PR: Reader's Digest Searches For The Next Great Cartoonist

Student cartoonists from the local universities might be interested.

 

CALLING ALL CARTOONISTS!

 

 

READER'S DIGEST SCOURS THE COUNTRY FOR THE NEXT GREAT CARTOONIST

 

NEW YORK (September 16, 2013) – Hey, you! Yes, you. Are you a student who is currently contributing your own cartoons, comics, animations, or other hilarious visuals to your school paper, magazine, or website? Or, are you convinced you're just as funny as they are (if not more so)?

 

If you're between ages 14-23, with talent for creating funny cartoons, comics, animations, or other hilarious visuals, then the Reader's Digest first annual Search for the Next Great Cartoonist contest is for you.

 

Make Reader's Digest judges laugh with your best visual humor and you could win cash prizes and the chance to appear in Reader's Digest print and digital editions. Four finalists will receive $500 with the Grand Prize winner taking home $1,000.

 

The contest starts now! All entries must be received by noon ET on December 2, 2013.

 

 

To enter, click here: http://www.rd.com/cartoonist-contest/

 

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The Post reviews Super Boys

'Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster — the Creators of Superman' by Brad Ricca

By Mike Musgrove,

Washington Post September 22 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2013/09/20/f5bf92c2-bd8f-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html

Crafty Bastards this weekend

The annual Crafty Bastards show is this weekend at Union Market and it will have a couple of comics folks as well as fan-favorite local graphic artists. Baltimore comics creators include Ben Claassen III (Dirtfarm) and Michael Bracco of Spaghetti Kiss (Novo; The Creators; Adam Wreck). Printer Anthony Diehl of Fire Studio (Diehl did the cover of the the free D.C. comics newspaper Magic Bullet #5) and Jeffrey Everett of El Hefe Design (Everett designed the Magic Bullet logo gracing the covers of #6 and #7). TinaSeamonster will be there, too (Tina created the time-traveling squid character in Magic Bullet #7). 

Rat Queens at Third Eye Comics

RAT QUEENS #1 -- DUNGEONS & DRAGONS meets TANK GIRL! 

A Must-Read New IMAGE Series!

Meet the entire creative team this Saturday 9/25 at THIRD EYE, featuring writer KURTIS J. WIEBE (PETER PANZERFAUST).

Folks, we are so totally pumped for RAT QUEENS, and now, it's here -- and we gotta tell you: this is going to be one of your favorite new books of the Fall. We promise you that. 

  

Imagine a the foul-mouthed charm of Tank Girl, the rock-n-roll hip of The Runaways, and the sweeping, fantasy landscapes of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, and that sums up RAT QUEENS perfectly. 

  

Gold, Guts & Grog -- Who are the RAT QUEENS? A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they're in the business of killing all gods' creatures for profit.

  

It's also a darkly comedic fantasy series starring Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric, and Betty the Hippy Hobbit Thief. 

  

This modern spin on an old school genre is a violent monster-killing epic that'll remind you of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER meets TANK GIRL in a LORD OF THE RINGS world on crack.

  

An ongoing series, RAT QUEENS comes to us courtesy of red-hot PETER PANZERFAUST writer KURTIS J. WIEBE, and looks to be one of Image's next breakout hits in the vein of EAST OF WEST, SAGA, MORNING GLORIES, and PETER PANZERFAUST.

  

Join us on SATURDAY 9/28/13 for a very special RAT QUEENS Release Party featuring the entire creative team of KURTIS J. WIEBE, MEG DEJMAL, and ROC UPCHURCH

 

Kurtis is returning to Third Eye, and he's making the trip all the way from Canada, along with his RAT QUEENS co-creators MEG DEJMAL and ROC UPCHURCH. 

  

We'll be having the entire team kicking the book off here at Third Eye on Saturday 9/28 11AM-1PM, and we gotta tell you: you're gonna wanna be here for this one. 

  

If you remember how awesome things were at our Peter Panzerfaust signing, and how big that book blew up, then you know that getting a signed copy of RAT QUEENS #1 is a MUST. 

  

PLUS: this is ground zero for one of the biggest IMAGE releases of the Fall, and we're totally honored for Third Eye to be THE destination to kick off the book. 

  

Be one of the first 30 people in line, and get a FREE exclusive print limited to this event, courtesy of Kurtis & the gang!

  

Click here for the event info on FACEBOOK.

Click here for a preview of RAT QUEENS #1

Third Eye Subscriber? Click here to add this title to your subscription box.

D.C. Conspiracy meet and greet at the Artisphere

Photos from last night's D.C. Conspiracy meet and greet at the Artisphere to celebrate the Comics Making Workshop/Magic Bullet exhibit, which runs through Nov. 3. (Photos mostly by Rafer Roberts; a few by me).

Cartoons at National Book Festival day 1

Those darn comics!

Letter to the Editor
Fools aspire to match 'Pearls Before Swine's' wit
Andy Moursund, Kensington
Ruth Salinger, Bethesda
Washington Post September 21 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fools-aspire-to-match-pearls-before-swines-wit/2013/09/20/288430be-1f01-11e3-9ad0-96244100e647_story.html

Today and tomorrow: Cartoonists at the National Book Festival

Saturday Sept 21: 4:00-4:30 Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm are brother-and-sister collaborators on the children's graphic novel series "Babymouse" and "Squish"; their most recent volumes are "Extreme Babymouse" and "Squish: Game On!" Jennifer has also written the novels "Turtle in Paradise" and "Penny from Heaven," as well as the "May Amelia" and "Boston Jane" series. Signing at 2.

11:50-12:35 Brad Meltzer offers this advice to budding writers: "Don't let anyone tell you no. I got 24 rejection letters on my first novel." A week after the 24th rejection, he began the book that became the best-selling "The Tenth Justice." His new thriller is "The Fifth Assassin." Signing at 1.

Sunday:

Noon-12:45 Lynda Barry is the author of 19 books, and her work has appeared in such publications as Vanity Fair, Esquire, the New York Times and Salon. She is assistant professor in interdisciplinary creativity at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a fellow at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Her new graphic novel is "The Freddie Stories." Signing at 1.


12:55-1:40 Gilbert Hernandez collaborated with his brothers Jaime and Mario to create the "Love and Rockets" comic book series, to which he regularly contributes stories. His latest works are "Marble Season," "Julio's Day" and "The Children of Palomar." Signing at 3.

1:50-2:35 Jaime Hernandez's primary contributions to "Love and Rockets" (see preceding entry) are the "Locas" stories, which focus on a group of Latinas in California, where he grew up. His latest work is in "Love and Rockets: The Covers." Signing at 3.

3:40-4:25 Fred Chao wrote and illustrated the graphic novel "Johnny Hiro," which was included in "The Best American Comics 2010." His new graphic novel is "Johnny Hiro: Half Asian, All Hero." Signing at 4:45.

The Holms did a piece for Team Cul de Sac and are in that book. I'll be doing the interview with Jaime Hernandez.

Last weekend to back Cartozia Kickstarter campaign

Washington's Michael Wenthe's Cartozia anthology comic, done with Isaac Cates, is down to the wire on it's fundraising campaign. Click here for the latest update and to pledge.

Dust Elves Website

September 20, 2013 Dust Elves Website is live. Many thanks to all those who stopped by to see Gordon at the Small Press Expo last weekend. It was quite overwhelming, so kudos to those that made it out alive (and with money still in the bank). For those that couldn't be there, copies of The Secret Origin of the Dust Elves are now available on the website. Just click here or on the image above.

The Post reviews play based around Simpsons

'Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,' from Woolly Mammoth debut to off-Broadway smash

By Peter Marks, Washington Post September 20 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play-from-woolly-mammoth-debut-to-broadway-smash/2013/09/19/ca29076e-2159-11e3-ad1a-1a919f2ed890_story.html

Sept 22: Jaime Hernandez interview at Book Festival

I was asked if I would interview Love & Rockets' cartoonist Jaime Hernandez this Sunday at the Library of Congress Book Festival. Please come by, or feel free to suggest any questions you'd like me to ask.

1:50-2:35 interview

Jaime Hernandez

3:00-4:00 Signing

Team Cul de Sac panel at Baltimore Comic-Con

ZARVOX PRESENTS: The Team Cul De Sac – BCC13 Panel

EPISODE 244
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The Carolyn and Joe Show has been hijacked by aliens once again!
The alien warlord ZARVOX has intercepted the original show that was intended to be released this week and has used their alien technology to rewarp what they believe is a more important show to broadcast on the Carolyn and Joe Show, The Baltimore Comic Con 2013 – TEAM CUL DE SAC panel with Barbara Dale, Dawn Griffin, Carolyn Belefski, Chris Sparks and Joe Sutliff. Enjoy…humans.

Taking aim at video games--again

The Daily Beast responds to the links between violent video games and the Washington Navy Yard shooter--and reminds folks comic books were once considered a menace to society, too.

Sept 21: Fubar signing at Beyond Comics

For immediate release

FUBAR: AMERICAN HISTORY Z signing

The intrepid men of the American historical zombie series FUBAR will be participating in a mass signing at Beyond Comics in Frederick, Maryland on Saturday, the 21st of September.

Over eight contributors to this New York Times Best Selling series will be on hand signing and sketching books from 12-4. Included in this lineup of small press commandos are local creators Mike Imboden, Rafer Roberts and John Shine. They will be signing copies of their new release, FUBAR American History Z, which chronicles zombie outbreaks throughout all of American history, spanning from the discovery of the new world to modern warfare.

FUBAR is an American historical fiction zombie comic book series now into its third volume. The first two volumes, FUBAR European Theater of the Damned, and FUBAR Empire of the Rising Dead, both followed the events of a zombie outbreak in World War II. This third volume, American History Z, spans ALL of American history which should appeal to fans of "The Walking Dead", horror in general and the zombie sub-genre in particular.

For more information, please contact:

Beyond Comics

Jon Cohen

5632 Buckeystown Pike

Frederick, MD 21704

(301)668-8202

jon@beyondcomics.com

"Art and Style of Graphic Novels" pictures

Bruce Guthrie's put his photos online of the Politics & Prose Panel "Art and Style of Graphic Novels" with Glen Weldon, Laura Lee Gulledge, Rutu Modan, Matt Phelan, and Gene Yang.

Local creators out and about this Sat.

This Saturday from noon to 5p.m. Matt Dembicki (that's me!) will be at the National Book Festival in the Pavilion of the States (Wisconsin booth) signing promo posters for the upcoming Wild Ocean anthology from Fulcrum Publishing.

Meanwhile, Rafer Roberts, John Shine and a handful of other contributors to Fubar: American History Z will be signing copies of the anthology at Beyond Comics in Frederick, Md., on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.

At night, head over to the Artisphere in Arlington, Va., for a meet-and-greet with the D.C. Conspiracy as part of the group's Comics Making Workshop gallery. That runs from 6-9 p.m. and will include music by Triage, a local band that includes D.C. Conspirator Jacob Warrenfeltz.

'District Comics' up for a Shel Dorf Award

District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, D.C., which includes many D.C.-area comics writers and artists, is a 2013 Shel Dorf Award nominee in the category of best original graphic novel. Voting is open to everyone, so support your favorites. 

Free government mental health comic book

People Recover

Educational Comic Book: Co-Occurring Disorders

Price: FREE (shipping charges may apply)

Uses a comic book format to tell the story of people who are dealing with co-occurring disorders. Presents a hopeful message of recovery for people with a substance use disorder and mental illness, and provides resources for more information.

This comic can also be downloaded from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

'March' artist Powell interviewed

Hogan, John. 2013.
Time Marches On: Nate Powell Discusses March.
Graphic Novel Reporter
(September):http://graphicnovelreporter.com/content/time-marches-nate-powell-discusses-march-interview