Magic Bullet 11 cover preview

We're excited to unveil a sneak peek of the next cover for "Magic Bullet"! Designed by Gabbie Bam Bam, this will be the eleventh issue of the newspaper, and features over forty different comic artists from around the area. It will begin to hit the streets of the city next week, on July 21st. Look for it in your favorite comic book stores, or check out www.magicbulletcomics.blogspot.com for an updated list of places that carry it.

Latest International Journal of Comic Art out

675 pages! Subscribe at http:// www.ijoca.com

Table of contents will be posted here tomorrow.

Jason Rodriguez featured on ARA's website

ARA's Jason Rodriguez is a Scientist by Day, Writer and Editor by Night

July 16, 2015
http://www.ara.com/Newsroom_Whatsnew/culture/JRodriguez_super_editor.htm

Jason Rodriguez: scientist by day, writer and editor by night.

Comics Alternative podcast on Retrofit Comics / Big Planet Comics

Episode 143: A Publisher Spotlight on Retrofit Comics / Big Planet Comics

  July 8, 2015
http://comicsalternative.com/episode-143/

July 18: Zdepski workshop on making mini comics

Artist Paul Zdepski (a free contributor to Magic Bullet) holds a "Printing Your Mini Comic" workshop Sat., July 18, from 1- 2 p.m. at the Shenandoah Arts Council in Winchester, Va. He will be giving a talk on how to print your own minicomic with both lo-tech and high-tech options. "I'll even give you a link to a Word doc for an 8-page 'Signature.' You can just replace the panels with your own and print!" he writes.

Image from Zdepski's award-wining minicomic Sing, Sing.

Harvey nom for 'Wild Ocean'

Wild Ocean: Sharks, Whales, Rays and Other Endangered Sea Creatures (Fulcrum Publishing) is a Harvey Award nominee in the anthology category. Local contributors to the book include me (Matt Dembicki), Michael Cowgill, Jason Axtell, Brooke Allen, Andy Kettler, Steve Loya and Kevin Panetta. All comic professionals are eligible to vote. Here is the online ballot.

Image: Page from story by Michael Cowgill/Tom Williams

The Nib's Kickstarter

Associate Editor Eleri Harris is based in DC. I've gone for the Poop Bag level. Because I have a beagle.

Eat More Comics! The Best of The Nib

by Matt Bors

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattbors/eat-more-comics-the-best-of-the-nib

We're gathering the best comics we've published in one giant 300 page hardcover.

Express on ‘Bojack Horseman’

I was wrong about 'Bojack Horseman' — it gets better with time

By Rudi Greenberg
Express July 15 2015, p. 19.

online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/07/15/i-was-wrong-about-bojack-horseman-it-gets-better-with-time/

Comic Riffs talks to Breathed

Berkeley Breathed speaks: Here is why 'Bloom County' is really returning

By Michael Cavna
July 14 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/14/berkeley-breathed-speaks-here-is-why-bloom-county-is-really-returning/

July 18: Loudon County Library anime con

MiniCon 2015

 LCPL's annual anime convention for teens ages 12-18 at Rust Library in Leesburg.

Join us for costumes, contests, friends, and --  of course-- anime! Saturday, July 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

More details at http://library.loudoun.gov/Kids-Teens/Just-for-Teens/Minicon

Jeffrey Thompson's new Thor & Loki book

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011LNALLM?*Version*=1&*entries*=0

Teresa Logan at Speakeasy DC tonight

Details at
http://speakeasydc.com/events/item/the-charismatic-leader1

Liz Suburbia interview on her new book

Messing-Up, Making Music, & Crafting Comics: Liz Suburbia Delves into Sacred Heart.

PREVIEWSworld: July 2015
http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/977?articleID=165602

I interviewed her in 2011.

Comic Riffs interviews Lalo Alcaraz

Quick Picks: Lalo Alcaraz returns to Comic-Con, this time saluted and celebrated

By Michael Cavna July 10 2015
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/10/quick-picks-lalo-alcaraz-returns-to-comic-con-this-time-saluted-and-celebrated/

Arlington's Nell Minow interviews MAD editor

SDCC 2015: Sam Viviano of MAD Magazine

by Nell Minow

July 13, 2015
http://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/sdcc-2015-sam-viviano-of-mad-magazine

Page-Kirby on Minions and Batkid

We can make better movies for kids than 'Minions' [in print as Butt Tired: C'mon 'Minions,' we're better than this].

By Kristen Page-Kirby July 10 2015, p. 16

online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/07/09/we-can-make-better-movies-for-kids-than-minions/

'Batkid' celebrates the effort behind a boy's big day [in print as 'Batkid' and his super friends].

By Kristen Page-Kirby July 9 2015, p. 43 .

online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/07/09/batkid-celebrates-the-effort-behind-a-boys-big-day/

Comic Riffs interviews from SDCC

Comic-Con Quick Picks: 'Bone's' Jeff Smith plots America's next great comics fest

By Michael Cavna July 12 2015
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/12/comic-con-quick-picks-bones-jeff-smith-plots-americas-next-great-comics-fest/

The real origin story behind how Rep. John Lewis became THE hit of Comic-Con…

By Michael Cavna July 13 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/13/the-real-origin-story-behind-how-rep-john-lewis-became-the-hit-of-comic-con/

Quick Picks: For Craig Yoe, old-school side of Comic-Con still enjoys a Golden Age

By Michael Cavna July 12 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/12/quick-picks-for-craig-yoe-old-school-side-of-comic-con-still-enjoys-a-golden-age/

Comic-Con Quick Picks: Busy as ever, Peter Bagge is a creative force on 'Fire!!'

By Michael Cavna July 12 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/12/comic-con-quick-picks-busy-as-ever-peter-bagge-is-a-creative-force-on-fire/

PR: Comic Inspired play in Fairfax, Virginia: LETO LEGEND

From: Kristen LePine

I wanted to let you know about a comic inspired play happening at Fairfax's the Hub Theatre that I think your readership would love to see: LETO LEGEND.

LETO LEGEND is a comedy about contemporary and mythical superheroines. In the contemporary world, Charlie is a single 'lacrosse' mom striving to balance newfound success as a comic book creator with the demands of parenthood. In the mythical universe, Leto, a Titan goddess and mother to Artemis and Apollo, also deals with the dual demands of work and family. The play tackles how to navigate a work, artistic and family life and deal with interior and exterior judgement.

The production features an all-female cast including Valerie Fenton, Lolita Clayton, Katie Nigsch, Katie Jeffries, Audrey Bertaux, and Carolyn Kashner. Matt Nielson wrote original music for the show, and Cliff Williams choreographed the stage-combat. Yes, in a play about superheroines, there has to be a fight scene! The rest of the design team – Robbie Hayes, Johnathan Alexander, Deb Sivigny, and Suzanne Maloney – have created a bold comic-inspired world where the contemporary and mythical collide. Helen Pafumi, who has been a huge champion of this play since its genesis, is directing.

 

More info and tix can be found at www.thehubtheatre.org.

The play runs from July 10 to August 2nd with performances 8pm on Friday and Saturday and 2pm on Saturday and Sunday. All Hub Theatre performances take place at the John Swayze Theatre at the New School of Northern Virginia, 9431 Silver King Court, Fairfax, VA 22031. 

Hope to see you at the show!

Kristen LePine, playwright

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kristenlepine.com

historicheroines.com - championing real and imagined heroines througout history

Mythical and contemporary super-heroines collide in LETO LEGEND premiering at the Hub Theatre in Fairfax, VA, July 10th-Aug 2nd. Purchase tickets.

2 Eisners for 'Lumberjanes' artist Brooke Allen

The comic "Lumberjanes" (BOOM! Box) nabbed two Eisner Awards (Best News Series and Best Publication for Teens) for its creative team. Its artist, local cartoonist Brooke A. Allen, celebrates the announcement with power tools.

'Superman 2050' at Kennedy Center

Chicago's Theater Unspeakable presents "Superman 2050" April 1-3, 2016, at the Family Theater at the Kennedy Center. Actors present the entire show on a 3'-by-7' space. Click here to see the promotional video.