Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - June 15, 2012

June 15, 2012

Free Role-Playing Game Day and Sale on Saturday! Nick Abadzis added to our slew of great signing events this summer when he appeared at our Bethesda store last Saturday, if you missed it we have copies of his new Hugo Tate book available with hand-sketches inside! This Saturday in our Vienna and College Park stores we will be celebrating Free Role-Playing Game Day with a bunch of free games and sample games to be given out! In our College Park store we will be having a sale on all our games, from 5% to 30% off! Come in to College Park and see what is on sale! Also, to celebrate our 50th podcast on June 27, we will be having a live podcast, broadcast from our Vienna store at 8 pm, and you are all invited! If you want to come in and watch the podcast, and come up and add your comments or questions to the show, please do! We will have more information about it soon, but lock it in to your schedule! June 16 - Free Role-Playing Game Day Much like Free Comic Book Day, Free Role-Playing Game (RPG) Day is an annual event where publishers send us some cool stuff to give away free – adventures, modules, game samples, dice, and intro games! We'll have this free game stuff at both our Vienna and College Park stores all day, but we are only given a limited amount of items, so come in early if you want to be sure to get the ones you want! We'll have stuff for Shadowrun, Pathfinder, Dungeons&Dragons, dice, and more! More info, including a list of everything we'll have, is at http://www.freerpgday.com/ 11AM-6PM Big Planet Comics of Vienna 426 Maple Ave. East Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-9412 vienna@bigplanetcomics.com 11AM-7PM Big Planet Comics of College Park 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 collegepark@bigplanetcomics.com 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 July 4 - Big Planet Comics 26th Anniversary Sale In 1986, Big Planet Comics was born, so come celebrate 26 years with us on the 4th of July when we do our annual sale! All stores! Since the 4th falls in the middle of the week this year, we may do even shorter hours than our normal holiday schedule, but we will let you know! ___________________ Siegfried 1 HC by Alex Alice The epic story of Siegfried comes to amazing life under the direction of Alex Alice, who manages to add a Disney-like flavor with the cartoony style of the Nibelung dwarves, and gorgeously lush art as Siegfried is prepared by the gods for his destiny to fight a massive dragon! Plus the book includes a huge section on the research behind the story and the preparation to turn it into an animated film. Amazing! Spider-Men #1 (of 5) by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli What's cooler than the Amazing Spider-Man? A team-up with the great new Ultimate Spider-Man! Peter Parker is pulled into the Ultimate Universe, for the first crossover ever between the mainstream Marvel Universe! Peter finds himself in a world where he was killed and Miles Morales is the new Spider-Man! A great start! Bad Medicine #1   by Nunzio DeFillipis, Christina Weir and Christopher Mitten   An ongoing series of strange science fiction experiments, with the first case running over 2 issues. A body is found with an invisible head! The disgraced (and possibly crazy) scientist who first worked on creating invisibility is called in to work with the U.S. government, as the possibility of an invisible murderer grows! Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1 (of 4) by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner   The second Before Watchmen series is also written by Cooke but art by the awesome Conner! Silk Spectre tries to raise her daughter to follow in her footsteps even as she is affected by her mother's choices while trying to survive high school and have a normal life - even though she is training to be a superhero too! The Massive #1 by Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson After the Earth's ecology shifts terribly, drowning coasts and ravaging international travel, one last eco-warrior ship travels the sea, searching for their companions lost on the giant freighter The Massive, while dodging pirates and slowly running out of fuel. A compelling adventure set in a vibrantly dangerous vision of near scifi future of ecological collapse with great art. Planetoid #1 by Ken Garing A space pirate crashlands on a strange alien world where technological monsters rampage through the wreckage of a fallen civilization. Silas must use all of his resources to survive and find out why his ship crashed, and perhaps find a way to escape. Great gritty art and adventure! Spider-Man: The Graphic Novels HC by Susan Putney, Gerry Conway, Charless Vess, Stan Lee, Bernie Wrightson, Alex Saviuk and Ross Andru   Some of the best Spider-Man graphic novels of the 1980s and 1990s are finally collected into an oversized hardcover! An amazing adventure in Scotland by Charles Vess, a trippy voyage to a magical realm, the history of Peter Parker and Mary Jane before they met and after, and fighting Nazis with Silver Sable! A great selection. X-Men #30 by Brian Wood and David Lopez   The X-Men add another great book to their roster as Brian Wood takes over the writing duties and Storm leads her team on a mission without reporting a lot of secret details to Cyclops! Lopez's art makes this another winner. American Vampire: Lord Of Nightmares #1 (Of 5) AVX vs. #3 (Of 6) Battle Scars SC Batwoman Vol 1 Hydrology HC Boys Vol 11 Over The Hill With The Swords Of A Thousand SC Conan The Barbarian #5 Dancer #2 Daredevil By Mark Waid Vol 2 HC Days Of Destruction, Days Of Revolt HC DC Comics Presents Superman Adventures #1 SC Deathlok Nightmare Of Collins HC Dungeons & Dragons Classics Vol 3 SC Invincible #92 Justice SC Kevin Keller #3 Loxleys And The War Of 1812 HC Night Of 1000 Wolves #2 (Of 3) Orc Stain Vol 1 SC New Ptg The Phoenix #4 Prince Valiant Vol 5 1945-1946 HC Saucer Country #4 Seven Soldiers Of Victory Vol 02 (Of 2) SC The Spider #2 Sunday Funnies Collected Vol 02 Tiny Titans: Growing Up Tiny SC Ultimate Comics Spider-Man By Bendis Vol 2 HC Big Planet Comics Podcast #48 "Shabba!" Kevin, Nick and Jared play with sound effects, eat some cake, and review all the new comics! Download now or subscribe on iTunes!   PODCAST REVIEWS: Bad Medicine #1 by Nunzio Defilippis, Christina Weir and Christopher Mitten Bad Medicine #2 by Nunzio Defilippis, Christina Weir and Christopher Mitten Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1 (of 4) by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner The Massive #1 by Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson Planetoid #1 by Ken Garing Siegfried HC by Alex Alice Spider-Men #1 (of 5) by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli X-Men #30 by Brian Wood and David López Send us questions to podcast@bigplanetcomics.com or leave a voicemail at 1-703-539-CAST! (1-703-539-2278)   6/16 - Free RPG Day freerpgday.com 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com 426 Maple Ave. East Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-9412 vienna@bigplanetcomics.com 7/4 - 20% off Sale All stores! 7/28 - Matt Dembicki Signing Xoc 11am-1pm 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 bigplanetcollegepark@yahoo.com Signing Xoc 3pm-5pm 426 Maple Ave. East Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-9412 vienna@bigplanetcomics.com New Next Week 6/20 (Let us know if you want any of these!)   Adventure Time #5 Alabaster Wolves #3 (Of 5) Angel & Faith Vol 1 Live Through This SC Avengers Academy #32 AVX Avengers Vs X-Men #2 (Of 12) 4th Ptg Avengers Vs X-Men #6 (Of 12) Avenging Spider-Man #8 Ends Baltimore Dr Leskovar's Remedy #1 (Of 2) Batman Beyond Unlimited #5 Batwoman #10 Before Watchmen: Comedian #1 (Of 6) Before Watchmen: Comedian #1 (Of 6) Combo Pack Birds Of Prey #10 Blue Beetle #10 BPRD Hell On Earth Devils Engine #2 (Of 3) Buck Rogers In 25th Century Sundays Vol 2 1933 HC Captain Atom #10 Casanova Avaritia #4 (Of 4) Catwoman #10 Challengers Of The Unknown Omnibus By Kirby HC Chew #27 2nd Ptg Complete Flash Gordon Library Vol 1 On Planet Mongo HC Crossed Badlands #8 Daredevil #14 Dark Avengers #176 Dark Horse Presents #13 Dark Tower Gunslinger Man In Black #1 Darkness #104 DC Universe Presents #10 Dejah Thoris & White Apes Of Mars #3 Dominique Laveau Voodoo Child #4 Jim Butcher Dresden Files Fool Moon #6 Elephantmen #40 Fables #118 First Wave SC Frankenstein Agent Of Shade Vol 1 War Monsters SC Ghostbusters #10 GI Joe A Real American Treasury Edition Glory #27 Godzilla #2 Green Lantern Corps #10 Grim Leaper #2 (Of 4) Hardcore #1 2nd Ptg Hellblazer #292 Hellblazer Vol 3 The Fear Machine SC New Edition Higher Earth #2 Hulk #54 Into The Volcano SC Invincible Iron Man #519 Invincible Iron Man Vol 9 Demon HC Johnny Red Vol 2 Red Devil Rising HC Journey Into Mystery #640 Judge Dredd Digest: Cursed Earth Saga SC Judge Dredd Digest: The Day The Law Died SC Kung Fu Panda #6 (Of 6) Legion Of Super Heroes #10 Liberty Meadows Sunday Collected 1 HC Los Angeles Ink Stains Vol 1 SC Lost Dogs GN Mad Magazine #516 Marathon GN Mars Attacks #1 Mars Attacks Classics Vol 1 SC Marvel Universe Avengers Earths Heroes #3 Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man Comic Reader #2 SC Memorial #6 (Of 6) Merciless Rise Of Ming #2 Meskin Out Of The Shadows SC Mickey Mouse Vol 3 Noon Inferno Gulch HC Nancy In Hell On Earth #3 (Of 4) Near Death #9 New Avengers #27 AVX New Mutants #44 New York Mon Amour HC Next Men Aftermath #44 Nightwing #10 Planet Of The Apes #15 Punisher #12 Ragemoor #4 Rebel Blood #4 (Of 4) Red Hood And The Outlaws #10 Reed Gunther #10 Rio HC Saga #4 Secret Avengers #28 AVX The Secret History Of DB Cooper #4 The Shadow #3 Silver Surfer Rebirth Of Thanos SC New Ptg Simpsons Comics #191 Slam Dunk Vol 22 SC Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #14 Roger Langridge's Snarked #9 Sonic The Hedgehog Archives Vol 18 SC Spider-Man Trouble On Horizon HC Spider-Men #1 (Of 5) 2nd Ptg Star Wars Darth Vader Ghost Prison #2 (Of 5) Star Wars Dawn Of The Jedi #5 Force Storm Static Shock Vol 1 Supercharged SC Supergirl #10 Team Cul De Sac HC TMNT Micro Series #5 Splinter Trinity: A Graphic History Of The First Atomic Bomb SC The Twelve Vol 2 HC Uncanny X-Men #14 AVX Unwritten #38 Venom #19 Walking Dead #99 Winter Soldier #7 Wolverine #308 Wonder Woman #10 Wonderland Alphabet Alice's Adventure HC X-9 Secret Agent Corrigan Vol 4 HC X-Factor #238 X-Men: X-Club SC Young Justice #17

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Photos from Team Cul de Sac booksigning

Last weekend was the first Team Cul de Sac booksigning at One More Page in Arlington. Here's a list of the online pictures that I know of:

Steve Artley - http://artleytoonsonline.blogspot.com/2012/06/2012-chris-sparks-next-team-cul-de-sac.html

Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo - http://www.curls-studio.com/curls/?p=1676 and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150940960942381.439013.50763422380&type=3

Bruce Guthrie - http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2012_06_10G_Team_CDS

Mike Rhode - http://www.flickr.com/photos/42072348@N00/sets/72157630100095288/  - I'm also going to add the cartoons that didn't make it into the book to this group now.

Post reviews Whedonverse book

'Buffy' scholarship writ large: 'Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion: the TV Series, the Movies, the Comic Books and More'
By Laurent Cartayrade, Washington Post June 17 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/joss-whedon-the-complete-companion-the-tv-series-the-movies-the-comic-books-and-more/2012/06/15/gJQANKdweV_story.html

Post on “The History of Invulnerability"

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... too much irony in Jerry Siegel bio-drama [print title: Kryptonite-caliber drama at Theater J]
By Celia Wren,
Washington Post June 14 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its--too-much-irony-in-jerry-siegel-bio-drama/2012/06/13/gJQAvTpqaV_story.html

Dark Horse's plans for Finder: Talisman

Dark Horse Plans Two Hardcover Editions of Carla Speed McNeil's 'Finder: Talisman'
by Calvin Reid
May 15, 2012
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/51960-dark-horse-plans-two-hardcover-editions-of-carla-speed-mcneil-s--finder-talisman--.html

Truitt on Hoax Hunters

'Hoax Hunters' gets real with monsters and urban legends
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 13 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-13/Hoax-Hunters-comic-book-series/55584046/1

Meet Writer Scott M. Baker at Beyond Comics

MEET AUTHOR SCOTT M. BAKER  Rotter World      Saturday June 15th 1:00pm to 4:00pm    GAITHERSBURG 18749 B North Frederick Rd.  Gaithersburg, MD 20879  (301) 216-0007 The Vampire Hunters The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon The Vampire Hunters: Dominion    Author of the zombie apocalypse novel Rotter World and The Vampire Hunters trilogy. Author of the short stories "Rednecks Shouldn't Play With Dead Things," "Cruise of the Living Dead," and "Deck the Malls with Bowels of Holly" (think zombie reindeer). Servant and slave to four house rabbits.                Visit his Blog Spot!   Please visit our stores any time. Gaithersburg                                       Frederick  18747 B North Frederick Rd             5632 Buckeystown Pike Gaithersburg, MD 20879                  Frederick, MD 21704 301-668-8202                               (301) 6668-8202

Beyond Comics | 18749 B North Frederick Rd | Gaithersburg | MD | 20879

OT: Comic books in Naval Hospital Beaufort's gift shop, circa 1954

This picture came across my desk at work today - A man in a wheelchair with his leg in a cast examines the magazine and comic book selection at Naval Hospital Beaufort's gift shop, circa 1954. Photograph courtesy of Regena Kowitz, Public Affairs Officer/Customer Relations Officer, Naval Hospital Beaufort, South Carolina. US Navy BUMED Office of Medical History 12-0064-07.

The comics that I can recognize are Betty and Veronica, The Spirit, Tip Top (featuring Peanuts), Red Ryder, Rin Tin Tin, Tarzan, Donald Duck, Love ?, Love Romances? Mighty ? - a lot of Dell books there.

3 comic art articles in today's Express

Arthur's' Admirers
by Marc Silver Posted on June 14, 2012 , p. 17  
http://www.expressnightout.com/2012/06/arthurs-admirers/

 

on the children's animated show.  Also in print:

 

Page-Kirby, Kristen.  2012.

Superconductor: Carolyn Violi keeps the music flwoing for Disney's touring production of 'Beauty and the Beast.'

Express (June 14): E6

 

Elber, Lynn / Associated Press.  2012.

What the 'Doc' Ordered: An animated series offers a positive role model for minorities [Doc McStuffins].

Express (June 14): 21

Comic Riffs talks to Steve Kelley

STEVE KELLEY PINK-SLIPPED: Veteran political cartoonist is among today's Times-Picayune layoffs
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 12 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/steve-kelley-pink-slipped-veteran-political-cartoonist-is-among-todays-times-picayune-layoffs/2012/06/12/gJQAuxcbYV_blog.html#pagebreak

Team Cul de Sac July 11th booksigning Facebook page

It'll be at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. Check out this Facebook page if you'd like more info.

Truitt on The Massive

Wood crafts a 'Massive' book of environmental collapse
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 11 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-11/The-Massive-comic-book-series/55524760/1

Comic Riffs interviews Ed Stein

Why Denver's ED STEIN is quitting the political-cartoon business: 'The passion was gone'
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 12 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/why-denvers-ed-stein-is-quitting-the-political-cartoon-business-the-passion-was-gone/2012/06/12/gJQAVgD4WV_blog.html

Bruce Guthrie's Team Cul de Sac Book Launch pictures

Bruce Guthrie It took me awhile to post my pictures from the book launch but they're up on http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2012_06_10G_Team_CDS . Being obsessive, I took over 700 photos but a quick review worked it down to just 200-ish. Enjoy!

Beauty and the Beast theater review

'Beauty and the Beast': The inner Beast [in print as The beauty of the Beast].

Emily Cary

Washington Examiner June 12 2012 p. 21

http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/music/2012/06/beauty-and-beast-inner-beast/717816

 

Politics and Prose's instant publishing machine

This article features the local bookstore, and although it doesn't have any comics content, there's no reason you can't print your own graphic novels there.

OT: Chris Schweizer

One of the cartoonists I really like is Chris Schweizer (who also contributed to the Team Cul de Sac project), and there's a long interview with him at:

CR Sunday Interview: Chris Schweizer.

Tom Spurgeon

Comics Reporter (June 10): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_chris_schweizer/

Team Cul de Sac auction wrapup

Here's a couple of stories on the end of the auction.

Team Cul de Sac auction raises $47k; Watterson painting sold for $13k
by Alan Gardner
June 11, 2012
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/06/11/team-cul-de-sac-auction-raises-47k-watterson-painting-sold-for-13k/

TEAM 'CUL DE SAC' AUCTION: Rare Watterson painting sells for $13K
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 11 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/team-cul-de-sac-auction-rare-watterson-painting-sells-for-13k/2012/06/11/gJQAtn9dTV_blog.html#pagebreak

City Paper on Wooly Mammoth's Simpsons play

When society crumbles, we'll still have The Simpsons [in print as Rolling in "D'Oh", p. 44]
By Chris Klimek • June 8, 2012
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42806/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play-when-society-crumbles-well/

Team Cul de Sac auction almost over

Just two days left for original art from the Team Cul de Sac auction!

Sure, by telling you about this, I'm losing more and more of my bids, but it's FOR A GOOD CAUSE!

History of Invulnerability play opens, Beauty and the Beast Returns

Ticket info is here. The Post's Sorry, Lois, this story is all on deep background is in today's paper.

 

'Beauty and the Beast' gets a budget-friendly makeover reviews the play based on a cartoon.

 

And Madagascar 3 is reviewed at A big top curtain call of the wild.

Madagascar 3 voice actor article in today's Express

Page-Kirby, Kristen.  2012.

The Man Behind Melman: Schwimmer adds life to the giraffe in the third 'Madagascar.'

Express (June 8): 27

online at http://www.expressnightout.com/

June 9: Manga Day at Library of Congress

From Martha Kennedy:

Manga in Japanese will be on display in the Library of Congress's Asian Division (LJ-150, Jefferson Bldg) on Sat. June 9, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Visitors can come and go during the time frame. Mari Nakahara, who co-curated the Sakura exhibition in the Graphic Arts Galleries, is organizing this event.

 

Comic Riffs interviews Darwyn Cooke on Befofe Watchmen

WATCHING DARWYN COOKE: Writer-artist respects the dissenters — but 'Before Watchmen' was too challenging to pass up
By David Betancourt
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog June 7 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/watching-darwyn-cooke-writer-artist-respects-the-dissenters--but-before-watchmen-was-too-challenging-to-pass-up/2012/06/07/gJQAdt04JV_blog.html#pagebreak

Truitt on Harvest

A.J. Lieberman brings a fresh 'Harvest' to Image Comics
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 7 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-07/Harvest-comic-book-series/55444716/1

Bob Staake interview

He illustrates the Post's Style Invitational contest every week -

Bob Staake: Illustrator and looker
Boston Globe June 03, 2012
http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-03/arts/31910140_1_books-illustrator-claire-huchet-bishop

Big Planet Comics Orbit Newsletter - June 7, 2012

June 7, 2012

Nick Abadzis is signing on Saturday! The summer of signings continues this Saturday too! Thanks to everyone who came out for the Russ Kick signing last Saturday. This Saturday we have Nick Abadzis, creator of Hugo Tate, appearing at our Bethesda store! We also have a report and some pictures from the Jerry Gaylord signing two weeks ago, and we should have some from the Russ Kick signing up soon! Here's the Jerry Gaylord one: http://www.bigplanetcomics.com/jerry-gaylord-signing-may-26 June 9 - Nick Abadzis Signing Nick Abadzis, creator of Hugo Tate, will be appearing at our Bethesda store for a signing on Saturday, June 9.  Nick is also creator of Laika, and did the excellent series of The Alternate Endings to Laika Show for our webpage! Hugo Tate is one of his earliest creations, and is finally getting collected in a new book – Hugo Tate: O, America. 3 pm-5 pm Big Planet Comics of Bethesda 4849 Cordell Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 301-654-6856 joel@bigplanetcomics.com 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 16 - Free Role-Playing Game Day Much like Free Comic Book Day, Free Role-Playing Game (RPG) Day is an annual event where publishers send us some cool stuff to give away free – adventures, modules, game samples, dice, and intro games! We'll have this free game stuff at both our Vienna and College Park stores all day, but we are only given a limited amount of items, so come in early if you want to be sure to get the ones you want! We'll have stuff for Shadowrun, Pathfinder, Dungeons&Dragons, dice, and more! More info, including a list of everything we'll have, is at http://www.freerpgday.com/ 11AM-6PM Big Planet Comics of Vienna 426 Maple Ave. East Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-9412 vienna@bigplanetcomics.com 11AM-7PM Big Planet Comics of College Park 7315 Baltimore Ave. College Park, MD 20740 301-699-0498 collegepark@bigplanetcomics.com ___________________ Koma SC by Pierre Wazem and Frédérik Peeters This amazing new story is about 2 chimney sweeps, a little girl who keeps passing out, and her dad. When she finds a strange underworld beneath the city where monsters tend machines that dictate the health of each human, they get caught up in a government conspiracy and fast-paced adventure! Luckily she makes friends with the monster who tends her machine. Touching and compelling, a great, great read! Angelman HC by Nicolas Mahler A new hero is on the scene! Mahler's send up/parody/homage to superhero comics follows the trials of Angelman, the sexually ambiguous superhero who is constantly remade by the publisher Korporate Comics in a futile attempt to make him more popular. Each page is a different gag strip that slowly builds up the story of his career and life. Paris SC   by Erika Raven, Peter Moerenhout, and Maarten Vande Wiele   A young wanna-be model moves from the countryside into Paris and quickly gets caught up in the high stakes world of glamor and showbiz with her new friends who are an aspiring singer and a girl who just wants to be rich and famous at any cost! Insane drama and twists make this a exciting soap opera for all three characters. Extermination #1 by Simon Spurrier and Jeffrey Edwards   A superhero and his archvillain are forced to work together after an alien invasion devastates the Earth! Nox and the supergenius Red Reaper try to fight off the aliens that are hunting them, mixed with flashbacks to their showdowns before the invasion occured. Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 by Darwyn Cooke The first of the seven Before Watchmen series is an all-Darwyn Cooke affair, as he tells the story of Hollis Mason (the first Nite Owl) writing his autobiography, Under the Hood, about the world's first superhero team, the Minutemen! He tells the origin of each hero on the team, within a framework of finishing the first draft of his book. Amazing art as usual! Moon Knight 1 SC by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev Moon Knight relaunches (again) in this new series. Marc Spector's schizophrenia manifests as 3 new teammates that only he can see - Captain America, Spider-Man, and Wolverine! With their conflicting advice in his head, can he take on a new supervillain in Los Angeles who is after the power of Ultron? A fantastic new adventure! Ed the Happy Clown HC by Chester Brown   One of Chester Brown's first breakout stories was serialized in his Yummy Fur anthology, the surreal tale of Ed the Happy Clown! Finally back in print after years, this bizarre adventure follows Ed through a mix of crime, religious and political condemnation. The Activity 1 SC by Nathan Edmondson and Mitch Gerads   A new secret special operations group is formed to clean up the messes the CIA makes and can't fix, to fill in the gaps that Delta Force can't handle, and taking out targets with cutting edge tech and the strictest secrecy. A mix of the Bourne Identity and special forces action by the writer of Dancer and Who Is Jake Ellis? Avengers Vs X-Men #5 (Of 12) Castle Waiting Vol 1 HC New Ptg Creator Owned Heroes #1 Dan The Unharmable #2 Dark Avengers #175 Dial H #2 Double Jumpers #1 Earth 2 #2 Epic Kill #2 Fairest #4 Fanboys Vs Zombies #3 Fury: My War Gone By #3 Harbinger #1 Metro: A Cairo Story SC Morning Glories #19 Mudman #4 Parents Guide to the Best Kids Comics: Choosing Titles for Children SC The Phoenix #3 Popeye #2 (Of 4) Secret #2 The Spider #1 2nd Ptg Squa Tront #13 The Walking Dead: Rise Of The Governor SC Novel The Walking Dead Vol 16 A Larger World SC X-O Manowar #2 Big Planet Comics Podcast #47 "A Quick One" Kevin, Nick and Jared try to do the shortest podcast ever! And review all the new comics, plus some controversial ones! Download now or subscribe on iTunes!   PODCAST REVIEWS: Angelman No. 1: "Fallen Angel" HC by Nicolas Mahler Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 (of 6) by Darwyn Cooke Creator-Owned Heroes #1 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Phil Noto, Steve Niles and Kevin Mellon Dark Avengers #175 by Jeff Parker and Declan Shalvey Earth 2 #2 by James Robinson and Nicola Scott Extermination #1 by Simon Spurrier and Jeffrey Edwards Harbinger #1 by Joshua Dysart and Khari Evans Koma SC by Pierre Wazem and Frédérik Peeters Send us questions to podcast@bigplanetcomics.com or leave a voicemail at 1-703-539-CAST! 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Express on Wooly Mammoth's Simpsons play

The Survival of 'The Simpsons'

 A new play imagines a postapocalyptic world where TV becomes myth

 By Fiona Zublin

Express June 07, 2012

http://www.expressnightout.com/2012/06/the-survival-of-the-simpsons/

June 9: Nick Abadzis at Big Planet Comics Bethesda

Nick Abadzis is coming from 3-5 p.m. to sign (and sketch!) the Hugo Tate collection from Blank Slate at Big Planet Comics Bethesda.

Tom Toles playing at the Rhodeside Grill on Saturday 6/9 9PM -No Cover

From: pat kehs

I play bass in two different bands and they both are playing at the Rhodeside Grill in Arlington this Saturday, June 9th starting at 9 PM. This is a free show!

BoxCartel is my all alt country and rock band. We play mostly original songs and our set will start at 9PM in the downstairs bar. BoxCartel played at the Glover Park Day festival this past saturday and put some of the songs up on YouTube. You can check out our sound by going to this link: http://www.youtube.com/user/BoxCartel?feature=mhe

Lethal Bark is an all original indie rock band featuring Washington Post's editorial cartoonist Tom Toles on drums and lead vocals. Lethal Bark will play around 10:30 PM. For more info go to: www.lethalbark.com
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1836 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201

Truitt on Dark Avengers

'Dark Avengers' is next step of wild 'Thunderbolts' legacy
By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY June 5 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-06-05/Dark-Avengers-comic-book-series/55403504/1

"Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women" opens in Washington DC

From: Sarah Lightman

"Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women", the show I am co-curating, is continuing to tour.

"Graphic Details" will be opening at the Anne Loeb Bronfman Gallery, Washington JCC, 1529 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20036

from  7 June, until 2 September 2012.

http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/gallery/

Featuring original work by 18 of the most influential creators, Graphic Details showcases work of all- stars from the pioneering Wimmen's Comix and Twisted Sisters artists of the 1970s and 1980s to the superstars of the new generation. Many of the cartoons in Graphic Details have never been displayed in public until now. The artists, who hail from the U.S., Canada, Israel and the UK include: Vanessa Davis; Bernice Eisenstein; Sarah Glidden; Miriam Katin; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Miss Lasko-Gross; Sarah Lazarovic; Miriam Libicki; Sarah Lightman; Diane Noomin; Corinne Pearlman; Trina Robbins; Racheli Rotner; Sharon Rudahl; Laurie Sandell; Ariel Schrag; Lauren Weinstein; and Ilana Zeffren.

This well-reviewed and often-startling exhibition provides the first in-depth look at a vibrant and prolific niche of graphic storytelling – Jewish women's autobiographical comics. While the influential role of Jews in cartooning has long been acknowledged, the role of Jewish women in shaping the medium is still largely unexplored. This exhibition of original drawings, full comic books and graphic novels presents the powerful work of artists whose intimate and complex work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades.

Sophisticated yet raw, nakedly diaristic storytelling is what makes these comics so compelling. By turns funny, outrageous, poignant and embarrassingly intimate, the works reflect each artist's individual journeys refracted through a distinctively Jewish lens in a pop-culture art form. Some bare their bodies. Some expose their psyches. All are fearless about experiences, emotions, desires, romance and politics. For a taste of the works on display you can see a series of short films featuring the uproarious performances and commentaries by Sarah Glidden, Miriam Katin, Miss Lasko-Gross, Laurie Sandell, Ariel Schrag, and Lauren Weinstein created by Zachary Levine, Curator at Yeshiva University Museum, here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC21866CEEBBB5B99

Graphic Details has been touring since 2010. Previous sites include The Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco (2010), The Gladstone Hotel with The Koffler Centre for The Arts, Toronto (2011), and most recently Yeshiva University Museum, New York (2011-12) where we held a one day conference "Talking About Jewish Women and Comics."

http://forward.com/graphic-details/

Post likes Simpsonian play

In 'Mr. Burns,' civilization may fade, but Bart Simpson is forever
By Peter Marks, Washington Post  June 4 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/in-mr-burns-civilization-may-fade-but-bart-simpson-is-forever/2012/06/04/gJQAEDCOEV_story.html