Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Thanks to all your amazing support over the years, we have grown so big we need a new space to contain all of our AWESOME! We can't tell you how excited we are for this move. Starting July 23^rd, 2014, you can find Fantom Comics at 2010 P Street NW, just a block and a half off Dupont Circle.

Like She-Hulk, Fantom has outgrown its digs, with events like our super-fun Ladies' Nights and our biggest Free Comic Book Day ever testing the limits of our teeny-tiny space.

She-Hulk #1 by Adi Granov

And with our new space being three times larger, we plan to do many more events in the future! Fantom Comics is moving on up – up the red line, up to the penthouse (well, the top floor of a 2-story building, anyway) - and we need the space for that to happen.

Please help us spread the word over these next two months! And thank you to all of our amazing customers and supporters who have made our move and expansion possible. Fantom Comics is so proud to have such a brilliant family of fans and friends who make up the best of Washington DC's comic book scene! Stay tuned to our Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr for more updates!

Fantom Comics · 50 Massachusetts Ave NE · Union Station - Mezzanine Level · Washington, DC 20002 · USA

Fantom Comics moving to Dupont Circle

Fantom Comics is moving on July 23 to 2010 P Street NW (above the Subway), just a block and a half off Dupont Circle. (It's currently located on the second floor at Union Station.) The owners have been eyeing Dupont for a couple of years, so it’s great to see this has finally worked out. It will also be interesting to see whether a high-pedestrian area like Dupont can support a comics shop. I think it can.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

May 31: Cartoonists Draw Blood

"Cartoonists Draw Blood" Saturday May 31, 2014 -- 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM

In association with American Red Cross and National Cartoonists Society, Washington, DC area cartoonists have clotted together to help keep the local blood banks well-stocked.

To schedule your appointment, email Troy and Carolyn at: cartoonistsdrawblood@gmail.com

All blood donors receive a complimentary cartoon sketch by a Washington, DC area cartoonist.

Seekers Church
276 Carroll Street, NW
Washington, DC 20012
(across from Takoma Metro)

Walk-ins are also welcome on May 31.

Cartoonists: Steve Artley, Carolyn Belefski, Bill Brown, Eric Gordon, Mal Jones, Teresa Roberts Logan, Jay Payne, Matt Rawson, Joe Sutliff

Facebook Event Page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1437807213121707/

Blog:

http://cartoonistsdrawblood.blogspot.com/2014/04/cartoonists-draw-blood-returns-may-31st.html?m=1

Saturday, May 24, 2014

That darn Toles!

Letter to the Editor:Too soon for this image

Jim Pembroke, Washington

Washington Post May 24 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/too-soon-for-a-cartoon-image-of-a-hot-air-balloon/2014/05/21/0ed2e786-dd0c-11e3-a837-8835df6c12c4_story.html

TCAF wrap-up with BPC's Jared Smith

Jared Smith of Big Planet Comics goes to the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (known as TCAF) with Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley, who are D.C.-area comics zinesters and a staple at the Small Press Comics Expo with their video interviews. Here, Jared gives a TCAF wrap-up:

"TCAF was a week ago, but I’m only getting around to writing this now. It was my first time going, and I loved it. It was definitely great to be back at a big show as a publisher with Retrofit Comics, but also a very different experience than being an attendee." Click for more.

Friday, May 23, 2014

More on the X-Men from Comic Riffs

ALL-FEMALE 'X-MEN': Editor cites 'tradition of empowered, beautifully realized, complex female characters' *(You listening, Goyer?)

By David Betancourt

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 23 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/23/x-men/

X-MEN: In Cullen Bunn's new Magneto run, writer goes for the gruesome

By David Betancourt

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 22 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/22/x-men-in-cullen-bunns-new-magneto-run-writer-goes-for-the-gruesome/

The Post on the new X-Men movie

'X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST': The Six-Point Fanboy Review of a First-Class Film

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog
May 23 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/23/x-men-days-of-future-past-the-six-point-fanboy-review-of-a-first-class-film/

'X-Men: Days of Future Past' risked disappointing its fans. But it's no letdown. [in print as They're My Heros].

By Kristen Page-Kirby
[Washington Post] Express
May 23 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/05/23/x-men-days-of-future-past-risked-disappointing-its-fans-but-its-no-letdown/

'X-Men: Days of Future Past' movie review: What summer movies are meant to be

By Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post May 23 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/x-men-days-of-future-past-movie-review-what-summer-movies-are-meant

June 4: Matt Dembicki signing Wild Ocean

ComicsDC co-author Matt Dembicki is signing Wild Ocean, his new anthology.

Wild Ocean - Matt Dembicki Signing

June 4

at 4:00pm
Show Map
Beyond Comics
5632 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, Maryland 21704

Matt Dembicki - Artist/writer of the Publisher's Weekly touted graphic novel "Trickster" has a brand new graphic novel - Wild Ocean. Matt will be promoting, signing and sketching at our store!

Thursday, May 22, 2014

New X-Men movie destroys RFK stadium before the United even move in

'Days of Future Past' X-Men movie shows RFK Stadium getting destroyed
By Scott Allen
Washington Post's DC Sports blog May 19 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/05/19/days-of-future-past-x-men-movie-shows-rfk-stadium-getting-destroyed/

In Latest X-Men Film, Watch Magneto Destroy RFK Stadium
by Jonathan L. Fischer
May. 21, 2014
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2014/05/21/in-latest-x-men-film-watch-magneto-destroy-rfk-stadium/

The Tamakis covered by ComicsGirl

Eden caught this appearance that I missed by the Tamaki cousins on their new book - check it out at http://www.comicsgirl.com/2014/05/19/jillian-tamaki-and-mariko-tamaki-at-politics-and-prose/

Comic Riffs on March, Snowden and She-Hulk

TONIGHT'S RFK AWARDS: Rep. John Lewis 'happy and thrilled' to receive
special honor for 'March: Book One'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 22 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/22/tonights-rfk-awards-rep-john-lewis-happy-and-thrilled-to-receive-special-honor-for-march-book-one/

EDWARD SNOWDEN: As NSA leaker gets his own comic book today, the
writer 'leaks' her inspiration and motivations
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 21 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/21/edward-snowden-as-nsa-leader-gets-his-own-comic-book-today-the-writer-leaks-her-inspiration-and-motivation/

SHE-HULK co-creator Stan Lee weighs in on David Goyer debate: 'Only a
nut would even think of that'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 21 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/21/she-hulk-co-creator-stan-lee-weighs-in-on-david-goyer-debate-only-a-nut-would-even-think-of-that/

Herblock and Chast on YouTube

Courtesy of TCJ.com-

Herblock: A Political Cartoonist - History, Cartoons, Civil Rights,
McCarthyism, Nixon
C-Span2's BookTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFg8N4HvEus

Roz Chast "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant"
Politics and Prose· May 20, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLI0L-A1c6c

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast discusses her new book at Politics &
Prose in Washington, D.C. This event was recorded May 13, 2014.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

May 22: Special RFK Book Award for 'March'

The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights has announced that March: Book One, the first volume of Rep. John Lewis' civil rights memoir co-written with Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell, will receive a "Special Recognition" award at the 2014 Robert F.Kennedy Book Awards, to be presented in a ceremony May 22, in Washington, D.C. All three will be on hand to receive the award.

ComicsDC staff will be at the event, so check back for photos and more!

Photo: RFK Center

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Words & Curds: Ben Hatke, creator of Zita the Spacegirl

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Mayor Gray Announces Animation Company to Move to District

'Batman V Superman': A Legal Thriller (We Hope)

NCS REUBEN AWARDS: As artists honor each other tonight, a keen memory about one 'outstanding' cartoonist

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post Comic Riffs blog May 24 2014

Dilbert's Scott Adams Satirizes His Way To Success

The Download: City officials recruit digital animation studio to the District

By Steven Overly

Capital Business May 26 2014

Monday, May 26, 2014