in case you didn't know, we're attempting a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® for the largest gathering of people dressed as comic book characters at the U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool today (Friday) at noon, just hours before the start of Awesome Con 2014 at the Washington Convention Center. So come out in your coolest comic book character costume, or even last year's comic book character Halloween costume, and help us break China's record! To go mobile and plan out your Awesome Con experience, download our Guidebook App here. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND! IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME!        Awesome Con-cert with Andrew W.K. Get ready to PARTY HARD at a special solo performance by Andrew WK! Locals Rare Candy will be opening the show with their unique brand of video game-inspired tunes, followed by nerdcore rapper, Adam WarRock. You won't want to miss it! Get tickets now!  Saturday, April 19, 9pm Black Cat 1811 14th St NW Washington DC    Celebrity Guests Billie Piper Cary Elwes Sean Astin IronE Singleton Jewel Staite Ron Glass Rob Paulsen Danai Gurira Richard Horvitz Veronica Taylor Phil LaMarr Maurice LaMarche Kevin Sorbo J. August Richards Nicholas Brendon Melissa McBride Comic and Literary Guests George Perez Steve Niles Timothy Zahn Marc Hempel Jim Zub Joe Rubinstein Dario Brizuela Dan Parent The Full guest list is on our website. Countdown to Awesome Con! April 18 - 20, 2014   Friday: 3pm - 8pm Saturday: 10am - 7pm Sunday: 10am - 5pm   Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Mount Vernon Place NW Washington, DC

Bleeding Cool talks to Awesome Con owner Penrod

Awesome Con Founder Ben Penrod On Breaking World Records And Getting Big Names This Year

By Devon Sanders

Bleeding Cool April 17, 2014

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/04/17/awesome-con-founder-ben-penrod-on-breaking-world-records-and-getting-big-names-this-year/

Comic Riffs on tomorrow's Awesome Con

The Riff: Is D.C. (finally) geeky enough to set a cosplay world record Friday?

    By Michael Cavna     

    Washington Post Comic Riffs blog  April 17 2014

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/04/17/the-riff-is-d-c-finally-geeky-enough-to-set-a-cosplay-world-record-friday/

Puck, Judge and The Wasp cartoons from local bookstore owner

Andy Moursund, a longtime bookstore owner in the DC area, has Puck, Judge, The Wasp, 1877 - 1910, a set of excellent scans on Flickr of cartoons from the magazines. The images are seriously racist, anti-immigrant and very well done.

Steve Artley's SF Aphelion Arc PREVIEW ISSUE is now available

The Aphelion Arc PREVIEW ISSUE is now available! This special preview edition contains the latest and most complete version of "Exiles of Nod," along with The Nerds' Appendix and bonus material that provides a glimpse at the process in scripting and storyboarding. This 32-page magazine also contains sketches for the new story, "Adam's Eve." You can arrange to purchase your copy by emailing info@aphelionarc.com. 

If you're in the Washington DC area, look for our APHELION ARC booth at AWESOME CON, Washington DC Convention Center April 18 — 20, where we'll have the magazine on sale along with a few other items of interest. http://awesomecondc.com/.